I think I pretty much get what he is saying. The antichrist isn't necessarily a person but an attitude. If christians feel like being a good person and going to church every Sunday but don't dedicate themselves to Christ, then they are working against Christ in a sense.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
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Gudanov - Mar 05, 2007 7:31:38 am PST #5089 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Strega - Mar 05, 2007 7:34:35 am PST #5090 of 10001
Yeah, I think the absolute values vs. relative values has a specific meaning. I'm just guessing, but I think part of it is that things either are true or they are not. They are good or they are not. They are beautiful or they are not. (From his point of view, anyway.) "Respect for nature" is kind of murky as values go.
And presumably, since God is the ultimate expression of truth, beauty, love, goodness, etc., those things exist regardless of whether anything else does. They are eternal. The "relative values" he mentioned are about the material world.
...Or I could be totally wrong. But the distinction made sense to me that way, so I'm going with it.
flea - Mar 05, 2007 7:36:12 am PST #5091 of 10001
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Dude, if I were Jennifer Garner and I were lurking here, I'd be rounding up some ninjas to protect my kid from an ita kidnapping-cutepocalypse.
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2007 7:37:44 am PST #5092 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.
Yeah, I think the absolute values vs. relative values has a specific meaning. I'm just guessing, but I think part of it is that things either are true or they are not. They are good or they are not. They are beautiful or they are not. (From his point of view, anyway.) "Respect for nature" is kind of murky as values go.
Well that makes sense. But since I'm Mr. anti-dualism, I find stuff like that annoying.
shrift - Mar 05, 2007 7:40:01 am PST #5093 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The antichrist isn't necessarily a person but an attitude.
You rang?
§ ita § - Mar 05, 2007 7:41:56 am PST #5094 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like to borrow kids and pinch their cheeks and indulge some fun naughtiness. But I give them back always, and more hurriedly if bodily fluids are concerned.
Violet does look like a cute baby to borrow, though. Maybe Gwen Stefani's boy can impregnate her and Shiloh, and then there could be supercuteness.
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2007 7:42:24 am PST #5095 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.
The antichrist isn't necessarily a person but an attitude.
You rang?
Heh.
Is the Antichrist a vibe you can send out to people who annoy you? Does wearing leather make it easier to be Antichrist-y?
Gudanov - Mar 05, 2007 7:42:46 am PST #5096 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
You rang?
That's right your attitude is the beast, it can only be placated with 6 strips of bacon, 6 pages of porn, and 6 cigarettes.
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2007 7:47:37 am PST #5097 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.
Dana - Mar 05, 2007 7:47:45 am PST #5098 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
shrift OMG you will not believe who just resurfaced and hit fandom_wank again.