Hergungwyrm

Hi! What's up?

I don't think that Timbalionguy speculated on how the Stone Table rule started. But I gave it some thought as I was writing "Southward the Tigers."

It seems clear that Jadis must have begun recruiting creatures into her service VERY early in Narnia's history. But every Narnian resident who joined her, would thereby have been a traitor against Aslan. If the requirement of traitors being killed had been in effect from the START of the Narnian world, then Jadis would have been compelled to KILL HER OWN RECRUITS as fast as they joined her, leaving her with no army. So the Stone Table rule had to have begun much later.

I look forward to seeing what you write if you make it a thread

Sorry to hear about that. Maybe she was just having a bad week or something. Don't give up quite yet

Hey you! Haven't talked to you in a while! How iz ya?

Here are four kinds of people who would be against heroes:

1) BAD GUYS!! Those who DO evil, don't want someone brave and strong fighting them.

2) COWARDS! Those who are too afraid to fight evil themselves, will be afraid that if the hero stirs things up, the cowards will also get hurt.

3) Weaklings. By "weak," I don't necessarily mean physically weak; I mean anyone who is NOT evil or cowardly, but who for SOME reason is unable to play a part in fighting evil. They may believe that the hero just is not powerful enough to win; so, although they don't LIKE the evil side, they sadly believe that giving in to it is the only realistic choice to save lives.

4) Diplomats and intellectuals. These may not be evil or cowardly, and they may even possess power in some form; but whether correctly or incorrectly, they believe that they can solve the present emergency by wisdom, WITHOUT anyone having to fight anyone.

At first you made me think that you AGREED with disrespecting heroes. If you want to ANSWER those who call heroism banal, that's very different. You need to make sure that people understand what it is you're saying to them.

For starters, have you ever heard of the Peloponnesian War? It happened in the neighborhood of 400 B.C., when the city-states of Athens and Sparta fought over who would be the dominant force in Greece. The reason why I mention it is because of an illustration it gives--an illustration involving the Athenian statesman Pericles.

At the time of a group funeral for Athenian warriors, Pericles was asked to give a eulogy for his fallen friends. In the speech, he remarked that persons who hear about the deeds of others often refuse to believe what they hear, if the deeds being described are greater and better than what the hearers would be able to do.

Do you see why this is relevant? In the modern world, there are many authors, teachers and so on, who have NEVER had to risk THEIR lives for any noble cause. Because of this, their selfish, prideful ego does not WANT to believe that others might be true heroes.

Nothing personal, but here are my ONLY thoughts on that subject:

Heroism IS NOT banal. I enjoy freedom in America because better and stronger men than I am sacrificed their safety to defend their country. I am not the least bit interested in being any part of any project which is so disrespectful to them as to call them banal.

I know I'm a bit late, but ...

Nietzsche was physically frail and weak, so he tried to make up for it with what he considered mental toughness. He sought to feel as if he were strong by boasting that he was "above" the laws of right and wrong. He therefore mocked both Jews and Christians for believing in God.

That sounds cool! I've never been to any concerts before. XD

That must be exciting to be almost done with school

Thank you for your time you took to reply.

Hey there!! Sup?

School has me occupied alot... 'specially math. But I'm hanging in there for the most part.

My grandmother is almost done her second week of Radiation and we're preparing for my granddad to have surgery to remove a tumor...so thing have been a tad stressful.

Other then that...I'm missing the guy I like a whole lot an I'm not enjoying myself at my youth group too much.

Hiya! How are ya?

The words "rapture" and "rape" have the same Latin root; they share the idea of being grabbed or caught up, whether physically or mentally. The term "Rapture" with a capital R does not mean what small-r "rapture" means. Small-r "rapture" means that your mind's attention is focussed on something in a happy way. Capital-R "Rapture" is a way of referring to something which will happen when Jesus returns. First Thessalonians tells us that the bodies of dead Christians will be brought back to life in an immortal form, so that these souls will be able to enjoy having bodies again, but bodies that can never suffer harm again. Then those Christians who are still in mortal life at the time will be lifted up into the air to meet the returning Jesus, and will be transformed into the same immortal condition as their departed fellow believers.

There are arguments about various aspects of this future event, but now you know what "The Rapture" basically means.

hm that's really interesting!!! I'm sure it'll turn out amazing however you write it! =D

*waves* Hiya!

So I heard you like osts

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I've never heard that exact word, but I can guess its meaning. Think of this:

The Star Trek programs went to great lengths to insist that there is no God....and then they filled their universe with ultra-highly-evolved super-beings who MIGHT AS WELL BE called gods, like the "Q" continuum beings. Many anti-Christian movements have followed this path: first use materialism to convince people that there's no God, and then offer to "give back" the satisfaction of believing in the supernatural, by offering psychic powers or space aliens or anything that still leaves God Himself out of the picture.

How did your paper turn out?