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@ourladyofreligiousequality
I haven’t seen a lot of posts that shed some positivity for non-binary Muslims who wear the hijab – I personally sometimes feel it’s frustrating that people see hijabi non-binary people as “female” just because the hijab is an obligation for women. My hijab does not define my gender; only my obligation to my God and my religion!
Shoutout to all non-binary hijabi Muslims out there; you are valid and Allah loves you, insya-Allah!
If you are a Christian, you should push for the separation of church and state as hard as atheists do. When you hear bullshit like this, call it out as the unconstitutional, un-American gibberish it is.
What is a Seder?
The Seder is the ritual meal held during Pesach (Passover) commemorating the Jewish Exodus from Egypt lead by Moshe Rabbeinu roughly three and a half thousand years ago. We discuss how we were slaves in Egypt and the core cultural aspects of what it means to be Jewish, in a ritualized meal of sixteen steps, rich with symbolism and history, from the foods that are eaten, to the wine that is drunk, to the words that are spoken.
It is considered to be one of the defining rites of Judaism. There are completely secular Jews who have their seders with non-kosher food and discuss how these ancient myths pertain to modern concerns of liberation and freedom. They are still having a seder, and engaging with our heritage by discussing and learning, as we are supposed to, as Jews.
The stages of the Seder:
Kadesh, Urchatz, Karpas, Yachatz, Maggid, Rachtzah, Motzie, Matzah, Maror, Korech, Shulchan Orech, Tzafun, Beirach, Hallel, Nirtzah.
The Seder traditionally begins with a ritual form of self-starvation during which time the grown ups at the table yell at you to pay attention while you fidget in your seat and fantasize about the delicious charoset sandwich you’re going to make yourself
Then, despite there being at least five children present younger than you, you are forced to recite the Four Questions because you’re the only one who knows them in Hebrew, an event which does nothing to improve your status among the cousins as a complete and utter nerd.
Then the youngest kid has to leave the table to go look for half a cracker. It’s basically exactly like Easter except instead of brightly colored eggs filled with delicious candy you get half a cracker
It also predates the Easter and the eggs.
Also you may be a from family where you have steal the cracker with out anyone noticing and refuse to return it unless you get a reward.
Though for me the reward is the getting away with stealing the cracker.
Or your other family might do the kids hide and the adults look for it.
Also the cracker is dessert and you can’t eat after it.
And you may belong to a family where every who know the Four Questions is a different language must say it in that language.
Also you have the youngest kid who has a bunch of stuff to tell you about cause they learnt it in school about the different parts of Seder and the Exodus Story but they take forever and you are hungry.
There is that too.
Also you might be at family who do the no talking till you finish eating the Matzah so there is a good 5 to 10 minutes of matzah eating noises and pained faces.
Also you don’t poop for like a week and a half because the matzah stops you up. The hardening of your poo represents the drying of the mortar with which we built the pyramids. It’s all very symbolic
Passover like all Jewish Holidays is very heavy on the symbolism though Passover may take the cake for most symbolism.
For the record the cake is a kosher for Passover cake so calling it a cake is just being nice cause it in like a cake in shape only.
Although cakelike in appearance, the cake is bricklike in density and texture. The bricklike properties of the kosher for passover cake symbolize the bricks we used to build the pyramids, and also the approximate size and shape of the intestinal blockage you will experience following overconsumption of matzah.
This is why you eat macaroons instead. Stay away from that cake. The cake is a lie. Also, load up on Gatorade before trying to eat massive quantities of matzoh. Alternatively, make it chocolate covered because fuck plain matzoh.
Yes to all of this. Cover it in chocolate then cover the chocolate in broken toffee pieces then drizzle it with more chocolate. Add a sprinkle of sea salt if you’re extra fancy. 🍴
nobody’s going to talk about the part where we show our thanks to Hashem by dancing around and hitting each other over the head with green onions?
Ah yes, the traditional Dayenu Produce Flogging, how could I forget
I’m imagining people trying to figure out which parts of this are facetious and which parts are legit
… and I might be ugly-cackling a little
Welcome to Judaism, where the logic’s made up and the symbolism really, really matters.
@shiraglassman @witch-of-habonim-dror
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Hello! Tonatiuh’s altar! Tonatiuh is the Mexica Sun God.
I know Christian memes are ridiculous but this one is actually kind of relatable
hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!
No no no! Jewish LGBTQ kinderlach! Go to Keshet!
hoperemains is completely from a Christian perspective, and not pluralistic or interfaith at all.
If you reblogged the first post from me please reblog this amendment so the Jewish peeps can access this resource too!
Trans Jewish kids, you can go to TransTorah as well!
Muslim LGBTQ kids, you can go to iamnotharaam! It’s run by a mod squad of different genders and orientations, and they take submissions from everybody!
–BB
MAY ANYONE WHO REBLOGS THIS BE ELEVATED TO THE EQUIVALENT OF SAINTHOOD IN THEIR RELIGION BLESS ALL OF YOU OH MY GOD.
REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S SO FREAKING IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALL MY FOLLOWERS TO READ THAT DEAL WITH GRIEF AND GUILT WHILE BEING LGBTQ AND RELIGIOUS
What do angels actually look like per the bible?
Well, according to Ezekiel 1 they might look something like this…
According to Daniel 10 something like this…
According to Isaiah 6…
In Ezekiel 10…
Again in Ezekiel 10…
Basically, when the people writing Scripture tried to describe what they saw when they saw an angel… they run into the end of their imagination… they can never quite seem to fully explain it because they had trouble even comprehending what they saw, let alone being able to describe it to someone else.
Yeah, that’s usually how people responded to seeing them in the Bible…
There’s a good reason why angels’ standard greeting is ‘Do not be afraid’.
HAPPY PURIM!
What is he signing? Beautiful !!!
He’s actually reciting a verse from the Quran :)
It’s lit
I AM CRYING
THERE ARE ACTUAL TEARS
ALSO I CAN’T BREATHE
OH GOD BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IF YOU *EVER* WERE IN ORCHESTRA OR CHOIR DO YOURSELF A FUCKING FAVOR AND WATCH THIS
I CAN’T, DAJFSOWEISJDOAIHSDOIAF HFASOBAWEOUDSHOIF AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The hijab Q&A that nobody asked for but everybody needs
hi okay if you don’t know any hijabis/muslims personally, you might be wondering how it “works” and im here to answer ur questions!!
Q: Do you like.. wear it all the time?? (re: do u shower in it?? do u sleep in it?? when was the last time u sAW UR OWN HAIR??? )
A: Nope! To put it simply, we wear the hijab when we are around strange men. And by strange I mean men who are not directly related to us. That means I can show my hair to women (does that include trans women & nonbinary women? thats up to the individual hijabi). It also means I don’t have to cover from my brother/father/uncle/grandfather/child. I would have to cover from my male cousins because you can technically marry them (note: this is only one of the reasons we cover! it’s not only to cover from possible suitors lol. Just bc I wouldn’t marry a gay man, doesn’t mean I don’t have to cover from him. The quran says to cover from men and not from women. that’s pretty broad and open for interpretation. I keep it simple for myself- I cover from all men and do not cover from any women, regardless of sexual orientation. This could differ from one hijabi to another). I also would not have to cover from my husband if I were married. Lastly, we don’t have to cover from any young boys who haven’t been “through puberty” yet. I guess it’s up to the individual to decide when that is as well.
Q: It seems kind of sexist to me that men don’t have to wear hijab, but women do…
A: Actually, men have their own hijab. (It’s not the turban you may see some men wearing, they are Sikhs, an entirely different religion.) Men have their own modest dress code to follow and are expected to follow the same rules the women do action-wise. Remember that equal does not have to mean identical. It wouldn’t make sense to ask men to cover their boobs or women to grow beards (we’ll come back to that later).
Q: I always hear about women being forced to wear it… That’s oppression and wrong.
A: I completely agree. “There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion” (2/256). That’s taken directly from the Quran. Forcing someone to wear the hijab is a sin. Furthermore, many Muslims believe that hijab is not required/is only preferred/is optional. There’s a lot of interpretation involved in religion. It totally depends on the person and their own beliefs.
They way a Muslim chooses to wear their hijab also differs from person to person. Some women choose to cover their entire body. Some wear abayas (the black dress) and niqabs (the veil that covers the face). Some wear a simple scarf to cover their hair and dress “modestly” (this, again, depends on your interpretation of what modest means). Some just cover their hair. Some show a some of their hair. Some wear turbans. Some dress modestly, but don’t cover their hair. Some only wear it on certain occasions. (more here on the diff types of cover)
For men, some choose to grow beards (many believe this is just “sunnah” which means it is preferred, but not compulsory). Lots of men don’t follow the rules set for them. That can be due to personal beliefs, but I won’t deny the misogyny apparent in the Muslim culture (note: culture, not religion) probably has a lot to do with that.
Q: Do women only wear hijab for religious reasons?
A: No. I mean, that’s probably one of the most prominent reasons women choose to cover their hair, but there are many different factors. In many cultures, hijab is considered a thing of beauty. It’s a fashion statement. It’s tradition. It’s a part of their identity. It keeps them in-tact with their religion and it identifies them as a Muslim to other Muslims. The reasons are endless, but I think you get the picture.
Q: I heard hijab is just keep men away.
A: As @angrymuslimah put so eloquently: Hijab is not to prevent men from looking at women or “protect them” from men. Hijab is not for men, or to help men control themselves - it’s for women themselves, to empower women. Men in Islam have a responsibility to lower their gaze and respect a woman no matter what she is wearing or what she looks like.
Q: Can women ever take the hijab off for safety reasons? (ie: heat exhaustion/possible attacks by islamophobes)
A: Totally! You’re obviously never supposed to compromise your health for anything, regardless of your religious beliefs. I once got asked if it would be okay for a women to remove her scarf when playing soccer in serious heat and my answer she could if she wanted to (again, she can do wtvr she wants), but playing soccer is optional. there’s a difference between wanting to play soccer and really having your life in danger. If hijabis choose to wear the hijab while playing soccer in 100 degrees, they’re badass and props to them for sticking to it even when it got hard, but that’s kind of the point of hijab. Again though, your health always comes first.
Q: I see hijabis sometimes and I want to compliment them/tell them it’s pretty, but I don’t want to be disrespectful.
A: It’s totally okay to compliment us! Please do! I live for the validation of strangers! For real, though. Just think about it this way, if you can say it to a non-hijabi and not offend her, you can probably say it to a hijabi. You can compliment anyone on their scarf regardless of where it is on their body.
Q: Can I wear the hijab if I’m not Muslim?
A: There is no specific way to wear a hijab. there is no specific fabric. We get our scarves from h&m and forever 21 like everyone else. There is nothing that identifies a hijab as a hijab except the wearer. So if you want to cover your hair for your own religious/personal reasons, you can do it! That doesn’t make it a hijab! The only thing that makes it a hijab is the wearer labeling it as a hijab. As long as you aren’t doing that, you’re not being disrespectful or appropriating our religion. (wearing it out of respect if you’re in a mosque or a predominately muslim country is also okay!)
I would however, advise against wearing it as a fashion statement. It’s not a style or accessory.
/So this got really long and I’m stopping here but I haven’t even really made a dent in the hijabi discourse. If yall have any more questions, you should ask your friendly neighborhood Muslimah! I promise, we won’t be offended, we just want yall to know the truth.
Buddha’s Footprints Zhang Wang
As early as 1999, Zhang Wang began his photographic creation in Chinese Buddhist culture. In secluded Buddhist temples, Zhang Wang spent long time with the monks, sharing his life with them. He often got up in wee hours in the day to shoot the monastic life, or risked precarious mountains to capture Buddhist relics. He would also stay up late to peruse Buddhist texts. The fifteen years of persistent photographic creation has put him through untold hardships and difficulties but also earned him close to a hundred important honors from China and rest of the world. In May 2013, Zhang Wang’s “Buddha’s Footprints” solo exhibition was selected to be part of UNESCO’s “World Culture Convention” exhibition.
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RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY INTRO
A Beautiful Poet
How To Make A Goddess Pendant
If You Aren’t Into Wicca
Most Complicated Mythical Creatures Diagram
Mythological Creatures Picture List
Paganism 101
Self Altar
The God Wars
Wicca Vs Witchcraft
Words About Gods
God(dess) Communication
Bonding With Deities
Dear Newbie Pagans
Deities
Deity Sigils and Runes
Devotion Of Sound
How I Talk To My Gods
It’s Okay If You Don’t Always Feel The Gods
Leaving Offerings
Limited Space Altars
Offerings
Orthodoxy etc comparisons
Religious Tolerance
Small Everyday Rituals
Starting to Talk To Your Gods
Talking to Deities
Those Drawn To Neo-Paganism
Using Deities In Your Work
You Are Good Enough For Your Gods
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YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DEVOTE YOURSELF TO A GOD TO WORSHIP THEM
Hellenic Polytheism
Apollo and Artemis
Athene
Devotional Jars
Greek Goddess Aesthetic
Hekate
How To Make A Hellenic Shrine
Merope
Meyers Briggs Hellenic Gods Post
Persephone
Remember Hellenic Polytheists
The Hyleoroi
Thing I Want To See
Nordic Polytheism
Blessing
Cute Norse Argument
Devotional Activities For Thor and Freyja
Freya of the Slain
Freyja
Freyja Digital Altar
Friendly Reminder About Sol
Getting In Touch With Loki
Hail Freyja
Idunn Digital Altar
If You’re A Norse Pagan Reblog Post
It Bothers Me to See Freya Declawed
Lokean Welcoming Committee FAQ (recommended)
Loki And Devotee Comic
Non-Marvel Loki Crash Course
Norse Gods and Goddesses
Norse Goddesses
Norse Goddess Comic
Odin Vs. Loki
Signs of Loki
Sif Digital Altar
Sigyn Digital Altar
Thor: Maybe It’s Just Me
Quick Greek Reminders
I’m not sure how factually accurate some of these links are, but as always, take things with a grain of salt and have fun. -Lav
did u kno that st valentine is not only the patron saint of love, but also beekeeping, epilepsy, and the plague
#surprise your loved ones with bees and pestilence
新年快乐
Happy new year to everyone who starts their new year today!
What is the difference between Netjer, Netjeru, and Netjeri?
–Anonymous
Netjeru refers to all of the Egyptian gods at once. For example: Thank netjeru that the rain has stopped
Netjer refers to a specific deity. For example: Aset is a tricksy netjer.
Netjeri refers to non-deity, and non-human beings in the Unseen. In many ways, this could encompass things such as “demons” or fae.
-Devo/TTR
Dear ex-Christian Atheists,
Not every religion is the Christianity you rejected.
AGAIN, LOUDER
