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Christianity is actually really cool
I just got done binging Wendigoon's old series on Dante's Divine Comedy, and I have to say, it really gave me an appreciation for just how awesome Christian writings, and by extent the bible really are. It's so hard to appreciate the cool aspects of Christianity these days because so many people in Gen Z associate it with right-wing politics and annoying preachers. It's much easier when you are allowed to take in these ideas without people pressuring you to believe a certain thing about it.
And sure, there are still many ideas I disagree with, but the ideals of virtue in helping others and the way it's explained in the Christian cannon are really inspiring to me. The reputation of Christianity would be so much better with secular people if there were more Christians willing to explain Christianity in a manner that wasn't so pushy and judgmental.
Anyways, I just felt inspired to write this post and put my thoughts out there. Check out Wendigoons videos on Dante's Divine Comedy if you ever get the chance.
Ya know, before I had tumblr I had so many tumblr-worthy thoughts. Now, all I do is read shitty fandom themed headcanons and complain.
Note To Society #11
Hating someone who’s part of a minority (LGBT+, religion, race) is fine, hating someone because they’re a part of a minority is not. Important distinction.
Birmingham Sun Room Ideas for a sizable sunroom renovation
Giotto di Bondone - Legend of St Francis - Renunciation of Wordly Goods, 1295. (Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi)
He didn't even bring a present ??
@SaraSoueidan: Dear men, This is how you greet a veiled Muslim woman (a Hijabi). Hand on your chest, not offering to shake hers. 🙋
so prominent BLM activist deray mckesson just retweeted this which i think is super cool for various reasons :)))
Reflections in the window of a religious souvenir shop in Malaga, Spain.
©Robin Fifield 2023.
Trade art with footorigotto on tumblr (link)
Memilih Hidup
Begitu banyak manusia yang ingin menyerah dan mengakhiri hidup. Terkadang, nggak jarang mereka punya apa yang kita nggak miliki. Uang, usia muda, badan yang masih sehat, masih banyak lagi.
Keinginan untuk nyerah pasti ada dan terus berulang datang. Tapi aku punya alasan untuk memilih hidup. Bukan karena orang tua, keluarga, saudara, bukan juga sahabat.
Aku dilahirkan dalam keadaan baik dan aku cuma ingin pulang dengan keadaan yang baik juga.
Menjaga amanah tubuh yang sudah dikasih sebaik mungkin sama Tuhan sampai nanti. Sampai, insya Allah, ketemu lagi sama Tuhan. Kamu juga harus mencari alasanmu sendiri untuk bisa bertahan hidup.
Kalau rasa negatifnya datang, bawa di dalam doa malam. Ingat, Tuhan (dan aku) nggak ingin kamu sedih. La tahzan innallaha ma'ana.
Kalau belum hilang juga, bawa dalam doa pagimu. Ada satu surat yang khusus diturunkan untuk ngingetin, kalau kita nggak pernah ditinggalin sama Tuhan. Ad Dhuha yang cuma 11 ayat aja.
Ada begitu banyak rahmat Tuhan yang dikasih untuk manusia, lebih dari yang mereka tau. Makanya Tuhan nggak pengin kita menyia-nyiakannya.
Orang tua, keluarga, saudara, sahabat, ga akan selalu ada, tapi Tuhan nggak akan pergi ninggalin. Dia akan terus kasih rahmat, petunjuk, dan kecukupan sampai batas waktu yang ditentukan.
25/4/2025
I just had to share this Kosher Beef with ya’ll! Happy first night of Hannukkah! 🕎
I was searching for some pretty Hanukkah gifs to schedule a post tomorrow wishing my Jewish followers Happy Hanukkah and I found a fit/shape/body building site that posted this
And I thought to myself, I simply must show my Jewish followers fit Menorah Man
Not gonna lie, I one read a whole article to someone about how Judas and Jesus were definitely gay for eachother and at the end of the reading he just says "okay" like it was nothing at all and then the next day decided to tell me " I don't actually listen to you read". Fucking bitch, like they were obviously doing something with eachother and bro didn't even care
Bryce and Todd explore Grace. Including faith vs. works, the teachings of Paul, King Benjamin and much more. How is the Church of Jesus Christ's doctrine of grace unique from other religious groups? How is it similar? What has been our thought journey and where do we stand today?
An old Pen sketch that I never finished. Wanna actually put some effort into another one & complete it. Lol.
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Matthew 25:46
hee hee finally watched FAITH and tbh I got pulled in. such a great horror game
Yep, and if God knows everything, he knows what we’re going to choose, right?, then all is his plan.
+ abt this and my parents always told me that God has planned a different path for every single choice you take, I don't know how to explain it very well tbh, but for example you have 3 choices, you pick the first one, god has planned what would happen if you picked the first one, he also has a plan for your second and third one (?) anyways I just wanted to say that the fic is really good till now and again I'm not tryna convert you lol I'm just saying my pov :) and sorry that my english is bad!
Again, this is a bit of a cop-out. It’s saying “Oh you have freewill but god still has it planned” which... you need to pick one. Either you have freewill or you don’t. Either God is all-knowing and controls everything or he doesn’t. Children don’t choose to be born into an abusive home, so it was never their choice to be abused (see the first answer). Glad you’re enjoying the fic!
Being LDS on this website that’s obsessed with finding fault in different groups of people means you’re subjected — semi-frequently, at complete random, and by random blogs so you can’t follow a pattern back to one person to unfollow — to posts that are like
“Mormonism is a cult because-" *insert a) something the church doesn’t teach, b) a claim about how the church is controlling and forces its members to do things they don’t make you do, like cut off contact with nonmembers or something similarly crazy, or c) completely innocuous thing that’s completely normal for any religion to ask of its adherents*
“Mormons are crazy because-" *insert a) something that has literally never been taught as doctrine ever that was either made up about us or spread by weird members in the past who didn’t know what they were talking about and people held onto that instead of listening to corrections regarding it, or b) something taken wildly out of context or worded in a way to purposefully make it sound nuts and which makes way more sense if you’d actually bother to listen to someone try to explain it*
“Exmo here, yeah the church is horrible because-" *insert a) personal experience with individuals doing xyz that is certainly unfortunate but has nothing to do with the church as a whole or its doctrine, or b) wild claims that you KNOW this person is lying about because you literally grew up in the same faith as they did and were taught the same things and you know they’re spouting some serious garbage about what we supposedly believe but of course everyone is going to trust the person who talks like a cult survivor so there’s nothing you can do about it*
And you sit there having to either ignore it (DIFFICULT) or find the courage to message the person who reblogged it to gently explain why the post is wrong (does not go well half the time).
No, the church does not fit the BITE model for a cult (literally the only few parts of the list you could say it matches are the few that are true of literally any religion and do not scream ‘cult’). No, you do not need a lawyer to get your records removed, anyone offering those services is scamming you for money because you can literally just ask your local leaders to have it done. No, we do not genuinely believe that insane Bigfoot Cain folk story or anything else like it. And frankly, sometimes people who leave just lie. That happens. It does not make me brainwashed to say that someone who left the church and is spreading obvious crap about things we don’t really teach or believe is indeed lying and it’s frustrating to no end that the automatic reaction from so many people is that you must be the crazy one, meanwhile you’re sitting there being gaslit about your own beliefs as they go ‘Mormons teach/believe xyz’ ‘no we don’t’ ‘yes you do’ ‘we literally don’t though’ ‘shut up you’re just brainwashed’ ‘????’. Have you ever seen a divorced person spread bad rumors about their ex that are not true? Yeah.
(And before anyone goes, ‘Hey, she’s trying to invalidate the stories of people who left, that’s clearly a cultist!’, I’m referring strictly to people who make false claims about what we teach that can be easily verified as false. There are bitter people out there who do that. I’m all for listening to people who have had bad experiences with other members in the church, absolutely nothing but sympathy and love towards those who have genuinely been hurt in one way or another, and yes there are cultural things especially in Utah that have needed or still do need shifting. But as always, the same is true of literally any religion or just any group of human beings in general because a lot of the time human beings kind of suck. The church isn’t special for this. It’s just as filled with flawed people who need to repent as any other group of people on the planet and that’s no secret. There’s a reason we’re always encouraged by our leaders to continue to become better and to try to be more Christlike than we often are, and the vast majority of members are absolutely trying to live by that and it’s not fair to judge those millions of people by the ones who don’t behave as they should. You can believe the stories of people who have had bad experiences without making out 16 million other people to be horrible. Everything would be a cult if the qualification for that was to have some bad apples in your midst.)
It doesn’t take much to look at different sources to see if there’s another side to a story or another explanation for something that sounds weird. You don’t even have to look through church websites for it, you can literally just ask members if you know any. In fact PLEASE just ask us because I lose my mind a little more every time I see someone just looking at sources that are total confirmation biases against us. Ask faithful, practicing members if they’re really forced to do xyz or ask them to explain something weird you heard. We’re not exactly secretive or shy about explaining our beliefs (hence the missionaries lol), we’ll do it. Heck, I’ve got anxiety through the roof about answering questions because I’m scared I’ll word something poorly but even I will still do it, I’d rather face my fears and respond imperfectly than let someone go around thinking something that’s not true. As long as you’re asking genuinely out of curiosity to hear our perspective and not trying to just poke at our faith and be a jerk, you’ll get people who are willing to answer you and have a reasonable discussion without trying to convert you or something.
Aaaanyway. If you couldn’t tell, I’ve now seen two different posts from two different people today being negative about my faith, so. I’m tired. If you’re so inclined please pray for my ability to feel close to Christ, have love for people I disagree with, and be patient with nonsense lol. Goodness knows I need help with that sometimes. Especially right now since I apparently had enough frustration in me to write this whole thing lol.
have y’all ever had communion bread that was just so….nasty? like i know we have to suffer as christians, but do we really need to have whole wheat bread as the body of christ?
Wade | Martyrdom
An old piece, almost almost a year old, one of the very few rendered. I am a traditional artist, I don't know anything about digital stuff. References helped a lot with this piece.
I still dig the concept. Might redo it someday.
I don't know if Tumblr's terms and conditions say anything about badly drawn penises, but eh, I'm not going to try my luck today.
