This is more complicated. According to many forms(such as Catholicism), magic does not exist, and believing in sorcery/magic and in witches is heresy, for only God has the ability to change the rules of reality or mess with them.
This is also not limited to Catholicism. The Eastern Roman Empire and its Orthodox Church classified belief in witchcraft as a form of superstition, and eventually even classified belief in witchcraft as a heresy. Not practicing it, actually believing it was a thing in the first place.
It would be more accurate to say that the belief that „using magic is blasphemous” is a more protestant belief, where the official doctrine in other parts was „witchcraft does not exist”.
I think we need to appreciate this part of Brennan Lee Mulligan's WIRED interview a lot more:
"The evangelical right in this country needs to manufacture outrage to hold onto its voting block. [The satanic panic about DnD] was arbitrary, as the targets of their outrage always are. Fight the power."
sharing some gofundmes of Palestinians that haven't reached their goals yet
Help Rani Escape Gaza
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Help Nael to survive and complete his studies.
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Thanks. I am happy that the genus and species are clear.
Today I both worked a lot, and procrastinated somewhat. So I decided to draw something that seemed simple, but more complex then just a tree branch or a leaf. So I tried to draw a spider. And I did it in a hurry. And now that I looked, I am not happy with the coloration I gave it. Well, here is to tomorrow.
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Protest art in light of the recent elections in Romania that gave way to a rise of neo-legionnaire wave filled with hatred. I made this illustration to express the desire for resistance in the face of hatred and uncertainty. Art is political (EN)
Artă de protest făcută în urma rezultatelor de la alegerile din Romania care au dat frâu liber unui val de neo-legionari plini de ură. Am făcut această ilustrație cu scopul de a exprima dorința de rezistență în fața urei și imcertitudinii. Arta este politică (RO)
So. Today I drew a cat. Not as proud of it as the wolf I drew yesterday. Honestly, the main problem with what I drew was at the very beginning, having redrawn the first steps several times, and getting angry. With the marks of this remaining.
While at the middle stages I was better, by the end I entered in a hurry.
Also, today I procrastinated again. Maybe I will draw another cat tomorrow. Or maybe something different.
CW/TW: animal death , animal abuse Question everything you see. Especially on the Internet. WEBTOON
So. While today I procrastinated somewhat, it was not as bad as yesterday. And I actually made two drawings today. And the first turned out so bad I could not stand showing others. So here is the second one I made. It was stil made in a hurry, but it is still something I can show others.
I don’t care where you live. I don’t care if you’re in the USA or not. I don’t care if you’re eligible to vote. If Trump wins, there is a high likeliness of shit going down. It doesn’t matter where you are; the dominos will fall. All it takes is one push.
Gay people, transgender people, ANYONE who isn’t a straight, white, cisgender male is IN DANGER. It doesn’t matter if you’re closeted, it doesn’t matter if you’re voting for Trump because you’re “one of the good ones,” YOU ARE IN DANGER.
And you can cry. You can let tears fall from your eyes if he wins, and you or your loved ones are suddenly in a dangerous situation. You are allowed to be sad. But you need to be mad.
We have been fighting for decades for our rights, and we will fight more. If you can’t do this, I encourage you to flee America if you live there, or if possible, move to a heavy blue state like California or New York.
But I want you to stay. Because there are so many people who can’t leave. People who are trapped in this shithole. That includes me, my friends, and my family. My family has been living in Ohio and North Carolina for generations and we are not going anywhere. So I beg you: stay here.
Don’t let them split us up. They want us to fight. They want us to get into discourse about xenogenders and neopronouns. They want us to vote for Trump because we’re one of the good ones. They want us to be too intimidated to vote. They want us to stay in the closet. DON’T LET THEM HAVE WHAT THEY WANT.
Be loud and be proud. Make your voice heard and let them know that we aren’t going down without a fight. That you are gay, or a woman, or transgender, or a person of color, and that you are a human who will have their human rights even if they have to claw it out of the president’s hands. I don’t think there’s ever been a better time to quote the Hunger Games:
Stand up for those who can’t stand up for themselves. FIGHT LIKE HELL. They can hang us in the streets, but not without a fucking fight. If you go down, take one with you. It doesn’t matter where you end up in the end: FIGHT. LIKE. HELL.
Don’t be compliant. Don’t let them arrest you and kill you because you think if you go willingly, they’ll spare you. DON’T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT. FIGHT WITH ALL THAT YOU HAVE.
I want to see you punch them. I want to see you resist arrest. I don’t care if you’re the twiggiest twink of Tumblr, I want to see you biting and clawing. Get acrylic nails, and remember: Thumb out for punching, thumb in for stabbing. Bruises will heal, punctured eyes won’t.
Because remember: If we all go down with a fight, the world will see. Because the world’s eyes are watching. If we sit here and let them hang us in the streets, the world will do nothing. But if we fight. like. HELL. The world will see. And the world will act.
When you fight them, they’ll fight back. The world will see.
When you scream that you have done nothing but exist as they drag you away, they will try to shut you up. The world will see.
The world is watching, and the only way to get people to act, is through their hearts. So FIGHT. LIKE. HELL. Because the world will see.
And remember: It’s totally legal to acquire a gun in the United States of America as of me typing this. Stay strapped because the police are too. Don’t bring your fists to a gun fight.
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So. There is some chaos and discussion on what the democratic party in the USA should do. Keep Biden, or replace him with someone else(most likely Kamala Harris).
This is actually complicated, for several reasons. Sure, Kamala is younger, and in a better mental and physical shape and according to some polls she does better against Trump. But on the other hand, according to most polls, she does worse then Biden, the GOP has started their racist and sexist attacks against her, she lack the traditional incumbent advantage(incumbents tend to do better then they are polled to do), and a large part of the centrists and the goldfish swing voters have forgotten how bad things were under Trump.
But whatever the Democratic Party choses to do....please. Just fucking vote blue. If anybody from the USA sees this, vote blue, and save your country from fascism. Just...do this.