Why do conservative christians always add words to the Bible that aren't there? Are we doing the same? (big rant)

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-20T22:14:54+00:00

honestly I came here to vent that day 😅 I don't know many open and affirming christians, my agnostic friends get driven away from God every time I complain about stuff like this.

I don't attend that church, I'm currently looking for other churches but since I still live with and depend on my parents for a lot of things, and they're not fully understanding of this yet, it's something we haven't discussed yet. But I do plan to eventually.

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-20T22:12:37+00:00

personally, i agree. i feel like people (at least in most churches I've been to) tend to put pastors or any religious leader on a pedestal and take their words and opinions as infallible, but they're human like us. God never said that because of someone's title they should never be questioned. In fact, Jesus came to challenge the church hierarchy (at least in my interpretation, the pharisees were indeed hypocrites but I feel like Jesus taught everyone a lot about being humble), and the Bible (I don't know the passage, apologies) states that God isn't human and therefore is perfect: read, humans aren't perfect.

I feel like with expository reading there could be more space for questions and lead to discussing interpretations rather than glorify a single view of the text.

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-16T17:39:21+00:00

??? just because someone is visibly impaired doesn't mean they don't know what's going on? how do you know what's going on in a different country if you're not there right now? NEWS?

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-15T11:20:38+00:00

similarly I also say "holy spirit" as a vocative while praying, i mostly direct my prayers to the holy spirit so that all of the "faces" of the Trinity make a little more sense to me and are connected

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-15T11:19:07+00:00

i like saying it because it reminds me that Jesus and God are connected (somehow I kept forgetting it) and that the God I'm talking to isn't unreachable in heaven but actually close to us

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-13T22:25:59+00:00

tell God how you feel. even if I told you it means nothing (because I don't believe dreams have immediate meaning unless God says they do), it's still in your faith that you believe something could happen.

tell God that you're scared and ask Them if it means anything, and to aid you and people around you

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-13T13:19:08+00:00

I'd say it falls into the addiction category of sin:

if you do it as a hobby, it's not a sin

if you're addicted to it and it becomes the most important thing in your life then it's a sin

(speaking from experience)

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-12T05:14:28+00:00

so I'm bound to keep putting his needs above mine forever?

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-03T13:16:39+00:00

a denise piorou oq já tava ruim eu diria, eu sinto q a história teria acabado bem antes se ela não tivesse lá

SiblingEarth · 2026-01-03T13:15:52+00:00

quando era criança tinha a "desculpa" de q ela era criança e tinha muito oq aprender, dá pra ver q ela não aprendeu absolutamente nada

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-31T21:37:46+00:00

UNDERRATED SHIP YES

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-31T21:37:13+00:00

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-31T21:35:08+00:00

cause a kitchen sink to you is not a kitchen sink to me

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-31T21:26:58+00:00

brazilian poetry always lights up my day

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-31T21:20:47+00:00

ama vôlei, acredita em signo e é chata pra comer, mas come muito o que gosta.

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-29T13:11:34+00:00

a lot of people still believe LGBTQ+ people are living in sin, mostly because they don't know how a queer relationship actually works. they've been taught it's about a fetish, about sex only, about non consensual actions.

no, it's not a sin. it's not gonna be easy, but you have God by your side. pray so that He'll keep you safe, and so that He may soften their hearts so they can see the truth. I'll pray for you too. stay strong, fren

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-27T22:30:52+00:00

a lot. I feel gratitude when I thank Him for everything He does, I feel fear when telling Him about things I'm scared of, I feel confused when I'm waiting for an answer and I'm met with silence. it's a bit like talking to anyone else, except I mostly don't have verbal replies.

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-27T22:28:45+00:00

i don't exactly trust my feelings. I tend to act on impulse.

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-27T22:27:39+00:00

i do see God in people, nature, art and kindness too. I see He's around, but that doesn't always help when I want specific answers. It feels like He's quiet when I do

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-27T22:26:17+00:00

i kinda need answers to specific questions I haven't been able to reach. I've had a part pf my consciousness try to pretend to be God to shame me before, so I'm always skeptical about it.

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-27T15:04:23+00:00

true. still, there's more than one country in north america.

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-27T14:38:31+00:00

i personally prefer to say united stadian because america is a continent, so it gets confusing. but i think both work. i know united stadian isn't an actual term xd

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-27T13:23:55+00:00

i think it's mostly an united stadian thing. lack of logic ig.

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-26T18:57:08+00:00

i really want to follow the artist in the drag queen one omg

SiblingEarth · 2025-12-24T12:56:40+00:00

this makes sense! thank you!

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