Is the same thing as heaven. God's love is perceived by those who love Him as the light of heaven, but by those who hate Him as a lake of fire. In other words, those who reject and hate God will only hate feeling God's love all the more. That is the torture of hell. It is entirely self-inflicted. This is also the traditional Orthodox Christian ( Read more... )

Went to my new school this morning. Talked to the principal, got a tour, saw my new room, and have loads of materials to get me started on my lesson planning. One of my team-mates is from Australia and another is from Jamaica, and they all seem like cool people to work with. I'm the youngest one (but I'm used to that). We're planning on taking ( Read more... )

Eureka! People who don't know their history! Overall, this is my biggest pet peeve, I think. People tend to shoot inaccurate historical revisionist garbage out of their mouths without checking whether or not it can even be verified, or because it is just the hearsay they like the best because it already bolsters their already held beliefs ( Read more... )

She burns us ( Read more... )

Taking a break from the old RR again. I'm getting the impression that a few people can't discuss without extreme emotionalism getting in the way. It's easy to let it happen, and I understand, but I'm getting the impression that my presence is offensive to a few people. (I know this because I saw where a few RR folks discussed this on BuzzardHut' ( Read more... )

Ahem. Right. Well, I started this fic before the 6th HP book came out and then didn't do anything with it. It's coming along. The premise is sort of a Quantum Leap type thing with Snape, where I put him in all sorts of fandom cliche scenarios. I'm not going to officially post any of it until the fic is completed, but here's the most recent ( Read more... )

So, I love going to Antique Malls. There's this one huge Antique Mall downtown that has a great cafe. On a whim, I made my husband take me to eat and then browse around. I have a thing for awesome jewelry. I saw many great pieces there and I'm especially interested in old cameos and Victorian jet, hair, and mourning jewelry. Well, they were ( Read more... )

Honestly, some people have absolutely no sense of humor. This guy started a thread about the Ark of the Covenant. He had scripture references and statements like, 'There is a lot of speculation as to where it is today.' He was wanting people to share in the speculations, etc. The next poster did. I didn't ( Read more... )

I'm going to try the handmilled technique first, as it seems to be my best bet as a beginning soap maker. However, I still want to try my hand at the cold-process using lye. My mother reminded me to be careful as my great-great-grandmother died while making lye soap. Anyway, if I can make it through single-handedly clearing out a chemistry lab ( Read more... )

...to my wanting to get into learning to sew period clothing, I also want to learn soapmaking and candlemaking, using potash. Sounds like an interesting new hobby ( Read more... )