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Munday Questions
♥ What is your favorite book from childhood?
The Harry Potter series hands down. but I was also really into A Series of Unfortunate Events, and the Magic Treehouse series. Then got into PJO and stuff in middle school.
☾ Which season is your favorite?
It’s a bit of a tossup between Spring and Fall for me. But I think Fall wins by just a bit.
These info graphs are by flatbushgirl in Instagram
I thought these were some important facts to share since a lot of people don't know any of this
YAYAYAYA!!!! im rediving into my cotl hyperfixation 😻!! i can rant to u abt it 😻
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COTL / cult of the lamb stimboard for @sillycritterthing!
I dont know much abt this game, so sorry if i got anything wrong :3
*tired ex Christian voice* for the umpteenth time my brethren in Christ, purity culture is not only about sex.
It's part of it, yes. But anyone who's actually been in the thick of it can tell you that the church leaders, youth pastors, youth group, Bible camp, etc, they all told us that The Reason Why we were all abstaining from "sexual impurity" was for the greater reason of distancing ourselves from "moral impurity". Or did you think the Satanic Panic, the Great Ban on Rock Music, D&D, and Vaguely Ethnic Wall Art, was separate from that philosophy? I can tell you right now it's not. The Fundie attempt to control people's sexuality was but a symptom of the overall disease that is Purity Culture. Pls stop trying to tell me that purity wank, fandom or otherwise, has nothing to do with toxic Christian purity wank. My lived experience, and the lived experience of countless others, says otherwise.
Lmfao as a religious trauma survivor and a product of Christian fundie indoctrination myself I am in full support of calling fandom wank "purity culture" and the use of the word "puriteen" as well actually.
It perfectly encompasses what purity culture was. It wasn't just about "no sex before marriage"; it policed every fucking thing you did and forced you to walk on eggshells your entire life so your Magical Sky Daddy didn't clutch His heavenly pearls at your naughty behaviours.
Holding hands with someone you weren't married to? Gateway to sin. Making eyes at someone of the opposite sex? Gateway to sin. Thinking "impure" thoughts about someone else? Thoughtcrime Gateway to sin. Wearing the "wrong" type of clothes? Listening to the "wrong" kind of music? Having the "wrong" sort of values? Enjoying the "wrong" kind of media? All of it was seen as a stepping stone toward being a sinful godless heathen (and to some people it was essentially just as bad).
And it wasn't enough to just avoid BadWrong Behaviours, either. In my ex-community you were expected to express your disapproval of it and be well versed in the theological how's and whys. Does any of that sound familiar?
Purity culture at its core is so much more than "wear this purity ring and pinky promise to Jesus that you'll never have sex until you're married" and if you didn't realise that while you were there you weren't paying attention.
Thing I’m paranoid about and am fixated on atm: I’m sinning and I’m going to hell and God is mad at me and is punishing me
Satan is all around us. Evil is all around. I don’t feel protected by angels. I’m scared.
It's been a while since I've posted one of these huh? Well I wanna introduce you guys to Agatha, who is based off of the Cult Party Kei aesthetic!
She's a quiet, sweet, kind but reserved girl who lives in and runs a small church and just wants to spend her days reading and studying religious history and handing out small crosses to those who want them, she considers crosses to be a big part of her wardrobe and likes to carry a few small cross necklaces in her pockets. Though she also likes to take on hobbies outside of her work and loves to treat everyone around with kindness, love and respect, no matter how different they are than her
She likes crosses, doves, angel paintings, angels, pastels, paintings, sculptures, fields, grass, daises, tulips, cats, knitting, crochet, taking walks around nature trails, woodlands, deer, bunnies, songbirds, sparkles, clouds, history, religious history, and her favorite colors are beige, white and red!
She has a pet dove named Cottonball and a white cat named Angel
I hope you all enjoy her!!
As an ex-christian, this is so wholesome.
I'm tired of giving long-winded explanations for both of these so I made a meme about both it
[image ID: the shaking hands meme. The hand on the left says "christian witches" and the hand on the right says "christian queer people". Where they meet in the middle it says "the Bible is the word of God but it was written down and translated by flawed and biased humans so it's our right and responsibility to spend time with God and discern what we believe His will to be".]
i’m p sure i’ve posted this before, but it’s still funny
Im playing cult of the lamb and i really like decorating
makes no sense that the gods would create people a certain way and then judge people for being the way they created them to be.
if the gods didn't want people to do certain things or be certain ways, why did they make it possible in the first place?
if the gods wanted me to be allocishet, why did they make me so queer? hm? they could have simply said "we don't like that. we will not make it a thing."
but why wouldn't they like it? why wouldn't they enjoy the diversity of their creations in the first place?
I believe people were meant to be the way we are, all sorts of ways, diverse and fun. I cannot wrap my head around the idea of "sin" and gods judging people for anything when they created us. I think, if there are any gods, they made us for fun, to see how a bunch of different little squishies got along in a world.
Tumblr's hate against Christians
Tw: christianity and religion
So, I've been on tumblr for a little now, and I have experienced a lot of hate towards christianity and christians, and I honestly don't think it's ok, because no other religion gets so much hate here (and not accepting people of different religions is generally not cool). If people said the things they say about christians and christianity about, lets say, Muslims it would be considered islamophobia.
I am not saying that you shouldn't be critical of religion or any other thought or scripture or whatever, just be respectful, engage in an intellectual debate instead of saying "all christians bad" or "I hate all christians" because imagine if you replaced "christians" with "muslims" that would be straight up islamophobia.
And I know a lot of people have religious trauma here, but that is not a reason to hate an entire group of people from one specific religion, because people from a certain religion are not a monolith and not every christian will hurt you.
hey if u could read just one (1) person's mind at all times who would you pick?
I would read the mind of whoever the pope is it would be funny saying his thoughts on the internet methinks
this is strictly between christian denominations ex. anglican and catholic
reblog with your answer and your religion
i'm jewish and two of my closest friends are a muslim woman and a christian woman, and today we decided that this weekend would be a more opportune time of year than the month of december to say "happy holidays" since it's good friday and easter sunday, passover, and ramadan all happening on one weekend, rather than like. hanukkah, christmas, kwanzaa, new year's, etc. happening roughly over the course of 4-6 weeks. so. happy holidays to anyone celebrating this weekend :)