#Should I become a Christian?

[raisedinthespaghetto]

I don't fear the idea of death. I fear the idea of everything going black forever.

I am very racist.

#Should I become a Christian? #Why can't it all go white #Should I change my beliefs?

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Eliot Spencer | Hard Knock Life

The full-length version!

For @my-beloved-lakes

(Also watch on Youtube)

#leverage #leverage redemption #eliot spencer #christian kane #fanvid #you saw it as a 13 second crack vid #now behold the full length fanvid it has become! #i'm so happy with this thing #its my new favourite thing and i've already watched it on repeat way too many times #*sniff* it's beautiful! #it should be it took me FOREVER! #(Gi i hope that both you and your sister enjoy this as much as i do)

[two-crows]

more of these guyssss.. even if bps the supposed demon in this dynamic no matter what i feel like ricks gonna be more impish

#i should use gradient maps more... so much easier HELP #birdrick #rick and morty #rickperson #will maybe draw like.. beth and jerry... #i wanna flesh out diane too maybe #but shes probably dead HELP not like prime rick murdered dead but like #fufilling that priest dead wife trope type of dead i guess #other than that i think jerrys a little more pathetic in this au.... like season one jerry christian boy yk #and i think beths just a little like season 1-ish too.. somewhat resentful but also wanting to connect with her dad more yk #gotta stop ending shit with yk #this has now become a ramble #rambles #my art wowie #rnm priest au thangs

[wellnoe]

footloose is a fun movie. its two major ideas are: 'dance is fun and an important means of human expression' and 'conservative christianity is a tool of bigots and fascists'

#w.me #i think the way it positions the pastor is very interesting? bc like. the movie is very NOT anti christian #like they dont want you to think that #so the pastor becomes this guy who in his grief over his child's death makes some bad decisions about 'sinful behavior' and what should be #done about it #whose ideas are then #to his dismay #coopted by the city council/school in order to get rid of people and ideas they dislike #and i don't think it ACTUALLY gels but yk. it is interesting

[chiefmuffinmuncher]

Chuckle fuck blocked me, but legit clip one of my tags and pretend that you understand my entire stance on religion. Never mind that you clipped it from a wider statement that said I was against abolishing religion. Just that the god stuff was too much.

We can't prove or disprove the existence of god, hence why we shouldn't present the existence of one as a fact. I understand that the existence of a god is ancillary to Jewish faith and observance, as well as other atheistic religions. However, there are religions aside from Christianity that do hinge on the belief in a god as the central tenant. The claim that a god exists is fundamentally unfalsifiable. The same with unicorns. The burden of proof is on the people making that claim, not the people disputing it.

Does that mean that all religions should be abolished? No, I just think that we should reform them, get rid of the genital mutilation of babies(if you want to be circumcised as an adult that's your choice, be you he, she, they or other), and make the focus less on faith in a god. If the religion already checks those boxes, then I don't think it necessarily needs reformed.

Religion that isn't based off of a patriarchal, anti empirical frame work is mostly fine, have your festivals, follow your arbitrary rules and celebrate your holidays. It's mostly just cultural practices at that point. I just think that the grounding feature in our world view should be empirical and focused on improving the lives of those around us.

#we should change the god parts #somehow becomes all religion is Christian and therefore should be abolished #I don't even think we should abolish Christianity #It's a little weird that you got so defensive over the god thing and then claim that Judaism can be practiced atheistically #my comments don't apply to Judiasm then #I was in the tags talking to my followers in my inside voice

[hauntingblue]

Yabushige count your fucking days. I am so mad

#the fucking flash forward. insane #toranaga in the fucking forest... ALL YOU HAVE LEFT IS THAT FUCKING EAGLE!!!!! NO SON NO FRIENDS!!!! #ishido blaming toranaga...... you should seppuku yourself...... shameless.... #so all out war now??? no toranaga invasion???? mmm..... #yabushige has lost it.... all that for nothing... oof #oshiba and her kid finishing marikoa poem..... i think i huave covid #HIS SHIP?????? #toranaga did this to keep him here knowing he wont stay now that mariko is dead.... i know it #the christians???? mariko???? to keep him here too?? #omg fuji......... #toranagas baby is so big ajdhaksj 'i have more sons thanks to you' hello???? #OSHIBA TURNED!!! ISHIDO ITS SO OVER!!!! #NO!!! LEAVE FUJI ALONE LET HER BECOME A NUN!!! ANJIN YOU ARE ON THIN ICE #toranaga is sucha bad bitch #i feel like anjin really felt ashamed about his first intent to arrive to japan and that mixed with marikos death... he said fuck it #and then toranaga turns it around and says nah... I am using YOU!! get your pussy up!! get your ships up!!! #'que la muerte le sea leve' thats what me and my friends say when we say goodbye to go to class ajshajanaakak i love this guy #favourite secondary character #this shot is so pretty... with the tree and the sea... the framing.... #SEE how toranaga burned his ship!!!! bc he wants to keep him!!! thats his foreign pet!! #he makes him laugh and distracts his enemies ajdhajdjsj.... his jester... #beef squashed with my girlfriends husband 🤝🏻 now we hold respect for each other #that was so good #i said yabushige better count his days and here we are.... #i post about someone and they die. 3/3 sobfar #if i reach far enough shogun is about a daimyo and the psychosexual relationship between him and his foreign pet... #he makes me laugh... and the last scene is the anjin laughing while looking at him... okay..... #talking tag #watching shogun #also!!! toranaga wanting to be shogun!!! this man is so complex!!! i hate him!!!

[whysamwhy123]

Hoo boy, I am still inexplicably trying to make this dumb, trashy Ricky/Christian thing happen, even though no one wants it, no one will read it and I am not equipped to handle it. But...it's fuuuuuuuuun. Even though I'm sure it sucks. I haven't written the smut because LOL, I never do. Maybe I'll try and circle back to it or maybe I'll just do my usual fade to black. But even so...there's some real self-indulgent, gratuitous stuff here so far, despite the lack of actual smut. Who is this for exactly? Other than me? Why am I doing this?

*chants while glaring at myself in the mirror* SHAME. SHAME. SHAME.

#What is wrong with you Sam you should not be allowed to write #Sometimes my writing tag is so very accurate #I do not know what I am doing but I am ENJOYING it #But still - shame. #I've missed getting to write Ricky my premier blorbo #And like with every other time I've written him it's basically an excuse to pay tribute to his...assets let's say #And also... *heavy sigh* I think I'm finally ready to admit that that Christian fella is fine as hell too. #Thirsting over a man who's almost 50. I've become a cliche. But whatever I'm old as shit too and boy do I feel it so who cares LOL

[eebie]

we are deconstructing gender on Google docs tonight boys

#this is stupid LMAO im annotating stuff from a guy from liek the 1400s who prolly didnt even give a shit #when he wrote that In the spirit realm the concept of gender is nebulous at BEST #if not just totally absent #he was like.. ya spirit beings change their genders all the time They switch tey can be combinations they can be nothing #reading that like Hemm…. well 1 big belief Thats held in christianity is that people are spirit beings underneath all the flesh #so what does that mean for the people who are dead set on Sex Organs determining peoples personalities ? idk. makes you think #gender means jack shit basically. #a lot of people raised male tend to behave in certain ways Not because of their sex but because of expectations And norms #and same with people raised female #and that shit goes alll the way back 2 the stone age #obligatory Nothing wrong w falling into gender stereotypes if its stuff u genuinely like!!^_^ #anyways i rambled #i would have rambled more if tumblr wasnt trying to kill itself as i was typing #my rambles #my little peewee brain is sometimes capable of coherent thought But calling this coherent migjt be a stretch #bc im hardly in any mind 2 decide if im making sense . its like a fuckin echo chamber up in my brain N every echo becomes more n more warpd #until it eventually sounds normal 2 me ^_^ but when i voice it. the. suddenly i realize Wow thats fucked! #which is why. i usually keep my mouth shut !!! #but thats also bad .real bad If ur opinions always go unchallenged you may as well not even have them #should alwayd know Why you think what u do

[rumor-weed]

i’m sorry VOTER FRAUD?

IN MY VEGGIETALES?

it’s more likely than you’d think...

#veggietales #ryan watches vt #he literally shows up out of nowhere hears 'happy place' and says 'I WILL BECOME GRAND MARSHALL OF HAPPINESS PARADE' and immediately #like no hesitation nobody saying anything is like 'I WILL STUFF THE BALLOT BOX and BE ELECTED' #now's probably the time to admit that I don't recognize any Larry-Boy or League stuff after Bad Apple as canon #and even then I didn't really like Bad Apple #I tried watching League but was way too old for it by then and had hit my limit #like I love rewatching classic VT because it's not just nostalgia it felt legitimately fun for adults #read phil's book it's great #but also like... past a certain point VT became 'oh yeah its cute and kinda funny still' #and this new show so far really doesn't have clever laugh out loud enjoyable for adults too moments #not like they used to have #they feel so... sanitized #and there's something weird about complaining like that #but it's not really complaining as it is just... noting how drastically different 90s kid media and 2010s kid media and 2020 kids media is #from 'family fun' meaning adults could get a chuckle and like it too #to 'family fun' means its 'Wholesome'(tm) Christian Media (tm) and if there's even a reference to an old TV show kids haven't watched #its a big Ordeal like #idk there's a whole lot to say there #and I probably should watch more eps before I say anything more #at the end of all these liveblogs I may give a wider explanation of my thoughts on the new series from a view of like... #a long time fan since childhood who HAS returned several times to the show and fandom into his adulthood

[betty-bourgeoisie]

For those who were following last nights conversation, the search term I was actually looking for was "Christian Zionism". I don't know why that had to be so hard.

#several hours of research just to find the right search term #and then when I found it it cleared up so much right away! #why is this shit not just coverd in Isreali-Palestine conflict 101? #from what I can tell British Christian Zionism was actually quite influential in Israel becoming a state in the first place #and American Christian Zionism continues to be influential in how the U.S. involves itself in this conflict #so it seems to me! like that should be a pretty basic thing to include #in 101 introductions to this issue for British and American audiences #and yet I'm just like?? expected to know what this is and what it's dog whistles are implicitly?? #girl I do not belong to any of these religions #how was I supposed to even begin to know #I'm just exhausted #the fact that two different people tried to help me by sending me asks that didn't use this term At All #just indicateds how difficult it is to even ask for this information

[rollercoasterwords]

im curious if you grew up religious? as someone who grew up in a religious environment but left asap, i thought the way you incorporated religious themes into Nothing Fades Like The Light was super interesting & i love a good blasphemy moment <3

hahahaha yeahhhhh u caught me 🤠 not that it's anything i've tried to hide i was raised in a very conservative religious environment and my parents remain very religious to this day so! lots of good old fashioned ~religious trauma~ that seeps into most of my work. i have also just spent a good bit of time studying the bible and especially the old testament in a secular context like. i remain quite fascinated by the themes and stories i was raised with but i also. hate god. <3

also thank u so happy 2 encounter a fellow blasphemy enjoyer <3 <3 <3

#i also <3 hate christianity <3 so <3 #as much as i understand that i can be helpful and bring joy on an individual level #i really don't know if i will ever see the institution of the christian church as anything other than insidiously evil #simply because i have been wounded deeply by even the love meant to be benevolent!! #like i think everyone should be free to worship who they want and believe what they wanna believe and i do not think religion as a whole #is always bad #that would just be a silly generalization to make #but the way the christian church has become so embedded in usamerican culture is. horrible. nightmarish #needs to be excised like a tumor #in my personal opinion! #ask

[snekdood]

at least i can say that when i fell for conspiracy theories, it wasn't because I wanted to justify unchecked antisemitism. unlike yall, apparently.

#also i wasn't an adult who should know better either. #mood #in fact as soon as i learned all the talk about 'elites' n shit was supposed to be about jewish ppl? i dropped that shit laughing #whole time i thought they were talking about christians- which is actually MORE accurate. #so anyone saying 'jews have a lot of power' is immediately getting dismissed by me. go after christians you bitch-made fuck. #you cowardly ass bitch. literally zionist christians are RIGHT THERE but naw. ya'll'd rather fall for alt right conspiracy theories #to justify your hatred of jewish ppl. none of you are leftists. #this shit is so wild and mind boggling. #you're all so fucking dumb or so blinded by your hate that you dont realize you're speed running becoming alt right.

[ribbedpleasure]

my favourite recent meme trend has been that thing of putting some desperate cry for help on top of any moment in christian bale’s life

exhibit A:

#he’s just become a symbol for mental struggle #I should make some #christian bale #patrick bateman #american psycho #jamesposting

[the-boy-branithar]

tellin you right now, terfs are THIS close to regendering occupations. if they win their sacred public bathrooms, they're gonna be coming after jobs next, saying women shouldn't have to be in the same workplaces as men. they'll tell us all that the REAL solution to workplace harassment is segregation, only men should be on construction sites (women are too frail for that kind of work anyway, of course) and only women should be teachers (men are dangerous predators and can't be trusted around children anyway, of course) and they'll tell us all that it's anti-woman to say that women should be safe in any career.

#thinking about how transphobic paranoia has set feminism back decades #were back to telling women off for having the wrong bodies #back to saying that you arent a woman if you cant bear children #back to saying that women athletes are nothing compared to their male counterparts #back to saying that all men are inherently dangerous and essentially incapable of not assaulting others #and therefore its women's faults for trusting them #now saying that youre not a woman if your face isnt correct #i hope the biological advantage in pressing buttons thing is fake but honestly #its so hard to tell #paranoia doesnt become satisfied when you feed it #theyll find something new to worry about #some scary new way imposters are infiltrating good christian society #we all know how batshit transvestigation is but honestly. #should have seen it coming #you make friends with people who tell you you should be paranoid #you allow yourself to get fuckin paranoid

[homophyte]

was just subjected to a self righteous post about how we need to learn to respect second generation atheists (important context: i am one) and how their existence begs the question of if atheism is always in reaction to something or if it can be an independently held position. which then followed it up with a 'summary of responses to this post' that included, peppered among things second generation atheists said or remarks about never hearing about this before, extremely reactionary positions about the necessity of religion in life all couched in the language of simple 'concern' for these atheists upbringing. like omg yesss your post is soooo important we really need to interrogate this group that is persecuted by literally every large religious organization on the planet about if their way of life is legitimate! its sooooooo crucial we open doors to religious mandates. its imperative that we teach them about religion, a thing they are so cruelly denied, but dont worry guys, for some of them, its not their fault! we can help them! by making them religious i mean teaching them about religion! remember that some jewish people are atheists too <3

#myposts #before you clown on me about the last sentence here #ask yourself why this websites number one method of trying to be charitable and lend credibility to nonreligious people #is to associate them with a religious group. ask yourself where that impulse comes from #when talking about areligiosity. you have to say DONT WORRY GUYS some of them are still like kiiiiinda religious lol #and dont worry even the ones that arent jewish are BASICALLY just christians bc of cultural christianity of course #thats how that works. theres only two religions evil oppressor and innocent victim. where have i heard this one before #wish i saw more atheistic jews getting mad about that honestly imagine someone using your marginalized identity #as a bludgeoning tool against your lived experience and beliefs. #bc were also not yet ready to admit atheism is something you can be marginalized for. bc if i say that if i say #ive faced religious discrimination for my atheism i would be accused of appropriating the struggles of real religious minorities #you know like that jewish atheist who only ever gets shit for the jewish thing which is the real thing and not the atheist thing #which is a fake thing. did i mention talking about them in this way is inclusive and respectful? just wanted to remind you #and listen i fucking hate christians but even I KNOW some of the shit said on here blanketly about christianity is entirely fake #some of you people sound like the chick who thinks the catholic church made up the roman empire #point being. whyd you include that in your fucking post. could have been a good post i agreed with whyd #you open the door like that to a flood of people using this as the new reason atheism is illegitimate and should be beaten out of people #lest they become annoying online. whyd you gotta include those people why make it a question of should we respect atheism? LOL

[thequiver]

Everyday I learn new things about Gail Simone that make me wonder why anyone thinks she’s a good writer……

#Cass should become Christian and Christians are underrepresented in comics #Ma’am I am killing you with my mind please stop