CW: If you love Jesus, you may need to make sure you've got spoons to hear some serious stuff I've been trying, and failing, to communicate to several people I love dearly. If you're struggling with how religion works and what it means for you, please read this. If...
"A dancing puppet doll made of wood I bet he'd run away one day if he could choose to leave or stay He's got a string attached to every bone She's got him round her little finger so she'll never feel alone..." -Aurora, Puppet I...
This post was originally published in January 2016. It was re-uploaded in October 2018 as part of the archive restoration project. My follow-up post on the subject is posted here. I read a sentence a few years ago that changed my life. It was in Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Living with a Wild God, and...
This post was originally uploaded on July 28, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the archive restoration project. “Aren’t you sick of wasting so much time? And yes it’s true – you’re a fool If you think you were born To be waiting while you’re hating What you’re waiting for....
Content note (added January 2024): This post was originally posted on July 27, 2015. It contains a historical inaccuracy. The Quran was not written and published until about 600 years after the beginning of Christianity. “I was swimming through the waves For what must have been days But could find no relief; When I started...
This is a repost from the archives. Well, in case you missed it…I’m not a Christian anymore. My religion officially died sometime in February this year, when, during a conversation with the Infinite One, I realized I didn’t need anyone’s permission to stop struggling with the theologies I’d been trying...
