#Deconstructing Lot in #Sodom | Was Lot a #Righteous Man?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuUbwRdBMk

Did #God destroy an entire city because of "homosexuality"? Did #Lotswife long to go back to Sodom? Was Lot spared because he was a "righteous man"?
Let's #deconstruct the story of Lot in Sodom through our former #evangelical/#fundamentalist lens and see if we come to the same conclusions they wanted us to in #SundaySchool.

#christianity #judaism #religion #mythology #atheism #christian #myths #atheist

Just as we watched as #HarryPotter became a functional religion a generation ago, today we were watching a new generation #deconstruct that religion.

I believe it’s a mistake to conflate the pros & cons of `Object#deconstruct_keys` with those of `Object#deconstruct`, because Smalltalk-style message passing is inherently about unordered “keys” (message selectors) and it doesn’t make sense to think about `#deconstruct` in that context.

@fizzlesticks @almostheretical

Hehe, sounds kind of like me. I had to #deconstruct completely and disavow #Christianity completely, but eventually I founs it useful to #reconstruct a much more liberal personal philosophy independent of any church.

I don't recommend it or suggest it, but it is the path of least resistance given my life.

If pushed to label it, I consider myself a #Taoist Christian mystic/contemplative. I've never used that phrase IRL, but it comes closest to summing up my personal #philosophy.

We keep talking porn. This week we talk about the tools that the evangelical church uses to battle pornography and how it harms their followers. #exevagelical #exvangical #exchristian #evangelical #deconstruct #deconstruction #igotout #mentalhealth #religioustrauma

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-excommunication-station/id1573190999?i=1000590833420

I’m writing an #Indigenous fantasy novel where the colonizers lose.
My inspo came from a lot of places including my own tribe’s story, but another influence would be the storytelling of #afrofuturism.
The “what could have been” from our cousins is both fascinating and heartbreaking.
I’ve started this book many times, but I think I needed to #deconstruct and #decolonize a lot before I could do such a story justice.

#bookstodon #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #BIPOC

I’m writing an #Indigenous fantasy novel where the colonizers lose.
My inspo came from a lot of places including my own tribe’s story, but another influence would be the storytelling of #afrofuturism.
The “what could have been” from our cousins is both fascinating and heartbreaking.
I’ve started this book many times, but I think I needed to #deconstruct and #decolonize a lot before I could do such a story justice.

#bookstodon #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #BIPOC

@shayshinecastle #deconstruct the colonial enforcement of grammar and correct spelling, enforce your own jargon and mis spel Ings

I was a Congregational kid turned #pentacostal #evangelical. Went to Bible school, then Pat Robertson’s seminary to be a #missionary. Too many parts of #Church culture seemed #evil. Took 10 yrs to #deconstruct and when I did I finally felt saved. Christianity is, at its most fundamental theology, destructive to the human psyche.

@holyqueerit 👋 I’m Bennie, a #Trans #nerd trying to #deconstruct my way out of a harmful fundamentalist Christian upbringing. :ms_sweat_smile: I’m also working through a lot of #grief and trying to get to a place where I can let myself feel #queer joy, so you’re not alone there. :blobcathug:

@aparrish thanks for your wondrous #deconstruct talk! The VAE’s exuberant naïveté re: what words are was delightful and hilarious and had me in tears.