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[latadelixo]

[burgrs]

snorp

[lauralot89]

My mom said that today in church her pastor said in the sermon that Jesus told us to help the poor, and taking money away from public schools to give to charter schools only widens the gap between the rich and the poor.  She then added that Jesus spoke against adultery and lust and would not have approved of bragging about sexually assaulting women.  According to my mom, people got up and walked out.

The pastor also started the sermon by noting that she’d heard of another minister who read the entirety of the Sermon on the Mount at the pulpit, to be told by the so-called Christian parishioners after the service that it was offensive and they didn’t agree.

The Sermon on the Mount is straight up the words of Jesus.

[squirrelshideout]

I recently read an article that said, hypocritical Christians in America don’t actually worship Jesus. They worship America, and even then, it’s a very specific, self-centered idea of America.

[robotsandfrippary]

YES.  EXACTLY.  

[fierceawakening]

My mom’s church talks almost every Sunday about how Christians are called to welcome strangers and foreigners and does tons of stuff to help refugees because HELLO, IT’S RIGHT THERE. IN THE RED TEXT, NO LESS.

I don’t believe everything they believe, but I REALLY like those people.

[kyraneko]

What a lot of these people are is idolators.

Not in terms of the realness or unrealness of who they worship, but in terms of how they’ve warped their focus away from the reality and turned it towards a fantasy of their own construction.

By definition, an idol is an image with no god behind it.

What they have done is taken the idea of Jesus and created a false image of him, nothing like the reality, to carry around in their back pocket, or to wave around on signs, and pull out and shove in people’s faces to justify all manner of unChristlike behavior.

It is a “worship” that is fundamentally self-centered rather than deity-centered, wherein the deity in question is more of a pocketbook get-out-of-jail-free card than directive to live by, and more of a status symbol than a guiding light.

That people will, without a shred of self-awareness, rest themselves assured that Jesus would want them to tip their waitress with a Jesus pamphlet made to look like folded-up money (to take only one example out of many) is the ultimate dismissal of everything the original stood for.

There is a line in the Bible about Jesus meeting his false worshipers and saying “I do not know you.” It seems like plenty of so-called Christians have beaten him to the punch with how quick they are to say they don’t know him.

[lindentreeisle]

A lot of churches and organizations in America that call themselves Christian churches are in fact Christianist cults.  They no more represent Christianity than Daesh represents Islam.  In addition to the usual nonsense of so-called Christians being pro-war, anti-immigrant, racist, and so forth, there are a lot of sects/movements that are just completely toxic and not Christian at all, even though they use that label.  If you are Christian and want to have some fucking nightmares, google “christian dominionist,” or “prosperity gospel.”

[simonbitdiddle]

Still think this is the most realistic diagram of the difference between the theological Jesus and the Comfortable Reinterpretation of Jesus.

[niuniente]

There won’t be any Jesus’s 2nd coming, because the man is wise enough to know that those who yell his name the loudest and are his biggest fans, would crucify him again as a heretic.

[diabeticlesbian]

Protest poster by The Lesbian Avengers: LESBIANS MAKE GOOD PARENTS 

Courtesy of the Speak Out London Archives 

[la-laborista-republiko]

[waterfoxy]

*whisper* bisexual girls who have a preference for guys are just as valid as those who have a preference for girls or no preference at all. pass it on

[meangirlnurse]

this is an extremely exploitable stock photo

[meangirlnurse]

[meangirlnurse]

i was going to make other unrelated jokes but it turns out i had some anger to work through

[marisatomay]

guess we all have some thoughts about driving

[realwerewolveswearshirts]

Okay but:

[meangirlnurse]

[meangirlnurse]

#TUMBLR USER GAYMILESEDGEWORTH DRIVES LIKE A LITTLE BITCH #TURN SIGNALS ARE NECESSARY BUT OTHER THAN THAT THIS POST GAVE ME ROAD RAGE

you’re really just gonna expose yourself as someone who tailgates and honks at traffic jams, huh

[eraemx]

As someone that has grown up surrounded by beaches and done surf life saving, I know how the sea works. Lots of people dont. Every summer multiple tourists die here because they don’t respect the sea, if you’re going to the coast, here’s a thing I saw on Facebook.

[i-amneveralone-deactivated20201]

wow.

[lgbtcourse]

lesbian does not mean attracted to vagina

lesbian means attracted to women and only women, and thats it.

stop reducing women to their genitals, and stop invalidating trans lesbians and their girlfriends.

[kpoccobku-deactivated20191005]

Russian person: *points at an owl* сова

French person: *abruptly turns around* Très bien, merci

[un-ionizetheradlab]

French person: ça va ?

Russian person: Ну где сова?

[bideas-blog1]

Shout out to bi people who are attracted to all genders ✨

Shout out to bi people who are constantly told bi means two and they “should actually” identify as pan ✨

Shout out to bi people who have struggled to find the correct label ✨

Shout ✨ out ✨ to ✨ bi ✨ people

[naomi121406-deactivated20210507]

Honest question. Under what definitions is this correct???

If they’re attracted to all genders, for me, that’s being pan. The name says it: pan, attraction to all genders. Bisexuality is attraction to two genders as far as I know. Two or more would be polisexual. And all three things, and many others, are under the plurisexual spectrum.

So, I really don’t want to bother, but I’ve been there too. I started out thinking I was bi? But I’m not? I’m pan. I know what this is about. And I think it is important to use the name more fitting, not the one that sounds better or is more socially accepted. You gotta learn to accept yourself. Even if it’s difficult.

I’ve had troubles accepting I was pan. I have fights and encounters at least once a week explaining to other people what being pan means. And I could avoid all that mess calling myself bi, it’s similar, after all, isn’t it? Except for the fact that I’m not bi, and I don’t have to hide it. I have absolutely no reasons to lie or hide who I am, I don’t need other people’s acceptance. I need just my acceptance, and their respect. I need to be able to be happy being myself. That’s all.

If you’re not sure, you don’t need to call yourself bi, or les, or anything else, “questioning” is always acceptable. And no one can tell you otherwise.

[fallenstar2319]

The definition of bisexual has been adapted alongside gender theory; the formal definition is “Attraction to two or more genders”. It doesnt necessarily mean all genders, but that you can be bi and attracted to genders A, and/or B, C, D, E, etc. Pansexual is more commonly adapted as “attraction regardless of gender”, however “attraction to all genders” is equally acceptable.

What matters the most is how the definition you feel fits you best; and yes, questioning is very definitely an acceptable title to take.

[bideas-blog1]

🍁 language changes. bisexuality was first officially ‘defined’ by a (presumably cishet) white male academic in the 19th century. it was initially described as the attraction to “both sexes”. at the time “official” sexuality terminologies were very much sex orientated and did not accomodate the gender spectrum. but, as this was a general term used by certain people who had multiple gender attraction, it has continued to mean the attraction to multiple genders, not just always limited to two genders or specifically men and women. I use bi and I’m attracted to all genders as once the definition could and did mean, despite language changes and education on sex and gender. 🍁

[mindflamer]

In honor of Janelle Monáe coming out I put together a lil graphic about bi & pan identities! This is based on my own experiences within the community as someone who uses both terms. It of course does not cover everything! Image description under the cut.

Keep reading

[thevagueambition]

Note a very important part of this post: 

“I am more comfortable with the term [bi/pan].”

No bigger reason than that is needed to identify with one term and not the other.

When people tell you they are one but not the other, that is it. 

You do not get to argue them using even the reasonable definitions. 

Bi people can describe their attraction the way pansexuality/romanticism is defined above and pan people can describe their attraction the way bisexuality/romanticism is defined above and that does not mean they are wrong. 

The only differences between bi and pan exists within the individuals who identify with one but not the other. 

[kedreeva]

Soulmates are not your ~other half~, that’s just nonsense. You are a whole person already, not half a person. A soulmate isn’t even inherently romantic. A soulmate is just the other sock in a matched set. You’re still a whole, complete sock on your own, you are perfectly functional paired with any other sock, it’s just that it’s even better when you match. A soulmate is literally just the person who makes your soul go “!!! Same hat!!!” and wave excitedly.

[biwomensuggestion]

You’re bi if you think you’re bi. There’s no quota that needs to be met, no set amount of crushes that you need to have to be able to qualify as a “real” bisexual. You’re bi if you think you’re bi and if you keep doubting yourself that’s probably because you are, in fact, bisexual.

[genderqueerpositivity]

Here’s a wild idea, perhaps too wild for Tumblr:

When someone comes out, respect the labels they choose to use for themselves. Respect that the person coming out has already done all of the soul-searching and questioning.

To come out is to make public what we already know about ourselves–to share that with others, out of a sense of pride, a need for honesty, with respect for the importance of visibility.

When someone comes out, they are NOT extending an invitation for opinions or discourse on which label you believe best fits them–they are speaking their truth.

Their truth. You have no right to attempt to impose your own.

When someone comes out as pansexual, it is not your place to tell them that you think they should identify as bisexual instead.

When someone comes out as bisexual, it’s not your place to tell them that you believe they are really pansexual instead.

When someone comes out as queer, it is not your place to hold public debates on whether or not you believe they should reclaim the word for themselves.

Coming out is a sharing of personal truth. It isn’t up for debate.

When someone comes out, you either respect their right to define their identity on their own terms–or you’re the asshole. Period.

[frogixi-moved]

[djokovicnovak-deactivated201809]

imagine thinking you’re too woke to enjoy Brooklyn Nine Nine lmaoooo

[djokovicnovak-deactivated201809]

by this i mean, imagine thinking that “I don’t watch it because it’s cop propaganda!!” is a more progressive stance than “I can watch and enjoy this genuinely very funny TV show that features a diverse cast in gender, ethnicity and sexuality, that doesn’t stoop to stereotypes and also tackles serious subject matters like police brutality, gun violence, systematic racism, homophobia and lgbt struggles and being a woman in a male dominated world and work force. I can simultaneously acknowledge that this show doesn’t depict actual police officers and my enjoyment of the show doesn’t in any way detract from my acknowledgement and anger towards the behaviours of too many real US police officers. And me laughing at Andy Samberg singing Backstreet Boys doesn’t make me any less capable of loathing officers that allow racial profiling to colour their behaviours and lead to the use of excessive force towards and the mass incarceration of poc. This is because my enjoyment of pop culture and my ability to critically analyse the world are not mutually exclusive and i have an understanding of nuance and context.”

[hellenecstatic]

FYI the name Dennis is derived from Dionysus. That is all.

[terpsikeraunos]

this means…denny’s….

[readerofmanyworlds]

Denny’s is absolutely the domain of a god of chaos and revelry