ethereal pain

she/he, biracial, aro bi reclaimitory catholic, ideological agnostic narcissist and heretic no longer evil i want to be loved (evil again)

[ponyoisms]

t shirt that says YOU DONT UNDERSTAND MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD and the back says NEITHER DO I

[artfilmfan]

Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene smoking a cigarette beneath crucified Jesus

[pjharvey]

gimmicky gift shop things are so great sometimes i love the theological implications of there being different types of soap to wash away sins depending on your sect

[bitemarx]

jesus coming back as a woman this time, handing out hugs in the clinic line

[charlesoberonn]

[shannondiazs]

"la venida de cristo" (the cumming of christ)

paintings by fabián chairez (mexico, born 1987) also available as a postcard set

his exhibition in mexico city is currently being targeted by extremist religious groups and christian groups are trying to sue him (X) for his work so i thought i would show all of tumblr

[libraford]

They Left MAGA - Leaving MAGA

They Left MAGA Steve Vilchez Chicago Read His Story Erica Roach New York Read Her Story Justin Yu California Read His Story Deanna Raper Nor

This is an interesting thing. Looks like testimonies of people who left the MAGA movement- how they got into it and why.

Leaving a cult is really hard, so I really respect the people who are speaking from this place.

[libraford]

Yes, actually.

Look, I know people want to react to the 'leopards eating faces party' with a big fat 'told you so,' but these are ex-cultists who are reaching out to people who may need an exit with a soft landing.

People who are deeply in a cult are afraid to leave it and MAGA is no exception! There's a fear that once you leave, you won't be accepted by anyone, so they stay even if they no longer believe in their rhetoric.

A very intelligent person can fall for a cult if they feel that it can offer them something they're missing. The outside world is perilous and you can be safe here. Your friends will reject you now that you've joined us, but we will accept you. Decisions are hard, we can make them for you. The secular world has broken you, we can give you new life through christ.

If you read some of the testimonies (and so many of them are young people) you'll see how much of it is 'I didn't see it, it took someone I love to show it to me, I can't unsee it now.' We've all done things we regret. Some regrets are bigger than others. I would rather forgive them and allow them to do good work than berate them for a decision they made when compromised by anxiety.

If you want to punish them, that's up to you.

But yeah. I think we should cheer for them.

[kedreeva]

This is going around Facebook right now

And it's 100% the sentiment that needs to be cultivated. If you want MAGA to go away or be diminished, then you have to give people grace when they leave. Not only that, but you literally have to make it as easy as possible, or all you're doing is cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[iscariotes]

gender affirmation scars but its just the stigmata

[samkingsketches]

If you call me an abomination, I will look for comfort in your other monsters

[tranxio]

FOR THE LAST TIME

👏 APOSTASY is the rejection of a faith after having professed it;

👏 HERESY is selective belief in only some of the tenets of a faith one professes, or belief in tenets contrary to those of a faith one professes;

👏 BLASPHEMY is derogation of the honour due to God.

[orcboxer]

and babey I'm a triple threat

[hereticalangel]

decolonize ur deconversion btw.

[spirochaetota]

(CLICK FOR HQ) flagellant | spoiler alert, it was mental illness not a divine test lol

(the original image is not an original drawing but an illustration from a textbook, as far as I'm aware; all I did was turn it into a vector png & do some photomanipulation)

[theywontletmebeprincipal]

catholic priest drag king called Father Issues

[katabasiss]

do you guys think jesus, the son of a carpenter, smelt the wood of the cross & temporarily thought of home

[kimabutch]

[writes about Jesus but it’s actually about being trans] [writes about being trans but it’s actually about Jesus]

[cherrydanish]

[hereticalangel]

pain is not the same as prayer, but it’s close. blood is not clean and pure like holy water but it runs true enough anyway. give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. leave what we can’t forgive bleeding. leave it fresh and wounded like an animal. call it blessed anyway, call it food. thank you, Lord, for the parts of me i soiled, when soil was all i could hold on to, face held down in the earth. take the dirt and call it good, for it was me. it was me.