@the_tweedy
i listen to the shipping forecast whilst doing uni work - it provides the extra stimulation that my brain needs, but bcos i can't understand it i don't get nearly as distracted by listening to it
out of all the crazy things to happen in 2023, me going back to church and reconnecting with my faith was *not* on my bingo card... and yet, here we are.
maturing is realising that dnp are most likely liberal labour voters at best, and centrists at worst. heartbreaking, but true.
ofc, i'm still obsessed w them, but...
@dnp_doomed
this isn't an apology, this is an excuse in the name of begging for forgiveness. speaking as someone with severe mental health issues, several of which you have referenced in this tweet, i've never once done smth like this - let alone expected ppl to accept it. do better.
this is stated in romans 7:6:
"But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.").
firstly, the word "homosexual" wasn't in the bible until 1946. before then, translations included "abusers of themselves with men" (source: 1 corinthians 6:9, revised version 1885), "for men who defile themselves with menkind" (source: 1 timothy 1:10, king james version) (1/?)
@aloednp
i was for ages bcos of vaginismus (ouchie medical condition), but after 7 years of trying (and failing!) i finally managed to use a tampon without being in too much pain and now i happily use both!
really need
@girlimusic
to drop their new song matriarchy asap, bcos the tiktok snippet is stuck in my head on a loop and i gotta hear the full thing!!
imagine that nonbinary/trans/genderqueer ppl are included + celebrated in god's creation? no, it isn't! identifying as a different gender doesn't clash with the original verse mentioned at all, so it's a bit of a ridiculous argument in all honesty.
also, we now have the gender issue - yes, the bible *does* say "male and female he created them", however there's a lot of nature who's creation was missed out in the bible. given how the bible celebrates eunuchs (the closest thing to trans ppl mentioned), is it *that* hard to
suggesting that the verses are talking abt sexual immorality *in general.* neat, huh?
now, onto my next point: romans 1 vv 26-7, which talks abt natural relations between men and women. this reads as follows:
figuring out that i believe that the bible is metaphorical but the teachings are still important, and reading up on queer theology (all the og homosexuality verse translations were taking abt lustful sex in general) has rlly helped me figure all this faith stuff out
therefore, this leads me to believe that the verse in question was actually talking abt lustful sexual contact *in general* since the bible doesn't specify in gender on that front... like, look at the entirety of ezekiel 23 and tell me it's talking abt gay ppl and not just lust??
now, if you look at all those verses above, you'll see that there is absolutely no genders attached to them - it's just ppl "who defile themselves with men" *in general* as opposed to specifically gay men.
also, the bible talks abt women who defile themselves with men too, (2/?)
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now, on the surface this *appears* anti-gay, but the bible needs to be looked at in wider context. notice how the verses didn't specify *what* the normal way to have sex is? just that the ppl were lustful and against god. oh, and the bible never condemns going against the norm...
"That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other." (3/?)
@confused_dnp
elijah, oscar, finley, elliot, harvey, matty, charlie, oliver/ollie... this is just a list of my fave dude names, my full name is alistair if you wanna pinch that lols
not "man", and it was talking abt noncery.
2) this verse is from a book that the bible EXPLICITLY STATES doesn't apply to modern-day christians anymore, making the whole point/argument based on this verse irrelevant.
leading on from this, one original translation of one of the verses using the word homosexual is "men who defile themselves with other men." yes, this appears anti-gay at first, but in actuality the bible talks wayyy more abt women who defile themselves with men and vice versa.
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overall, god loves lgbtq+ ppl, and simple mistranslations + lack of contextual reading has killed/harmed far, far too many. and also, the most important command is this: love your neighbour. if you're showing hate instead of love, you're not a christian, you're a hypocrite. /fin
cw // sui
in a weird headspace where i don't wanna kms, but i do wish that my previous attempts had worked...
like, if a bus was hurtling towards me i wouldn't move, but i wouldn't *intentionally* step out in front of it... am i making sense here??
how old were u when u first did these things?
- 19 (late, ik)
- 14
- 13
- 19, if we're including vaping
- never (i'm asexual)
- 15/16
- never
- 13
- 16
- never
- 19
- 17
reply for the questions
lifehack: don't develop crushes on ppl in your therapy group... especially if you asked that person out *before* you ended up in group therapy together and they rejected you bcos they're dating someone else. it won't be enjoyable!!
now, we have the all-too-famous verse leviticus 18:22, which reads: βDo not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin."
now, there are 2 main issues with this:
1) this verse was mistranslated. the orgininal texts say "boy",
hi there ctm twitter, pls let me in :)
my name's ali, i'm 21, and i am obsessed w call the midwife.
i've been a fan for years (i was there for the valucille gcs), my fave midwife is trixie bcos duh and ctm is one of my special interests!
(i'm also a lesbian if that helps lmao)
some of my ctm opinions:
i'm a gay timothy + lesbian val truther, i ship rosalind and joyce, and my crackship is phyllis and miss higgins. i also have a soft spot for fred, but cyril irks me, i hate tom with a passion, and i don't like what the writers have done to matthew.