FUCK YEAH! THEOLOGY

Mark Jordan, having a philosophical moment in class xD

neightkelly:

This is my fav video

Gay Education.

So while this video made me giggle a few times (left handed, lol) I have a few issues with it. First, the person being portrayed as the bigot is named “Christian” which really hurts, actually. Firstly, it reenforces the idea that you can’t be gay and Christian, which is silly really because I know plenty of gay Christians. This is something that is promulgated by lots of different people too. Many conservative Christians seem to think that while you can commit any other number of sins and be Christian, that you can’t be gay and be Christian (note their implication that it’s a sin—I’m not agreeing with that standpoint, just saying where they’re coming from). There’s also a great amount of backlash from the GLBT community especially by those who have been hurt by religion to not want anything to do with Christianity. I really believe that this isn’t true. I see no reason why you can’t be GLBT identified and Christian. In addition, there are plenty and plenty of straight allies who are Christian like umm… me, for one. Yeah, so you can see why I’m a bit hurt at the implication that anyone who calls themselves “Christian” automatically thinks that being gay is a choice and that they’re sinners and should be shipped off to ex-gay rehab centers (which, by the way, don’t work and don’t profess to make anyone straight, can really be harmful, etc. I did a paper on them last semester so I have a huge rant which may come much later xD). I hate that people think “gay” and “Christian” cannot coexist or even be in good relations with one another. It’s something I’ve certainly been trying to break down because I don’t think there’s any good to come from hating on gay people or Christianity as a whole.

Okay, that aside, I have another complaint about this video… The latter sons are more likely to become gay because the mother’s womb tries to feminize them? Is no one offended by the implication that all gay men are more feminine than all straight men? Or that being more feminine is more likely to make you gay? Or a host of other undesirable implications? I know plenty of feminine and/or flamboyant straight people. People you would almost have been certain were gay. I realize that is a notion, that the more you genderbend, the more likely you are to be gay or lesbian. IMO—and I’m not GLBT identified, so please forgive me if I’m wrong, I’m just noting what I observe from conversations and interactions—GLBT people feel more comfortable relaxing the bounds of gender roles. I hate the pressure on straight people to fit into the rigid categories of man and woman. I’m a short haired straight girl and I always feel like people think I’m a lesbian xD Like, I’m pretty sure people have, just based on my hair cut and I have my own insecurities that guys will want girls with long flowing locks and blah blah well geez, no one’s asking you to be the pique of masculinity. Oh wait, they are. The pressure is on guys too. I wish people would realize that NO ONE is 100% masculine or feminine and that it’s okay to express your gender however you want.

Okay, I think that’s all for now »

Forgive that this photo is terrible quality :D

I just wrote this paper on the eroticism on the passion narrative, amidst other things. And this picture is what inspired it. There was something I said like, ‘Jesus is bound, stripped, mocked, flogged, and humiliated by other men in front a crowd for their viewing pleasure. This line wouldn’t feel out of place in an erotic novel…’

Trufax. Sounds like something I would read.

Can’t read the title. Don’t Care. Love it. xD

Photographs from the series “Ecce Homo” by Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, a Swedish photographer

Her website here.

I’m a graduate student attending divinity school. I study the New Testament and Early Christianity, but have an avid interest in women, gender and sexuality studies. I consider myself a liberal, protestant Christian and am religious/spiritual, though I’m sure that many conservative or even mainstream Christians would tell me I’m going to hell. Oh well. If you want your mind blown daily, this is probably the right place for you. If you’re not up for that or are a super-conservative or even slightly-conservative Christian, you probably won’t like what you see here. There won’t be an abundance of deep, thought provoking essays here, but I plan to post a quote or image or idea that strikes me at least once a day. I hope they give you the mind orgasm they give me. Enjoy!