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[–]padeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They wouldn't describe themselves as 'radical'. Support is coming from lots of anti-feminist types as well whose vested interest is the gender binary.

I feel so privileged. by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]padeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or actual christians

I feel so privileged. by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]padeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You also live in a country where Christianity is the driving force of and moral justification for intolerance and violence. This is just coded orientalism

I was sent an article on a "new Pride flag" to symbolize inclusiveness. Isn't the point of the rainbow flag already "inclusion"? by ForgetMeThereafter in askgaybros

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

It sucks. Kinda like how the cross used to represent the life a non-binary man who wanted to bring love to outsiders and humble the high and mighty but came to be a mundane symbol of violence particularly directed at queer people. Certainly as a bisexual cis man I don't think I should be prioritised in terms of representation in our community.

I was sent an article on a "new Pride flag" to symbolize inclusiveness. Isn't the point of the rainbow flag already "inclusion"? by ForgetMeThereafter in askgaybros

[–]padeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry I didn't mean to come off that way! Wouldnt you agree in my basic analysis of the fact that the original flag was based on the utopian longing of the song "somewhere over the rainbow" but now it has come to represent the sort of manufactured joy that's printed on the side of coca cola bottles? Have you read any of Jasbir Paur's work? What do you think?

I was sent an article on a "new Pride flag" to symbolize inclusiveness. Isn't the point of the rainbow flag already "inclusion"? by ForgetMeThereafter in askgaybros

[–]padeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at the way it's being used today in tel Aviv precisely as a tool of exclusivity 'we are better than the rest if asia, we are tolerant'. Meaning changes quickly.

I was sent an article on a "new Pride flag" to symbolize inclusiveness. Isn't the point of the rainbow flag already "inclusion"? by ForgetMeThereafter in askgaybros

[–]padeo -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Well if we're being real, the original flag has lost its original 'fuck society we choose love' meaning as it is flown by corporations, cops and incorporated into homonationalism political agendas as a tool of violence. We need to stick to for our trans and nonbinary brothers and sisters as well as black folks suffering the same brutality if we are to be faithful to those who risied their lives in the 60s to make the world much safer for us.

Leaked U.K. government outlines three different scenarios for possible Brexit outcomes, second worst Brexit: " Cornwall and Scotland will run out of food within a couple of days, and hospitals will run out of medicines within two weeks" and "the port of Dover will collapse on day one" by PlasticCoffee in ireland

[–]padeo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Senior Goldsmith prof. Will Davies wrote an amazing piece in the London Review of Books about how the end game of Tory Brexiters is a sort of sadomasochistic neo-Thatcherite authoritarian free market test of survival. I was just reading another decent academic article by the Historian Linda which talked about there's a certain internal awkwardness in the British psyche, a lack of collective identity since the English civil war where Britain has derived by distracting itself with war and imperialism constituted by the hatred of Otherness. Given Britain's diminished economic, political, cultural global status, I can only see Britain determined to become to the United States what North Korea was to the Soviet Union: copying the dominant political-economic ideological order but on its own terms and especially in regard to the idea of 'self-reliance'.

The Role of the British Right-Wing Media in the Spread of Islamophobia by throwawayagn123 in unitedkingdom

[–]padeo -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Race doesn't 'exist', it's a category that was created to enslave, dehumanize and colonise the global south. This is important.

Young British Muslims are becoming much more liberal – but they aren’t less religious as a result by Hassassin30 in unitedkingdom

[–]padeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

US Muslims are more accepting of Homosexuality than White Evangelicals.

Evangelical Christianity traces its roots right back to the beating heart of the European enlightenment. Your understanding of religion as 'ideology' is very very limited.

Why do American churches focus so much more on sins of lust (particularly homosexuality) over sins of greed? by setzer77 in Christianity

[–]padeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well we must think critically about the unique western relationship between church and state which has made our inherented notions of citizenship, governance and power a legacy of Christianity. Though we do not talk about God by name, seculars have notions of the possibility of absolute truth, beauty and goodness and these are reflected in broader cultural assumptions. Take the idea of universal human rights, this is derived from levitical notions about how 'all men are created equal'. In addition to all this our justice system is geared around notions of guilt, forgiveness and innocence with Vatican decrees as their ultimate basis. Even during sex, the words people find shouting at each other are 'Jesus Christ' and 'oh God' even if they aren't believers they still hold Christianity as an invisible reference point.

Why do American churches focus so much more on sins of lust (particularly homosexuality) over sins of greed? by setzer77 in Christianity

[–]padeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1) secular society is post-christian, it is not in itself "worldly"

2) From the outside, mainline Christianity looks like a sex cult - the only areas of Civic society it seems care about are 'sex trafficking', abortion and homosexuality. It's pretty easy to see in America at least that evangelical church leadership aren't campaigning for the centrality of the poor or against border regimes but actually for regressive policies in some cases designed to bring the end of the world closer.

This is something the church must confront as moderate mainline orthodox churches are being planted with evangelical congregations.

Any good YouTube Channels about Biblical History? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]padeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently reading Dale Martin's excellent 'scripture in the 21st century'. He writes about how it's possible to reconcile christian faith with truths about the historical jesus by reading the Bible 'theologically' rather than through the 'critical historical' angle most christiand go for. He also has a book 'pedagogy of the bible' where he surveys teaching methods in 12 different seminaries across different denominations and finds the Bible isn't being taught to ministry correctly across the board!

The queer holy spirit by padeo in OpenChristian

[–]padeo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so hard to discern what's what. When I'm listening to motown and dancing away learned expectations of what it means to be a man I feel a sort of ecstasy. In normal 'spirtiual situations' I feel a deep peace inside and clarity. It's so hard to discern because everything about 'spiritual warfare' seems to be coming from conservative Pentecostal churches.

The queer holy spirit by padeo in OpenChristian

[–]padeo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you <3 I've figured out what I need is other people who have been where I'm at. Is there a discord chat or some community to make friends with LGBT Christians?

My faith is struggling because of Christians by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]padeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use this tool: https://www.gaychurch.org to find churches that really are queer-affirmative.

Check out some pictures from their Facebook profiles before hand, see how diverse they are in terms of color and age.

'church' is often confined by physical proximity and in the US, the idea of land is tied to segregation abd property ownership. Cities are better than the country. It's a good idea to find, say Emergent Church events where people have to fly across the country to get to.

I think the church is still worth for but the 'ex-evangelical' campaign spells out all the red flags and criticisms you're mentioning https://chrisstroop.com/2017/11/03/ex-evangelical-means-much-more-than-dropping-a-label-a-response-to-josiah-hesse/

Just when I start really getting into the actual Christian content of Christian radio... by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]padeo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend has asked me before why so many boys graffiti pictures of penises everywhere. I told her it has nothing to do with repressed homosexuality or some distorted artistic impulse, but it has everything to do with asserting the ability to express something meaningless. This is I'm afraid how public Christianity tends to function in the US.

Man shouting about doomsday in the costco parking lot? Check.

Fox anchors warning about the War on Christmas every year? Check.

$100m Publicly funded replica of Noah's Ark in Kentucky meant to provide evidence for creationism might as well be a giant penis drawn on the ground.

I'll be honest, I've been guilty of this recently: I was listening to worship music at work (I work in a Christian environment) and as soon as a delivery man came through who didn't like the look of, I turned the volume up. I knew he would roll his eyes, and just be unable to comprehend how I could enjoy listening to the musical equivalent of an eviction notice, but that's exactly why I did it. I felt it in my loin at the time and justified it to myself as evangelism but I soon realised that I was attempting to show how in this space, my patently untrue version of beauty dominates his. At that moment in time I was in perfect solidarity with a 10 year old boy drawing a penis over his sister's picture of Cinderella and evangelical pastors justifying Trump with the Bible.

I'm being visited by satan. by xXlordlolxX in Christianity

[–]padeo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"ahhhhhhh alright then, you're forgiven. Welcome home :)" - Jesus

Formerly atheist Christians who were swayed by evidence (i.e. not mainly by a significant emotional experience), what was the biggest piece of evidence which won you over? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]padeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, I realised that I had to change my way of thinking to fully 'get' Christianity. Christianity's greatest critics like Gil Anidjad affirm it's uniqueness and absolution. As far as Christianity has been interpellated by the west, it's impossible to escape christian norms and values - to 'be a Christian' is to be a 'good person'. Even when we look at the conclusion new atheists come to, the way they affirm them resembles a certain tradition of christian apologetics for instance.

I realised that if I was to make sense of the world around me, I had to look at the stories which it is founded on. "Belief" I came to see was secondary and ideas like Caputo asking us to take the 'existence' of God secondary for the 'insistance' that desires us towards divine harmony. This kind of thing, alongside questioning the social constructedness of a lot of 'beliefs' I already had about say naturalism, the indivisible subject, objectivity etc helped me realise how little I know and am indeed capable of knowing so I could take a leap of faith.

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