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transisstor

Reblog if you think fanfiction is a legitimate form of creative writing.

loudyetkindheartdoctor-deactiva

Gon: I’m using my veto.

Killua: Veto? You don’t get a veto.

Gon: You veto me all the time.

Killua: That’s because your ideas are dumb.

laz-va

Kittens!

…and their Mother

freakinasheet

When you see a shrine

honbie

rewatched hxh and still in pain

caughtinalife

mowedith

@murderxbaby

otpnerd

OTP New years Pining

Person B: *over dramatic Sigh* I wish I had someone to kiss at Midnight…

Person C: Why don’t you just kiss A?

Person B: *Failing at hiding blush* What!?

Person D: Yeah, you should just Kiss A. Everyone knows you want to.

Person B: I-I do not..

Everyone: *flatly* Yeah, you do.

Person C: Besides you’ve been pining after A for forever. Just get together already.

Person B: No, I haven’t and A doesn’t even like me.

Person A: Yes, I do. I’ve been waiting for your sorry ass to make a move for forever.

Person B: …

fakenewsjunkie

problematicselfie-deactivated20

This is an enormous chain and I’m sorry, but I need to say this:

The laws in the Old Testament were set forth by god as the rules the Hebrews needed to follow in order to be righteous, to atone for the sin of Adam and Eve and to be able to get into Heaven. That is also why they were required to make sacrifices, because it was part of the appeasement for Original Sin.

According to Christian theology, when Jesus came from Heaven, it was for the express purpose of sacrificing himself on the cross so that our sins may be forgiven. His sacrifice was supposed to be the ultimate act that would free us from the former laws and regulations and allow us to enter Heaven by acting in his image. That is why he said “it is finished” when he died on the cross. That is why Christians don’t have to circumcise their sons (god’s covenant with Jacob), that is why they don’t have to perform animal sacrifice, or grow out their forelocks, or follow any of the other laws of Leviticus.

When you quote Leviticus as god’s law and say they are rules we must follow because they are what god or Jesus wants us to do, what you are really saying, as a Christian, is that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was invalid. He died in vain because you believe we are still beholden to the old laws. That is what you, a self-professed good Christian, are saying to your god and his son, that their plan for your salvation wasn’t good enough for you.

So maybe actually read the thing before you start quoting it, because the implications of your actions go a lot deeper than you think.

mediapathic

This is a theological point that doesn’t come up often enough.

werewolf-cuddles

Holy fuck

scaliefox

Keep in mind Jesus said once (to paraphrase) “all my father’s laws are laws against harming another, and since love does not harm another love is the fulfillment of his law and mine”

bingomann

One time, my little brother suddenly contracted a weird skin rash on his leg. It got so bad, my mom had to take him to a doctor to have it checked on. But even after being given medication, it got so much worse that puss started coming out and it just looked like it was literally decaying. This was during the time we spent a whole year in my late grandma’s house who lived in a rural fishing village. One of our neighbors told my mom they knew a witch who might be able to help. She didn’t really believe in witchcraft but she thought she might as well try.

The witch arrived, she was a pleasant old lady who was holding a plant in her hand for some reason (she probably found some neat wild plants on the way to our house), burned some incense, took a quick look at my brother’s leg and told my mom he caught the interest of a water spirit. Apparently, water spirits can be really curious and would take fancy on people who are “strangers in their territory”. My mom remembered, my brother liked to play in this weird old spring near our house (I say weird and old because it looked kind of like a stone bath tub filled to the brim with moss, the water would come from a hole between one of the rocks and it would overflow into the ground where it drains into another hole. The water was always so cold and clean so you could use the water to bathe in or drink directly from the tub. Though I never did that because I was always afraid something would pull me from the thick moss) This isn’t an exact image but it looked kinda like this (with past me in a bowl cut to scale)

The witch said, she needed to take a stone where the culprit might be residing in, boil it in water and use the water to clean the rash. My mom was only like “Why the hell not, I’m desparate.” and went to the spring, picked up a stone and did exactly as the witch directed. Maybe my mom was exaggerating when she told it to me years later but apparently, soon afterwards before the day even ended, the blisters dried up and fell off leaving smooth, normal skin. I guess the water spirit finally lost interest in him lol. Since then we always teased him about that one time a water spirit took a fancy on him.