#science jesus quotes

[five-nights-at-squids]

“Nah fr?? I thought that was vampires!”

there’s a lot of misinformation about autism that gets spread on the internet, so here’s a friendly reminder that the main symptoms of autism are as follows:

insomnia

an adverse reaction when exposed to direct sunlight

highly selective eating habits

skin that is cold to the touch

an inability to enter churches

long, unusually sharp canines

a thirst for blood

if you experience several of these symptoms, you could be autistic! i recommend doing further research on your own, as i am not a doctor and cannot diagnose you, but i hope that someone finds this clarification helpful.

[lifepath25]

Now, if you cannot prove to me that science solely exists on its own,

please let me believe my God in peace.

For all your knowledge, inventions, discoveries might as well be duplications of what God already created in the beginning.

Tell me something new— something beyond the CHATGPT that thinks like a man, replies like a man, and relies solely on the knowledge of man, a creation of God.

So let me have my God, while you perfect your machines.

[thepersonalwords]

All our sentiments - religious, romantic or any other - are born in the neurons.

Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker

[a-typical]

And is not the truth of the Sun's nature as revealed by modern science far more wonderful: no mere angels or gold coin, but an enormous sphere into which a million Earths could be packed, in the core of which the hidden nuclei of atoms are being jammed together, hydrogen transfigured into helium, the energy latent in hydrogen for billions of years released, the Earth and other planets warmed and lit thereby, and the same process repeated four hundred billion times elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy?

The blueprints, detailed instructions, and job orders for building you from scratch would fill about 1,000 encyclopedia volumes if written out in English. Yet every cell in your body has a set of these encyclopedias. A quasar is so far away that the light we see from it began its intergalactic voyage before the Earth was formed. Every person on Earth is descended from the same not-quite-human ancestors in East Africa a few million years ago, making us all cousins.

Whenever I think about any of these discoveries, I feel a tingle of exhilaration. My heart races. I can't help it. Science is an astonishment and a delight. Every time a spacecraft flies by a new world, I find myself amazed. Planetary scientists ask themselves: "Oh, is that the way it is? Why didn't we think of that?" But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.

— The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan (1996)

[five-nights-at-squids]

“BRO THEY DISCOVERED THE MEANING OF LIFE I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE THEM 50000 YEARS TO DO THAT” - science jesus

this website is too fucking easy you make a post about transgender gay sex or the skull and people black out and hit reblog

[aine-tim]

You know hell was purposely prepared for this enemy; Satan and his angels/demons that rebelled against God so many years ago (Matthew 25:41).

Now, what if Jesus didn't come and die for your sins, though he was innocent to redeem you!!

For what he only needs from you to escape eternal perishing, is only to believe with all your heart that he died for you and that your punishment is already on him. For the opposite of Christ dying for you is dying for yourself.

And you can do it in just a simple prayer wherever you are eg: Lord Jesus! thanks for loving my soul, i believe with all my heart that you died for me, Amen.

[the-homosphere]

like those little cells didn’t know it but their dna coded to make jesus fanfiction

(via @miku-voice-feminization)

[five-nights-at-squids]

“And guess who isn’t. Me.”

[donotdestroy]

Neil deGrasse Tyson |  Danica Patrick

[nando161mando]

[nersonangelo]

Consciousness

Without consciousness what will quantify existence. Without individuality what is the face of society. Without the sense of self can anyone experience beauty. Can anything evolve without a focal point even the galaxy.

[lost-inanotherlife]

Okay so this post continues a conversation I've started re: the "Let's hate on Jack Shephard" trend and how, I think, it's quite unfair towards the character first but also towards the themes of the show itself.

I finished my post by saying that on the island Jack is trying to be a better person but he's doomed to fail because this is what the rules of storytelling dictate. I mean, we the audience need him to fail because we're following the story primarily through his lens so if he resolves his arc the story's over.

Now I understand that the likability of a character is one of those really unfathomable things that escape even the finest narrative techniques. Some people will love a character, some others won't. I'm obviously fine with that. After all LOST has, like, almost two dozens characters on top of Jack so, you know, if you don't like him you can literally pick whoever else and all of these 20 characters are completely fleshed out and realistic. So, you know, there's space for everybody on the island, lol.

That doesn't change the fact that these techniques are in place and must be taken into account if one wants to analyize a character. So let's analyse Jack from the character arc perspective.

One of the reasons people seem to hate on Jack is because of the supposedly bad choices he makes: he's emotional, stubborn to a fault, he thinks he's being rational but it's a play pretend because he's an extremely emotion-driven character. This is important because, although he's presented as the "Man of Science" side of the dichotomy, he shows solid nerves almost exclusively when it's about health problems/procedures etc. Which, duh! He's, like, one of the best and youngest surgeons in his father's hospital, the man knows his stuff.

On the other hand, John Locke as the "Man of Faith" is actually more logical, rational and reason-driven than Jack. And OF COURSE he is! Because here's the crux of the matter: we the audience KNOW that Locke might not be right about his decisions but he's right about thinking that the island is not like any other island.

We the audience know how he had to use a wheelchair before crashing on the island and, once there, he miraculously stands on his own two feet like nothing ever happened. On top of that, the presence of Rose re-inforced the idea that Locke is, indeed, right to believe, or at least justified to believe, that they're there for a reason.

Like, people on the island think of him as this old, crazy guy in the jungle and, yeah, John is a little too sure of himself at times but from a characterization point of view it totally tracks.

Now Jack doesn't know what we the audience know. He's asked to believe what a totally random stranger tells him and yes, this is one of the core tenets of "faith": believing without knowing. So okay, cool, the conflict is totally justified at this point (S1-2).

Starting from S2, however, and the totality of S3-4 and beginning of 5, Jack is asked to believe and show faith in people who actively manipulate, betray, exploit and abuse him.

You guys know that on this blog Kate Austen is a religion but even she manipulated and literally drugged him and then had the audacity to be offended when Jack didn't believe her. Come on, girl be real now.

But the worst part of this is that he's asked to believe Ben. Benjamin Fucking Linus. I repeat: Ben Linus, ever heard of him? The IRONY of this situation finds its climax in "316" when, in front of a reproduction of "The Incredulity of St. Thomas" by Caravaggio, Ben asks Jack to believe him even without knowing, therefore not so subtly comparing himself to Jesus Christ and Jack to St. Thomas.

Mind you, this is not writers' pulling tricks: Destiny&Cons&Deception is a theme established since season ONE. I'll quote myself here but my question, I think, is still valid:

Season 1 seems to silently ask: are Destiny and Deception the two sides of the same coin? Is Deception inherently weaved into the fabrics of Destiny or is Destiny at work through Deception? Is Destiny itself a Deception? Or is it lie we tell ourselves so we can pretend to not care about the consequences of our actions, like Jack's father Christian ("That's why the Red Sox will never win the World Series")? Oh, so many questions!

This isn't a random theme. Having faith in your Destiny means that you have to have faith in the unknown. But what happens when the unknown is known and it's deceptive, it's a long con but it's also the only thing you have? How is one made into a comfortable position to make the "right" decision if one has to literally trust the same people who had betrayed them one second before? Ben's parallel is interesting because he fancies himself as Christ but we all know who's the real Christ-figure of the show: "One of You Will Betray Me" might be Jack's tagline, honestly.

Jack Shephard is a character who's asked by the narrative to be in that uncomfortable position from beginning to end. How can people not symphatize with that? This isn't about character's personality, this is about understanding one of the foundational themes of the show.

It's easy to believe when you know. It's difficult to believe when you don't know. It's existential to believe when you know that the probability that you'll get conned are high. When the odds are against you. When the Red Sox have never won the World Series.

Until, one day, they do win it.

How do you approach these questions? This is up to us as viewers to answer. But it's Jack who guides us through these difficult questions. Hating on him without seeing him is like being St. Thomas: you want a story where everything's transparent so it's easy to believe in it.

What happens when the story is not so clear? What happens when the characters are a little good and also a little bad? What happens when, regardless of how they are and what they've done, the same characters are faced with impossible scenarios where they are CALLED to choose and can't escape from making said choice?

This is the beauty of LOST in general and this is also the beauty of Jack Shephard because it's LITERALLY through his eye that the show begins and the show ends. If people want to hate on him, sure, they can, of course. But if they fail to realize the importance of the choices he makes, the reasons behind them, the consequences of them, I'm afraid they've missed some of the key aspects of the show.

[asthedeathoflight]

Fanfic Friday!!!!

Thank you to @oldbutchdaniel for coming up with this idea it's very delightful. Also I stole the formatting from @byooregard 's post so shoutout to them

Open Eyes and Behind Your Teeth by Tisiphones, E, 12.5k, ongoing

It wasn't fascinating, the way the boy didn't know whether to lean into the touch or away from it, confused by the comfort and the pain it offered in equal measures. It wasn't. Armand could do the same thing — did do the same thing, whenever Louis deigned to touch him at all — and Louis still thought he was boring. It couldn't be this that had captivated him. But that didn't mean it wasn't fun. --- Armand weighs the pros and cons of dog ownership. Episode 2x05 puppyplay but fucked up style. Featuring Armand having sensory difficulties and Daniel desperately trying not to be into this, like, sexually.

Different for Vampires by Ariaste, M, 49k, ongoing

Daniel Molloy: Professionally Sassing Vampires Since 1973. *** “And you say that Armand was…” Daniel checked his notepad. “Telling you all this via the medium of song and choreographed dance. And, I quote, ‘in black and white, a la Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.’” “Well,” said Lestat with an expansive gesture. “Figuratively.” Daniel gripped his patience with both hands, but that didn’t seem to help much. Extremely fun fic about Daniel's adventures in vampirism post-everything. Includes some really great vampire instinct shenanigans re: fledglings and makers.

The Mind is a Wilderness by Celestialskiff, M/E, 21k, ongoing series

Essentially, this fic is Louis saying, “I’ll take care of you. It’s rotten work. Especially to me, especially if it’s you. I’ll fucking do it, but Christ Alive.” Set post S02: Louis finds Armand. Very very very good post s2 loumand series featuring Armand's various struggles with age regression and dissociation and Louis doing his best to take care of him.

A Memo From Human Resources by Nestorius, G, 2.5k, complete

The pitfalls of having a vampire boss. I've already recced this fic on here but y'all are gonna hear about it again. Rashidmand character study written before 1x03 came out. So good it made me suddenly wish Rashid wasn't Armand because jesus christ, guys. I will be thinking about this nonexistent guy for the rest of my life.

Thank you for listening. I'm imagining that we are all set up at little booths like a science fair presenting about our fics

[hylaarborealove]

your god is a fiction, theist...

Very insightful, thank you. You prooved my point, you have no idea what you are talking about. Most probably not bothered to look into what Jesus theaches and what the Bible says. If you did you would know that only the fool says in his heart there is no God. Not my words but a Bible quote.

The world's religions in fact do NOT teach the same thing. Also very interesting that Jesus is the only one, every other religion mestions, respects and says is one way or another talked about the truth and preached God's words. (That might be because He is the Word in flesh).

You can deny it all you want, but that does not make it true. JESUS is the truth.

The Bible was written by 40 different people, it goes on for centuries and more, it all points to one God and to Jesus. Check out all the cross references in the entire book. It's an insame amount for people who did not even met each other. Clue no.1 that it must be something bigger than them. All of the prfecies about Jesus and His coming and saving us is fulfilled except the ones about the endtimes because by the grace of God, we are not there yet. Jesus is in everything. Genesis begins with the creation of the universe, (6days plus the one that God rested on) and believe it or not, its in the exact order that the BigBoom theorist believe all evolved and has a perfect alinement with the Evolution theory (not the part that says we were at one point monkeys obviosly). Curious. It was written 1000s of years ago... dont you find that interesting that God states something and than science runs to "descover" it.

The bigboom theory is just ridiculous. We can clearly see, that in our world everything has a cause. God is the creator, He was the cause this whole thing exists now. Now this is the point most people get it wrong. "Who created God?" No one. He is a infinite beeing, He has no cause, because He is not a part of this world that is based on the cause and consequence. He is apart from it, above it, outside of it, since He created it and it's order.

Hope this helps, of you have more specific questions and not just atheist memes to try to proove your point, I will gladly explain anything about God, anything our theology teaches, even our history. And if I don't know the answer right away (which is not due to the falshood of what I'm saving, just proof that I myself am human and can't always know everything,) then i'll do everything in my power to find the answer for you.

If you find it in yourself, I can introduce you to God, but if I still haven't managed to change your feelings or ways of thinking, thank please be civil and let's say goodbye in a conservative and considerate manner.

Love,

Hyla

[chaotic-aro-incarnate]

Girlie has never read the Bible if she legitimately believes this lol. Like babe did you forget that part of the Fall/Curse is that childbirth is painful? Like the Bible is very explicit about childbirth being painful. Like this might legitimately be the worst possible thing to claim God made painless. Every other painful physical process is just like oh common sense would mean you would know it's painful so we won't directly talk about the pain, except childbirth which God specifically is like guys this is going to hurt.