#LGBT Christianity

[thecrowscandle]

"The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor...Jesus never commanded me to love my religion."

—Barbara Brown Taylor

[justinsentertainmentcorner]

Edith Olmstead at The New Republic:

Fans of 11-time Grammy Award–winning singer Dolly Parton came to her aid this week, in response to a tacky, homophobic hit piece published by a right-wing magazine.

The Federalist is a conservative outlet that has previously taken aim at Taylor Swift, accusing her of indoctrinating her listeners into man-hating feminism, a thinly veiled grievance about their inability to control the thoughts of young women. Now it’s taken aim at the Queen of Country herself, likely for much the same reason. The newest article took issue with Parton using her Christian faith as a rationale for her acceptance of all people, including those who identify as LGBTQ+. “Parton’s version of love, which includes condoning immoral sexual behavior, (be who you are she said), is unaligned with God’s vision for humanity,” the author wrote, going on to compare Parton to a secular leader spreading “false gospel.” Trying to cut down such a beloved figure and awarded philanthropist is pretty ridiculous, and especially ironic for a publication that previously published an article pushing for her to be the next president of the United States.

The Federalist’s Ericka Andersen went after Dolly Parton in her column, and she got rightly dinged for blaspheming the good name of Dolly Parton.

[cassanovela]

If you’re depressed God loves you

If you’re anxious God loves you

If you’re any race God loves you

If you’re disabled mentally God loves you

If you’re disabled physically God loves you

If you’re gay God loves you

If you’re straight God loves you

If you’re trans God loves you

It doesn’t matter who you are, what type of Christian denomination you belong to, or where you came from. All that matters is where your heart is.

Deuteronomy 7:9 - Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

Remember that God loves you no matter what. stay blessed and have a good night! 🤍✝️

[justinspoliticalcorner]

John Pavlovitz at The Beautiful Mess:

It's the very kind of galling hypocrisy that is rendering organized Christianity fully irrelevant to more and more of a watching world who can see it from a mile away. I see it too—and it's a flat-out, deliberate sin they need to repent of. Every single day, queer people in America are subjected to relentless vile, profane, abusive attacks from Christians.

Continual, horrible bullying—from Christians. Not Atheists. Not immigrants or refugees or terrorists or Democrats. Not from any of the go-to boogeymen religious folks like to throw out there as the ever-present danger to us all. Christians. Self-identified Jesus followers. Professed disciples of the benevolent, compassionate "Love your neighbor as yourself", "Blessed are the peacemakers", "Judge not lest you be judged," rabbi, who touched lepers, fed multitudes, healed the sick, turned his cheek, and forgave his executioners. (Yeah, that Jesus.) The cognitive dissonance on display is astounding; that these people can manage to believe they're actually doing the will of God or sharing the Gospel, while berating and bullying and beating the hell out of strangers simply because of how they identify or who they love.

[...] In fact, the spectacular irony on display, is that while Jesus never mentions any restrictions on who can follow him based on gender identity or sexual orientation, he speaks explicitly and often about those who profess faith, while living with contempt for others; those who do damage and leverage power to inflict wounds, those who neglect and ignore and prey upon the marginalized, those who wield religion like a weapon. If there's anything the road to Hell is paved with, it's bigotry and violence done in the name of Jesus. The truth, is that an LGBTQ Christian isn't an oxymoron, but a hateful one most certainly is. The choice to be horrible and to use religion as the reason, is a disconnect of the greatest order. The Gospel testifies to this over and over again, and we who come in love, loudly amen this—and we're not having this nonsense anymore on behalf of our faith tradition.

To the millions of people around the world who identify as LGBTQ, both those who claim faith and those who do not—I'm sorry for those trying to retrofit Jesus to their hateful hearts; for the way they twist the Bible and distort the voice of God that you hear in your head, and for the daily, living Hell you go through at their hands and words. They don't speak for anyone but themselves—not for me, not for millions of Christians, and certainly not for God. And to the religious who believe they can oppress and harass and insult people until they are driven to isolation or tears or self-harm or suicide, all in the name of Jesus—I'd take a good, long look in the mirror, I'd let your knees hit the earth, and I'd do some serious soul-searching.

@John Pavlovitz nails it here: “The truth, is that an LGBTQ+ Christian isn't an oxymoron, but a hateful one most certainly is.”

[daisymooonart]

Aro ace, aromantic and asexual Christian flags for those who want them <3

[scripturehomosexuality]

We're back...Come read the new post "America Knows That Most People Swing Both Ways"

Here's an excerpt -

With their constant rhetoric on sex, readers here might think that Christianity is willfully ignorant about human sexuality, especially same-sex activity. To a certain extent, they are indeed. However, with deeper analysis, it becomes evident that their ignorance can only go so far. 

Evidence of that comes from the pages of the Man2Man Alliance. In one forum post, founder Bill Weintraub describes how, according to an Alliance member, a Mormon elder said the following: “He, also, mentioned about the Grecian Empire–and, why it fell. He remarked about how Greek warriors ‘were paired off’ and mated phallically to make them more determined to fight. But, that this [sic] led to the DOWNFALL of the Grecian Empire!”

First of all, there was never a Grecian empire. There was only a collection of Greek city-states. Secondly, the assertion made in the statement is false. The phallic mating he referenced actually made the Greek city-states stronger. Indeed, those sexually bonded warriors constituted some of the most dominant armies in the ancient world.

However, even if the elder’s grasp of history is off (intentionally or not), don’t lose sight of the most relevant point. The point is that he isn’t ignorant about the history of Ancient Greece. He knows how prevalent homoeroticism was in Ancient Greek culture and society. He knows more about it that most Americans do, because that isn’t taught in school for the most part. I daresay that most of the clergy know too. It’s their business to know about it as part of their theological training, since this was part of the world in which the Scriptures were written. 

Yet look how the Mormon elder uses his knowledge – to spread mistruths about same-sex activity to serve Christianity’s condemnation of it. That doesn’t come from ignorance. 

As such, it seems appropriate to quote this selection from earlier in that same forum post, which will appear in italics:

Read more on Wordpress.

[lightoml]

[camfusedly]

Hi I, an atheist, am reading the Bible for some reason (not the whole thing) and I'm reading a Bible that was given to me as a child (translation is NLT). Want to see some homophobic Bible translation.

"THEY BECAME THE BEST OF FRIENDS"

"NO HOMO, BIBLE EDITION"

Want to see how an accurate Bible translation does this verse?

LOVED HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL

THAT'S SOME GAY SHIT RIGHT THERE

DON'T DENY ME THAT, NLT

[oleandro-drag]

saint sebastian tended by saint irene but they're both drag artists

felt like this might be something this site would enjoy

on stage: oleandro & delfi oraakel, photographer: peroksiid (on ig as oleandro_drag, delfi_oraakel and peroksiid)

[thecrowscandle]

I feel like when a lot of people talk about “worldly things” or being “in the world, not of the world” misunderstand what “the world” is. The world isn’t all the horrible people who don’t live the way church members do or “attacking the family”, which is usually a sugarcoated way of bashing on people who are different. The world is the influence of darkness, hate, pride, envy, selfishness, greed, etc., the things that are antithetical to who God is and who we are to become. All people are prone to be susceptible to those impulses, but we can change and improve because we are of divine substance. The people aren’t the problem with the world, it’s what the world does to people. And I think that a lot of rhetoric in the church is directed at people or groups when in reality it’s what people are subject to that needs attention

[jesus-son-of-man]

For Lent I will be giving up

[cassanovela]

Tips for Christians getting baptized for the first time!!

Firstly, its important that you know that by baptizing yourself, you are giving your soul to The Lord, and are being given a new life walking with The Lord in a sense.

Now, with that being said, here are some tips!! :))

- Don’t wear anything super tight if you get to choose what you wear!!

Whenever you get dunked into the water, if you’re wearing something tight, people might see A LOT of what you’d rather not show. Try wearing something a bit oversized!

- Pray before you get baptized

You could pray for a smooth baptism, pray for forgiveness, pray for yourself or your friends and family, or just simply thank God for the chance at a new life with him!

- Remember to pack a backup outfit

This way, whenever you’re finished, you can change into dry clothes that don’t bother you.

- Make a list of things you want to change in your life for after you get baptized

This includes cussing less, fasting more, praying more, studying the bible, it could be anything!

- Study, really study, on what baptism is and the story behind it the night before you get baptized.

This way, you’ll have a deeper and clearer understanding on what you are doing, and what it exactly means.

Thats all for now!! Have an amazing Sunday everyone, and if anyone has any concerns or questions my dms are always open! ^^

[sagewing]

It may have taken me a month to get around to finishing this but here's the second page to this comic! This dives a little more into my reasons for leaving christianity, so be nice in the reblogs/comments. I'm not afraid to use the block button

Bluesky

Check out my comms!

[kaijynx]

if a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed :3

@fixing-bad-posts

[queerorthodoxy]

If you're going to be a Christian you need to acknowledge its history of violence and colonization so you do not continue the violence!!!!