The Old Familiar One
The Creature
Two spirits
One nature
One like a father, sibling, or a mother,
A comrade, guardian, or a lover
But gnawing at my feet is a reality,
The sterile, lifeless physicality
Then, I felt a hand touch my shoulder
Another hand caressed my cheek
I looked up
And saw a...
Often I hear people talking about being threatened with hellfire on here.
In my experience, such people don't necessarily threaten you, but warn you based on what they sincerely believe.
To me there is a difference between a person telling another: "Don't cross the line or they will shoot...
@Debater Slayer When I was reading @JustGeorge 's posts I found that some things would be out of character for @Rival to say, until I noticed the username, and suddenly it made sense. I remember making similar mistakes by reading @SomeRandom 's posts at times. :tearsofjoy:
You weren't always like this though.
I'm not trying to persuade you to change your mind.
I'm trying to encourage you to play "devil's advocate" and see for yourself why, because it can help broaden your view.
Especially since you've had some first hand experience of it, I think you can gain a...
I'd say it has a lot to do with believing in something greater than yourself.
When you judge God, it means you have more faith in your own judgment than what is considered to be all-knowing and all-wise by the believer; something that is superior to you and/or your peers and/or society.
It is...
Personally I'm not a fan of encouraging self complimenting attitudes, nor am I a fan of self-loathing, but I love the creativity of this poem made by Abdullah Shoaib.
And I suppose it can still do some good to the aching spirit when it's not taken to any extremes:
I’m very ugly
So don’t try to...
People only to see what they want to see; A person takes a stroll in the forest, spots something they couldn't clearly see and identify, and immediately concludes they've seen a sasquatch, while in reality, it was just a wendigo.