#also SHOCKING THAT COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AREN'T CHRISTIAN

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what the fuck does it matter what's in someone's pants or what they think they are. leave trans folk alone, it ain't your business.

Also, if it's such a sin to be gay or trans, the Bible says you can mix fabrics or eat seafood.

Oh and did you know the original translation for "man may not sleep with man" was "man may not sleep with CHILD" it was about pedophilia. Not gay bitches.

"leave trans folk"

What did I even do to a trans person?? 😭

But yeah, it actually becomes my business when they try to skinwalk femalehood. Because, you know, I'm a female 🙃

And pleeeease anon, for the Love of God, never try schooling an actual Christian to what the Bible actually says.

Do you even realize there's a difference between Civil, Moral and Ceremonial laws to which Israelites abided to? That's what the whold chapter of Deuteronomy 19 is about (the fabric mixing is on Deuteronomy 19:19)

The not fabric mixing was one of the civil laws of the kindgom of Israel, which CHRISTIANS don't abide to anymore. Because we're not Jews - but Christians. And that we don't live in the kindgom of God, but through plentiful of countries in the world . Israel civil laws reinforced circumcision, forbade eating pork, etc. Christians don't abide to such laws because *Jesus* happened. These laws symbolically represented how the people of God should not mix with impure things/ungodly yoke (fabric mixing, impure food). The ceremonial laws are moot cause the Temple of Jerusalem has been destroyed and Jesus is the ultimate sacrificed that fulfilled the Law & definitely erased the sin of humanity.

Only the immuable morals laws of God are those we still have to obey to this day (not killing, worshipping God only -not idols-, respecting our family, etc.)

The whole "bUt tHe sOdOmy pasSaGe Was AboUt PeDopHILiA aKtcHualLy" cope is stupid.

The strong translation are just here anon...

Peep the translation for man (376) and mankind (2145)

None of these translation remotely points towards "child"....

But if you want a passage where Jesus condemns pedophilia/harming children, Matthew 18:1-6 is a better pick :

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea"

When the Bible wants to talk about children, it will explicitly talks about children. The translation don't lie

Peep the translation number for the word translated as "(little) child" (3813)

*pretends to be shocked*

Oh and the marriage is exclusively stated as between and man and a woman in the Bible. Not two men or two women. So even if Leviticus was about sexing minors, Christianism still wouldn't allow gay marriage. Cope.

Christianism also establishes marriages as exclusively monogamous which is one of the most based thing ever (compared to other religions allowing scrotes to have several wives). Funny how suddenly none of your are trying to argue about it and argue that aKtcHualLy Christianism is pro polygamy 🤔

Have gay sex as much as you want but stop trying to shove this activity as biblically sound. It's not. Why don't you try to gay marry in temple of religion where gayness is allowed? Be honest, you only want to bother Christians just because. On that aspect, you're no better than transpeople trying to force themselves into spaces that aren't made for them and then claim victimhood. Deranged behavior.

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Why is the United States more religious (more outspokenly Christian) than other First World countries? via /r/atheism

Why is the United States more religious (more outspokenly Christian) than other First World countries? As someone who was born and raised in the Lower Mainland of the province of British Columbia, Canada, I am often shocked by how outspokenly Christian the United States is. Not to get too deep into my backstory but religion just never played a role in my upbringing. Sure, when I was in primary school, I saw Muslim girls with their hijabs, and Sikh boys with their turbans, but they never bothered me or preached their religion to others, we just played together as kids. The closest religion I had while growing up was Buddhism because of my grandma. Not to get too specific but I am mixed race, my father is white while my mom is Khmer (Cambodia). But we only occasionally went to the Buddhist pagoda (temple) but that didn't play a factor as neither of my parents is religious. Of course, you do see religious houses of worship like churches, mosques, and Sikh temples in BC and other Canadian provinces, but they never bothered me and aren't constantly preaching. In fact, census data shows that BC has the largest portion of non-religious people and is the most secular province in Canada. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-has-canada-s-largest-proportion-of-non-religious-residents-poll-finds-1.6680547 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-most-secular-province-1.6633935 https://www.bchumanist.ca/census_2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_Canada With that being said, my father works in the US and we also have a house there. One of the first things I've noticed about staying in the US for a longer period of time (apart from the ugly, car-centric infrastructure. Sorry Seattle WA, but I need my SkyTrain! But urban planning is a topic for a different sub) is just how openly religious (Christian) people are. In BC Canada, none of our neighbours were openly religious, heck I don't even know if they were religious at all. And sure, we were never close to our neighbours in BC, but still. Religion, going to church, etc, was just never brought up. Contrast that to our neighbours in the US who are all openly Christian. Don't worry, none of our US neighbours are the reactionary Christian Nationalist types, they're liberals Christians who somehow believe that God and Christianity are supportive of LGBTQ+ people even though it ain't. And no amount of cherry-picking and "reinterpretation" will change the fact that the Bible is a collection of reactionary stories with outdated, primitive positions. While religion in the Western World is on the decline even in the US, I just want to know why the US is more openly religious compared to other Western countries? I know historically the US has been more religious than other first-world countries. Don't get me wrong, Canada does have its fair share of religious nutcases, but folks here seem to know not to take them seriously as they spew their nonsense. But as someone who was born and raised in one of the most secular provinces in Canada, I just find the religious preaching, Christian Nationalism, and generally openly identifying as Christian to be strange and unsettling. Submitted April 26, 2024 at 10:26PM by CreatureXXII (From Reddit https://ift.tt/6r3mNK7)

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Embarrassingly, last night I wrote an exceedingly long and sickeningly heartfelt email to some Netflix people (executives? Idk) based on advice from #saveteenagebountyhunters. It felt important, so I decided to share.

Hi there, friend. 

I don't usually do this, because writing in to a studio about a show that you just watched seems a bit over the top, and potentially just a drop of salt water in a river that somebody has already built a bridge to get over. 

However, on the off chance that this email might make a difference, I just want to say that it would be really, really, super-mega-cool if you guys changed your minds about renewing Teenage Bounty Hunters for another season. I finally got around to watching it this week, and I want to firstly, congratulate you for such a stellar piece of work, and secondly, implore you not to leave it unfinished. Not only is it fantastic and hilarious, but I also think it's kind of important, and I'm going to apologise in advance for the length of time I'm going to spend on telling you why. 

I'm definitely not a teenager anymore, but I was definitely a young christian questioning her sexuality when I was a teenager, and there was just nothing remotely like this on TV at that time. If there had been, I think it might have been a bit easier for me to figure myself out. Much easier, even. I dislike clichés, so I don't like that I'm basically saying the same thing that most queer people over 30 are saying about new media featuring queer representation, but the thing is, there's a reason that we're saying it. And Tropes Aren't Bad. The only thing that was around when I was growing up that had any gay women in it was porn and the L Word. Buffy too I guess, but I never got into it when it was airing (I'm not even sure if I'd have been allowed to watch it, to be frank) and later on, I wasn't interested in the drama and heartbreak. And of course, because I was a young christian, I thought porn was bad (I mean, it's terrible if you're looking for accurate romantic representation, but it's certainly not morally wrong like I thought it was) and because I don't live in the US, I never came across the L Word until I managed to pirate it in university. And while the L Word was massive and so important for representation and visibility... Honestly, I never really liked it. I didn't relate to a bunch of lesbians having sex and being bitchy in LA.

But Teenage Bounty Hunters? Shit. That would have been young Alex's obsession. Or lifeline. Cup of tea. Addiction. Breath of air while feeling like I was drowning? I don't know. Pick one. All of the above. I grew up going to an Anglican, semi-private high school. So while lesbianism wasn't wrong per se; (God still loved the gays - they weren't wrong for loving who they did) it definitely had to be wrong for me. Because it also sure as hell wasn't good. It was definitely no path to happiness. Lesbian was an insult that you used against girls you didn't like on the opposing soccer team. It wasn't until I went on exchange to France when I was 17 that I met girls who were out and proudly, wonderfully, sweetly dating. It's not even like it was illegal or anything, or that the LGBT+ community weren't tirelessly working to be visible and represented. I live in New Zealand. Generally, we're a pretty open, progressive, liberal country. I like to think that most of the time kiwis make pretty sensible decisions in terms of governance (though, believe me, there's always room for improvement). But, there's a difference between what's allowed, and what's socially acceptable. Especially in high school. Especially when you bring religion into the conversation. Or politics. It just wasn't done. Even in public school, you'd be asking to be an outsider. 

So I can't satisfactorily express how incredible it was for me to experience the relationship and character arcs of April and Sterling. A couple of staunchly christian girls, falling in love and unashamed of that. Albeit fucking scared. Their storyline resonated with my queer little soul. I was Chapel Prefect in my final year at school. I was an overachiever like April, and I had no idea how potentially gay I was, like Sterling. I wanted to kiss boys and sort of ignored all the crushes I had on the girls I went to school with. I wanted to be a good student and above all, a good person. I believed in a god. In fact, I wanted to believe in a purpose for existence and God so badly, that I chose to continue to believe, even while I wanted to kill myself in my first and second year of university because I felt like I was a bad student and a bad person. I still believe and it still keeps me alive from time to time.

All this is a very dramatic and unfortunately slightly sad way to say that you've got something incredibly special in Teenage Bounty Hunters. And that's just from one perspective. There's so much else that the show brings to the table. So much that it has the potential to. I could talk about racism, or adoption, or classism, or so many other things that I don't really feel I have the experience or understanding to give voice to, and do them justice, but you get the picture. 

Finally, I just want to say, I think I got my first recommendation for this show after you'd actually officially cancelled it. And it wasn't from your algorithm, it was from a male co-worker. Somebody I wouldn't have expected to recommend something like this show. Both based on judgements from before and after watching it. And I'm not going to lie, I heavily judged the title when I heard him talk about it, because I thought it sounded pretty frivolous and mindless. But certainly after searching for the show (I'm kind of shocked it was never recommended to me actually), and watching the trailer, I was immediately interested, because it's fucking hilarious. Now, after watching it I'm curious to know what he liked about the show too. So if your algorithm is designed to target viewers you think might be in a show's intended demographic, I feel like it needs tweaking. Also, I feel like you need to give more than two months grace-time for a show after releasing it, before you decide to cancel it. It's kind of tragic finding out about and deciding watching a show even though you know it's cancelled and then having your suspicions confirmed about you loving it. Very Fox and Firefly. Congrats, I guess? 

Anyway, I do genuinely want to say thank you for the work that you do and the joy that you've brought me and others through Netflix. I do hope the decision does get reversed, but it is a small hope.

If you made it this far, thank you very much for reading all of this. You're clearly a generous person with your time. 

Sincerely, 

Alex