I had posted my opinion about a movie and someone responded to me by saying, “you must be white man right? Can I cannot picture anyone else having this stupid a take.”
Well damn…
She gagged me with that one
Never before have I been called a white man. It kinda hurt😂
(Just to be clear I am not a white man. I am a Black woman)
I’ve been having symptoms for a while now that I’m concerned about. My doctor told me to get an endoscopy so he can see what’s going on, but we can’t afford it. All my life I’ve been fortunate enough to have the money for these things or not need a procedure, but now there’s a very high chance even with insurance that I can’t afford to get one. It’s a terrible feeling, knowing that there’s a way to check my health and perhaps catch something early, and it’s right in front of you, but it’s blocked by a wall of debt. All because greedy fucks want more money and don’t care about people. And it’s hard to get a job because I’m distracted by these symptoms I’m having. I’m feeling scared now and would like some encouragement.
Asking for a friend: men, if you’re wearing a suit but want to carry auvi-Q in an insulated case, how do you make sure you have epinephrine on you while still looking stylish? Do you wear a fanny pack, messenger bag? And how do you make sure the suit still looks nice?
I’m so tired. The gov is putting ankle monitors on Haitian immigrants in Ohio.
They have given 30 year sentenced to people in Texas for having zines.
This government has already committed so many atrocities that further shows that the Nazis got all their ideas from America. And it makes me so angry, obviously at the people who voted for this mf, but also the people who chose not the vote or refused to vote for Kamala knowing it was either going to be her or him. I consider myself a leftist but I get so mad at them sometimes. “Thank God the Zionist Black woman isn’t president. The senile fascist Zionist racist child-molesting rapist narcissist is the much better choice.” That’s what they seem to believe to me.
I know that Democrats also do illegal and corrupt things. I know that the number of deportations was really high during Obama’s presidency. But damn, how does us being in this situation with losing healthcare, being dragged into wars, an unimaginable cost of living, ICE terrorizing people, putting them in camps, the press being suppressed, women being arrested and dying because they can’t have abortions, too many food recalls because everyone in power now is an idiot, etc…help anyone at all? How does any of this help the people in Gaza? How does any of this help the disabled Americans who’ve lost their healthcare?
What, are certain people supposed to be sacrificed for everyone to see the light?
I’m probably not making any sense, but basically I have a feeling that some people want to burn things down so badly that they don’t care if the most vulnerable are caught in the fire. Am I crazy to think that?
I don’t know why x-men evolution even did that. That’s the one thing that turned me away from that show. In the comics is Storm always the same age as the rest of the x-men or are there different versions?
I love Storm. She’s my favorite of the x-men. I only know about her though tv shows, movies, and Wikipedia pages. I want to get into the comics but I don’t know where to start with Marvel because it seems like there’s different versions of Storm? Where do I start?
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I think the actress would have to be younger, around Sadie’s age. But I don’t want to get my hopes up. I can’t trust Marvel to do a good job with such a beloved Black character.
Hi everyone.
How do you reach out to old high school “friends” you haven’t talked to in years? I put friends in quotations because we were never really close, but we hung out at school and a couple times outside of school. At the time I never really opened myself up to people, so I never made any deep friendships. Right now we just follow each other on instagram.
How can I reach out to them and start a conversation? Is it even worth it if I’m dealing with my own mental health issues? I haven’t socialized in such a long time, it feels weird. And I don’t know how to answer if they inevitably ask, “how are you?” Do I tell them the truth? That I barely leave my house and have no social life? And that my mental health is kinda hanging on by a thread?
I’m not used to socializing anymore and I’m looking for some advice. Thanks!
How do you reach out to old high school “friends” you haven’t talked to in years? I put friends in quotations because we were never really close, but we hung out at school and a couple times outside of school. At the time I never really opened myself up to people, so I never made any deep friendships. Right now we just follow each other on instagram. How can I reach out to them and start a conversation? Is it even worth it if I’m dealing with my own mental health issues? I haven’t socialized in such a long time, it feels weird. And I don’t know how to answer if they inevitably ask, “how are you?”
I want to listen to sermons or talks while I’m doing routine tasks like folding clothes. Does anyone have any sermons or talks about Christian Universalism I can listen to, maybe on YouTube or something? Preferably a video about not having to be afraid of death because that’s been something I’m been worrying about recently.
I don’t even watch soccer like that and I could tell Argentina was cheating up and down the field and then had the nerve to start a fight after they lose the game. Absolute sore losers.
But this just showed me that in terms of skill, it seems like Argentina isn’t that good. Like how you gonna cheat and still lose?
Anyway, Nico Williams, the Black player from Spain was ROBBED
Edit: In all honesty, I’ve never watching a World Cup again. That shit was stressful 😂
When you meet someone new, do you ever worry that by saying you are a Christian they will assume you subscribe to ECT? Do you ever explain that you are a Universalist. Do you still feel like you can be called Christian or has the name of Christianity strayed so far away from Christ that they are no longer related?
I’ve been thinking about these identifiers lately because in black and queer spaces, people don’t want to date religious people, understandably. Or they have criticisms of religious people or Christianity. The criticisms they talk about never apply to me. It’s always referring to facets of American Christianity and Christian nationalism that I don’t agree with. And it’s mostly like, “how can you be Black and a Christian given the history?” Or “how can you be queer and a Christian?” And my first reaction is always, “you’re generalizing an entire group of people. Not every Christian believes being queer as a sin. Not every Christian believes that God sends people to hell forever. Not every Christian has a narrow view of the world.” But I admit, I have no idea if the majority of Christians are homophobic and exclusionary or if it’s just that those ones are the loudest. So could I really blame people for making these assumptions?
And I’ve been thinking more about what is a Christian? On the one hand, I have beliefs so different from the stereotypical evangelical Christian and if I say Christian I know what people will automatically assume of me. And I believe Christianity has strayed so far from what Jesus preached that I wonder how many Christians actually follow Jesus. On the other hand, if I believe in God, if I believe in Jesus, if I believe that Jesus is God and that He saves me, if I believe the Bible is sacred and from God, aren’t I a Christian?
I’m mostly just thinking out loud but I’d love to hear your thoughts.
When I was taught ECT, I was basically told this: all humans are sinful through Adam, and we all deserve eternity in hell for our sins. But God loved us so much, He sent His Son to take on the punishment that was meant for us. That was Grace. This to me meant that I was being treated better than I deserve.
Like if I committed a crime, I deserve a jail sentence but God showed grace by not sending me to jail.
Even as a child I’ve had a problem with that because I could not understand how anyone could deserve eternal conscious torment.
But now, as a Universalist, my question is, what do we deserve? Are we like criminals who deserve to be put in the prison but God pardoned every single one of us? Or is it that we never deserved prison?
And my understanding of grace is being given something you don’t deserve. So what did we originally deserve that God is giving us grace for? Punishment? And does this mean there is no punishment after death, even if it’s a short one?
Tl;dr: I guess my overall question is, if sinners are purified by fire after death, thereby paying the price of their sins, then what did Jesus pay for on the Cross that we don’t have to anymore? In other words, what did Jesus save us from?
As a Universalist, I believe God saves everyone and that hell is for purification not retribution.
I’m not sure what I believe about what hell looks like and how people are reconciled to God after death. While I feel great relief and joy that God will redeem every single person and not give up on anyone, a part of me wants the people who commit evil acts on this earth to suffer. Not forever. But at least for some time. The ones who owned slaves, the ones who killed people, raped people, tortured people. Plenty of people who’ve done evil things don’t pay for what they did on earth. I want them to suffer before they become remorseful and repent. Is that wrong to want that? How do I deal with those feelings? What do I do with them?
Hi, I hope this is okay to post. If it is not, I understand.
My brother and I are both young adults. My family and his therapist believe he has autism but he hasn’t been formally tested and diagnosed. I on the other hand have ocd, anxiety, depression, and adhd. We live with our parents cause the economy is tough, and sometimes they are helpful and sometimes they miss the mark.
This year, he’s become more lonely, depressed, and ashamed of himself. Ashamed for not having friends. Ashamed of not moving through life the same way as a neurotypical person. Ashamed that certain things that may seem easy to some people do not come easily to him. He has a lot of negative self-talk. I know this because he’s told me. I want to be supportive but I don’t know how. Especially since I have my own mental health issues to deal with.
Is there anything that, as an autistic adult, you would have wanted your siblings to do to support you? Do you have an any advice on how I can support him while also handling my own stuff? Thanks.
Anyone else feel like they look like 2 completely different people in the mirror vs in pictures or on a phone camera? I look at myself in the mirror and I know I am foine. I look gorgeous, like I should be in a renaissance painting or something. But the beauty I see in myself in the mirror never translates to the camera. I don’t like the way I look in pictures. Whyyyyyyyyyyy? Is there any way to change that or should I accept that I’m not gonna like how I look in photos? Like how do you take good photos?
Hello, I’m in my 20s but I haven’t had sex or even dated anyone yet. Based on what I know about sex, I have a pretty good idea of what sex acts I like and don’t like, but sometimes I wonder if it’s possible to truly know what you like or don’t like if you’ve never had sex. How can I tell my future partner what I’m comfortable with if I haven’t experienced it yet?
So were there sex acts or aspects about sex that you know you weren’t into before having sex for the first time? Or do your preferences change over time?
I just watched K-pop Demon Hunters today. I don’t really care for K-pop but I like the fantasy genre so I decided to finally watch it.
Spoilers ahead:
>!>!I liked it because the message seemed to be a Universalist message until the end. So basically the movie is about this K-pop girl group (Huntrix) who protect the souls of people from soul-eating demons by creating a magical barrier that keeps the demons away from humans. To do that, they use their music and special weapons to “kill” the demons or send them back to the underworld. I’m still unsure if demons actually die.!<
>!The demon hunters are taught that demons are unfeeling creatures and that they deserve to suffer in the underworld for all eternity.!<
>!The main character, Rumi, is hiding a secret that she’s half demon. She feels immense shame about it.!<
>!The “leader” of the underworld is this entity called Gwi-Ma. He controls all the demons. The story begins when this demon named Jinu comes up with a plan to weaken the magical barrier in exchange for Gwi-Ma agreeing to erase his memories.!<
>!Later on, Rumi learns from Jinu that every demon has feelings and are forced to constantly live in their shame because they are imprisoned by Gwi-Ma. Demons are constantly told they deserve to suffer for the sins they’ve committed. This shatters Rumi’s worldview and she gradually learns to accept her flaws and shed her shame. She begins to feel uncomfortable when her friend commented on wanting all demons to suffer for eternity. At one point it seems like she develops empathy for the demons because she hesitates killing a demon to ask if he’s imprisoned. Then she offers to help free Jinu.!<
>!So I thought the movie was going to have Rumi and the rest of Huntrix realize that demons deserve to be free as much as the humans. I thought the movie would end with Huntrix freeing ALL the demons from Gwi-Ma. I thought it was going to mimic Universal Reconciliation where EVERYONE is saved, and Gwi-Ma (who I saw as sin and death) would be destroyed. But instead, Rumi creates a new barrier, seemingly banishing the demons to the underworld forever? So they still suffer for eternity? That sounds like ECT. That is unless I misinterpreted the ending.!<!<
Tldr: basically the movie seemed to be leaning toward a Universalist message but then seemingly didn’t and I feel like that was a major disappointment.
Anyway, what movies or tv shows do you think have a Universal Salvation message?
I’m 23, petite and is often mistaken for a teenager. How can I make myself look more like my age but without makeup? Is it possible?