stuff like this is so disheartening :< being told im “accepting christian abuse” by being religious is very Very infuriating given i am a victim of that said abuse ,, just because i have a belief doesnt for a Second mean i support the horrid fuckin actions of so many churches !!! obv they dont have any way of knowing i have religious truama but regardless …. like its just so needlessly rude

that and the whole “ohh u camnt be an angel ur gay christians hate gay people” like Okay thamnks invalidate me both ways then . wasnt expecting my self gender affirming post to lead into This

@ellie angel isnt even like a religious thing imo i thought you were doing empty spaces

@expergetech i haven’t read empty spaces , n this wasnt directly abt religion . the angel thing is just gender affirming

@ellie awwww :3 ellie is a cute little angelthing i know its wings will grow in soon ^w^

@ellie@yearning.gay I'm really sorry about that. It's really upsetting how many people are not that understanding regarding the various denominations of Christianity. I've had extensive talks with my friends about this. Primarily, people think of Christianity as certain vocal churches such as the Southern Baptists. Methodist denominations don't hate gay people, and in fact the Methodist church I went to encouraged pride. They had the rainbows, and encouraged that children come out and parents were understanding. Not all churches teach the same, the nuance between denominations, and bible translations becomes lost with the atheist crowd. While I don't consider myself a Christian anymore, I could not imagine badmouthing the genuine kind people in that religion. There's so many churches that do some incredible work with volunteering for food banks (I should know, I spent a couple days helping a food bank out as part of being a Methodist.) Not all of it is just covering up for whatever the hell is happening at the Vatican. Seeing this community in particular the hate towards Christians... Agh, it gets to me too.

@expergetech thanks n all but sayin stuff like that in this serious adjacent context is a Little bit tone deaf dkjflnhdlkj

@puppygirlhornypost i just wanna be able 2 be me and believe what i believe privately . my faith is about me n what comforts me . thats all

@ellie sorry i just want to make you feel better thats all

@ellie Yes. so much. Also understand where you’re coming from on the religious abuse. I was never abused by the members of my church but my father would hold my spiritual beliefs over my head. Using things like the ten commandments to justify his horrific actions. that’s not a fault of the church, that’s a fault on my father. It is strange to me people who will look at members of a church and denounce the entire religion, all the denominations and practices. It’s just not right. Christianity has so many denominations that feel like a completely different religion between them. I get hating the Vatican and what the Roman Catholics did. I’m baptized under a protestant denomination (Methodism) I would have to do the ceremonial refusal during things like communion when visiting catholic churches of my extended family… Lumping everyone in the same category? Even if the religion was so bad you’re directly making a statement to those churches we can’t coexist. It splits communities, it makes religious queers feel like they can’t be both religious and queer at the same time. I’m sorry you were caught in the crosshairs, being queer and part of the queer community shouldn’t be a contradiction to having spiritual faith.

@ellie crazy... almost like angels aren't exclusive to abrahamic religions ...

@ten dude saw the word “angel” once n went on a tirade huh

@ellie i wouldnt make too much of it ,,. so many things so little time

@ellie this person weirds me out a lot they always interact with my lewd posts and i dont like it

@ellie people like this arent nearly as tolerant as theyd like to believe

@ellie I had to deal with a lot of these while I was still Christian
Honestly, I think it made me stay Christian longer out of spite
I don;t get why people feel the need to say shit like this.. I;m really sorry you had to deal with that ellie

@ellie@yearning.gay wait until he hears about trans Muslims. His narrow little mind is going to explode. ​​

@ellie@yearning.gay your religion is perfectly valid. so is atheism. but the most objectively bad religion is "atheist btw".

can my dudes just not act cringe in people's replies for five damn minutes ​​

@ellie hope you get to be Yahweh's prettiest girlboy angel

@ellie
It’s a common fallacy to see the action of a few individuals in a group and contribute that characteristic to the whole group.
Some people don’t realise that groups still consist of individuals that are all different and unique.