religion

It's a passive aggressive holiday ritual. Some families have elf on the shelf and others have "please take that horrible excuse for a Jesus away." For some more religious-themed tumblr shenanigans, here's a Tumblr thread on holy water loopholes and for more unique family dynamics here are people's weirdest family tics.

Ever thought to dilute holy water? Well apparently you can. Some folks have a few jugs of pope-certified holy water just kinda hanging around in the back of their linen closet. For something lighter, here's a wholesome Tumblr story about summoning a demon while making a sandwich.

For those not in the know, sleep paralysis is a pretty common phenomenon that's found all across the globe. You find yourself sort of in between being asleep and being awake, like you're conscious, but you can't move or speak. An episode of sleep paralysis can be accompanied by hallucinations that look like a face or figure, and that's commonly referred to as a demon or a visitor. It's pretty god damn scary. Anyway, this person told their mom and it backfired. People mess up, and sometimes that screw up is in their control. Here's a guy who thought a date was a job interview.

Apparently Assassin 33 AD just came out and it has a few people confused. Honestly, it's extremely hard to tell from the reviews and trailers if this is some low budget goofball satire, weird fundamentalist propaganda or an ill-fated sci-fi christian fever dream. Laura Robinson gives an interesting account on the film.

Pastor Bob was out there selling the people on practicing certain parts of faith, while he was running around mistreating his wife in all kinds of ways. It sounds like he was even dipping into donation funds to finance his dates with various women, while he had a wife the whole time. Insane. Pastor Bob ultimately got what was coming his way. 

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share the various ways they would design "Mehven" to ensure that it was tailored well for the people that just did an "alright" job throughout their lifetime. Not good, not bad, just meh. 

Hey man, you never know when a gallon of pope water could come in handy. So there's specific rules to how you can dilute holy water. The more you know. Tumblr has interesting discussions on religious history, like how angels could be viewed as absolutely terrifying.

Twitter users are breaking out the best and worst of their imagined "Rejected Commandments." These commandments didn't quite make the "formal cut" but that doesn't meant that our chaotic world wouldn't benefit just a little bit from people abiding by them. Especially that whole bit about people looking where they're going while driving. Sheesh. 

This Quora user decided to shed some light on what they view as a manipulative, brainwashing technique on the part of religious groups that advocate intense recruitment processes. Every Jehovah's Witness might stand to benefit from reading this.