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The continued success of my debut novel, “Rewind Hero”, helps with the anxiety of releasing my second book, currently untitled (!), late this month (February) or early next month (March). Follow @DaedalusBirk on all platforms, except Reddit, where I’m daedalus_birk
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Your posts on faith & science reminded me of this other post on angels being anything that carries out a message or mission for God, and that these can include forces of nature. I have it reblogged on my own blog here: https://mademoiseli.tumblr.com/post/667665278990155776/copperbadge-headspace-hotel-lazarusemmaan. I wonder have you come across it, and what's your take on something like that?
Huh. Okay. For others' reference (and so that I can look at while I write), here's a screenshot of the post in question:
So I tend to think that contemporary popular culture takes way too many liberties with Biblical angels, ironically often in the name of adhering closely to what's "Biblically accurate." This is... not that, but it kind of feels like it's coming from the same place? "Wow, angels are neat; wouldn't it be cool if they...?"
Don't get me wrong, I definitely understand the poetic appeal of this idea. The concept of the Angel of Glycosidic Linkages or somesuch is thought-provoking and compelling. My biggest problem is that this just. Isn't in the Bible? And note that Midrash=\= Biblical canon in Christianity, since Rabbi Abramowitz mentions it.
I mean, for one thing I think that "anything that carries out a mission from God" is way too broad a description for what angels are/do. A quick search on Gospel Coalition defines angels as "spiritual beings who were created by God before the world was created for the purposes of worshipping him and accomplishing his will." I'd elaborate that they're created to declare and reflect God's glory, albeit in a different manner than humans are.
That's just fundamentally different than what natural forces were created to do: to act on the world in predictable ways as part of a system. Natural forces are awesome I think in large part because they are regular, measurable, and mundane. They're not miraculous in the extraordinary sense; they just are. God made rules for the universe and He follows His own rules. That's super cool! He sustains the universe in every moment, but equally he set in motion processes that can sustain themselves when you view the world as a closed system. Again, pretty awesome!
I'm not discounting the possibility that angels are involved natural phenomena in some capacity or another; the Bible doesn't tell us as much about angels as I think most of us would like to know. But given what God has revealed about angels, I don't see this idea anywhere in the text of Scripture. Thus, I think conflating angels with natural forces is more likely to cause theological error than it is to provide any real insight.
Plus like. As compelling an image as the Glycosidic Linkages Angel is, aren't glycosidic linkages cool enough on their own? Don't they already declare the glory of God without there needing to be an angel involved?
#can you tell i'm doing a lot of biochem this semester lol#idk i'm at best an angel enthusiast i've never made a serious study#i feel confident in this response but i do very much see why the original post makes for a compelling image#and others feel free to chime in#especially if you /have/ made a theological study of Biblical angela#ask me hard questions#glory to god in the highest#all truth is god's truth
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🌟 Some of the kids from last summer’s talent exploration camp gave the congregation a short play of The Nativity. 🎄🌟
#church#church play#Christmas#Three Kings Day#The Nativity#San Juan Puerto Rico#manger#manger scene#shepherds#sheep#angels#Glory to God in the highest#the birth of Jesus#tidings of great joy#O Holy Night#Silent Night#Joy To The World#Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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Luke 2:14 (NKJV) - “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
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OKAY SO
Tomorrow, me, @atak-achrativ and @freshlybakedpigeons are going to stream Star-spawned, roleplay made by @prokopetz!
EDIT: time will be at 6:30 Central European Time!
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This is a GMless roleplay. The core concept is that we are playing eldritch beings who were just born, therefore we have no idea about what our stats mean.
So, we are applying the scientific method to it. We are gonna make hypotheses and test them. We are very smart eldritch beings.
#roleplay#star-spawned#i am so very excited about this#the game system is really cool#the people are also very cool#also Prokopetz made me get back into programming. ...because this godDAMN SYSTEM OF FAILURES AND SUCCESSES#ill explain it on stream and the link takes you to the rulebook#but essentially it makes use of prime numbers for calculating successes and failures and also the highest or lowest rolls#which together with the ruin/glory system makes it possible to make to get a hypothesis refuted and get ineffable glory as a result#and i think glory gets more likely as you get more dice but proving the hypothesis gets less likely. I think.#anyways calculating this for two dice needed pen and paper. and at this amount of player we got four maximum dice.#so i am writing a program because i wanna know the god dang chances
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John 17:15-19 NIV
"My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; Your Word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly sanctified."
#John 17:15#reblog#christian#christianity#bible verse#PRAISE THE LORD#GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST#*HIGH PITCHED EXCITED SQUEALS*#THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDED ME TO WRITE THIS#TO BRING HIS PEOPLE CLOSER TO HIM#AND TO BRING GLORY TO GOD IN THE ABSOLUTE HIGHESSSSTTTTTT#*abso-positively-lutely happiest of flapps*#*praising GOD happiest of flapps*#💞💞💞💞💖💖💖💖💗💗💗🙌#In Jesus name i pray!#AMEN
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"For Slaanesh's servants, war is simply a fetish" No wonder the Khornates fucking hate them
#imagine thinking battle is a holy crucible and the highest glory in the eyes of your god#then finding out these freaks just use it to get off#and they think your skull tithe is a “skull fetish” (actual thing n'kari calls it)#ooc#tome of excess (official lore);
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Got invited to a Christmas concert today, and it was wonderous. First time ever seeing a live orchestra. The church was gorgeous. All the music was so well put together.
Truly a glorious entry into the Advent season.
#personal#christmas#my chirch's music director played most of the paino parts and his wife was in the choir#it was so cool to see him play on that big stage when i'm so used to messing around at music practices with him#glory to god in the highest!!
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i'm going to sob whenever i listen to reflection of the moon
#i just sat there and cried when i first heard it in moon's neural terminus#it's so pretty. she's so beautiful. pebbles took so much from her#it sounds so so so proud. so large. moon before she collapsed#not even at the height of her glory but the highest we can ever see her i suppose#oh i'm crying again#i don't know if i can put the sense i'm getting from this song into words?#like it sounds so determined but melancholy but resilient all at the same time#like her thoughts spinning around#knowing this happens to her and then also knowing the state that hunter finds her in hurts#i sobbed going through the area that will eventually become shoreline's looks to the moon region#everything about moon just hurts#apparently riv helps her a lot? i'm going to bawl when i play her campaign too#like i don't know random gods and reflection of the moon sound computer-y and i love it#they're supercomputers#hbghbrhgbfgbfugbufbhhhjbbhg
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#one God#baby named Jesus in Bethlehem#God helping Jesus of Nazareth#by God the Jesus of Nazareth stayed sinless#sinless Jesus of Nazareth ascended into Heaven#God has Sovereignty over Jesus of Nazareth#God has Sovereignty over each Angel of God#historical Biblical texts have God Sent by God Angels of God#God did Send the Angelic host of Angels - they by God is Glorious proclaimed Glory to God in the Highest and Jesus was a baby in Bethlehem
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whys he hitting the baby jesus position
This picture of baby Cal scares the absolute SHAT outta me ‼️
#holy#lord god kf hosts#heven and earth are full of yohr glory#hosana in the higest#blessed is he who comes in the name#ofnthe lord#hosana in the highest
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Luke 2:14 (NKJV) - “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
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So I was rewatching suicide squad hell to pay and this idea smacked me in the face so hard I had to share it: when Danny finds out Jazz wants to go to GothamU he does a bunch of research and finds that the joker has the highest death tolls and property damage but also when he’s not in Arkham (even when he’s not actively committing a crime) the crime rate skyrockets, so he needs to at the very least remove the joker from the equation. But he can’t personally do it because of school/king stuff/reasons so he sends out a message to any & all takers “make the joker disappear” the prize… One Get Out of Hell Free Card: It Won’t Get You Into Heaven, But At Least You Won’t Be In Hell…. Needless to say a greater part of the underworld descends upon Gotham.
Oh my god? It's probably delivered be a dead info broker who was THE SHIT until he went out in a blaze of glory? Dude rocks up into [REDACTED] looking not a day over 20, in the suit he was killed in, bullet holes and all, Glowing... like?
Boys, do I have a DEAL for you! Straight from the king of Limbo!
Like? Sold! Limited power boost in life? AND I get to avoid hell? Plus?? A valid reason to do the world a FAVOR and put down that MONSTER of a clown? They would have done far worse for less. But this? This is just Christmas.
You'd probably get tons of "hey, what if me an my boo do it TOGETHER?" Too which Danny is like "gonna say it counts, happy hunting!" And just? You thought Ivy wanted him dead BEFORE?
The underworld is ON FIRE. The clown is GOING to die.
Morningstar is laughing himself sick from the other side of this booth at the night club. Is a TERRIBLE influence. But honestly? Danny DID need the advice. And hey, if things continue to be a mess when it's time for Jazz's classes to start? She can do remote learning! From NOT gotham! Literally ANY CITY but Gotham!
Everybody wins!
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I'm so genuinely heartened to see Pope Francis make this statement for the dignity and sanctity of Palestinian life.
The "Nativity of Bethlehem 2024" unveiled by Pope Francis, crafted by Palestinian artisans from Bethlehem, shows the infant Jesus laying on a Keffiyeh.
Around the star of Bethlehem above are the words "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men" (Luke 2:14) in both Latin and Arabic.
The Pope also made this statement:
It's so important this Advent to remember that Jesus was a Palestinian Jew, and that there is an ongoing genocide against the very people through which He came to us. We cannot contemplate Biblical Bethlehem without remembering the horrors that plague modern day Bethlehem.
On a personal note, as a trans Catholic-in-training, I've been pretty disappointed with Pope's public statements recently on issues such as trans rights, so I'm glad to see him make a stance on the right side of history.
#palestine#free palestine#free gaza#pope francis#nativity#advent#jesus was palestinian#christians for a free palestine#catholics for a free palestine#stop the genocide#vatican#christianity#catholicism#christian faith#christmas#palestinian christians#jesus christ
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