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yesterdaysprint

Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska, June 28, 1934

retrogamingblog2

vampiregirlposting

Did y’all see the new upload

bogleech

Hey so I still see people utterly baffled by how religious fundies (still a majority in America and moreso its senate) react on certain issues so uhhh is it actually not common knowledge what the antichrist is all about? You guys know his defining characteristic is ending war, right? That he’s foretold to unite the world under his leadership by preaching global peace and solving basically every single problem in the world? So you know when you try to talk to these people about equality and togetherness they literally believe that’s what makes you an agent of the devil right???

parfstar

im sorry what. so. ok im assuming they think that this is all like. to gain trust and then take over or something? because.

bogleech

Yes, he’s called the “antichrist” because he’s an imposter Jesus and the majority of the world will love him when he ends all class divides and erases all borders, creating one world government with him at the top. That’s the “new world order” they’re terrified of. But they think he’ll oppress true Christian believers who see through his ruse, which is why they’re constantly looking for signs that they’re being discriminated against and panic when they lose any control over government. This is why they fear diversity, immigration, socialized anything. The less religious right are pretty clearly still running on the same logic; they might drop some of the spiritual lore but this is where they get the idea that all progressivism leads to the “real” fascism. Some believe the antichrist isn’t a literal person either but just that entire set of beliefs, so everyone protesting against war and trying to feed the hungry is a *collective* antichrist.

bogleech

So from the notes it turns out people are MUCH less familiar with all this than I suspected and that’s honestly kind of alarming, guys, you should really really pay attention to things that affect so much of this country. No these are absolutely not obscure or fringe beliefs, these are MAINSTREAM with megachurches, Trump voters, the GOP and a vast proportion of the wealthy. Alex Jones and multiple Fox News hosts openly believe word for word what I described here.

And yeah as several people pointed out it isn’t even explicitly in the bible, but something some radicals pieced together in maybe only the last century. My uncles all believe it to the letter and they all believe it’s what the Bible is “supposed” to be communicating.

A lot of people are also confused as to why they would believe the peace and unity are villainous things and what the difference even is then between the “antichrist” and actual Jesus, which brings me to another thing I realize some folks CRITICALLY overlook about American Christianity, which is that they do not believe in good or bad deeds. They believe the same deed can be right or wrong strictly according to whether or not it’s performed by a believer with God’s stamp of approval. Like, they KNOW the Satanic Church and Witch Covens do community service or donate to cancer research and they are not confused, surprised, bitter or embarrassed by that at all. It’s exactly what they’re taught to expect. They believe the forces of Satan do primarily “good” things so people will think he’s just as good or better than God. So if a pastor heals a sick child with a prayer then that’s good, but if a “witch” heals the same sick child with “magic” (not something I believe exists, but they do) then that’s a false miracle from the devil and the child was better off dying because now everyone involved is a sinner who deserves hell. They’re taught to view you as a ridiculous fool if you don’t grasp this difference, and every single argument you might make is a part of the satanic trickery.

After all, they think our entire existence on this Earth is an insignificant speck in the grand scheme of things. The suffering in the world isn’t a bug to them, but a feature that God set up to test everyone’s worthiness, teach them lessons and filter out the faithless, so they actively do not believe it’s always morally right in itself to help people or save lives. Rather, certain people are just intended to suffer and die and it can be MORE wrong to help them.

bogleech

Sorry to put this big ass thing on your dashboards again but I’m downright awestruck by the notes. There’s 15,500 of them at the time of this reblog and almost zero disagreement, just hundreds of people expressing absolute terror that they didn’t realize they were living under the thumb of a doomsday cult, and I’m really really sorry for that because I really did not expect to be the bearer of that news to so many. If you haven’t looked at the notes for yourself though, they’re pretty eye opening even to me, especially the next most common type of response on it:

….And something I’ve heard before but still neglected to mention:

…..so that’s all pretty nightmarish confirmation of how pervasive this mindset is around here, but you know, if the majority of reactions to this information have been either “what the fuck are you talking about?” or “yeah I WAS taught this and I’m better now,” maybe that’s a sign that it’s slowly but consistently fading with every generation?

I actually wasn’t raised religious AT ALL, and it was still impossible for me to not hear this shit constantly in the 80′s and 90′s from basically everyone outside my immediate family. It’d even crop up on television and radio stations that weren’t even supposed to be christian-oriented. Just boom, there’s an evangelist suddenly talking about how Only God is Allowed to End War and Satan Takes the Form of Kindness, like these were just normal banal perspectives to toss in between a relationship advice segment and the latest movie reviews. I’m really proud of every person saying they escaped from that indoctrination and actually feel much better and more hopeful about the whole thing. It might not be fixed completely in our lifetimes but clearly it is fixable.

jesuschristopus

Reblogging again. This isn’t fringe in a lot of US churches. They might not teach it from the pulpit, but you’ll hear it in sunday school (child-adult), bible studies, retreats, xian book studies, conversations with other members, xian home school curriculum, etc, and it is very rarely questioned by other congregants. If it is questioned, the person questioning is often shut down. It’s like they think the Left Behind series is an unofficial add-on to Revelations. This is what I was taught from a very young age. I moved A LOT and my family was often involved in multiple churches at a time (we had a sunday church, sister church, youth group church, the church that hosted the local home school co-op, etc), so here is the list of church denominations I heard this in: Pentecostal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal, a military chapel on Sundays from multiple chaplains of differing denominations and sects, Baptist (Evangelical, Southern, Chinese, and Independent ones), a Charismatic mega-church, and every single Non-Denominational church I stepped foot in. I’ve even heard this shit from Mennonites. Fundamentalist ideas can seep into any church that lets it - even churches that claim to reject it. And it absolutely affects how people vote.

thewanderinghobbit

THE CAPTION—WHAT A QUEEN

finehs

You know what’s ironic? I thought you of all people would know not to judge a book by its cover.

quinnandersonwrites

Damn, okay, was not expecting Channing Tatum to motivate me to write today. But I’ll take it!

quantumjames

I made a fish man.

Well, partially. I had a Monster High body that was missing limbs and frankinsteined him some replacements. Plus a few extra fins and a tail. He can't really stand on his fin leg (though I did make the fin articulated), so I made him a simple crutch. I've been watching art doll videos recently (of the stuffed and wire-articulated variety) and got inspired.

I still need to paint some details to make everything more cohesive and repaint the head. All the translucent additions glow in the dark, so I really want that to come through in his eyes. To cover his head to neck transition, I'll probably use some painted fabric.

The fin for his left leg is somewhere, I just forgot to attach it before I took the pictures.

bob-belcher

Jennifer’s Body (2009) dir. Karyn Kusama

gameofthronesdaily

House of the Dragon | 1.08 “The Lord of the Tides”

mossy-rock-in-a-field

truly top tier casting for HOTD because those trueborn Targaryen boys look like inbred war criminals while the Strong boys look like normal kids who hang out at 7-Eleven on Friday nights

gameofthronesdaily

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON “The Lord of the Tides” (2022) dir. Geeta Vasant Patel.

eschercaine

Okay, Alicent. The last shred of sympathy I have for you is GONE. Yes, Alicent is a victim of her father’s abuse but she is now doing the abuse herself.

Rhaenyra just gave birth in this scene yet Alicent only cares about her own agenda; to humiliate Rhaenyra by forcing the princess to present the child to her in a fragile state. Why not see the child for herself? Jeez. Rhaenyra didn’t do this kind of thing to Alicent while she was pregnant with Aegon nor Helaena nor her other children.

I like that Laenor is there for Rhaenyra, but I wish Daemon was there to punch Alicent in the face or raise some hell. Seriously.

ladymelisande-deactivated202407

If Daemon was in court Alicent would have gotten a tragic case of Dark Sister in the stomach.

visenyaism

The thing is in order for my boy daemon to get that kind of velocity to take that guy’s head off so expeditiously in the throne room he had to wind the fuck up which means everyone saw him doing this and just minded their business

mercury-lurks

nobody is talking about the fact that they mentioned on the pod that ned purposefully used the same font as the try guys' statement to either try and make it better for himself or make it look like the guys wrote his apology.

what a slimy fucking scumbag.