I’m stuck in my room because i have a fresh arm tattoo that’s not exactly fun to drive with and my little sister and her friends are hanging out in the kitchen so instead of doomscrolling or agonizing over creative projects i’m sending him pictures of various car parts and asking him to name them
About 15 years ago, I had a minor moment of Internet fame when I wrote a lengthy essay series on LiveJournal called "Christians in the Hand of an Angry God." In it, I argued that right-wing evangelical "Christianity" was literally Satanic by scriptural standards, was literally the cult of anti-Christ that Jesus prophesied in Matthew 25:31-46, that they were literally worshiping a made-up guy with the same name to justify cruelty, just like Jesus predicted they would the week before the crucifixion.
And at least half of the people who read it and praised it called it excellent satire. They saw my point, thought I was onto something, but couldn't take seriously that I literally meant what I literally said.
"Do not commit the sin of empathy."
Jesus' prophesy that these people were coming was not especially miraculous, in hindsight. No philosophy or theological movement becomes a large organized church, let alone a majority faith of a nation, without needing rich people's money, and/or government funding, to pay for it all.
And rich people in general, and right-wing governments in general, get to be the way they are by believing that the poor and the down-trodden can never be shown anything but cruelty, should never be rewarded, or else they'll lose all motivation to obey, to work hard, to be good. (By contrast, they believe that the same thing would happen to rich, powerful, popular people if they were ever punished in any way, if they were ever anything but rewarded.)
And rich people and governments are not going to subsidize your church foundation funds, your church repair funds, et cetera if you tell them that they're evil. But someone definitely will come along and offer to take that money. The people who take that money and conform won't even all be lying psychopaths; if you truly believe that your organization matters, is doing irreplaceable good in the world, you'll sacrifice any principle of your faith to keep the bills paid, you'll look away from or excuse any sin. It's that or see it all shrink and crumble into irrelevance.
I've come to the conclusion that it may not actually be possible to be a good person while practicing the majority faith of the land you live in. Or, if it is possible, well, like the man said, "straight is the gate and narrow is the way, and few there be that find it."
The Episcopal Church has its own legacy of sin, they've long overlooked a laundry list of crimes to pay their own bills, so don't rush to congratulate a mainline bishop for preaching mainline Christianity or take too much pleasure from Trump and his fascist followers being surprised that that happened. But do remember this:
From the mid-1970s to the present, right-wing billionaires have poured a LOT of money into church expansion and maintenance conditional on them distorting the Bible's teachings to make it appear that Jesus was pro-fascist. "To deceive, if it were possible, the very elect." So when honest theologians tell you that this is literally anti-Christ, literally checks every box in the Bible's description of the future cult of anti-Christ, you need to hear us.
The modern book and movie image of "the Antichrist" was a well-funded propaganda campaign to distract you from the plain language of the scriptures. The biblical anti-Christ is not some socialist liberal peacenik. The biblical anti-Christ is everyone who tells you that Jesus wants you to be cruel to "the least of these, my brethren" so that they'll straighten up and fly right.
I wonder if it can help anyone to learn a bit about how to hit the most effectively. Punching with your fist is inadvisable for anyone who hasn't done any training. Instead, curl your fingers back and strike with the heel of you palm. You'll deliver a stronger blow with less potential for damage. because all the loose delicate little bones hanging around in your hand and wrist won't absorb any of the impact. Expect it to hurt with any punch, but it will hurt much less with a strike like this.
In punching, if you are able to pull it off, your hands and arms should be loose until before the moment of impact.
Try not to fight bare knuckle with tightly clenched fists all the time as you will expend more energy and cause more strain to yourself. Clenching and tensing will reduce the amount of total force you're exerting that makes it to the actual impact, i think of my fists as rocks on the end of a whip. You can't snap a whip if it's rigid.
yo dawgs there's a very real possibility i'm going to homeless soon if I don't get some funds together and i dont have a bank account my parents cannot access (which is an issue since they've taken my money several times by now, can't setup paypal or cashapp til I'm 18 in a month or so either).
i know crypto is less than ideal but if anyone can help me out a btc address yall can send to is this: 1JTddFktKC5FkRwKeLVXVrhfc5jUdUnLoD
If anyone has other tips for sending and receiving money while I'm without a proper bank account or e-wallet, please let me know.
anything helps. Probably don't bother buying only a tiny bit of BTC just to give to me, It's all going to go to my basic living expenses (rent, utilities, food). Rent's cheap where I am thankfully, but it's still quite a bit of money.
I'm trying to buy some more time and I've been searching for a while for a decent under the table job since I can't work legally here. sorry about the taxes government, I need all I can get. lol
I have no issue giving more details if you''re perhaps willing to help me but not sure if I'm trustworthy. and to be clear, I'm not in immediate danger now. but i don't think i can afford to wait until i'm in real danger to make plans.
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