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How do you believe Theistic Evolution interacts with other aspects of Christian morality and tradition? I mean, obviously the commands of God are the commands of God - but what new perspective do you think a Theistic Evolutionary viewpoint gives?
Oh my goodness, so many things! Broadly, though, I'd divide the implications into two groups: God's character and the unity of creation.
God's character
Theistic evolution is (I contend) the only framework for understanding creation that has an equally high regard for both Scripture and scientific empiricism; thus, it makes a very profound statement about God's trustworthiness, and about our confidence in him as the arbiter of Truth.
Seeing God's fingerprints in the creative process over the course of millions of years gives us a real sense of his patience and tirelessness. As Chesterton might say, he never gets tired of saying to the replicating cell, "do it again."
We also get a beautiful picture of God's sovereignty over creation: he is the God that knew, from the first time two organic molecules crashed together, that he was creating Man to glorify and enjoy him forever.
In the story of creation through evolution, we see a God who transcends time, but also works within it to bring about his sovereign will; who is endlessly patient, who is clever and inventive, who has an eye for beauty and a love for tangents and (ostensible) dead ends. What does it tell you about God that he spent millions of years creating the platypus? That he created dinosaurs at all? Through theistic evolution, we see a creator who plays across the vast landscape of time, creating endless forms most beautiful. Most importantly, we see a God whose wonderful works are faithfully recounted not just in the pages of Scripture, but in the very substance of the world he created.
Unity of creation
Knowledge of evolutionary history pushes us to think about our own embodied nature, our creatureliness, and our place within creation/the biosphere. We are united in lineage with all other creatures, both living and dead. We are embodied in the same carbon as every other living thing, deliberately, beautifully. This pushes back hard against the strains of "flesh bad" gnostic dualism that have run through our faith for pretty much its whole history. Heaven is not our "real home"; our destiny is the New Earth. God has woven us into its fabric.
Jesus stepped not just into the human lineage, but the lineage of the whole earth! In becoming flesh, he took on our place in the tree of life. Jesus shared DNA with Mary and her family, yes, but also with bacteria and brachiosaurs and banana slugs. While Christ died for the sins of humanity in particular, His stepping into the unity of life points to a future in which all living things are to be redeemed.
We must take the Biblical call to environmental stewardship very seriously then, if the rest of the biosphere is not merely our dominion but something of which we are an inextricable part. Evolutionary theory calls us to reconnect our theology and the created universe. In the same way that Scripture calls us to care for the world God created, evolution tells us of our direct relationship with the rest of creation, which implies a duty of care.
#it's pretty late i'm just writing this ramble style#might clean it up or add to it later idk#hope that is a satisfactory answer though!#i absolutely love the implications of theistic evolution#and on the other hand#the implications of a seven day literalistic creation are um#utterly horrifying#if evolution is not true then God is not trustworthy its as simple as that#because nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution#all truth is God's truth#ask me hard questions
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maffhews horrified expression/kulis dumbfounded disbelief does make more sense with this context in mind LMAOOOOO
#their nightmare came true#the joke became a little too real and maffhew noped out SO FAST#I THOUGHT HE WAS BEING OVERDRAMATIC#and he is dont get me wrong#BUT ALSO#NIGHTMARE#SORRY LMAO THATS SO FUNNY#LUNDY THATS SOJSKGHGDF#if they were twins thats how theyd looked like and honestly id run for the hills#lulu...#utterly horrifying
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the way this was how allura fell for kima is CRAZYY. i knew allura was a little freak
#kimallura ill never be over you#allura looking utterly horrified at herself for being attracted to kima after watching her smash a skull in is killing me#tlovm#tlovm spoilers#critical role#lady kima of vord#allura vysoren
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*sitting on my bed listening to The Magnus Archives with the anxiety levels of someone being hunted for sport*
“I am having the time of my life right now”
#Jon Sims save me. save me Jon Sims#the magnus archives#magnus archives#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#tim stoker#Sasha James#honestly I’m chill with 97% of them but sometimes they hit me with the most utterly horrifying thing I’ve ever heard in my life#and then I just have to go about my day#flowers listens to tma
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I know in my heart of hearts that crime alley kid Jason Todd wouldn't be able to hear anything about the food bought by Bruce and Alfred without having a heart attack over the fact that they aren't choosing the cheapest option
Bruce is out here buying expensive name brand bacon when the store brand stuff is RIGHT THERE ! Alfred goes out of his way to buy the MOST expensive fruits and vegetables. Even Dick will grab the name brand candy without hesitation
But Jason is a bargain hunter, and no, he won't buy a pear that costs more than 30 cents because that is THEFT.
Dick takes him to really fancy stores just to see how he reacts because Bruce thought he was insane for reacting the same way when he first came to the manor and this is vindicating for him, because dammit Bruce, i told you this wasn't "normal for most kids"!
He'll grab a few things after school one day and boast about how little they cost him (and if he stole a lolly pop or two, who needs to know? The corporations won't miss it)
It gets to a point where Bruce comes to prefer some no name items, primarily because Jason would bring them out on patrol and happily offer him some and the memories of those moments make the low quality food taste better
#clinks rambles#batman#dc#dc comics#batfam#batfamily#jason todd#bruce wayne#alfred pennyworth#dick grayson#jason todd is robin#jason todd is a poor kid at his roots#this is based on me being utterly horrified whenever my mother sends me to buy expensive bacon
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Saw the director of Addicted Heroin Thailand had posted this on his Facebook account:
This man looked at the show that was the tipping point of the first big anti-gay censorship wave in China in the 2010s, and decided to remake it and intentionally self-censor, just to see if he could attract the "Chinese BL is superior because it doesn't rely on kisses or NC scenes to show the emotions" audience to Thai BL?
I am so mad about this.
#addicted heroin th#addicted heroin thailand#addicted heroin the series#bl meta#fandom meta#honestly i don't care if this is justifcation after the fact or if it was what he set out to do#either way this rhetoric horrifies me#What a deep misunderstanding of the importance of the series we have had from China during this period#for pushing against censorship rather than voluntarily enforcing it where it doesn't exist#also what disrespect to the source material and the original series#to imply that the physical affection between the characters cheapens their romance or their acting in some way#and honestly i can't get over how utterly his plan has backfired#because the censorship itself has been the biggest barrier to me enjoying or recommending this show#typed so that i can stop thinking it
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I'm having incoherent thoughts about clone danny again from the clone/clone^2 au (when am I not?) but more specifically I'm thinking about his reaction to finding out he's a clone. The standalone clone au digs into that a little more than clone^2, which is more focused on Danny and Damian's relationship. But neither (so far) really get into Danny's issues about finding out he's a clone after 15 years of thinking he wasn't.
Because he resents his parents for not telling him for so long. He resents the way he found out; through a trivial school project rather than a sit-down talk. He resents the fact that, apparently, they had meant to tell him sooner. But forgot. He resents the fact that they never told him because finding out feels like something was stolen from him when it had the chance to not be.
Danny Fenton, just fifteen, cloned not even half a year ago, knows what that personal violation of autonomy feels like. He knows what it's like to be cloned and while he loves Ellie, he does, she's his sister, and in this au his twin. But he is still left with that feeling of unsafety after realizing he'd been cloned. Being cloned is violating. The onset realization that it's so easy to get DNA without the other party noticing, and that what was stopping someone from trying to clone him again?
Followed only after with the rest of the inexplainable mix of feelings of being cloned, the rest of that inner conflict and panic that's an ugly mocktail of emotions that range from horror to fear. Trying to imagine what it's like to be cloned from the cloned party, and I imagine that it leaves you with the feeling of needing to crawl out of your own skin with discomfort.
And then he gets put on the other side of it. Danny Fenton, only fifteen, was cloned not even half a year ago, finding out he is a clone. And reactions, I imagine, can vary from person to person. But to him, it feels like something got stolen from him, like someone took a hole puncher and stuck it right into his chest and stole a chunk of himself from him.
It changes nothing about him and yet it changes everything. It's a betrayal on it's own to just find out he was a clone and they didn't tell him for fifteen years -- it shouldn't mean anything, because he's still Danny, and yet it means everything. It's him, it's him, it's about him. It's his personhood. It's about the fact that a load-bearing rock in his identity just crumbled beneath his feet and now there's a rockslide.
Because then he finds out that they used the wrong DNA. Its like pouring salt in an open wound. He's not even related to his parents or his sister, when for years he thought he was. It's the fact that pieces of his identity that he's been so secure in for so long just got ripped away from him in an instant. Then they tell him -- only through his own horrified prompting -- that the person whose DNA they used -- Bruce Wayne -- didn't even know he existed. That they accidentally used the wrong DNA, then didn't tell the person whose DNA they used.
The betrayal of being lied to for years turns really quickly into horror at his own existence. Something very similar to the horror he felt at being cloned and the skin-crawling discomfort that made him feel like his own skin wasn't really his. And then its not. It's actually not. Nothing but his own name feels like it belongs to him anymore -- not his hair, not his eyes, not his heart or his lungs, nothing feels like his anymore and he didn't know what that felt like until it was gone.
It's a question of Nature Vs. Nurture -- where does the line of "nature" begin and where does the line of "nurture" end? What of him is actually his? What of him is Bruce Wayne's? It's not logical, it's not supposed to be. It's a load-bearing wall on the house of his identity being destroyed and now everything else is caving down in on him. What belongs to Danny, what belongs to Bruce Wayne?
#dpxdc#dp x dc#danny fenton is not the ghost king#dp x dc crossover#dpxdc crossover#dpdc#clone^2#danny fenton is a clone#its a combination 'oh my god i've been cloned too i know how violating that feels holy fuck' empathy and also the horror of finding out tha#the things you knew about yourself that you thought were unchanging was all WRONG.#its the fact that tragedy is always one step away from comedy. they're twins for a reason. the humor of finding out you're a clone through#a silly school project and the *horror* of finding out you're a clone from a silly school project instead of a proper conversation#danny goes into his room after he's done talking to his parents and he vomits into the garbage can under his desk. utterly horrified#and he calls sam and tucker crying. it shouldn't change anything he knows this and yet it changes EVERYTHING. he doesn't feel like himself#he doesnt feel like himself any*more.* this might be cause for him to do a closet overhaul. something to make himself feel like he's#in control of himself again. piercings. temporary hair dye. *something* to feel like he's in control.#its no wonder why he never wants to tell bruce wayne he exists because he *knows* how violating that feels and he's *afraid.*#it makes him takinh in damian a little more remarkable bc it undoubtedly made#his identity issues worse. but thats a child and a child who needs help and danny is *kind*
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And naturally she's just put priti patel in her shadow cabinet.
Tories: “we lost the last election because of how far right we moved so to show we’ve learned we’ve elected Kemi Badenoch”
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I gave you everything
#I love Fujieda's madness end#It's utterly horrifying in a good way#more like Towa's madness end for me tho#art#fanart#nitro+chiral#nitrochiral#slow damage#slow damage towa#towa slow damage#スロウ・ダメージ
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Reasons to Avoid Texas:
Too many Republicans
Hot
Too fuckin big
The Rolling Giant is a real thing that actually exists
#the rolling giant#a fun fact i learned watching Wendigoon's stream last night is that that abomination to go is a real sculpture#kane pixels#analog horror#internet horror#did i say fun i meant utterly fucking horrifying
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I think TFW deserved to go play laser tag or paintball. Yeah they have access to multiple guns and live ammo how often do you get to headshot your friends and family (with fun sound effects) without consequences, someone being possessed, blood and some form of lasting unaddressed trauma? They should've done it.
#Bobby would be utterly horrified and rolling in his grave to hear what they do with their time#supernatural#personal#dean winchester#castiel#sam winchester#Tfw#tfw 2.0#spn#fanfiction#fandom
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Fox Miraculous - Reimagined:
This is inspired by the fact its "illusions" cannot be seen by cameras. Rather than this being a weakness, its a reflection of the fact most users do not understand the fox.
Name: Trixx Animal: Vulpes Era: Caveasphaera Domain: Mirage and Manifestation Kindred: Horse (Action & Migration) & Butterfly (Transmission & transformation)
Mirage: The Fox is often mistaken for creating illusions, but this is not so, in truth it creates what can be described as hallucinations within a certain range, altering the perspective of those within it to match the imagined perceptions of the user.
Manifestation: The power to manifest one's innermost thoughts, an image, ideas, or more via the Fox can also be applied on others. Just as the Turtles Shield can encase the user or a foe, so two an the Fox manifest a mirage based on the perceptions of someone other than the Holder.
Some Mages Thousands of Years ago: ... and this one lets the handler place hallucinations in someone else's mind, or even externalize their targets thoughts, manifesting them as a sort of shared mirage. Useful for trickery and interrogation.
Trixx, who just got here: Yeah that sounds about right.
(Maybe) Lila/Alya thousands of years later: So what you’re saying is I can use this to make people see the world as I do. That I am essentially eroding the barrier between my perception of the world and theirs, imposing my thoughts, feelings and visions upon the target. Which could allow me to steadily warp and erode their sense of self and view of the world until its either the same as mine, or simply whatever I sculpted them into. Essentially allowing me to steadily overwrite an entire personality and perception of reality? With all it costs me being the risk of my own slower erosion of self as all those around me join together in a panopticon like hivemind?
Trixx & Some Mages Thousands of Years ago:
Note: One can try and reshape people over time, but one cannot always predict the results. So it could go really, really badly.
#miraculous ladybug#mlb#world building#Text post#My work#The epic magic is even more horrifying#Combine horse fox & butterfly#& you can the power to transform the body rewrite the mind of any being anywhere#Nowhere to run nowhere to hide#the target is taken overwritten and changed utterly#The only limits being that the target needs to be or have been a living being with thoughts#The consequences well Let's just say they vary but are all equally fucking terrible#What did you think you could make a wholly new being & not get millions of other new things too?#Diseases dead rising the very nature of your and everyone else's being warped by proximity and more dreadful options abound!#Fox & Butterfly are also a fucking nightmare team up in this context cos it means if one targets the user in their sleep#Or for an extended period of time#It lets one shape their ideal Akuma or Imago#But again instincts exist so you may not get exactly what you intended you may get something far worse#Trixx ain't doing much better than thmage#Trixx: I didn't know I could do this! I never wanted to know I could do this What the fuck!?
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#columbo#season 3#a friend in deed#the moment columbo realizes the murder is coming from inside the house#not only is his ass guilty he's lying to columbo's face about it. he knows he's the best guy on the force and still doesn't give#he's just like ''ok so you figured out that i whacked my rich wife lol. swag'' to columbo's utterly Horrified expression
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Meat Marionette continues lol
I like to think that the baby robins' chitin and fur mimic exposed musculature, which would help them camouflage with the Hive, but they also have bright wing feathers as a warning. Similarly Bruce has a bright yellow pattern on his wings as a warning of hey, this big predator is venomous so back off.
Bruce's spikes can flatten like quills I think, so he can pick up things and people without worrying about accidentally stabbing whatever is in his hands. He's very careful even if Dick has the habit or leaping into his arms gives him mini heart attacks. Honestly that might be what makes him start carrying him (and the other kids) via his mouth and in the spine cavity.
Eventually Dick will grow and his chitin will darken to his Nightwing colors, but for now he's covered mostly in fine fur and feathers. Though if one looks closely at his wings they'll see there is membrane underneath said feathers. There's also hidden claws between the feathers too similar to Bruce's though less curved. He'll eventually get bigger and evolve more but for now he's a tiny buddy.
Even with Bruce's cavity, they do still have several bags full of supplies and even more hidden batarangs and other items hidden around the city. Mostly in areas one would need to be able to fly or have very long limbs to reach or even both. Bruce also of course deserves his cloak, long enough to shelter all of the kids, his own or otherwise.
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pspspspsps @phoenixcatch7 I summon thee dear mutual for opinions <3
#Meat Marionette Au#batman au#batman#dcu#dc#art#ibispaintx#I like to think that Bruce will sometimes use his wings as a third pair of limbs while crawling around like some malformed wyvern or simila#Honestly want to animate a walk cycle for them at some point lol#Gosh I love the idea of them crawling around the walls and ceilings like demented creachurs#Also do you think they should have bioluminescence but like only under blacklight?#Also do you think that to mindreaders not also connected to the Tunnels their minds just don't make sense and feel utterly terrifying?#bruce wayne#dick grayson#robin#batfam#cryptid batman#cryptid batfam#Honestly Bruce's claws are at least a solid 10 inches long which is honestly horrifying in the best way#Not including his wing claws which would be even longer#Also it's not very visible but they all have beans as all the best predators do <3#The kids will sometimes stim by squishing them especially during patrol#Would yall be interested in rambles about their body language and such about them all#Like would you be fine with me brainstorming world building lol
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I can’t stop thinking about how the darkling is a character that has existed in a survival mindset for literally hundreds of years. like I cannot even begin to fathom what that kind of thing does to someone’s brain
#grishaverse#sab#shadow and bone#aleksander morozova#the darkling#myramblings#i am always thinking about how he is a survivor of the world's cruelest atrocities#and the worst part is is that these atrocities are *ongoing*#that is almost a millenia of persecution and torture and fear and just bare bones survival#paired with the burden of shouldering every other grisha's plight#and not only that but being viewed inherently as monstrous by his oppressors AND his people#because he is outcast by both#like when you stop to think about his character for more than two seconds it is utterly horrifying
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#putting this in the tags since its potentially triggering#but siffrin hits so closely to my experiences with self harm that it geniunely hurts sometimes#its the paradox of so desperately needing someone to notice that that youre not okay. to acknowledge your suffering#but being utterly horrified of the idea of anyone seeing such a raw and painful part of yourself.#oughhhjhhhhhhhhh this game.#this game makes me ill sometimes#isat liveblog#isat#isat spoilers#tw self harm#tw self harm mention
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