#Reclaiming Christianity

[bolszaja-miedwedica]

watching a netflix series with today's special guest: the Virgin Mary

applause for our star everyone

[strange-lights-and-stardust]

Yesterday I sat up in bed and immediately thought "I Must rewrite That One Hymn, but for Dionysus instead of Jesus." (So if you'd like to scroll past Christian inspired stuff this paragraph is here as a buffer.) I wove in some things from my Minoan pagan practice as well as Hellenic, like the name Divono and a slightly different version of the dolphin myth.

My Dívono, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine

Thy song calls the maenads, and Thy hands bear the vine

My gracious Diónysos, my Savior art Thou

If ever I loved Thee, my Dívono, 'tis now

I love Thee because Thou hast first lovéd me

Thy gift is Thy Joy-- may this Truth set us free!

I love Thee with ivy crowning Thy brow

If ever I loved Thee, my Dívono, 'tis now!

My Brother, I sever Thy bonds from this cross

As dolphins, we leap from this ship at her loss

Thy vines twine like serpents, embracing the prow--

If ever I loved Thee, my Dívono, 'tis now!

[eldritch-allan-poe]

if i see ONE more goy talk about Lilith like you motherfuckers know anything about her im sending you to the jewlag (jewish gulag) (not gulag for jews those have already been done several times) (gulag where people who act like our legends and mystic traditions are up for grabs as if we are not a CLOSED RELIGION with CLOSED TRADITIONS) (basically every single non-jew who acts like they can claim Lilith as their goddess or whatever is culturally christian and has made no efforts to dismantle said cultural christianity in their current spiritual practices which is almost worse than the goyim who outright appropriate our traditions)

[dani-luminae]

And the award for tonight's "Absolutely Bonkers Take on the Dash!!!!" goes to...

Honestly, if no one on here has said to you that they're excited for these movies... good? That means you're interacting with people who share your tastes, the point of Tumblr, isn't it?

The quality of their films has nothing to do with the amount of so-called "Christians" working on their projects.

This person sounds like someone who screams about DEI the moment they see anyone who's not like them.

[juliamccartney]

happy valentine's day exclusively to people with epilepsy

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

friendly reminder the opening song to Frozen was originally a Christmas hymn sung to the tune of Fairest Lord Jesus

[that-catholic-shinobi]

Reclaim the Month!

Every day of the month of June this year I will be praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart in reparation for the sins against chastity and modesty committed and propagated in June, which is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ. I invite others to join me in this prayer.

It can be found here. God Bless

[merthwyn]

2025 goals:

To reclaim my non existing childhood

To grow more in faith

To be finally redeemed from loneliness

To be healed

[goatbeard-goatbeard]

weird thing about growing up evangelical: sometimes, that environment (accidentally) has some nice accommodations if you’re autistic. you don’t need to wear fancy clothes, that’s vanity. no you shouldn’t party and socialize as much as The World says you should. use your talents even if other people find you intense or strange, that’s your calling from God

so anyway, angel Crowley

[compassionmattersmost]

Teachings of Jesus: Reclaiming the Inclusive Message of Christ

It is said that Jesus once spoke of a way, a truth, a life so profound that it encompassed the very heart of God. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life,” he told his followers. “No one comes to the Father except through me.” These words, layered with mystery and spoken from love, have carried through centuries. And yet, how often they have been misunderstood, repurposed into boundaries…

[yaoi-tiddie-expert]

idk if its just me but like. i feel like so many queer people believe that gay love is more meaningfull or important or cool then straight love. a post about a straight character would be cooler if he was a butch lesbian. my agender friend who got offended when i pointed out that any relationship theyre in is heterosexual. idk man acting as if straight love is dirtier or less pure or important then gay love is just... reversing the dynamic but not fixing the issue. if that makes sense.

[aroacesigma]

so glad spotify has a private session option because id feel a bit bad listening to my 'fuck christianity' punk music in full online view of my two christian friends 😭😭

[apocalypticvalraven]

Behold, I am Vile.

Yet I will not lay mine hand on my mouth.

My arms extend to contend against god,

My hands hold forth Behemoth's grain,

My nets lie within Leviathan's coils.

Angels strive in vain against my brass limbs,

Demons have given me iron bones.

The apple that condemned me has opened my eyes,

And the serpent teaches them.

For I find my strength among those also cast out,

The wicked find rest among one another.

Though god once toppled the tower we built to know him,

We now pull down the gates that separate him from us.

We do not meekly accept our lot or the paltry recompense of twice what we lost but none of what was taken.

We are not Job, and we refuse to facilitate as Judas.

We are the proud fallen,

We rise up against tyrants to grasp all we desire.

For one cannot rise if they have not fallen,

And He who was always exalted can only fall.

-- The Ferus Capra Litany

[bookwyrminspiration]

I forgot about the ketchup periods. I am genuinely questioning my life choices

The internet is forever, baby! There is no taking ketchup periods shot out the belly button off this hellsite!

Of course, everyone currently in the fandom could move on, and unless the stories are passed on it might fade with us. No fandom olds to preserve the history. But I wouldn't get your hopes up...

[blueish-bird]

I’m a simple man. you reference angels in your writing or artwork, I sigh wistfully and think about it for much longer than I would have sans angel mention

[tracyk13]

Why have strict religious regulation on clothing when the Creator made man naked?

Obviously I am not a religious scholar. But I had this sudden thought. All my amature knowledge on a wide range of religions distille down into this bizarre concept. In the Judo-Christian-Islamic traditions, the God created Man and Woman in the Garden of Eden and they were both naked. The Original Sin is Eve disobeying and eating from the Tree of Knowledge. The first realization she and Adam have are that they are naked.

Conclusion: God doesn't care what humans wear. Humans were naked until this Original Sin incident. Only other humans care about clothing.

Yet we exist in a world where there are strict rules about what men and women are supposed to wear. Be it in their daily wear or for religious activities.

The most conservative religious sects require extremely conservative clothing which covers nearly all exposed skin. The most obvious is the burkas required by strict Islamic sects. But all Judo-Christian-Islamic have sects that have similar requirements. Women are usually the most subjugated. Special hats, long sleeves, long skirts, loose and non-formfitting clothing of any sort.

Conclusion: Organized Religions use clothing as a means to control their adherents and to villainize those who do not comply.

I remember growing up in the Church of Christ and the preacher angrily demonizing the cheerleader for the skimpy attire that is their uniform.

While I agreed that the cheerleader uniforms are unnecessarily small and expose a great deal of a prepubescent girl, I disagreed with the preacher villianizing the girls who are wearing these uniforms and not the adults who assign the uniform in the first place.

This disconnect among others of similar veins of thought fueled my distrust of organized religions telling women in particular that they are evil for their choice of clothing.

It is the patriarchy assuming control and asserting dominance over half of the population.

Which is why the most conservative sects of religion force women into a second class, not even a citizen in some sects. Those women have no freedom of choice.

It is dangerous to these women. They are not allowed to go to school, not allowed to drive, not allowed medical care unless the man is making the decisions.

Conclusion: Conservative Religions only exist to empower a small group of men and to subjugate the rest.

What truly worries me is the legislation being enacted by conservative religions are trying to legitimize their existance by refusing agency to others.

If some of these opinions become law, I will not be allowed to choose my own reproductive health. I will not be able to wear the clothing I enjoy. I will not be able to be independent.

These are the very choices the Women's Rights activitist have granted us and it terrifies the conservative right. They are loosing their power and their dominance.