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Hello! I am Amelia and this will be my side-blog to specifically engage with religious stuff.
Age: 18
Denomination: Anglo-Catholic
Pronouns: She/Her
Gender: Trans-woman
I mainly started this blog because I adoreee all things theology, in Christianity and every other religion and am well-studied in the subject, so if you have questions feel free to ask and I will try to respond!
happy pride month, be gay do math
happy pride month to queer people of faith! God loves you for who you are, not for what other people think you should be.
Happy pentecost! You mentioned at some point wanting to talk/rant about religion more, I've always thought mariology and pneumology are very interesting, and pneumology is in theme today :3c
Happy Pentecost!!
I'm assuming you meant to type pneumatology, but some Pentecostal Pneumology would also be very appreciated today (I have a respiratory infection 💔). You'll have to remind me to go off about mariology come other time, because I looove Mama Mary and I could probably sit here and type about her for hours.
But for today! Pneumatology in general is a really fascinating subject for me because it's so mysterious and also probably one of the most commonly misunderstood things we worship.
Over here in the Anglican Communion, our central idea is to be comfortable with mystery. The Holy Spirit isn't supposed to be either extreme-- not a purely emotional experience or dry doctrine. It's a thing that exists everywhere all the time and is extremely difficult for the human mind to understand, which is really awesome and surely never leads to massive misunderstandings. It proceeds from the Father and the Son (unless it doesn't) and it has an interpretive authority over scripture (unless it doesn't).
I'm not a fan of visible depictions of the Spirit, whether it be as a dove or a humanoid figure. (I'm also not a fan of depictions of the Father either, but that's a different tangent.) I think the way people describe the Spirit as being the breath of the church is pretty good, but I've always had the easiest time conceptualizing it as the connective tissue.
Also, shoutout to every time the Holy Spirit is referred to with feminine terminology. The gender of the Spirit is a fun topic, because there really is no definite answer-- it uses all gendered language and is said to speak in masculine and feminine voices alike. Its term is feminine in Hebrew, neutral in Greek, and masculine in Latin. When I was growing up, I was taught that God was a fully masculine figure, which I hated. But this more fluid aspect is something I take comfort in, alongside the more elevated and wonderfully feminine Mary that I get to bring into my practices today.
I love this page so much, along with all other religious art pages. As a Trans Christian woman, I really really love the church, but feel as though I can't find any good entry point. However, stuff like this kinda helps be my outlet for this.
Aw, thank you so much! It always makes me really happy to hear responses like this to my art. :) ❤️
If you do want some help finding an affirming church near you, I strongly recommend gaychurch.org! They have a find-a-church tool, as well as an international list of affirming denominations to keep your eyes out for when you're driving around.
I live in a very small town in rural South Carolina, and even I have found some incredible churches that not only welcome LGBT people through their doors, but also fight hard to protect LGBT rights and healthcare access. That's the kind of love that has fueled my interest for Christian history and made it such an important part of my art. ❤️
(...the insanely strong aura of traditional liturgical vestments & gothic architecture also helps, of course)
“He’s the only man I can really trust. He’s like a spirit that follows me around …he helps me out in my hours of need and listens to all my problems and never laughs at me. He takes me very seriously,”
- Marsha P. Johnson (left) on Jesus Christ
"AND GOD CREATED HE AND SHE BUT HE ALSO CREATED ME!" Sylvia Rivera (right), banner emblazoned with a Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) logo, Christopher Street Liberation Day, New York City, June 26, 1983. Photo by Steve Zabel, c/ o @lgbtcenternyc on IG
Today I met happiness
Been quite busy with college recently, so sorry for lack of posts, but Happy Easter!
With it, one of my favorite Bible verses
"For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive" - 1 Cor 15:22
hello I'm so sorry if this might be a dumb question but if (hypothetically) you were baptised as a kid, but you're transgender, what happens with the baptismal name you got? Sorry again and thanks if you know but if not that's okay
Tbh, no idea, I wasn't raised in a Christian home so I'm going to get baptized as an adult. Though it is my understanding that most churches don't give baptismal names anyways.
The first depiction of Mary and Jesus
Worthy is the Lamb!
In a world marked by division and fear, choosing to embody peace is a radical choice. Peace isn’t simply the absence of conflict, but the presence of love, mercy, justice. This means choosing patience over anger, forgiveness over resentment, action over indifference.
Merry Candlemas!
It's not a very popular holiday, or a major one, but nonetheless it is another day that we can focus on the life of Jesus oh so many years ago. Candlemas celebrates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple, this was something that all new mothers who could do would do so of course Mary did it, but it focuses on Mary's return to society, and during the presentation a priest of the temple acknowledges that Jesus is the messiah, and the light of the world.
Despite it being a minor holiday, perhaps we should all meditate on the presentation. Hallelujah.
you said to ask you about your last post so I will. I think the devil and demons KNOWS we are inherently good. so them, being fallen angels, knowing what they know, can and do try their best to take humans, made in the image of God, to hell, to spite God Himself, through means that give us what we want- instant and simple answers. Through this lens I also believe God will have mercy on those who tried to do their best and did good to others, those who were traumatized or led astray from the truth by demons. This is why Jesus, a sinless man, meaning He wasn't lying, said I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. It also reminds me of this one quote, that everybody who enters into the Catholic church enters kicking and screaming because they know it's the truth, but they can't accept it. All judgements are up to God, I am simply led by His infinite love for us, if He called everyone who was already dead when He died to repentance, what can He not do for those led astray?
I've been thinking about this more since my first post, and I'm willing to take feedback but here's my conception about polytheistic religions within a Christian worldview.
I think that they aren't real gods (obviously) but not exactly demons, they're fictional identifications and personifications of nature. Their personality is based purely on the attributes of what they represent, and it exists as a way for people to worship the creations of God rather than God Himself. It may be possible that there are demons also leading people to this, but it's a fiction/early science above all else.
You know, something I think about a lot is how to reconcile other beliefs with Christianity. A lot of Christians have a very simple view of it, "Everyone else is wrong, led astray by demons and evil people", but I dislike that view. Maybe it's true, but I like to give all of humanity the benefit of the doubt. Nobody wants to be evil, they do what they see as best even if they're, well, wrong. But if everyone believed in God and didn't turn away out of just "being evil" then where did the other beliefs arise from? Demons? Angels? I'm not sure, if you have any thoughts about it feel free to send it as an ask, but just something that is interesting to me.
a compilation of posts that contributed to my conversion
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Yes I picture my athiest/muslim/pagan/jewish/hindu friends and family in heaven with me. And what? Should I not believe the Lord's mercy is for everyone?
This. I can't make any statements about the afterlife, I can't possibly know and frankly I don't prefer to dwell on what it will or will not be like. Nonetheless though, I hope that everyone gets to experience that paradise, whether they will or won't. To take pleasure in condemning others and acting as if their judgement has already been complete is something that we should not be doing, and something that we are very clearly taught not to do by Jesus.
