At some point, whether by subconscious reinforcement throughout my youth, or by conscious disappointment in adulthood; my mind, my spirit, learned that help is not coming. Asking for help will yield no rescue. So I must do things on my own. I must persevere alone in grief
Not anymore. I am stuck outside. I cant use my heart and soul to care about theoreticals and things far out of my control.
I want to be better for the people around me. I want - i deserve - my own peace and pursuit of happiness.
I think i have to leave.
Thankfully few people who know me follow this account, and most who follow here dont know me outside of this site.
I'm deeply unhappy. Torn up with yearning for change. Anxiety. Stuck in the middle, unbelonging no matter where or who I am with.
I think sites like this are evil-
Constantly being sold who to hate, what to fear, where to argue, its constant peddling of anger and unhappiness and stress. We're not supposed to live like this.
Yet it's almost impossible to give up.
Everything screams at you to care, care, CARE
But the truth is i can't.
There were once passageways to the old world, strange trails, hidden paths. You’d turn a corner and suddenly find yourself face-to-face with the great mystery, the foundation of all things.
Im so torn between continuing to speak against the incessant evil and perversion of this administration or just letting it all go.
I want to do the hard work, deep down, of bringing my friends and family back from this, to call out the blatant co-opting of my faith but man...
When David French and Alex Jones BOTH think you've lost your mind... when Tucker Carlson and the Pope BOTH find your words "evil"...
... maybe you should pause and reconsider your direction?
One of the most blatant forms of Christian hypocrisy in our time is Christians holding all ordinary people accountable to the most rigid moral standards while simultaneously holding themselves and the president accountable to no standards at all.
I'm not sure I can think of anything more ironic and insincere than using AI to generate church music, sermons, or religious imagery.
I think Jesus would be disappointed
If your theology justifies bombing nations in the Middle East but ignores Jesus’ command to love, protect, and care for the most vulnerable, something has gone terribly wrong.
When people use “redneck” to mean someone who is dumb/backward it betrays the fact that they have no historical understanding of the word.
It doesn’t mean someone who refuses to engage when the government is abusing its citizens.
Some of y’all never heard of Blair Mountain.
You can either talk about Jesus, using his name as currency and brand maintenance for your own gain - or you can go out and speak LIKE Jesus, standing up for the marginalized, speaking truth to power
They will know us by our fruits
i think one of the reason why jesus said following him is a narrow gate because actually loving your neighbor may get you killed under authoritarian rulers and most people don’t want to follow that
Mt. 4:8-9 "Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 'All this I will give you,' he said, 'if you will bow down and worship me.'"
Evangelicals have been saying "yes" to this offer for 10 years now.
It is time for Christians to unite in calling for an end to policies that harm our neighbors, in opposing ICE as they terrorize families and detain children, in prosecuting everyone who perpetrates these atrocities, and in reclaiming the name of Jesus from those who have hijacked it to justify cruelty.
History will remember where Christians stood in this moment. Our children will ask us what we did when fascism came to America wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.