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I hate that ‘bad dream’ just means ‘nightmare’ instead of ‘shitty quality dream.’ I had a bad dream last night. It wasn’t scary it just didn’t make a lot of narrative sense

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Hi ! I was wondering, how can you be both Jewish and atheist ? I don't have a big understanding of religion..

You can be Jewish and atheist because Judaism is not built around a test of belief.

In Christianity, belonging rests on faith in Jesus as the Son of God and savior. In Islam, it rests on accepting the shahada, that there is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet. In both, belief is the entry point. Without it, you are outside the religion.

A Methodist minister I know once told me this is why he liked my pointed questions about Christian theology. His congregants might have the same questions, but they keep them to themselves. They're afraid that asking these would expose their embarassingly imperfect faith.

Judaism is different. It doesn't require perfect faith, and it doesn't punish tough questions.

Jewish identity is more than a crucible of belief and more than a religion. It's a people, a culture, a language, and a history. You can belong by birth or by conversion...and neither path demands constant proof that you believe the right way.

Jewish thought does not measure you by what you think or feel in private. It measures you by what you do and say.

For most of Jewish history, what mattered was how you lived among other Jews. Observing holidays, keeping the laws that marked Jewish life, joining in communal obligations, and showing up when you were needed mattered far more than private theology. Private theology is...well...private. It's between you and the divine. It's not for others to judge.

Many Jews keep kosher, light Shabbat candles, or fast on Yom Kippur without believing in God. These acts aren't empty without belief because the point has always been more than belief. These rituals are a link to the centuries behind us and to the people beside us.

Debate, doubt, and disagreement are not signs of weakness in Jewish life. They are part of how it has survived.

A Jew without belief still carries the history, the obligations, and the burdens of the Jewish people. The atheist Jew is part of the same story, whether they pray every day or not at all.

What they believe may shape how they see that story, but the story is still theirs.

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“Because people have begun to lose their hopes and forget their dreams. So, the Nothing grows stronger.”

The Neverending Story (1984)

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Fic comments are also like a way of validation from the reader that you’re not a weirdo for writing fanfic. That someone was waiting for you to write that. Needed it. Weirdo4weirdo reassurance

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Candyland 1984/1997 board

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Accurate portrayl of being a teacher just so busy and tired.

Horns growing out of a student? Check to make sure medically they fine then move on

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just overheard my dad on the phone going “yeah, i’d be more than happy to buy her daughter off of you, how much would you be willing to trade her for?” and got Very Worried for a second before remembering that he manages dairy farms for a living. surely there’s gotta be a better way to word that man

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this is crazy i’m going crazy over this

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on ao3 like some of these doves aren't even wounded

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^^^^character dynamic i need to do more with .EVERYONE SEES YOUR WORTH EXCEPT FOR YOU💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

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Anishinaabe Mermaid!

This was recommended over on my TikTok! In Anishinaabe myths there are Nibiinaabe, water spirits that have human torsos and fish tails! They are also very shy and easily startled. I based this design on Anishinaabe/Ojibwa jingle dresses and rainbow trout.

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram, tiktok or check out my coloring book \ („• ֊ •„) /

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the year is 2025

scientists are still scrambling to figure out what “zigazig ahh” is so that they can give the spice girls what they really really want

the spice girls are getting impatient

war is upon us

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’kill them with kindness” WRONG. Rohirrim‼️🐴 🛡 ⚔️ 🐴⚔️🛡🐴🐴⚔️🛡🛡⚔️🐴⚔️⚔️⚔️🐴🛡🛡🐴🐴⚔️🐴🐴🐴⚔️🛡🛡⚔️🐴🐴🐴⚔️🛡🐴⚔️🛡🛡⚔️🐴

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Detail of Silk Animal Carpet, Safavid, second half 16th century. MET (ID: 14.40.721). This is one of a small group of carpets woven entirely of silk with approximately 800 knots per square inch, representing the highest level of production in sixteenth‑century Iran. In contrast to the other floral and geometric carpets in this group, this outstanding example displays a painterly approach, with images of animals in combat against a background of flowering plants. The range of animals includes lions, tigers, and rams, as well as spotted dragons and horned, deerlike beasts borrowed from Chinese art. Similar imagery appears on manuscript paintings and lacquer bookbindings produced at the same time. (MET)