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i hope this doesn’t sound like a white boi ego death moment lmaooo, but i was raised in a christian elementary school and as a closeted queer. was taught love, forgiveness, kindness, but NEVER empathy. and i began to believe that basically all virtues are useless/performative without real empathy. 2020 i started reading theory and radical stuff and realized my church was just a business with a cross for a brand. started protesting in Portland and realizing that my abstract understanding of who Jesus is, is more alive in the people (who most likely wouldnt identify as christian) throwing molotov cocktails at pig precincts than in any single person, pastor or family member i’d ever met in my 17 years of institutional christianity. now i’m a buddhist, taoist, Qur’an reading, christian agnostic (because why tf not, yolo, i make my own rules) and life is so beautiful. Fred Hampton is my Jesus Christ and the communist manifesto is my bible.
May 1, 2024
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I grew up Catholic, def not practicing anymore which is another story for another day.…
Anyway, I still like to use the “what would Jesus do?“ as a basic guiding principle.
Supposedly Jesus was this unconditionally all-loving, forgiving, supportive dude who worked with sinners/people who needed help and could perform cool miracles. He was kind and accepting, not judging others or smiting them to hell. He rolled with everybody.
When I was 15, I had a dream that Jesus invited me to par-take in some cannabis with a group of folks and he was just super chill, nice, and welcoming. Random, but that’s how I like to imagine him.
It makes me sad how most organized Christianity religions use fear instead of love and kindness to spread their message.
Also, side note, anyone else think it’s weird that they made white Jesus so good looking? Are we supposed to be attracted to him as a tactic to enroll?
Mar 23, 2025
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I say this as a secular raised Jew. But if you’re trying to consciously seek a good model for forgiveness in your heart, Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the best teacher. Probably give the New Testament a good, dedicated reading.
Mar 8, 2025
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even if you are not a christian or even religious there js much wisdom to be attained from the words and deeds of jesus christ
Dec 21, 2023
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my tote heavy as fuck 😫
will not go to school, work, grocery store, downtown, or outside without lugging around at least 3 books.
even tho i will only read 2 of them maybe, you never know when a global apocalyptic occurrance could land me in some serious downtime. plus now i look sexy and mysterious.
books currently toted:
palestine, israel and the u.s. empire - richard becker
white teeth - zadie smith
poor things - alasdair gray
china’s revolution and the quest for a socialist future - ken hammond
someone who isn’t me - geoff rickly
shit could go south quick. i’m always strapped 📚
Mar 25, 2024
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I'm a broke college student fr, so i typically stick to eating/cooking mostly the same foods everyday. but rn i’m fasting sunrise to sunset for ramadan (in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza) and i think about food ALL DAMN DAY.
today i conceptualized a khao soi curry chicken quesadilla with a cilantro mint basil greek yogurt dipping sauce. gonna put some paneer cheese on it with some shallots and peppers. the typa shit dreams are made of.
y’all i got 5 hours until i can eat/cook but ill keep you updated.
have you guys ever conceptualized some good ass fusion foods?? i’m tryna cook crazy stuff more often
Mar 25, 2024
ok ok ok i usually hate this question because i think sexualizing/fantasizing-about celebrities i dont know is weird but for one night and one night only i’ll answer 🤭 and i couldn’t pick so i have 3
Yoo Ah-in because there’s literally something so unexplainably attractive about his performance in Lee Chang-dong’s Burning.
Jerrod Carmichael. if y’all saw the HBO max show i don’t have to explain 🫣 a very cute lil narcissist.
And then Greta Lee partially because she’s incredibly beautiful and then partially because Past Lives shook my very core and now i feel bonded to her forever.
May 4, 2024