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Introducing someone to your religion when they are at the darkest and lowest point in their life is inherently coercive and I’m never going to change my mind on that. It is a cult tactic to find people who are struggling and try to convert them, and the Christian church doing it instead of Scientology or something does not make that practice any less fucked up. Christianity can be a normal and healthy part of someone’s life, but if you have to introduce it to them in a coercive and predatory way, it’s probably not going to be that.
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what’s a PROSELYTIZER
A proselytizer is someone who preaches their religion to others in hopes of getting them to convert. I have no interest in organized religion, so I don't want proselytizers showing up on my dashboard telling me to convert to their religion, and threatening me with punishment in the afterlife if I refuse.
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Almost 7 months and the brainlichen are still in control 😈😇
#image description in alt text#have you heard the good omens word?#let me proselytize to you about our queer man-shaped beings#brainlichen#i made this#meme#good omens#good omens 2#trojan horse#good omens memes#good omemes#ineffable motherfuckers#ineffable husbands#ineffable*#aziracrow#crowley#aziraphale#gomens*#neil gaiman#david tennant#michael sheen#oh no it’s queue
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an enjolras because i miss him
#les miserables#les mis#enjolras#never forget your roots...#now that im done with my orv reread i want to reread lm bc one long sad book wasnt enough#dear les mis friends who may or may not be reading these tags. have you heard of omniscient reader#do you want to read a long long novel that will make you a bit sad.#with a protagonist thats kind of an everyman but also kind of not. who is a bit over self-sacrificing#and has an adoptive daughter#have you read orv. will you read orv. when will you read orv#i'll stop proselytizing now. goodbye
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Drives me crazy how any time someone criticizes the church or talks about how it abused them, “progressive” christians start telling you the REAL Jesus was a kind and loving woke socialist who would have loved gay people and hated billionaires like shut up shut up SHUT UP!!!!! I didn’t ask!! I don’t care!! Stop fucking evangelizing!!!
All power to you if you can decouple christian teachings from their legacy of abuse and use them to better yourself. But the fact you feel the need to proselytize to *me* - a secular ex-catholic faggot - and insist, without me asking, that “Jesus loves you,” makes me think that no, actually, nothing about how you’re navigating this is different at all from the conservatives. You aren’t mad at mainstream christians for trying to create a theocracy, you’re mad that their sales pitch alienates potential converts.
#it’s really just not that hard to mind you’re buisness#I have NEVER been proselytized to by my Jewish friends.#christianity#Christian#Catholicism#Catholic#ex catholic#atheism#atheist
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Just wanted to say, thanks for posting that last poll tournament! Hanamusa was basically my gateway back into the wider Pokémon fandom (I’ve still played most of the core games bar Sword/Shield, but I dropped off the anime around the middle of X/Y), so I’ve got a lot of attachment there, but I learned a lot from seeing all the different pairings and it was really fun seeing people championing them (and I’ll always be an Appealshipping cheerleader!).
I know setting up these polls is what you set up this account for, but I also know it takes a lot of work and setup, so thanks!
THANK YOUUU ;_; THIS MEANS A LOT!! im so happy that people have been enjoying the tournament!!
#also there's never been a better time to get back into the anime. horizons is literally the best it's ever been imo#ill proselytize it to people every chance i get!! first 12 dubbed episodes now on netflix!! first 45 subbed episodes out now on. illegally#also yesss we love appealshipping in this house im so pleased they made it as far as they did!!#asks#y'all have no idea how hard it is to not inundate you all with my pokemon thoughts at all times LMAO but we're strictly business here.
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Assorted Stray Gods sillies
#I am proselytizing. pspsps play the game ooooh you wanna play this game so bad#Stray Gods#Stray Gods: the Roleplaying Musical#Athena Stray Gods#Grace Stray Gods#Calliope Stray Gods#Pan Stray Gods#Freddie Stray Gods#Farishta Bandi#Persephone Stray Gods#Apollo Stray Gods
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this post is for all the yellow haters out there. get yellow’d idiots
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It's all "consent matters" and "respect boundaries" until the consent and boundaries involve being blessed, then it's "why is everyone so sensitive/reactive you're being stupid it's not a big deal people are just being nice".
#mother witch ramblings#witchblr#witch community#religions#blessings#proselytism#blessed be enough already
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(dress ref)
there's aus where u try to recreate the "effect" of a character's personality and behavior through an alternative "cause", and then there's this shit where i Just think umm well personally wolfwood being down to kill for vash is hot and it's a bummer vash doesn't think so too, but what if an au where he does ?
it's not a true "villain" vash au, basically it goes that vash decided to stick it out with knives in the hopes he could mitigate the damage knives planned to do to mankind, and it's worked for the most part-- at the expense of vash taking on much of knives' ire himself. this vash is even more isolated than in canon, unable to meet the standard knives enforces for what a god is supposed to look like, and constantly concerned with appeasing knives: dressing and styling his hair in a way that doesn't annoy him, talking very little, always offering compromises that put himself at a disadvantage
it's a wholly bad deal, up until the eye (yeah i'm blending stuff from other triguns in even tho it's a 98 au lol) offer vash their latest up-and-coming disciple to protect and serve him directly, though the "protecting" thing ends up being extremely mutual. wolfwood is the first bright spot in vash's life in a hundred years, and he's not going to allow anybody to take that away
#trigun#trigun anime#trigun fanart#vash#vash the stampede#wolfwood#nicholas d. wolfwood#vashwood#shared devotions au#<- in case i ever draw it again lol. it's an abba reference cuz abba is delightful villain music fhdhdjdj#literally my motivations here was just. i wanna see a situation where wolfwood has to do something fucked up for vash#and instead of vash proselytizing and projecting his trauma at him vash is like. Oh. you really do care for me don't you.#and EQUALLY AS MUCH SO i need vash covered in someone else's blood having thrashed a fucker for getting near wolfwood fhdhdjdjjs#wolfwood can have a lil religious moment realizing how much this traumatized godthing loves him. as little a treat.#love drawing vash's hair all fucked up as a visual representation of his decaying mental state dhfkgdkf#also love vash and knives' opposing color schemes and what you could interpret about their self-perceptions from that alone <3
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there's been a bit of rgu and fma comparison, so here's my dissertation on why they should kiss
#PLS TRY THE OTHER#I PROMISE THERE WILL BE SOMETHING INTERESTING IN THERE FOR YOU#also plsss if you last watched fma 03 on toonami years ago... give it another chance! Its pretty damn confusing#without missing episodes and not having watched it in years#utena tenjou#fma03#revolutionary girl utena#edward elric#fullmetal alchemist 2003#fma 2003#fma 03#rgu#and orv#are my holy trinity of media rn#im only not including orv bc its a different form of media and it has always felt more internal than the other two#I love orv but if you go in expecting societal themes you're gonna be surprised#but i think it has equal craftsmanship#sorry for orv proselytizing#but if you dont they take away your license#also i'll be honest this is really trying to get the rgu fans to watch fma the 12 fma 03 fans totally will watch rgu#but please rgu fans we're going extinct#and i know y'all would like it#also if you're interested in watching order#same for both series#show then movie#also if youre an 03 fan looking for the series feel free to message me too#my sister's review of this as someone who has watched and loved both:#everything you're saying is right... but the brainrot is unreal#simoun
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JEWS DON'T PROSELYTIZE
So let’s get onto the topic of Jews and proselytizing. It’s a topic that surprizes me when I reflect on how strongly I feel about it. I’ve noticed that others also feel very strongly about it. I wanted to unpack why it triggers something so powerful in me when I see Jews appearing to proselytize - that is - attempting to convert non-Jews to Judaism. It’s precisely because proselytizing is so alien to Jews in feeling and practice that I was struck by the posts of this online account:
Similar messaging even appeared on, (what presumably are), paid for adverts on roadside billboards:
Firstly, let’s not allow people of bad faith or bad intellect to pretend there’s some kind of anti-convert sentiment behind my reaction to this advert and my antipathy towards proselytizing. Converts are as Jewish as the prophets. My two favourite Jews in real life happen to be converts and they’ve enriched and deepened my relationship with my tribe.
The question is really one of how non-Jews come to Judaism.
As I understand it, converts are people who come to Judaism of their own volition. They are not caught by casting out a net as these billboards attempt. Following the compass of your own heart which points you towards the Jewish people is a beautiful power. The unique, organic footsteps that bring each convert to the true home of their soul are less likely to be reversed, retraced and tip-toed back out of than someone who was sold the religion as if it was a Subway sandwich. These are people who truly want to bind their destiny with us because they truly are us. Those who fall in love with Jews and convert before marriage have also experienced a calling of the soul - the organic flourishing of love within their heart.
None of these converts were cold-called by a telesalesman offering them an opportunity too good to be true. They weren’t cynically recruited as an exercise in numbers. They weren’t randomly solicited, persuaded, manipulated, hunted or worked upon - which is exactly what these billboards are doing. They are trying to manipulate and work on non-Jews in order persuade them to abandon who they are - as if whoever they are is inherently a lesser thing - and to become Jewish. These adverts are capitalism in action. They are as tawdry as an advert for Doritos. Surely advertising the Torah like it’s some cleaning product competing against other cleaning products is rank? And I write this as a secular Jew. If you want Judaism to compete in the marketplace like Kentucky Fried Chicken or Mountain Dew - then I think that cheapens and degrades what you’re “selling”.
Adverts also target our insecurity. The heart of advertising is to tell us we’re not good enough unless we own this product. You smell bad. You look ugly. You’re uninteresting. Firstly, a non-Jew is as perfect as a Jew. They don’t have to become Jewish to have value - and Jews don’t need others to become Jewish for our tribe to have value. We don’t need to be validated by getting non-Jews to join us. Secondly: I think it’s irresponsible and distasteful for Judaism to proselytise as it risks taking advantage of the weak and vulnerable. If someone succumbs to your idealistic sales pitch when not at their best - you’re inflicting a lot of damage if they decide it’s not for them in the future. Someone extricating themself from a religion they adopted whilst in a bad place is more emotionally complicated than someone trying out a hair product and deciding it’s not for them.
I also think we should be unashamed in saying it’s better to have quality over quantity. We don’t need members of the tribe just for the sake of it. In any venture in life, it’s better to have a small group of people whose hearts are truly into something than simply going for numbers. We have to ask the question: why proselytize in the first place? What’s the goal? We’re a tiny minority but our numbers are fairly stable. We’ve been around for thousands of years and aren’t going anywhere soon? Why proselytize? Why would we want to go out converting non-Jews? And why don’t we?
This leads to the most profound reason for not proselytising - one that’s important not just for the Jews - but for the world at large.
Jews choosing not to proselytize is the most beautiful rejection of an anti-totalitarian instinct. We don’t proselytize precisely because we’re not trying to take over the world. We just want a small corner of it where we can be free. And we’re happy for others to be free. We’ll mix and get on with everyone and participate fully in the world. But we’d be awfully unhappy if people didn’t accept us as we are and tried to stop us being Jews. We hope that everyone else mixes, interacts and participates as fully as they want to with the world. But we don’t think they should have to stop being themselves to do so.
Whether people like it or not there’s a totalitarian instinct ingrained in the act of proselytizing. And it’s not just confined to spiritual faith groups. Political sects such as communism are also on a mission to convert people.
The starting point and end goal of those who proselytize is thus: if everyone is the same then the world will be a good place. If everyone accepts Jesus there will be heaven on earth. If everyone accepts the prophet Muhammed there will be peace. If everyone accepts the teachings of Marx there will be utopia.
By NOT proselytizing, Judaism communicates that people can be different and the world can still be a good place. We don’t all have to think the same. We don’t have to dress the same. We don’t have to pray to the same God. We don’t need to dominate others and turn them into us. People are allowed to be different. It is the most profound example of live and let live in action. It is a rejection of mass uniformity and global group think. Jews - with their passionately held convictions and belief they possess certain truths - are not trying to force it on others.
We need to absorb how revolutionary and powerful this concept is. To have ideas you cherish and believe are life enhancing - and to be able to enjoy them without trying to force them on others. It is bizarre that some people’s enjoyment of a thing is reduced if other people aren’t enjoying it too. To then go out and try to convert others by persuasion or the sword is an insane level of insecurity.
Proselytizing is not just questionable because it leads harassment, bullying and domination - the goal of global group think would be awful if achieved. A healthy nation, a healthy civilisation, a healthy planet will venerate difference - not domination. The friction of different perspectives is absolutely essential for human vitality and progress.
So I honestly don’t know what the people who post materials that stray into proselytizing are playing at. Converts will come - as they do and as they always have done. And they are among the best of us. But going out hunting them isn’t bringing something to Judaism. It’s taking something away.
Anyway, it doesn’t affect me - I worship Zeus.
Only joking.
Thanks for reading. I hope I’ve converted you to the beauty of accepting converts without actively trying to convert people.
Sending love to all Jews who are beautiful and perfect as Jews - and love to all non-Jews who are beautiful and perfect as non-Jews.
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LEE KERN
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Apparently no one's posted about this so I'm legally obligated to do this myself
See that guy on the right?
Resident 4? From the Index Proselytes story?
He's literally Johnny Bravo, from the name to the hair and sunglasses, to being a bit of a dumbass (affectionate).
What did Project Moon mean by this.
#ramblings#library of ruina#please someone see the resemblance too#this has been driving me insane ever since i saw the index proselytes story#losing my mind. can anyone hear me
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I haven't seen any of the FHJY discourse (praise bless), but like....Kristen Applebees is a newly deprogramming baby gay who has died TWICE and very likely just broke up with someone she referred to as "The love of my life," last season. In the real world, that person would spend the next DECADE being the most emotionally unavailable, internally misogynistic, toxic fuckboi dyke you'd ever met. Kristen being a somewhat dismissive gym bro is the good outcome.
#some people clearly didn't have their heart destroyed by the first real queer relationship in their life and it shows#she's been through some shit#it would be more unrealistic if she ends up being super nice and dedicated to Cassandra#who I feel bad for#but also#y'all know damn well Brennan will be making Kristen talk to her#Cassandra needs a lot of reassurance and support that Kristen is not in a place to provide#what I really hope they explore is the implication that proselytizing is necessary for Cassandra to exist as a deity#kristen applebees#d20 fhjy#fhjy#everyone say thank you Beardsley#trackerbees
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What meaning three hammers emoji tag?
:D I'm so glad you asked!
⛏️⛏️⛏️ tag, the holy trio of pickaxes, is basically a bat signal to indicate to other Miners that Sifo-Dyas-obsessive content is at hand.
What are the Mines, you might wonder? The Mines are a community - perhaps, a support group - of Sifo-Dyas appreciators. Artists, fic writers, readers, lovers of discussion, or literally anyone interested in experimenting with seer content. All are valid! Some of us ship him, some of us don't. There is no wrong way to love a character who came about because of a typo and only exists to suffer and fail in the narrative, then be sacrificed by plot and forgotten. Be we remember!
So we band together and try to create a bigger showing for the character, support each other's works, and generally scream.
Come, crash on our threadbare couch in the break room! There is coffee - it tastes like the burning tears of the Cosmic Force! Yes, the mines are hot and haunted and full of poison gas, but YOU ARE WELCOME HERE! Join in!! Use the tag freely! Got Sifo-Dyas thoughts or opinions? Share 'em! Write fic! Draw his adorable hair loopies. DO IT FOR HIM! There is a shortage of content in this space but by god we're going to keep digging.
#jess is proselytizing again#fellow miners did I get this right??#sound off#sifo dyas#⛏️⛏️⛏️#but seriously I cannot emphasize enough about how much we welcome more participants#no contribution is too small to be appreciated
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