#if it wasnt for Christians

[cupcakegalaxia]

People want all the benefits of Christianity without all the repenting of sin, putting it to death and trusting in Christ part.

[jadenatorr]

hello to the 5 people currently in the something rotten fandom

[natjennie]

getting some responses on my post about kristen and her parents conversation, specifically the "isn't it kinda funny that helio chose you and you were the one to bring the daytime back" and I think it's really interesting how different people responded to it like. maybe it's because I live in the southern united states but. there is a lot of religion, specifically christianity, as that is the obvious analogue to the helioic faith, that is downright evil, I agree. and obviously the prevalence of it is harmful to a lot a lot a lot of people, just as it's harmful to kristen in fiction.

but you have to understand that the individual people are deluded, they genuinely believe what they're doing is right. it's really easy to be like "ugh they sicken me it makes me so mad" in a theoretical sense but. do you have drive through workers wishing you a blessed day. do you have people see your kt tape and offer to pray for your pain to go away. like. idk I just think we have to have a little bit of compassion and understanding for people that are so entrenched in their faith that they do truly believe from the bottom of their heart that what they're preaching is true. especially in a world where divine magic is real!! kristen TALKED to helio. she makes literal miracles happen on the daily. so faith in that world is gonna be heightened to a crazy degree.

obviously I condemn their human-supremacy and their cult practices etc etc etc but in that little moment I felt for the applebees. it didn't make me mad or disgusted or annoyed. it made me sad. because they saw their daughter perform a miracle of the sun and it meant nothing to her. that "that doesn't feel special at all to you?" wasn't from a place of arrogance. they weren't lauding it over kristen. they were pleading. begging her to see it from their eyes: she is the chosen one. she is a prophet of helio and has been doubting and they want what's best for her. she's their savior. she brought the sun back from the endless night. that doesn't feel special at all to you?

[valtsv]

bro there are tons of religious traditions that came up with a concept of heaven without any concept of hell?

i know, my post was specifically about the christian concepts of heaven and hell, because those are what i grew up with. which is why i used a quote from christian literature as an example. i had no intention of making any generalised statements about religion and common concepts that feature across different religions as a whole, so i'm really sorry if it came across that way and i said something offensively ignorant. i'd be happy to correct my mistake and learn from it if that's the case.

[borntolead]

the original cast of operation mincemeat's final performance » [3/?]

[orangechickenpillow]

I brought an "asks too many questions" vibe to church that the Sunday school teachers didn't like

[sojourner-between-worlds]

Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I had planned to post on Facebook today but, in the end, I couldn't bring myself to do it. I did write something though, and I don't want it to go to waste sitting in my google docs, so I guess ya'll on tumblr dot com get it instead.

To anyone reading this who has lost a baby: I see you. You're not as alone as you feel.

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July 24th was one of the best days of my life.

August 27th was one of the worst.

God had finally blessed us with a baby -- and then He took them home just the same.

Early miscarriage is a funny thing. Not many people know yet so, unless you tell them, they’ll never know anything has changed. It’s just you, your empty arms, and your grief. Nothing to see here; just move along.

And it’s not fair. There’s a crib in the basement we never put together, waiting to be used, and clothes from my sisters that my mother stored for years, waiting to be worn, and there they wait still.

We don't talk about it because it hurts and, at the very least, then they can't pity us.

And it’s not right. Every life -- no matter how short -- was a life hand-crafted by God, their brief days ordained by the same One who holds the entire universe in place. And we hide that precious soul away like it’s a dark secret we shouldn’t talk about.

The reality is this: I am a mama, and [husband] is a dad, and we have a baby we love dearly that we won’t get to meet this side of Heaven.

The days we had with our baby were few, but that time wasn't for nothing. That life wasn’t for nothing. Our love for them wasn’t for nothing.

They still matter -- to us, and to God.

So to the baby who never made it into our arms: we loved you then, and we love you still.

And we always will.

[wastelandslug]

saw someone refer to Noah as "from Christianity" the other day and I died a little bit inside

[stenclastiel]

If they greenlight Teen Wolf the Movie 2, it should be Stiles, Kira and Theo going on a road trip in with Eli to help bring back Derek.

Like imagine all four of them in that jeep.

And Stiles is an FBI agent, Kira mastered her powers, and Theo is a doctor or something

[orcelito]

I know trigun is the Religious Symbolism Anime but smth u must understand is that i love it in the most sacrilegious way possible. Yes religious themes r cool to study etc etc etc but I'm over here rocking out to the objective sacrilegion that is having our Jesus figure be a hyperactive punk that loves donuts and is also not so subtly also an angel & his slutty priest boyfriend who is also an assassin and has a giant cross machine gun and Also constantly has his tits out. Also they're trans.

Like. This is not a Christian anime to Me, even with the symbolism and themes lol

[columboposting]

Torchwood expanded universe content is wild because it’s like. Ok here’s an audiobook from 2009 where Jack Harkness goes to super hell. Yeah like Castiel. Yeah an Anglican thought he had too much charisma and banished him there. Yeah the black goop consumed his body and everything. No i’m not joking

[danthropologie]

Christian Horner about Daniel Ricciardo's return to F1 | ESPN F1 Unlapped, August 3, 2023

[a-chaotic-dumbass]

im a hater BC THE WORLD TOOK MY LOVE (meleys and rhaenys)

[deoidesign]

if adam and steve were muppets who would they be

muppets, presumably

[bananonbinary]

Wait when did you defend simulated child porn?

they're talking about the fact that i am pro- any type of fiction existing. i think that there's many reasons you could want to write about a topic, and any given work could be handled well or poorly. if someone wants to write about something very taboo and fucked up, something that would be obviously harmful and bad in reality, i would judge that work on its own merits instead of assuming its just evilbad because it contains the Bad Thing. (also like...even if it is actually handled poorly....i dont really care that much. there's a lot of bad fiction out there that is just so shitty and offensive. i trust people to read it and go "wow that was really shitty and offensive not gonna read that again." orrrrrr i'll make a rant about why it sucks on tumblr dot net and call it a day lol)

also like. i think fiction about child sexual assault probably would HELP the conversation in the long run, because i hate the concept of "taboo topics." we need to be able to have frank discussions about this crime, the harm it causes, the forms it takes, and harm-reduction, and we can't do that if every fictional thought exercise immediately gets you branded a predator.

[skitskatdacat63]

I'm looking at 2005 rn for a project I'm working on but omg why is Christian Klien kinda????????

I guess Red Bull's always had a habit of signing German speaking twinks...