#it was a question related to religion

[a-fuked-up-mess]

why do i feel so much like an asshole when i want to or when im googling something so bloody wrong and controversial that i just don't even want to do that anymore?! BUT i need it. for the story. that im writing. and it sucks, because i need that information but it feels SO wrong to even think about asking such question T_T

#arghhh #it was a question related to religion #and i kind of hate myself for asking something like that but i NEED to KNOW it #because i do not want to write any wrong or misleading thing in that story #it sucks! #writing #writers on tumblr #writers #writer's problems

[theangrypomeranian]

"you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me" feels like something an ex Christian would say to someone who didn't grow up in any kind of religion

#pom ponders #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #who's afraid of little old me? #ex christian #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #growing up in any Christian religion can be a special kind of hell #you have so much hate ingrained in your brain that can take years to unlearn #so when people who didn't grow up that way judge you for things you may have said or done in your past due to that influence #and they say well i never did/thought/said that!! #good for you but unfortunately i did #yes I'm relistening to this song again because it's literally been me for the last two months and I'm so tired #i was torn down to my lowest and for fucking what? #just because you couldn't relate to me doesn't mean i was a bad person #i didn't do anything wrong i am not a liar i am not a manipulator and how DARE you make me question my goodness

[soldier-poet-king]

Oh man I looked at the notes on that evolution & Christianity poll (a mistake, clearly), like, how can so many people be so fkin stupid. Yes thats mean of me to say but. Y'all are really out here being strict biblical literalists?? Not even most of the early christian theologians & church fathers were strict biblical literalists?? There is no historical basis to being an extreme literalist abt the bible?? Presumably you received SOME sort of education and can read and think critically?? You can't ALL have been raised in an information restrictive cult??

99% of the time im ready to throw hands with Catholicism because oh boy we have beef and I hate it here, but at least we're not Like That TM.

Oh Fr Georges Lemaître, father of the Big Bang Theory, we're really in it now.

#not to dunk on my Protestant friends ily #but like. protestantism is one hell of a drug. holy shit #like do i think ultimately what you believe about the evolution is the end of the world. no #BUT it indicates underlying literalist thinking which leads to problems that ACTUALLY affevt everyday life #and also just. deliberate ignorance. conspiracy theory thinking #not to b like. one thing leads to another. but these r definitely related patterns of thinking #and as much as im like. I fuckin hate catholics #its current western catholics that i rlly hate #theres at least a long history of intellectual freedom and science #yes at times obvs limited and repressed. but at least its not yknow. literalism. i would fuckin die #are yall really out here thinking abt literal adam and eve and creation in 7 days. really. REALLY? #altho. i went to hs with a young earth creationist who thot dinos and humans existed at the same time #so why. am i not surprised anymore #anyway yeah individual catholics are largely insane and i will fistfight trads #but at least like. INSTITUTIONALLY. we're allowed space to think and question #doctrinally thats allowed. even if trads refuse it in practice #ho ho holy shit yall #deadass did not think there was a significant amount of biblical literalists and creationists on TUMBLR of all places #both atheists and trads who think religion and science are fundamentally opposed. #think again. u r all. dummies. i am too tired to be polite abt it #im tired of ppl with no thinking skills <-its elections here today im extra full of rage #mrk saunders can catch my hands ALSO #i saw someone say that theres no basis to interpret the bible as allegorical #as if everytime Jesus said a parable ans the apostles took it literally #he had to sit them down and be like #boys. i love u. stop being stupid. its an allegory for the people. #WHAT THE FUCK IS A PARABLE IF NOT AN ALLEGORICAL INSTRUCTIVE STORY #genuinely. maybe i am naive. but deadass thot the adam and steve crowd thing was a joke. not a genuine argument against the gays #or at the very least a rare opinion blown out of proportion #ARE YALL OK IN PROTESTANT MAJORITY AREAS???????

[defendglobe]

you know what i wanna know? did sisko live a normal human lifespan and then just die or did he like fully ascend to godhood with the prophets at the end of his life?

because if its the latter than it's technically possible that sisko and michael burnham could meet.

#anyway i would KILL for an episode of discovery showing like. the state of DS9's political situation in the 32nd century. #like what unification III and forget me not did for vulcan/ni'var and trill respectively. #is there still some kind of station by the wormhole? did the burn cut off contact with the gamma quadrant? what's the dominion up to now? #how are relations between cardassia and bajor? did the isolation/general chaos of the burn drive them together or worsen the tension? #what's the general opinion on cardassia about the new federation president being part cardassian/part bajoran/part human? #how has bajoran religion changed over the past 1000 years? is the emissary of the prophets still talked about or has that story been lost? #i have so many questions.

[foolsocracy]

I love hearing your thoughts relating judaism to Noir Peter, it's really cool!!!

!!! Thank you so much!! I’m actually super relieved to know that. I’m glad u like it :,,]

Jewish Peter isn’t an uncommon headcanon at all but I still get cold feet about posting about it in decent depth. I feel like a lot of religious discussion can make some people wary, but I find religion really fascinating and a great way to apply further context to things, so I like to post about it anyway lol. And I figured someone might like it as much as I do, so here we are!!

#ur ask really is a weight off my chest though so thank u #I get neeervouusss I’m too niche and in there #I feel like a lot of the times Jewish headcanons r like.. ‘he celebrates Hanukkah!’ and like draw Pete w a menorah #which is perfectly fine and dandy cause some Jewish experiences might be like that #but I’m throwing religion at him full speed #it’s just who I am #anon #asks #thanks for the ask!! :] #if u or anyone else wants to relate any aspect of Judaism to a certain part of the comic #or have like a question abt smth #I’d love to throw my hat in

[crimeronan]

life hack: if a random guy on youtube gets pissed at you in the comments section because you talked factually about a topic with which you're familiar, just reply that you're sorry but you don't debate with hysterical handwringers who are too emotional to accept cold hard facts. this will solve nothing but neither would an actual debate. and this will FEEL a-maz-ing.

#bonus points if the topic is related in any way to tech AI billionaires software religion or economics #if you can't beat 'em make 'em miserable embarrassed and apoplectic with rage #now i'm going back to my coloring book bc i have a life outside of trawling youtube comments to pick fights ☺️ #(the comment in question was AGREEING with the video and wasnt inviting debate. i dont comment on videos i dont like bc engagement.)

[glimblshanks]

It's so difficult, because I genuinely do want to understand what the whole deal with Christianity is, but Christians are so apposed to any line of questioning about their belief system (in a way that no other religion is) that if you say anything they don't like they shut down and accuse you of being a sinner.

And it's like bro, I'm not trying to be insulting, I'm trying to understand why this religion is even appealing to you. How do you manage to get so many converts when you're not even willing to answer basic questions about your theology?

Everyone I've found who's actually willing to discuss Christian theology with me is an ex-Christian which is super unhelpful, because ex-Christians are people who have deconstructed Christian belief and come to the conclusion that it doesn't work for them. They're always very cynical about the whole situation. That's not what I'm looking for.

I want to talk to someone who's still into it. I want to understand what actually draws people to this religion ( I do not want to be trauma dumped at - I don't know what aspect of Christian belief confuses y'all into thinking that trauma dumping is an appropriate substitute for theological discussion, but it absolutely isn't).

Like you would really think for one of the most popular religions in the world finding answers to this stuff would be easier. Why can't you guys just talk about your beliefs?

#Christianity #religion #like I just don't understand #if the basic conceit of the religion is that God sent his only son down to Earth so that he could relate to and better understand humans #then I have a lot of questions #because a) if he's a all knowing god why does he need help understanding humans anyway? #b) if you're taking the Bible literally. Why would he then require Jesus to be celibate and die at 30? #like aren't sex and aging and relationships all parts of the human experience that god would want to know about? #and c) if you're taking the Bible metaphorically. The meaning of this story seems to be #that the divine will never truly relate to or understand you. That you are infact so different from the divine #that if an aspect of god came down from the heavens to interact with the people #your sins and the sins of your community as a whole would kill that divinity before it could live out a full human life #which is a genuinely interesting concept! like I would read a novel with that plot #but I don't understand why that's appealing from a faith perspective #is the appeal the act of forgiveness afterwards? #like the divine are so fundamentally different from us that we would kill them but they would forgive us for that difference anyway #why is difference something that must be forgiven rather than accepted? #like do you see why I'm confused by this stuff? #anyways #posting to this blog because a surprising number of Christians follow me here #maybe one of y'all can help me understand

[redheadbigshoes]

I will never understand following a religion (or at least religious leaders) who base their beliefs on fear.

I genuinely cannot understand people having idk how so many rituals and a bunch of other things they do in their daily life because of fear of something that happens after they die.

It makes so much more sense actually enjoying your days alive and doing something good with your life and maybe helping others than worry about something that might happen after you die, something you can’t even be sure of.

#stephanie talks #not lgbt related #it’s not supposed to be an attack on religions #it’s just a thought I had #idk I think it’s healthy questioning these things #I felt so more free after I completely disconnected myself from religion and started calling myself agnostic

[ilovetobiko]

attention all catholic aesthetic loving homosexuals; gay sex may become canon in the religion. here's what that even means:

I have a notes document of everything I learned in regard to homosexuality in Catholic school, and according to it, here's everything that my religion teachers tried to put in my head:

GAY SEX is not sin

GAY SEX is a way to 'cheat' sex before marriage without sin

GAY SEX has 0 emotional implications (and cannot)

GAY RELATIONSHIPS are sin

GAY RELATIONSHIPS don't exist

GAY RELATIONSHIPS only have sexual implication

GAY PEOPLE are not born like that, they have sexual curiosity

GAY PEOPLE who claim to be gay as kids have been corrupted

BI PEOPLE can be forgiven by marrying the opposite sex, but they must 'leave homosexuality behind'

This means, if the Catholic Church starts blessing gay marriage, all gay, pre-marital sex will officially be sinful. Have fun. Thank you.

#my catholic school education comes to use #note one my religion teachers was fujo w a pan daughter #but i couldnt get her official sign off on any homosexuality related questions #unfortunately #the rest comes from real religion teachers who i had to mimic for good grades #religion class is valued over any other class in those schools #and i had top marks every time #so. #catholic aesthetic #homosexuality

[villainessbian]

wait, bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah are gendered terms?

#is there a gender-neutral term #or terms for other genders? #my (limited) understanding is that the Jewish faith doesn't follow every text related to the religion because (1) there are many and (2) #some are considered to be more metaphoric and less direct #unlike Christianity which picks up the book and says 'everything in here is always true and literal' (except the things that say not to be #bigot or a money hoarder but that's because of <insert justification>)' #alright alright so my question is what would be the status of the 'there are 6 genders' thing? #Do people consider this one to be okay? #Or is it like; one text amongst so many that no one reads because they're old and specific and not in line with others #I literally know so little about religion

[vampyre-kin]

I low key kind of wish I'd been raised more religiously? Like I have such a weird fucking relationship with Christianity but at the same time I only have comparatively mild religious trauma, I only consistently went to church for about two years and the most my mom ever asked me to do was pray during hard time. I guess I just wish I had something more significant to connect all these feelings to. This weird guilt, the even weirder yearning to be more involved. Idk. It's all just weird and I don't like it.

#tw: mini trauma dumping in the tags after the basics -> #religious trauma #religion #christianity #the only real religious related trauma i have revolves around my queerness #in 4th grade a boy outed me as bi by reading a page of my diary to the whole class #i got beat up and called slurs regularly‚ they said id burn in hell and spread disgusting rumors about me #youd never believe the cruelty a flock homophobic of 10 year olds are capable of #and when i was 12 i went to church and one day i asked the pastors wife a simple question #“if god is all forgiving then why dont gay people go to heaven?” #“because god may forgive you but he will never accept you.” was her response #i know there are good christians and good churches who truly believe in loving thy neighbor and acting in kindness #but they seem so horribly rare

[communistkenobi]

the religion chapter in auth personality is kind of a flop

#it’s short and the data they collected aren’t very good #which they admit to but it’s disappointing #the one interesting thing they said was that the more accurate way to frame religion as it relates to ethnocentrism #is that it depends more on the WAY in which a person is religious #rather than if they’re religious or not #but again the questions they asked when collecting data for it were kinda stupid #the authoritarian personality

[noxtivagus]

hmmm. oh my god my mind is a mess i rlly can't write what i want to rn but i will just Dump

#🌙.vents #YEAH HONESTLY OKAY one reason why fiction comforts me so much is. it teach me so much n let me live through so much more #these characters i. relating to them n seeing parts of myself in them is just. yk rlly comforting bcs i'm. very not social irl. #i get anxious. n typically i find that.. most ppl in like my class or my school or wtvr. yk everyone is interesting n has depth but #i find them. a bit too simple for me. ah.. yeah uhm. sorry remove the 'a bit' it's. by far. so. #hermes rlly. to me bcs he's like. different. felt alone for it. but.. he's intelligent he's valued n. theres a lot of ways to look at it bu #yh then he stands up n does smth for himself for once n he makes mistakes n then after that he sort of just gives up on that part of himsel #'internalizes the lies' THAT PART HURT SO MUCH OKAY. but.. yk fitting in n being 'normal' or wtvr gives a lot of ppl more comfort #but for me it hurts yes but i'd much rather face life for what it is. who i am who i really am. fuck if it's lonely for me #smth from the 1975 w matty on religion? sorry as well i'm.. really not religious. i respect it but please. i'm really not religious. #it would.. be easier yeah if we did believe in some divine being right? believing that there is salvation. that. there's.. yeah #i really just can't bring myself to believe in that. on religion i rmb rn even when i was younger like in lower school even i rlly thought #abt logic behind it. i questioned n wondered why people believed in religion. i really as. very curious abt stuff n life n all that #n growing up i've never really let the outside world influence me too much. no i pride myself in really staying true to myself. #so last year hurt sm bcs i really felt like i was restraining myself too much. i can't exactly pinpoint it rn okay i'm emotional rn but #i rlly felt like my freedom to be myself was stuck somewhere. n then stuff n 'talking too much' so tumblr became yh for me bcs #i don't want to isolate myself but i just.. can't do some things bcs of anxiety? or wtvr there's a lot n then there's also. uh #i still do crave vulnerability n belonging but how do i say this #it's really important to me that. i realize i open up more to ppl that also are able to open up as well. ppl who are like me. #like apollo n online friends n i love my irls too n i hate this bcs yh fine maybe i'm a bit of a ppl pleaser but it's more in a way that #i don't want to be misunderstood. i don't want to hurt anyone. so irl i generally tend to.. hide or restrain myself #take note of 'generally'. but i won't touch on that right now. i think i've been misunderstood before so that's why im sensitive to this #bcs. still having that love n care can coexist with still knowing myself n what works better for me bcs it's so crazy actually how w #several ppl i met last year esp the ones i only know online i cld open up to them more easily bcs they Too can do that n it just #feels so lonely irl i'm just dumping rn it's like nearly 1 am n i'll probably delete this tmrrw bcs i think i'm a bit frustrated right now #not that it's anyone's fault. i'm just. confused right now w myself but i don't mean anything bad by all this okay #i want to just. write. a fictional story rn to calm myself. doing things for myself surely isn't selfish. being myself isn't selfish right? #i can be kind to myself right now too. like other times before. so i will be kind. yes i will be. #there's sm in my head i rlly wish i cld write them all but such is the limit of being human. not too bad tho bcs i have stuff to do #i'll get that done rq n then i'll let myself rest though. until i sleep i'll let myself be at peace n rest c:

[4trackcassette]

ok sorry for being a hater yesterday. I started reading some Ursula k le Guin essays and i have positive emotions again. i love her.

#sometimes I'm like I should engage Deeper with the things I read but then I'm like who likes a book report #I think about most books I read again and sometimes I don't think about them #The one I've thought about the Most Is this work book sacred ground about American battlefields lolol #Idk I think you could spend years on every single book and there's always more #I wrote this paper on Charles hirschkinds the feeling of history #And I keep thinking about it like #I took the easy option for writing the paper #And I think i was wrong to #I keep thinking back on the other question #Then again that question guided my next paper and so on and so forth #Oh my how do I miss school so badly already it's been almost exactly two months #I just don't THINK like that on my own #No matter how. Much I'm reading #Or even the stuff I write/present for work #Cuz it's all for the PUBLIX #what I really want to do at work is like. Talk about theories of the secular wrt to a battlefield defined by the NPS as sacred ground #and how that relates to the Def of sacred in like... Nagpra #and then like... also the relationship of this site to civil religion. And also representations of manifest destiny. #Etc.

[williamkergroach55]

The Unspoken prominence of Western Civilization

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A Tapestry of Heritage

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Philosophical Foundations

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A Global Perspective

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The Western Civilization has shaped the world civilization. it's about time to say White is beautiful

#WesternInfluence #CulturalLegacy #White #Philosophy #ArtisticExpression #Innovation #CulturalWest 📚🌍

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[swupwise]

Everytime I'm forced to write something that requires research from the bible I feel like I release some of the seal I've placed on the Church Kid in me. Its slowly breaking free.

#im not even kidding when i say this teacher must be obsessed with christianity #weve been relating everything weve read so far to something relating tot he bible #we read journey to the west and they wanted us to compare how it would have been ig it was christian instead #i am now writing a research paper on the portrayal of adam and eve by twain compared to the bible #the funny thing is this professor must have forgotten about the end of term evaluation lol #everyone when they have to answer yes to the is religion a major part of the class setting question #which yhen prompts the does this impact your ability to function fully in the classroom question #which if you answer yes to you get to free respond on how it affevts you #lol #my post #personal