#topic: religion

[just-positivity-stuff]

Just your friendly reminder that you CANNOT or SHOULD NOT call yourself a christian if you willingly promote hate of any kind (transphobia, homophobia, etc) l. God's whole thing was to love one another. If you willingly say how you're a proud transphobe, you're trash. Period. Being trans is not a trend. Being trans and transitioning saves lives, and refusing to accept them for who they are, deadnaming and misgendering them on purpose is what causes the trans suicide rate. Those people don't choose to be like that, they just ARE. Transitioning saves lives from suicide, so does something as simple as using their new name and pronouns. You're seriously the one who's messed up if you openly admit without thinking anything wrong of it of declaring yourself a transphobe. "Be YoUrSeLf" but not like that, right? They ARE being their true self by accepting who they are, and if you can't, as a Christian.. There's no hate like Christian love. Christianity promotes loving one another regardless of perceived flaws, not spreading hate. He would be deeply ashamed of you. You know WHY the suicide rates are so high for trans youth, and their estimated lifespan is so short? Hateful transphobes. They're murdered or killed for simply being themselves. People refusing to accept them for who they are, not using their new names and pronouns. They're not shoving their "lifestyle" on anyone. You know who DOES do that? Christians. You know what you're telling people, even your family, who may potentially be trans or LGBT? "I am not a safe person to come out to, I will openly misgender and deadname you, I do not care if it makes you suicidal". DO. BETTER. Don't have children if you cannot accept any possible outcome, including being trans. People don't choose to be trans, but you choose to be an asshole. So if family or friends suddenly distance themselves from you or suddenly cut you off, ask yourself if that's why.

This is a pro trans and anti transphobe safe space. Fuck you 🖕🏻

#tw: christianity #topic: christianity #tw: religion #topic: religion #tw: transphobia #tw: mention of transphobia #topic: transphobia #tw: mentions of suicide #tw: suicide #topic: suicide #tw: transphobic violence #topic: transphobic violence #topic: hate crimes #tw: hate crimes #topic: transgender suicide #tw: transgender suicide #tw: murder #topic: murder #topic: deadnaming #tw: deadnaming #tw: misgendering #topic: misgendering

[tayfabe75]

"I just kissed a guy in Dubai. Who gives a fuck what I did in Dubai? That's the point. It's ridiculous that any government, regardless of how dogmatically faithful they are, thinks that they can get involved with what people do with their genitals or their mouths or stuff like that. It's like, they just need to fuck off. Nowadays, I honestly think if you're like, piously religious, if you're like, dogmatically faithful, you should be kind of ashamed of yourself. And I'm bored of certain religions, as well, because certain racisms are aligned with them thinking that you can't criticize them, you can't criticize Islam as a set of ideas, you can't criticize these kinds of things because you're inherently criticizing people. But that's a problem with the society, because Islamaphobia does exist, people are bigoted. But what that really is, is thick, scared people not liking brown people. Whereas, I love people. I love brown people. I don't care about people's color. I just don't know when I'm allowed to be offended. Religious people are always allowed to be offended. 'Oh, we're offended by this, I'm offended by that.' I have to get up every day and read something abhorrent that's happened in the name of religion. And I never get a day. I never get a day where I'm allowed to be offended. Where are my rights as an atheist? When am I allowed to be like, completely affronted by something? I just get angry with injustice, you know? And I get angry with hypocrisy."

November 12, 2019: Matty discusses his intolerance for injustice and how religion is used to both justify and legislate homophobia. (source 1, 2)

#year: 2019 #november 2019 #quote: matty healy #matty's character #matty's values #dubai controversy #topic: human rights #topic: religion #topic: injustice #topic: allyship #topic: lgbtq #get to know them

[muggle-born-princess]

Reblog if you're LGBT and are against MAPS/Child Groomers

#i kinda want to prove a point to certain people #i don't usually post my personal problems on here unless I need to because I find it unecessary and childish #but this bullshit has been eating me the fuck up and I need to vent #LGBT does not equal groomer #Child groomers are not LGBT #MAPs are not LGBT #TW: Child Grooming #Tagging it that just in case anyone feels uncomfortable with said topic #fucking hate Texas and religion extremists and conservatives #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #reblog bait

[ravnskald13]

My Thoughts on Paganism vs Christianity

Growing up in a Protestant American home, I had a very rigid idea of what it meant to be a Christian. Church on Sunday, purity and chastity, God and country, no devil’s lettuce. However, for a time I experimented with the other side of things, falling deep into a Norse Pagan ideology and the worship of Odin or The Allfather as I referred to him in my practice. My experience with the two was this:

Religion as a guidance system for faith is completely pointless and detrimental to the spiritual health of an individual.

Let me explain. I have come to the discovery that while religion can be a fascinating and interesting topic for cultural study, as well as a doorway to social interaction, it does next to nothing for a person’s overall spiritual well-being. Ritual is only of any value if it is done as an expression of spirit, rather than a fear-based, dogmatic ideology meant to, “save one’s soul.”

The way I see it, there’s only one thing that can truly save the soul and that is to love people the way you would want to be loved. Treat others as you treat yourself, the golden rule after all.

Drinking wine and eating bread, magic circles, recitations of verses or spells, ect. All of these do nothing for a person’s spirit unless it is a true expression of an individual’s spiritual love for their world, God (if they believe in such a thing) and the people around them.

Therefore, to return to the original topic, I’d honestly say that spiritually speaking, both pagans and Christians want the same thing. What is that? No other than Love, pure and simply.

How that looks for an individual may vary. We may wear different clothes, use different tools, say different words and take hope and courage in different ideas, but it is all based around the individual’s personal quest to find love. Furthermore, If love isn’t involved in whatever dogma or ideology one holds to be true, then the ideology is null and void and the person would be better off leaving that ideology.

This is a topic I continue to explore in every person I meet, as well as being my greatest passion. Nothing would bring me more joy than for Christians and Pagans to put their respective dogmas aside and speak to one another as a human to a human, and I would die to make that happen.

#my thoughts #essays and discussion #topic: religion #conversation #religon #dogma #dogmatism #spiritual development #spiritualgrowth #spirituality #spirit #magic #Wicca #christianity #christian faith #norse paganism #paganism #pagan #christian #feel free to discuss

[beautiful-basque-country]

This week's drama in Spain:

The depiction of Jesus Christ on this year's Holy Week poster of Seville is too sexy for your cat:

According to the ultra-Catholic association Abogados Cristianos, they will start a legal battle to ban the image due to its blasphemous nature: he's too sexy, too handsome, too androginous, and too effeminate (too twink??). Also, he seemingly hasn't enough blood or clothes on.

He's been also described as too gay-looking because some LGBTI community members have praised him online, and everybody knows that everything queer people like becomes queer.

Homophobia disguised as iconoclasm in the f*cking 21st century.

Btw this epic painting was created by Sevillian artist Salustiano.

#off topic #jesus christ #art #salustiano #seville #spain #the drama #religion #christianism #catholiscism #news

[myfairkatiecat]

not my friends being 400x less supportive about me being Christian than I am about them being atheist

#losing my mind right now #we were literally all just talking about a trip the senior class goes on #I said I didn’t want to go #cause I kinda hate the camp #and this girl responds to my message about hating camp #and goes HAHA I HATE CHURCHES #haha get it cause that’s how I feel about churches #and I’m like??? you knew what you were doing when you randomly changed the topic to that directly off of one of my messages #this is a pretty minor example too #it’s just the one that’s sending me over the edge right now #I’m so fed up with it #I’m over here treading on eggshells and trying to not mention religion too much so I can show my respect for your beliefs #and all you want to do is constantly change the topic to how much you hate my religion #but if I say I can’t be friends with someone because of that #then IM the intolerant one! #there’s no way to win. #I wish people were just not like that

[bumblingbabooshka]

B'Elanna, Neelix, Tuvok and Chakotay needed to star in an episode where they just talked about their different beliefs and approaches to spirituality/religion. Paired off and all together. I need to gain more insight. I need characterization and I need it to be messy.

#B'Elanna's difficulty with Klingon myths and religion (especially due to her internalized racism) #Chakotay's current strong belief in his own spirituality despite his initial complete rejection of it (and how B'Elanna seems to admire #and have talked with Chakotay about it extensively in the past given how many specifics she's aware of) #Neelix's belief in an afterlife being the only thing that comforted him after his entire family was killed - the knowledge that he would be #able to reunite with them again and that knowledge being ripped away from him #Does he still believe? Are there other aspects of his previous spiritual beliefs that are thrown into question? #Just because it isn't 'real' does it make it unimportant? How do we even know whether or not it's 'real'? #He died and doesn't remember reaching that tree and seeing his family - does that mean it didn't happen? #Tuvok's line in 'Innocence' about how he's begun to have doubts about whether or not a katra exists and what happens after someone dies #and his firm ties to Vulcan spirituality and ritual #ALL SO INTERESTING!!!!!!!! #star trek voyager #I don't think it'd be a calm or healthy conversation either - they're not therapists and I don't think anyone but Chakotay #would be particularly careful with his words #and before you say Tuvok's a Vulcan so he would be let me remind you that Tuvok told B'Elanna to her face that he thought Klingons #were basically savages - he is INDELICATE to say the least #Neelix is careful with his words bc he's a people pleaser for survival but also he has a tendency to bother people and be overly pushy #and I think he'd do a lot of research and be the one leading the conversation/the reason they get on the topic and continue on it #B'Elanna wouldn't want to talk about it. She wants to talk about it the least. But she must!!!! Bc the episode demands it!! #st voy

[thechekhov]

I’ve had some comments on my ‘please vote’ post, asking me to tell them who to vote FOR. Because you’re correct - I did not offer any strategy on specifics. (Because right now, we’re all voting within our own states, and I cannot possibly give you the rundown on EVERY SINGLE PERSON within your county/district.) 

But as someone who probably has at least a few younger people following me who may not have heard this yet, I will say: 

Vote for yourself. 

Don’t simply vote for who your parents praise the most, even if you think you agree politically. Go to https://www.vote411.org/ and look up candidates and read their websites and stances. 

Vote for others. 

Vote not for what would be best only for your well-off parents, but what would also be good for others in your community. You might think ‘why would I care about This Thing, I’m not personally affected by it. I don’t need public transportation, my family has 2 cars!’ Think about who might need that affordable railway. Think about why changes in the law are trying to be made and by whom. 

And last - vote godlessly. 

I know, I know, I’m a withered, jaded old atheist. But listen - I have no issue with faith. If it helps you, if it heals you, or sustains you, that’s swell. 

But remember that you share this country with people who are of various other faiths, and those who are faithless, and that this land was never meant to be a ‘Christian’ nation. 

No single religion owns the USA. Separating church and state is integral to fairness and equity. What you believe in, and how you conduct your personal life is your own business. But pushing the bible, or any other religious doctrine into government never ends well. 

Your relationship between you and your god is private, and should have no effect on how you vote. Voting is about building together a community that works for everyone, not just you. Laws are built not to signal your virtue to a deity, but to help bring about fairness and due process, to balance inevitable harm with available justice. 

#chekhov begs #us politics #usa #religion #idk man i just think that like #based on non religious and very factual statistical evidence #banning abortion is not actually pro life #because it actually ends in more death #literally there are studies and graphs about this #abortion is often a heavy topic and i will not make fun of it or lighten the weight of that decision #but that decision can only be made by a woman who is informed by a neutral and truthful healthcare provider #so lets not leave it up to some random dude who thinks he knows better

[sabakos]

Like, uh, if someone is acting stupidly in a way that makes you wonder how they function on a basic level, it's probably not actually that they're that stupid, it's probably that they've put a tremendous emotional weight on top of something that's getting in the way of the point you're trying to make, and it's just too heavy for them to move it right now. Unfortunately, you won't be able to figure out what this is in every scenario, but it's almost certainly something beyond mere stupidity.

#this is most perennial discourse topics really #gender or ai art or religion etc etc

[just-positivity-stuff]

#topic: religion #tw: religion #topic: religious abuse #tw: religious abuse #tw: religious oppression #tw: roe vs wade #topic: roe vs wade #topic: christianity #tw: christianity

[decolonize-the-left]

AND ANOTHER THING

God didn't destroy hell or the devil or turn him to dust. He gave us a choice. He let his fav literally choose to exist as the leader of Hell.

I find this interesting as a queer person who's been persecuted by God's fandom (in the USA at least)

Also can someone tell me which version of the bible I should read? the one with the sections about all the monsters and prophecies seems fun 👀

#i have so much religious trauma despite not actually ever believing in the west's God but im working thru it #and maybe me and God could be alright #his followers tho..... #religion #god #and anyway this entire topic is fascinating to me and im even enjoying it now that im learning on my own w/o someone Forcing it on me #im even wanting to branch out from western religion entirely..... #(not that i dont have my own. i have my Creator. but god? god seems cool- as a concept im learning to play with at least) #decolstw

[taegularities]

some men are textbook villains fr

#tw religion? #kinda need to rant.. kinda wanna explain what's going on #some ppl are part of humanity but don't know how to be humane... like the guy i started talking to almost 2 weeks ago #liked him a lot bc he was funny sickeningly sweet mature and understanding.. until he was not #tl dr version is that we somehow drifted to the topic religion and i told him im not too religious and don't believe in superstition much #i was extremely respectful and even when he said that he does believe a lot i was like 'thats cool!! different people believe in different #things!!' and at first it was a normal convo until man went all psycho on me (after one damn week!!!) and started talking about how #id have to be religious in a relationship with him.. my dude i barely know your fav food can we not talk about relationships yet #but he says he doesn't even need a woman who cooks/cleans just someone who believes.. n im like i get it but i can't change myself like that #and then guy moves to marriage and is all 'well my entire family is religious' n my mom and sister (who's 16) would be putting pressure on #you n force you to pray etc.. and I'm like???? who can force anyone to a thing like that are u kidding #things escalate and my absolute STUPID ass tells him about my deepest fkn trauma to explain what made me abandon religion bc #life just never got better and this trauma remained for yrs... and he gets so angry that he says he wants to stop talking to me just to spam #me all day next day.. he'd keep messaging me switching between 'i still want you we shouldn't throw this away i have feelings for you' #AFTER A WEEEEEEKKKK!!! and then goes back to 'i wasted my time with you you were so unnecessary im in a bad mood bc of you' #even said 'you'll never find a guy with a trauma and mindset like this. i will find a religious girl but no one will love you like that' #and the worst thing is that he told his friends and mom about the trauma i had just to spite me.. note that he promised to never tell anyone #(and then still asked for forgiveness and for me to rethink whether we want to end this after telling me 473626x he wanted to end it) #(nothing even ever started you bitchass) #also note that his mom knows my mom n basically most of my relatives.. so i was here trembling for days fearing they'd get to know about it #mom somehow convinced her to not tell anyone bc it's important to me and very very fucking personal.. #but he harassed me all day - i wouldn't answer and he'd send 55 messages.. multiple missed calls like dude i got so fkn scared #my heart jumped whenever he texted he was so fkn aggressive and SO MEAN #'you just needed to adjust and we would've been okay' 'tell me are u gonna fkn be religious or not????' 'you ruined everything' kinda mean #i just :') it was the worst time and i don't think i've ever seen someone degrade me so much or make me feel this defective #but.. it's finally over. his mom called my mom and mine was like pls teach him some manners.. n since i couldn't and wouldn't text him back #and literally avoided whatsapp bc of him she ended it all for me and now it's hopefully done forever #anyway i saw jks gcf performance yday n him singing still with you put a genuine smile on my face.. ill stick to THAT boyfriend honestly lol #def gonna delete later #but ty for reading if u did <3

[mommyclaws]

Hawkfrost moved closer and dropped his voice. "Starclan let it happen."

His breath was hot on her cheek, "If Starclan is real, they must think it's okay. Maybe they don't care. Maybe they don't exist."

Mothwing’s Secret is so fucking sad….

#best warriors book ive read genuinely #her relationship with him is so sad and God a hundred times more interesting than what bramble had w him #because after tadpole and then sasha leaving all they had was eachother…. and he just keeps hurtinf her #hurting** #urghhh…. it was a pretty heavy topic for warriors to handle an abusive sibling relationship and do it this well #especially since religious truama and manipulation was included here #anyways! <-normal #warrior cats #art #mothwing #hawkfrost #mothwing’s secret #mothwings secret #religion tw #?? the text maybe #favs

[kingofthewilderwest]

Moral Orel hit me in a sweet spot. I think it’s beautiful seeing fans on different paths discussing how the show touched them. I’ve seen people who’ve left the church, agnostics, atheists, and Christians all say the show spoke deeply to them. Of course the show’s black humor on religion offended many, especially before its last season aired, but I think the show’s resulting legacy - connecting to people who’ve both left and who’ve stayed - demonstrates successful nuance to how Moral Orel was crafted.

The show’s creators have said it’s not against religion per se, it’s against hypocrites. Even with the first season, I felt that and found appreciation (frankly, joy) for what was satirized. Here was a show speaking up, exaggerating, and lampooning the facets of Protestant American Christian culture I’ve vented about in confidence to relevant friends and family - without, like many modern shows which tackle this subject do, mocking followers themselves, faith itself, and suggesting to viewers one way of life is better than another, one group of people is (ex: intellectually) superior to another.

Some people have stepped away from Moral Orel and said, “This show comforted me when I left church,” or outright, “This show taught me there is no god.” And that’s not an unfair way to interact with Moral Orel because it doesn’t preach what you “should” do there (a sign of mature writing, really). I stepped away from Moral Orel and said, “This show comforted me in the areas I get frustrated,” which assuages my feelings and makes me more confident in my faith and place within culture.

I feel awkward in contemporary culture because I was raised with minimal secular exposure - daughter of a worship pastor, student at a private Christian school until high school. Meanwhile, in adulthood, I didn't attended church functions for over a dozen years. My group of friends have largely been non-Christians who hold negative opinions about the religion and don’t live remotely similar lifestyles to what I was raised with. I love what I've learned from them. Unfortunately, this also means the cultural building blocks that make me who I am seem shared by no one I'm around, which, even though I'm in my 30s, remains disorienting.

On the flipside, I'm the weirdo with the third eye in Christian spaces, too. I’m an ever-thirsty knowledge-seeker who strives to comprehend forbidden topics from all angles. I spent my twenties researching, questioning, rebuilding knowledge, and critically analyzing everything about the Bible. Church attendees and services feel painfully artificial, with mental blockers to topics I feel are critical to understand.

In either community I partake in, I feel “off.”

I’m grateful to have been raised by parents who didn’t pussyfoot around issues, with a father who deep-dives research. Discussions, delving, and digging into the hard stuff has always been fostered. My family spoke to pastors when we disagreed with their theology. I grew up around people who practiced passive acceptance, but my family was not that.

In the last year, I’ve returned more strongly to my faith and have been reintegrating with the Christian community. In some areas, my faith has grown and, humbly, I’ve learned much from peers. Despite stereotypes, I want to note that, in certain fields, the church community has always been deep and meticulous! And there are so many beautiful and uplifting areas in the church. But likewise there are those areas that get assumed, aren’t questioned, and aren’t… responded to well by questioning spirits. There have always been areas in the church culture I find disingenuous, foolish, illogical, limited, oversimplified, denialistic, or susceptible to hypocrisy and immorality. I’m not better than any person on this planet, but I’m rubbing shoulders with a community that has different blinders than I do, who don’t even consider asking the types of questions or seeking out the information I find necessary for a solidified faith.

Moral Orel disparages the toxic elements of Protestant culture, the misinterpretations, the artificial facades, the mindless assumptions, the poorly-hidden underbelly, all the areas Christian community can and does go wrong. It makes me feel justified feeling awkward in two worlds: someone for whom Christianity is deeply important, but someone whose mindset doesn’t jive with the rest of the town. Someone who can find and wants to find the best lessons outside of Christianity. Someone who believes in questioning, rethinking constantly, raising her eyebrows at common notions within church culture, and striving for the actual love, sincerity, dedication, and goodness our faith should be based on.

#Moral Orel #Christianity #religion #non-dragons #sad thing is this is the shortened version of my uh essay -_- #I suck at short so here's long! #I don't need to give MY LIFE STORY #or every grievance I have in church or my philosophy on what a Christian Should Know knowledge-wise #but yeah #instead of flinching at the hardest topics I believe in bludgeoning into them full force #aka #data and logic are made by God therefore #if God is true #I should be able to dive as deeply as I can into logic and come out the other side #faith isn't the same as data and I think Western culture gets that balance hella wrong #but faith isn't contradictory or trumped by it #anyway tags are getting off-topic #tldr love that Moral Orel is something that I can connect to #btw #there are so many beautiful beautiful things about the church which is why I love to be there #but of course there are those well-known elements that make me facepalm and I'm just talking about those #don't mean to portray the church incorrectly here either

[cyanidesymphoniesxylophones]

I've been reading a bunch of HASO content recently. Human babel-fish ... they can understand anything being said after short amounts of time but can't respond correctly because they can't say the phonics. Human experts - I know this topic 100% and can talk about it until your eyes bleed. What is that? *shrug*

I am confused but I've worked with less. This is Humans are Space Orcs, but the alien deity culture is just nerd geekery to humans, who have already memorized several hundred pages worth of alien lore in a day.

"What do you mean I'm wrong about my religion, it's literally ingrained in us since our birth from the pods!?"

"No, you see, according to your entire extraterrestrial Noimek bible or something, to live with your pods is life, but to bring your pods with you... That's worship! By finding us, and casting yourselves to exile of your home planet, you've done the greatest worship of all to your travelling God, and he is still with you."

The Noim's heart rose, as did xher crew. They weren't sinners against the Traveler, but worshippers of the highest form. "Pray tell, little brother, how did you come to this insight?"

"Trust me, while this seems convoluted, you should see what humans came up for religion. At least this actually rewards you for your faith, what with you being taller and more confident-y in your stance."

The Noimek didn't even realize it, but they've shed their sickly weak exoskeleton and now stood proud as the proper explorers they were. Their faith freed them from the confines of a sick and weak body, as their brains unlocked their growth.

"I thank you, little brother."

#humans are space orcs #humans are space oddities #humans are space fae #humans are deathworlders #humans are space australians #humans are weird #religion is a topic i dont really get into but genuinely interesting #religion

[ifindus]

(I don't know if you're comfortable answering this, but it's just something I've been noticing through your norway) your norway doesn't have the hair cross pin clip, and if I where to take a guess it's because most norwegians tend to keep their religion private? also since norway is a really including country in today's day and age, and he is supposed to represent the people, I don't think he would wear the hair cross, (also I don't really know how the goverment would feel if a man like him wore a hairclip to important meetings, cross or not, but that's a topic for another time😅) I don't mind him being christian even though I am non religious myself, it makes sense with our history, (and apparently I've heard it's a stereotype in denmark that norwegians are highly christian🫣) but I don't think he would scream it out to the world or make a statement that he is christian, and that includes not wearing a cross. I mean...remember when a certain politician wore a cross around her neck just to make a political statement and everyone went crazy? *ehem ehem* l i s t h a u g

Yes, you've described it very well here! Not drawing the cross hair clip has been a very conscious choice on my part, and it's mostly due to these reasons you mention. Scandinavia in general is one of the least religious regions in the world, and it really would make no sense for Norway to wear a cross on him at all times. As you said; religion is a very private subject in Norway and very separated from daily life. I don't know a single person who goes to church, and most people I know who would define themselves as christian are only christian in the sense that "yeah, there might be a god out there somewhere". Religion is not really something we talk about because it's such a small part of our lives. People don't really flaunt their religion here, people don't wear crosses on them, and many are not religious at all (myself included).

In addition; the Christianity here is also deeply infused with old pagan religious practices and the introduction of Christianity has always been done in a way to control people. We have many instances of bishops being sent to "correct the pagans", and then people playing along but still doing "pagan shit" in secret or indoctrinating it as a part of the christian practices. This is probably where the Danish impression of Norway comes from too? Denmark forced protestantism on Norway while Norway wanted to remain catholic, where it was more room for pagan traditions (but a lot of these were still kept).

I hope my Norway is still recognizable as himself without the cross hair pin ✨

#hetalia #aph norway #hws norway #tw religion #cw religion #I have a lot to say on the topic of religion (esp historically) #I'm happy to hear you noticed the hairpin and understood my reasons perfectly lol 😂 #you absolutely nailed it #and yes - let's not get into List//haug shall we 😭 she has never done anything good