I'm in Love with the Villainess - Vol. 7 Ch. 31 - Lily Lilium

[xiaxueyi]

I have to say you are mixing a lot of different things.

• First thing, don't use the bible to explain history or the reverse as both treat 2 very different subjects, one is immaterial (faith) while the other one is material.
• Religious books such as the bible are supposed to be re-interpreted with time and human evolution while keeping core principles (for the bible, it would be respect, love and altruism tought by jesus). The bible is a tool, if you are going to push the blame, put it on the user, not the tool, else you might as well ban everything that exist on earth, including a simple stick. Anything and everything can be used as a weapon.
• Using bad apples to push back the entire farm industry is the exact same thought process that leads the majority of people all around the world to be against the (silent) majority LGBT who only wants to live their life peacefully without having everyone questioning who they are. Don't be like them, be better.

(I'm also a christian who believe in God in case it wasn't obvious after that)

3rd point. You DO know your contemporaries are the largest reason why LGBTQ folks are second class citizens in most countries right??? The church wields a lot of political and monetary power in many countries which allow them to abuse their power to influence lawmaking, my country being one of them. Christian leaders publicly shame LGBTQ folks in news and it only took us recently to repeal a dated law that does not allow homosexuals to mate.

If people can't even tell between right and wrong because of a fucking religious book I am not obligated to respect them. Also I believe it's hogwash that "only believers get to go to heaven". The sole function of most religion is to allow powerful folks to control the masses, not to "spread love and joy".

 

[shemper]

you are the exception, not the norm and unfortunately if you told any close associates in church that you read yuri and whatnot on a regular basis I'm pretty CERTAIN they will spit on or outcast you. Based on personal experience I would not even treat you like a religious folk because you already don't behave like them.

I prefer to treat people reactively because I am not a saint.

Also I would believe most theologians will, depending on who you speak to, either advocate "re-interpretation" like you said or outright accuse you of blasphemy as well, because most old-school Christians see it as "absolute". Also I believe you are the one mixing it up because you, as a Christian are trying to tell people a modern and not-accepted take on interpretation of the absoluteness of the bible's word. Hating on LGBTQ folks is one of them. There's a reason why there's hundreds of sub-branches of the faith after all, since Christians can never agree with each other lmao.

Stereotypes exist for good reason and unless the majority of Abrahamic faiths users stop using their backing by a deity to bully or cause suffering onto others, I will treat them with suitable contempt. I'm pretty sure a lot of us know a few Christians that act like the asshole nun in this chapter, because it's perfectly acceptable to cause suffering onto others when "someone makes you feel sick".

I'm sorry you had bad experiences at your church, believe my word or not i'm not an exception, i know quite a bit who are just as understanding and respectful

 

[xiaxueyi]

I'm sorry you had bad experiences at your church, believe my word or not i'm not an exception, i know quite a bit who are just as understanding and respectful

It is not just a church experience. The number of non-brain dead christians who don’t follow the old school “believe or you’ll burn in lake of sulphur” I can count with 1 hand. Also they usually don’t have a life outside of church, which makes them even more awkward to hang out with.

 

[shemper]

It is not just a church experience. The number of non-brain dead christians who don’t follow the old school “believe or you’ll burn in lake of sulphur” I can count with 1 hand. Also they usually don’t have a life outside of church, which makes them even more awkward to hang out with.

Yeah tendancy is they often are the traditional type, where i live, people have a more "modern" thinking