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ysabetwordsmith

Poem: "Not One Soul Be Lost"

Dec 14, 2012 14:18

This poem came out of the October 2-3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by haikujaguar, Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It also fills the "sacrifice" square on my card for the Hurt/Comfort Bingo fest. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.

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Comments 8

paka December 15 2012, 00:36:17 UTC

Very Marriage of Heaven and Hell like!

Yes... ysabetwordsmith December 15 2012, 01:13:28 UTC

That it is. I'm glad you like this.

Re: Yes... paka December 15 2012, 17:52:08 UTC

Like and dislike don't entirely describe how I feel. As a non-Christian - and as someone who's been cast in that uncomfortable villain role a lot - the most difficult part of Christianity for me to wrap my head around are concepts about Lucifer, Hell, wars in Heaven, Jesus as basically a game piece or strategy. (My nice ex-LDS friends assure me that Christianity gets even weirder in places.) Honestly it makes me squirm, so seeing someone play around with these ideas is incredibly interesting (okay, other than the guys who made the skirmish level angel vs. devil wargame - that one doesn't count!).

Short form, I liked it.

Re: Yes... ysabetwordsmith December 15 2012, 18:30:04 UTC

>>Like and dislike don't entirely describe how I feel.<<

I often use "appreciate" in such circumstances.

>>As a non-Christian - and as someone who's been cast in that uncomfortable villain role a lot <<

Ironically, I'm not Christian either. I just happen to like playing with some of their mythology about angels and demons.

>>the most difficult part of Christianity for me to wrap my head around are concepts about Lucifer, Hell, wars in Heaven, Jesus as basically a game piece or strategy.<<

That's more Zoroastrian than Christian, actually, but it got rolled into the later religion.

>> (My nice ex-LDS friends assure me that Christianity gets even weirder in places.) <<

Much. The Dark Ages and Middle Ages were fraught with heresies in which Christians practiced pretty much every weird cult idea known.

>>Honestly it makes me squirm, so seeing someone play around with these ideas is incredibly interesting (okay, other than the guys who made the skirmish level angel vs. devil wargame - that one doesn't count!).... )

siliconshaman December 15 2012, 12:11:53 UTC

I like, but then I would... I've always seen Lucifer as being more sinned against than sinning.

Yay! ysabetwordsmith December 15 2012, 18:22:11 UTC

I'm happy to hear this. I like alternate versions of Lucifer too.

Re: Yay! siliconshaman December 15 2012, 19:23:03 UTC

I take it you've seen the "good guy Lucifer" series of memes?

Oh hey, now there's a thought! Imagine if Lucifer, in all his Fallen Glory, came through the Tef?! Just how accepting are the heroes?

Re: Yay! ysabetwordsmith December 15 2012, 19:58:45 UTC

>>I take it you've seen the "good guy Lucifer" series of memes?<<

I've seen a variety of examples along those lines, but specific memes, no.

>>Oh hey, now there's a thought! Imagine if Lucifer, in all his Fallen Glory, came through the Tef?!<<

That could be fun. Feel free to prompt me for it sometime.

>> Just how accepting are the heroes? <<

As long as someone isn't causing deliberate harm, they're very tolerant. They've put up with Bruce Banner and Sherlock Holmes. Sheesh, they've even put up with Chris' asshole cousins to a limited extent. But they did vote General Ross off the planet.

Lucifer as a neutral or misunderstood-positive force, no problem. Lucifer looking to stir trouble is likely to get his ass handed to him like all the other villains.