ActRaiserTheReturned

Final Fantasy: Awakened Souls

Eh. Good luck. :D

State-Church Separation

Magic Magnum said
Except me and Brovo have been the ones doing that.Bringing out Bible quotes of what God (if he exists) actually said.

The Gospel is not everything that's included in the Bible.

Ruin | Advanced NRP

Can I start conquering realms that aren't filled if people don't post soon?

State-Church Separation

ShonHarris said
Just going out on a limb here and going to say that speaking from the perspective of a believer may not be how you win any minds and hearts here, Act. It's not about stigma, but about how you're entering this discussions. There's difference between a debate and trying to convince people. See, one has points that can be analysed and dissected to really get where the speaker is coming from. That one means you have to open yourself to having your mind changed, to be vulnerable, basically. The latter, in this context. is more just speaking about your values and other hard-set aspects to you that you have no intention of developing your perspective on. First off, that's fine you have those. I'm glad you've found things so meaningful to you you've made them a cornerstone to your identity. However, when you speak to others about topics, especially about a faith-community of a culture far disconnected from the Western world, it makes your arguments less clear. The debate becomes 'this fact because of the fact is declared' rather than 'this fact, because of evidence, because of this line of logical thinking'. To be super clear, you're talking to someone who has steeped themselves in study about Judeo-Christian iconography and scripture. I am a Universalist with a very deep passion for learning about how other faith-communities, I believe we all have personal journeys that take on many appearances and rituals, but are ultimately, . Whether or not three people share the same religious label, how they perceive this 'unfathomable' body is rarely exactly the same. Yeshua* spoke in parables not because he was incapable of direct statements, but because the path to your answer is perhaps just as important as the conclusion (if not more). So that said, religion is extremely individual despite some being quite large. It is extremely difficult to make an argument based on your faith not because faith is not fact, but because it's so steeped in your identity and experiences that we cannot really wholly understand your thinking there -- it's yours. And hey, just throwing this out there, God is actually pretty understandable if you're studying cultural context and surrounding faith-communities. I spent some time with this topic while in undergrad and found it stimulating, but I also never chalked it up to unfathomable. That probably helped my resolve. I'll hider the rest of this because, while it's definitely the short version, it's still pretty long. So no, God is not unfathomable because of outstanding morality or some immeasurable greatness, but because our perspective of who God is constantly changing as we as a people do. Religion is personal. Religion is a reflection of us as we think on it, on what we have experienced, and any deities or principles we pay reverence to speaks more about our personal values than the nature of the point we choose to focus on. It's like Gat said, and more, the problem with basing things on the Bible is that it's extremely outdated, but not just because of time, but because most Christians don't know the history of their religion or where the beliefs originate from. It's not really a big religion so much as a great many personal interpretations maybe based on the text, maybe based on what you've been raised or told about over the years.

Well, God doesn't change because people think he does. That's. Just. Your opinion man. I'm telling you what the Gospel is and who God is. That's my only job. Not to convince you of anything.

Fantasy Role Play (The Nations)

Guardian said
Unsure if you have room for one more, but I'd be interested in joining with my own race, if you'll let me.

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Final Fantasy: Awakened Souls

Uh.
Unless something gets explained to me, I can't be arsed to play in a FF game where only monsters can use magic.

An Observation Before I go to bed

Halo said
In other words, your viewpoint cannot be defended or justified satisfactorily, and you acknowledge that, but you're gonna hold on to that unjustifiable, indefensible, and, therefore, baseless viewpoint anyway. Sounds logical.If the viewpoint can't be defended or justified or explained or reasoned by anybody to the standard that satisfies you, maybe that's a sign that you might wanna adapt your views.

Just keep telling your'self that.

An Observation Before I go to bed

I listen to people in Ex Gay Ministries on Youtube talk about not being born gay. . .
I mean I know what the Bible says about homosexuality and while I do believe it. . .

They talk in circles.
The issue for me is not that people are born gay. It's just that, they talk in circles so much, some times only addressing the issue superficially or perhaps not at all. . .

I know I wasn't born gay, but if I keep listening, I might be bored gay.

Final Fantasy: Awakened Souls

Fallen Muse said
It looks pretty good. I'm not sure about some of the things in the history like the clan etc, Cause i'm not sure if Blaze has plans for social structures/cultures/ruling families in the different sectors. So we'll have to see what he says. Otherwise it looks good. Though.there could be some other issues that may come up. There will probably have to be some discussion between myself and Blaze on things like your sorcerer stuff. you have gotten already. K?

Yeah, it's okay. Basically the idea is that his Clans are inspired by the Gypsies of Europe. :D
Since there are um, five or six cities, I was wondering if there was a Sorcerer Clan from each city, with the Kramers being the highest clan, although the other one are autonomous. The idea is that these people are technically independent, but ultimately beholden to the Government, like Native American Reservations. :D

Heroes Of The Kingdom

CS
Name: Jacqui/Jacky Gene Roper
Age: 18 years old
Gender: Male/Female, Admittedly and most frustratingly Female. To be honest, he would have to say that he might be female, even though he identifies as male. He's not a biological, "traditional" transgender/transexual. He's been transformed into his current predicament because of the Magical Girl powers.
Title: Empress Of The Sun And Moon
Class: Stellar Sorceress (Powers based on Stars, the Sun and Moon).
Personality:
Jacky is a master of the arts of Humanities, history, art, literature, and story telling. He loves to use his imagination and is extremely creative and normally very successful in his academics, except for mathematics, which has always been a pain in the ass. He has identified himself as a "horn dog" and has had an obsession with girls, in every way that implies, in a way that his friends has explained to him and each other as "Hysterically pornographic".
He comes off as a pervert and a chauvinist, but he's not. He just has an enormously powerful sex drive. Outside of his creativity, he has a strong interest in maintaining his physical health and athletic ability. He has no interest in fighting, getting hurt or hurting any one, however, as he sees himself as a "Dove". His greatest obstacle as a "Magical Girl" is either the fact that he has to face being both male and female at the same time in ways that are completely alien even to people who are hermaphroditic, or the fact that he may be facing decisions of death or ending someone else's life. Maybe even on a regular basis.
History:
Jacky was born seventeen years ago in Phoenix, Arizona. He enjoyed a happy family life of wealthy and caring parents; made friends easily, and had good times at school, all throughout his academic "career" as an honor student, except for the past three years, where he struggles with all his might to pass even basic math courses. He has been extremely interested in girls in ways very unhealthy for his age since he was twelve years old. Although he doesn't go out and look for them to do anything sexual with, he has gotten in trouble very frequently. Specifically in the past two years, he has had "close" calls, with girls, sometimes around five times a month. One time his sister Nat even caught him nude in bed with a girl, before anything had happened, had to shew his girlfriend "Anne" out of the house, and ultimately explain to him that his parents were fed up with him always being unable to keep himself in control.
He thought he finally had himself in gear with behaving himself around girls until recently when he transformed into a female. Now he has just as much trouble with males, and the problem doesn't go away when he's completely male himself. Nevertheless his parents haven't noticed anything unusual with him and his behavior towards males, since they could pass it off as him just making lewd jokes. They haven't caught him doing anything inappropriate with males, and indeed he has managed to avoid going as far as an attempted sexual encounter with them yet, but he is humiliated and ultimately furious at not just everyone, but also himself and no one in particular at the same time because of his predicament.