New Communities
A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
Rules
The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.
1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.
A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.
B. No illegal content.
C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.
D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.
E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.
2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
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Something amusing: looking at the profiles of the people who are voting your comment up, it's mostly people who have a history of very progressive comments and posts. They are voting you up because they think you are arguing that being religious is incompatible with being LGBTQ.
So, in a perfect illustration of horseshoe theory, you are getting the support from people who think that Christianity is wrong,
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I remember seeing a clip a while ago of a prominent atheist getting annoyed at a self proclaimed "Christian" who rejected the resurrection. Essentially telling them to just become an Atheist at that point.
And the main reason that I had no objections to join the Orthodox Church (wife is Greek, she wanted a Church wedding and for that to happen I needed to convert to any Christian denomination) was because my priest said : "I am not going to baptize you just so you can marry in the Church, I want you to attend the Catechesis for at least the next six months. I want you to learn Orthodox doctrine, but the main reason I want you here is to understand our traditions and our values as Greeks. I don't particularly expect you to become a devout Christian, but I do expect you to find harmony with your community, your wife and your extended family".
He wasn't trying to convince me to accept and blindly repeat key doctrine points. He wasn't telling me what to do in a ritual "because that's what God wants us to do". He was telling me "these are what these rituals represent, and if you have some faith it will mean something for you".
I found his take surprisingly effective. Going to Catechesis was not a chore, but something captivating. I probably wouldn't have converted and just done the civil cerimony if the priest was just trying to brainwash me into repeating Dogma.
So you converted to Christianity just to have a church wedding?
No. I was also eager to piss off holier-than-thou assholes like you.
So essentially religious appropriation. Got it.
Seriously, read what I wrote again. I explicitly said that I wouldn't have converted if it was only for the wedding.
And it's ridiculous to even mention something like "appropriation". I am disparaging you and your borderline-fundamentalist views on Christianity, not Christianity itself.
You said the priest required you didn't, not that you followed through. You also said you converted just to piss people off.
I said I wouldn't have converted if the priest was just concerned about getting me to mindlessly accept Church Doctrine. and I said that the reason I found myself willing to convert was because of his focus on keeping the community together and its values intact.
That was me being flippant at your stupid retort.