josephboston:

This image is the earliest known image of Jesus Christ, from the Coptic Museum in Cairo, Egypt. This painting of Jesus is older than the image of the black Jesus Christ in the Church of Rome which is from the 6th century.

okay but can we stop fucking shaming people who say “Pray for [insert area devastated by natural disaster]!” already?

cuz, y’know, not everyone has fucking money they can give and all they can afford to give are fucking prayers, you assholes.

natureplayedthistrichonme:

christiannightmarestoo:

Anti-gay youth group leaders try to keep a girl from her gay dads

This incident still angers me for many reasons. My dads are gay, and when I was younger, someone at my school invited me to a youth group event. When I got there, they spent most of the time talking about how gay marriage is wrong, and it made me really uncomfortable. So I said, “I’m not feeling good, I’m going to call my dad to come and get me.” When the classmate that had invited me told everyone that I have two dads and they are gay, all hell broke loose. The youth group leaders freaked out and said that I wouldn’t be calling my dads. In fact, they did not want me to leave. They tried to get me to see that my dads were sinning, but I told them I wanted to leave and that I disagreed with what they were saying. I remember being in tears, scared and wanting to go home.

I went into the bathroom and called my dads. They were pissed and came to pick me up. My one dad called the police when they got there, as the youth group leaders would not let them get me. The police went into the church and brought me out. Charges were not pressed but I refused to go to any more of those youth group events. Thinking about it now still bothers me, I shake when I think about it. – Name withheld by request

This fucking infuriates me

grimdarktome:

avatarjason:

Avatar? You mean with the blue peop-

Avatar? You mean the show on Ni-

felixgaeta:

WHY DO PEOPLE ALWAYS CAST JESUS AS A WHITE DUDE

chris-tinedaae:

‘islam is sexist’

dad-rock-davos:

transhumanisticpanspermia:

if you ever think the bible is boring just remember that fucking ophanim are a thing

that’s right, that thing isn’t some fucking lovecraftian eldritch beast 

that’s from ezekiel

Also, some theologians believe that the angels who appeared before the shepherds were these guys

Which explains why the Shepherds shat themselves and the angels had to go  ”ＨＥＹ  ＭＡＮ  ＤＯＮ＇Ｔ  ＷＯＲＲＹ  ＷＥ＇ＲＥ  ＪＵＳＴ  ＲＥＡＬＬＹ  ＦＵＣＫＩＮＧ  ＪＡＺＺＥＤ  ＡＢＯＵＴ  ＴＨＩＳ  ＢＡＢＹ”

yumichanlikeschainsaws:

rockonscubatron:

okay so like being raised catholic i always watch star wars and whenever someone says

“may the force be with you”

i respond

“and also with you”

A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke

I was raised UMC and also have this problem. :|b

turdlewexler:

optimistic-red-velvet-walrus:

galesofnovember:

twisttheoaks:

reactionism:

This is one of the rare times I’m not trying to be rude. I’m actually curious: How can Protestants justify following a religion that wasn’t created by Jesus?

I don’t understand what this means well enough to be offended by it.

As opposed to Catholicism??

Catholicism was founded on the petrine doctrine, so yeah, they do claim that Jesus Christ gave Saint Peter the right to head the earliest beginnings of church, thereby making him the first pope, although certainly the modern organization of the Roman Catholic church came in the 300s {x}, it was considered to be the succession of Saint Peter’s leadership in the foundations of the Church that began as Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. 

So….they asked an incredibly ignorant question (there are a lot of reasons why the reformation happened and most of them have to do with “We believe the Roman Catholic Church fell away from Christ’s original intentions”) but there was no other Christian Church before Catholicism, and whether or not you believe Peter or Jesus was a real person, the people who succeeded that man continued on saying they were the successors of St. Peter. Which is why there’s that commonly held belief? 

Like, the doctrinal beliefs that followed formed and became the Catholic Church, which is why people believe what they do? 

It’s a silly question, because in the end it doesn’t matter - but one borne out of honest ignorance of history and doctrine.

Still, for every time I see this, I also see “Catholics aren’t even real Christians, which….how do you think protestantism happened?

But uh obviously “my doctrine is more correct than your doctrine.” isn’t an argument that will win anyone anything.

turntechgoddamnit:

hungoverjake:

i saw a sufferer one and i had to

Me

oregon-orgasm:

wugs:

rock bottom is when youtube comments are more intelligent than your government

^

wigglysnaw:

soloontherocks:

mysearchforself:

ladystormcrow:

wholove:

A graphical representation of the contradictions in the bible. Each red line links 2 contradicting statements.

WILL ALWAYS REBLOG.

WOAH

This reminds me of a really fascinating theological idea I read once. It poses that God meant for the Bible to be full of contradictions, because it isn’t an instruction manual, but a test of character. If you can read through all the books and stories, all the confusing, contradictory statements, and you still choose to take home a message of peace, acceptance, and forgiveness, then you’ve passed God’s test. 

I’m not a very religious person, but I still really like that idea. 

^ I like that interpretation :D

IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL

ladystormcrow pretty much sums up my thoughts about the bible

nyehridan-artpora:

kelpmonger:

fuckyeahatheism:

A few months ago, this preacher guy (Preacher Tom, for anyone who might have had a similar experience with the guy) came to my campus and started spewing hateful and judgmental things at passers-by. Knowing he would be back, I created Zealous Preacher Bingo cards, with a few friends’ suggestions for spaces. We gave out candy to anyone who won.

I love how “Yelling” is the free space

i tried not to reblog

i really did

but then

whoops