politicette | I'm so *~*secular, you guys

I'm so ~secular, you guys

This may be the post that makes you embarrassed to know me. :(

As it's become apparent to many of you already, I am such an unabashed theological geek. We're talking a straight-up nerd-glassed phlegmy-voiced pocket-protector-wearing motherfucker, here. * It's more commonly understood, however, that I am also a bra-burning baby-hating anti-American fetus-eating hairy-legged man-loathing commie pinko secular dyke fag.**

I'm sure you can all imagine wherein the disconnect often occurs.

Hence my mad, mad love of the free-form stylings of one Slactivist. He's fantastic, mostly because he focuses on actual Biblical teachings as opposed to ruminating endlessly on artificially-constructed, time-respected dogma. In fact, he often devotes space for the pure purpose of deconstructing that dogma, and boy. Do I love me some deconstructed dogma.

And his thinkings on eschatology? Amazing.

He's also very, very funny.

So, obviously I could say a lot about them, but this post was inspired by this beautiful, beautiful quote (in the context of his routine dissection of how much the Left Behind books suck) that I believe better explains the connection between salvation and storytelling, and why, in my mind, writing and creation of all kinds are such spiritual endeavors than anything I've ever clumsily articulated:

It's not about finding the special power that can defeat the archvillain's powers, but about a deeper, older kind of conflict. It's not about Bad Power vs. Good Power, but power vs. love. You recognize this story. This villain can't be defeated by silver bullets or wooden stakes or photon torpedos or a magic ring. We don't need a super hero, we need a lamb. The ring must be destroyed. Worthy is the lamb, worthy is the lamb that was slain.

That's the story. That's always the story, really.

He's so right and I'm going to stop myself before I go on a tangent about the nature and underlying significance of human creation, artistry, and expression. Because I, being a huge theological geek, could write pages.

It strikes me, also, that I just realized why Harry's resurrection at the end of Deathly Hallows was so unsatisfying to me LOL I AM A CRAZY PERSON.

*Also stopping myself from going off about the ways in which theological study and science are essentially the same endeavor because golly gee would that never end.

**A truth mileage may vary.

EDIT: LOL YOU GUYS SO THERE IS FIC! HAPPENING IN THE COMMENTS! IT'S FANTASTIC! IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE SANDBOX CHALLENGE HAPPENING AT FN_FF, I SAY HELLO! BUT FIRST HAVE THIS DISCLAIMER:

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DISCLAIMER: The fic is a lie and I am a liar for saying it, even though I'm not claiming it as truth so technically it's more like fiction, but still equally un-factual and untrue.

Also, it may be triggery due to some of the featured gay-bashing and parental abuse.

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Aww. I'm not embarrassed. I think I've mentioned before to you that I find people with faith (and those that engage in theological study passionately but without, you know, insanity) amazing and that I often envy them.

So you get your mad theological geekiness on! I'll probably learn stuff.

MUST YOU BUT I'M SO TIRED I JUST WROTE SOMEONE ELSE LIKE 500 WORDS ON THE NATURE OF GOD.

TOTALLY WRITING IT. BTW.

You know you love it really. :D

I TOTALLY DO OMG SO MUCH

Just read the 500 words over in FN_FF. V. interesting for a, well, I never really know what to call myself - but, yeah, very interesting.

LOL THANK YOU I CAN'T FEEL MY FINGERS

ALSO I WARNED THEM SUFFICIENTLY, RIGHT? I DID, RIGHT?

Well I think you did. Then again - I know you well enough to know you weren't joking about geeking out.

But yeah, you did say it enough.

Why do you ask?

Because I need reassurance that I didn't just spring all that upon them like a crazyhead to assauge my guilt.

Because they were all like "LOL she's going to write about God smoking weed" when, no. No, she's really not.

I suppose only time will tell? I mean - I hardly imagine anyone's going to be offended, or whathaveyou.

It might be a surprise but then they'll look back and go 'oh, yeah, she totally warned me that was going to happen' and it won't be a big deal or whatever.

You're okay, darlin'! Everything will be awesome!

I still feel the need to commit commentfic to atone.

...It would probably be more about Teenage Jon and Stephen losing their virginity to Jon's The Essential Bruce Springsteen album thudding vaguely through his shitty car stereo, so IDK.

First: do want that comment fic.

Second: surely pre-emptive atoning would imply you've done something wrong? 'Cos I don't think you have. 'Sides - FN_FF can totally have intelligent serious discussion sometimes.

I MIGHT DO IT IDK

I'm going to be a creeper and jump right in here to say that I love that fic idea.

BB A COMMENT FROM YOU IS NEVER CREEPY <333333333

I already wrote some of it but IDK, IDK.

AWW. <333

Well, you've got already got the ball rolling ... it would be a shame to stop now.

(CLEARLY, YOU SHOULD POST IT. CLEARLY. I'LL SHUT UP NOW.)

I ALREADY DID BUT IT WAS LIKE IMMERSED IN COMMENT FIC IDK ;__________;

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You realize that I am like, obligated to hijack this thread and encourage you to expand that scene, right?

YES LET'S GO

ALRIGHT THEN

Well you already have this. So I guess you could either jump to the beginning of the night or continue on from there. Was Jon all nervous, sneaking alcohol out of the house? Did Stephen have to lie to his parents to get out? Does another car pass by in the middle of it all and nearly scare them off? Hmmm?

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I TOTALLY FEEL THE SAME WAY.

*HIGH FIVE FROM ONE THEOLOGICAL GEEK TO ANOTHER*

Um. BTW, this is

hobbit_feet, I have a new lj. Just in case you thought this was some random creeper.

HEYY GURL HEYYY

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