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@godlyfantasy12 Oh, Lyn…😭
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MA BOI RIKER NOO 😭😭 ok that was really good though.
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
@whalekeeper well I’m no theologian so…not sure I can get into that topic accurately lol.
But if you’re going to ask that question, you’d also have to ask- If we are ALL born into sin, and you have already placed he label that anyone who sins or is under the influence of sin is evil, then that means we all are/were evil at one time.
That means every newborn baby born in this world is evil.
Honestly this gets a bit too deep for me, and this one of those things I say “Let God decide/handle it” because He knows.
Sin is wicked. We were all born into sin. But personally I don’t believe we were born “evil”.
The word evil means Profoundly immoral and wicked.
I just personally can’t look at a child or baby or someone and say that they are born evil.
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#ProtectSeb@whalekeeper also, I understand a bit better now 😊
but to add a bit of perspective, if I may, I believe a lot of it is because of the old adage “Write what you know” and many people struggle with insecurity, in many forms.
In fact, I believe if you’re a writer, you probably struggle with insecurity (not always but yea). Writers often do, thus books are often about that.
We must also remember that many people are trying to write as a form of therapy, etc.
They don’t have Christ in their lives. All they have is their writing, their work, etc. They seek, through their characters, affirmation.
(Trust me…I know, even though I do have God in my life)
So the storyline of Not having flaws, as you say, but discovering they’ve just been influenced wrongly, is in fact many times author themself crying out, trying to find some form of peace and clarity through their work-and trying to help others do the same.
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#ProtectSeb@freedomwriter76 i know… 😭
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#ProtectSebHere’s the thing… In the Bible, you can see many places where the word evil is used interchangeably with the word sinful. The word evil can be used for different things (sometimes with a whole different meaning entirely) but it is used to describe sin.
I would say sin is profoundly immoral and wicked. After all, we should spend an eternity in hell for it, right?
Since we know all men fell when Adam sinned, and became sinful, then yes, you could describe a baby as having an evil heart.
…Now, I know that sounds terrible.
But if you really think about it, I think we don’t want to call a baby evil because we’ve created an emotional aura around the word. Villains, darkness, savage animals, etc.
But for the word sinful, we’ve grown used to calling ourselves that.
If you think about it, calling a baby’s heart sinful is just as weighty as calling it evil. In fact, you should have exactly the same emotional “oh no that’s horrible” reaction, when someone says it’s sinful. Buuuut we don’t… why?
It’s just that the word evil has emotional connotations in our culture, that lead you to feel bad about it.
Whereas we’re all used to the word sinful.
Now, babies are still worth so much, because they were made in the image of God, and they might become his holy children.
…And I know you can’t call a baby evil without feeling uncomfortable…
But that doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Feelings shouldn’t affect truth. We can’t let our emotions blind us to what God has told us.
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I understand writing what you know. 😋 I agree that lots of writers have insecurities.
It’s just not healthy to be obsessing over them. There’s just so much drama that has cloaked itself over this topic, and people use it as a source of drama, when they should not be focusing so much on it.
Having those problems doesn’t justify writing pages and pages of panic attacks, and monologues about how delicate the hero is inside.
Because admit it. We all LOVE writing it.
Is it a good thing to be loving it?
We aren’t thinking about this enough, and we need to start actually questioning whether or not this is good.
“Everything is a mountain”
@whalekeeper if u don’t mind I’m going to move myself on from this topic because I don’t really care for it 😊 thx.
oh, did u get to read what I posted!
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#ProtectSebOh, okay…
I guess… Just maybe think about it, if you ever become comfortable enough? I can’t tell you what to think about, only that we should approach everything with truth-filled eyes.
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Yes I did, the pastry tart metaphor was.. illuminating XDXD I loved it!
“Everything is a mountain”
@whalekeeper well, everyone has a different opinion, and while I see you agitation over people trying to Censor things due to it sounding “so harsh” such as calling a baby evil or something, there’s also just the truth of the matter.
Because then we are also saying God has created an evil being instead of saying we have Chosen to be evil.
But again, I’m not going to speak for God so I’m not going to get into this but I’m going to move on and let this be one of those things that I have my own opinion on, and leave in God’s hands 😊
also! Yea…it does give tarts a bit of a different perspective 🤣 🤣
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#ProtectSebI never said God created an evil being. We did choose to be evil in the fall. I was never disagreeing with you there 😊 That Choice is what makes us all sinful.
But yeah, we can leave it.
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Ah, well I will still eat my tarts with glee 😜
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HEYO!! Sooo not totally sure where to ask this so I’ll just ask here lol!!
Im currently drafting most of you all know…
And I just realized that…Lyn’s inciting incident (Zolten’s death) might come a bit earlier then I figured it would. I’m not entirely sure…but yea.
This is because…the perfect timing for it to happen has come up (that sounds awful buuut XD)
So…Ara and November arrive to Cirque (and meet Lyn and Nyx) during a giant electrical storm (and it does rain some too)
This storm ends up causing problems with the electricity, so lights go out, flash, etc. Cirque, being lit by neon lights some, and such, this affects them a bit.
And I realized…this is also the perfect setting for the murder, if the storm lasts longer then I had intended.
BUT…I still need to show Lyn in her “Normal world” somehow…
As for Zolten, the reader doesn’t need to know he was bad, but does need to be foreshadowed at least that he wasn’t great (but that’ll probably come naturally cuz uh…yea XD)
ANYWAY! What do y’all think? Any ideas?
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#ProtectSeb@godlyfantasy12 Ha, that’s a little gruesome, but I’ve seen worse.
TBH I’m imagining what a drawing of that would look like, and while it’d be bloody, it wouldn’t be so bad if it were displayed in a cartoony manner.
Oh, and yes, a rainstorm is a perfect place for a murder to be staged….
LOL that sounds so creepy.
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
@freedomwriter76 Who is J****????Tell me! I must knowwwww!
OH AND IS THAT BUCKY WITH A CAT???
ngl you’ve made me a real fan of him
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
@koshka That RP sounds cool!
@freedomwriter76 HANS…….
Be glad I can’t reach though the screen and rip you to shreds…..
You’re almost worse than Hemlock, and that’s saying something.
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
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@keilah-h but do you REALLY wanna know…??? 😭
also, ikr!? Hans is horrible!!! 😤😡
and yes, it’s Bucky&Alpine!!! It’s from a comic I’ve been reading lately, lol 😂
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