#interfaith

[unbidden-yidden]

In light of that ask, to my fellow jumblr folks: reblog if you are Jewish and stand in solidarity with Muslims against Islamophobia and believe that it is ethically, morally, and religiously important to do so. Reblog if you, too, view this as part of the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. ♡

[gaelic-symphony]

The past few months have been an absolute nightmare for Jews all over the world, but one thing that’s kept me hopeful and strong is the amount of Jewish-Hindu solidarity I’ve seen. Solidarity between Jews and Hindus is by no means a new phenomenon—it’s not just coincidence that India is one of the few places on Earth where Jews have consistently been fairly safe for most of history. But when it feels like the whole world hates us, it’s comforting to know that there are people out there we can count on to be our allies, to understand what it means to be part of an ethnoreligious group with a long and often ignored history of being oppressed and colonized by both Christian and Muslim empires.

So if you are a Hindu reading this, and you’ve spoken out against antisemitism and/or reached out to offer support to the Jews in your life in the past few months, thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. We see you, and we love you!

[ainsi-soit-il]

Feel free to tag with your answer, rationale, and with your religious affiliation.

Please reblog this if you vote; I would like a larger sample size.

[samwisethewitch]

There's a special kind of irony in me, a pagan, preparing kosher food so my Jewish brother-in-law will have something to eat at my family's Christmas potluck.

[heathersdesk]

How would I describe my religious beliefs?

I'm a revolutionary socialist Latter-day Saint who is reconnecting with historical worship and practice that was anti-racist, feminist, and inclusive, while simultaneously decolonizing later contributions that were either xenophobic trauma responses brought about by polygamy or exports from Protestant evangelical Christianity; in partnership with other Latter-day Saints who are expanding that definition of inclusion to embrace our LGBTQ+ community and history, together with interfaith leaders who are engaged in similar processes with their congregations.

But that doesn't fit in a bio, so I just keep calling myself LDS and Mormon interchangeably as a shorthand for "I may be religious, but no one is the boss of me," which is perfectly understood within my own community because our leadership is on a "Don't say Mormon" kick right now, but it means nothing to interfaith people who hear Mormon and instantly think "radically conservative, sheltered door knocking dorks, possibly a polygamist," which is valid while still being unreliable in its accuracy because it represents many, MANY different schisms and communities that most people don't know about. Not unlike the Hicksite or Mennonite distinctions for Quakers and Anabaptists, respectively, for those who are familiar.

I'm a chaos of theology that I've ferreted from Mormonism, which is already a maximalist stuff room full of trinkets and doodads, as well as those from other faiths because I enjoy experiencing the sacred with anyone who is also seeking it, but in a way that respectfully Leaves No Trace and honors the dignity in absolutely everyone.

So yeah. Original sin can eat my shorts. God is the title of my Daddy AND Mommy. Scripture has no inherent authority. There is no hell and one of my biggest motivations for the afterlife is to be reunited with all of my cats. The heavens are open and God speaks to all, bitches! Brigham Young was a racist and he owes me a fight in a Wendy's parking lot. Let's gooooooo!

[asocial-skye]

this is strictly between christian denominations ex. anglican and catholic

reblog with your answer and your religion

[lgbtqiamuslimpedia]

Muhsin Hendricks

Birth : Unknown

Ethnicity : South Asian, African

Alumni : University of Islamic Studies, Karachi (1990-1994)

Gender : Cisgender man

Sexuality : Homosexual

Occupation : Imam, scholar, human rights activist, interfaith activist

Muhsin Hendricks is an Islamic scholar, researcher & human rights activist.He is called world's first Gay Imam. He has done independent research on Islam and sexual diversity, an area that does not often get explored in the Muslim/Islamic world. He has also delivered many papers and facilitated workshops on Islam and Sexual Diversity to many organizations in South Africa, USA and Europe. Muhsin is founder of The Inner Circle/Al-fitrah Foundation, the largest organization for LGBTQI+ Muslims in Africa & CCI Network, a network of inclusive muslims, faith leaders & activist. He founded the first gender-affirming, queer-friendly mosque in South Africa (the mosque is affiliated with organization Al-fitrah Foundation).

[divinum-pacis]

August 15, 2023: Yoruba priestess Aina-Nia leads a water ceremony by Lake Michigan as part of the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago. During the ceremony, which recognized the sacredness of water, water from different parts of the world was combined and poured into the lake.

Photo by Lauren Pond

[revlyncox]

Today we’re committing to a moral revival with the Poor People’s Campaign in New Jersey. Many thanks to Turning Point Methodist Church in Trenton for hosting. We demand a living wage, affordable housing, health care for all, environmental justice, and just immigration policy. Forward together, not one step back!

[unbidden-yidden]

Someone private messaged me to ask what prayers might be appropriate for Christians to offer during this time that would be welcomed and not feel like yet another Christian incursion or usurpation of Judaism, which is an excellent question.

So it's traditional in Judaism to recite Tehillim (Psalms) during troubled times, especially when other Jews are in distress. Given that your book has Psalms in it as well, I think this is actually a good interfaith way to contribute without crossing lines. My rabbi recommended to us Psalms 6, 20, 46, 79, 83, 121 and/or 130 as being particularly appropriate and traditional.

Other people might disagree, but that's my suggestion anyway.

[thatmezuzaluvr]

my wonderful partner has been getting more and more interested in jewish things (which makes my heart so happy)

so she went to synagogue with me today for the first time ever!!

and she thought it was awesome, she told me she loves the music and that she’ll definitely come again with me 🥹

[askjumblr]

tips on celebrating a secular Christmas without blaspheming? im seeking to convert when I go to college, but I live in a household of fully Christians. i can't tell them about my decision until I am legally an adult so they see it as an adult decision. so... tips in the meantime?

- @startheconvert

Not sure about OP's intended level of observance, so just state your FOR when you answer please.

[embervoices]

May your holy season be bright, peaceful, and loving, whoever you share it with, whatever you celebrate!

Tonight my household has the Advent altar lit, and I have given extra candles to my gods on the Community Well Being altar:

[heathersdesk]

NO, REALLY. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR RELIGION.

I'm coming to an understanding that I'm on the spectrum somewhere and religion is my special interest. Like, the amount of information I possess on all kinds of Christian denominations is not normal, I'm realizing. Between all the experimentation my family has done, the invites from friends that I always accepted, my own experimentation, being in a fringe Christian community that many people don't really recognize as Christian, living abroad in South America to see the permutations of Christianity that exist there, and deep dives I've done on my own into various religious movements my ancestral family members have belonged to, I've got a library in here 👉🧠👈 on various Christian traditions. It also includes Judaism and Biblical Hebrew (which I did in college), and what I'll call a trinket box of stuff I've collected about Islam and Buddhism from the wild. I want to know more about Islam inside and outside of the Middle East, as well as more east Asian religions I've largely only been exposed to by name only.

I probably(?!) know more than the average person on a large number of Christian traditions. I always want to know more. I'm in a constant state of trying to get people to infodump on their religious traditions in a culture that teaches (but in no way enforces) that it's rude to talk about religion.

[worldmyworld001]

[twojackals]

I am a Multitude

Let's talk about my history with Islam, just for shits and giggles, because I have a funny feeling there's some people in (or outside of) my life who don't fully understand where that association comes from.

I reverted to Islam round about 2009 if I'm not misremembering. Reversion is the same as conversion, it's just that "revert" is a term suggesting everyone is meant to be Islamic from birth and thus someone "converting" is in fact going back to what is the default -- a reversion, if you will. I used the term then, so I'm using the term now.

I had previously been a Kemetic Pagan for about 10 years at that point, with 8 of those years being onward in a formal Kemetic organized religion, though I was a few years out already of having left that organization for the first time.

I did not enter Islam lightly. It was a long process over a couple of years getting to the point where I wanted to revert, and it was quite the tough decision to finally take my Shahada and make that complete step into the faith full-time. I took that step seriously, with a lot of forethought and no impulse, and I really did go in with a complete belief as well.

I was full-on Muslim for 3 - 4 years with no multi-trad tendencies, but slowly my Kemeticism came back to me and I started to mix the two together.

I returned to the Kemetic organized religion around the Kemetic New Year in 2019. Again nothing I did was rushed or impulsive, I had taken quite a bit of time before going back to understand where I was going and why, and I stayed there for about 4 years depending, culminating in the disastrous exit based on that organization's massive failure in just so many areas.

It took me a couple of months, but after I left that organization, I started to realize what a bizarre identity I had built up around myself over the last 4 years: this weird, single-focus, single-tradition identity as if there was nothing about myself that was "other". I only had Kemetic friends, only focused on Kemetic Deities and Kemetic practice, only did Kemetic things, only, only, only... and when I lost that "only" thing in a way (or I separated from what was a large integration in my life over the last 4 years), I felt lost.

For a moment.

Truthfully, on the inside, I was never "only". On the inside, I've always been multi-trad, whether that's my Scottish Folk Magic that has been partially passed down to me (that's a whole other discussion!), my Islamic traditions that I never gave up (no matter how long I was in that Kemetic organization, I never gave up my Salah and several other things as well -- it's just that I never talked about it, because Polytheists and Pagans tend to have chips on their shoulders about the Big 3), my Kemetic traditions -- my heart has always been multi-trad.

I've always made every choice in my life in terms of spirituality with careful study and consideration, and I've always wondered how that ended me up here... but now, I've been enjoying over the last 6 months being able to embrace the facts about myself, and I can be a multitude (at least for now), that no one can put me into a box, and I will continue to explore that no matter what anyone thinks about that.

I am not one thing.

I am many.

And that's ok. Some people will tell me it isn't, and they are what I like to call "wrong".

I have a necklace written in Arabic calligraphy that says "Indeed, I am near". I think that says everything I really need to know about the Divine right now.

I am going to explore this world the way I want to explore it.