kaldicuct:

bizarrolord:

kitchenwitchupinthisbitch:

thewitchverena:

gaslightgallows:

questions-within-questions:

baileywilson013:

Maybe misusing the name of God isn’t so much about saying the shallow words, “Oh my God,” as it is about using the name of God to justify discrimination, oppression, injustice, racism, slavery, xenophobia, poverty, sexism, islamophobia, ableism, homophobia, war, & the list can go on. 

Amen

When I was a wee little Gaslight attending Catholic Sunday schools, and then later in college when I was taking a Bible as Literature class, both my stolid neighborhood deacon and my dapper Protestant professor said almost the exact same thing:

“Taking the Lord’s name in vain isn’t when someone says ‘God damn it.’ It’s when a mortal, fallible human being presumes to put words in God’s mouth and say ‘This is what God wants you to do.’“

Time to reblog again. Holy shit.

Interesting. I never knew this

Think about it, though. Would God be angrier about you using his name to curse someone else out or straight-up putting words in his mouth?

I know which one I’d be pissed over.

Let’s be real for a sec.

“Kal Damn it!”

“Kal said (something I didn’t fucking say.)”

eyup, I know which one would piss me off.