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Jo Luehmann

31 Oct, 9 tweets, 3 min read

Religious freedom inside of Toxic Christianity has always meant religious freedom for them, and religious oppression for everyone else. It’s meant freedom to discriminate based on Christian beliefs, and the demand that others aren’t allowed to discriminate against them.
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Religious freedom inside of toxic Christianity has always meant screaming persecution when they are asked to be inclusive and understanding of other beliefs, and persecuting those who don’t agree with their religious beliefs.
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All of that to say, Happy Samhain!!! Samhain is a Gaelic festival celebrated at the end of the harvest season. It means “end of summer” and it marked the beginning of the darker half of the year. It had religious connotations too;
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it was the time of the year when the spiritual world became visible to humans, the veil between the spirit world and ours was the thinnest, the gods played tricks on mortals, and the spirits of the dead mingled with the living as the barrier between both worlds was breached.
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After the Romans conquered Celtic lands they appropriated Samhain and demanded people assimilated to the New tradition. They turned Samhain into All Hallows’ Eve. The night before All Hallows’ Day, a day to honor and celebrate saints and martyrs.
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Christians back then had a different strategy in their quest to wipe out all other religions, instead of getting rid of their traditions altogether, they would use them for Christian purposes. They also believed in saints and their involvement in miraculous events,
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so they co-opted Samhain as a time where the spirits of the dead were closest to humans, and celebrated Christian saints and their miracles.

Samhain is a beautiful tradition that goes back at least 2000 years and much of it has been lost due to Christianity.
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Part of decolonizing includes recognizing other traditions, and celebrating their beauty as we learn to approach the “other” with honor and curiosity and not with suspicion and the belief they aren’t good. So again, Happy Samhain!
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https://twitter.com/robertbohan/status/1322499605444153344?s=21

For more on Samhain:

https://twitter.com/robertbohan/status/1322499605444153344?s=21

history.com/news/halloween…

ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-…

history.com/topics/holiday…

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They will always have access to healthcare.

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Allowed their gender identity and sexual orientation.
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They’ll vote how that party tells them to vote for measures without reading how that measure actually affects people.

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and stories like that happen every time. Because people have been told to vote for a certain party, but not to participate critically and honestly in “democracy.”

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