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LET me on the bed i promise i wont lay on top of you and squish u under my big dog weight please ple please please let me up i promise i'll lay only on a fair amount of bed for me and not take up all the space :3 please pleas (lying)

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Guys this tiktok did SOOOO well lmao. I’ve never animated anything in my entire life.

Huh, the more ya learn !

I’m just wondering if Judeo Christian would be an accurate term for the two religion’s view on gender conformity. I checked Deuteronomy 22:5 with both the Christian 21st century KJV version and the Jewish Contemporary Torah (2006) version and they both say the same thing.

I’m asking due to recent events and if you don’t want to answer that’s entirely understandable.

Judeo-Christian isn’t an accurate label for anything except people trying to pretend they 1) aren’t Islamophobic and 2) know something about religion. It’s mostly used by supercessionists trying to go “look, it’s not because I’m Christian, the Jews think that too!” while the Jews stand on the sidelines going “…..you think we think what now?”

Incidentally, Judaism has eight genders.

Are these eight genders common (as common as trans people are) in the modern day? Were they common during the temple period? You got me curious now, because I’ve heard that Judaism has 8 genders but never really any examples of people who were one of the eight genders, like was there a respected rabbi or other figure who was explicit one of these genders?

I’m just wondering if Judeo Christian would be an accurate term for the two religion’s view on gender conformity. I checked Deuteronomy 22:5 with both the Christian 21st century KJV version and the Jewish Contemporary Torah (2006) version and they both say the same thing.

I’m asking due to recent events and if you don’t want to answer that’s entirely understandable.

Judeo-Christian isn’t an accurate label for anything except people trying to pretend they 1) aren’t Islamophobic and 2) know something about religion. It’s mostly used by supercessionists trying to go “look, it’s not because I’m Christian, the Jews think that too!” while the Jews stand on the sidelines going “…..you think we think what now?”

Incidentally, Judaism has eight genders.

Ok here’s a rant

CW because it’s talking about recent events involving the death of a non binary teen due to transphobia

I really , really , really fail to see how Judaism and Christianity could be queer accepting. The people who are actively pushing the trans-panic in the west are from both of these religions. Their rhetoric has led to the harassment and d0xxing of multiple people and have recently led to the death of a non binary teen in Oklahoma.

How can we say that Christianity or Judaism are somehow “different” from the queerphobia we see these days or that the queerphobes arent “real Jews/Christians”. Both of these religions share some of their scripture and if you want here’s the part that endorses transphobia:

Deuteronomy 22:5 [The Contemporary Torah] [21st Century KJV]

“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for all who do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God”

“A woman must not put on man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to your God יהוה.”

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Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

Remember calming cat? Remember when tumblr was this color? If you don’t that’s fine. I just feel old and alone.

Gérard DuBois

Remember calming cat? Remember when tumblr was this color? If you don’t that’s fine. I just feel old and alone.

from the thread

honestly missionaries are evil. the idea of traveling the world to tell people Who Didnt Fucking Ask that their beliefs are wrong in the hopes that theyll adopt your beliefs seems sinister

Speaking as a non-religious person, I can confirm.

How many mass graves and extinct cultures are needed to convince Christian apologists that missionaries and missionizing are inherently xenophobic?

The answer is apparently always, "At least one more."

Never forget that during the 2020 US presidential election season, while one of the largest popular uprisings in human history was occurring, mutual aid networks were seeing an unprecedented surge in response to the pandemic, and fascist violence and rhetoric was ramping up rapidly, liberals were still pissing their pants and hollering "well what ELSE do you EXPECT us to DO!!!!" whenever the thought of taking some kind of action other than just voting was brought up

That was when I realized that reaching out to "blue no matter who" libs is just as hopeless as reaching out to conservatives. We'll be here when you decide to pull your heads out of the sand - until then, I'm not wasting my time

i need y'all to understand something about the real world: sometimes, you cannot avoid complicity. sometimes, the only way to get something really fucking important done is to shake hands with people who have shaken hands with baddies.

because sometimes? the alternative is failure. failure which leads to fucked results that hurt people and ruin society, long-term.

now, i'm not saying the Concept Art Association isn't playing with fire. i'm not even saying it's guaranteed they'll protect artists from tech's egregious, illegal, harmful misuse of AI Art technology.

i don't know if it's going to work. but i'd rather bet on a horse that can win. if you won't—because you think that makes you a good person—newsflash: it doesn't.

it makes you immature and ignorant.

your ideal society where good causes don't vaguely brush against bad brands is a fairytale. bad brands have their hands in everything that works. do the math.

Quora Atheists TM will insist that the New Atheist movement is just atheists “finally standing up for themselves” but every time they hear someone mention anything to do with religion they’re all “SPOOPERSTITION! MAKE-BELIEBE! HAHAHAHA YOU ARE DUMB FOR EVEN MENTIONING RELIGION! UNGA BUNGA CAVEMAN! I AM VERY INTELLIGENT!”

I wish I was making it up, but I genuinely see that kind of response over and over whenever there’s a question on Quora that even mentions religion, and I am barely exaggerating

There’s a question about w*ndigoag and 90% of the answers call the belief “another laughable superstition” and go out of their way to mock the idea that saying the name might be a bad thing

Any time someone asks about the Torah or the Old Testament, it’s basically guaranteed that the answers will be full of people talking about “bronze age superstitions”

I once answered a question about religion, making it clear that I’m an atheist while trying my best to answer the question respectfully, and I literally got a comment in all caps, talking about how religion is fake and was invented by cavemen, and featuring the phrase “unga bunga”

You’re not “standing up for yourself” you’re going out of your way to be a dick

Patriot Act all over again. #TikTok

This is in response to something I saw a transphobe say (and this is paraphrased) about the protests in Melbourne:

"Do people really think those nazi males actually support radical feminism and women's right to speak? They weren't there to support the radfems. Have some critical thinking skills"

This person was trying to get radfems off the hook for the presence of the nazis. But the nazis were absolutely there to support the radfems, because nazis and radfems have a shared enemy: trans people.

Nazis are antifeminist, yes. But fascism will always ally itself with whoever it can to in order to promote its cause. So right now it's convenient to ally with radfems, because nazis are anti-trans, and radfems are anti-trans.

It's a "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" sort of situation.

This should be a wake-up call to radfems that maybe, being anti-trans... is fascist. If nazis agree with something you're saying, the thing you're saying might be fascist.

How many mass graves and extinct cultures are needed to convince Christian apologists that missionaries and missionizing are inherently xenophobic?

The answer is apparently always, "At least one more."

“I Hate All Religions Equally”

I see this comment fairly often. And probably somewhere around 99 times out of 100, the person saying it is a Culturally Christian Atheist who is trying to say that they view the Christian concepts of “belief in a higher power” and “faith in and submission to a specific deity” as abhorrent…

But what is actually communicated to non-Christians includes:

“I think that all other religions are just reskinned versions of Christianity with a different name plate on the Christ Figure.”

And:

“I hate your culture for no other reasons than displaced trauma and lack of education on my part.”

And I’ve recently been seeing this comment repeatedly on my “Missionaries Are Inherently Xenophobic” post, and basically just auto-blocking the people making the statement.

Because it’s so ignorant. It ties into the Christian worldview that “Culture” and “Religion” are two distinct things that are almost modular, in that you can swap out the “Religion” module with any other and have no effects on the Culture. (9 times out of 10, these types also insist that Culturally Christian holidays are also secular…)

So, sure. Let’s take this statement and run with it, just to demonstrate what it actually says to those of us who aren’t Christian.

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I hate all religions equally.

So, yes, I do hate Judaism just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that means I’m in ideological agreement with Nazis, I hate this ethnoreligion which has never done me personal harm, and has been persecuted for thousands of years. To me, Judaism is Just A Religion, and I don’t understand, and don’t WANT to understand that it is also a persecuted minority whose culture gets routinely outlawed by people like me. Since I don’t understand that, seeing a visibly Jewish person on the street with their modest garb and hearing their foreign language, I am revolted. I hate Judaism, and I hate JEWS, just as much as I hate every other religion, equally.

So, yes, I hate Sikhism just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that I’ve almost certainly never met a Sikh, and I don’t know that they don’t seek converts, so they’re also an ethnic group, the mere fact that they have a Religion that comes with that ethnic group means that I hate them. Their religious beliefs with which they’re raised as part of their culture–honesty, equality, fidelity, standing up to oppression–are Evil because it’s a religion, and need to be wiped out. Seeing a Sikh man, with his Religious turban and beard, as they give out free food to everyone in need at a Langar… well, it fills me with disgust and rage, and I wish to rid the world of this Religious Practice, observed by people who are different than me. I hate Sikhism and I hate Sikhs, just as much as I hate every other religion, equally.

So, yes, I hate Shintoism just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that my understanding of Shintoism is almost certainly bastardized by my Western conceptions, their beliefs in venerating nature and respecting their ancestors are Religious and therefore Evil, and need to be wiped out. Seeing a Shintoist leave an offering to the Kami, engaging in ritual cleanliness, and marking major life events with solemnity fills me with disgust and rage. I hate Shintoism and I hate Shintoists, just as much as I hate every other religion, equally.

So, yes, I hate the Druze faith just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that they are a small ethnic group who are prohibited from proselytism from their founding; I don’t care. To me, they’re Just Another Abrahamic Religion and I Hate Abrahamic Religions, even if there are so few of them. They have a Religion, and I Hate All Religions Equally.

So, yes, I hate the many and myriad beliefs of the First Nations, just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that they were persecuted and marginalized by Christianity, which tried to wipe out their beliefs, way of life, and identities, I hate their Religions, even if those religions are tied to their ways of life. Nevermind that the residential schools, which had the stated goal of “Kill the Indian in the Child,” have mass graves of children. I refuse to recognize that this puts me in ideological agreement with Christian missionaries. After all, I Hate All Religions Equally, and if mass graves of children is the price to pay for a world with one fewer Religion in it, then so be it.

After all, I Hate All Religions Equally.