#Christian obligation

[mrose1903]

Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ?

I will, with God’s help.

Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?

I will, with God’s help.

Will you strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being?

I will, with God’s help.

#book of common prayer #BCP #baptism #baptismal covenant #Christian obligation #seek and serve #Christ #Christ in all persons #anglo catholic #Anglican #episcopalian #christianity #justice #prayer #hands to do the work of god #mouths to preach the good news

[stil-lindigo]

the calamity.

a comic about being seen.

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#cw: blood + eye scarring #oh the inherent intimacy of seeing and being seen #just a comic about how the desire to be seen and shown love and compassion unites us all #also big scary monster lady pretty #girl power! the personification of disaster and strife uses she/her pronouns! #i also feel somewhat obligated to mention here that i dont have anything against christianity as a whole #i just think the concept of God is interesting #i went to a christian school for 12 years im allowed to make this comic #comic art #sapphic #yes. interpret the subtext #stillindigo art #heartearters #thats the name of the anthology this will belong to. whenever i finish it #stillindigo comics

[violetspark14]

still have a big dgs piece to finish but hazbin hotel released and my hand slipped so here is a 2.7k word essay on whatever the fuck happened between vox and alastor

#not immune to christian borle characters. unfortunately #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin hotel alastor #doc title is satirical but legally im obligated to tag this as #radiostatic

[transrevolutions]

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28. And god blessed them.

Your beliefs do not supersede the creator of all life. The programer designs the program of the App. The app doesn't design the program.

The only person who programed you is the MK ultra program. Grow up.

you used eight pronouns in this one! congratulations!

#fun fact I'm not christian #so I have no obligation to give a shit what your holy book has to say #pigeon.txt #asks #socialnormdisgust #bad faith

[havanasroses]

here he is, girls, the leader of the plaque!

#i am obligated to add that i myself am a dent student lmao #lsoh #little shop of horrors #christian borle #orin scrivello #dds #lsoh gifs #star's gifs #conrad in the back like :D i LOVE him

[apostate-in-an-alcove]

Don't care, didn't ask, besides you're a Christian.

#anti christianity #ex christian #deconversion #me when most christians speak tbh #like i don't care what you have to say #I'm not christian and im not obligated to follow your made up rules

[butwhypants]

Israel is absolutely not a settler colonial state what the fuck. I have no idea where that started, there are like a million different criticisms at the current government you can make but it is not a colony? What the fuck?

Like, if you want to call the current Israeli government far-right, you can do that. If you want to call them a theocratic police state, you can do that. Those are all genuine criticisms that can be responded to, and used to shape a better world for both Israeli's and Palestinians. You don't need to make up some hogwash about Benjamin Netanyahu being a fake Jew or an evil convert to justify criticizing his current government! Fucking Goyim! Just say you don't like the police state! It's fine!

#I know it's not the most important part of the current crisis #but it's the most infuriating to me #a bunch of american goyim who've never interacted with any world issue outside of their own country thinks that oppressor = colonist #when Israel as a state predates not only America but England and literally every single modern European state as well #I also feel obligated to point out that every single criticism that the American left is throwing at Israel is also true of America #but the antisemitism really wants to make everyone here believe that we only exist as a subset of white european christians #There is no peaceful solution that ends with the Jews just leaving Israel. Not now and not ever again #Israel is as legitimate a state as any in the world #jumblr #politics #I ramble

[sixpossumsinaclownsuit]

Remember kiddos, polygamy and polyamory was only demonized for four core reasons:

Tw: homophobia, sexism, religious commentary, political commentary, oppression

1.) America wanted more taxes

Part of the legal institutionalization of marriage is that there is tax benefits for the individual parties when they get married, and financial ties/power is attorney between married people. It becomes messy when these ties extend to multiple people/marriages and the I*RS wants they tax money, and America would rather just make an entire way of life illegal than make laws and systems that accommodate people. See point #4 for more on that

2.) Puritan culture (aka thinly veiled sexism)

Puritan culture relies heavily on systems of control that villainize sex and women (that's a whole other conversation but I won't digress), and lots of marriages/polygamous marriages having sex with each other is obviously bad bad bad!! Hard to control!! Save the defenseless women from their pimp husbands! Orgies, the devil's work! And...

3.) Homophobia

Good god, women being in marriages together! Married to a man, but what if these women end up by being married to each other by extension! And having sex with each other! And what if a woman marries more than one man! Would these men become inferior to their wives? Would one of these husbands be less dominant than another? Would the men function in these complex marriages like a woman?! Disgusting! That's gay (derogatory!) Would these husbands be having sex with each other? But that's gay and gay is bad! Sex is bad! God, purge these sinners of their Sodomy!

(Surprise surprise, homophobia has very little to do with actual gay people and has everything to do with puritan culture, control, sexism and the demonization of sex, and points two and three are actually the same thing)

4.) Christian nationalism

Polygamy and nonmonogamy is normalized and integrated with several non-Christian and alternative Christian cultures going back thousands of years, like Islam, Mormonism, feudal Japanese/samurai cultures, Hinduism, several Native American cultures, etc... even in the Bible in Judeo-Christian history and biblical era cultures nonmonogamy was normalized. Banning nonmonogamy in America is banning the right to engage in non-christian religious rite and practice. It's only something criminal to post-puritan Christians and those beliefs becoming law, regardless of other religious beliefs and practices also existing in America, is the unseparation of church and state.

So before you tell a polyamorous person "oh that's cheating with permission" or "I could NEVER do that," or "I love my partner too much to do that/cheat like that," remember that these are the institutions and the propaganda you're upholding with your judgement. Supporting/ being kind about polyamory is religious tolerance, and biting your thumb at the I*RS.

Tl:dr, the dissolution of separating of church and state, puritan culture and the sexism/homophobia associated with puritan culture is why nonmonogamy is demonized and why polygamy is illegal in America.

Tone indication/post intention: satirical and exaggerated tones criticizing longstanding institutions of oppression with the intent to explain why judging, hating or criticizing nonmonogamous practices is oppressive and a result of propaganda. This post is not intended to persuade people who practice monogamy to practice nonmonogamy instead or to demonize monogamy. It is intended to advocate for breaking the stigma around nonmonogamy.

#polyamory #polygamy #nonmonogamy #ethical nonmonogamy #enm #monogamy #toxic monogamy #puritan culture #religious tolerance #religious freedom #islam is not inherently oppressive #hijab is not oppression #puritan culture is oppression #puritan culture is sexism #puritanism is control #crash the mode #Christian nationalism #end Christian nationalism #homophobia #sexism #marriage equality #American history #political commentary #tax evasion is a moral obligation #tax evasion

[c1airidryl]

Man theres this particular genre of white girl that seems to get completely hopped up on white guilt any time a person of colour is in their presence. Really embarrassing to witness I'm so sorry yall have to deal with that shit 👎

#this person i was helping move today was like “dont you just feel so remorseful and guilty all the time for being white” and like in this #gross resentful almost way #and i was like ??? no i feel obligation to treat people better than my ancestors did and to try and right as many wrongs as i can and to be #a good person #but its not some sort of christian guilt that i have to spend my life punishing myself for #ive experienced something similar to this as a trans person and its fucking gross feeling. it feels infantilizin #g

[vhstown]

thinking abt atsv and heroism being a metaphor for white saviour complex / "white man's burden"

#yanno... #just thinking #esp “white mans burden” cause. they all see it as a sacrifice as a oh im destined to do this and save everyone and let certain people die. #idea of “duty” maybe not under religious obligation but some sort of common core belief that has been skewed to fit a harmful goal #christianity at its basic level promotes “good” just as heroism does but look at the world now #vee chats

[consolecadet]

I'm feeling slightly less seething Christmas hatred than usual this year. I've reached a point where, though I still strongly dislike a lot of things about Christmas, I can separate out the different bits and not let the ones I hate make me cranky about the ones I like.

Like. . .I despise Christmas music, "ugly sweaters", the Salvation Army, jingly little bells, eggnog, candy canes, big hunks of ham, Christmas media, the crushing expectation that you must put on the cheerful rictus of The Christmas Spirit, elves (Santa can stay but only if he's gay), most Christian conceptions of religious entities, people's assumptions that you have a pleasant and uncomplicated relationship with your family of origin, the planet-burning American culture of consumption, proselytization, those new LED string lights that make your front lawn look like a gamer lair, etc, etc, etc.

But I do like peppermint bark, the smell of balsam fir, cheese plates, a short visit to my parents' nice house where trans people outnumber cis people 2:1 and I can always get into my car and drive away, knowing my sister will cherish any lesbian-themed objects I give her, incandescent string lights, neatly wrapping presents with nice paper and double-sided tape, and I guess Die Hard.

My local Buy Nothing group means I no longer have nearly as much of a guilt spiral about receiving gifts I dislike. I believe I've finally gotten my father to stop giving me novelty socks and awful plasticky novelty band-aids. (Actually, maybe I'm giving myself too much credit. I just realized the store where he bought his most irritating gifts closed permanently in 2020.) I also just don't take it as personally when people give me something that betrays a major misapprehension of who I am. It's not like I make it easy for people to know me, especially my parents.

I think part of what's making this time of year less psychologically harrowing is that 1) I got to do Christmas and Hanukkah with KC and without my parents last year, and thus reject within our apartment everything I hated while keeping the menorah and peppermint bark and 2) I spent some time this year trying to practice Judaism in ways my dad was not interested in sharing with me when I was growing up, and figured out what I did/didn't like or value about certain aspects of Jewish religious practice.

It seems very obvious that if I can give up on learning Hebrew because it's upsetting and difficult for me and have a seder with gluten-free matzo that doesn't halachically qualify as Real Matzo, I can absolutely also banish the concept of Christ and all renditions of Silent Night from my home while enjoying smelling a tree in there.

It's extremely common to be a child of an agnostic interfaith couple who did not give you a connection to any kind of faith community and left you with lots of baggage about it. I don't have to wait to fix my feelings about that before I can participate in any holiday or religious practice, and probably HAVE to try participating with a modicum of vulnerability if I want to change anything. Also none of these things materially affect Israel's genocidal behavior unless I, like, buy my parents SodaStream canisters for Christmas.

It probably also helps that I left the job where my boss expected extreme enthusiasm at all times and took any doubt or questions as personal affronts. I read The Promise of Happiness and no longer feel like affect alienation is a personal failing on my part. I feel far less bitter, resentful, and hateful about Christmas if I don't let people pressure me to be (or perform being) sweet, cheerful, and loving about it.

Fuck the Elf on the Shelf though. That's just weird.

#idk. maybe voluntarily enjoying 10% of christmas is caving to cultural christianity #I ate peppermint bark once and now I'm legally obligated to become the CEO of the salvation army #boring text posts #family

[subtlesolitude-tailoredtaste]

Post birthdate thoughts: forget hope, your mom getting then being sick and having to care EVEN MORE is a symbol of my terrible conception birth and earnest attempt at a better life while sending your life savings and life body and goddamn soul into a family a village of butt fuck African piranhas lollll how do you cancel yourself out for 30 plus years myyyy g. Post a wk of being gas lit and bullied whilst by my father bc he is ALSO regretful of his life choices l o l. I wish I was never born, sincerely. I’m sorry God, I’m sorry mom. I’m far too pussy to kill myself and too prideful for other avenues. I pray I get out of where I’m out and push through to something that is for me and that’s where I’m at if it happens if I can make it happen. If not, two ppl made a mistake, one poured gas on it while another tried to put the fire of mistake out from the 4th day to the 35th yr. I hope it turns out blessed and we accept or get at peace with it. If not I’ll scream and shout and blow my brains out in the key of anti natalism.

Happy Birthday to me. Attitude gratitude regardless shoutout to those really living out the gift of life. really, more life for all who really live it.

#fuck Ethiopia #fuck familial obligations #fuck passive aggression #fuck obidence #fuck abuse #fuck miscommunication #fuck gaslighting #fuck moms #fuck dads #fuck only children #god bless aborted children #fuck bullying #fuck meanness #fuck Christian conservatism #fuck barbaric African traditions #fuck these fobs #fuck everything #fuck everybody #oh yeah fuck my father and his family to the most painful of hells all of them #fuck my moms family to the most painful of hells all of them #men women and children #god drain me from this blood and wash these genetic makeup off of me #fuck me back to the future as a swimmer in a fetus that never makes it #🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿

[bread-and-whine-faggot]

I am so upset. I was looking forward to wear red day Pentecost because I was going to engage in some mild gender fuckery for jesus by painting my nails red, but I just realized that I scheduled myself to be out of town on that Sunday.

#am i the only one who feels a spiritual obligation to show up looking more visibly queer in church than other places? *crickets* #queer christian #episcopalian

[welcometogrouchland]

Thinking again about WHO TF BOARDED THE FINAL SHOT OF TOH. THE 'BYYEEEE'. THERE'S LIKE. 60 CHARACTERS/CREATURES IN THAT SCENE WHEN YOU COUNT ALL OF THE PALISMEN/ANIMALS. WHAT MAD LAD GOT THAT JOB???

#ramblings of a lunatic #the owl house #toh #i wanna see the animatic for the finale so bad you guys #there's a shot i suspect was boarded by mike austin?? the one where harpy lilith meets up w/ raine? #and raine has their palismen #<- the storyboard was included in the corner of a post by Christian palacios (prop designer who did raines palismen) #and there's one shot i suspect is boarded by haley wong?? the one with hunter and willow approaching lilith outside the library?? #or if that shot wasn't done by her then the final shot miiightve been??? #IDK THOUGH AND I'M SO CURIOUS #nobodys under any obligation to post anything I'm just a little fact gremlin. i gotta know things #the only storyboards from the ep thatve been posted so far came from Bridget Underwood and Yhasmin Khudari i think??? #AGAIN no one has any obligation I'm just nosy #i gotta know what poor shmuck (or perhaps lucky shmuck?) drew 60 guys 😭 #i know that the linework for that scene (since it was counted as a special pose) was split between matthieu cousin and lina schlotter? #but the storyboard (i.e the teeny pixelated version i can see in the corner of matthieu cousins post of the lineart) #doesn't seem to be that way #this is a mystery only to me #anyway. happy pride. still thinking about the gay little witch show ad infinitum it seems

[khlur]

u know. as long as i was surrounded by other northeasterners irl, i didn't feel out of place or like an impostor. but being away from friends and family has in no small dose played a part in my profound sense of alienation from one of the cultures i come from. culture is a contentious, undefinable word; i am no stranger to this. still, it's a very strange feeling.

#all my life the south indian part of my identity has been recognized more #despite my own familiarity and proximity being towards the northeastern side #and obviously as you go further and further away the identity that gets recognized is less specific #in uni i was from x city in x state. from x ethnicity #here i am just from india. which is like....sure yeah that's the passport i have #but it's always been such a contentious identity for me growing up christian AND half tribal. #like wdym suddenly everyone wants to recognize my indianness after a lifetime of denying me that and me having to perform extra indianness? #strange #so strange the way we all feel obliged to put up w the farce of a 'common' national identity

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

"Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man’s obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and guide would be gone; the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!" - Henry Ward Beecher

#Bible #perspectives #man #obligations #God #Henry Ward Beecher #Christian Quotes