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qui-qui-quee · 6 months

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The Righteousness Barrier (long post)

AKA Christians, Stop Othering!

So here is the post I kept saying I'd make. As a disclaimer, if you expect me to be backing up whatever I'm about to say with Scriptures and verses, then I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. Whatever you read will be rough, wild, perhaps a little unorganized, but it's the best I can do for now.

And by all accounts, I can be wrong. Whatever I'm about to say, you can take it with a grain of salt if you so please. But I also ask that you read with good faith curiosity, and not with the internal aim to dismantle my points or go "this person is insane".

So. Here goes nothing. My realizations about what prioritizing sin does to us:

When we focus too much or prioritize sin vs. righteousness, we are unable to love other people to the fullest extent.

What do I mean by this?

Think about it. You grow up being taught what is sin, what is not, how to be righteous, how to avoid upsetting God with all of these guidelines, rules, verses, Scripture, whatever you want to call it. You listen to other people, or you study the Word on your own, or through the guidance of past, "strong" believers and theologians, and come to believe your convictions are true and/or the Scriptures are clear when they're used to back up these claims about what is good vs evil. So you live with this sense that because you are following or trying to follow these guideline, you are in God's will. And that those who do not are in sin, are lost, are plain wrong, are under the wrath of God, not following God's will, etc.

Then one day, you meet a person who believes very differently from you or disagrees with certain theologies. Or even a nonbeliever.

What do you think or feel about that person? Where does your mind immediately go?

I bet that many of you will say "this is a person loved by God, thus I will love them too."

But wait, I want to challenge you on that, because I don't think you or I would be telling the truth if we immediately make that claim.

Why? Because I think that's all just darn lip-service, and at the back of our minds whether unconsciously or not, our first thought will immediately go to their sin and unrighteousness especially once we find out about those disagreements (and it's not limited to just religious people).

That tendency, that instinct to judge a person by whether they have the right beliefs or not, serves as a big hindrance rather than asset when it comes to truly loving other people.

Chew on it. Picture yourself as a cis evangelical believing in "biblical" (traditional) marriage. Then think about how your queer loved ones may invite you to their same-sex marriage. Or perhaps, they ask you to call them by certain pronouns or refer to them by a certain gender. Or maybe they want to talk about their romantic partners who are living with them but are unmarried and are clearly sexually active.

Or picture yourself as someone incredibly pro-justice and then you meet someone who is wealthy and whose business doesn't treat their workers right. Or on the contrary, you believe in the necessity for working for your wealth, but then you meet a person who is living on welfare and doesn't appear to be doing anything to get out of their status and are busying themselves with drugs or whatnot.

Or, God forbid, you meet a self-described pedophile or minor-attracted person.

Do you feel uncomfortable when picturing yourself in such situations? Do you have real-life experience? Does it make you wish you didn't have to deal with any of that at all?

If so, that is precisely what I'm talking about: That discomfort.

(If not then I dunno why you're still reading this)

"Quiche, why would you lump all those things together? How dare you compare us to them?"

Ok I need to say this because social media is nasty:

Do not get me wrong, those are all very different and each have very different sets of consequences ranging from none (queerness) to actual jail time (child abuse or porn, robbery). But that's not my point here right now.

I am focusing on us. The discomfort we feel.

That discomfort can have a purpose, whether to protect us spiritually or to push us to justice. But in more cases than not, such as, I will argue, sexuality and gender, it's like a metal pole we stick between us and our neighbor, keeping us from getting closer to them.

In latter cases, that discomfort is our innate sense of self-righteousness shutting our heart out to that person. Our mindset about that person becomes set if that is our focus and it changes the way we relate to them.

We talk less with them. We spend less time with them. We don't get excited about changes in their life related to those things we think are wrong (unless it pushes them towards our camp). We keep thinking "this person is not in a good place and I don't want to encourage them to go further down that bad place."

That's the kicker. We become scared of possibly encouraging them towards bad behavior and belief. And we stop being able to really relate with them. That is the kind of barrier I'm talking about.

It prevents us from building deep, close-knit connections. It already has. How many of you lost friends because you had different beliefs about sexuality and gender? How much closer could you have been with that person if it weren't for the fact that they were trans or some other gender or some other wildly different denomination or religion?

In my own life, I have lost friends simply because of believing a very stringent view of sexuality. And for awhile, I believed it was solely their problem, not mine, when they left. I had failed to see the harm of holding on to those beliefs so strongly to the point it kept me from really getting to know people (not to mention the far more harmful consequences such as hate crimes and abandonment).

It wasn't until I learned to loosen those beliefs even a little bit, to consider the possibility of me being wrong about all this, did I realize I had the God-given freedom to deepen these relationships with others who were not necessarily in my "camp", without worrying about "condoning" or "encouraging" their "unbiblical" behaviors. Yet even now, I am still struggling with that as I continue on this little deconstruction journey.

After all, I am a product of Western evangelism where I was taught that we had all these doctrines right. But I digress.

Someone else had a term for this kind of behavior and thought process. It's called "Othering" and it is a product of our tendencies to categorize and imo, by extent, our sense of self-righteousness. We see someone we think are wrong or different and we immediately start "othering" them, setting them away from us. So we become blind to the way God can work in their lives, their potential to live a full life away from our camps. Instead of investing on each other, to spur each other towards love, peace, kindness, etc or even just being there for them, we think about their sin and keep an arm's length away and only really connect if there is a possibility that they will jump into our side of the issue.

So I suppose that's my challenge to everyone here, and to myself really. To really study the way Jesus broke down those barriers despite being as Holy as One can Be, by truly connecting with the "Other".

I challenge us to be more aware of our tendencies to "Other", our instinct to put differences above personhood, and to do our best to go against that instinct. I challenge us to worry less about someone else's sin and instead, trust in the Lord's sovereignty, the Holy Spirit's power, as we do our best to deepen those connections we are given and live abundant lives together.

There is no way we can bring God's kingdom to the world otherwise.

#qooky speaks #finally made that post guys #christianity #obviously this is subject to edits

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lilybug-02 · 2 months

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Pain is a great motivator…

Part 26 || First || Previous || Next

—Full Series—

Meanwhile Toriel:

(Loud noises don't wake her up usually.)

Artist note: I’m so proud of this :))) I know it’s a lot of dialogue and reading, but dialogue is grueling work for me. I’m glad with the art and for the amount of pages I made in such a relatively short time span -w- page 5 was super fun to work on. A lot of blood, sweat, and hours here... :) The backgrounds were a big bore tbh, but I finished them! Yippie!

#CHARA WTF DO YOU MEAN “COMPUTER”????#lol i hope you guys dont hate me for what im doing in the next update.#IS THAT A MAC OS???#Yes......owo''#Kris and the Gang are LITTLE now. I've pixelated them and turned them into little game characters!#FINALLY!!#I never thought I would be going so far in the story to explain WHY Kris pulls out their SOUL and opens Darkfountains even when they killed #Berdly in Chapter 2. Pain can make people do horrible things.#Uhhhhhhhhh anyways. :3 I hope you liked it! I made this post a little too long for my liking and didnt get it out when i wanted too-#but thats okay! As long as people enjoy it :)#bread #art #deltarune chara timeline #deltarune chara timeline comic #seriously though #long post #man am I glad I switched over to the limited color palet! It helps me feel alot more relaxed uwu #This is....way over 16 hours of work q-q #chara #asriel #susie #kris #asriel dreemurr #kris dreemurr #kris deltarune #susie deltarune #deltarune #comic #my art

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ecoamerica · 23 days

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The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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tinyfantasminha · 9 months

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Who is your favorite fearless hero 🐱

Guys im being so serious Puss in Boots the Last Wish became one of my comfort movies so fast SOBS I could easily picture Grim in Puss' position through the whole movie so I had this idea! It's just perfect lol. And who else could Death/Lobo be. You had it coming (And an actor AU as a complementary:)

#twisted wonderland #twst fanart #twst au #twst grim #twst grimm #jack howl #vil schoenheit #twst lucius #guys we did it jack is finally brazilian #jack hates wearing contacts his eyes sting #lucius got bribed with tuna. grim got bribed bc they said he'd receive more tuna than lucius would #(trein is supervising lucius on the stage and he films with his own old early 2000s camera like a proud dad)#i made these in may/june and i took so long to post bc i wanted to draw one more scene but i couldn't decide which one so uuHHH i gave up #I WANTED TO DRAW ANOTHER JACK SCENE FOR SURE SOBS #myart

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isezrahomeyet · 7 months

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OUR BOY IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

#WE FUCKING MADE IT GUYS #WE SURVIVED #I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG #HE’S FINALLY HERE #LITERALLY I'M CRYING RIGHT NO #MY BOY HAS COME BACK TO ME #I WANNA THROW MYSELF INTO THE SUN #don’t ask how long this post has been sitting in my drafts btw #star wars #ahsoka show #isezrahomeyet #star wars rebels #ezra bridger #ahsoka series #ahsoka spoilers #sabine wren #ahsoka tano

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strawbie-doodle · 1 month

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havent drawn all of them in a WHILE ✸

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fiepige · 7 months

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Compilation of EVERY single time they changed Hobie's filter in the digital version:

Left: Theatrical release Right: Digital release

You might have to click on some of them to get a better look at Hobie, sadly I don't have a video editor that allows me to make better edits than these :')

#This took so long to make lol #cause I had to edit every scene with Hobie from both versions so I could watch them right after one another to compare them #I did this with ALL the scenes he's in also the ones where he's on screen as spider-punk #but they only changed his filters in these scenes so it was a waste of time :')#sidenote: no it wasn't it's never a waste of time to look at hobie I just couldn't use it for my GIFset lol #I also made a bouns one but I'm not allowed to post more than 30 GIFs in one post apparently so I guess I just won't add it then...#but Hobie was basically filterless during all these scenes in the theatrical version #I like that they gave him more different filters in the digital version #the only change I don't like is in the first GIFs #cause like that one post pointed out it looks like they removed his lipstick for some reason #also really wish I had a better video editor so we could get a closer look at Hobie but I did my best with what I had #also slowed some of them down to get a better look at them #been having this idea for a while and now I finally finished it!#which means I can go back to working on my fics now #hopefully lol #also lemme know if there are some other scens you guys want me to make comparisons of #cause I have both versions #the theatrical release isn't the highest quality though so if you know where I can get my hands on a better version lemme know ;)#hobie brown #spider punk #miles morales #spider man #peter b parker #jess drew #miguel o'hara #spider man across the spider verse #across the spider verse #across the spiderverse #atsv #theatrical version

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vamprnce · 7 months

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two of 'em

#my art #ashdhsj #peter parker #miles morales #based off that post i made i ended up doodling it finally #the silly guys jonah hates em #insomniac spider man #doodle

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archivebottles · 7 months

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finally free from not being able to draw the past two months omg..to celebrate here are some elsters from last week...i like her

#im gonna start putting ids in alt because they made alt text better here. if someone would like me to put them in the posts please lmk #signalis #elster #i like her a normal amount i think...#there is someone out there who is the funniest person ever whos like oh my god ash finally played signalis. yeah.#the biggest crime is that i had to wait TWO MONTHS AFTER FINISHING IT TO CONVINCE MY FRIENDS TO PLAY A GOD DAMN SURVIVAL HORROR GAME #I FEEL LIKE THE JOKER. worth it tho i will continue to do this #myart #blood #do NOT give the lineart guy ad fuycking robot character to redesign. ive been thinking about how her stupid ass body works for months.

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jicklet · 8 months

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Nancy Drew (2019-2023)

Thank you for 62 spooky, funny, wonderful episodes about love. ♥

#nancy drew #nancy drew cw #nancydrewedit #drew crew #v posts things #v watches nancy drew #flashing gif cw #i can't watch the finale until tomorrow if i can ask for no spoilers in the tags ♥#i wanted to make this post because this was the show that actually got me into gifmaking #there have been so many things worth noticing and connecting that i wanted to show to you guys and go Hey isn't this neat!#and now i have like a bajillion of these things #these are a mix of gifs i never posted and some of my old faves that I spruced up a little #though i didn't realize how much i haven't giffed nancy x ace until i made this asldkfjad oops #you guys got it covered! i'm trying to round out the ecosystem 😅#this has been such a lovely journey #typing the caption may or may not have made me cry ha h a #love you guys :) ♥

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m4ymask · 1 year

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Somewhere hidden in Splatsville lives a shoemaker who can add forbidden effects to your gear (if you can find him). He's wanted for selling his gear to help players cheat in their matches.

#Made this oc a while ago and finally wanted to post him here as well :)#Just a funny little guy #Splatoon #Oc #Art #Splatoon oc #Bo #Shoemaker #Splatoon 2 #splatoon 3 #M4ymaskOc #Maymask Bo

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iceycloversart · 7 months

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based on this post by @mortalkcmbat

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #sub zero #bi han #kuai liang #mk tundra #this is an edit #i finally get to say my favorite phrase ever #the tattoo removal surgery was a success #ok so tag edit after posting #the mk wiki says that oniro and Lin Kuei Grandmaster from mythologies are different #however in my heart that is his name #also for a while the wiki seemed to have incorrectly identified him as oniro? instead of the guy from the cartoon. so that was in my brain #but i didn't double check before posting this lol #also when researching it rn it seems a lot of people have made this mistake too #where did it originate.......#if anyone has info on this let me know #but with this edit i wanted to specify a name to emphasize that this ISNT the same universe as mk1 #the grandmaster is not THEIR father #he didnt adopt smoke either etc all he potentially did was kidnap his sons #at least that was the case in the og timeline #the grandmaster is instead sektors father as is established in mk9 #SECOND EDIT i think its just because they were both the lin kuei grandmasters but oniros the only one that had a name #mystery solved um maybe #ok bye thank you

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mblue-art · 2 months

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drew @owl-bones's lv20 dust!cross boy, strike 💗 (pre-redesign) (new design here!)

silly xtras + simp thoughts under the cut

a shitpost ... ft silly au bc i got attached to how blorbo i made my sona in it...

im just a lil guye... against big scary tall skeleman constantly burning lots of magic... who easily crumbles to even the smallest bit of affection... he'll be dead on the fukcign gorund when im done w him /j/j/j/j/lh/aff <333

self-indulgent scenario/au surrounding my simping (just like all my other AUs in my head lololol) is called icecube (for now,, 👉👈),, yearned hard during an especially chilly rainy day, and felt so cold i joked that i was turning into ice-- then i got attacked with simp thoughts about how he'd be sooo warm and toasty (,,perfect for the weather,,,/)/////(\;;) and the silly thought of being the ice to his warmth-- his little icecube-- is very /////wwww

i love,, the visual of getting cold chilly hands and just reaching up to cup his cheeks and feel his ambient(?) magic warming my hands up and the whole gesture simultaneously making him melt,,

an icecube can only cool off a magic-burning body so much,, but i hope he enjoys the feeling lots everytime he holds cold lil me to his chest uwu 🧊💙❤️‍🔥