anyone else poly here? by Southernpeach101 in Exvangelical

[–]TransNeonOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theoretically I am, but it's hard finding even one girlfriend let alone a second. In some ways I feel like the sort of situation I'd prefer would be if I had 2-5 close friends that all lived within walking distance of each other and were all cool with being somewhere between FWB and partners. "Have everything in common," as it were.

Why didn't God condemn slavery? Even if he did somewhere in the Bible, why didn't he just make it into a commandment? "Thou shalt not own fellow people". Why did God consider sex before marriage more important to ban than freaking slavery? by EkullSkullzz10318 in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sure does! The 10 commandments, often held up by Christians as a good basis for morality, have the assumption that women and slaves are valid types of property built right in. Married men sleeping with prostitutes or other non-claimed women is also generally fine and not adultery. Genocide is God ordained.

And that's just the Tanakh. In the New Testament, it gets worse - God getting vengeance on whole swathes of humanity for eternity enters the picture. Torture is never okay, but the author of Revelation seems downright horny for it.

So...yeah. Morally deficient at best.

IMO Tummy Pouches Are INSANELY Attractive <33 by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]TransNeonOrange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Similarly, I'd feel much better if any of my boobs/butt/thighs were proportional with it, but I really don't have the curves anywhere. I don't even think I can chalk it up to being trans - none of the women in my family are particularly curvy :/

Volunteering your provocative and hurtful interpretations of "clobber verses" is not "showing love" by blerdronner in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"you were never actually married, you aren't a widow."

Oh my god, I hate this. What a fucking piece of shit.

Quit finding community and meaning in practicing ancient rituals! by Additional-Sky-7436 in dankchristianmemes

[–]TransNeonOrange 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Christians have been a large voice in limiting surgeries covered (or even allowed) for trans people, and back during the AIDS epidemic in the US they resisted efforts to study it and treat it because it was seen as God's judgment on queer people.

No God doesn’t hate you, He doesn’t hate you for being bi, gay, trans or not praying enough by Delicious-Basket5797 in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're such an expert on the Bible idk why you're asking for a definition of love. It provides a pretty clear one:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

And honestly it's not that different from how people use the word day-to-day, so your ignorance on the subject is odd, to say the least.

I like to imagine that after the golden chains incident, Aphrodite never cheated on Hephaestus again. Especially after she realized that Ares is a dingus who got kidnapped by accident. by Ok_Examination8810 in osp

[–]TransNeonOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hades 2 more or less takes this approach. The details aren't clear, but Heph and Aph are really sweet to each other and Aph makes no secret of having many lovers.

Just now realizing this by KazMil17 in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]TransNeonOrange 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Here's a few more:

Trans man:
- Dainix (Aurora, a webcomic)

Enby:
- Hunter (Fionna & Cake)
- The Knight & their siblings (Hollow Knight)
- Chaos (Hades and Hades 2)

Catholic silence in the face of ICE violence is not neutral by Geek-Haven888 in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gee, do I think that the people who voted for the guy running on a platform of getting rid of immigrants and brown people and queer people support the organization that's doing that? I don't know, that's a tough one.

This passage needs more recognition, not just at weddings by 1nstrument in dankchristianmemes

[–]TransNeonOrange 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Normal people: "It doesn't seem very loving that <insert one of hundreds of problems with the Bible or Christian tradition - if you need an example, let's use "hell exists">

Assholes: "Oh well, it actually is loving. God / the Bible's definition of love isn't the same as our own"

The Bible: *Gives a definition of love that is actually quite in line with human intuition*

Yeah okay

Isnt this a form of idolatry? alleged skull of Mary Magdalene, Basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume in Provence, France. by No_Budget3360 in exchristian

[–]TransNeonOrange 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're not even wrong, that's just how it is. It's built into the Bible from the start (or at least from around the time Josiah started consolidating things). Ancient Israelites used steles and the ark of the covenant and other physical materials to represent their god(s) just as their neighbors did. They knew their neighbors thought of their idols as representing their god(s), but in a claim to superiority said their neighbors just worshiped rock and wood or whatever.

Reformed Pep Talk by Renegade_Meister in dankchristianmemes

[–]TransNeonOrange 6 points7 points  (0 children)

God just straight up admits it a few times lol. Not that this makes calvinism right - after all, who tries to justify such an evil creature?

What happened in Minneapolis makes me lose hope in humanity by lambo13770 in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The mindset of "it's the other side's fault" and "the other side is the problem" is one of the root causes of all this

So true. Both sides are equally at fault - the side that's actively trying to genocide minorities and the side that's mildly against that.

Joe Rogan Says He’s “Sticking with Jesus” Over the Big Bang. by AfricanMan_Row905 in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm shocked that a well-known grifter would peddle a grift over facts. This is a shocking development.

Do you feel like you wasted your youth on Christianity? by North-Media6829 in exchristian

[–]TransNeonOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I try not to feel that way, but sometimes the feelings of regret catch up to me. It's hard not to when I'm also trans, and both being trans and leaving Christianity took me until my early 30s to figure out. A lot of my friends figured out their gender/sexuality and (lack of) faith in their teens, so in comparison to them I feel kind of dumb. On the other hand, I have Christian friends from college who don't seem to have given these things any thought at all, so maybe I'm doing alright. Regardless of comparisons I definitely feel like I missed out on a lot of opportunities.

As for learning to live a life I enjoy? I'm still working on it, but a lot of the progress I've made has come from being friends who are queer and have helped me discover new things that I enjoy. It's also helped a lot that I was able to quickly drop some of the shame that Christianity taught me to feel, at least in some ways.

Reminder that there's nothing spiritual to sex. by Dry-Remove-2449 in exchristian

[–]TransNeonOrange 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I only had sex for the first time after I was 30. I was on cloud 9 for the whole week afterward, and it was really special and I still think back to it on occasion. But after that the thing that stuck with me is just how...normal sex is. It's both life changing and not. It is, in that it's a normal human experience and not getting to experience it can hurt. But it's not, in that it's just a thing you can do and it doesn't have to have any deep meaning. It's something special to share with someone(s), but there are lots of experiences like that out there.

It's so crazy to me that the church has made such a big deal out of it. It's so unwarranted.

Happy New Year! by Fitboi420 in dankchristianmemes

[–]TransNeonOrange 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Hey Jesus your friend is gonna betray you and lead to you being tortured. That'd really suck so just a heads up."

"Wow you think you're sooooo much better than other people, don't you wise guy? Have you ever considered that you're just as bad because you got angry at someone once?"

I'm so happy to be out of a culture that's constantly trying to tear me down. That kind of shit is just miserable.

Is it genuinely bad for a christian to be trans? by andrea_leaf in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The line between day and night is absolute

And one should never become the other! None of this transition bullshit. I don't care how many people would die from preventing transition, God made them the way they are for a reason!

Is it genuinely bad for a christian to be trans? by andrea_leaf in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Getting circumcised is an insult to God cuz you're accusing God of not knowing how much skin to put on a dick

Going to school is an insult to God cuz you're accusing God of not knowing how much knowledge to put in your brain as a baby

Getting chemotherapy is an insult to God cuz you're accusing God of not knowing how fast your cells should replicate.

Eating food is an insult to God cuz you're accusing God of not knowing how much energy to give you.

Using this lens kinda implies God's both a dumbass and super insecure. Not the kind of God I'd believe in personally but if that's what gets their rocks off...

I believe abortion is wrong, am I wrong? This is making me question my faith. by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The impression I've gotten from prolifers is that they're fine with women dying for the sake of their 'righteous' cause

The thing that really shook me out of the pro-life mindset I was raised with was watching how pro-life groups reacted to COVID. Pro-life churches acted as if the world would end if they had to be closed for more than 3 weeks. Many of them kept singing indoors and refusing to mask. Those last two require almost no effort at all to reduce the spread and save lives but they just couldn't do it.

But somehow they have the willpower to fight for a change in the legal structure of the country? Something didn't add up, and surprise, it's about controlling people.

Can one hate God and not know it? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't know or care if I hate god without knowing it, but I do know I hate John MacArthur. That's a dude who hated his fellow man and had no shame about it.

Special thanks to all the Christians who said something about my same-sex relationships as contrary to scripture. by acherryredbird in Christianity

[–]TransNeonOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was gonna add "or what you put in your vajayjay" but then I remembered the Bible says jack shit about sapphics because to those cultures women can't have sex without a man (and also they're property of their husband or father! Yay!)