#religious conversion

[humiliation4brenda]

[undead-knick-knack]

Not gonna lie, it's mainly because it'd be funny

[bauliya]

quite honestly if you can’t confront the fact that religious conversion (into Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism) and Christian missions and their associated educational & charitable structures have by and large been liberating forces in India for oppressed castes then you should just shutttttt the fuck up about colonialism in the subcontinent. I’m so sick and tired of swing pro-Hindutva “decolonial” rhetoric being pushed by ill-educated “leftists” when the literal slur for Indian Christians ‘r*cebag’ acknowledges most people willingly converted. read someone other than a fucking brahmin author whose “anti colonialism” is just a front for his resentment over losing his caste-promised slaves!!!

[psyzook]

There is something in this image that just makes me want to start worshiping this one specific photo. It’s a new age cross to my brain apparently.

[qupritsuvwix]

Takeaways from AP's report on JD Vance and the Catholic postliberals in his circle of influence

Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism put him in close touch with a Catholic intellectual movement known as postliberalism.

[seasaltandwisdom]

introduction post 🔱

this is a religious blog, not fan related, i also do not practice witchcraft

my name is Roeyn/Tyde, i’m 22. black, gay transman. autistic & chronically ill. i’m using this account to research and connect myself more with the community and the gods.

worshipping in secret, so working on figuring that out. worshipper of zeus, hestia, hermes, poseidon, hades, selene, thanatos, eros, athena, hypnos and apollo

feel free to dm/send asks whenever!

i wish to add that i am not an authority on the religion, i can only share what i know from studies and how i worship myself. your religious path is yours alone - worship as you deem fit and be kind to others.

[suvarnarekha]

i hope the makers of caliphate netflix will sued the kerala story producers and why you defend the kerala story, do you know Vipul Amrutlal Shah was supported bjp, i know you will furious but you need understand that shah is making money for bjp and you need find real truth on kerala because you are north indian, you will visit kerala to show real side

What do the creators of Caliphate have to do with The Kerala Story? Both are raising the same issues which should be brought to the limelight but the respective makers are not intersected in any ways whatsoever. What reason would they have to sue any people associated with any film ecosystem?

Now; our prime minister, along with the BJP, did uplift the movie in Karnataka. So? What's the issue with that? AK often tweets about movies, rates them and even makes some of them tax free in Delhi whenever he wishes. So, if the country's leader himself is appropriating the masses by mentioning such important ventures, then what exactly is so horrifying about that?

It might come as a shock to you, anon, but the background activities done by the creators of the film is of the least concern to me unless they harm our Nation and its integrity. Plus, do you have any substantial testimony of the allegations you are putting on Vipul Amrutlal Shah? From where exactly did you get this information? Why will I believe a supposed claim coming from a completely unreliable source? Hand over the authentic sources, I will happily believe them.

"because you are north indian" What precisely is that supposed to mean? I live in north India so I am completely ambiguous about the ongoings of the other regions? What you need to get a-fix in your mindset is that one does not need to visit a state to know the reality. Because unlike you, dearest anon, some of us do our due research. We do not believe cockamamie conspiracy theories spewed on the internet.

It's deranged how you think I would get furious when you clearly cannot stand anything that is said against your judgement, anon. You want evidence about the girls converted and sent to ISIS from Kerala?

Fathima (pre-conversion name : Nimisha), Mariyam (pre-conversion name : Merrin Jacob), Ayisha (pre-conversion name : Sonia Sebastian. Yasmin Zahid, who recruited many youths from Kerala and sent them to Afghanistan, is now sentenced to jail.

I'm sorry but the "real side of kerala" you kindly mentioned is right here. Aforementioned and open. A little advice, anon? Say whatever you want, but believe what you see. These myriad victims might just be statistics for us but they are suffering. This is an ongoing process. And it'll only begin to decline when we acknowledge this.

[orthodoxadventure]

As someone that converted to Roman Catholicism back in 2018/2019, having primarily grown up in an atheist household. And as someone that is now currently undergoing the process of inquiring into Orthodoxy:

Converting to a faith or changing denomination or questioning your faith is always going to feel scary. There is never going to be a time where it feels like the perfect moment. There are always going to be doubts and feelings of uncertainty, and a voice in your head telling you that you shouldn't do it, sometimes there might even be a lot of pain involved. But that doesn't mean that you're doing the wrong thing.

Prayer to me felt so foreign and strange to me, for such a long time. But it didn't always stay that way. Attending Church for the first time felt terrifying, but you do get used to it and you do begin to feel like this is something you belong to. Reading Scripture and other theological texts was such a challenge, I didn't know where to begin, and I was often terrified that I was 'reading it wrong'. But that feeling doesn't stay around forever.

As much as traditions of the Church might be unknown to you, and as much as you might feel an outsider for not knowing them. Over time, you do begin to learn about them more and feel more comfortable participating in them. You're not always going to be on the outside looking in. And if you've been in this position, and now find yourself within the Church, you can be such a strength and a comfort to those also entering into the Church. Never be frightened to admit that you were a convert, or to admit that at one point you were a cradle Christian that didn't know anything about Christianity, or to admit that you've ever questioned your faith. There are so many people that can benefit from your experiences.

If you don't know where to begin with coming to the faith, then reach out to a local Priest. If you don't know who to turn to with questions about doubts in your faith, then reach out to your Priest. The best time to start that journey is today, not in some hypothetical future where everything is perfect. Send that email off to the Priest with your questions about the faith. Put aside all of your excuses, and make those first steps in your journey.