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UC Berkeley students seek to ban Salvation Army from Cal campus | abc7news.com

biyuti:

The salvation army is interesting… ‘cause they’ve almost entirely managed to make everyone forget that they are a church, not a charity.

Would secular institutions be less welcoming if they actually realized they were allowing a church to collect donations on its grounds? why not other churches then? 

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hiimjamie:

hiimjamie:

my facebook news feed during december more like “middle aged white women bitching about how it’s ‘merry christmas’ and NOT ‘happy holidays’”

i made my status “i’m deliberately going to say “happy holidays” instead of “merry christmas” to every single person this year just to watch people get all upset and indignant” and i’ve already had 3 middle aged white women yell at me

My mom has a pin that she wears in December that says something like “It’s okay! You can wish me a Merry Christmas!”

Which I really hate because it implies that everyone really wants to say Merry Christmas but is too scared of offending someone. No, actually most people want to be inclusive, aren’t scared of being fired for saying anything other than “Happy Holidays”, and may not actually celebrate Christmas.

Attention, Christians: you are not an oppressed minority that has to keep your beliefs secret in order to avoid persecution. Not in North America, anyway. Stop pretending you are. It’s really annoying and kind of pretentious.

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becauseiamawoman:

When evangelicals were pro-choice – CNN Belief Blog

In 1968, Christianity Today published a special issue on contraception and abortion, encapsulating the consensus among evangelical thinkers at the time. In the leading article, professor Bruce Waltke, of the famously conservative Dallas Theological Seminary, explained the Bible plainly teaches that life begins at birth:

“God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: ‘If a man kills any human life he will be put to death’ (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22–24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense… Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul.”

The magazine Christian Life agreed, insisting, “The Bible definitely pinpoints a difference in the value of a fetus and an adult.” And the Southern Baptist Convention passed a 1971 resolution affirming abortion should be legal not only to protect the life of the mother, but to protect her emotional health as well.

FUCKING THIS OKAY

Actually read your precious Bible instead of just listening to what your church tells you. If you’re just going to be a mindless follower of your misogynistic church without questioning it against YOUR OWN HOLY BOOK we can’t be friends. If you’re going to think for yourself, then we can talk.

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