u/EzamArya

How tragic that so many descendants of the oppressed still follow the religion that, in the hands of slaveholders and colonizers, was used to justify their ancestors' suffering

Christianity is a religion whose sacred texts include laws permitting slavery, and for centuries those texts were used by slaveholders to justify the enslavement of Africans

Where's the freaking love?

Respect to every Black man and woman who has chosen to question, challenge, or reject this oppression❤

I mean I like face paint, Alex always does that, and some other fighters too, looking decent. But when I see Kamaru, I always spit my water and find he looks funny.

Jesus sees a tree with no figs, gets angry, and curses it to death, even though the Bible literally says it wasn’t even the season for figs.

A supposedly all-loving, all-powerful being uses his power to kill a helpless plant because it didn’t give him something it couldn’t possibly provide !!!

Reading this as an adult, I don’t see a loving message. I see a deeply disturbing example of unnecessary punishment

World Health Organization (WHO), UN Women, UN Human Rights (2018):

"There is no known examination that can prove a history of vaginal intercourse. The appearance of the hymen is not a reliable indication of intercourse."

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) (2020):

"Physical examinations purported to assess 'virginity' are without basis. Virginity testing is not a medically valid procedure."

And for the one who deny that it's Jesus but the God of the OT : Jesus claims unity with God

Jesus says:

"I and the Father are one." — John 10:30

"Before Abraham was, I am." — John 8:58

John 10:35: "Scripture cannot be broken."

Truly disgusting

The full version btw 🤮🤮🤮 :

13 “Suppose a man marries a woman but after going in to her dislikes her 14 and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, ‘I married this woman, but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity.’ 15 The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. 16 The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: ‘I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her, 17 and now he has made up charges against her, saying, “I did not find evidence of your daughter’s virginity.” But here is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town. 18 The elders of that town shall take the man and punish him; 19 they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the young woman’s father) because he has slandered a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife; he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

20 “If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman’s virginity was not found, 21 then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her town shall stone her to death, because she committed a disgraceful act in Israel by prostituting herself in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

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How f*cked up is it that a cult teaches you that the people who raised you, loved you, and would die for you should never come before someone you don't even know ?

If any modern cult demanded that level of loyalty, everyone would recognize the red flags immediately 🚩🚩🚩

No wonder why some Christians cut off family members, shun relatives, do therapy conversions.

This cult makes you nuts

What other group flies across the world to bring some isolated tribes in their cults ?

What other group will strike up a conversation with you on a plane and somehow turn it into a Bible study?

You're shopping? They might approach you

At work? Also them ( I got many memories 💀💀)

Ect ect

For those who want to cringe:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/YqPQF8Hpkr

We always hear about the "God-fearing heartland" 🇺🇸🙏. You know... the idea that America's most Christian states are the moral backbone of the country, while the secular states are supposedly in declinee

MAGA politicians and a lot of conservative Christians like to bring this up...

So I got curious and looked at what actually happens when you compare the 5 most religious states with the 5 least religious ones.

According to Pew Research, the 5 most religious states are Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. The 5 least religious are Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut.

Here's what you get on average:

💰 Median household income: ~$85–95k vs ~$60–70k

🎓 Bachelor's degree or higher: 40–50% vs 25–32%

📉 Poverty: 7–11% vs 15–19%

❤️ Life expectancy: 78–81 years vs 72–75 years

📈 GDP per capita: generally 20–50% higher

🏥 Better health outcomes across multiple measures in the least religious states.

Politically, it's almost a perfect split.

The most religious states vote overwhelmingly Republican and tend to support conservative policies on abortion, religion in schools, gun rights, and LGBTQ+ issues.

The least religious states vote overwhelmingly Democratic, with much stronger support for church-state separation, abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental policies, and social welfare.

Speaking of LGBTQ+ people.

The least religious states consistently have stronger anti-discrimination protections, broader legal recognition, and much higher public support for same-sex marriage.

Meanwhile, the most religious states are the ones most likely to pass laws restricting transgender rights or limiting gender-affirming care.

Race is actually pretty interesting too.

The Bible Belt is more racially diverse (Mississippi alone is about 37% Black), while the least religious New England states are often 80/90% White.

But despite being more diverse, the most religious states generally have larger racial disparities in income, health, education, maternal mortality, and incarceration. The least religious states usually perform better on those metrics.

Isn't it strange that the "Bible Belt," full of believers who pray and go to church, are doing worse in all metrics than these damned seculars? 😡😡😡

Anyways, if you know you know.

Less Christianity, more progress.

Sources: • Pew Research Center – Religious Landscape Study (2025) • U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey) • Human Rights Campaign – State Equality Index • The Sentencing Project & U.S. Department of Justice (racial disparities) • Federal Election Commission & official state election results (voting patterns)

And for the "it's tHe OlD tEStAmEnT" gang

Jesus treated the Old Testament as God's authority

When debating religious leaders or resisting temptation, Jesus repeatedly said:

"It is written..."

For example, in Gospel of Matthew 4, every response to Satan comes from Book of Deuteronomy.

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Paul says the Old Testament is for Christians

First Epistle to the Corinthians 10:11:

"These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us."

He is referring to Old Testament events.

Similarly, Epistle to the Romans 15:4 says:

"Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us."

The martyr complex is wild lol

In the world's most powerful country, politicians openly campaign on Christianity. Trump repeatedly claims he's defending Christians and Christian values. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the Bible is the foundation of his politics. Christian lobbying has helped shape abortion restrictions, limits on transgender healthcare, support a genocidal state on biblical claims,and other culture-war laws....

Churches enjoy tax exemptions, Christmas and Easter are federal holidays, and politicians routinely end speeches with 'God bless America.' Meanwhile, corporations put rainbow logos on products because they think it'll make them money, not because they're leading some anti-Christian crusade. Criticism isn't persecution, and having some companies market inclusivity doesn't erase centuries of Christian political and cultural dominance.

That's insane, they don't see that they are the privileged ones while the real minorities suffer more than them.

So, firstly

2 Timothy 3:16–17

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness..."

The Greek word translated "God-breathed" (theopneustos) is the primary basis for the doctrine that Scripture is inspired by God.

So there shouldn't be any errors or contradictions?

The Bible is an unreliable authority because it contains numerous contradictions. Logically, if two statements are contradictory, at least one of them is false. The biblical contradictions therefore prove that the book has many false statements and is not infallible.

And those examples are just a few of the hundreds of contradictions contained in the Old and New Testaments. Each contradiction is an instance where at least one of the verses is wrong.

For the curious :

https://www.lyingforjesus.org/Bible-Contradictions/

Because honestly the numbers look terrifying.

The Mekong Delta:

produces ~50% of Vietnam’s rice

~90% of rice exports

~65–70% of aquaculture/fish exports

supports ~18–20 million people

But it already seems to be slowly degrading:

saltwater intrusion in recent years reached 50–70km inland in some areas

groundwater extraction is causing land subsidence, with some areas sinking several cm per year

sediment flow from the Mekong reportedly dropped massively because of upstream dams in China/Laos

coastal erosion is destroying parts of the delta already

droughts are becoming more severe

sea level rise threatens huge low-lying areas

Some projections say if trends continue, large parts of the delta could become severely damaged or partially uninhabitable later this century.

And this isn’t some random region, this is basically one of the pillars of Vietnam’s food production + export economy!!

So how seriously is this viewed inside Vietnam? Do people think we can realistically save/adapt the delta long term and shall people be more direct against China, Laos dams.. ?

Hello Indonesian friends 🇮🇩

Javanese are ~40% of Indonesia’s population, but Bamar are closer to ~65–70% in Myanmar. So technically Myanmar should’ve been easier to centralize/unify, no?

Yet Indonesia managed to:

avoid major nationwide ethnic civil wars

build a relatively strong national identity

keep separatism limited mostly to Aceh historically + Papua today

decentralize after Suharto without fully collapsing

maintain economic growth across many islands

Meanwhile Myanmar has had civil war almost nonstop since independence in 1948.

What’s the difference exactly? It's gotta be more than just Pancasila ?

Terima kasih !