#Roman beliefs

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Pavement Mosaic, Corinium Museum, Cirencester

[bloom-with-grace-and-faith]

[sforzesco]

I got. thoughts. about valens and voices in imperial roman history. but I also got a lot of thoughts about uhhhhhh choosing your brother for co ruling the Fratricide Foundation Story Empire. many thoughts about themistius' oration too

Brotherly Love, Themistius (trans. Peter Heather & David Moncur)

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / insta

[acids-and-basses]

To give the gods and deities offerings, do they see us as we see crows bringing them shiny things?

[rue-with-the-tarot]

I’m sick of having to censor my language and beliefs in order to save face in my community. I am polytheistic. I am pagan. I believe in many gods. I worship many gods. I speak to the gods and they speak back. I can hear them. I can see them. I have conversations with them. I believe in faeries. I have faeries that are my friends and live in my house. I give them offerings and they help with the chores. They also take my things and play other practical pranks, just like the old stories said. I know their names. I speak to them and they speak back. I believe in ghosts and spirits. I grew up in a haunted house. I’m psychic. I can speak to the dead. I have spoken to both living and dead animals. I’m superstitious. I find comfort in old wives tales. I am spiritually powerful. I will speak my truth, even if it makes me yet another witch on the outskirts. So be it. That is my destiny.

Khairete.

[queerprayers]

i want to say first of all that i fully respect a community's/denomination's/culture's right to have closed practices. i am not entitled to other people's traditions, and when i am a guest in a space i understand that everything is not automatically for me. and i know i do not have to understand to respect.

and also! when i go to a catholic church and can't receive communion i want to fall on the floor weeping. what do you mean i can't have him he's right there. sorry my baptism was the wrong kind of baptism. i'm hungry and you want me to become someone else before being fed.

[walkswithmyfather]

‭Romans 5:1-2, 6-8, 12, 17 (NIV‬) [1] “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, [2] through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. [6] You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. [7] Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. [8] But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. [12] Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— [17] For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!”

[neverfaerie]

Pixie Chicks

Tinker Bell: Ring of Belief

(scrapped movie concept)

Animation by: Luca Erbetta

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

i don't know who needs to hear this but asserting a belief as existing "in lore" without specifying what "lore", from when and where, or indeed naming any kind of actual source makes you look like you just pulled that "historical fact" out of your arse

[wronghands1]

[thesilicontribesman]

The Burrow Carvings, Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster

Group of carved stones, probably part of a third century mausoleum, temple or shrine.

This group, which is unique in this country, was found during the building of the canal south of Lancaster, near Burrow Heights, in 1794, The main Roman road into Lancaster passed close by.

The heads may represent the four winds or the four seasons and the standing figure (not shown) the deceased. The lions (one shown) are similar to a group of lions and stags from a shrine at Shorden Brae in Northumberland.

[dopeanddiamantes]

I love you Mary ˚₊‧꒰ა ♱ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

[theultimatecruiseship]

Milk baths and bad smells

[barszcz-czerwony-i-biali]

Tisha B'Av is over now right? Back to the Jewish joy right?

The Romans destroyed our temples in hopes of destroying us. But guess what ancient Romans! we're out here still worshipping Hashem just as our ancestors did.

Take that motherfuckers!!!!!

[everlastinghistory]

The misconceptions about Genesis 1:28 explained:

“God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon earth’.”

- Genesis 1:28

The phrase “be fruitful and multiply” will more than likely sound familiar to you whether it’s from your own experiences with religion, or from documentaries such as Shiny Happy People.

Regardless of if you have come across this phrase from religion or documentaries, you likely don’t know it’s true meaning.

While yes, “be fruitful and multiply” does objectively encourage the act of procreation, it does not mean that you have to have a large amount of kids. In fact, it doesn’t mean you are required to have kids at all.

The words “be fruitful and multiply” were said to Adam and Eve when they were first created. This sentence has no inherent value to anyone except those it was spoken to. Never once does the bible say not having kids is a sin. It heavily encourages you to have children, but does not say you have to.

Even if you do believe not having children is a sin, “be fruitful and multiply” still wouldn’t mean you have to have a lot of kids. Many people who believe motherhood is a calling of the bible believe all that is required to fulfil this goal is to have 2 children. One male, and one female.

After watching Shiny Happy People it became incredibly clear to me that many people misunderstand this verse. “Be fruitful and multiply” never meant anything beyond that Adam and Eve were required to have kids, and the only reason the IBLP said otherwise was to have more children to bring into their cult. IBLP’s goal was to raise a generation of kids who would take over the world. They did not care about the true meaning of this verse, they cared about power and control.

While not everyone who believes this verse inherently means you have to have a lot of children is tied to IBLP: It is an important distinction to make.

The idea that this verse means anything more than for Adam and Eve to have kids or for you to have one child male and one child female is a cult concept. It is directly created by a cult. That is not Christianity, it is a misogynistic p*doph*lic cult leaders lie.

[the-noisiest-pumpkin]

BOOM galaxy polycule: winter edition