divinity is love

Part of what it means to image God is to look for beauty amidst the ugliness of the world, and to nurture that; to meditate upon that which is revealed by God as true, honorable, equitable, clean, friendly and loving, reputable, virtuous, and praiseworthy; that which leads us in theosis. We desire to know Truth and the do Good, but first we must sit and contemplate in awe of Beauty.

Mary Magdalene washing Christ's feet

the virgin mary and holy spirit are in a lesbian relationship and saint joesph lovingly sits in the cuck chair

(Attributed to St. Irenaeus in the Commentary on the Hexaemeron attributed to St. Anastasius of Sinai. Scott Hahn quotes this somewhere but incorrectly cites Book I, Chapter 10 of Against Heresies.)

Okay maybe this is a hot take, but as a Folk Catholic, there absolutely needs to be more accountability for Christianity in general for all of the terrible things that have been done in its name, especially the Catholic Church. I need you guys to read this carefully, I am not saying that all modern Christians are bad, or that they should be personally held responsible for the Crusades. What I am saying is Liberal/Leftist/Progressive Christians and Conservative/Traditional Christians have one thing in common and that is their Christianity. As leftist Christians, we need to seriously think about why Christianity has been co-opted by terrible people throughout history, and what we can do to stop it. One of the things we can do to stop our religion being run by bigots is by learning about the history of colonization, forced conversion, the crusades, the persecution of Jewish and Muslim people, Christian Nationalism, and many more topics that show the bad side of our faith. We must not only learn about these things, but face them head on. We cannot continue to sweep it under the rug. Because if we do, then it gives more power to Conservative Christians, since there is no one fighting against them. (Im thinking of starting a substack so I can get all my thoughts and ideas out in a more organized manner, but I just needed to get this out of my system.)

Hey non-Christians, every time you're like "ummm akshually Christianity is inherently oppressive because the Bible says XYZ (and you have to agree with this interpretation and follow it to be Christian)", literally all you're doing is agreeing with the uberconservatives who are making sure Christianity stays oppressive instead of permitting alternate interpretations and alternate ways of approaching its texts. You aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem.