Kill someone in a state of sin, rather than try to help them out of it.
I guess I can't quite be devil's advocate here, but ... better dead and in the arms of her God, than infected by Satan?
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2005 12:55:02 pm PDT #3508 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jun 21, 2005 12:56:47 pm PDT #3509 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm still boggling as to how someone dying as a result of crucifixion is a "miracle." I'd think the opposite would be true.
In less upsetting news, The LA Times' "wikitorial" trial has been halted:
US newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, has temporarily ended its short-lived trial which gave readers the chance to edit its editorials on its website.
The online version of the paper started its "wikitorial" experiment last week. It was meant to give readers a "voice".
It was suspended after it was bombarded with inappropriate material. But the paper said it might try the idea again.
[eta: Apparently they blame Slashdot:
During most of Friday and Saturday, readers thoughtfully altered the editorial. By Friday afternoon, hundreds had weighed in. Some did add profanity but just as quickly a Web master from the paper took it down.
"Nothing bad happened really until after midnight on Saturday," said Michael Newman, deputy editorial page editor. At 8:32 p.m. Saturday, a posting on www.Slashdot.org, which bills itself as "news for nerds," directed readers to the Times wikitorial.
"Slashdot has a tech-savvy audience that, to be kind, is mischievous and to be not so kind, is malicious," Mr. Newman said. "We were taking stuff down as soon as it went up and staving them off. Finally we had to go to bed. Someone called the newsroom a little bit before 4 a.m. and said there's something bad on your Web site, and so we just took the whole site down." ]
brenda m - Jun 21, 2005 12:59:19 pm PDT #3510 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I guess I can't quite be devil's advocate here, but ... better dead and in the arms of her God, than infected by Satan?
But if she dies in a state of sin, isn't that kind of a flaw in the plan?
t head-scratching
Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 1:01:17 pm PDT #3511 of 10001
What is even happening?
I guess I can't quite be devil's advocate hereNo, because the Romanian Priest beat you to it.
tommyrot - Jun 21, 2005 1:02:53 pm PDT #3512 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But if you're possessed, aren't you sort of the innocent victim? It's sorta' like once someone becomes a vampire - we don't really blame them for what the vampire did.
Anyway, I think the priest thougth he was freeing her from evil. And maybe automatic state-of-sin-resetting happens when one is crucified for demonic possession....
P.M. Marc - Jun 21, 2005 1:05:34 pm PDT #3513 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Twitch.
Poor nun.
Hmm. We had Chipolte today. I should see if the receipt is still in the bag.
Shoe shopping is now officially tilting at windmills.
Broke down. Went to the Birk store. Found a pair that didn't totally suck. Asked to try them in a black 36. (My Birks size remains the same, I was cheered to find.) Store has none in black in 36. In fact, in the whole store, the only sandal in black in a 36 was a thong, and thongs are painful bad wrongness. Asked to see another non-Birk (but Birk spin off) sandal. None in my size in stock. Girl called other store. Other store had nothing in black in 36. Girl tries to go online to check, but the site's being a bitch.
Calls, finds a human.
None in stock, but some will at least be shipping in a few days. So I'm still without shoes that don't hurt, but at least I have a pair on order. Oy.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2005 1:08:31 pm PDT #3514 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She didn't die in a state of sin:
"God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from evil,"
tommyrot - Jun 21, 2005 1:09:47 pm PDT #3515 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wow, that priest is pretty good at figuring out what God has done and what He wants.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2005 1:12:49 pm PDT #3516 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, that's his job!
Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 1:14:30 pm PDT #3517 of 10001
What is even happening?
"God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from evil,"Yeah, but that's the nutjob that killed her. Were she actually possessed, I'm not so sure he's right, and I'm not so sure he even thinks he's right, because reportedly, he expects to be excommunicated.