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I mean, it still has the good stuff. Churches just focus on the parts that blame the working class.

I started going to a progressive church (mainly bc my dad made me lol) and it's SO INTERESTING learning about how the Bible is literally just the most basic "be nice to each other, you dumbasses" and people will take it and start beating each other over it

A few weeks ago they had the head of the local mosque to talk about Palestine along with an Activist that visited there. It was mainly educational where you could ask questions and stuff.

I personally am not particularly religious in the idea that God personally effects everything but it's damn neat once you stop nitpicking every little thing like other churches and look with an open mind.

For example, the first depiction of a baptism in the new testament was someone who didn't fit in the binary man/woman social standards. He (iirc) had his balls removed for religious reasons. The proper 'old testament' way of getting baptized wouldn't let him in, so they went to a river instead. Most churches tell it like this, but you can interpret it as the new testament is open to people outside the social rules (specifically gender) and is saying to accept all.

Probably not 100% accurate as I'm telling a retelling that I forgot part of (thanks, ADHD) but that's just an example.

I really don't feel too strongly about religion though. I don't want to sound like a full Bible supporter in every way, ethics and just being nice are way more important than what an old book says to me.
I was essentially shoved through a normal church and learned to shut it all out as... trans ..., but it's been super cool to learn about how its not what conservatives say it is.

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