#christianity

[duckysprouts]

jesus sensing you spawn into a crowded space 2000 years in the past with a body full of vaccines: God give me strength

[halipula-aika]

[heresylog]

I don’t care if you make fun of Catholicism as long as it’s accurate! The best humour has its roots in the truth.

[cath-lic]

images that WILL go triple platinum if i have my way

[brozferatu]

My name is matpat, and I gave undertale to the Pope

[mysharona1987]

Realizing the bad guy in Se7en actually didn’t do his research.

[duckysprouts]

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” - Luke 23:34

sooo… jesus art got me to 10k on twitter😳, here is some more art, i can’t draw wolves, or clothes, or anything really

[dynamicity-keysmash]

'Tis the season to unpack some stuff about Christmas from a minority perspective:

Christmas is a Christian holiday. The fact that many celebrate it in an irreligious way (which is valid!) does not change its origins, connotations, symbolism, nor what it has historically meant for religious minorities.

The idea that Christmas is "secular" (read: neutral) is a product of Christian hegemony and the blindness of many in Christian countries to the permeation of Christianity as "default" culture.

When someone says they don't celebrate Christmas since it's a Christian holiday, it is not actually reassuring or helpful to say something along the lines of "oh well it's just a secular day of family & presents for everyone! So you can celebrate it too!"

Though the above statement is usually well-intentioned, it is often distressing to hear because it is untrue and is erasing our lived experiences. The reflexive effort to make Christmas universal is a cultural reverberation of the millennia-old evangelizing effort to make Christianity universal, and as such, can be very uncomfortable for religious minorities.

[animentality]

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

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edit: if you've come back to reblog from source or something. GET LOVED NERD and God bless you in the days to come

[heresylog]

I asked my directress about the Old Testament. I said, “So Jonathan and David.”

She rolls her eyes. “They’re just friends.”

“Interesting that you would say that.”

“I know how your mind works.”

[brunhielda]

Knowing who Jesus was historically helps identify issues he may have faced in his life and how he dealt with them biblically.

Even more important to all of us is who he was as a PERSON.

If you are useing who he is historically to make an argument that is antithetical to who he was as a person and who he taught us to be, you are missing the WHOLE ASS POINT.

I’d rather see “Jesus as” depictions all day long than listen to someone sticking the Pharisees words in his mouth.

At least then we are acknowledging that we have been imaging him in whatever form is most soothing to us all along.

Gender Nonconforming Jesus: A look at art history. CW: religion, transphobia, artistic nudity, depictions of open wounds (Long post)

Here’s a link to the original comic: Trans Jesus

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

Any of you heresy blogs want to chime in on this

[dailyeffectiveprayer]

Rest. God is handling every detail.

[theic-manic]

Better yet, take the resources used for missionary work and pour them into societal action such as:

- Clothing, feeding and housing the homeless

- advocating for long-term, meaningful change

- holding the corrupt in power accountable

Without the Jesus marketing, just be open to answering questions about your faith by anyone who is curious.

Luke 19:10, Jeremiah 31:3, John 6:44 and 12:32 might be relevant here.

Furthermore, cease Sunday Schools and other religious programs for children outside of the family home. (I'm not going to tell people how to run their own households)

Consent applies to religious faith, too. Don't force it onto anyone.

"and that's what missionary work SHOULD look like" no it shouldn't exist at all actually. even within their own country. preying on homeless people and the ill is bad too yknow? can't believe that's something i have to explain.

the whole "just lead by example and people might be interested in joining" thing still fundamentally surrenders to the idea that spreading Christianity is good and important (it's not!)