this is a poem

i couldn’t not draw this

the rat poem is too powerful that’s why they don’t talk about it

this one's for my arospec homies.

Today in fighting Christian hegemony, a non-exclusive list of some concepts Christians/culturally Christian people seem to think Judaism and Christianity agree on that they don’t:

1. Original Sin

2. What it means to be “chosen”

3. Sin/Chet

4. Dualistic afterlife

5. Charity/Tzedakah

6. Monotheism

7. Meaning of the Tanakh

8. Theism

9. Blasphemy

10. “The world to come”

11. What “religion” means

12. G-d and gender

13. The role of women

14. Questioning

15. Science and Religion

16. When life begins

17. Modesty

18. Anthropomorphism of G-d

19. Angels (Malachim)

20. Free will

21. Justice

Could a Jewish person please elaborate on the Jewish pov for these concepts?

I’m rarely fast, but I do usually try to answer! I am going to focus on my own list for this response (and even that I will take in chunks), largely because we enter areas of far more complex theologies and differences between denominations of Judaism in the additional list. Addressing them all at once would require a novel, and I’m not so much for novel writing on my cell phone in the tumblr app.

So let’s look at 1-5 today!

Getting back to more usual fare for this blog, let’s take a look at 6-9!!

We will finish up with 10 & 11 in the coming days.

*lets out an evil laugh despite having just done something objectively nice*

If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

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Old scp art from 2021 aka the era before my 049 hyperfixation took over my entire life.

this is so so important to me and mine, and I'm asking you to Do Something so I'll respect your time and keep it brief

in the UK, if 100k sign a a government petition it will be brought to Parliament and debated. y'all know this country is suffering from some 80s-style bigotry right now, and this is one symptom: almost 200k fuckholes have come together to force the government to discuss whether it is 'appropriate' to tell children that queer people exist. this is a big symbolic victory for them. and i am burning with fury.

please, if you're from the UK, sign this counter-petition so they can at least see how much of a minority they are. simply put, the attempt to put these bastards in their place isn't gathering enough steam. there are barely 2000 more signatures now than there were this morning (27th January 2023), and that isn't enough. i refuse to let these people feel even a moment of victory or satisfaction. please help.

IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE UK DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SIGN THIS PETITION.

The website will log it as spam and/or bots and MAY SHUT DOWN THE PETITION.

If you are not from the UK please just SHARE this post

Hello tumblr, im doing something of a mini survey so i have two questions:

1. Did you know before reading this that there was mercury present in thermometer fluid

2. Regardless of your previous answer would you say this was common knowledge

Maybe it's history. Maybe it's about the empire-class Fire Nation battle ship

Angels 🕊

you can tell im still working out my glass design

anyway there is also a SECRET!!! find it ??????

also i'm working on a really nice piece if this gets more reblogs I might get more motivated to work onit if yknow what I'm sayign

soul fuckery hell yeah /sarcasm