#not Christian

[levforfakes]

@amtrak-official all i want for christmas is a trolley in my city

#trolley #not christian

[bookishblogging]

“But he died for our sins”

OKAY HE ALSO LITERALLY CREATED THE CONCEPT OF SINS AND THIS IS HIS PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH. WE DIDNT ASK TO BE BORN NOR DID WE ASK TO BE BORN INTO SIN. BUT HERE WE ARE AS A PERSONAL FUCKING SIMS GAME

All of that to say I can’t stand Christians constantly trying to convert me ❤️

#deconstructing religion #deconstruction #ex Christian #polytheism #polytheist #pagan #not Christian #tw religion #religion

[mamaangiwine]

The inability to except that Christians can, have, and do practice magic is more "Burning Times" bias and bullshit.

I personally think that some of you prefer the fantasy-esque style narrative of the witch trials; a people of a noble and nature centric belief system being systematically hunted down and killed by an evil empire. As opposed to the reality based narrative of the gender, race, and politcal struggle the witch trials actually represented.

How many times does it have to be said that a large part of the people killed identified as Christian? How many times does it have to be said that many of them weren't practicing anything?

Not Midwifery. Not Herbalism. Not Cunning Craft.

Nothing.

Some were accused simply for the sake of accusation. Accusation that could be used as a tool to exert political and religious power- or accusation simply because of unchecked panic and fear. Sometimes both.

If there is a generalized lesson one can take from the complexities of the witch trials, it's not "Witches were oppressed and killed by the church" but rather "The church and other political elites created a bogeyman so generic and pervasive in the psyche of the people they were meant to govern that people died, many of whom were "their own"."

It was a time and place in history where almost none were safe, and I personally think that's something we should unite under. Not use as a wedge to further drive us apart- or a means to label oneself as a "true heir" to witchcraft/magic while labeling others as "natural enemies" (like seriously, that's how some of you act and...yuck.)

#not christian #just like history #rant #magic #folk magic #spirituality #folklore #magic practitioners #ritual magic #witchblr #witchcraft #history #dialog #witch trials #witch hunts #'burning times'

[peeptheaesthetic]

Owl City is christian propaganda send tweet.(I need to see them live.)

#not christian #nor do i think rainbowdash is #my little pony friendship is magic #my little pony #my litte pony friendship is magic #my little pony rainbow dash #rainbow dash #rainbow aesthetic #rainbow dash my little pony #rainbow dash mlp #main 6 #mane 6 #mlp #rainbow dash fanart #blue #blue aesthetic #blue moodboard #light blue #light blue aesthetic #light blue moodboard

[coremo666]

goth/emo outfit? a mix?

#fashion #gas mask #emo girl #photography #alt girl #alternative #emo gf #emo scene #they/them #emo aesthetic #goth aesthetic #nonbinary #not christian

[cryptidcarnage]

Happy Easter, everyone. Remember, today is not the day of Jesus Christ's resurrection, it's the day of celebrating spring, rebirth, fertility, and feasting. Thank the Spring Goddess, Ostara and plant your seeds and feast on fruits and veggies.

#paganism #witches #spring #easter #not christian #truth #feast #earth

[greentempleblog]

The Green Temple Faith Declaration

My god is real. She has always been here. She doesn't need fear to make me believe. I don't even need to believe, for she is real. My god is real. She is all around us. She is us. She is everything, everywhere all at once. She is scientifically proven. She is the science that proves her. She is everything you can see, hear, touch, smell and taste. And everything you have not evolved senses to measure. She is all there was, is and ever will be. A beautiful and strange dance of matter and energy taking different forms again and again. We are lucky. So lucky we are conscious. So lucky we are aware of her in the way we are. Aware of ourselves as part of her. What privilege. Truly.

My god is real and I am hers completely

The Green Temple

#new religion #nature is all #nature is us #be a good ancestor #environmentalism #not christian #faith #pantheism #declaration of faith #ava #science #solarpunk #hopepunk #hopecore #feminism #matriarchy #matrilineal #women led faith #temple of nature

[silly-guy-enjoyer]

GUYSSSSS LOOOOKKKKK omg okay so shes been on my wants list for genuinely years but this one is special because!! its a 1981 edition, which is before the change in the introduction!!!! i saw this specific one at my local bookstore a few weeks back and i knew i absolutely had to get her. and for only 5 bucks!!!

#special interest #book of mormon #not the musical like the actual holy book #not mormon #not christian #just autistic #i will use this as an excuse to talk about my bible collection

[theyanderespecialist]

Story Time: Jesus Ride When I Came Out at 13 🏳‍🌈✝ (TW: Religious Trauma) #comingoutstory #lgbtqia

#youtube #lgbtia #coming out #coming out story #bisexual #at the time I thought I was bisexual #bible thumpers #your religion is valid #jesus follower #not christian #not catholic #gay #demisexual #panromantic #ace spectrum #asexuality spectrum #omnisexual #monster fucker #polyamory #fictophilia #Queer #non gender conforming #etc #religious trauma #misuse of the Bible

[shittygaypornmagazine]

christmas is approaching a tiny apartment in which lives a gay agnostic, a pansexual witch, a bisexual jew with a norse pagan mother, a trans buddhist who is very angry about the body they have been reincarnated into, and an atheist. please send help. our defenses against mariah carey are very limited.

#christmas is fine as a concept #but like why #why is it everywhere #I do not feel the spirit of christmas I do however smell the pine trees and smell the sufganiot #witch #norse pagan #panseuxal #bisexual #gay #atheist #agnostic #jew #not christian #not a single one #christmas #mariah carey #unfrosting

[aspyn-posts]

HARK HOW THE BELLS SWEET SILVER BELLS ALL SEEM TO SAY THROW CARES AWAY CHRISTMAS IS HERE BRINGING GOOD CHEER TO YOUNG AND OLD MEEK AND THE BOLD DING DONG DING DONG THST IS THEIR SONG WITH JOYFUL RING ALL CAROLING ONE SEEMS TO HEAR WORDS OF GOOD CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE FILLING THE AIR OH HOW THEY POUND RAISING THE SOUND OER HILL AND DALE TELLING THEIR TALE GAILY THEY RING WHILE PEOPLE SING SONGS OF GOOD CHEER CHRISTMAS IS HERE MERRY MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS ON ON THEY SEND ON WITHOUT END THEIR JOYFUL TONE TO EVERY HOME HARK HOW THE BELLS SWEET SILVER BELLS ALL SEEM TO SAY THROW CARES AWAY CHRISTMAS IS HERE BRINGING GOOD CHEER TO YOUNG AND OLD MEEK AND THE BOLD DING DONG DING DONG THST IS THEIR SONG WITH JOYFUL RING ALL CAROLING ONE SEEMS TO HEAR WORDS OF GOOD CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE FILLING THE AIR OH HOW THEY POUND RAISING THE SOUND OER HILL AND DALE TELLING THEIR TALE GAILY THEY RING WHILE PEOPLE SING SONGS OF GOOD CHEER CHRISTMAS IS HERE MERRY MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS ON ON THEY SEND ON WITHOUT END THEIR JOYFUL TONE TO EVERY HOME DOOOOOONG DING DONGDING DOOOOOOOOOOOONG

#not christian #not christian but #christmas is coming #carol of the bells #best christmas song ever #singing this #for choir #its so fun

[hippiehawaii]

hate the sin love the sinner!!

#not christian #quotes #weed community #hippie #love everyone #dms open

[mamaangiwine]

hi! i noticed in your pinned post that you said you try to include your hungarian heritage when it comes to your craft. may i ask for some recommendations regaring this? i'm hungarian myself but everything is about catholicism these days and i couldn't really find good books about the old ways.

thank you in advance, hope you have a wonderful day!

Oof. Idk if I can really provide recommendations tbh- at least not comfortably.

This is a tricky question as I am someone who supplements much of her craft with academic literature and research. Things like anthropological studies, folkloric studies, historical papers, etc.

However, there has in fact been an ongoing reframing of history in main-stream Hungary since the 1970s, influenced by nationalist rhetoric and spurred by a romanticized view of that history started by academics as early as the late 1800s .

These academics, inspired by the current European Romantic ideology of the time, sought to uncover the "true" history of Hungary that would illuminate the pre-conquest ethnic and cultural practices of ancient Hungarians. Though there are many notable academics we can trace back to the foundation of this reframing, one of the most well known is Vilmos Diószegi.

Diószegi worked incredibly hard to prove that Hungary's spiritual history was tied to a mysterious historical figure called a 'Taltos'. It was Diószegi's belief that the 'Taltos' was a Finno-Urgic-based, Turkic style 'shaman' who assisted in priestly duties in their respective communities and used a drum to enter an ecsatcy induced trance. Diószegi would even go on to theorize what the Taltos 'shamanistic world view' would have entailed. However, many scholars, including Éva Pócs, doubt these theories and have pointed to inconsistencies in Diószegi's research and reconstruction. Though there was undoubtedly Turkic influence, these scholars suggest that the Taltos has more in common with pre-christian Balkan, Bulgarian and Southern Slavic traditions.

Now, overall there wouldn't usually be a problem with that. Disagreements happen in academia all the time. The issue is that Diószegi's work is treated as absolute, and is the basis for most modern Hungarian paganism and reconstruction due to the unique ethnic and cultural identity it can provide. A cultural identity Hungarian Nationalists love to hold up on a pedestal and point to as evidence of a glorious and mystical past that existed before Christianity and, of course, Jewish People.

Therefore, when studying Hungarian paganism and folk practices one has to be discerning. Despite Diószegi's influence on Hungarian Academia as a whole, it doesn't mean it's all without merit (it doesn't necessarily mean all of Diószegi's work is completely without merit either, just that it shouldn't be treated as gospel especially with the inconsistencies surrounding it and the romantic european foundation it was already working from). For instance Mihály Hoppál's work has been known to research not only "modern" (60's and 70's) Hungarian folk practices, but source them by region. I've learned much from his detailing of Hungarian folk practices- I just don't take everything he has to say as fact. I question it and compare it with other research- rigorously.

As for the Catholic element of Hungarian practices, my personal take is this: Embrace it. That isn't to say that you should become a Christian or even agree with Christianity. Despite the fact that I, myself, am not Christian, I personally just find it unrealistic to separate the two. Christianity has been established in Hungary since the year 1000. Over that time the 'old ways' and Christian practices have undoubtedly been syncretized past the point of being able to concretely tell them apart. This is the fundamental problem I have with reconstruction as a whole, because much of it tries to simply omit Christain concepts from folk traditions without, ironically, realizing that in doing so we may be equally erasing pre-christain approaches and philosophies. They're just too entwined. My closest ancestors were catholic as opposed to pagan. Granted, weird catholics who saw things and knew things, but catholics none the less. Their history and traditions are just as valid, and are also just as important as the pre-christian beliefs that undoubtedly found themselves braided into that same history and those same traditions.

I'm sorry if this doesn't really answer your question, but regardless I hope you found it helpful.

#answered #magic #folk magic #spirituality #hungarian folk practices #hungarian magic #not christian #christian folk practices #christian folk magic #reconstruction #history #academia

[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

Not Christian anymore. I have my reasons. However, I have to admit that I don’t like missing Good Friday.

“Why?”, you may ask. I’ll tell you.

It’s the best time of year to listen to It Is Finished by Petra. And the song slaps.

#I don’t like most contemporary Christian music #Christian Rock is usually awful #but damn #Petra did a good job with that one #not christian #good friday #it is finished

[beemovieaficionado]

Bee. (6:9, Beedam: GODDAMMIT BEEVE, why did you have to make a nest on the forbeeden tree! For Fucks Sake!... Amen.)

#bee #honey #not christian #Unfunny

[percabeth4life]

I’m a gay pagan! Why isn’t Camp Half Blood Pagan!? Chiron sucks! PERCABETH! Anti will solace don’t come at me. Just cuz Percy didn’t end up with the 12 year old or the adult who tried to kill him doesn’t mean he’s straight!

It's queer pagan

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#and its not pagan its helpol #i use pagan at times but like its not how Id self describe #pagan is basically a classification of #not christian #and like #i dont vibe with basing my religious id around one that I very much dont like and is the one that tries to remove other religions #soooo #helpol not pagan #/nm #didnt feel like linking the post this time btw so you can just hit the tag #impersonate ask #for the link if you want it #or just do as the description says lol #side note: on the queer instead of gay #idk I prefer queer over gay like I call myself gay at times but iys more jokey #queer is a good blanket term for my ideneity cause its CoMpLiCaTeD #also queer is best :P