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Genuine French Protestant church, post-Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. (Grotte des Camisards, Rochegude, history)
I've personally been in this one, it has some nice acoustics - you just have to be careful not to hit your head going in, the entrance is about 1.5 meters tall but gets bigger the deeper you go. No stained glass windows, but the forest is beautiful! How amazing to see God's glory all around you when you step out. And how gracious is God that He'd come in such lowly places to comfort and uplift His people.
#christianity#protestant churches#catholicism#protestantism#church history#protestants#huguenots#camisards#france
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News everyone! Greece is now the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize civil same-sex marriage!
The same bill also gives same-sex couples full parental rights!
#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbtqia#greece#queer#we did it gays! we went against the Church's protests and legalized civil gay marriage!#I can now legally marry YOUR MOM HAH gottem
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I cannot overemphasize how much the study of the origin and practice of Indulgences, as practiced in a corrupt Latin Church, led to a transformation in my understanding of the legal underpinnings of my Protestant beliefs.
I get pushback from Latins when I state that the Orthodox never used indulgences. However, The fact that indulgences never took hold in any meaningful way, were sporadically implemented at best, and were either highly controversial or ignored when they were tried in the East, supports my point. The reason given for their failure was that Eastern Orthodox Soteriology couldn't really rationally support indulgences as an institution.
I frequently think of the Medieval Latin Church as an abusive parent, and the Protestant Churches as her Lost Little Sheep trying desperately to find meaning, while retaining the same myopic vision, assumptions, and patterns of behavior as their abusive parent.
Maybe that's just me.
Lord have mercy upon me, a sinner.
#Western Christianity#Eastern Christianity#Latin Church#Protestant Churches#indulgences#Papal corruption#soteriology
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Holy shit, y'all
The Munsons are Catholic.
#Stranger Things#Eddie Munson#Wayne Munson#this is more religious iconography than we've seen in anybody else's home!#in the entire show!#holy shit Wayne Munson is ACTIVELY RELIGIOUS#wow I need more of THIS in fic right this goddamn second#that is an actual cloth calendar that is not a free thing you pick up at church#that is not a thing you hang up in your home by accident#(also I'm not saying guardian angels and praying hands CAN'T be some denomination of protestant)#(but that is some Catholic-ass iconography right there)
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Maybe the problem with Christian fiction is that it's non-denominational. People are just "Christian", with no effort put into showing what practicing that religion looks like for them specifically. No indication that there are other Christians who could have different beliefs. No wrestling with differing ideas and the struggle of how one should live out their Christian faith. And that makes it unrealistic and unrelatable.
#me reading any christian historical fiction set in england: why are none of these gentry anglican??#they ARE all anglican and if they are not it is extremely plot and character relevant you can't just have them using evangelical buzzwords#but i'm also thinking of this because i started another charlotte yonge book#that is by far my favorite of the things of hers that i've read#because it has characters who have different upbringings and religious opinions#instead of just 'here's a bunch of high church anglicans judging people who don't live up to their victorian standard'#you have the very high church anglican rector whose wife is worldly but still a very good person#the girl raised in a very strict protestant family who is more scrupulous than the anglicans but is still recognized as a good person#you have people who are trying to work out the nuances of different issues#and that makes it so much more realistic and so much easier to integrate into the story#(the politics though are hilarious)#(most of the classics that survive are the ones that were 'ahead of their time' in politics)#(so it's equally fascinating and refreshing and a bit infuriating to see one that is very very of its time with regards to women's rights)#('why did this woman get up at the meeting and explain her very good ideas for rebuilding after the fire? she should have had a man do it')#(meanwhile i'm just screaming 'why on earth SHOULDN'T she???')#(it's almost enough to make a feminist of me)
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guy who so desperately tries to find god. who wants to have faith in a higher authority to guide him out of the hole he's in. from the weight of guilt from simply existing, as the person he is. but every time he thinks he's answered his higher calling it turns out he's made the Morally Incorrect choice and his path to goodness and holiness was the road to the devil all along
#now trusting god will give you a way out? there's your real crime!!!#guy betrayed by the protestant promise of a direct connection with god. but is also somehow. joan of arc.#see he never achieves actual martyrdom tho bc he's not allowed to stay dead lmaooo#sam somehow the most unintentionally catholic AND protestant character of all time#dean the atheist who sees religious predestination as the curse it is from the get go. framed as the narrative's Real Moral Authority#but also in the process reifying patriarchal familial power n authority. very very important Value of the Church#i don't think it's that deep. the show's attempt at critiquing christianity. but the way it reinforces christian cultural values???#'religious predestination and absolute faith in a higher authority...bad'#nice nice ok tell me more?#“so you should put your faith in family. in your patriarch (big brother)”#?????????#the thematic incoherence of it all. it's like the world's stupidest puzzle box to me. i can't leave it alone.#sam = maybe i can find god thru following my destined path. wait oh shit.#cas = maybe i can find god thru rebellion and seeking my own destiny. wait oh shit.#dean = god is fucking dead and me i also feel not so good#the “guy who so desperately wants to find god parallel” <- me coming out as a secret sastiel fan#both of them...finding god in de-[sniper on the roof kills me in one shot]#spn bible studies#j.txt
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rosekiller but evan is the antisocial son of a pastor who is only known to interact with his twin sister. brainwashedly pious and celibate until human roadkill barty crouch is sent to the local church to "get better" (he ends up corrupting evan in many unsavoury ways)
[marking this ask with a comically large red stamp that says ‘EROTIC’] this is really hot. co-signed.
maybe this is cancellable but some of my favorite rosekiller dynamics are those where barty takes a more predatory role. he’s weak & taking it out on someone weaker… especially in religious aus i think evan is particularly susceptible to these attentions because there is always something ineffable about him that is just visibly Wrong.
no matter how quiet & well behaved & generally bland and plain and unassuming evan rosier is (in his beige hand-me-downs two sizes too big) there is something about his face that says: i skin squirrels in the woods & if you pinch me i won’t scream
#a#in my head they’re always protestant.. calvinist maybe. predeterminism. in those moldy midwest church basements#evan is in one of those cluttered church attics w a plastic rocking horse digging into his back and barty’s hand down his pants#rose & thorn
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#wronghands#humor#history#puritans#church#religion#protestant#map#geography#john atkinson#lifestyle#witches
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#sinead oconnor#90s women#mood#uploads#protest#sinead o'connor#snl#saturday night live#pope#catholic church#bob marley
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Also "you shouldn't protest outside religious institutions it looks bad" I have some bad news for you about where one of the main places fascists and reactionaries like to use to speak and spread their toxic tar pit ideas
#if people can't protest outside synagogues they also can't protest outside First Racist Baptist Church when Father Klansman comes to speak#you can't have it both ways dumbass
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it’s very funny to talk about Christianity with my best friend, because some part of me is so ridiculously Catholic it refuses to learn anything about the Christian denominations that make up her research. I swear she’s explained the difference between Methodists and Presbyterians eight separate times, but not a single thing stuck because some pre-Vatican II neuron was too busy slamming pots and pans together while screaming ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTALIC
#I am no longer catholic but my hippocampus is#it's not even like she's getting into their history she just wants me to understand the stereotypes#since they inform her work and I simply Cannot.#christianity is composed of catholics catholics whose churches schismed prior to the 15th century and protestants#sometimes the protestants are american and annoying and we call them evangelicals.#tw christianity#tw religion#celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge
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Actually I'm still thinking about it. Another interesting way in which RvB is anti-war is the way that the Director fills the role of a villain and antagonist (especially in the Recollections trilogy, where he's a faceless villain we never see but is responsible for everything that happens).
In his memos to the Chairman, the Director emphasizes his sense of duty and obligation to the military- he becomes irate for the first time when he feels that it's being implied that he was derelict in his duty... or that the work he did out of that duty is being criticized for being against the military's interests. He also talks about Allison's death in a way I find... interesting.
"You see; I never had the chance to serve in battle. Nor did fate provide me the opportunity to sacrifice myself for humanity as it did for so many others in the Great War. Someone extremely dear to me was lost very early in my life. My mind has always plagued me with the question: If the choice had been placed in my hands, could I have saved her? [...] But, given the events of these past few weeks, I feel confident that had I been given the chance, I would have made those sacrifices myself... Had I only the chance."
The idea of sacrifice is central to the way he talks about his wife's loss, to the way he talks about the war in general. He talks of sacrifice with a sense of veneration- that it's something he aspires to do, that he longs for. There's a few ways we can interpret "I would have made those sacrifices myself"...
-That in Allison's place, he thinks he would have laid down his life too.
-That if given the chance, he would have given his life to save hers.
But most interestingly...
-That he would have sacrificed Allison's life for the continued survival of humanity, if that was what duty called for.
...And personally, I think all 3 are true.
In most war media, the Director's perspective on sacrifice is very common. Sacrifice is glorious and heroic- to die in battle is an honour- and it's the only way to ensure the group you serve survives. This is a tool of propaganda- nobody wants to go to war just for the sake of it, you have to give them a reason that the risk of dying or being permanently disabled isn't just acceptable, but desirable. Beyond that, most people don't want to do things they think are immoral- you have to convince them it's important, a necessary lesser evil. You teach them to sacrifice their morals, too.
The way they train soldiers to follow orders and to kill, is to convince them that they, and the people around them, and the people they care about, will all die if they don't. It's drilled into your head from day one. It's the way they ensure their commanding officers won't shy away from sending their men off to die. The message is constant- sacrifice is your duty, and duty ensures your people's survival.
In the Director's eyes, the damage Project Freelancer caused was his sacrifice. He never got the opportunity to sacrifice himself during the war- so he sacrificed others, as military brass do. The Freelancers- including his daughter. The countless sim troopers. Any people he considered "collateral damage" on missions. And when the opportunity to do so presented itself, he sacrificed a copy of himself- Alpha- and he sacrificed a copy of Allison- Tex.
The very thing that derailed his life- the loss of his wife- he made it happen again. He put her copy in dangerous situations, let her exist in the position of constant repeated failure, created the circumstances that would eventually lead to her death. He put their daughter in deadly situations that nearly killed her repeatedly, provided her with impossible expectations leading to self-destructive behaviours in the name of duty, implanted her with two AI knowing they could cause her permanent harm. He was confident he "would have made those sacrifices himself" because he did.
The Director is the embodiment of the military war machine. As an antagonist, he is a warning against buying into the glorification of sacrifice. He's a condemnation of the idea that one should be willing to do anything to win a war- that duty to the military is the thing that ensures survival... All the messages that are pushed to ensure recruitment and obedience of soldiers.
He's a reminder that swallowing the propaganda leads to you doing terrible things... and in the end, you're a broken man left mourning the losses that you suffered even as you repeated them, convinced that it was all necessary.
#late nights with ali#ali watches rvb#not video games#rvb#red vs blue#leonard church#the director#director rvb#idk why I'm so fixated on thinking about the anti-war interpretation of rvb right now but I'm apparently going ham#it's just so fucking. wild to me. listening to the director's messages in S6 always has me thinking 'oh man this guy ate the propaganda up'#the OPPORTUNITY to sacrifice yourself??? homedog you sound like the kid in high school who brags he's joining the army as soon as he's 18#to be clear: a lot of my thoughts on this stem from the fact that I come from a military family. I spend a lot of time with people who...#...bought in to the military propaganda and indoctrination. I see an amplified version of their perspectives reflected in the director.#to the military man sacrifice is the highest calling. sacrifice of your life. sacrifice of your morals. sacrifice of your wellbeing.#the things the director did were all in line with that fucked-up form of sacrifice.#and that they're portrayed for the evil they are is an important protest against the war machine's messaging.
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this is strictly between christian denominations ex. anglican and catholic
reblog with your answer and your religion
#religion#religion tag#christianity#judaism#islam#hinduism#buddhism#sikhism#jainism#atheism#catholicism#protestantism#catholic#protestant#mormonism#baptist church#interfaithdialogue#interfaith#interfaith relationships#interfaith dialogue#sects#tw religion#religion tw
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Ok folks raised or in the church, reblog this with your most insane church lore, drama, or scandal.
I'll go first. My church started out as a New England commune. They all shared one lawnmower.
#church#christian#presbyterian#methodist#baptist#Catholic#Orthodox#Protestant#anglican#episcopal#ex christian#church stories#christianity#christian stories#m#jesus#yes i was inspired by the responses to my hyper specific poll#yes i was more immediately inspired by my sister
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you know what if I were a peasant during the middle ages hearing this I wouldn’t even think twice about repenting. say what you will about the medieval catholic church but they did have some bangin acoustics
#the church is St Thomas in Leipzig and the choir is a local youth choir (i don't *think* it's the Thomanerchor but I could not tell you)#this video is from yesterday btw. before I ate a cashew and my body had its best shot at killing me#willow’s wastebin tagxon#fun fact it’s actually a Protestant church now#and obviously it’s been renovated + restored many times since it was first built
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