#religion
If your god exists and loves you,
then why do you have to put the fear of your god into someone in order to motivate them to do “good” things?
#Religion #Questions
Yet another #Catholic #Diocese files for bankruptcy citing child sexual abuse cases.
Today, it’s Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese in #SantaRosa
#California
Fighting victims, hiding assets, and filing for bankruptcy are the #pattern in #church sexual abuse cases
Oklahoma approves first taxpayer-funded religious school in US
🏙 Region: Darmstadt, Germany
🏛️ POI: Ludwigskirche
❓ What's the most historically significant sight you've visited?
➡ Go on a sightseeing adventure in Darmstadt: https://visitsights.com/sightseeing-tours/Germany/Darmstadt?mtm_campaign=mastodon
#️⃣ #Religion #Sights #Heritage #Darmstadt #Sightseeing #PlaceOfWorship #Building #Travel #Germany #Christian #Amenity #Historic #Church
© Credits: Wikimedia / Nicolas17 / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Frog Shrine in Japan #shorts https://www.alojapan.com/836842/frog-shrine-in-japan-shorts/
#frog #Japan #JapanTravel #japantrip #Japanese #japanesetourism #LifeinJapan #Niigata #Niigatadestinations #Niigatatour #Niigatatravel #Niigatatrip #Niigatavacation #onlyinjapan #prayer #religion #Shrine #unusual #virtualtour #VisitJapan #WalkinJapan #WalkingTour #worship #新潟 #日本
The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Exploring the Profound Phenomenon of Near-Death Experiences
Researchers define a near-death experie... #Calmness #Death #Religion #Selfesteem #Spirit #Spiritual https://www.knewtoday.net/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-exploring-the-profound-phenomenon-of-near-death-experiences/?feed_id=12160&_unique_id=647e3a1641ee0
It's that you're not exactly, 100%, precisely on the same page as them, therefore you're the #enemy. You're right, it's quite a leap.
It's the old Emo Phillips joke, but playing out in real life.
https://www.douglasjacoby.com/heretic-scum/
Inside the #fundamentalist #Christian #movement that wants to #remake #Canadian #politics
#InternalDocument reveals #ambitions of #antiLGBTQ #Hategroup that is part of #populist #movement
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #Hategroups #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/fundamentalist-christian-movement-1.6793677
🏙 Region: Prague, Czechia
🏛️ Tourist attraction: Panna Maria Vítězná
❓ What is the best time of year to take a sightseeing tour?
➡ Don't wait to see the sights of Prague: https://visitsights.com/sights/Czechia/Prague?mtm_campaign=mastodon
#️⃣ #Amenity #Sights #Christian #Czechia #PlaceOfWorship #Religion #Sightseeing #Travel #Prague #Heritage
© Credits: Wikimedia / VitVit / CC BY-SA 4.0
#LGBTQ vs. #Religion: How a #gay #guidancecounselor's #firing could affect millions of #Workers.
— The #court should #revisit their earlier rulings that allowed the #church to massively expand who is considered a #minister, limiting it due to abuse to #religiously #ordained #individuals only!
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
#Trans #Catholic #forced to #leave #church after #reverend’s #antiLGBTQ+ #sermon
The #trans #congregant told the reverend, “That was really #hurtful... You #baptized me."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
Wir haben die Bundeslade aber keiner darf sie sehen. Kommt betet und lasst Geld da. #Religion
I Was A #Queer #Pastor For 15 Years. Then The #DeathThreats Began.
“#‘Stay and #fight,’ some #queer #congregants begged me. But I’d fought valiantly for 15 years, and those stained-glass walls were caging me in.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/i-was-a-queer-pastor-for-15-years-then-the-death-threats-began_uk_647d9f72e4b02325c5e1bb40
#Curriculum that mentions #Assassinated #gay #rights #leader #HarveyMilk #blocked by Southern #California #schoolboard even though even he’s only mentioned in book’s supporting materials.
Members of the #Conservative #Christian #Majority baselessly calls him “a pedophile.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate
This past weekend, STLtoday continued looking deeper into plans to reshape the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
In print, I mapped where parishes were being subsumed and merged in #StLouis city and county — and where they weren't.
And online we charted the networks of parishes that will be sharing pastors.
#localjournalism #journalism #news #localnews #stl #religion #catholic #infographics #maps #dataviz #visualization #datajournalism
How #President #JoeBiden has #navigated #LGBTQ #issues as a #Catholic #President
President Biden, only the second #Catholic #president in #US #history, is navigating #LGBTQ #issues in a way that has at times labeled him a #champion and at others labeled him as #BehindTheTimes.
@walterdunham @ShekinahCanCook Thank you for sharing that. I agree that tolerance is a start. The next step for the Roman Catholic Church (and other denominations and faiths) is #affirmation
"We won't judge you despite who you are" isn't enough; it has to be "We celebrate and welcome you because of who you are."
The errors in #religion are dangerous, those in #philosophy only ridiculous. - David Hume
In einer offenen Aufgabe in einer Lernerfolgskontrolle in Klasse 9 lese ich immer wieder, dass es im Christentum darum gehe, möglichst wenig Sünden zu begehen, damit man in den Himmel komme. – Von mir haben die Jugendlichen das nicht!
Aber irgend woher müssen die das doch haben? Wer bringt den Kindern solch – auch theologisch – völlig überholten Unsinn bei. Wird Religion immer noch als »Angstmacher« zu Erziehungszwecken missbraucht?
Bin da etwas ratlos. #religion #religionedu #relilab #fedilz
I’m not sure, but I don’t think that is what Jesus had in mind, at least not according to what I have read and heard so far.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/jesus-in-the-lgbtq-political-arena-with-donald-trump-really-ac27dc400e54?sk=88e805d2dc6f1849e9d40855909b2ced
#LGBTQ #Politics #Religion #JesusChrist #Equality
US doesn't make list of safest countries for #LGBTQ rights in 2023. #Travel #Safety #Hate #Bigotry #Religion #CivilRights
Across the world, criminal sentences for same-sex acts, for certain forms of sexual orientation and minority gender expression can range from fines or several months in prison to life in jail, from whipping to the death penalty. In some countries, laws are vague and open to interpretation. In others, it's the exact opposite. In Russia, for example, where same-sex acts have been legal since 1993, the government actively targets LGBTQ people and communities through discriminatory propaganda and fines for not having "traditional values."
Pink News: Mormon couple savagely mocked after flying ‘family values flag’ during Pride Month https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/05/mormon-flag-pride-month/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #Pridemonth #Community #Religion #mormon #Pride #News #US
#Cdnpoli #Religion #Christianity #VanillaISIS
Inside the fundamentalist Christian movement that wants to remake Canadian politics.
Vanilla ISIS, biological suicide bombers, will ultimately lead to more injuries, deaths and blood flowing in Canadian streets.
These biological stealth bombers - far right, Danielle Smith, Pierre Poilievre - killed 1000s during the pandemic .
The only issue is whose blood will it be in future ,yours , your kids, or theirs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/fundamentalist-christian-movement-1.6793677
This is where I completely lose my forgiving atheistic leanings and have no sympathy or affinity whatsoever for organized religion. Eff these sick, violent, small-minded people who can't sort out their own shit without involving everyone else in it.
The Damned said it best in their punk rant 'AntiPope':
"Religion doesn't mean a thing / It's just another way of being right wing"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/fundamentalist-christian-movement-1.6793677
#QAnon, Chaos and #theCross: #Christianity and #ConspiracyTheories with Dr. Michael Austin and Dr. Gregory Bock
https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan/episode/qanon-chaos-and-the-cross-christianity-and-conspiracy-theories-with-dr-michael-austin-and-dr-gregory-bock-304102406
#religion #christian #MAGA #cult
Abteikirche von Mont-Saint-Michel feiert 1.000. Geburtstag https://orf.at/stories/3319182/ #Religion
Zahl der Papst-Wähler schrumpft https://orf.at/stories/3319178/ #Religion
Wir (das Team von #rpivirtuell ) sind beim #kirchentag in Nürnberg und bringen eine AR-App passend zum Kirchentagsmotto mit:
https://news.rpi-virtuell.de/2023/06/05/zeitansagen-reli-ar-app/
Spirit Communication Discernment Tips:
If you're new to spirit work, you may wonder how you can verify if the entity communicating with you is real or a figment of your imagination.
An easy way to check is to ask questions that are
1. Verifiable (meaning you can find the answer through research)
2. Discrete (meaning there's only one right answer).
3. Obscure (meaning it'd be difficult to just guess the right answer without some prior knowledge)
And make sure you ask a question that you don't already know the answer to!
If you're given the right answer, it's less likely that you're pulling nonsense from your own mind.
#spirit #SpiritWork #spiritual #spirituality #occult #magick #religion
@andreaskyriacou @exception
#religion #Religionsfreiheit
Das hört sich spannend an! Freue mich auf die Lektüre...
Religions should be like, “Hi, in this part of the world we tell theses stories about why we are here, where we are going, how things came to be and how we think you live a good life!” And then others are like, “Hey, that’s cool! Here are our stories, let’s exchange and share!“.
They are all just stories, anyway.
And then no one would think that their stories are the only true stories and get mad enough to hurt, maim, discriminate, control, imprison, shun, bully, make fun of or even kill others for. Imagine…
#Imagine #Religion #Acceptance #Understanding #WeAreAllTheSame #DiversityIsBeautiful #TheyAreJustStories
You can now follow my blog within the fediverse. If you're interested in theology, philosophy, and art, then you might enjoy it!
My blogging—no longer in preparation for preliminary exams because I PASSED BABY!—continues this summer.
First off, #GodHumanAnimalMachine, Megan O'Gieblyn's compelling examination of #AI, #metaphor, and #transhumanism, which reveals the shared history and oppressive purpose of Calvinist doctrines of predestination and the apocalyptic transhumanism of our #tech overlords
#books #religion #SummerReading #philosophy
https://bennettmcintosh.bearblog.dev/god-human-animal-machine/
Jesus Fables | #Jesus #Myth-Telling with #Bible Scholar Richard C. Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICKWpqzo59E
Groundbreaking book: "#Resurrection and Reception in Early #Christianity." With a flair for #intellectual acrobatics, he fearlessly navigates the treacherous waters of comparative #mythology, unmasking the awe-inspiring parallels between the resurrection narratives of Jesus and the enchanting translation #fables of #Greek and #Roman #lore.
#SUNDAYSCHOOL #christian #religion
If you really wanted to know God, you'd be studying science. Because that's how God works. #sacrilegesunday #science #religion #philosophy #atheism #humanism #skepticism #NikolaTesla
"We the people, in order to form a more perfect Union, demand you be labeled a corporate"conservative" and loosely interpit the Bible to include Gun manufacturing and sales."
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Riverside, California in an impasto oil painting - wall art print poster
#firstchurchofchrist #christianscience #scientistchurch #riversidechurch #christian #science #church #riverside #riversidecalifornia #california #downtownriverside #mission #revivalstyle #historic #landmark #palmtrees #impastooil #riversideca #bluesky #buildingexterior #architecture #religion #artprints #ayearforart #artforsale #buyintoart #artworks
A buff sandstone stele of a king with an offering.
c11th century AD, from #Khajuraho in Central #India to be auctioned by Bonhams in their #Paris sale of 12th June 2023, estimate €450,000-550,000.
The Chandella Dynasty which ruled #Bundelkhand in #MadhyaPradesh #Bihar & #UttarPradesh flourished as a rich & vibrant state, taking #Literature #Arts & Civil works to a very high level.
#AncientIndia #IndianHertitage #Art #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #IndianCulture
Faith & Religion, My personal feelings as a trans person:
I was raised Catholic in New England. In my early teen years i drifted away from this but thankfully my family didn't have much of an issue with it. I was a punk and i think they saw i was just on a different path.
Now 48 years old i've met people of just about every faith there is in my life and gotten along with most fine. I try to treat everyone with respect regardless of their faith, religion or lack thereof. It's none of my business as far as i'm concerned and as long as people treat me with respect i don't see why i shouldn't do the same. It just seems like the right thing to do.
There's obviously a lot of hate directed towards people like me and all other LGBT folks from religious organizations, as well as some believers who want to silence or remove us from existence.
This obviously bothers me but i refuse to judge everyone of faith, no matter what it may be because others are using that same faith to dismiss my rights.
I have friends who are very vocal critics of religion and all faith but tbh at points in my life i've sought to find meaning and looked into different types of faiths to explore if that's where i found a connection.
I didn't but i value that experience of having done so, the freedom to do so. While i can't say i understand religion, i do understand why people may find some sort of peace in it and for those who do, and retain their ability to treat others as equals regardless of their gender identity or orientation, i respect them and am happy for them.
Just because i'm trans, punk rock and do my own thing doesn't mean i'm unable to be cool with others doing theirs. As long as people aren't trying to force it on others or take away rights of others based on their world view, i have no issue at all with faith or religion.
It's just simply not my deal is all.
I believe in mutual respect and the separation of Church and State.
My two most recent purchases. I will get back to you after I read them.
Something I wrote a while ago about my feelings re the Church ie Christianity vs Churchianity. I was raised in a home with zealous Greek Orthodox parents - especially my mother.
https://dodona777.com/2020/01/22/the-curve-of-my-hearts-desire/
#Cdnpoli #Religion #Christianity #LGBTQ #CatholicSexualAbuse
The breath and width of Catholic Crimes & Cover ups is mind boggling. while still ongoing and abused baby bodies are being found buried all over Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases_by_country
In a new display of pragmatism, Jech (Rev. Kerry Jech of Marshalltown) and others like him who didn't support Trump in 2016 say the former president is no less imperfect a man now, but that his action on policy they hold dear may erase questions about his moral character.¹
Says it all, really. Trump might be an unrepentant sinner bound for Hell, but as long as he backs what the good preachers of the USA want, he's their man.
#Trump #Religion #USA #Evangelicals
1: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-iowa-evangelicals-bond-hard-break-98520309
If you had to be obsessed with money, sex, sports, religion, or food, which one would you choose?
#CriticalQuestions #Quiz #PubQuiz #Obsession #Money #Sex #Sports #Religion #Food #StayHome #StaySafe #StayHomeStaySafe
3 June 1942 | 58 prisoners - Polish priests and monks - were transferred to Dachau concentration camp. It was the third and the last transport of clergy from Auschwitz to Dachau.
At least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns were imprisoned at #Auschwitz. Teresa Wontor Cichy, from our Research Center talks about the fate of Christian clergy & religious life in the camp.
#Auschwitz #history #podcast #priests #clergy #Dachau #religion
Even if you believe #God heals, don't you think it's more likely that it would use humans as a tool to act here on earth? When was the last time it parted the clouds and physically intervened in human affairs? Why would we even have doctors and medicine if prayer was all we ever needed? Either take your kids to the doctor when they're sick, or don't have any in the first place.
https://time.com/8750/faith-healing-parents-jailed-after-second-childs-death/
Religion has no place in our public schools or in our public discourse. It’s long past time their hateful shit be banished.
Anyone who makes the CHOICE to be religious has no right to inflict it upon us, and they especially have no right to deny anyone their right to be who they are. #hate #religion #Canada #pride #HumanRights
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pride-flags-schools-1.6861990
India’s PM Narendra Modi to address US Congress
Sarah Bakewell's 'Humanly Possible: Seven hundred years of humanist freethinking, enquiry and hope' is a wondrous and wild book. My mini-review: https://bookrastinating.com/user/pivic/review/169012#anchor-169012
#SarahBakewell #humanism #philosophy #history #religion #anthropology @bookstodon
Al Dana Mosque, Abu Dhabi
During the day, the high oculus brings daylight into the space, which are spotlighted across the interior’s floor depending on the time of day, forming a spiritual connection between the “earthy interior and the heavenly skies”
#Islam #architecture #uae #art #modernart #traditionalart #travel #culture #faith #religion #spirituality
“The Pope’s Exorcist” stars Russell Crowe as Rev. Gabriele Amort, who served as the exorcist for the Diocese of Rome from 1986 until his death in 2016.
Amorth claimed to have performed over 100,000 exorcisms, and played a major role in normalizing the practice.
Research shows that orphanage founders, tour companies and mission organizations often benefit most when the goal of serving vulnerable children is not accomplished.
Further, Western missionaries and volunteers are encouraged to behave toward “orphans” in ways that further increase their risk of abuse.
Here's more about what experts call the “orphan industrial complex”:
#nonprofits #evangelicals #religion #charity
https://theconversation.com/whether-or-not-a-man-convicted-of-abusing-african-orphans-is-exonerated-the-missionary-system-that-brought-him-to-kenya-was-always-deeply-flawed-199934
I came across a pamphlet in Singapore flea market, "The World Red Swastika Society Prospectus" (世界紅卍字會) - this is a fascinating religious and philanthropic organization tied to one of China's salvationist religious groups, was founded in 1920s. Name obviously doesn't travel well. Read their presentation of their own organization in the scanned version of the pamphlet I put on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/the-world-red-swastika-society-prospectus
#histodons #asianists #china #internetarchive #religion #chinesehistory
‘We created man—We know what his soul whispers to him: We are closer to him than his jugular vein’
I really enjoyed Zachary V. Wright's "Realizing Islam" and recommend it to anyone doing research on the early modern period (especially in North Africa) - not only on #Sufism, but on #intellectualhistory and #religion in general.
You can read my short review here: https://readingreligion.org/9781469660820
Meanwhile, over on the dead bird, it appears the transformation of #Jesus is complete. #religion #ChristianNationalism #hate #birdsite
‘Fight not over’: India rape survivor in fear as attackers jailed
"The Christian conservatives advocating for more religion in the schools are doing so in the name of religious freedom. The way they define that freedom could lead to prayer becoming commonplace at public schools all over the country."
Linda K. Wertheimer for The Hechinger Report: https://hechingerreport.org/the-sneaky-school-prayer-renaissance/
#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Religion #Faith #Schools #Louisiana
Can states use public money to fund religious charter schools? More advocates are pushing to find out.
Historically, using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
Trial begins for gunman in massacre at US Tree of Life synagogue
Christian homeschooling isn’t just a cover for child abuse, it is child abuse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2023/christian-home-schoolers-revolt/
Sad that Oregon features prominently in the run up to Uganda's horrifying 'Kill the gays' legislation, in that Scott Lively of the bad old days of Lon Mabon and the Oregon Citizen's Alliance has been succeeding in selling his hateful poisonous snake oil in Africa priming an entire nation for self-hate and generations of abuse of its own.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/scott-lively
#oregon #lively #lgbt #hate #discrimination #uganda #politics #religion #rwnj
I love a hot take as much as the next guy, but most of the shots against #religion are embarrassingly simplistic and reductive. You may not agree with religion or even believe they should exist, but they are a rich and deep collection of thinking about the world. Everyone is acting like an edgy high school kid…with about as much knowledge of #theology or #history
I have a lot of issues with religion too, but I don’t pretend it’s as simple as “omg those people are soooooo dumb/evil!”
"Almost 376 years to the day after the first person in the original 13 colonies was executed for witchcraft, nearly all of Connecticut’s state Senate voted to absolve those convicted and killed for witchcraft or familiarity with the devil."
#Connecticut #christianity #witchcraft #history #religion
https://ctmirror.org/2023/05/25/ct-senate-absolves-accused-witchcraft/
WashPost: The revolt of the #Christian home-schoolers: They were taught that public schools are evil. Then a #Virginia couple defied their families and enrolled their kids.
"Through their influence, a practice with roots in the countercultural left took on a very different character. Among conservative Christians, #homeschooling became a tool for binding children to fundamentalist beliefs they felt were threatened by exposure to other points of view. ... But what should be a moment of triumph for conservative Christian home-schoolers has been undermined by an unmistakable backlash: the desertion and denunciations of the very children they said they were saving."
Clashes at ancient China mosque over planned demolition
#Uganda’s #president #YoweriMuseveni signs #Anti-#LGBTQIA #Homosexuality #Bill into #law: ‘How many will #die?'
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia
#EmptyThePews
Here's a bit about me.
I write a blog.
I record a podcast.
I used to be on another instance, but I migrated back over here when it just didn't feel lively enough to me. I lean liberal. I read books. I'm kinda religious, but don't identify as anything in particular.
“Turkey's #Islamist leader Mr #Erdogan has a bond with his followers…religious #conservatives…
‘We were blessed by the fact that our president is again leading us,’ said Hatice Duran, 50…smiling broadly beneath her headscarf.
Now he is newly emboldened…and the Kremlin is celebrating…
In his victory speech he insisted ‘only #Turkey was the winner’—but he lost no time in attacking the opposition and the #LGBTQ community…”
A psychologist and religionist, I'm fond of saying that if we take religious language literally, we're not taking it seriously enough.
There's a range of uses and styles, but by and large mythic and "supernatural" imagery and stories are actually less about explaining the things we experience in life, and more about getting us to connect with and appreciate being alive.
(in response to... https://mstdn.social/@RadicalAnthro@c.im/110446656593410536)
Did someone say oddities? For #Newstodon Friday we'll bring back our investigation into the Cult of the Toad Shaman and the potentially harmful usage of #psychedelic substances by barely-trained "therapists": https://www.texasobserver.org/bufo-brooke-tarrer-universal-shamans-new-tomorrow-psychedelics/
@ProPublica @TheConversationUS @gbhnews @damemagazine @TucsonSentinel @thexylom
I find it fascinating that many theists have a big problem with the idea that humans, apes and monkeys share a common ancestor, but no problems at all with the idea that a man was created from the dust of the earth, nor with a woman created from a rib of that man.
“If Jesus were walking the earth today, John, I believe he would want a water park to minister to his followers.”
From the May/June 2023 issue of our magazine, a veteran @NPR correspondent shares his misadventures covering #religion in America during the rise of Trumpism: https://www.texasobserver.org/npr-religion-christian-nationalism-john-burnett/
(📸 Photo by John Burnett)
#NPR #Trump #fascism #extremism #news #journalism #JournoLife #politics #USpol #Christianity #WhiteSupremacy
The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race w/ Mary-Jane Rubenstein
One of the best interviews I have listend to this year.
#space #spacerace #capitalism #religion #colonialism @parismarx
“… goes down in flames…”
“A closely-watched and controversial piece of legislation in #Texas that would have required public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom failed to pass on Tuesday night…
The bill could theoretically be reintroduced, but there is very little time left in in legislative session to do so.“ #religion #SeparationOfChurchAndState https://www.rawstory.com/texas-ten-commandments-bill/
Sex Abuse in Catholic Church: Over 1,900 Minors Abused in Illinois, State Says
#Chicago #Illinois #Religion
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/illinois-catholic-church-sex-abuse.html
The Southern Baptists continue to experience the declining membership that has plagued them since 2006. Could it be that fewer young people are eager to be part of something that is often associated with bigotry?
#christian #bigotry #humanism #church #religion
https://www.atheistrev.com/2023/05/are-southern-baptists-facing-crisis-as.html
Punko’s #Haikoot Thread.
Experiment: Going to post and collect my #Haikoots here, in a thread that I will build upon by responding to this initial post.
I will be reaching back into my collection and reposting #Haiku I am fond of that were flushed with the #TooterRooter as well as new material.
I hope you get something from these.
Note: I do not #CW my haiku; addressed are (among other things)- #Suicide #Death #Loss #Grief #MentalHealth #Observations #Religion #Climate - fair warning.
Today is #WorldBeeDay & so an interesting piece of information.
#DoYouKnow that 'Brahmari' is the #Hindu Goddess of #Bees
In #Yoga, she is represented by 'Pranayama', a type of breathing exercise through nose making a sound like a #Bee buzzing!
Like in this c1740 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Chamba now at Bhuri Singh #Museum #HimachalPradesh #India
#IndianMythology #Art #MastoArt #IndianHertitage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Religion #Hinduism #BeeDay #IndianCulture #Paintings
Recently had to get a new computer so new patrons would be AWESOME to defray...
Full access at #Patreon to my work in progress, my books(including the banned ones available nowhere else), weird experiments no one else will see, & more for JUST 5 bucks. You should become a patron now.
http://www.patreon.com/jlroberson
http://www.jlroberson.org
#comics #Lulu #Vladrushka #SuzySpreadwell #art #painting #posters #prints #wip #graphicnovel #comedy #smut #erotica #tragedy #Satan #Jesus #religion #soviet #russian
Normally, I write SF and fantasy. But way back in 2008, my brother and I started swapping emails arguing the merits of Christianity vs Secular Humanism, addressing all the big subjects like evolution, government, education, good and evil, life after death, and science. We did this until 2016. Finally, this week it became a published book (with pseudonyms) called "Pull No Punches; Christianity versus Secular Humanism."
Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Pull-No-Punches.../dp/B0C5LMWZQN
Until we can rid ourselves of this monstrous idea we call "the economy" we are utterly fucked.
WOW.
#religion
#CatholicLeague and Sen. #MarcoRubio launch #holywar against #Dodgers #PrideNight and The #SistersofPerpetualIndulgence
The #Sisters have #ministered to #AIDS #patients in the 1980s and #underserved #groups since then, and #Catholics are apparently angry about this.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate
It didn't take long for the glitz and glamour of the coronation to fade, and for the Church of England to find itself back in the quagmire of abuse scandals.
Since I'm new to Calckey, looks like it's time for an introduction!
—About Me—
💜 Name: Gabrielle
🪪 Age: 25
:bhjflag_blm_small: Ethnicity: Biracial-Black/white
:bhjflag_pansexual: Gender/Sexuality: Nonbinary/Pansexual
🏳️🌈 Pronouns: she/they/fae
🏡 Location: New England, USA
🎓Degree: BA in Sociology (2019)
🌹Political Views: Leftist, Intersectional Feminist
🙏 Religion: Neo-Orphic Polytheist
☀️ Sun Sign: Gemini
🔢 Enneagram: 4w5
:mastodon: Mastodon: @khthoniaa@pagan.plus
—Topics of Interest—
☆Religion/Spirituality
☆Occultism/Witchcraft
☆Horror
☆Surrealism
☆Philosophy
☆Writing
☆Environmentalism
☆Hiking
☆Gothic Literature
☆Cryptids
Thank you for reading! #Religion #occult #occultism #horror #magick #pagan #polytheism #orphism #orphic #OrphicMysteries #philosophy #introduction #queer #Sociology #feminism
I published my first comic on Medium. Let's see how this goes. Here are the first 2 panels and link to the whole thing.
#Comics #NonFiction #Religion #Satan #Superman #MastoArt
https://medium.com/@McLachlanBrian/only-80s-kids-will-understand-fb1b41f9d0b0
End-times cults are dangerous for humanity. Their adherents celebrate the destruction of human society rather than working to improve things.
#Religion #christianity #christian #humanism #politics #atheism #antitheism #society
Americans are fond of calling people Good Samaritans.
The point of the Good Samaritan parable is the Samaritan stopped to help a person he was supposed to hate, someone from another culture, one considered his enemy, and he helped after people considered allies had refused to help.
There is a difference between a good person and a Good Samaritan.
Today De Santis called a man a Good Samaritan because he choked another man to death.
Christians don’t even read their own book.
“Evangelism and colonialism have the same logic: people aren’t people until they become like you.” https://daily.bandcamp.com/resonance/the-mountain-goats-romans-10-9-essay #MountainGoats #TheMountainGoats #religion #music
Texas and Florida are competing for who can pass the most unconstitutional laws.
Latest entry from Texas: trying to impose Christianity in the public schools
Their wish list includes Ten Commandments in every class, Bible readings, chaplains
Dallas Morning News --With quotes from me. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/05/10/texas-plan-to-put-chaplains-in-public-schools-is-latest-move-to-inject-christianity/
#Law #LawProf #LawFedi #Texas #religion #TenCommandments #Bible #EstablishmentClause #StoneVGraham