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Oh, you can't conceive of a critique of religion where the solution isn't that all religion must be abolished? Skill issue.

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lady rufous hummingbird study (I got possessed by miles morales midway through)

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Its okay they could call me on a rotary faster than i could explain to them I’m old enough to know what a rotary phone is

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Your personal triggers and squicks do not get to determine what kind of art other people make.

People make shit. It's what we do. We make shit to explore, to inspire, to explain, to understand, but also to cope, to process, to educate, to warn, to go, "hey, wouldn't that be fucked up? Wild, right?"

Yes, sure, there are things that should be handled with care if they are used at all. But plenty more things are subjective. Some things are just not going to be to your tastes. So go find something that is to your tastes and stop worrying so much about what other people are doing and trying to dictate universal moral precepts about art based on your personal triggers and squicks.

I find possession stories super fucking triggering if I encounter them without warning, especially if they function as a sexual abuse metaphor. I'm not over here campaigning for every horror artist to stop writing possession stories because they make me feel shaky and dissociated. I just check Does The Dog Die before watching certain genres, and I have my husband or roommate preview anything I think might upset me so they can give me more detail. And if I genuinely don't think I can't handle it, I don't watch it. It's that simple.

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America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)

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gotta do everything myself around here... Welcome Twitter Refugees This is your HAZING!

if you made it to the end of this post you are now officially a tumblr user! congratulations, and welcome

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Oh, boy! A new How To Train Your Dragon movie. I sure hope it doesn’t ignore previously established lore and makes all of the characters act like caricatures of themselves. Vanaheim? What’s that? Snotlout and the Twins having actual character development? Impossible.

OH BOY! HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD! I SURE DO HOPE WE GET TO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS MOVIE EXPLORING THIS NEW MAJOR LOCATION!

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it's a lot of stuff...

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she's just a girl and she's on fiiireeee

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Karlach

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Ooookay so I am noticing a concerning trend on here as of late and I want to talk about it

I have had more than one scam blog follow me that are religion based. The first time I made a funny little "you're on thin ice" post because I thought it was a one off thing. However, I just had another one follow me.

First, let's look at the blogs:

Now the name on the first one is much more obvious, with Yeshua being the original Hebrew pronunciation of Jesus. But let's look at the actual blog descriptions, because that's where I started to get concerned

So first thing that hit me is that these blogs are proselytizing. They are actively seeking out people that they think they can get to listen to them talk about their religion.

Before I get into more about this though (because there is a lot that does not make sense here), I want to point out the contents of the blogs:

They both only have one post directing people off the platform. This is a scam.

Anyways, back to the content that concerns me. Now, I do not know that many Jewish folk. I know enough, however, to know that this is not right. I follow puckgoodfaggot (i don't want to tag because this is genuinely upsetting and he doesn't deserve that) and have been following his conversion to Judaism as well as ArtByEloquent (who is an amazing friend btw, check out their art). I also know a handful of Jewish folk irl and have had the pleasure of learning from them and KSU's Hillel center. I have also extensively studied Christianity, specifically the start of Christianity and the many sects that formed during the time of proto-orthodox christianity.

So what I do know: Judaism does not revere Jesus (Yeshua) as the messiah. He is Just Some Guy:tm: to them. Maybe he was a prophet, but he was not The Prophet.

Another thing I know: Jewish folk do not proselytize. Judaism will not turn their backs on a convert, but in order to convert you must seek it out and study extensively under a willing Rabbi for a period of time. The Rabbi also has the authority to reject anyone seeking conversion, they do not have to accept you as a student. I don't know too much other than what some people I follow have shared, but that's because I am not a convert and it does not pertain to my area of study.

Also: This is a christian style of scam. 'Campfire-style' specifically, that is phrasing that is heavily used in christian youth groups. It's where you sit in a circle and tell scary stories but the scary stories are recitations of scripture. As far as I know, and again that is not a lot, scripture is not spoken like this in Synagogues. From everything I have been a part of with Hillel, scripture is not really recited outside of worship, but rather is discussed. So, 'campfire-style' recitation would not be a thing in Judaism

So, why are these blogs posturing about 'knowing Yeshua' and learning Hebrew and reading Scriptures 'campfire style'? Honestly, both of these blogs read to me as a Christian trying to pretend they are Jewish and give Jews a bad name.

I just.. in today's climate this feels really icky. I can't even put a name on what's going on other than it seems like it could be a very anti-Semitic move, a way to blame innocent Jews for data mining and shit. It could also be that I put a rather large beacon on my blog with how I talk about ancient christianities and the fact that I'm reading sections of the Tanakh (specifically Ezekiel right now)

I don't know what I'm trying to say other than watch out, I guess. I have reported and blocked both accounts, but I want everyone to keep an eye out for stuff like this and understand that this is not normal and not something you should click on.

Anyways, if you want to follow some awesome Jewish creators instead, here are some of my recommendations:

@/puckgoodfaggot (again, i cannot reach out to him to ask for permission and i don't wanna dump this on him so i can't fully tag him but follow him he's great) @artbyeloquent (seriously, check out their art and commission them) @/istodayajewishholiday (the most helpful blog for helping me be more mindful of jewish holidays) and this one's on twitter, but @/shtetlslut (my good friend Claude, the author of In The Hands Of An Angry G-D)

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the calamity.

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Thor Bonecrusher’s strength didn’t just come out of nowhere. He was always that strong. Fishlegs would have dominated the dragon killing school in the first movie if he had had more confidence/bloodlust.

are we all just gonna forget how much of a TANK fishlegs is?? and how GOOD meatlug is at dragon racing??

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A world full of colors

Full color wheel challenge, what a fun challenge <3

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I kinda wish that "oh they don't know they are dating yet lol" was used less as a joke because while it can be funny to think about people not recognizing their obvious feelings it also shows a major issue with amatonormativity and believing certain ways people interact with each other can only be read 1 way. It shoves relationships into a box and assumes the people in their own relationship don't know any better and so can't possibly label it correctly.

"they say they are friends but obviously they just don't know they're dating yet!" Assumes that 1. Friendship is less than romance. 2. That the way these people act with each other has to be romantic and any other interpretation is wrong including the people who are interacting own interpretations of their relationship. 3. Assumes you, a third party observing the relationship you are not part of, know more and better than the people in the relationship and thus have authority to put a label on said relationship.

Do you see the problem here? Do you understand how fucked up it is to constantly be told your relationship is something it's not. Do you understand how rude it is to undermine people's own ability to properly label their own relationships. It does not matter if YOU think they are dating. If they say they are friends then they are F R I E N D S.

The thing Abt relationships is that all parties in the relationship have to agree with what it is. If one says they are dating and the other says they are not, then they are not dating and they will never be until both agree on that face. Simple as that.