#political congregations

[thebirdandhersong]

I miss the tiny little Catholic parish I attended for the last three months of university!!!! I would've loved to stay there long term :'))

[gutsondisplay]

How can you be pro-transharmful but against transharmful euphoria? Trump was going to win anyways, and it made me feel really good to vote for him. You can't be pro-transharmful and shit on transharmful people at the same time.

It sounds really similar to those anti-transID morons who came up with those alternative anti-transition labels, full offense.

Hi, TransHarmful AND TransHateful person here

There's a difference between being anti-euphoria and being anti-this-person-will-screw-up-everyone

You can do things that give you euphoria and not hurt others nonconsensually

Because it does hurt people, without their consent, to vote for trump

His win is more complicated than "he was gonna win anyways" and literally any research would prove that (not even in the "he stole votes" narrative, just regularly)

And saying "oh it sounds like those anti transid alt labels xb" doesn't make me wanna listen to you more or try to vibe with you more

You actively did something that you didn't need to, like you didn't need to vote AT ALL if you wanted to do something like that

Woulda given you the same euphoria to "mess with the votes"

And finally, I never said anything about being anti-euphoria, I said it was anti-radqueer to vote for trump. I don't know if you know this but.... YOU AREN'T THE ONLY RADQUEER!!!

AND RADQUEER AS AN IDEOLOGY IS FOR PROTECTING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE

And idk if you know this or not, but Trump WILL NOT protect minorities! His policies actively hurt those people! And will EVEN fuck over TransHarmful AND TransHateful people!

So get your shit together and learn how to read

I said you weren't radqueer cause you did something actively against the ideology, and I say now that you aren't pro-transharmful because you did something that ACTIVELY harms TransHarmfuls

Xoxo shut the fuck up <3

[hindahoney]

Is that "I want to make a new Judaism without Israel" person even Jewish at all? I looked through their blog; it's been around for over a year but if you search any Jewish-related tag they use there's not a single post before 7/10. I don't want to accuse, Jews come in all varieties (even shanden), but come on... better to be a goysiche antisemite than such an embarrassment, right? Anyway this is just to say thanks for always dealing with these people so the rest of us don't have to, it's a huge service to the community.

I don't think it's appropriate to speculate about people's Jewish identity when we don't have anything concrete saying if they are or aren't. I don't know anything about them and I'm not really interested in spending time to look, but their views are not unique. I'm aware of only one real-life Jewish community that has tried to completely remove Israel from all of their services and holidays but it's extremely small, like ten people. So I mean there are Jews out there who have made it their mission to do that, it's just small and most Jews are very against them.

[ratatatastic]

have you ever felt more tightly held back tension than ekky patiently waiting for his turn to congratulate forsy on his ot goal

and then doing the chest bumpies...

[minnov]

New game+ is really a double edged sword bc I’m playing through heavensward again and every cutscene starring my man just has me grinning like a fool until I remember he gets largely relegated to Government Official in His Inaccessible Office for most of the rest of the expansions

[jeyneofpoole]

being raised half-heartedly presbyterian and never going to another church i remember getting my fucking mind blown when i found out that not all sects of christianity are ruled by an actual council of elders. oh also this church literally ran the last pastor out of town because they thought she was super annoying and now they just take turns being the pastor because all of the guest ones they hired never came back. because they’re so mean. god. i only go when i’m hanging out with my grandma and they all act like they thought i was dead and have been miraculously revived when i step through the doors. there’s a campaign to get me to give a dulcimer concert. i just got bullied into setting up communion. when i was twelve they wanted me in sunday school but my aunt said no because i was ‘an outsider�� what is going on here!!!!!

[failfemme]

post i saw but don’t actually want to reblog has me back in the familiar halls of my thought spiral about the fascism of evangelism

[mysdrymmumbles]

They are running an anti Mark Robinson ad now, and it's so dumb because all it talks about is abortion, and like, the man is fucking unhinged.

It should mention him calling LGBT+ people filth, or how he wants to murder anyone who "stands against" republicans. Like, the abortion thing is important, too, seeing as he wants to get rid of it completely, but the rest of the shit he's against is also mind boggling.

[whymakedecisions]

Fully wild that their "and then you see this" moment is just a bunch of actual X-men from the comics.

Its actually insane that I am seeing stupid takes on xmen

tell me without telling me you either never actually watched/read xmen or that you completely missed the point of xmen

[suck-mein-pokeballs]

So a neighbor came to my door last night to invite me to her prayer circle

[grunge-mermaid]

At the pride & every child matters flag raising ceremony at my parents’ church because the old ones were vandalized

And there was only one protester. And you know what? I give him credit: he stayed across the street, silent, holding up a bible (& then kneeling to pray after the ceremony), not interfering with the event in any way.

He’s a bigoted asshole but at least he’s a polite bigoted asshole

[iiryebreadii]

*opens youtube short comment section*

*instant psychic damage*

[vamptastic]

Ik it's a fairly small action compared to some other synagogues but during the seder my rabbi made mention of the palestinian death toll and said some stuff relating welcoming the stranger to the need for peace in israel. Which considering everything to this point that he has shown to the congregation has been stuff about returning the hostages from israeli sources, including a lot of videos by IDF soldiers (it's mostly songs, nothing overtly horrible, but it does bug me), is nice. I mean ideally we would be fully advocating for a ceasefire but it's a step up from before, and from the chabad in the area which has always been kind of insane politically.

[tamamita]

That Jewish person who sent me the ask, questioning their identity had me thinking a lot: are anti-Zionist Jews that scarce? Is Zionism really all that entrenched in various communities, institutions and congregations? Is it such a normalized political idea that being anti-Zionist is considered a contradiction of your Jewish identity?

[jimflanigan]

A Divine Resolution

I fulfilled my Sunday obligation and a New Year’s resolution for week #2 of 2024 by going to church on Sunday. While going to church is not something new or unusual per my New Year’s resolution, going to an Episcopal Church is. We had no idea what to expect other than it is located directly across the street from the Lutheran church we had recently abandoned because of the congregation’s…

[benevolentbones]

newcomer | spencer reid x fem!reader

part 2

warnings: derek being derek.

word count: 0.5k ish

summary: you come to the bau to drop off some things

pls pls pls send any requests you have, im itching to write more but need plot suggestions!!

“who’s that?” quizzed elle.

all eyes were on the new face that stood at the door by the bullpen. you stood there, a binder wrapped tightly in one arm, and a brown paper bag clutched in the other. a black pencil skirt adorned your form complemented with a white button up. you stood there with you hair pushed neatly away from your face, your eyes scanning the room for something.

“i’ve never seen her before- is she new?” jj tilted her head slightly.

“i don’t know but she looks good.” morgan chuckled to himself earning a dig from elle.

“leave her alone she looks like a baby.” elle frowned.

spencer who had his head in a book until now, scanned the room, his hazel gaze fixing on you. there was something familiar about you that he couldn’t quite put a finger on.

“she looks around my age.” reid muttered, joining the rest of the team in studying the newcomer.

“exactly. a baby.” elle smirked at spencer’s defeated expression.

spencer shook his head, earning a pat on the shoulder from derek.

you scanned the room once more, suddenly growing nervous when you spot several sets of eyes on you. you inhaled sharply, shuffling over to the group of profilers in hopes they would direct you to where you needed to go.

“she’s coming-act natural.” morgan practically smacked spencer, quickly sitting up straight from his previous slumped position next to the young genius.

“excuse me- would any of you know where jason gideon’s office is?” you smiled politely, chewing on the inside of your cheek.

your eyes met spencer’s and a light blush dusted over your cheeks.

“just up- up those stairs and to the right.” spencer internally cursed as he stuttered out directions.

“thank you so much.” you gave him another shy smile, nodding to the others before you turned, sauntering away to gideon’s office.

“real smooth, pretty boy.” derek shot spencer a shit eating grin, the older man slinging an arm around the blushing mess that was dr. spencer reid.

a few minutes later, everyone had gotten back to their respective reports, spencer was scribbling away at lightning speed, his interaction with you playing in the back of his mind.

over the low mumbling throughout the bullpen, the door to gideon’s office could be heard shutting. the special agent walking down the steps with you in tow. you were making quiet conversation, the binder and paper bag once in your grasp was gone.

derek leaned over spencer’s desk, all eyes were yet again on you.

you and gideon came to an abrupt stop right by where everyone was congregating.

“thanks again for dropping my lunch, sweetie.” gideon gave you a warm smile before giving you a quick hug which you returned gratefully.

“sweetie?” jj blinked.

“well if i’m too old for her then he certainly is-“ derek was cut off by a stack of case files being dropped onto his desk by none other than aaron hotchner.

“no problem, i’ll see you at home.” you gave gideon another smile before walking away, your eyes meeting spencer’s once more before you left causing his cheeks to burn up.

“that’s his daughter.” hotch scoffed, shaking his head as he walked off.

“daughter?!”