i believe that when we die our souls are thrown towards the edge of the universe, a journey of many thousands of years through the bitterest cold that there is
and when we reach the end, we spend the rest of eternity writhing in torment as extradimensional beasts rip us to shreds and scatter our parts across the vast universe again
berk, what the hell is this goofy frog type thing?
i believe that when we die our souls are thrown towards the edge of the universe, a journey of many thousands of years through the bitterest cold that there is
and when we reach the end, we spend the rest of eternity writhing in torment as extradimensional beasts rip us to shreds and scatter our parts across the vast universe again
berk, what the hell is this goofy frog type thing?
i believe that when we die our souls are thrown towards the edge of the universe, a journey of many thousands of years through the bitterest cold that there is
and when we reach the end, we spend the rest of eternity writhing in torment as extradimensional beasts rip us to shreds and scatter our parts across the vast universe again
berk, what the hell is this goofy frog type thing?
is this something that originated in SE, or am I missing something?
i believe that when we die our souls are thrown towards the edge of the universe, a journey of many thousands of years through the bitterest cold that there is
and when we reach the end, we spend the rest of eternity writhing in torment as extradimensional beasts rip us to shreds and scatter our parts across the vast universe again
berk, what the hell is this goofy frog type thing?
is this something that originated in SE, or am I missing something?
It would be neat if reincarnation were a part of my religion. I mean, its an incredible motivator to be a good person because in the next life you could be a chicken or a cockroach. Or you could be a movie star or a billion dollar business man. Considering the only thing we have to compare life to is...well, life, I think it would have a greater impact on how people live their lives instead of knowing that being an asshole is okay as long as you believe in God. Not that I'm trying to bash Christianity (I am a Christian), but people really abuse it.
It would be neat if reincarnation were a part of my religion. I mean, its an incredible motivator to be a good person because in the next life you could be a chicken or a cockroach. Or you could be a movie star or a billion dollar business man. Considering the only thing we have to compare life to is...well, life, I think it would have a greater impact on how people live their lives instead of knowing that being an asshole is okay as long as you believe in God. Not that I'm trying to bash Christianity (I am a Christian), but people really abuse it.
A lot of people say that, but it is completely foreign to Christianity.
The phrase "believe in" has two distinct meanings in English. If I say I "believe in" unicorns, I'm saying that I believe unicorns exist. If, however, I say I "believe in" a person, I'm saying that a trust a person absolutely. The former is what people normally mean in this context, but "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder." (James 2:18-20). The latter meaning is synonymous with "faith" and is what is meant in John 3:16 and other often-quoted passages.
Second, if you're an asshole, you probably need to reexamine your faith. Christian faith leads, eventually, to Christian behavior. If you aren't showing the latter, you need to work on the former. You'll always fail to a degree just by being human, but if you're an absolute unrepentant dick you probably don't take the whole Jesus thing very seriously on a deep level.
I really love C.S. Lewis' book The Great Divorce for the way it presents death and the afterlife.
Lewis was a closet sci-fi nerd.
He totally was.
That's why he tried to convince Tolkien to write a time travel story.
I'd never heard that. It would have been glorious.
Apparently he was disappointed that The Screwtape Letters was so popular, because he thought it was one of his inferior works and it wound up out-shining his favorite, Perelandra, by quite a bit. For those that don't know, Perelandra is a self-described "Fairy tale for grown-ups", and the first part of his Space Trilogy. Think Chronicles of Narnia in space and you won't be too far off.
It would be neat if reincarnation were a part of my religion. I mean, its an incredible motivator to be a good person because in the next life you could be a chicken or a cockroach. Or you could be a movie star or a billion dollar business man. Considering the only thing we have to compare life to is...well, life, I think it would have a greater impact on how people live their lives instead of knowing that being an asshole is okay as long as you believe in God. Not that I'm trying to bash Christianity (I am a Christian), but people really abuse it.
A lot of people say that, but it is completely foreign to Christianity.
The phrase "believe in" has two distinct meanings in English. If I say I "believe in" unicorns, I'm saying that I believe unicorns exist. If, however, I say I "believe in" a person, I'm saying that a trust a person absolutely. The former is what people normally mean in this context, but "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder." (James 2:18-20). The latter meaning is synonymous with "faith" and is what is meant in John 3:16 and other often-quoted passages.
Second, if you're an asshole, you probably need to reexamine your faith. Christian faith leads, eventually, to Christian behavior. If you aren't showing the latter, you need to work on the former. You'll always fail to a degree just by being human, but if you're an absolute unrepentant dick you probably don't take the whole Jesus thing very seriously on a deep level.
I wholeheartedly agree. But if people actually expect to get into heaven that way...well, I think reincarnation would have a stronger impact. You reap what you sow.
You don't have to explain it to me, dude. I own the whole Space Trilogy. I love it so much.
Also, regarding Tolkien, from the C.S. Lewis wiki page:
His Space Trilogy or Ransom Trilogy novels (also called the Cosmic Trilogy) dealt with what Lewis saw as the then-current dehumanizing trends in modern science fiction. The first book, Out of the Silent Planet, was apparently written following a conversation with his friend J. R. R. Tolkien about these trends; Lewis agreed to write a "space travel" story and Tolkien a "time travel" one. Tolkien’s story, "The Lost Road", a tale connecting his Middle-earth mythology and the modern world, was never completed. Lewis’s main character of Ransom is based in part on Tolkien, a fact that Tolkien himself alludes to in his Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. The second novel, Perelandra, illustrates a new Garden of Eden, a new Adam and Eve, and a new "serpent figure" to tempt them. The story can be seen as a hypothesis of what could have happened if "our Eve" had resisted more firmly the temptation of the serpent. The last novel in the Trilogy, That Hideous Strength, also contains numerous references to Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. Many of the ideas presented in the books, particularly in That Hideous Strength, are dramatizations of arguments made more formally in Lewis’ The Abolition of Man.
You don't have to explain it to me, dude. I own the whole Space Trilogy. I love it so much.
Also, regarding Tolkien, from the C.S. Lewis wiki page:
His Space Trilogy or Ransom Trilogy novels (also called the Cosmic Trilogy) dealt with what Lewis saw as the then-current dehumanizing trends in modern science fiction. The first book, Out of the Silent Planet, was apparently written following a conversation with his friend J. R. R. Tolkien about these trends; Lewis agreed to write a "space travel" story and Tolkien a "time travel" one. Tolkien’s story, "The Lost Road", a tale connecting his Middle-earth mythology and the modern world, was never completed. Lewis’s main character of Ransom is based in part on Tolkien, a fact that Tolkien himself alludes to in his Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. The second novel, Perelandra, illustrates a new Garden of Eden, a new Adam and Eve, and a new "serpent figure" to tempt them. The story can be seen as a hypothesis of what could have happened if "our Eve" had resisted more firmly the temptation of the serpent. The last novel in the Trilogy, That Hideous Strength, also contains numerous references to Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. Many of the ideas presented in the books, particularly in That Hideous Strength, are dramatizations of arguments made more formally in Lewis’ The Abolition of Man.
I figured you would, but it's not polite to create relatively exclusive conversations on a public message board. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?
I liked That Hideous Strength best out of the trilogy, mostly because it was so ridiculous. It made sense in a way, and was very coherent if you read it just for the allegory, but
a secret society trying to take over the world by putting brains in jars and paving over everything but this old dude with a fancy house who met angels in space is going to stop them then Merlin shows up and things get weird
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Friday, two days before father's day, my grandfather passed.
Apparently, because we're now regulars at the funeral home, we get a discount.
What the fuck.
have a lump on your chest?
berk, what the hell is this goofy frog type thing?
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is it a furry rape comic with muppets characters or something?
edit: oh nooo where's the transparent version
Negative one star.
It would be neat if reincarnation were a part of my religion. I mean, its an incredible motivator to be a good person because in the next life you could be a chicken or a cockroach. Or you could be a movie star or a billion dollar business man. Considering the only thing we have to compare life to is...well, life, I think it would have a greater impact on how people live their lives instead of knowing that being an asshole is okay as long as you believe in God. Not that I'm trying to bash Christianity (I am a Christian), but people really abuse it.
now I want to play Conkers bad fur day
A lot of people say that, but it is completely foreign to Christianity.
The phrase "believe in" has two distinct meanings in English. If I say I "believe in" unicorns, I'm saying that I believe unicorns exist. If, however, I say I "believe in" a person, I'm saying that a trust a person absolutely. The former is what people normally mean in this context, but "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder." (James 2:18-20). The latter meaning is synonymous with "faith" and is what is meant in John 3:16 and other often-quoted passages.
Second, if you're an asshole, you probably need to reexamine your faith. Christian faith leads, eventually, to Christian behavior. If you aren't showing the latter, you need to work on the former. You'll always fail to a degree just by being human, but if you're an absolute unrepentant dick you probably don't take the whole Jesus thing very seriously on a deep level.
Lewis was a closet sci-fi nerd.
it was the best show
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He totally was.
That's why he tried to convince Tolkien to write a time travel story.
I'd never heard that. It would have been glorious.
Apparently he was disappointed that The Screwtape Letters was so popular, because he thought it was one of his inferior works and it wound up out-shining his favorite, Perelandra, by quite a bit. For those that don't know, Perelandra is a self-described "Fairy tale for grown-ups", and the first part of his Space Trilogy. Think Chronicles of Narnia in space and you won't be too far off.
I wholeheartedly agree. But if people actually expect to get into heaven that way...well, I think reincarnation would have a stronger impact. You reap what you sow.
Also, regarding Tolkien, from the C.S. Lewis wiki page:
you mean Sew
Sow is a lady pig
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I figured you would, but it's not polite to create relatively exclusive conversations on a public message board. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?
I liked That Hideous Strength best out of the trilogy, mostly because it was so ridiculous. It made sense in a way, and was very coherent if you read it just for the allegory, but
I wasn't sure so I went with sow
It's better that way, though.