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lassarina

Ramblings of a Tired Mind

Feb 24, 2003 03:43

Okay, I know you're all real damn sick of my lyric-posting, but this is a really good song. You have to read it through from beginning to end, though, or it's not half as powerful. :P

A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher ( Read more... )

lyrics, demon: the fallen, ramble, gaming, religion

Comments 12

mattchu February 24 2003, 01:55:54 UTC

I think you should go to a comic book store and buy the DC/Vertigo series "Preacher"...keep in mind though that its only a story, but at the same time the views regarding god held by Jesse, his g/f, and the Irish vampire (whose name escapes me at the moment), are definently something to ponder about.

wizocodes February 24 2003, 01:58:18 UTC

"Art isn't about intellectual description."
Personally, I think Art's more about how much coughsyrup he has.

sageoa February 24 2003, 03:26:14 UTC

I'm not a christian either. But I believe at heart, the christians had some good ideas.

The bible..
I don't think it's should be taken so literally. I think it's just supposed to be a general guide. And a lot of it was just bullcrap.

Revelations is just freaking weird.

I myself don't practice any specific religion; I just believe in behaving morally.

also, another point to consider: at the time Revelations was written, there probably was a great deal fewer people alive, so 114,000 people might have seemed like a lot. And I'm sure they didn't anticipate such a huge population in the future.

Maybe the christians were hinting at the dual forces of nature by Vangeful/Merciful God. Like Yin and Yang. This would explain miracales as well as tragedies to non-believers.

sageoa February 24 2003, 03:27:38 UTC

Vangeful? D'oh!! That should be vengeful...

Re: lassarina February 24 2003, 09:14:14 UTC

That's an interesting point. Thanks Sagey :)

hovis February 24 2003, 09:41:39 UTC

That's God, laying some Vangence on you, right there! Beware his Wreth!

a response marriwinkle February 24 2003, 19:22:08 UTC

hey meg, i just thought i would respond, seeing as these are some subjects i know a little about, being christian and a poetry major and all ( ... )

Re: a response marriwinkle February 24 2003, 19:23:34 UTC

(sorry, this was a bit long. Here is part 2 ( ... )

Re: a response lassarina February 24 2003, 20:30:43 UTC

It's not entirely that I have a distaste for the art of poetry in general. I think it's better to say that I have a distaste for either overinflated epic poetry (i.e. my utter hatred for Virgil), over-embellished romantic poetry, or overdone goth poetry. I agree with you that there are many good poets out there.

Also, I didn't mean to say that the only good poetry is poetry that fundamentally shakes your worldview. My issue was with people who say something is "deep" without meaning it, or meaning it only superficially (now there's an oxymoron for you.) For example, someone who reads a piece of poetry about existence or whatever, and says it's deep, but can't tell you what they mean by that or why it's deep. "It just is." This kind of thing drives me up the wall.

"And you will want the attention and care they give to literary work. The understanding they will bring to it for others is invaluable."I feel this is writing for the wrong audience. I hope to write so that what I write can be enjoyed by anyone with the capability to ( ... )

Re: a response lassarina February 24 2003, 20:22:30 UTC

Thanks Mary :) Perhaps I'll sit down with you sometime and discuss this....also I was really tired when I wrote that, so it's probably disjointed and incoherent, not to mention terribly offensive. ^.^;

rosa_heartlily February 25 2003, 01:20:20 UTC

You aren't being offensive, just deep! And I mean that in the sense you want me to - what you say really made me think, although maybe it didn't shake my world-view...

Anyway! I want to say something on the different views of God that we find in the Bible. And I say 'views' advisedly, because that's my argument. I don't think God has changed, I think human perceptions of him / her / it / them / whatever have changed, and are still changing. The Bible WAS written by humans, inspired by God certainly, but just as human as you or me. And remember - we make God in our own image...

Re: lassarina February 25 2003, 12:19:25 UTC

Good point :) Yeah reading over what I wrote I realize that a good 75% of it was extremely facetious, and I know better than to take the Bible dead literally. It just amuses me sometimes to rant about inconsistencies. But yes, I do believe that we make God in our own image (look at me, I'm a feminist who is staunchly Wiccan because the main figure of that religion is female....yeah.) So um...yeah. You're right :)