#And the “triumph” of christianity through the annihilation of freedom of religion

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So my parents dragged me to a christian festival today. Here are some of my favourite interactions I had

My father: this is my eldest daughter, *deadname*. She really wanted to be here

Me, a nonbinary person with heaps of religious trauma, definitely not there out of free will: ‘sup

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Me, just chilling around some stands:

Random christian: hey do you have a boyfriend and is he catholic

Me, a lesbian: Jesus is my boyfriend

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Random christian again: do u want a t-shirt with “hype jesus” on it to show that ur christian

Me, a pagan witch: yes

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Random christian yet again: what are u listening to?

Me: Take Me To Church from Hozier

Christian: Oh I love that song. Very nice to encourage young folks to worship god

Me: uh-huh

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Me: I’m gonna read Catherine Nixey’s “The Darkening Age” in front of this pastor

My brother: now why would you do that

Me: for the aesthetic

#if youre wondering #the darkening age is about the christian destruction of the classical world #And the “triumph” of christianity through the annihilation of freedom of religion #Its really good #i encourage everyone to read it #religious trauma #ex christian #nonbinary lesbian #gay pagan #pagans of tumblr #ex catholic #christianity is a cult #eldest daughter #eldest daughter syndrome