[ SECRET POST #2642 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2642 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Homestuck]


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03. http://i.imgur.com/BVCZgbY.gif
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[Michelle Lee]


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[Ping Pong the Animation]


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[Lord of the Rings]


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14. [SPOILERS for Pandora Hearts]



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15. [WARNING for sexual/emotional abuse]
















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Comments

Re: A hypothetical question

[(Anonymous)]

Think about it. All of those right wing politicians claiming to do what they do because of their belief in God. (Like preventing women from getting birth control because of their beliefs) What if it turns out that they actually don't believe in God and simply don't want to pay for birth control. Not for any other reason other than they think it's a waste of money. Imagine if you take away their religious excuse and are able to call them out.

That's what you could do with that power.

You would be able to go up to politicians and go, "You said you are doing such and such in Jesus' name. But I know for a fact that you don't believe in Jesus because I have this power. (Everyone would know you have this power before hand. So being called a "kook" is not a problem.) What do you have to say for yourself? What's the real reason why you are doing what you are doing?"

Re: A hypothetical question

[inkdust]

I guess I just don't see it playing out like that. I was thinking more about my personal life than the political sphere.

Re: A hypothetical question

[(Anonymous)]

OK, but anon, everyone already has this power. Because those politicians? Doing those things? Are not behaving in a manner consistent with someone who is a believer.

They may say they believe in the Christian God. They may even see themselves as Christians. Their lives and their examples, however, preach exactly the opposite. No telepathy whatsoever needed nor required.

(In fact, you can probably still find a few denominations, and a lot of non-denominational churches, which say exactly what you would like to say, re: the right-wingers.)

Re: A hypothetical question

[(Anonymous)]

NO. They are not behaving in a manner consistent with someone who believes in your denomination or interpretation of the Bible, but judgmental, fire-and-brimstone, holier-than-thou, prosperity-gospel, anti-gay, anti-woman Christians are still believers. They just believe that their God wants and cares about different things than you believe your God does.

Please don't deny the sincerity of faith of Christians whose beliefs and attitudes you disagree with or find hateful. Saying that they're not "real Christians" or "real believers" just allows people to ignore the real problems that exist within Christianity as a religion-group by convincing them that it's not a matter of getting their own house in order. Disavowing the people who are giving Christianity a bad name doesn't actually fix the problems with what those people are doing; it just makes the "good Christians" feel better about themselves.