#antichristian

[whereserpentswalk]

I once heard a gay Christian tell me my anti-Christian posts in queer tags made them feel like a Jewish Nazi. Which is interesting because that's exactly how I want queer Christians to feel, all the time.

There should be no place within the queer community where they feel comfortable or safe openly pushing a pseudo-religion that has done nothing but victimized and oppress us. They should be treated just like queer conservatives and queer capitalists, the fact that the bigoted belief system they're part of isn't secular shouldn't matter.

Liberation movements have become so obsessed with marketability that they've forgotten what almost every liberator in the past understood: that the priest was as much our oppressor as the business owner and the noblemen.

#196 #my thougts #queer rights #queerness #queer theory #queer liberation #queer community #queer christian #queer christianity #leftist #leftism #anticapitalist #anticapitalism #anti christianity #antichristian #communist #anarchism #queer #lgbt #lgbt pride #lgbtq community #gay #lesbian #trans #transgender #enby #ace #aro #aroace #bi

[owls-hive]

"Jesus died for you 🥺"

No, he didn't. But you know who died in his name? Thousands of innocent women.

#hows that for a wake up call #luciferian #theistic luciferianism #witchcraft #pagan #witchblr #norse paganism #paganism #lucifer #ave luciferi #satanist #ave satanas #theistic satanism #antichristian

[satansluckycigarette]

Jesus keeps coming back. He won’t stop. We now have an elite squad of mercenaries whose job it is to put him down.

#writing prompts #prompt #joke #dark humor #blasphemy #exchristian #antichristian

[rockermazy]

He IS RISEN! The Tomb is EMPTY!

#Fortnite #fortnite battle royale #midas fortnite #King Midas #antichristian #athiest humor

[exvangelicalrage]

Sin Is Fake

6/5/23

I realized something this week. Which is that I don't believe in sin. Obviously, I don't believe in a lot of things, including god, christianity, and literally anything, haha, but I realized this week that I'd been taking the idea of "sin" as a given.

The idea of sin has been a constant in my life since my birth; only a few weeks after we came home from the hospital, my parents had me "dedicated" in front of the church congregation, which is the protestant alternative to the catholic baby baptisms. Instead of saving your soul, however, it's merely a commitment by christian parents to "raise their child in the way he should go" or whatever. And in this case, that meant raising their child to believe they were inherently sinful and needed to be saved by jesus in order to go to heaven. 

I've long determined that people are not inherently sinful; that babies are not evil from the moment they are beget; that children do not need to plead forgiveness for imagined wrongs. 

But the idea that perhaps sin simply... doesn't exist at all? That is new.

When I was five, I kneeled next to my bed on the pink throw rug my great grandmother had given me, clasped my hands together, and said, "Dear jesus, please come into my heart and forgive me." As I said the words, there was a deep sense of "this is what I'm supposed to do in order to get to heaven." I hadn't quite put together the "I'm sinful and need to be forgiven" part, despite the emphasis on that during Sunday school and vacation bible school, but I knew the words and I said them and I meant them. 

But as I grew, it didn't take me long to fully understand what "sin" was. 

Sin was whining about chores. Sin was arguing with my brothers. Sin was being obstreperous. Sin was reading instead of cleaning my room. Sin was talking back to my parents. Sin was watching other kids get picked on in school and doing nothing. Sin was not wanting to do my homework. Sin was getting bad grades. Sin was not listening to the teacher. Sin was watching movies. And listening to secular music. And reading books with swear words in them.

Sin was doing anything that upset my parents for any reason. 

Sin was lack of total perfection.

Sin was making god mad.

I asked for forgiveness regularly. As a 7 year old. As a 10 year old. As a 12 year old. I knew my soul was irreparably blackened, and jesus was the only one who could cleanse me and guarantee my way into heaven. 

When I reached my teenage years, I continued to pray for forgiveness, but I tacked on an extra little request at the end of my prayers: "Please forgive me, and also, if you notice me doing something wrong, could you just let me know?"

"If I'm doing something and don't realize it's a sin, could you please point it out to me?"

"I'm not entirely sure quite what I'm doing wrong, but I know it must be something, so please forgive me even for stuff I don't realize is wrong."

It's a pretty heavy weight, to walk around thinking that you're perpetually committing grievous offenses but have no idea what they are. To believe that god is incessantly watching every movement, every choice, and every thought, and judging you accordingly. Especially as a child. And sure, the pastors said "his blood covers it all" but what does that even mean? And if his blood covers "it all" why couldn't we just be regular people? Why did we have to focus on being as perfect as possible? 

The thing is, though, the existence of sin is necessary to christianity. If humans weren't inherently "sinful" then what would the point of christianity be? Because if we weren't inherently sinful, nothing would be preventing us from accessing heaven. We wouldn't need jesus, we wouldn't need the bible, and most of all, we wouldn't need the church. 

Sin, at least in a christian context, is a direct and willful violation of god's will. But in order for it to be real, a.) god has to exist, and b.) we have to be able to determine what his will is—irrefutably. But since god (if he exists) hasn't provided a clear-cut directive... how can we possibly ensure that we aren't violating god's will? And if we can't know his will, we can't violate it on purpose.

Hence, sin is fake.

But if pastors, leaders, humans make clear-cut statements that say, "This is wrong and I know because god told me so," then they can claim that your violation of their commandments is sin, and in doing so, they strip access to heaven from you.

The idea of sin allows humans to control other humans. Even humans who don't believe in their ideology.

But if sin doesn't exist in the first place? That hill they're standing on is nothing but air.

To be clear, I think mistakes are real. I think we can do things that we wish we hadn't. I think we can cause harm. We can do things that upset or cause pain or discomfort toward other people, ourselves, or the world around us.

But sin? Nah.

I think I still carry this weight, even though I left christianity over a decade ago. 

It's clearest for me in this subconscious  pressure that suggests I'm "living a sinful lifestyle," despite the fact that even according to christian standards, my "lifestyle," as it were, is pretty innocuous. I'm straight & hetero, married and monogomous, donate and volunteer to causes, mind my own business most of the time. But I do swear. And read romance novels (with sex scenes *gasp*). And I'm not christian. Which all equals "sinful lifestyle" in my subconscious, I guess.

But there's a lot of freedom in being able to look an action in the face and say "What harm does this cause?" If the answer is "It causes no harm," I can move on with my life. And if the answer is "It causes this specific harm," then I can remediate to the best of my ability. 

Litter? I can donate to an environmental organization or pick up more trash than I dropped. 

Give voice to my internal biases, even unintentionally? Apologize immediately and truthfully. Or donate to an anti-racist/feminist/trans-inclusionary/disability activist organization if an apology isn't possible. Or all of the above! 

Steal something? Give it back. Pay for it. Go to jail. Whatever. Make amends.

There is freedom in accountability. There is freedom in taking responsibility for my misdeeds. I don't need jesus or christianity to "save" me. All I need to do is own up to my behaviors, decisions, and choices, and the consequences therein. 

I can make amends. All by myself. No penance, priest, or prayer necessary.

If everyone did this, instead of just "praying for forgiveness," I think the world would be a lot less shitty place.

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A not-exactly side note: 

If I'm being honest, I think this whole blog is partially about me trying to make amends in a way. It's also therapy through writing, an exploration of my feelings, and a process to think through some of the concepts and ideas that still nag at me. But I could do all of that without sharing it online.

The one thing I feel more guilty about than anything in my life, was the evangelism I did as a teenager. I talked down to other people. Tried to convince them they were evil. I built walls around myself, and judged everyone else as either "saved" or "unsaved." I roped people in, with music and a pretty smile and the threat of hell. 

I understand that I was still a child. And that the religion I wielded was placed into my hands by adults. That it's not entirely my fault. I know I was trying to do what was right. But I also feel strongly that I caused harm to those around me. Harm I regret to this day.

I made it out. But not without casualties.

It's a strange type of survivor's guilt.

So I'm hoping that writing out & sharing my experiences, feelings, and pain will maybe help somebody somewhere. I want to do something good that directly counteracts the harm I caused then. Maybe I can support someone leaving the church now, validate someone who is questioning, or offer logic, reason, and experience to help someone see the door. 

Maybe it'll help, maybe not. But it feels like the right thing to do.

#christianity #sin is fake #exvangelical #ex christian #exchristian #ex evangelical #indoctrination #religion #exreligious #ex religious #christianity sucks #atheist #agnostic #agnosticism #sin #making amends #deconstruction #deconversion #antichristian #religious trauma #cptsd #religiousabuse #apostate #purity culture #cult

[shitpostsupernova]

#anti christianity #exchristian #ex christian #anti christian #anti religion #antichristian #exmo

[daemonicdasein]

‘Oh my Father, Lord of Silence, Supreme God of Desolation, though mankind reviles yet aches to embrace, strengthen my purpose to save the world from a second ordeal of Jesus Christ and his grubby mundane creed. Two thousand years have been enough. Show man instead the raptures of Thy kingdom. Infuse in him the grandeur of melancholy, the divinity of loneliness, the purity of evil, the paradise of pain. What perverted imagination has fed man the lie that Hell festers in the bowels of the Earth? There is only one Hell, the leaden monotony of human existence. There is only one Heaven, the ecstasy of my Father's kingdom.’

‘Nazarene, charlatan, what can you offer humanity? Since the hour you vomited forth from the gaping wound of a woman, you've done nothing but drown man's soaring desires in a deluge of sanctimonious morality. You've inflamed the pubertal mind of youth with your repellent dogma of original sin. And now you absolve in denying them the ultimate joy beyond death by destroying me? But you will fail, Nazarene, as you have always failed. We were both created in man's image, but while you were born of an impotent God, I was conceived of a jackal. Born of Satan, the desolate one, the nail. Your pain on the cross was but a splinter compared to the agony of my father. Cast out of heaven, the fallen angel, banished, reviled. I will drive deeper the thorns into your rancid carcass, you profaner of vices. Cursed Nazarene. Satan, I will avenge thy torment, by destroying the Christ forever.’

— Damien Thorn (portrayed by Sam Neil), Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981), directed by Graham Baker; written by Andrew Birkin.

#quote #quotes #omen #the omen #the omen iii #omen iii #omen iii: the final conflict #the final conflict #1981 #Barbara's Baby #Andrew Birkin #omen iii: Barbara's Baby #graham baker #soliloquy #polemic #diatribe #infernal diatribe #satanic #satanism #friedrich nietzsche #philosophy #jesus christ #jesus of nazareth #christianity #anti christianity #antichristian #antichrist #horror films #films #sam neill

[blackaltarapparel]

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#blackaltar #blackaltarapparel #satan #satanic #satanism #satanist #lucifer #antichrist #antichristian #baphomet #satanicgoat #grungememe #gothmeme #satanicmeme #hexmas #merryhexmas #metalmeme #hell #sinner #gothic #goth #blackcraftcult #killstar #dollskill #disturbia #occult #witchy #witchcraft #witch #ouija

[absurdnihilisticgurobech]

when you grow up to have religious trauma

#meme #religous trauma #religion meme #antichristian #antichristian meme

[hadit93]

Most of the initiation methods I've come across as an intermediate practitioner mostly include rejecting Christianity or some other versions of that. But if someone who's not a Christian, like a Hindu, or Buddhist, would these initiations work for them?

Also, any good self initiation methods you would suggest?

I don't think they would have the same effect, no. I also don't believe this to be a 'norm' in initiation rituals.

Initiation is about passing on access to a current represented by a specific group. In the AA for example this is the 93 current or Thelemic current, the energies of new aeon and the HGA of the aspirant themselves which is the interface of the candidate that steps in as the representative of the God head. There is no antichristian elements in that ritual and it is more Graeco-Egyptian in its format.

The OTO initiation rituals do have some elements subverting christianity and traditional freemasonry, but this is because the majority of people who were in OTO at the time of Crowley would have been familiar with Christianity and freemasonry. It is therefore a mechanism to shock and release which has a magical effect. There is power in subverting norms, doing things differently, and some practitioners tap into this. For example in trad witchcraft there are rites in which one walks backwards anticlockwise around a church saying the lords prayer backwards. This raises power because it is subverting the norm, there is power in heresy, but you need to feel heretical whilst doing it!

The Golden Dawn rituals are also not about subverting Christianity, nor is Wicca. In fact the apostolic succession of Bishops within Christianity can be seen as an initiation as it is a passing down of power stemming back to St Peter, they are even consecrated with oil.

I don't believe you can self initiate. I believe it has to be done either by interaction and passing on a current by a person who has had the same done to them, or it is performed by the spirits themselves. I don't believe you can simply initiate yourself into something. This does not mean you cannot be initiated through working with the spirits, simply that it takes time and is not something that happens overnight.

Most initiations, early ones anyway, are about cleansing a candidate making them a vessel for spiritual force. In the rituals involving rejecting christianity this is more about releasing themselves from shackles they have experienced as a result of the abuses and soul smothering nature of the church. It is meant to cleanse some of that shame and negativity holding a person back. If a person does not have these feelings, then such a ritual will not have the same effect on them.

#initiation #initiation rituals #antichristian #rejection of religion

[vixvaporub]

I find it so funny that Christians are so scared of education... like if your religion was the truth then the educated would be your ally and not your enemy

#i can say a lot more on this #but ill leave it at this for now #antichristian #vixpost

[hippiewizard]

Barren Madonna

#Satanic #satanism #antitheism #anti theism #satan #antichrist #darkart #satanist #antichristian #anti christianity #antifascist #antifascism #digital art #lowbrow #lowbrowart #hippiewizard #666 #antireligion

[xtrevmcx1992x]

😂🤣

#Funny #Humor #Memes #sacriligious #Secular #Witchblr #antichristian #Jesus Christ #alcohol #Drunk #Hilarious #fuck jesus #paganism #endless love #blessed be

[normalhumanperson]

I specifically don’t like religions that have an unquestionable and/or perfect authority figure.

#atheist #atheism #antichristian

[rockermazy]

How to vanquish a Believer using the Bible

I await the day I can use the Bible to vanquish a Christian witness like it's a demon-expulsion spell book. "You are Christian, yes? According to Matthew 10:14, your God commands that once I verbally reject your gospel, you must turn, shake the dust off your feet and leave. Never return to me again." Christians are oath bound to obey their deity, or they deny their faith. Do you think I could turn this into as an amulet? XD

#humor #witch #witchcraft #spells #spellwork #occult #antichristian #ex christian #christianity

[ungodlydandelion]

Happy Sunday; I hope I live to see the day when voters hear "he's a christian" and wrinkle their noses and say, "I just don't feel comfortable voting for christians."

#exchristian #text #exvangelical #religious trauma #ex christian #america specific #antichristian