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Reformed Christian Platonist ||

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

-Søren Kierkegaard

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Do your worst.

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@saint_jack12 Amen
But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel
Romans 9:6

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The kind of place real thinking can occur.

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Reject the man cave.

Embrace the personal library.

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One of the least talked about but increasingly common sins in modernity is despair. It is the lack of hope which stems from a lack of faith and it stops you from being strong and courageous enough to do good. There is a reason Legolas asks Aragorn for forgiveness.
Trust in God.

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I suspect there is a strong tie between the Backrooms and Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation which posits the recursion of symbols in society to the point that they no longer or never had any truth behind them.

It also appears in The Matrix (1999).

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@Will_Tanner_1 @BlackDumpling This is a very unnuanced reading of "The Scarlet Letter." It doesn't look favorably on the extremely legalism of some puritan groups, but it doesn't for a moment condone Hester's actions. It's all about guilt and shame, both external and internal and still holds to morality.

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The important part of writing is to actually get words on the page. You improve by practicing. You could read a dozen books about baseball but that doesn't mean you can swing a bat.

So get a little existential and act. Write consistently and you will become a good writer

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"But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind."
James 1:6

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You have no excuse for your foolishness

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."
James 1:5

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This is a quote from the writer Logan R Molen

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The best writing is done by an author delighted by his own work.

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- Humble yourself and ask for humility. Express your need for guidance.
- Pray that the desires of your heart be quieted.
- Pray for clarity in His answer.
- Ask what His will for you is in the decision
- Wait on the Lord (for as long as it takes)
-Obey the answer

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Many people ask God for guidance when they feel lost or unsure about what direction they should go but far too few listen for His answer. If you pray in this manner, he will lead you. Isaiah 30:20-21

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@saint_jack12 Absolutely. Postmodernist thought is right up there with the rest.

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A few of the things that plague our society and will cause its collapse if not rectified:

- Hyper-individualism
- Offloading human thinking to machines
- Low-birth rates / Abortion
- Lack of disciplining in parenting

Any others?

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@DavidFischer Holy, Holy, Holy

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@ScottRoberts It's ironic to me that most of the people handing these out are otherwise iconoclasts who would be horrified by genuinely beautiful depictions of our Lord like stained glass, but they think that cartoonish irreverent toys are hilarious. Totally backwards!

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If you take up smoking you have one more thing you can give up for lent.

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Let you not suspect that any strength, faith, virtue, or willpower come to men except by the express gifting and grace of God.

You stand and breathe by the will of God.

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For far too long the masculine pastime of smoking has been demonized because of the prevalence of effeminate cigarettes. Smoking real tobacco in either a cigar or pipe is a tradition with a very long history for poets, authors, and great men. Go make Tolkien proud.

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"Fake and gay" is redundant. If something is fake, it is inherently gay.

This is a major reason we as a society must utterly reject "artificial intelligence." If something it is artificial, it is categorically not the thing it is replicating. Reject simulacra, façades, veneers.