21
The DUmpster / Re: VIDEO: Even TDS Lawrence O'Donnell Admits Michael Cohen's Credibility was DESTRO
« Last post by ADsOutburst on May 17, 2024, 02:46:15 PM »Did Cohen have any credibility to destroy?
Recent Posts
22
Religious Discussions / Is Christianity in the US Dying or is Something Else Happening?
« Last post by SVPete on May 17, 2024, 02:21:56 PM »Sometimes seeing something you know, generally, is happening plotted on a graph is still startling. From https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/05/the-daily-chart-from-mainline-to-sideline.php :
The trend for theologically liberal "mainline Protestant" churches may be slightly worse, if theologically conservative denominations like the Missouri and Wisconsin synod Lutheran churches, which have been holding stead or only declining slightly are included in that chart.
Looking at a chart for the Southern Baptists and data for the Assemblies of God shows very different trends:
https://news.lifeway.com/2024/05/07/southern-baptist-membership-decline-slows-baptisms-and-attendance-grow/
file:///C:/Users/PeterStorz/Downloads/Major%20Worship%20Service%20Attendance%201978%20through%202022.pdf
The SBC had been growing steadily until ~2006, and since has declined some. The AoG had been growing pretty steadily until 2020 and 2021, when a group of churches started reporting their statistics separately.
A less easy to measure group among Protestants is "non-denominational", and it looks like there may be a shift of people from Evangelical denominational churches to Evangelical non-denominational churches.
The trend for theologically liberal "mainline Protestant" churches may be slightly worse, if theologically conservative denominations like the Missouri and Wisconsin synod Lutheran churches, which have been holding stead or only declining slightly are included in that chart.
Looking at a chart for the Southern Baptists and data for the Assemblies of God shows very different trends:
https://news.lifeway.com/2024/05/07/southern-baptist-membership-decline-slows-baptisms-and-attendance-grow/
file:///C:/Users/PeterStorz/Downloads/Major%20Worship%20Service%20Attendance%201978%20through%202022.pdf
The SBC had been growing steadily until ~2006, and since has declined some. The AoG had been growing pretty steadily until 2020 and 2021, when a group of churches started reporting their statistics separately.
A less easy to measure group among Protestants is "non-denominational", and it looks like there may be a shift of people from Evangelical denominational churches to Evangelical non-denominational churches.
23
The DUmpster / Re: John Kasich is a piece of shit.
« Last post by SVPete on May 17, 2024, 01:19:08 PM »Trying to keep it dispassionate ... Kasich has run for President twice and was in Congress for quite a few years. So he knows something of politics.
Kasich is also a Never-Trumper or something akin to that. Putting all that together, if Kasich said that Biden's prospects are not good or worse, maybe LIEden needs to change drastically what he is doing. Or maybe the Dems should change horse ...
maybe a Cankles-Cackles ticket ? Going full 
would not be prudent, for the Dems' prospects at least.
Kasich is also a Never-Trumper or something akin to that. Putting all that together, if Kasich said that Biden's prospects are not good or worse, maybe LIEden needs to change drastically what he is doing. Or maybe the Dems should change horse ...
maybe a Cankles-Cackles ticket ? Going full would not be prudent, for the Dems' prospects at least.24
The DUmpster / John Kasich is a piece of shit.
« Last post by CC27 on May 17, 2024, 12:44:46 PM »Quote
LiberalFighter (51,413 posts)
John Kasich is a piece of shit.
He says he is endorsing Biden?
But he put out negatives about Biden? He says he knows politics. A guy that ran to be the Republican nominee for president thinks he knows politics? Suggesting today Democrats are looking for someone else to be the nominee instead of Biden at the convention.
It is on the MSNBC 1pm segment with Diaz-Balart subbing for Jansing.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218957099
DUmmie angry. Must not talk bad about dictator diaper man
25
The DUmpster / Re: My 10 yr old niece got a letter from President Biden and the President Award
« Last post by DefiantSix on May 17, 2024, 12:20:48 PM »Quote
tulipsandroses (5,142 posts)
My 10 yr old niece got a letter from President Biden and the President Award...
This is exactly the reason (well, one of them) that CONSERVATIVE dads carry guns. We buy them when our little girls are born, because we know there are sick ****s like Joseph Raisinettes Biden lurking out there, just beyond the school bus stop.
Just sayin'...
26
The DUmpster / Re: VIDEO: Even TDS Lawrence O'Donnell Admits Michael Cohen's Credibility was DESTRO
« Last post by SVPete on May 17, 2024, 11:15:55 AM »Cohen lost CNN's Anderson Cooper and MesSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell? 
Any howling on DU over this?
Any howling on DU over this? 27
The DUmpster / Re: VIDEO: Anti-Globalist Slovakian PM Shot for Obviously Political Reasons
« Last post by SVPete on May 17, 2024, 11:12:53 AM »1. I didn't call you an orcish troll. Please don't put words in my mouth by "answering" something I never said.
2. Fico's policy wrt Ukraine is irrelevant. The failed assassin's beef with Fico was domestic Slovak issues, not foreign policy.
2. Fico's policy wrt Ukraine is irrelevant. The failed assassin's beef with Fico was domestic Slovak issues, not foreign policy.
28
The DUmpster / Re: My 10 yr old niece got a letter from President Biden and the President Award
« Last post by Old n Grumpy on May 17, 2024, 10:20:00 AM »Did he include an invitation to shower with him?
29
The DUmpster / VIDEO: Even TDS Lawrence O'Donnell Admits Michael Cohen's Credibility was DESTRO
« Last post by pjcomix on May 17, 2024, 10:15:24 AM »Quote
It's one thing to hear conservative commentators state that Michael Cohen's credibility was destroyed during the Manhattan trial. However, it is quite amazing to hear someone as chock full of TDS hate as MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell admit that the Trump defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, utterly shredded Cohen's credibility.
https://rumble.com/v4vrwc5-even-tds-lawrence-odonnell-admits-michael-cohens-credibility-was-destroyed.html
30
The DUmpster / Re: VIDEO: Anti-Globalist Slovakian PM Shot for Obviously Political Reasons
« Last post by pjcomix on May 17, 2024, 10:13:05 AM »I never said the perp is Ukrainian but there is video of him protesting against Fico's opposition to continuing the bloody proxy war in Ukraine. You don't have ol' PJ since you can actually SEE the perp demonstrating about this.
https://x.com/neliohd/status/1791209503272136974
https://x.com/neliohd/status/1791209503272136974