#how am I reconciled to God

[thinkingonscripture]

Reconciliation with God

In his letter to the Christians at Corinth, the apostle Paul wrote that “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Cor 5:19). The word reconcile translates the Greek word katallassō (καταλλάσσω), which refers to “the exchange of hostility for a friendly relationship.”[1] According to Merrill F. Unger, “Reconciliation, therefore, means that…

[rhymaes]

Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023) // Anne Carson

[lewmagoo]

nothing like a 12 am spiral over religious trauma lol

[angelstrawbabie420]

grief will have you saying shit like goddamn and fuck maybe the abuse was worth it

[your-fave-is-christian]

I have a dumb question, and I really hope this doesn’t sound rude. What’s the logic for some of the characters? Like, if they’re the “hero” in their storyline, but they don’t seem to follow Biblical doctrine… does that even count? I’m sorry if that sounds snotty; I don’t mean to have an attitude.

No, you're fine!!

Short answer: I don't know, I'm not the one sending in the characters 😂

But really I would say there's not necessarily a consistent logic that they have to fit. That's part of the beauty of Christianity, isn't it? Anyone who repents and believes is welcome; it's not limited to any certain type of people. For the characters people are sending in here, I think there are a few categories. There are some that fit what you said, who already hold Christian morals and who one could easily headcanon as being Christian within the story. Sometimes people send in villains who they want to have redemption arcs and become Christian. Sometimes it's characters who are Christian; mostly it's characters people would like to see become Christian.

[outeremissary]

For no reason in particular I think it's really important to note that as much as I am a pretty intense atheist irl in 2024 I do not blame Sarenrae for all of Tristian's fuckups and am generally disinclined to point fingers at the gods in Kingmaker for mortal affairs (someone at Owlcat just straight up hates Shelyn and whatever they are doing there is mildly incoherent). Is it best practice to leave your now ex-angel with Nyrissa? Definitely not, many things would have been solved by Tristian Not being there. But I don't think in the least that Sarenrae has "broken" Tristian out of malice or neglect. I believe that Tristian's divinity was an extraordinary privilege which was revoked for Tristian's failures to be worthy of that privilege (which I hardly think started with Nyrissa, that was just the breaking point).

I also think that there's a way of seeing being left at that moment as both a moment of harm reduction and a trial of faith. I don't think Nyrissa expected to find herself with an angel who had fallen. I think she had likely prepared to manipulate an actual outsider, had wanted someone in command of the full range of their supernatural abilities. And I think such a being could have enabled more damage much faster. And as for the trial of faith: I think there was a solve to this puzzle, a way to prove that one could hold themself to the extraordinary standards of a servant of the transcendent divine, and that was to have faith in the goddess regardless of fear and to refuse to cooperate no matter what. To as soon as aware refuse to be complicit in the slaughter of innocents, the assassination of a stranger. I'm not the world's biggest self-sacrifice advocate and Balthazar certainly reflects that about me but: these are the deeds of heroes and saints. Furthermore, the soul of a mortal can be recovered. If Tristian dies in chapter seven, the given explanation is that they can't be resurrected because Sarenrae has intervened- I firmly believe that if Tristian had died standing up to Nyrissa Sarenrae would have reclaimed them and restored their divinity. Tristian's failures are failures of first ego and then cowardice. When push actually came to shove, they could not be what they claimed to be. It's pitiable. It's very human. Huge fan of the angel who fails by being too human and too flawed. But I do not place this at the feet of Sarenrae. Not fully, at least. Not even mostly.

Of course, Balthazar would be a different matter: he's always happy to throw accusations to the heavens.

[sun-marie]

DATV Spoiler thing (Late-Game Crow Thoughts)

in my heart of hearts, I do not think Lucanis would remain as first talon for very long (or a crow for that matter), and if I had MY way with the DA lore the events of datv and its final battle would spell the end for the Crows, at least as the organization as we know them. I think both Tevinter Nights and datv's Treviso plotline, and even going back all the way to Zevran, demonstrate that the Crows strategy of "cruelty breeds strength" is not viable, and instead breeds bitterness and infighting.

DATV's ending is pretty open-ended, so the most optimal outcome in my opinion is after the fight, Lucanis refuses the title of First Talon (as he states multiple times in The Wigmaker Job that he doesn't want it) and publicly resigns as a Crow to join Rook's Veilguard full-time, which results in a blow too large for the Crows to handle after all their losses in the fight against the Gods. Maybe even Caterina is killed in the Big Battle, if we're lucky.

I think it would be cool if the Crows were rebuilt (most likely by Teia and Viago?) as something closer to their function in DATV, Antivan patriots protecting their home, and did away with things like the compradi and other excessively cruel aspects of the Crows. The New Crows would also let their members choose their contracts freely and leave if they want to. I don't think they'd be as influential or powerful of a force as they were before, but it would lay a more stable foundation and return them to their revolutionary roots.

Alternatively, the Crows 100% fall apart, leading to a time of chaos for Antiva, escalated perhaps by Viago actually making a bid for the throne.

Even if neither of those outcomes happen though, it does not change the fact that Lucanis Dellamorte would not accept the title of First Talon, especially after spending time with the Veilguard team, no matter the consequences. Even if the Crows remain completely unchanged and he had to become a fugitive like Zevran, I think he would. (Besides, he'd have the Veilguard protecting him, a group that quite literally just saved the entire world, in a more public way than the hero of Ferelden). Everything in his arc, from both his short story and the game, points away from the Crows.

[lavellane]

i was so set on replaying veilguard for the davrinmance but oh my god im SO attached to my agent-of-fenharel hardingmancer rn i actually think the choice is out of my hands lol

[vv-ispy]

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[soulofamy]

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[sukugo]

baby, AotC anakin, or Clone wars early anakin, or Clone wars s7 anakin or RotS anakin???

ahaha this is EASY

BABY BOY AOTC ANAKIN. MOST DELICIOUS BOY IN THE WORLD

rots anakin my belovedddd <3 he's sooo sexy with his hair and his mech arm and his going insane

the clone wars anakin? idk him

[moe-broey]

Me, losing my absolute mind over the fairies and the greater implications of it all and the intricacies I swear to fucking god are there I swear to fucking GOD there's way more to them than meets the eye and I'm going to fucking get all the alts I fucking can so I can study The Lore and I'll fucking get to the fucking bottom of it all --

.............. you know what. A nap does sound nice.

[spessolus]

i'm having some sort of revelation and now i can't stop thinking about how beautiful trans people are in a spiritual sense. like god looked down at his creation and decided that he wanted humans to share in his creativity, which is why we can build things and make art and all that. but also he gave us the creative power to be who we are! what evangelicals don't understand is that trans people existing doesn't take anything away from god's ability to create. they're just proof that we share in his ability to create, and also that he wants us to be creative. the longer i live as queer the more i realize exactly how beautifully trans people fit into creation.

[bubble-you]

true bestiehood would be letting me make them watch mummy on the orient express with them and let me watch their reactions and listen to me talk about it and repeat this until they get the significance of every line

[honeyvenommusic]

my god. so i’m working on a single i wanted to put out 1.5 years ago lol (surprise) but really wanted to give more to it but just didn’t have the means and man….

retrieving vocal stems from one DAW that only allowed me 8 tracks like i knew i was making it work with whatever i had and that sometimes meant bass sharing a track with vocals sharing a track with bg vocals sharing a- 😭

and now i’m crying (bc i have to sort it out but that’s also bc) damn we really were living in squalor had to give myself a little kiss bc damn you really made that work babes i’m astonished and it still sounded dynamic and great i really took time to calculate what effects would work overall on a track with whatever i had on it it had to work across the board and it still sounded good eye- now i’ve just started a new DAW like a month+ ago (still holding my head whenever i need to add a new track just waiting for the other shoe…) but i’m already feeling less stressed (miss some definite things so i’ll be back to start something or add something and then move to the other but ehh we’ll make it work like we are now)

[0ne-in-salems-lot]

Just a thought

But does anybody else need to lock themselves away in a log cabin with a roaring fire, an unconsumable amount of weed and whiskey, and Elliott Smith records and just have a complete artistic breakdown?

If you do, and you have such a log cabin, hit me up and we'll break down together and create some shit.