#cw catholicism

[immediatebreakfast]

The theological implications of this novel are terrifying, truly terrifying.

God is absolutely real, not if nor buts, it is as real as it is because its presence is known through acts of holy violence. It's known because there are inmortal creatures who feed on humans surviving without being cloaked in its light. These creatures are repelled by holy symbols as a way to signal how neither their unliving bodies, nor theirs souls will be welcome in heaven, nor granted eternal peace.

Then, a warning is burnt into Mina's forehead. A god fearing woman in all of the weight of those words is not spared. Mina who cried for god to give her mercy, to save her, to answer her why she deserved this punishment, this torture if she has always walked in its light, if she has followed everything in fear of your rage, god why do you let evil happen to your followers. God why did you abandoned this pitiful woman in her suffering, and at the hands of a demonic creature who exists to opose you. Have mercy god! ANSWER HER PLEADS, DO NOT LEAVE HER IN THIS DESESPERATION! HAVE MERCY FOR HER SOUL BEFORE SHE CHOOSES THE PATH OF SELF DESTRUCTION.

And the only answer is the burning of the host in her forehead, a burn that is seen as the mark of a trial. No angels, no heralds, no voices, nor holy light. Just a physical warning that reminds Mina that the clock is ticking, and it will always move forwards.

Then, there is Jonathan who saw all of this, and still chose to renounce It. He saw the proof that this all powerful being was there with him this whole time, observing him in every attack, every night, every ink drop in his journal, every nightmare, every drop of blood. And he still rejected it, because if Mina isn't deserving of that holy light anymore, then he will grab her hand and walk in Hell forever as long as Mina knows she won't be alone. His soul be damned because Mina is who is the holiest of them all.

With her tears, her sorrow, and her pain, Mina is who Jonathan pleads his soul to. Because that allows Mina to suffer is not a god at all.

#It's unreal how terrified I would be #To know for sure that god is watching you #And warns you of your sins even if those sins were not yours to commit #dracula daily #dracula #mina harker #mina murray #jonathan harker #cw catholicism

[sneckoil]

house tests wilson like old testament god (cruel, sweeping, demanding) and wilson tests house like new testament god (forgiving, patient, silent).

they both demand sacrifice in different ways — house always demands wilson’s attention, invades his relationships, leaves him making up for his mistakes. But wilson calls upon house’s devotion once in a blue moon. ultimatums that house knows not to push, because he’s too scared to push, because even though wilson’s love is unconditional he’s scared that he’ll forsake him still.

and much like god, they make each other suffer because it’s the only way they can show that they choose to love each other (of their own free will)

#edit: i caved and put it in the tags #cw catholicism #lol. #house md #hilson #shioshpam

[juliasgoodusername]

This Easter Weekend, Don't Forget To Think About That Time Declan Got The Shit Kicked Out Of Him And Still Showed Up To Mass On Sunday 🙏🕊️✝️

#jesus died on the cross so that i could enjoy this narrative moment in a young adult novel #declan lynch #trc #the raven cycle #cw catholicism #my art #good friday vibes

[bekkathyst]

Basilika St. Michael

Mondsee, Austria

#original #cw religion #cw catholicism #cathedral #basilika st michael #abbey mondsee #austria #gothic cathedral #gothic aesthetic #gothic church

[literary-potato]

I know this is a sports thing but for a brief moment I did consider the image of Coca Cola being really enthused about the Rosary

#cw catholicism #catholicism

[wispforever]

who’s playing saint bernard by lincoln for the fiftieth time? give me the aux

#naruto #kakuhida #hidakaku #kakuzu #hidan #woohoo lets make fun of catholicism #can you tell i have religious trauma #cw catholicism #cw religious mention

[mmehrunesraz0r]

#dracula #dracula fanart #dracula oc #renfield #renfield fanart #rm renfield #r m renfield #r. m. renfield #renfield oc #mr ren #religious imagery #religious trauma #cw religious imagery #cw religious trauma #cw catholicism #digital art #digital illustration #digital painting #illustration #painting #catholicism #catholic guilt

[queer-reader-07]

i'm thinking about my catholicism post again because a few days ago when i was out for lunch with a couple friends one of them asked me if i identify with catholicism anymore.

and like. you'd think it'd be an easy answer, right? you'd think i could just say "no." and yet...

it feels so fundamentally wrong to say that i'm not catholic anymore. it feels so fundamentally wrong to denounce the faith that was my life for 15 years. it feels wrong when i've been confirmed. when i chose to say "i'm catholic" not even five years ago.

that post was about how good omens is like a comfort for my religious trauma, it's the thing in my heart telling me that i'm just A Human and how that's beautiful.

but what i also realized in writing that post was how much i still don't understand where i sit in regards to religion. i don't know what i believe in. saying i don't believe in God feels almost like a lie? but saying i do believe in God doesn't feel any more truthful.

i tell people that i believe in humanity, i believe in the human story, i believe in the power of hope and community. but none of that is mutually exclusive from religion. and i envy the people who are so steadfast in their religious beliefs (or lack thereof), because oh how i would love to just know.

it must be so nice to know and to not be stuck in the liminal space. the space where you sort of believe in God, the space where you still say shit like "good lord" and "for the love of all that is holy" because you've given up on making your vocabulary secular, the space where you embrace your queerness with every fiber of your being and yet still can't bring yourself to come out to the religious side of the family.

i don't know where this is going. and i think that might be the point. i just, don't know.

#screaming into the void on this fine tuesday night #religious trauma is a bitch and i still don't know how to handle it #not good omens #but somehow still good omens #cw religion #cw catholicism #cw religious trauma #religious trauma #ex catholic #me not knowing where i stand in regards to religion because what even is faith

[existencebringsonlypain]

yk sometimes I forget that polyamory isn't a normally and commonly accepted thing and almost ask a question regarding it to a priest and two religious sisters (nuns but not)

#polyamory #like i just forgot people aren't totally positive about that sometimes #maybe it has to do with me baing aroace but i just do not understand how it's considered a bad thing to anyone #as long as all parties are consenting‚ literally what is the issue. it's the exact same #you still love each other. or don't and just wanna fuck. either way #also yeah i go to a catholic school. ate lunch with a priest from my old school #despite the allegations a lot of them are actually pretty great ppl #i dont doubt others... aren't. though. #but idk it was nice talking #existenceunrelateds #religion #cw religion #cw catholicism #just in case #:) i may be catholic but i'm not an asshole

[immediatebreakfast]

"God grant that we may be guided aright, and that He will deign to watch over my husband and those dear to us both, and who are in such deadly peril. As for me, I am not worthy in His sight. Alas! I am unclean to His eyes, and shall be until He may deign to let me stand forth in His sight as one of those who have not incurred His wrath."

Mina...

Mina what the fuck are you talking about?

God doesn't deserve you Mina. It doesn't.

God doesn't deserve to dangle the promise of eternal peace to you. All righteous fearing woman capable of running towards ancient evil to save your dear friend. Insessant, and intelligent fiend who is all kind towards her love, and loved him with all of her might when he was not himself.

Don't blame yourself for the assault, and never think that you are guilty for not having the means to stop it. Mina can't tell herself "if I had been better" she can't. How many times must she torture herself with thoughts of hellfire that are so close in her mind, yet far in reality.

Mina tells that she is not worthy of His sight when god should grovel at her feet for forgiveness. How dare He to make her suffer like this. Mina is not a Martyr nor a Saint. She is not Saint Inés calling for the sword to fall so she can be freed, nor Saint Águeda screaming in joy as she finally died.

Mina's suffering is not holy, it's human. It's so human that it hurts to read. How were her ambitions in life greedy to incur god's wrath upon her? Why must she become another footnote on Dracula's horrible quest for power? (Why was Lucy not saved? Why?)

Mina is losing hope in herself when she is the most strong. She can't let herself become comfortable at the idea of a violent end if it means to be seen in god's light again. Mina can't become suicidal to beg and pray to the being that abandoned her in her most traumatic moments.

Mina may think that she doesn't deserve god, but it's god that doesn't deserve Mina.

#I want to scream at her #She is not a symbol of righteous religious suffering who will be rewarded with peace in heaven #Mina is a human woman capable of so many things and she will never be at fault for this tragedy no matter how many times she tells that #If god in the Dracula novel it's real then humans should climb up and kill it #It really reminds me of a little paragraph of a song by el Cuarteto de Nos (it's an argetinian political rock band) #“I don't believe in god - all powerful - creator of heaven and earth - maker of evil and storms - castrator of willpower” #“I believe in me - nothing powerful - creator of churches and miracles” #dracula daily #dracula #mina harker #mina murray #cw catholicism

[zackbuildit]

There's something about worldbuilding that makes you realize just how ridiculously and unusually deontological humans are. Like, what's up with that. Then I remembered the Catholic church-

#worldbuilding #adhd #never ending project #nep #cw religious mention #cw catholicism

[almost-correct-quotes]

don't agree with catholics on most things but they really popped off with "we've got a bunch of god-ish people with really specific fields who you can pray to depending on your specific problem"

#cw religion #cw christianity #cw catholicism

[purgemarchlockdown]

I see posts from former catholics and hear from former catholics about their experiences and It really reminds me How Catholic Amane's Cult is.

It's all the weird stuff about who deserves what and believing in god and guilt and taken to the logical extreme. I know people whose teachers Told Them that if they feel Uncomfortable In A Dark Place and look around that means they don't trust in god enough and that The Devil won or something. I know people who were taught to feel guilty over being happy because not everyone is. I know people who were taught to be perfect humble saints or else they would waste all the effort people put Into Them.

It's just...Amane's cult really feels like the logical extreme of that kind of thinking and Im wondering if that's on purpose again.

#cw catholicism #cw cults #milgram thoughts

[auspicioustidings]

Yeah Johnny and Gaz get caught by fathers Price and Riley when they get drunk on stolen communion wine and are making out on the altar after hours. Just so everyone is aware. And I think I am going to write about because every so often I need to write catholic horror porn as a treat.

#cw Catholicism #mhairidrabbles #it is going to be deranged so I will endevour to have some fluffy thing out after it

[shiroikabocha]

Item Gained: Blessed Illmarran Die

Six sides which read:

1. I have sinned

2. In my thoughts

3. In my words

4. In what I have done

5. In what I have failed to do

and the final side:

6. God is indifferent

Weighted. When thrown, will always land on “God is indifferent.”

(can re-roll all white Absolution checks)

#disco elysium #cw catholicism #big brain thoughts

[mmehrunesraz0r]

WHO’S A HERETIC NOW?

closeups under the cut!

#trans artwork #queer artwork #cw religious imagery #cw catholicism #cw religious themes #cw religious trauma #the bible #the virgin mary #mother mary #ancient rome #florence + the machine #florence and the machine #florence #religious imagery #quote from ‘which witch’ by florence + the machine