"Flash, don't heckle the supervillain!"
So, I was gonna write this whole melodramatic post about death-thoughts, and then my little brother came off worse with a leisure centre floor in PE. Stitches and teeth-reattachment later, I decided to aim for upbeat instead. (He's playing his shiny new Mario Kart Wii beside me, and still looking like he's gone 10 rounds, but better
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One thing I hate:
(I'll step away from the guy who told me all gay men should be in prison) I hate the feeling I get (which I know is not how everyone feels) that I'm supposed to abdicate my life, my happiness and my choices to someone else's control. That it's okay if life sucks now, because rewards come later. I think you should do the right things when you're alive, after thinking for yourself what the right thing is, and be happy or miserable in the here and now. But that's me, and the religious people I know would tell me that's not how it works for them.
One thing I love:
The thing I really miss about it is the feeling of something bigger than me. We went to a concert once, and with everyone singing at once, it was really amazing. Genuinely spiritual, if that's not too obvious :) I miss feeling certain that things would be okay afterwards - that there was someone looking out for me.
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I have to agree with you, and I know there are other Christians who feel as I do, though many others are of the "do good because you'll have a reward later" camp. I really dislike the kind of preaching that says we should do certain things because God will reward us with eternal life in heaven or prosperity on earth. That seems to me to be besides the point -- we should do good things because they're good, because God wants us to BE good to our friends and our enemies.
OTOH, I can understand telling people who are suffering NOW that they can endure, and that God remembers them and will give them good things in the future. Maybe there's a bit of overlap here, but I can understand giving people that comfort.
I know what you mean about that sense of genuine spiritual presence. It's a rare thing, I think. Rare than it should be. Or maybe I'm just not paying enough attention!
Btw, I love your toon!Robin icon. I didn't even know you were a fan!
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:) See, I do know that there are plenty of sensible Christians who believe that, and I kind of knew that you did - I've just heard too many people try and argue the other side of that. But yes, you're right, I'm not trying to say there's anything wrong in giving people the comfort that someone's watching out for them.
Btw, I love your toon!Robin icon. I didn't even know you were a fan!
*g* I am a big Justice League fan (though I'm still catching up on some episodes I missed here and there). I spent a lot of my revision breaks during finals watching it! I like Teen Titans as well, but I don't know that I've ever seen B:TAS or the earlier stuff. So I still have a lot of Timmverse catching up to do! (Have you seen New Frontier?)
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I haven't seen New Frontier yet! Or the Legion series. Do you know if that's in Timmverse continuity?
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I'd really like to see the Batman and Superman series now. I kind of ship Batman/Flash in JL, but Batman/Superman is kind of, well, canon, isn't it? (Pretty icon!) And I have a real fondness for the noir Toon!Gotham.
You should definitely get a hold of New Frontier if you can though. No relation to Timmverse continuity, but it's beautiful. I'm biased, because I love the comic, but it's a really lovely depiction of the 50s and the changes that were happening. Plus much J'onn, and Hal Jordan and Barry Allen. Much pretty ♥
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