alexisjane

Happy Egg Day, Hunny! Xx

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kalliel

Hahahaha. :P Happy Easter to you, too! I think I shall scramble an egg to celebrate.

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I'm watching many Marvel movies and eating chocolate : ) Egg sounds good though! : ) xx

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masja-17.livejournal.com

I think Mr. Amell got it right! :D

<3

P.S. Anyone know what new law in Indiana?

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It's a law that allows businesses to legally discriminate against homosexuals on religious grounds. Which is just insane.

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masja-17.livejournal.com

Sometimes I really fucking hate the Christians in the US.

Insane is really correct.

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With most of those US "Christians," the intersection of what they preach and what Jesus preached is frequently a null set.

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Well, I think they seem to cherry pick which things they want to enforce. According to the Bible it's okay to sell your daughters into slavery as long as it's not to someone from the same village. Don't see anyone setting up an auction house for that now!

But also, it's about what people are taught. As an ex-Christian it's scary to see how many of my seeming innocuous childhood beliefs were really indoctrination. So don't be too harsh. They just don't see outside the box...yet : ) xx

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I think you're right about the teaching. So much of what is taught in many churches is cultural and legalistic more than spiritual and gracious (in the old sense of the world).

I could go off on a long, long tangent, but I'm a semi-ex Christian (agnostic and very pluralistic) who used to be in a very conservative denomination that I joined in college and stuck with for about five years after. So if I'm harsh, some of it is kicking my own self in the rear for being such an idiot for so long.

That said, I can say from experience that minds can change, but it's a scary process because changing on one thing means opening up to change on so, so many others - up to and including what ones sees as the basic tenets of faith. I think its why so many fundamentalists (of ANY kind, not just Christian or even religious) tend to double-down at first when challenged. It's not so much that they disbelieve as they're protecting their sense of self.

(Is it wine time yet? It needs to be wine time...)

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Happy Easter!

What kills me is how shocked the governor was about the backlash against the law.

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masja-17.livejournal.com

They don't seem to remember what century they live in. Would be nice if one of the largest money makers and jobgivers in Indiana was homosexual and decided to leave the state!

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I think a lot of events and business are making a huge fuss about it. I think NASCAR and the NFL even came out against it which is just fantastic! They really didn't think it through x

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Walmart, as well, which has HUGE implications for similar legislation that is happening in Arkansas.

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ephermeralk.livejournal.com

Well said!

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To the point I thought : ) xx

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"I hope the Easter Bunny shits in your mouth" hee hee, but very well said, Stephen! I can't believe these laws can even be considered, let alone passed, in 2015.

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It's mind boggling! I cannot even wrap my head around it. But then I'm always surprised when my mother tuts at guys holding hands in the street when she comes to visit. I think I take it for granted that I live in a liberal city. But still. If someone suggested this kind of law based on race, I think they'd burn the place down! xx

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When you think of it, it's in fairly recent history that shops in the UK would put up signs saying 'no Irish, no blacks'. When I was a kid my best friend was black and one of my sister's work colleagues saw a photo of us and said 'does your mother really let her hold hands with THEM?"!! And it was much worse in the US with segregation, so hopefully in a few years time we'll look back at these kinds of homophobic laws with the same disdain.

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I think I grew up in a fairly odd place where, because there were no POC we weren't really exposed to any racism, except what was shown on TV. So when we moved to the city when I was a teenager, I was really shocked to suddenly be exposed to all that stuff.
Yeah, I hope so. The first principle for me was always "God is Love" so it never made sense that loving someone could be wrong ♥ xx

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I so agree, but some Christians seem to conveniently forget that 'God Is Love' when it suits them!

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To be fair, all the Bible does is contradict itself. It's confusing. I know some people find a great deal of comfort from it, and there was a time I couldn't imagine living without it but honestly, giving up religion was the best thing I ever did : ) xx

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Very true, the text is so open to interpretation and can easily be manipulated. "I know some people find a great deal of comfort from it, and there was a time I couldn't imagine living without it" - hey, me too!! I used to read the Bible every day when I went to church and go to Bible study meetings, prayer groups etc. I truly believed for a long time and in the back of my mind I still prefer to think the world was created by God rather than some random big bang, but I can't stomach organised religion any more!

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fireheart13.livejournal.com

This was almost a coffee-on-keyboard moment!!!

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