#god is dead and we have killed him

[larphis]

On episode two of Painkiller. These saleswomen have some real sapphic tension. There’s something in the air, I can smell it.

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God is dead and we have killed him. This time is the last.

Being God is not just one mans hobby. It's closer to a job. Similarly to a Roman emperor, you are an omnipotent ruler, but just on a larger scale. And, of course, if you have a well defined role where you work at, it's easier than if you're "Brenda who knows all the ins and outs of the hellish accounting system".

Therefore, there have been many gods. I was the last. How does the process of change work? Of course, not by nepotism. Your son doesn't inherit the throne, why would he? As you're the god, you don't age. So, trial by combat. That's how it's picked. A mere mortal challenges you, perhaps wronged by the cosmos, perhaps just looking for "cool points". (Because let's be real. It's really cool to kill a god.) And so, the cycle begins. Certain, mostly small reforms.

Examplewise, Joseph, husband of the virgin Mary. Zeus, one of the current gods tried to seduce Mary. Joseph won the fight. So technically, Jesus was god's son. Thing is, they were wrong about it not being Joseph's son. Before Joseph, being a god was a team effort. Greek mythology pantheon and everything. But then, reform. Joseph became dictator, as was the style at the time. The Romans switched from power being held by a senate picking a few to lead the country to one man, merely twenty-seven years ago, so why shouldn't godhood be the same?

Then, getting too comfortable. Eventually, the cycle continues, again and again. Examplewise:

Fast forward roughly 1.8 thousand years. A man, Fredrik Nietzsche, challenges the god. He wins, but on one condition. He will only become god when he dies. Afterwards, he comes back to earth and writes "God is dead". Thanks to semantics, he was wrong, the current god would be dead soon. The position isn't in a threat. Also, he feared he'd be declared insane. So, he rewrote the context around the quote.

About how Christianity is "bound to collapse". Thing is, it didn't(!). Then, after roughly twenty years, he passed. The "wait until you die" clause was there to give Joseph the last laugh. His final statement as a god was "Nietzsche is dead -God".

Then, fast forward a hundred years. I, as a fool, decide to try getting the position of God. I mean why not? I win. Shocker, I know. Then, the cycle begins. Thing is, I'm determined to break it. So, a new system. A parliamentary democracy. Every single living creature, voting for the political party they believe in. If five percent or over of everybody votes for your party, you're in Parliament. Then, Parliament votes on issues. Yes, the parties have leaders, but they are nothing but figureheads. A charismatic voice, talking about what their party will do. The position of God is still there, but just as a figurehead. Every five hundred years, Parliament votes for a new God. Therefore, us humans have killed God. The position. It bears almost no resemblance to the original role except in name. So therefore, Nietzsche eventually became correct, even though he never expected it to be in this way.

-The end

[firewalkwithme92]

dear lord the humans you put on this earth (my neighbours) are blasting a twenty one pilots remix in the year of 2023

[rin-cchi]

I was forced to make this against my will

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

Watching Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron again as an adult is so great because not only do you appreciate the nostalgia and joy of it, the stunning 2D animation mixed with early 3D techonology and well written tight story with a main character that never speaks.

But also you appreciate that the plot relies on horses, despite not being typical talking horses in cartoons, being extremely intelligent to the point that they are aware of their captivity and exploitation. And it involves a hyper intelligent horse dismantling (or, at the very least significantly delaying) American colonialism's expansion into the west.

This horse also very likely killed many colonialists when they were either launched at high speeds from his back, kicked in the head or blown up in a train explosion.

Good for him.

[tackykachowch]

By the way, did we ever talk about how stupid it is that they made Silco the reason Felicia died? I don't mean that he killed her personally, but that he jumpstarted violence on a peaceful protest. Because that's sooo who Silco is, right? A character who makes impulsive and poorly thought out decisions, right? A character who goes into a fight headstrong without carefully planning his moves and strategy and just YOLO-ing it, right? Right?? ......sigh

And don't even THINK about giving me the whole "wElL hE cHaNgEd SiNcE tHeN dUh" crap. Even s2 is smart enough to show us him writing something in a notebook in a flashback, which implies that he was the brains behind the Lanes' creation/revolution as a whole. And if he was he would never sabotage his own plans with something so stupid as throwing a single molotov at enforcers. Literally who does that???? Silco we know would probably organize an attack under the guise of a peaceful protest, but not just. Straight-up ruining just a regular peaceful protest. That's stupid. And Silco is the last character in arcane that would do something stupid. Literally the whole plot of season 1 relies on him being intelligent and sneaky with his plans are you kidding me.

[unkillable-gays]

Unpopular opinion: by FAR the most interesting thing about Monty is his fucked-up relationship with Esther. And the forced transformation thing.

I thought I was completely bored by him as character, but then I realized shipping him with the main boys just doesn't really resonate with me, cause, like. He is still learning how to be a person. (Both in terms of thinking independently from Esther, and, like. Physically he's only been in a human body for a few days! 😅)

He wants Edwin because Esther designed him to. Like, yes, he eventually fell for him beyond her influence, but he was literally MADE to seduce Edwin, like. It's hard to argue he has agency there.

idk, I'm not trying to be a hater, but i think exploring Monty's relationship with Esther and his own body and autonomy is much more interesting than shipping him.

There's also the whole question of how much he's even capable of independent thought? Like, does he have human-sized thoughts inside his crow brain? And if so, is that only post-transformation, or has he always had that capability? When he's in human mode, how much of him is still just a bird puppeteering a vessel and following orders?

What does it even mean for him to be Esther's familiar? How old is he, really? Has she killed him before? Has he been any other animals, besides human and crow? Did he start out as a normal bird, or did she create him, like some kind of homunculus?? Was he ORIGINALLY a boy???

[laniidae-passerine]

I am so not immune to a Medea moment. my beloved has left me. we had a life and a love and a child. my beloved has left me for another. I have lost my life and my love. I still have my child. my beloved deserves to pay. all he has ever really loved is our child. here is a stage. here is a role. here is the chorus to sing my sins. here is my beloved with his horrified gaze, fixed on me. here is my beautiful daughter. here I am, in her countenance, her phrasing, her cruelty and her mirth, mother that I am. punishing him. letting the light in. letting my daughter burn. and here I am, in those beautiful eyes of the girl I helped raise, the very last thing she ever sees before she dies. I am her and she is me; and all that is left of us both is utter agony

[yuriinadress]

hey do you think Ekko has nightmares about accidentally killing Jayce?

[vaguely-concerned]

I don't know what I love more, the fact that as rook you can make a statement in NO uncertain terms that you are NOT responsible one way or the other for the theological implications of the shit you're discovering in the 'regrets of the dread wolf' memories. not my jurisdiction. quite simply none of my business. not my chantry circus not my chantry monkeys. irrelevant to the matter at hand here we'll kill that god if we get to him he can get in line. or if the best thing about it is seeing the lone little 'lucanis approves' that pops up right after choosing it. corvid with a knife about to commit deicide keeping it real and sensibly, pragmatically, wilfully agnostic with me here in this magical lighthouse today

[unproduciblesmackdown]

winston my quant of billions

[sebbyisland]

akanematic.mp4 (youtube link)

[spineless-lobster]

I finally watched the return and uh… well unfortunately it was worse than I was expecting

[ahopefulbromantic]

wait do you believe in hell as eternal conscious torment? (im curious bc that debate has been a crux of my own journey w faith & christianity)

I believe in hell as eternal disconnection from God or more precisely as defined by the Catechism a "state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed" (CCC 1033). How that would look like i have no idea but i do know that tearing yourself apart from the one and only source of life, love, happiness, fulfilment, goodness, and everything that is good would absolutely be the worst torment imaginable, or rather well, unimaginable. And i do know God would hate to have His beloved children be in this state. I hope with all my heart that hell is completely empty, i wouldn't wish it upon anyone and i mean anyone

Oh and since you mentioned a debate, can you tell me more about it? Cause i'm not sure what you're refering to and i'd love to learn more! God bless you anon and best wishes for your journey with faith!

[ajabberwalk]

I ate a tangirine cup and a brownie and I feel like I can kill god

[vaguely-concerned]

I was just ambushed within the turbulent halls of my own mind by some headcanons about rye ingellvar's childhood that did 15000000 points of psychic damage to me and my heart personally and also made me almost sure of how I want to play it all at the end (very very differently from how I imagined going in!). some 'oh holy fuck this changes everything' rocking my own world bullshit going on in my neurons right now I'm reeling