threeheadedhellbound

[threeheadedhellbound]

In my experience if youre an atheist there will be many, many times in life when you are faced with the dilemma that is "i really like this person, but their religion is so woven into the fabric of who they are that I can not voice my own beliefs around them without them taking it personally and, in a lot of cases, morally." When you are faced with this dilemma, you can either shut up and never voice your own beliefs while they continue to voice theirs unimpeded, or you can risk them seeing you as a bitch.

And im telling you right now from personal experience to always choose being a bitch. No matter how much you like someone, if they can voice their beliefs freely but your own have to be locked up tight while they begrudgingly tolerate them, that's an unhealthy dynamic that is going to boil up and explode one day. And im also telling you from experience that when that explosion happens, the religious person is the one whose side everybody takes, because as an atheist you are seen as inherently aggressive and bigoted towards religious and spiritual people even and especially in "progressive" spaces.

This is not limited to religion either, this also includes if your witchy friend is allowed to talk all day about your star chart and how it determines your personality but you saying "I dont believe in spirits or astrology or spells" sends them into a death spiral

[threeheadedhellbound]

it feels like christianity’s ruined me in some way. i feel like i’ve been gutted, and had all the things that make me human torn out.

[threeheadedhellbound]

I genuinely think there was no greater insight into the modern Christian mindset than when the Pope said he very much hoped Hell was empty and he was absolutely hounded by both Catholics and Protestants outraged at the idea of a man who wanted a place of infinite suffering to have nobody in it.

[threeheadedhellbound]

we must primarily do away with many delusions that we have, starting with the myth of christian values. christian values, as they exist in today’s society, are not the values that jesus himself stood for but rather they are the byproduct of powerful people in history exerting their will, power, and desires on christianity. christianity has been recognised as a tool to control and this goes as far back as king james to henry viii to white evangelists and colonisers all the way to trump. ask trump to recite john 3:16 or 2 corinthians 5:17, or ask him what he intends to do to improve the lives of the poor. the people are being duped and lied to and deceived. in the front row of the inauguration sat the richest men in the world, followed by the cabinet. that should tell you all you need to know about the plans for the next 4 years.

[threeheadedhellbound]

what doesn't kill you makes you post on tumblr

[threeheadedhellbound]

every now and again, i try to put my grievances with christianity into a well-articulated speech but it ends up snowballing and becoming a beast of an argument. does anyone else feel this way?

[threeheadedhellbound]

sometimes i feel like there’s something wrong with me. i don’t connect with god and i have no desire to, but i see people my age so happy to know him and it feels like i’m missing something.

[threeheadedhellbound]

religions will really lay out overtly fascist ideals and concepts in their books, unapologetically, and then liberals chime in "nooo that's a misinterpretation". babe, I guarantee it's not.

[threeheadedhellbound]

Progressive Christians are like: I can't believe this centuries old institution with a history of oppressing and marginalizing women and queer folk is oppressing and marginalizing women and queer folk!

[threeheadedhellbound]

The other thing about discussing harmful things about the christian church and getting "that's not what that verse really means/that's not how that doctrine should be applied/that's not actually supported biblically/etc" back is that... at a certain point it doesn't matter. Yes there are varying beliefs within christianity (understatement with 45,000 different denominations lmao), but you don't get to claim that christianity is separate from any harmful beliefs when a lot of harmful beliefs are the majority.

You can say "the bible wasn't ever talking about gay relationships in [xyz] verses" but that doesn't make the average church actually safe and affirming for queer people. You can say "actually hell doesn't have any biblical backing" but that doesn't mean very much when like 75-80% of christians believe in hell. You can say "men and women are equal in the eyes of the Lord" but it doesn't erase the rampant misogyny in christian culture.

If the members make up the church, if members are the church, then at a certain point the cultural beliefs or majority beliefs have precedence over what was intended. You can't say "oh just ignore [belief/doctrine/interpretation/etc]" when that would be dismissing the church's most predominant collective beliefs. You don't get to just disregard harm because that "wasn't the intention". You don't get to look at the result of said harm and decide it doesn't matter because it makes you look bad.

[threeheadedhellbound]

longsuffering being a fruit of the spirit in a religion that worships an allegedly omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent god………

[threeheadedhellbound]

being angry is all i really am and it’s so tiring but i am godless and without identity

[threeheadedhellbound]

i think i’ve always told myself that i have to be measured and super consistent in everything i do, lest that make me a christian but no!!!! sorry but i am human!!!! i am not anti-religion, i am anti-christianity!!!!!!!!!! i was always like, “well you can’t really claim to critically appraise religion as a structure when you only talk about christianity.” and i was somewhat right but like, i’m not this super articulate spokesperson!!! i just hate christianity, that’s really it. yes i hate all organised religion but my BEEF is with christianity.

[threeheadedhellbound]

do you think mocking catholicism is funny

yes. next question

[threeheadedhellbound]

Dipping into the atheist/ex-religious circles of Tumblr just to see a bunch of religious mockery and misinterpretation.

Gah!

Well, glad I took the time to craft a lengthy response, poured out all my grievances in it and left it at drafts.

Very relaxing.

[threeheadedhellbound]

palestine masterpost-masterpost

i've been trying my best to collect a bunch of links to other, more structured resources about the genocide in gaza, and what you, reading this, can do about it, that i'm going to compile here.

DON'T SCROLL PAST. LOOK THROUGH THE LINKS. REBLOG.

less and less people are talking about gaza every day, but it is still a very real crisis.

education, donations, speaking out, global links (masterpost)

links to contextual articles

for americans - state/congressional contacts

how you can help palestine - donations, petitions, campaigns, upcoming protests (masterpost)

non-politically motivated charity links

canary mission

petitions and congressional contact (masterpost)

education, current news, taking action, direct action and donations, current protests (masterpost)

small monetary actions

2700 ebooks on israel and palestine, available for free

thorough article by storiesfromgaza, dated 10/30/23

targeted boycott + bds

how to find state/congressional contacts, bds, email template, donation links

sudan and congo

egypt, us/uk/canada/europe congressional contacts

direct links to help palestine

educate yourself (twitter links)

translating gaza (instagram link)

bds/targeted boycott information

compilation of palestine info and how to support it (masterpost), dated 10/28/23

latest info as of 11/3/23 and large amounts of immediate action to take (masterpost)

history of palestine and israel - articles, books, films, social media (masterpost)

socials to follow

journalists in north gaza

btselem

families in gaza to donate to

[threeheadedhellbound]

hello!! i was in a similar situation a few years ago and i was luckier because i could escape to university. i’m still in a situation like this since my parent wants me to give my life to christ (i think this is the same thing as confirmation but different denomination), and again i’ve been saying no (i also stopped going to church and that’s been difficult for my parents to enforce because again, i escaped to uni) but i recognise that i probably have a bit more freedom. all i really want to say is that your life is your own. even if you confirm today, and feel like internally unconfirming tomorrow, that is completely fine. if you decide to tell your parents that you don’t want to confirm then that is also fine. it makes sense that this feels awful and for me, it sometimes felt like a violation and someone trying to take away my agency, but when you recognise that no-one is leading your life except you and that your loyalties, beliefs and heart belong to you alone, it becomes easier to see this as a platitude rather than something that has meaning

guys my parent want me to confirm Christian

I don’t really want to, but my church is fine, and I don’t want to deal with aftermath.

I am going to, but it still feels awful for some reason