#christians doing what jesus would do

[violottie]

"SEND FOOD NOT BOMBS!

"Today we joined Christians For A Free Palestine's powerful action to disrupt Congress’s lunch in solidarity with Gaza. They are demanding Congress stops arming Israel, restores UNRWA funding, and calls for a lasting ceasefire. Over 50 people were arrested." from CodePink, 10/Apr/2024:

#these christians are doing what Jesus would be doing. frfr. idk whats going on about the rest of yall #christians for palestine #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #i stand with palestine #rafah #save rafah #human rights #social justice #keep talking about palestine #dont stop talking about palestine #what would jesus do

[annarexcouture]

[friendrat]

The problem with the church today is that so many "Christians" do not actually believe in redemption.

#unironically christian #i say this because of all the people who make comments about people's testimony #like saying they don't believe that only fans girl who was saved and baptized was really saved #like... reading through the comments it becomes clear that the “Christians” don't actually accept her #like... my brother in Christ... your good deeds are as worthy as my used pad #that is straight up in the bible #you are not better than her and you do not deserve redemption more than her #her salvation is between her and God #and yes... you say that time will reveal her fruit and you are correct #but guess what #ananias was called to extend a hand to paul *before* his fruit showed #and he was a frigging serial killer who was out for ananias's blood the week before #you do not get to pick and choose which converts you get to except #you are not God and thank heavens for it because if you were we would all be doomed #*deep breath* #i am just so sick of this... farse... that Christianity has become #Christians need a wake up call #oh! and and when you act like its impossible to accept that she could be saved you belittle God's power #you call into question Jesus's blood and it's ability to cleanse and if that is false your salvation is worthless! #also also you go against the things clearly written in the Bible while wearing the title of Christian #which means you are misrepresenting God's nature and intentions which means you are breaking the command to not take the lord's name in vain #wow... i thought i was done at the deep breath... guess not😅 #rat rants

[pimo-and-sad-about-it]

Fun fact!

In the French version of the Bible, Jesus tells the waves, "Tais-toi," which literally means shut up.

So yeah, you can tell people to shut up as much as you want, because Jesus did it first.

#wwjd #what would jesus do #tell you to shut up is what #tais-toi #exmo #ex christian #exmormon #exlds #pimo #ex mormon #apostate #ex religious #bible #bible stories

[gxlden-angels]

Hey, hey dude I hate to be the bearer of bad news but uh, your boy is being killed in your own graphic. Like he's actively being murdered....yea idk what to tell you dude he's like Dead dead there

#I forgot what platform I was on when I first saw this tweet #cause I was instantly going to retweet it with 'kys' #I hate twitter and specifically go on it to make myself mad #so I can practice sitting with anger and slowly build my tolerance for feeling angry without feeling guilty #it's therapeutic trust me dw about it my therapist knows I do this #I mean I would say he *approves* but he says it's an option for now. it's safer than alternatives #wouldnt* say #anyways yea I'm making this post because I almost got myself suspended off of twitter #because sometimes I'll be mean to republicans and if I get more strikes I'll get suspended #also I know like. how people identify/classify Jesus is complicated but just go with it for now #ex christian #religious trauma

[itsadragonaesthetic]

On the topic of the bible, I have one (1) christian friend on facebook who will post pictures of a recent accident they were in and be like "god is good <3" or whatever and they once shared a post like "this year I'm gonna get closer to god <3" with some aesthetic pictures and little lists on how to get closer to god and it was all like "study the bible" and "join church groups" and "interact with more pastor/christian media" and pictures of people taking notes from the bible on how to be a good, proper woman. Like bro you realize that's indoctrination right? You realize thats you isolating yourself from other life experiences in order to see it from a single, catered lense from a religion with a habit of brainwashing people into abandoning their cultures. If you wanna get closer to god, brew some good coffee or tea or go on a hike idk foster some kittens. The bible is cool and all and pastors aren't always weird assholes but I just don't think that's how you get closer to god. Reject modernity of just reading the bible and embrace the tradition of a humble pilgrimage.

#always tellin people man #go on a pilgrimage #get lost! (affectionate) #people have literally been convinced that being closer to god means to double down on... what ur already doing #go crazy go stupid #its what jesus would have wanted #did i mention that this person is the same age as me and we went to school together #and this christian thing is really new for them #my posts #dragon speaks

[butchjess]

a canticle for leibowitz a book that is like a vaccine in getting you to forgive fictional christians for being annoying. i love you religion prevailing after the world ends and then starts again i love you the cyclical nature of man and empires and nations

#yes i cried reading abbot zerchi talking about killing his dying cat with a gun and then a shovel bc it refused to die #and kept trying to escape and kept trying to wait and die with dignity. and that he thought he should've let it #and it was unnatural to not let it. #this books christianity is less the death cult that it is in real life and more life is the most important thing in the world #and of course it would be. to a faction of belief that is the only one that cared to remember what led to the deaths of billions and to #protect the knowledge that was being destroyed because of it. #because of this it's less any sort of meditation on actual christianity so it's not as insufferable to read as something like. idk. ben-hur #and walter miller jr definitely does a good job of establishing this by having the characters have such different stances on religion/the #purpose of it than most christians do now. he called the 'poor artists' of before and their popular more feminine 'pretty' depiction of #jesus christ as like. basically blasphemous to him. very interesting indeed. #abbot zerchi in particular says this it's a good line #plus its very funny . genuinely witty and charming and made me laugh out loud #anyways. brother francis my stupid monk boy dont be dead girl be alive #a canticle for leibowitz

[ringneckedpheasant]

on the one hand I do not care about the bible at all but john darnielle was really describing me when he said “people… who, like I, am just totally irrationally obsessed with the goddamn bible, right? who like, have it somewhere in their blood, right? That you can’t—you don’t wanna be thinking about the bible because you put all that shit behind you, but at the same time, in your idle hours, you sit there going “oh yeah, the bible.”

anyway I am thinking about an interpretation of judas’ betrayal that I learned in bible class in hs and how I have never heard it from anyone but That bible teacher & it makes me so mad because it makes so much sense & makes judas so much more of a sympathetic figure And Yet basically no evangelicals believe it because they don’t care about learning historical context. why won’t they join me in hallucinating a shady grove where judas went to die.

#the Gist of it iirc because this was probably almost 10 years ago was that like. #judas was kind of a zealot who wanted the romans Gone & he was frustrated by jesus’ refusal to instigate conflict or lead a revolution or #whatever. & he thought that jesus being arrested would push him to action #& instead he stopped peter (?) from killing the guards & went quietly #judas was Not expecting him to do what he did or for him to actually die #hence the hanging himself over it #marc.txt #sorry for this #christianity tw lol

[befuddled-calico-whump]

Now there's a bible au?

nope lol, just some biblical comparisons

#anon #i mean jericho isa christian who takes 'what would jesus do' very seriously #and in turn tries to be compassionate and understanding to everyone (and is anti capitalist and actively fights greedy corporations) #religion mention

[caffeinatedopossum]

Doing some positive reframing (therapists hate this man version)

"I hate (almost) everything"- good, makes the things I *don't* hate even more special and refreshing. An expression of gratitude

"I'm not good enough at this thing (yet)"- it's motivational + I have aspirations. Also sometimes true and important to point out in scenarios where people rely on someone who has to be good at their job to not die (like an incompetent doctor admitting he needs to go back to school)

"I don't understand others/no one understands me"- means I have not only a unique perspective but that I still have many things to learn and explore, taps into my natural curiosity (even if said curiosity isn't always rewarded)

"I'm giving up (on this specific thing)"- this is literally just acceptance

"I want to die"- setting achievable goals for myself. Perhaps even the *most* achievable goal

"Everything is meaningless"- true, also the first step in choosing my own meaning. Very freeing thing to accept

"I am unimportant/insignificant"- true, takes off all of the pressure to be anything I'm not + makes me respect other things even more, not just other people but also things like bacteria and plants and things I will never understand. Makes me okay with dying because the story will continue on without me, even without all of humanity itself maybe, so long as I don't assume I'm the main character

"I'm stupid (and I'm okay with that)"- allows me to accept that I make mistakes and that I have lived and learned something every time I've fucked up in the past so my stupidity is actually what paves the path to greater learning

#sorry i was raised Christian i could do mental gymnastics for days lol #i do unironically believe most of this though #skgjfh okay but i actually cant stop laughing at the i want to die one. lmao. its what jesus would do #i kinda popped off? maybe? is that bragging? idk i thought i was funny

[mothric]

about to say something super cringe but know I'm fully aware it's cringe and therefore I'm impervious to shame

Christianity is more fun when u think of Bible characters as blorbos from ur books

#my guy David #my buddy James #my bestie Ruth #Jael my beloved #it's fun #sometimes 'what would Jesus do' doesnt work bc Jesus is perfect and I'm not #but what would my blorbo Bartholomew the Encourager from the book of Acts do? #now that's a manageable question! #btw i already know catholics are gonna read this and be like 'duh yea thats why we have saints' #to which i say #yes. and you are correct #christian #sept 2022

[i-bring-crack]

If Jesus doesn't like fruits (fruit of knowledge, figs) does that mean he is a vegetable guy?

Or is his diet texan-like. Does he like lamb? Maybe not.

Does Jesus like bread and wine, or does he distate it because it would feel like drinking and eating himself?

#Christianity #i do in fact need to ask these questions #like what would you give him on his birthday? #is he the one esting the cookies and milk instead of santa? #does jesus like chocolate???????

[momentsbeforemass]

What would you do…

What would you do, if you had all the time and help and resources that you needed to succeed?

Who could you be, if you knew you couldn’t fail?

It’s a classic thought exercise. One that can be truly eye-opening - if you take it seriously.

Because if you really spend some time with it, you can learn a lot about who you really are.

Depending on where you are in life, what you’ve been through and what you’re dealing with, it can also be incredibly hard to do.

Because when a lot has happened to you – especially when you’ve done a lot of it to yourself – it can be hard to not let those things shape you. When they do, it can be hard to see past them, even if it’s just for a thought exercise.

The thing is, no matter how hard it is for us to see past the things that have happened to us, no matter how long it’s been since we’ve seen who we really are, none of that matters to God.

As Jesus shows us in today’s Gospel (with the woman caught in adultery), when God looks at us, God always sees who we could be.

No matter what has happened to us – even if we’ve done it to ourselves – God never loses sight of who we really are.

More importantly, God doesn’t look at who we could be, then compare it to where we are now so that He can remind us of how far off the mark we are.

God wants to lift us up. To help us become who He made us to be. If we’ll let Him.

This is what’s behind it all. This is why He says to her,

“Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”

God sees us where we are now. But God never loses sight of who we could be.

God meets us where we are. And loves us too much to leave us there.

Today’s Readings

#What would you do #Who could you be #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #God meets us where we are #Go and Sin No More #God's Love #Moments Before Mass

[futureofthemasses]

Shout out to the one volunteer at our live nativity tonight who was being super inappropriate, making everyone uncomfortable, and refusing to do anything he was supposed to do, I hope you follow through and don't come back tomorrow because WOW

#tw christianity #bro. he was WILDIN #he talked about playboy with someone driving through the event??? #and was loudly telling people bullshit like mary magdalene was actually jesus' mother??? #and refused to stay in character which is our ONE JOB doing this #he came over to my stall and lingered for like ten minutes #and i just sat there and smiled because i legit was scared he would lose his shit #like. he was told he was being inappropriate and had to go inside #and he came back outside and was bragging about not doing what he was told because fuck the system i guess #my favorite part was when he was bragging about being kicked out of FIVE CHURCHES #bruh. please. god no bye #ANYWAY

[dolokhoded]

there's something incredibly funny about the dynamic between me, fandomed your bible made them queers but has no actual extreme opinions about christianity because i think it's all made up and you can believe in whatever pleases you, and my best friend, somewhat orthodox (with a natural hatred for the church any actual christian should have), very lowkey and respectful towards everything, frowns at me when i slander the apostle john, but straight up believes with his whole chest paul was the antichrist and will argue with your 80 year old christian grandmother about it

#🧅 #AND I CANT EVEN THROW IT BACK AT HIM WHEN HE CALLS /ME/ A HERETIC CAUSE LOWKEY? YEAH. #we hate paul. if paul has 100 haters i am one of them if paul has 10 haters i am one of them if paul has 2 haters i am one of them if paul #has one hater i am dead and it's my friend #''if youre mad at paul you should be mad at peter'' LEAVE PETER ALONE his rabbi just got crucified #mans was going through it its all paul's evil scheming #im mad at peter for other things. like hating women. #but fuck paul #peter was there he went through it he knows all about jesus #yknow what paul was doing while jesus was getting crucified instead ? killing the first christian martyr #and then he just went on to spew some bullshit and say that jesus came to him in a dream and told him so #while jesus' BROTHER was like ''actually thats bullshit he'd never say that''. and paul was like no he did <3 im a prophet <3 #and then went on to spew more bullshit #and im not talking random obscure christian bullshit americans would create a whole new dogma over that doesnt even matter im talking #harmful bullshit #im talking ''hey jesus came to me in a dream and said we should convert everyone to christianity or they'll go to hell'' #and james was like ''hey i dont think jesus said that exactly'' #and paul was like ''no he did <3'' #i fucking hate paul

[brown-little-robin]

gesticulates wildly

#to be clear I don't necessarily recommend Trigun #it's pretty gory and over-the-top #I've just been captivated by it #and like I don't consume media for the *christian themes* #but every story has bits of the Great Story in it #and the more real and true a story is the more and more truly it'll reflect the great story (in all its complexity) #and Trigun? oh man #oh man. flowers blooming in the desert— #make straight the way of the lord— #like oh. oh. I can't explain it tonight I'm too tired but #man would I like to take a solid hour and just tell someone the plot and why Vash is an image of Jesus and yet a solid compelling character #—with flaws!! #he's so human... #tHE WORLDBUILDINGGGG #aaaaaaa #I have to read the source material Pronto #because ??????? the quality of this story is gonna depend on what they do with the end #Trigun is playing so heavily and obviously with Christian themes and I'm going to be LookingTM at what they do with it #I completely trust that it's going to be interesting #but I hope it'll be complex #I trust that it'll be Good #but I can't wait to find out what happens with for instance Wolfwood my significant annoyance. and Zazie? what will his role ultimately be? #my heart is in my throat on every single episode #trigun posting late at night #A N G E L S