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Dealing with Gainsayers

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Key_In🔻 🎧Listen to the full message below 👇🏽 Dealing with Gainsayers – Faith-Sermons There are times in life, that people will tend to speak against the discipline, value and faith of a believer. In such a time, there arises the necessity to prove the integrity of that discipline (doctrine). In this message; The FaithCamapigner (Part 1) Shares on the necessity of the fruitfulness of the…

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[physisrebooted]

Analyzing the New Handles in Vrissy's Chumroll

So, I have a lot of thoughts about HS2's return and how this new team is going about things. Except...this post ain't about all that; it's about the handles we saw in yesterday's upd8! Don't know if anybody else has already done this, but I wanted to look into what the handles mean and what that says about the owners of each of them.

> recidivousGainsayer [RG]

To be "recidivous" means that you are prone to relapsing into a former condition or, in a more negative sense, behavioral pattern. Whereas, a "gainsayer" is somebody who either declares something as false or opposes another person by contradicting them.

Honestly, out of the new kids of HS2, this is probably my favorite handle we've seen thus far! I dunno how to describe it exactly, but RG's handle (and Harry Anderson's, whose handle is my second fave) feels the most Homestuck-esque to me. Like, it's something I'd expect to see out of the original text. Plus, it just sounds nicer than Vrissy's or Tav's!

The person behind this handle is most likely the type to have a tendency to fall back into old, bad habits. A contrarian that will point out the lies around them, though they might be a bit of hypocrite if their bad habits align with the kind of stuff they're trying call bullshit on.

> gavageCunctation [GC]

"Gavage" has two meanings: it's either a method of forced feeding involving a tube, or it's a system of forcing poultry to eat fixed quantities of food at specific intervals for the sole purpose of fattening them up. "Cunctation" is just a fancy synonym for procrastination or a delay, though it could also describe a kind of slowness that is cautious and deliberate.

Definitely a weird combo to have as a handle. Though, then again, who the fuck in Homestuck has ever had a normal-ish sounding handle? Whatever, this handle definitely sits at the bottom of the list of the handles I like out of the new HS2 cast.

Whoever this new GC is, they're a procrastinator. A procrastinator with purpose, mind you. Their inclination to put stuff off isn't done out of pure laziness or indifference; perhaps it's done out of anxiety or fear. But, in the end, they'll do it. It'll be a pain in the ass, but there's shit to be done and a goal to achieve. They just gotta do it in baby steps; one thing at a time, bit by bit.

[cheshire-creeper]

CHUMHANDLE BREAKDOWN (spoilers for the Latest Homestuck: Beyond Canon Upd8!)

Chumhandle Breakdown

THE OLD STUFF thespiansGlamor = Harry “Harry” Anderson glutinousGymnast = Tavros “Tavvy” Crocker adamantGriftress = Vriska “Vrissy” Maryam-Lalonde

THE NEW STUFF recidivousGainsayer

Recidivous is “tending to relapse or having relapsed” Gainsayer is “One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer. A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person.” A relapsed opposer? And also…they don’t follow the pattern of DNA strands, as R is not in DNA strands (I don’t think.) May be important, may be not too important.

gavageCunctation Gavage is “the administration of food or drugs by force, especially to an animal, typically through a tube leading down the throat to the stomach.”

Cunctation is “the action or an instance of delaying; tardy action” So…tardy force-feed? I have no idea what this one is referring to. It *might* be Yiffy, because of the whole “animal” emphasis in the definition, but I have no idea what “force-feeding” has to do with her personality. Tardy might work for her, because she literally was only introduced after the epilogues. INTERESTINGLY, they are already ready to chat, despite not having any bars in the beginning of this upd8 except for her jail bars.

(I have no idea if what I just wrote above makes sense, so please tell me if ANY of these things make sense or if I'm just losing it over nothing.)

[spacetimesally]

With the persistent threat of The Malignant's deplorable and vile ways forever burdening anything and anyone they deem a "gainsayer," they shouldn't be so surprised when their number one target shows up on their doorstep to clean house, in 'My Pushed Hand, My Closed Fist'

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

"Let the Spirit be lacking, and there may be wisdom of words, but not the wisdom of God; the powers of oratory, but not the power of God; the demonstration of argument and the logic of the schools, but not the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, the all-convincing logic of His lightning flash, such as convinced Saul before the Damascus gate. When the Spirit was outpoured the disciples were all filled with power from on high, the most unlettered tongue could silence gainsayers, and with its new fire burn its way through obstacles as flames fanned by mighty winds sweep through forests." – Arthur Tappan Pierson

[williamrodricks]

Understand the characters of the people you are dealing with in order to penetrate their intentions. When you know the cause, you know the effect. The effect tells us the motive. The melancholy person always forecasts unhappiness, and the gainsayer, faults. They think only of the worst, and, overlooking the good that is present, they announce the evil that is possible. The person swayed by passion cannot speak of things as they are: passion speaks in him, not reason. Each person speaks according to his emotion or his humor, and all are far from the truth. You should know how to decipher a face and spell out the lettering of somebody's soul. Know that the person who is always laughing is a fool, and the one who never laughs is false. Be careful of the person who is always questioning you, either because he asks too much or because he carps and scruples. Expect little good from the person with a nasty face. These people like to avenge themselves on nature, because she honored them so little. A person is usually as foolish as he is beautiful. (Baltasar Gracian)

[jribera777]

Never be afraid to answer questions from the skeptics. That's how you prove your beliefs to be true and the gainsayers won't be able to say much after that.

[kriegsgeist]

Man Must Die - Gainsayer

[mataniya]

#Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

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[vincentcheungteam]

Christians today are embarrassed by the intellectual challenges thrown at them by the unbelievers. Although we are not divinely inspired like the prophets and the apostles, if we will wholly depend on the revelation of Scripture, we will indeed be the master philosophers of this world. Because we have revelation as the foundation of our philosophy, unbelievers are not in fact competing against our own wisdom, but the very wisdom of God. Thus if we will only learn to apply divine revelation with skill when answering their challenges, there can be no real contest, but we will destroy every unbelieving argument, and embarrass the gainsayers.

Non-Christians prize the idea that they are intelligent, and they find comfort and security in the idea that Christians are irrational. The biblical apologist shatters their illusion, and shows them their true condition, that they are stupid and sinful, and that they are the intellectual quacks of this world. Their only hope is in Christ, and since, although they believe that they possess autonomy, it is also an illusion, it is not even in their power to produce faith in Christ to save themselves; rather, faith is a gift of God, and salvation depends on the sovereign mercy of God alone.

Vincent Cheung, Presuppositional Confrontations (2010), p. 64.

[oursuperbbasementcollectionus]

False Revivals of Finney, Wesley, Graham, and Now Asbury College

Titus 1:9

“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.” King James Version

[yeslordmyking]

May, 8 (Morning) Devotion

“He that was healed wist not who it was.”

John 5:13

Years are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while he lay at the pool of Bethesda, he was delightfully sensible of a change. Even so the sinner who has for weeks and months been paralysed with despair, and has wearily sighed for salvation, is very conscious of the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing. The evil removed is too great to be removed without our discerning it; the life imparted is too remarkable to be possessed and remain inoperative; and the change wrought is too marvellous not to be perceived. Yet the poor man was ignorant of the author of his cure; he knew not the sacredness of his person, the offices which he sustained, or the errand which brought him among men. Much ignorance of Jesus may remain in hearts which yet feel the power of his blood. We must not hastily condemn men for lack of knowledge; but where we can see the faith which saves the soul, we must believe that salvation has been bestowed. The Holy Spirit makes men penitents long before he makes them divines; and he who believes what he knows, shall soon know more clearly what he believes. Ignorance is, however, an evil; for this poor man was much tantalized by the Pharisees, and was quite unable to cope with them. It is good to be able to answer gainsayers; but we cannot do so if we know not the Lord Jesus clearly and with understanding. The cure of his ignorance, however, soon followed the cure of his infirmity, for he was visited by the Lord in the temple; and after that gracious manifestation, he was found testifying that “it was Jesus who had made him whole.” Lord, if thou hast saved me, show me thyself, that I may declare thee to the sons of men.

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[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

"Let the Spirit be lacking, and there may be wisdom of words, but not the wisdom of God; the powers of oratory, but not the power of God; the demonstration of argument and the logic of the schools, but not the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, the all-convincing logic of His lightning flash, such as convinced Saul before the Damascus gate. When the Spirit was outpoured the disciples were all filled with power from on high, the most unlettered tongue could silence gainsayers, and with its new fire burn its way through obstacles as flames fanned by mighty winds sweep through forests." – Arthur Tappan Pierson

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Jane Merrow | UK Actor and Producer

Ireland and two Fav Actors (Irish of Course)

The Sea, the sea!St Patricks Day will be here before you know it and I am going to get a jump on it and write a little about Ireland, my history with it and two actors, I worked with, my favourites: O’Toole and McGoohan…both Irish of course..

When I was a child of about 8 0r 9, my aunt and uncle moved to Dun Laoghaire

Dun Laoghaire is a suburb of Dublin and they moved into a house, with a large garden and in the garden was a Martello Tower. This is the tower, where James Joyce wrote ……..his wonderful books, essays etc. People would come to look at this famous monument and whenever I was around I would happily offer to be their tour guide and take

Martello Tower – the James Joyce Tower.

them up. Just to explain – the Tower – was a Martello Tower……these were built around the British Empire (remember Ireland belonged to England at the time they were built) and were built largely to protect England and its properties from an invasion by Napoleon. By the time I got to Southern Ireland, better known as Eire, the Southern Irish had got rid of us Brits. Anyway I would happily jaunt up to the top of the tower with strangers until my aunt, fearful of some dark deed being perpetrated on me by persons unknown, put a stop to it. But I loved it, thought it was all very romantic and Irish. There is a romance about Ireland, which I have always loved and I have always felt an affinity to all things and people Irish, don’t know why, I have no Irish blood to my knowledge. But I have always loved their wildness and freedom of spirit, their poetry and writing. My favourite modern playwright is Irish – Martin McDonagh. Anyway that’s my James Joyce and his tower story and my wonderful introduction to Eire.

James Joyce

Jane with Peter O’Toole in “The Lion in Winter”

Years later I found myself back in Dun Laoghaire, where we stayed, while filming the interiors of The Lion in Winter at Bray Studios. Peter O’Toole was Irish and passionate about the country. I know the gainsayers will say that Peter wasn’t really Irish, being born and brought up in Yorkshire, but who cares, his father was Irish and nobody was more Irish than Peter. We filmed at Bray, because of his support of the Irish film industry and local businesses. He wore something green every day and had the passion and temperament of an Irishman. On our first night there, he hauled me off for a quick tour of Dublin, a Guinness and to meet a few favourite Irish friends, some of whom were playing on stage. I had picked up a “bug” on the flight over and distinguished myself by throwing up in the wings of the famous Abbey Theatre. I was quickly shuffled back to Dun Laoghaire to recover. I think the thought crossed Peter’s mind that I was “wimping” out on him….he had personally tested with and helped decide on all the young actors, who made up the cast of the production, with Peter and Katharine Hepburn. But a day, with my head in the toilet or on the pillow quickly put paid to all that and our first scene of shooting….the first scene shot on the entire picture… went like a dream and he visibly relaxed, happy and confident again. I have more O’Toole stories but will save for another time. I adored him.

My other favourite actor to work with was Patrick McGoohan. He was thrilling and powerful as an actor and I loved working with him too. He and O’Toole worked so well with their fellow actors, giving, challenging and generally driving the scenes along with amazing energy. I think it was all about the energy you put into a performance, that I learned the most from both of them. There are actors who drift on to a stage or set, who are so lacking in inner and outer energy that I want to slap them. They are boring and uninspiring. I wont name names, but I would avoid them if possible. Mumbling and being “introspective” in your work is meaningless in terms of letting the audience “in” and you only succeed in driving them away in due course. I was warned that I wouldn’t like Patrick, that he was a “bully” and intimidating. But I never been one to dodge a challenge and thought he sounded rather interesting. I was so right, he WAS interesting and a thrill to work with. But…you had better be on your toes, know your lines and hit your marks each time. I did all the required things and we got along well.

The Schizoid Man –

The Prisoner

I will write more about both men another time.

Last little story about Ireland and its charm. I was staying at a lovely hotel in Dublin for the last days of our shoot there, called the Hibernian. (Great history…check it out…going back to the mid 18th century). I was eating dinner alone, when I heard and recognised the deep and wonderful voice of a famous actor Michael Macliammoir. He was eating dinner there too. He was famous for his great one man show: The Importance of Being Oscar. This charming and interesting man, had made a career out of playing one of the most famous Irishmen of all: Oscar Wilde. He and his companion seeing that I was alone, quickly invited me to join them and I spent a marvellous evening with this talented actor , who recounted many great stories of the theatre. How lucky was I!

I plan to return to Ireland, hopefully this year. I have two “friends” there – never met – one the writer Michael Feeney Callan, who has written the best biography of Robert Redford, I have ever read and we “met” when I wrote him a “fan” letter after reading the book. (Michael not Robert ). The other is a “friend” on Facebook, who is now a good friend….and has been for a long time…..he tirelessly writes plays, which seem to be produced in Ireland, Chicago and many other places : Jimmy Keary and I can always count on a lovely wall calendar from him each year with pictures of Ireland.

Here’s a little poem by the great Irish poet: WB Yeats:

All for now. Next time all about Oscar…not Wilde…the other one …awards on next Sunday.

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[versegm]

A lot of people nowadays misunderstand what “death of the author” means. They think it means either “fuck canon I do what I want” or “In my heart I have disowned the author.” Which are valid feelings!! That’s just not what Death Of The Author means. Death Of The Author means that the author’s interpretation of their work is as valid as the reader’s- no more, no less. There is no sole true correct interpretation of a work of fiction. No one, not even the author, can come telling you you’re wrong. They can give you textual evidence of their own interpretation, sure, but at the end of the day, you’re the only one who can decide what you read in a given set of word.

My point being Bradamante Not Cis and also said drink your respect women juice.

CII  "I, who this cause take on me to defend,  Say (whether fairer or less fair I be)  I came not as a woman, nor intend  That now mine actions shall be womanly.  But, saving I undress, who shall pretend  To say I am or am not such as she?  Neither should aught be said but what we know,  And least of all what works another woe.

CIII  "Many, as well as I, long tresses wear,  Yet are not therefore women; if, as guest,  I have admittance gained to your repair,  Like woman or like man, is manifest:  Then why should I the name of woman bear,  That in my actions stand a man confest?  'Tis ruled that woman should a woman chase;  Nor that a knight a woman should displace.

CIV  "Grant we (what I confess not howsoe'er)  That you the woman in my visage read;  But that in beauty I am not her peer:  Not therefore, deem I, of my valour's meed  Ye would deprive me, though in beauteous cheer  The palm I to that damsel should concede  'Twere hard, before I yield to her in charms,  That I should forfeit what I won in arms.

CV  "And if it be your usage, that the dame  Who yields in beauty, from your tower must wend,  Here to remain I my design to proclaim,  Should my resolve have good or evil game,  Hence I infer, unequal were the game,  If she and I in beauty should contend:  For if such strife 'twixt her and me ensues,  Nought can the damsel gain, and much may lose;

CVI  "And save the gain and loss well balanced be  In every match, the contest is unfair.  So that by right, no less than courtesy,  May she a shelter claim in you repair.  But are there any here that disagree,  And to impugn my equal sentence dare,  Behold my prompt, at such gainsayer's will,  To prove my judgment right, his judgment ill!"