#i know so many ppl who practice judaism in a way that is unique to them bc the institution as a whole does not line up with their values

[julictcapulet]

🔥women and lesbians in religion. go.

Send me a “ 🔥 “ for an unpopular opinion.

OH i have many thoughts. i'm not a lesbian, i'm a small bi mess but i do have many thoughts on women and sexuality in relation to religion. i have seen a lot of people denounce religion and those who practice it as automatically misogynistic/homophobic/whatever and while i do understand the hesitation (god do i understand it) i also feel like religion is such a.......personal thing to so many people? like okay i'm jewish and i think it's unfair to assume those who are jewish are just like....in agreement with everything the torah says.

essentially, my own personal experience with religion/my thoughts on god/my relationship to judaism come from a more introspective lens rather than listening to what a rabbi told me to think and i think it's actually really disrespectful to insult someone for believing in a religion just because the institution that was born from it is fucked. at the same time, i completely understand the reasons why so many women and members of the lgbt+ community have turned away from religion—i guess the unpopular opinion is that i think it's kind of a dick move to ridicule why a woman, specifically a woman who is in the community, would still practice religion.