#im not a Christian now

[deoidesign]

i just realized theyre named adam and steve. i need to go to bed

My dad is a pastor and I named them during church, fun fact

#if i had a dollar for every time someone said this to me maybe id be able to start saving for retirement LOL #no seriously i think its cute #its interesting to me the range of when people recognize it #reminds me the bubble i live in #uh. but yeah its like the 'not adam and steve' saying #i was like well. they ARE adam and Steve. #i was actually a youth pastor for a little bit #wild time #im not a Christian now #delete later #asks #anon

[avephelis]

highly topical jillion christrider art.

#going to sleep now. aggie went crazy. erm. #jrwi #gillion tidestrider #jrwi riptide #avepharts #look. after episode 114 he is basically like jesus if you think about it. #im gonna regret posting this i think #uhh also. #crucifiction #tw christianity #I GUESS? #i just realised i forgot the blue in his eyes whatever. lens flare.

[blueskittlesart]

being in art school and having basically 0 knowledge about christianity whatsoever is so funny at this point i think you could tell me literally anything was an allegory for jesus and i'd just believe you

#my ass has been to church like twice in my entire life so my peers are like 'this is a biblical allegory' and im like yeah ok sure #makes art history class very annoying tho because everyone just assumes you can look at a stained glass window and know who all the guys ar #also sometimes people will be like this image depicts the story of david or peter or some random other biblical name #and then just. not elaborate. because apparently we all know the stories of every biblical guy who ever existed. #who is peter and why is he in the church window. please #and i dont even have an EXCUSE bc like both ethnically and like in basic practice i am christian. i celebrate christmas or whatever #my parents both just fucking hated church so much as children they were like nah were not doing that #and now i have a deficiency in Identifying White Men In Paintings apparently. #sigh. sorry just got a 5 out of 13 on an art history quiz feeling GREAT

[spitblaze]

why the hell is christian music so devoid of lyricism. like i KNOW you guys can do better ive listened to sufjan stevens. ive heard that one jars of clay song. theres so much ground you could cover thematically and tonally and lyrically but like. it feels like a genuine oddity to find a song EXPLICITLY about christianity that sounds better than 'overproduced amateur who decided their first pass at the lyrics was good enough to sing to millions of people and also god'

#spitblaze says things #christianity mention #is this another inexplicable side effect of the hedgemony. #ppl think that its inherently better for being christian and therefore dont need any more work #come on now. #if this was a genuine act of worship maybe you'd put a little backbone into it. im not asking for much guys #just something thats interesting to listen to #no wonder evangelicals have to brainwash their kids into thinking all secular media is evil #maybe if you made better christian media you wouldnt need to do that in the first place. have u considered that (half joking)

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

LISTEN it's not about Doing Something Great and Fulfilling God's Purpose For Your Life because you don't KNOW what his purpose IS for you. for some it's preaching, others staying and 'doing nothing' at home but being quiet about it you don't KNOW his purpose so don't say you're failing at his purpose bc what if you just don't realise what he's doing with your life

#my dad told me this today and it. nearly made me cry. #christianity #personal #cant remember how he phrased it my phrasing isn't good #oh gosh im crying over it now

[dear-ao3]

what IS your favourite (or just a decent) Christmas song to you? I ask because I was raised too catholic to know any non hymnal Christmas songs and need recs

michael mcdonald’s season of peace album, specifically his rendition of o holy night

also on the list is celebrate me home by kenny loggins, don’t know if it’s Technically a christmas song but i associate it with christmas

#hot take but it is The Best christmas album #invokes deep memories that wrap around me like a blanket #i just turned it on and now i’m crying in my bathroom ahhh yeah listen to this album something about his voice and the silly little tunes #it’s so peaceful #not a tag #from saph #im not incredibly christian but oh boy do i celebrate christmas for the traditions and the vibes

[bloodandwhump]

Untamed Heart (1993) - 3/3

#whumpcommunity #untamed heart #christian slater #marisa tomei #whumpedit #whump #i made this gif #aaand the third part #i MIGHT make a fourth part MAYBE #now im tired

[planetsandmagic]

"as my friend, Mr. Rivera" (read In the Jaws of St. Camillus by @sneckoil now while it's still up for shortbox! link here :3)

#st camillus #christian valencia #wachi rivera #my art #artists on tumblr #no but srsly read it. its so good #stevie worked hard on it and im so proud of him!!! #buy it now or else! #shortbox comics fair

[takemebacktowheniwassane]

girls and gays

enbies and gents

miscellaneous scribbles from my math notes ✨part two✨

(more whizzvin doodle-comics coming soon??? who knows!)

#hyperfixating on falsettos now #falsettos #whizzvin #doodle #ttofl #the gays are BACK #I wanna draw in trousers #god I've literally just been watching falsettos animatics all day there is something wrong with me #whizzer brown #marvinfalsettos #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #im obsessed with christian borle help

[walrus150915]

Merry (early?) Christmas to those who celebrate!

I personally don't, but I like the vibe✨

Here's a silly sketch-comic I drew based on a post I saw a few days ago

#in my country only a Catholic minority celebrate Christmas in December #Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany in January #and im in a position where im kinda muslim but also... not really #i like the candy canes and santa and mistletoe but we don't do it lmao #since i hc Bal to be Muslim i dont think he'd like. actively participate in Christmas craze #but he likes the aesthetic #plus Christmas has not been about Jesus for a WHILE now #yeeee #nimona #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister boldheart #goldenheart #merry christmas

[godlovesyousoiloveyou]

“Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, ‘You are a saint,’ the other, ‘You won't be saved.’ Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins.”

+ St. Silouan the Athonite

#st. silouan the athonite #i’m reading his book right now #it is such a good book. i literally cannot put it down. #whenever i read saints books its like im getting to know a good friend #because the saints imitate the life of Christ and Christ is our only true friend <3 #eastern orthodox #eastern orthodoxy #orthodox christianity #orthodoxy #greek orthodox #christianity #orthodox #orthodox saints

[rhodesmusic]

jesus christ impaled on a wednesday i hate hate HATE it when christianity is brought into mathematics. people pushing their agenda by saying shit like "this beautiful mathematical thing proves the existence of GOD" or "GOD made math and we're just discovering it". that is SO fucking rancid for so many reasons and half the time the people that say those kinds of things hold math in a purely qualitative sence in their mind, thinking that because they got a mandelbrot zoom in their reccomended they eat breathe and shit math out their asshole on the spiritual level

no matter how hard our education systems bastardize the subject, compressing their concepts into a pristine meaninglessness to cull the young person's imagination across the land, nor how well their nouns verbs and adjectives describe what we see in the universe, mathematics at it's heart is a form of SELF EXPRESSION. nothing, NOTHING I SAY in this world we live in would be as FUCKING PSYCHOTIC as to suggest us to dwell over how a bunch of IMAGINARY IDEAS relate to one another along patterns and symmetries, other than OURSELVES. we started doing math because it offers a kind of fulfillment unlike any other artform. the difference between mathematics and other arts is that our culture doesn't see it as one.

mathematics is not about facts, or even worse, about "rules", but rather about the IDEAS that went into drawing such conclusions. similarly, the only thing more beautiful than math's polyhedra, infinitely intricate fractal shapes, and other pictures such as the ones abraham and jacob here put in their thumbnails, are the MADE UP IDEAS that constitute them, ideas that we have thought up for no good reason other than we find doing so lovely. wonderful. fulfilling and completing.

if some BRICK LICKER named EZEKIEL went out to an art fair and proclaimed with their righteous ass vocal cords, "all these paintings, all these works of art, all of these were drawn by GOD and HERE'S WHY", they'd rightfully be told to go off and HUFF DICK, but when it's mathematics it passes with nodding heads because our culture doesn't see math as any kind of self-expression, instead as a bunch of statements and sedentary pictures to worship, bend over, and take cock for to achieve some higher level of virtuosity.

"but how can the Mandelbrot set have infinite complexity as you zoom into it, that has to be god right there!!!" perhaps if you ever pondered the distinguishing complex numbers, how recursive processes ballet with its algebraic structure, the geometry unfolding into chaos along an infinitesimal boundary, all things that DON'T ACTUALLY FUCKING EXIST IN OUR WORLD BUT WILL STILL BE THOUGHT OF FOR OUR SAKES, LEST WE LET THE IDEA GO COLD AS WE SHIVER IN THE ABSENCE OF THE WARMTH OF ITS SIMPLE CHARM, then you wouldn't resort to implementing an omnipotent figure in order to fulfill your inclination to have the wonder be explained by anything besides the creativity of humans.

oh, but questioning the words of the bible? now that's sacrilege.

HOLY SHIT.

#one thing that im too infuriated to mull over right now. im christian. my fatherly figure has made me attend the catholic mass once a week #for the entirety of my life thus far. im not writing this to diss the religion (despite it entailing dissing). however you find beauty #and or dignity in god and the bible. let respect and peace and love be found in that but please for the love of daddy g and little j dont #use that to indoctrinate mathematics. ill put mulch in your shoes and plant pride flags in your lawn if you do #math #mathematics #rant #rant post #christianity #mathblr #rhodes math #rage

[skitskatdacat63]

I'm looking at 2005 rn for a project I'm working on but omg why is Christian Klien kinda????????

I guess Red Bull's always had a habit of signing German speaking twinks...

#he looks like he could be a german tv show protag. literally the blueprint #all i remembered abt him is that he wasnt great(then again the rb wasnt good back then anyways ) #i didnt realize he was so cute! 🤭 #the project has been derailed now bcs im just like...oh ny god who is this austrian twink..... #HIS EARRING OHBMY GOD #granted he looks better w a hat on(silly spikey 2000s era hair) #also please note that he was Mark's first german speaker twink!!!!!! #everyone talks about nico and seb and forgets christian as his teammate at Jaguar 🤧 #catie.rambling.txt #christian klien

[aalghul]

i saw an account post that, unfortunately, if you are a jason todd fan account then you’ve most definitely gotten an ask along the lines of “if you like fanon jason then you’ll definitely like canon helena/steph/mia” and was wondering if you’ve ever gotten an ask like that

I've gotten a few about Helena specifically, never Steph or Mia so I'm going to talk about Helena rather than generalize what I'm about to say to both of them too (because I was actually thinking about this a few weeks ago!)

Those people are right...in a way. If you want christian guilt (that Jason does not in UTRH and should not ever struggle with) and genuine efforts to be accepted by the Bats? You want Helena. A character whose relationship with killing can be benefited by people bringing her into their light without rendering her previous choices pointlessly antagonistic? that's Helena.

Then there's also the factor of Helena often, in canon, being treated as unstable and untrustworthy, no matter what she does to prove otherwise. and that's seen as a continued failing on her part, even if it's others that refuse to believe in her. Jason constantly being pushed into those situations in fanon and canon is very Helena coded. He's got her good and bad.

But if you like the Jason from UTRH era, arguably the best written Jason post-resurrection (which isn't saying much because...we all know how he's written most of the time), then Helena would never work for you because they're so different. Even with fanon, there's only a certain extent it can apply to. Helena's not Bruce daughter, he didn't raise her, she was never family for him outside the costume (or in it. but that hurts me to say), and she certainly wasn't Dick's sister. So those dynamics should be different inherently, even in fanon where they're altered to resemble something like what Helena has. There's still a history that Jason has here that she naturally doesn't.

I think it's too vague and unhelpful of a thing to say if you're trying to make people interested in Helena or change their portrayal of Jason. But I do see the basis of it.

#heavy on the catholic guilt btw. ik it's not the point but i want you all to let flashpoint jason go. helena's such a great character that #even i cared about her christian guilt and i seriously do not gaf about christians. but it just doesnt work for jason. give it up loves #i do not however think helena's being pushed out of the spotlight is entirely or even mostly due to jason lol #she was already being pulled out of gotham way before he became so similar to her. and then she got pushed to the background in favour of #male characters the same way steph and cass have been for quite a while now. #but if we're talking about fanon specifically? i think most ppl simply dont know she exists bc they dont read comics. even babs cass and #steph struggle to make the cut despite being much more well known so this is really a ppl not caring about female charas issue than jason #specifically stealing her light in fanon. the other male charas' fans arent exactly hyping her up daily either #anyways. maybe im not the best person to ask to begin with since i dont like fanon jason

[liverpool-enjoyer]

footballers doing homework

requested by @mebiselfandi !!! thank you sm for requesting!! <3

leo: does his work on time, and gets roped into doing ney n luis' work for them. but hes pretty bad at it and gets them all Fs.

ney: as just mentioned, gets leo to do his homework for him so he can play/stream video games instead. he isnt even mad when he gets an F, the man jus does not care.

trent: starts the DAY its assigned, but every time he answers a question he "rewards" himself by scrolling though twitter for an hour, eating a meal, n taking a nap. needless to say he turns it in late.

erling: his dog eats it. no like his dog actually eats it, and this man has to go up to his teacher n try to convince them that no he ISNT using the oldest excuse in the book, hes SERIOUS, YOU GOTTA BELIEVE ME.

luka: actually studies n applies himself like a NERD. gets a good grade on the assignment but he has to work for it. tutors his friends for free though.

luis: doesnt realize until the night before its due that hey, maybe forcing leo to do his homework WASNT the best idea n he woulda been better off doing it on his own. so yeah he does his own work from that point forward.

jude: he tries but this homework is jus so HARD. ends up calling erling at two in the morning or some shit like "ITS BEEN HOURS MAN N I DUNNO WHAT IM DOING." the teacher notices the teardrop marks on his paper n passes him outta pity.

sergio: tries to get luka to do it for him, but lukas like "i'll help you with it instead!!" so he ends up having luka tutor him but you know his ass aint learning SHIT.

mbappe: that bitch thats rlly smart n knows all the answers without even TRYING. gets his done the day its assigned AND charges people to have him do their work for them.

christian: COMPLETELY forgets abt it. like it doesnt even cross his mind until the night before its due, when as hes lying down to go to bed his eyes shoot open n hes like "SHIT."

#i was christian ALL throughout middle n high school #now im trent #ty for the request! #leo messi #msn #neymar #trent alexander arnold #erling haaland #luka modric #luis suarez #jude bellingham #sergio ramos #modramos #kylian mbappe #christian pulisic

[ruthlesslistener]

Seeing a white person say unironically that PK and WL are colonizers is so fucking telling that they have zero idea of what racism actually is or the implications behind it, they're just parroting the most basic bullshit to look good. Like come the fuck on that take is racist as shit and its not because PK and WL are any less awful than colonizers. It's incorrect at best but genuinely an awful fucking take when parroted for clout bc you dont wanna be seen as problematic

(It's racist bc equating a genocidal god who you have to shred apart with extreme violence in order to have peace with the pain and anger of indigenous people is. Hm. Bad!!! Not to mention the fact that Radi has a very strong Christian angel motif going on and engages in a 'holy crusade' against everyone in Hallownest INCLUDING OTHER INDIGENOUS TRIBES NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE PALE KING like how the actual fuck can you look at her and go 'oh yeah she represents indigenous people because the moths have what look like dreamcatcher motifs with the essence motes' and unironically think you're not being racist. What the actual fuck)

((Double disclaimer: you can actually write a really interesting and nuanced altcanon narrative with this concept but the problem is that almost nobody ever does, they only ever flag it as 'problematic' because they want to look good, not bc they know the implications))

#im not saying who it is but god fucking damn. idiot. #hollow knight #anyways maintagging this bc i hate this so damn much #also no this is not bc i write a lot of pk or wl. i do not care to defend them. they're fun bc they're awful #and honestly if they were colonizers canonically id def. enjoy writing them getting their just desserts just as much #but the problem is specifically centered around looking at radi #a very CLEAR old testament example of divine wrath with christian ties and a fucking crusade to convert everyone #and go 'oh yeah shes the victim' #im telling you right fucking now as a mixed-race muslim that she is NOT #also to be clear i do like radi as well but she genuinely scares me #which is good! but she scares me because shes a genocidal force who demands you convert or die horribly #which as a guy who grew up in a middle eastern family post-911 #is not that great!