TM topic: (#159) Talk about one thing you hope to do in the upcoming year that you have never done.
If there's one thing I can consider that has never done in the past that might be a worthwhile endeavor, it would be dissolving the void that exists between my religion and my blade. Commandment number six of ten states specifically, "Thou shalt not murder." But to whose definition of 'murder' does the commandment refer? If 'murder' is to be defined as the voluntary taking of any man or woman's life, then there is no separation. If murder is defined as the preplanned and careful execution of another, well, then, it adopts an entirely separate consequence under the name of God.
What is it I do, as a Musketeer? Am I a defender or a murderer? Through whose eyes are my actions defined? Atonement is simple, certainly, but is it so easily forgiven? "Hi, father, I just wanted to let you know I killed twenty of the Cardinal's guards today and will probably do it again tomorrow, but if you could forgive me now and forward me an advance on tomorrow's forgiveness, that'd certainly save us both time."
It's not difficult to see by my creative illustration. In order to continue on my path of righteousness while sedating my ambitious, adventurous desire, there must be some sort of common ground. There's nothing a little research and, perhaps, a bit of creative interpretation can't remedy.
What is it I do, as a Musketeer? Am I a defender or a murderer? Through whose eyes are my actions defined? Atonement is simple, certainly, but is it so easily forgiven? "Hi, father, I just wanted to let you know I killed twenty of the Cardinal's guards today and will probably do it again tomorrow, but if you could forgive me now and forward me an advance on tomorrow's forgiveness, that'd certainly save us both time."
It's not difficult to see by my creative illustration. In order to continue on my path of righteousness while sedating my ambitious, adventurous desire, there must be some sort of common ground. There's nothing a little research and, perhaps, a bit of creative interpretation can't remedy.