#Bible discussion

[atwas-gaming]

"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: "

"but when I became a man, I put away childish things." 1 Corinthians 13:11

This:

is not childish, it's childlike. There's nothing wrong with that.

This:

IS childish, and there's everything wrong with that.

Bonus:

The truest sign of maturity:

#undertale yellow #starlo #ceroba #clover #my screencaps #my gif #Bible discussion #major spoilers #i don't have a screencap of ceroba saying how she wanted to grow up and starlo didn't #but imo starlo and martlet were more 'grown-up' than ceroba by the end of true pacifist #and clover who is probably not more than 12 was the most grown-up of all

[just-bible-musings]

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. Job 23:6

Read this verse this week, and it reminded me that God is on our side. He doesn't want us to perish. He doesn't want us to hurt. He wants us to turn to Him. He is the source of strength, of life. If we go to Him, if we talk to Him, He doesn't punish us for our questions, He helps us.

#book of job #bible discussion #bible verse #God's love

[alpharaposa]

The word for ‘inn’ used in the Christmas story in the Bible is used in only one other place, the story of the Last Supper where it’s translated as ‘upper room’ instead. Which means that this wasn’t some public accommodation for travelers- it would have been the nice guest room upstairs.

Those of you familiar with the Christmas story may recall that Caesar Augustus required a census- “that all the world should be taxed”- and that everybody, I mean EVERYBODY, had to go to their hometown to be counted. So it wasn’t Joseph and Mary out fending for themselves. It was more like a huge family gathering where there’s already seven cousins filling up all the guest rooms so the host family makes up a futon in the garage for the late arrivals. Probably the women all got together to help Mary with the birth and wrap baby Jesus before heading to bed.

Then angels appear to the shepherds and people come running to see the miracle.

But the Wise Men (the Three Kings) wouldn’t arrive for something like another year. That whole time, Mary and Joseph have been hanging out, resting up with Joseph’s family, taking care of the new baby.

(Some people with creches have the wise men travel around the house until Epiphany- Three Kings’ Day- on January 6th, the twelfth day of Christmas.)

Then the Wise Men head back to their homes, but an angel drops a hint not to swing by Herod’s place. So they don’t. So Herod realizes he’s not going to get the goods on this new baby king that might dispose him. This leads to the order to kill all males of age 2 or less in Bethlehem, which is remembered by Catholics as the Feast of the Holy Innocents. They’re considered the first martyrs for Christ.

Joseph and Mary book it out of there with Jesus and go down to Egypt, jumping borders to get out of Herod’s reach. How do they manage this?

Well, there were these kings who gave them these presents. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Expensive stuff. Very portable. Exactly what a young family running from an oppressive, murderous king might need.

On a side note, there was no little drummer, so far as we know, coming to drum for Jesus. That was a medieval song, whose lesson is that no matter what little we have to offer, if we give it with our whole heart, then God smiles at us.

There were oxen and asses, though. And doubtless some of the sheep came with the shepherds.

#Christmas #Bible discussion

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon meshi - Dwarves

#dungeon meshi #daydream hour #dwarves #fantasy design #senshi #namari #dia #edit: added a page from adventurer bible in which dwarf lady beards are discussed #for referencing

[manda-kat]

Friendly reminder that if you used to go to Church or a Christian school as a kid, but did not continue to study or grow your faith as you got older, than - no, you actually don't understand Christianity on the same level as a practicing adult believer.

I'm tired of hearing people dismiss the Christian faith and say 'well, I went to church as a kid, so I know what you believe'. That's the same as saying, 'my parents took my to the aquarium every week as a kid, so I know as much as your average marine biologist'.

If you're going to brag about how much knowledge you have about Christianity anyway, you should at least try not to say it on posts where you get things blatantly wrong about the Bible, the Church or- idk- the core message of the Gospel.

#I don't know how to explain to people that there is a difference between studying the bible and praying and discussing history and faith #and just showing up to church because your mom made you and drawing on the offering envelopes instead of paying attention #if you studied Christianity for real and spoke with members of the church and were an earnest member of the congregation #and still came away not believing #that's a different thing #but you have to admit the earlier excuse is insulting

[jacarandaaaas]

I try not to think too much about the fact alma is so emotionally distant from everyone that the last time mirabel was hugged was before her ceremony

which just makes almas affection in dos oruguitas even more profound because we see how rarely she does show physical affection to her family!

#encanto #encanto disney #disneys encanto #mirabel madrigal #mirabel encanto #disney’s encanto #abuela alma madrigal #alma madrigal #I really would love to see the idea of alma being emotionally distant discussed more #she was isolated from everyone even her own family #dos oruguitas being the best scene part 500 #also tale of three sisters book is my fav #like the encanto Bible tbh

[sporesgalaxy]

people participating in fandoms they havent seen the source material for is boggling to me. someone once read a fanfic of mine for a show they had not watched and while I was happy they read it because its the best thing ive written yet it feels Off to me because like. I think my story about a repressed gay guy who gets godlike powers is going to give a somewhat inaccurate view of what happens in lego city adventures

YEAH.....I just. I can never get over how much can be lost without knowing a fan-piece's intertext w the source media. Even the most out-there AU's I've made and enjoyed, I always enjoy them BECAUSE of the conversation they're having with the original work, in the ways things are different and the ways they stay the same. Engaging with only half of that conversation means willingly missing out on cool shit that people put thought into.......why do that 🥺

I always regret it when I read a fanfic for something I AM watching/reading but just havent finished yet, either because I missed some juicy commentary on the source material that I couldn't appreciate at the time, or because I missed the way some parts misaligned with my takeaways from the source, sometimes on a fundamental level that I just hadnt been aware of yet. And like, I still can enjoy fan art and writing for stuff I'm not familiar with, but I always enjoy it with the thought in mind that I'm missing out!!

I guess what Im rambling so much trying to say is that YEAH I just do NOT understand how going into fanworks blind is ENOUGH for anyone to let that be their entire relationship to a piece of fiction, because it is NEVER enough for ME........!!!!! WHERES THE MEAT ON THAT....i just dont understand.....

#asks #making unrebloggable based on previous experience discussing this . #if people start rbing talking about how no one reads the bible again im gonna blow a fucking gasket..... #but YOU treasured mutual tippydoorman. feel free to say more if you want

[onesunofagun]

This is probably a wildly unpopular thing to say, but I see chatter and takes concerning Hyrule and the Hylians and Hylia where the fandom dissects them as white European, or more often British coded. I've seen it be argued that this is because of surface level European (like Greco-Roman and Celtic) aesthetics are commonly used for them, though these are pretty shallow wrapping paper at best in game. Not that similarities can't be drawn! I'm saying this with all my Irish distaste for Britain! But it seems to be more of a symptom of ignorance or unfamiliarity with Japanese culture and history, and its own tilt at Imperialism.

Which I get! The average Western Fan's closest touchstone to Imperialism is likely Britain.

But Hyrule represents Japan. It's narrative is deeply rooted in Japanese Shinto beliefs regarding the relationship between man, nature and spirits-- including spiritual purity and impurity-- as derived from Buddhist concepts. Hylians are a fantasy race of elves who are Japanese coded, their Royal Family and Imperial structure and attitudes reflect a Japanese Nationalism that is deeply tied to Shinto. Hylia reflects aspects of the Goddess Amaterasu and her role as a progenitor of Emperors in Japanese myth.

I fully understand that many criticisms that apply also pertain to British Imperialism and their own Divine Hegemony, which is valid. But I think it's also falling short to critique and dissect the meta and intention behind this franchise without bothering to have the context of Japanese beliefs and history, and without bothering to really seek it out.

JP Imperialism formed as a response to the Western encroach and their subsequent focus on forced unification of the east in order to defend against it is deeply reflected in how Hyrule operates. The localisation of games like SkSw and TotK have wildly missed their mark in the impression that they give of certain concepts to especially the North American audience, and entire concepts and references to cultural beliefs and history (and what they might imply within game) are simply invisible to many who do not have that context to connect back to.

And I'm not trying to say that what anybody takes from the story they personally received isn't a valid impression based on their own experience with the games and media around them. There are many interpretations and themes that you can take away and play with.

But I don't think that saying Hylians are just white people coded or following Christianised themes or 'basically Britain' and calling it a day is quite good enough if you want to meaningfully and accurately discuss and dissect the narrative and intent of the Zelda franchise. Being able to critically read it with both external and Japanese context is really important in having the full conversation about what it reflects on real world history, religiosity and nuance.

#shut up hero #And yeah I've been in the fandom since the 90s like I'm very aware that the eldest games had some particular Christian imagery #like that one illustration of Link praying to a cross and the presence of a 'bible' in game #as well as a connection to the idea of foreign knights #borrowed European religious symbols (and even other ones) was pretty par for course to see in Japanese fantasy and RPGs at surface level #there's really no depth to them beyond implying the vibes you know? #the og LOZ was inspired by Miyamoto exploring the forest behind an Inari Shrine #same shrine inspired starfox tbh #Ganon as was recently discussed is based on Cho Hakkai and Ox King in Journey to the West #but it's always been Shinto in approach and philosophy since the beginning #SkSw era forward has just made it undeniably more JP nationalist in shape

[insanesonofabitch]

I just had a dream about spn s16 (spnwin s2???) and it was so good and they were like almost entirely leaning towards destiel even though Dean hasn’t been with Cas yet like he’s been searching for him (for apparently 90 years in heaven time now?) and there’s like a Jess cameo and another insane samjess-deancas parallel and they DID somehow become a part of THEE (spn-canon) Bible (like The Winchester gospel) so there were hints of Chuck won truthing in there and it was so so insane it got me sent to a mental hospital.

#in the dream ​I was watching supernatural episodes in the mental hospital TV and was discussing it with another patient (spn fan) #also the mental hospital was an institution made specifically for spn fans who suffered severe destiel brainrot. #the implications…they went out of their way to make more destiel and then put ME in a very suspicious private mental institution??? #like I wasn’t even there during November 5th. #also I am NOT crazy. #them becoming part of the Bible is so delicious though??? I’m eating that shit up fr #supernatural #spn #spn s16 #spn revival #spn clowning #destiel #insaneposting #reiotalks

[yujeong]

MileApo talking about VegasPete - KinnPorsche The Series La Forte Special Clip 25

#I'm pretty sure the translation for the first picture is not correct but I'll take it as it is #me remembering a discussion I had with Amaranth about this very thing #Pete making Vegas weak and useless #I'm being very normal about it #very chill #I just got the need to rewatch this video for some reason #MileApo are so cute and silly #kpanniversary2024 #kinnporche the series #vegaspete #pete saengtham #vegas theerapanyakul #mile phakphum #apo nattawin #bible wichapas #build jakapan #reaction

[just-bible-musings]

And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:  But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.  I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:  But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:  And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:  But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:  But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:  But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:  And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:  But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:  And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord. Amos 1:2-2:3

This discusses what God will do to those who go against Israel. Interestingly enough, the KJV mentions Gaza by name! This passage also speaks of nations who "pursue their brother"- remember that Ishmael was the founder of the Muslims, a son of Abraham, and a half-brother to Isaac, who was the father of the Jews; and speaks of those who "ripped up the women with child," which is something that news reports have claimed the Hamas did to the Israelites.

Take heart. God promised, in Genesis 13:15, to give the land of Israel to Abraham for an inheritance FOR EVER. The nation of Israel will not fall, the Jewish people will not be exterminated, not now or ever. God will not allow it. These are His people, and His covenant from almost 4000 years ago still stands.

The only thing we should be worried about is our role in this. God may do nothing if we stand by and watch it happen. But any nation that takes the side of Israel's enemies WILL share in the punishment that God doles out to those enemies.

I don't want war any more than anyone else, but... we should be in this one. We should be bombing Gaza.

#bible discussion #bible reference #Israel #current events #gaza #war

[skyss-personal-hell]

I need to share this bc I was forced to be christian for years so I know this. Also this might hurt :P

Yosano was called an “Angel of Death”, because in reviving and healing everyone they lost their sanity. “To lose is a human right, and I took that from them.” Then when Tachihara’s brother killed himself after writing “You are too just.”

That scene reminded me of part of the bible, I don’t remember the verse but in the bible God had said they could not see his face because the human mind could not comprehend his glory.

This reminds me of Yosano because they could not comprehend the glory of losing and of death so they kept getting healed until their sanity was gone.

In the end they couldn’t take it anymore and may have won the battle but lost the mental war between life and death. They lost to the “glory” of Yosano’s ability and succumbed to their lost sanity.

Angels are said to be messengers of God but is the same true for a so called “Angel of Death”? Or is an “Angel of Death” still apart of God’s army?

#bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd yosano #bsd manga #yosano akiko #discussion #Woah sky when to c h u r c h ? #Nah fr that’s crazyy #bungou stray dogs yosano #bungou gay dogs #christianity #christian bible

[fortunatelychaoticphantom]

So apparently the "Jesus was Palestinian" bullshit is doing its rounds again, continuing the proud tradition of that fucking pink infograph from May '21 that claimed "the first Christians were Palestinians". I'm not going to go over why this is a load of racist antisemitic a-historical crap, I've already done so in the past (one, two, three, four, though I do feel I could explain it better today... but I'm not gonna do that). But I do believe we need to talk about this a little more. Not about the content of the claims, which is so unbelievably easy to refute by reading literally the first paragraph of a couple of Wikipedia articles, but the reason for the existence of the claims themselves and their structure.

We have to ask ourselves why do people need Christianity in general and Jesus specifically to be tied to the Palestinian identity and what the hell does this have to do with the I/P conflict at all? Because, here's the thing; the topic is the I/P conflict, this is our framework. And yet while talking about a war currently being waged, about cease fires and humanitarian aid, about a massacre and hostages, about politics and ideologies, out of fucking nowhere one side of the debate just throws this claim - "yeah, well Jesus was Palestinian!" / "The first Christians were Palestinians!". You might ask yourself what the actual fuck are they talking about. I mean, I could throw random sentences too, it just wouldn't be a very effective conversation, would it? So why are they saying it now in this context?

Let's go back to that OG pink infograph, because I do think it's the most revealing. "The first Christians were Palestinians". This is an equation - x equals y, first Christians = Palestinians. First is important here, it speaks of precedence, of date. Christianity as a whole and Jesus in particular are an incredibly convenient thing to date historically. They are also very ancient. This is about establishing an ancient anchor to the Palestinian identity.

But the sentence isn't actually complete, is it? There's something missing from it. A silent part at the end of it - "the first Christians were Palestinians, as opposed to Jews". This is the context. This is, and always was, about denying the history of the Jewish people. It's literally an attempt at erasing Jewishness from history itself and replacing it with a New and Improved one that is Western-Leftist Approved.

This is the single saddest thing I've ever heard in my goddam life. What they're saying, what they're actually saying, is that the Palestinian plight, suffering and right for self determination only exist if their identity is ancient enough. Ideally - more ancient than that unbelievably annoying people who won't shut up about how ancient they are. What they're saying with their "post-colonial" rotten brains, with their cruelty and their absolute wickedness, is that suffering is only worth acknowledging and fighting if it neatly fits their "colonizer/colonized" dichotomy world view. Palestinians have no right in the leftist world unless: 1) their identity is ancient enough for them to join the oppressed club, 2) the Jews' identity isn't.

And it is just so unbelievably funny. Again, I'm not going to repeat the explanation of what "Palestina" actually is, you can read my previous posts about that. What I do have to say is just how unfathomably historically funny it is to me, not just as a Jewish woman but more importantly as an archaeologist of the Ancient Near East, that they would use a Jewish man preaching Jewish things to Jewish people in the remnants of the Jewish kingdom of Judea, almost a thousand years after its establishment, barley more than a century before its final destruction and the end of Jewish autonomy in their ancestral homeland for the next almost two millennia, to establish an ancient anchor for Palestinian identity.

And by the way, when I said that Jesus and Christianity are "very" ancient - I lied. I can't begin to explain to you how "new" that is to an archaeologist of the Ancient world. I literally haven't seen the other side of the zero in like a decade. So, on top of what I said in my previous posts, along with many other people online, the thing that is even more fucking funny is how every evidence we have for the origin of the word (just the word! not the identity! which didn't exist yet!!!!) "Palestina" positions it in the Greeks' hands around 500 BCE, which is still almost 500 years after the establishment of Judea. Can you do basic math?? Can you fucking do it???

You Westerners (and non-Westerners and Palestinians to be perfectly clear) want us so badly to be foreign invaders who stole precious lands from poor little woobified natives, but we're fucking not. You are incapable of holding more than one fucking thought in your tiny little rotten minds so you try to change history, to change reality itself to fit your warped perception of the world. You do that because you hate Jews, not because you give even a tiny little shit about Palestinians. Because you don't, and you prove that every single day with every single lie that comes out of your mouth.

We are at war for maybe more than a century at this point. They killed my people, they butchered them, they literally live on the ruins of my ancestors. But I care about them because I care about everyone in the world and I am capable of looking beyond my own rights (which fucking exist) and recognize that my enemies are just as human and deserving of life and joy and safety as me. I don't need them to be more ancient than me to recognize their grief, their suffering, their right for self determination, because apparently I have a fucking heart and a working brain, something I genuinely can no longer say about most of you.

#wanna guess how many hate comments i will receive for **checks notes** #having sympathy for palestinians and recognizing their right for statehood #but **check notes again** NOT recognizing their fucking retconned version of history?? #i got my fair share of hate for daring to mourn october 7th #let's see what happens now #don't even get me started on the jebosite bullshit discussion #i fucking can't #they don't exist outside of the bible!!! #but you wan't to predate jews so fucking much that you don't even seem to care about your own suffering #jewish things #israel #jumblr

[gentle-traditionalism]

Please pray that I’ll be able to find a church to call my home church.

#prayer request #it seems like every single church here is either an aspiring mega church; a political party in disguise; or actively promoting despair #the one church I’ve found that actually discusses the bible also has a pastor who can never finish a sermon because he gets in side stories #and the stories are the most irrelevant and depressing things imaginable #like about a baby dying in a house fire #I cannot handle it anymore and it doesn’t seem worth it anyway when there’s always theologically incorrect statements made in every sermon

[isfjmel-phleg]

😶

#random personal stuff #my father apparently thinks that it is 'unscriptural' for a woman in a church to speak directly to a deacon #and I want to argue so badly but I know I shouldn't #yeah the constantly complaining woman in their church is annoying #but the issue is her attitude not her gender #and requiring women in churches to do everything through their husbands is a) not in the scriptures #and b) not going to solve the complaining and micromanaging issues they have #the women in their are already extremely limited in anything they can do #if they want to pray out loud they have to do it in a separate room from the men #I don't find that taught in the Bible either #I have been struggling lately with how Baptists churches of our sort treat women #and this is setting off some Annoyance for me #but I have to keep my mouth shut #there's no arguing debating or discussion with Dad

[rithmeres]

they’re gonna kick me out of bible study

#i am not even joking acts 4:34-35 says there was not a needy person among them #for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold #and laid it at the apostles feet and it was distributed to each as any had need. #the american church is doing an abominably poor job at being a church. letting americanism (heresy) and the party line gut the bible #i can already tell what the discussion is gonna be. the leader is gonna reassure the group that this doesnt mean socialism #and just encourage everyone to give a little more money to charities :) #how about we become radically sacrificial and anti materialistic instead. #stop buying thing stop consuming things cancel your amazon subscriptions and welcome a struggling family into your giant suburban house #wealth and materialism are so so evil :) and i see christians praising them all the time :) you cannot serve god and mammon :) #put away the gods of your fathers :) or else :)