pepper and dark

religious trauma is real and we all deserve the help we need. fuck xtians. they/them and disabled. xtians, aphobes, terfs, proship dni

[glittergroovy]

[strangestcase]

*does a gay little unethical scientific experiment that challenges God*

[deservedgrace]

Sooo can we talk about how fucked up worship music is or are we not ready for that conversation yet

[dustycathedral-deactivated20230]

i have always recoiled at amazing grace because even if i was a christian, i am not about to worship a “perfect” god who made me by calling myself a wretch

[he-of-little-faith]

I was just thinking last night about "on Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand"

Way to teach people learned helplessness, guys

[youareyourown]

Just saw a Christain say “Jesus healed people to demonstrate his authority” and honestly that just about sums up evangelical Christian thought.

They read a story about a man helping others and they interpret it to be about him using the opportunity to show off his greatness instead of genuinely caring for those in need.

Stunning example of their worldview 🤡

[invertedpentagram]

christianity has deep roots in homophobia and transphobia. regardless of your personal beliefs. regardless of your community's acceptance. regardless of the lack of homophobic or transphobic text in the bible. christians have on going history of being violent towards queer people. christianity shouldn't be protected from criticism or justified hatred.

[dustycathedral-deactivated20230]

this is incredibly important !! i might fall under the category of “progressive christian” (or heretic, depending on who you talk to) even though i wouldn’t call myself that, but i cannot ignore the homophobic, transphobic, genocidal, xenophobic, sexist, slavery-condoning nature of the religion, as well as the bible itself.

it doesn’t matter how i personally interpret the bible to be affirming of queerness, etc. - christianity was and is harmful. the sacred texts that inform it, and their reading in the history of the christian tradition, are marginalizing & oppressive. then of course there is literally the entire history of christianity as a religion that kills and continues killing to this day.

i need to acknowledge that, & progressive christians need to acknowledge that, & i would say that the evangelical church needs to acknowledge it as well but tbh that whole institution needs to be burned to the ground.

no matter how much we re-interpret & expand our theology to include & not harm, the source material remains the same. & the truth is that the source material - scripture - can be interpreted to fit almost any agenda & ideology. we do not get to ignore that just because our theology causes less wounds.

*steps off soap box*

[yekkes]

Hallelujah in Shrek>every Xtian cover ever

[yekkes]

Shrek is an inherently Jewish story about Jews not being able to own land (land under the domain of the king, this is an actual and factual thing that has happened in Jewish history), being seen as less than human, perhaps monstrous. “Shrek!” Is a children’s book by a Jewish author, “shrek” is a Yiddish word meaning “fear or fright.” While admittedly the book doesn’t have these same elements of the movie (Shrek’s parent’s kick him out) the movie legitimately makes perfect sense as a parable for antisemitism and anyways I like both Shrek and Leonard Cohen and hate Xtian covers of the song :)

[koshercosplay]

"Shrek is an inherently Jewish story" is not the take I ever expected to read but damn if it isn't interesting now that I think about it

[marxism-leninism-bidenism-deact]

Imagine hating Jesus so much you cannot physically bring yourself to write out "CHRIST."

[yekkes]

Imagine being so insecure in your prosleyizing religion you can’t accept that people don’t want to write out the name of a false prophet. I’m Jewish, I don’t believe he was the messiah and he does not fulfill any of the Jewish requirements to be the moshiach anyways, which btw, was our concept first before y’all bastardized it lmao

[elfwreck]

Nobody who’s posted here hates Jesus.

A lot of us have some pretty damn salty thoughts about his fanboys, though.

[allore]

Also, using X in place of Christ is an acceptable substitution and has been for centuries. It’s only been fairly recent that some Christians have started objecting to it to feed their false persecution complex.

[lucs-madness]

love the wording on this. even asexual……. “those horrible satanists arent having sex, which is what we wanted but they’re Doing It Wrong!”

like okay i thought christians were into celibacy why is it bad when we suddenly don’t want sex at all

[howlonghaveyoubeenseventeen]

being on the other side of christianity I’m just like. why would you take something as beautiful as human life and ruin it by creating a higher power who hates your natural state of being and demands perfection with a set of standards that don’t mean anything. when you could just like. be kind and respectful to others. and enjoy being in your body. we never needed guilt and fearmongering.

[secularsasquatch]

[nous-teleios]

"My favourite pagan tradition is converting to Christianity!!1!1"

Honey, your ancestors were brutalised to get them there. It's not a flex.

[ifihadmypickofwishes]

Growing up, my pastor talked a lot about God as omniscient and omnipotent. Because the Misery Synod is always at least a little bit threatening, this manifested as "God is always watching and He knows when you do something wrong."

When I developed severe anxiety as a tween, the adults in my life were confused by my feeling that I was being judged for everything I did. Looking back, I want to shake them and ask what they expected to happen. You literally told me that; you don't get to be confused by it.

[secularsasquatch]

[secularsasquatch]

[still-leuna]

"love the sinner, hate the sin" mfs when I say I love religious people but hate religion

[pebble-moth]

every time I hear christians talk about what they think is one and only truth with burning passion all I can think about is "wow that's such a sad worldview to have"

thinking that you're born broken and "not enough" and if you don't submit yourself to god you'll suffer eternally cannot be good for your well-being

it makes me feel bad for them ngl

[hopelessromanticwithawhaletattoo]

You can’t say you care about your kids education and then send them to a part-time school that cares more about the Bible than the legal curriculum

You can’t pretend to love like Jesus and then be scared to let your kids be around someone just because they aren’t a Christian

Don’t tell me this is for the sake of your kids when it’s for the sake of yourself

If your beliefs were worth believing, you wouldn’t be so scared that others exist

[bettysgay]

Tired of “religion helps mental health” no yall COMMUNITY and BELONGING helps mental health. Feeling loved and respected and believing that the world is bigger than yourself, that is the common denominator. Start meal trains and group gatherings and clubs, don’t wait for the church to do that shit. That’s what saves people, not sky daddy.