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@brinnothing9
hate participating in my own life learning i gotta be the confident one to make the people i actually want comfortable and
im fucking die
new scene kid showed up at the command told him I full had an emo cut first coming to the command and got bitched out for it he looked at me and went “would u ever cut those bangs again?” My brother in Christ it was my staple
yes i so would
A Superwind from the Cigar Galaxy
Credits: FOCAS, Subaru 8.2-m Telescope, NAOJ
Imagine the level of whimsy I could reach if I just had $5M in my bank account rn
the queer christian experience
Jesus said if you love Him you'll do what He said and He said being gay and trying to pass yourself off as a woman when you're actually a man are abominations to Him.
we must be reading very different bibles because Jesus never mentions homosexuality or being trans in his sermons.
unless, of course, you are referring to the Laws of Leviticus, which were overturned as it was written in the Acts 10. and even if you insist that they must be followed i sincerely doubt you are following all these laws rigorously, unless you want to earnestly tell me that you stone people to death for working on the sabbath (Exodus 31:14) or wearing mixed fabrics (Leviticus 19:19).
or perhaps you are referring to the letters of St. Paul. i suppose any verse can be used as a cudgel if you rip them from their textual and cultural context. and as important as St. Paul is, he isn't Jesus last i checked.
the devil must have made himself comfortable in your heart, if you mistake hate and wrath for God's commandments. Christ the Lord, above all else, asked of us to love our neighbor, to forgive our enemies. to act with compassion and mercy. i pray you are able to make room for God in your heart.
oh, and don't bother trying to reply. i will only rebuke such hateful comments once.
I'm not talking about Levitical laws. God calls them an abomination to Himself. God's character doesn't change. Paul spoke through the Holy Spirit, who is also God.
Deut. 22:5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto YHWH thy God.
Maybe He is not your God. That's a different conversation though.
While your utterly tone deaf (and honestly dickish) choice to come onto a post talking about someone being actively hated and abused seems far from done from a place of Godly love, I'm hoping that, provided resources, you are the kind of person to at least take the chance to learn about the deadly things that come from the refusal of lgbt & queer inclusion in the Church, as well as the current thoughts surrounding affirming Christianity.
None of these are academic 'queer theology' books; they are all pretty easy, accessible reads, and many focus on the debate between 'Is God Liberation' vs 'Is God the Bible', which is the heart of most of the modern affirmation movement.
Outing the Church: 40 Years in the Queer Christian Movement / Outing the Bible: Queer Folks, God, Jesus, and the Christian Scriptures by Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson.
The two books go together, with the first, Outing the Church, documenting Rev. Wilson's work in Metropolitan Community Churches, specifically ministering to lesbians, gays, trans people, sex workers (both male and female), prisoners, and HIV/AIDS patients, while the second, Outing the Bible, explores how she taught scripture to these groups.
The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story by Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays.
Father and son academics, Christopher and Richard, document their conversations and theological debates on their differing views regarding God's nature and how sexuality relates.
Transgender Christians In Chains by Bobbie Lang
This autobiography explores Lang's faith, family, time in the military, and gender. It is funny, heartfelt, and even a tear-jerker at times.
Reasonable and Holy: Engaging Same-Sexuality by Tobias Stanislas Haller
Anglican-centered, but breaks down the primary responses to same-gender relationships while utilizing my favorite particular discussion: how important is creating 'good spiritual fruit' when discussing the effects of our lives vs following all scripture perfectly?
The Gay Catechism: Explaining the LGBT Christian by Rev. Nick De Leon
Focuses specifically on scripture & the identity politics involved in asking if someone can be both Christian and queer.
God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships by Matthew Vines
Addresses the many potential answers to the following questions when scripture is placed in the historical and anthropological contexts in which it was written or influenced.
Do biblical teachings on the marriage covenant preclude same-sex marriage or not?
How should we apply the teachings of Jesus to the gay debate?
What does the story of Sodom and Gomorrah really say about human relationships?
Can celibacy be a calling when it is mandated, not chosen?
What did Paul have in mind when he warned against same-sex relations?
Basically-- I and MANY other lgbt & queer people have spent practically every other day of our lives learning about the different arguments unaffering Christians have against our place in God's Love. It follows queer Christians everywhere. I see str8 people complain about 'lifestyles' being forced on them when a good chunk of us can rattle off clubber verses from memory because they've been repeated over and over everywhere from youth group to the government. A good deal of us know y'all's apologetics better than y'all do.
Meanwhile, when was the last time you took the time to pick up a book of our arguments? Give it a try. Might learn something about God you didn't know before :/
St Michael the Archangel and St Joan of Arc
omg tomorrow is Joan’s death day feast I almost forgot
Some of my favorite art pieces of Joan and her voices. Saint Joan of Arc, patron of the transgender and the crazy, pray for us!
Wearing her medal on one earring tomorrow and all through Pride month :) priez pour nous, Jeanne d’Arc 🏳️⚧️🩷
how am i supposed to love a world that killed the perfect man
tried to draw myself cutting up anthropomorphic nostalgia lmao it’s supposed to be a book person probably won’t finish this
AND ONE MORE THING WHILE IM BITCHING i hated when i was younger ppl kept telling me to keep being me when i was innocent and hopeful and naive, like innocence is a fucking currency that cant be taken away, like what the fuck do you mean 'keep being me'? i then felt like i had to keep up some fake beautiful innocent life loving facade when ive been burning and rotting inside. it made me feel special, being loving and young, and i kept holding onto it for such a long time. but im hateful. im a bitch.
"i saw him look at you when you were turned away" well what fucking difference does it make? i look at people i hate, i detest people i love, so what? does it make a fucking difference?
i love when ppl r like LUCKYYY YOU GOT TO SEE SO many cool bands as if i didnt drive in a car with people i hate and blew all my money on tickets the day before and didnt tell my abusive parents and took the abuse when we got back about the entire thing lmao like no i made it happen and didnt eat for days after
i still cant believe i saw the frights live