What is good and what is evil?

Evil is not binary. The shades of gray are endless. Just try telling Him that. Good isn't just helping others, and Evil isn't merely a loathing for all but yourself. I suppose I was Good once, but there is no one now who will dispute that I am Evil. Not as Evil as some, but still ranking up there with the murders and ( Read more... )

What would your life be, if it were a movie? Comedy, horror, drama sci-fi? And who would play you?A thousand movies have already been made about my thousands of lives. You can't tell a story about Him without mentioning me. You can't tell a story about vampires without mentioning me. I show up everywhere throughout history, unnoticed until I strike ( Read more... )

-From here.

1. Do you still say your prayers?

You know I do. Not as often as I once did, but I still do.

2. What is your favorite song/type of music?

Metallica's God That Failed. Nine Inch Nails' Closer.

3. What makes you happy?

The sunrise.

4. What is your favorite poem?

Yeats' The Second Coming.

5. Just how angry at me are you?

Thy ( Read more... )

What's better: democracy or monarchy?I fail to see how one precludes the other. They can coexist, though oftentimes not peacefully ( Read more... )

If you could live anywhere, where would you and why?I have lived in many places over my long life, and for the most part I have been glad to leave them when I did. After too long, a place can become filled with memories, and one more would spill the cup over and make you forget so many joys and sorrows you'd rather remember ( Read more... )

What is the oddest gift you have been given? Six hundred years ago it was customary to give tribute in order to bribe a neighboring king not to invade your country, rape your women, and burn down your crops and houses. This generally did not work, but that's humanity for you ( Read more... )

He is risen. He is risen indeed.

But...does He still want me?

Two thousand and nine years ago, I walked the hill and watched him die.

It wasn't this weekend, of course. Lunar years are not solar years and just because it happened on a Friday then is no reason to insist that every year it should be commemorated on a Friday instead of on the day it actually happened. If you're going to celebrate the fact that ( Read more... )

...prince of lies.

You bastard. You almost had me believing. But my faith is stronger. He came to me in a dream last night. He kissed me and told me he loved me, that I was the most precious of all his disciples. He told me he loved me.

And nothing you say can change that. Nothing.

If you could change one moment in your past, what would it be?The Metatron will tell you that I'm trying to avoid blame for what I did, or that I'm trying to have my cake and eat it, too. What the Voice doesn't understand is humanity ( Read more... )