sheisawonder:

the thing that baffles me about the controversy surrounding my cultural christianity post is that it’s reblogged by so many leftists and social justice advocates. this should be elementary –

the US and most of the west was founded by christians – common knowledge.

these christians established a culture influenced by their religion – obvious conclusion.

there is still a christian majority when considering all religious population in the west – fact.

christian brought christianity, easter, their values, etc with them when establishing the culture – not a complex idea to wrap your head around.

christianity is so prevelant that you can assume most americans and other westerners have religious relatives, ancestors, or are christian themselves – check.

antisemitism and islamophobia, rampant in the west, are caused by assumptions that christianity or “christian” atheism is the default – that’s clear.

homophobia, transphobia, anti-immigrant policies, racism, are often influenced by christian readings of the bible – yep.

humans are influenced by the culture around them – duh, that’s where the concept of the fact that we’re all racist/sexist/bigoted and we need to unlearn those things comes from.

then why is it such a shock that y’all celebrating christmas, discussing the bible and religion from a purely christian standpoint, have inherent values that come from christianity, all these things that come from the culture surrounding you – makes you christian?

what is it that makes that hard to swallow?

it wasn’t pagans who brought christmas over the sea. it wasn’t muslims who installed puritan values in popular culture. it wasn’t jews, who have SIX SEXES, who made the concept of “there are only two genders” so prevelant. it wasn’t hindus who made “damn” and “jesus christ” and “hell” everyday curses.

it was christians.

it’s not shameful to be a part of your culture. it’s not shameful to admit that it influences you, for better or for worse.

but jesus fucking christ, denying it doing nothing except making my life a permanent headache.