"...the guy with the sword sees not only those who use their prayers but also those who used their whips upon evil too..." replied the goblin liking the fish for keeping him company still, the adding "...I mean what is the point of being god's instrument on earth here we don't throw ourselves to the lions for real, simply if my church won't speak out against the evils of debt in our midst then can it be my church really, if my church won't stand upon the street in protest against those foreign wars, if my church won't speak out against our loss of our civil liberties today, if it won't then it has lost god's battle and is simply owned by cesear who waves his 501c3 tax exemption form in utter contempt of what chirstianity should be, where you and I can be the good samaritans perhaps, or we can be just like those parisees who go through the motions performing those rituals while professing all manner of oaths but not lifting a finger really, not even noting that evil amongst us, just voiceless in acquiescence to the state of slavery, ah no that's not my church fish, for my church is the street itself and when I take to the street fish it's not just sunday worship, it's more 24/7 in fact..."
Splosh! Evening goblin! It's not my church either. I belong to the one The Guy with the Sword spoke of in Matthew chpt16. and tis glorious because it is His.
Who of us speaks against 'doing good' and 'fighting evil'? Certainly not this fish. The evil-one a deceiver and the subtlest of beasts. Much of our 'doing good and fighting evil' serves his purposes well. When the focus is on him and the kingdom of darkness he is happy. When the focus is on Christ and The Kingdom of God then he feels the heat.
'Churches' are soft and amorphous targets as your picture shows. Which picture is an effective caricature that speaks its message. The art of caricature is to exaggerate a partial reality to make it seem to be the totality.
For me Margetson's good Samaritan painting witnesses to truth more truly. I'm glad I caught it before you changed it. It made me think of one of my favorite painting, The Woman of Samaria by W. Dyce.
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The painting is a favourite of mine not only because of its visual beauty and impact but also because it brings to life the meeting of The Lord and the shunned samaritan woman spoken of in John chpt4. This meeting and its outcomes shows us clearly and beautifully how The Guy who told the story of the good Samaritan witnessed to the Samaritan considered to be not so good.
Sometimes whips and caricatures have their uses but in the end it's only this cool, clean, clear water that washes away the filth and power of evil.
In your patience and passion goblin friend let the fish make this last little splash of water,
"He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad." says The Guy with the Sword.
Go well
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Rose Laflesh said:Maybe I should have tried harder, maybe I really couldn't have, but at least I took the chance to come here one last time to say goodbye. If I never see any of you again, I wish you all the luck in the world.
"...no, I mean not any sort of whatever then, not a set something now..." repeated the goblin, adding "...for by remaining anonymous I become all of those things together perhaps, part journalist, possible writer then, part poet too, with endless other possibilities as you pointed out...". where it was good to be chatting upon the goblin's hometurf with someone whom he had always held in great esteem, smiling "...alas, forumland accepted me eventually and now I fear I'm becoming just another whatever here, where yes I guess most folks want to be discovered right up until that moment they're discovered that is, and then realize that they're caught in their own reflection and can be none other than what is reflected by it..."'Not a writer, an editor, a journalist, or a poet; not an illustrator, or a whatever...that leaves a spectator, a watcher, a traveler, and a secret keeper. Which, dear goblin, would you be?' the forgotten asks, a spirit threading into this section of the veil once again. It appears, and vanishes. 'Regardless, it seems I've won this challenge at last.'“...naah I don't want become a writer, nor an editor, nor a journalist, nor a poet then, nor an illustrator, nor any whatever then...” mentioned the goblin
Check it out dawg... you're my son, so I'm just looking out for you. Because I'm your father. Be sure to check the shoe valve on your donkey saddle.
I personally feel it is always important and useful to not only have standards and models of what many consider as the best to have yet been produced (particularly in the arts), but also to have worthy citations of those accomplishments. I hope there are some here for whom this article below, from the Encyclopedia Britannica (including their recommended citation for use, i.e. there is no copyright infringement for using this article in full), will be appreciated as helping to fulfil those aims.
not turning on the tv anymore says more about yourself than the world around you don't you know. or mayhaps we are just getting old old buddy
haahahah..... how's it feel to be played you xxxx? Ha, so vain you are its just.... so easy. One of the main reasons people rarely read you is that you kinda suck at writing. I'm guessing you're dyslexic? I stopped reading your walls of bullxxxx text many many weeks ago but I'm sure you still drone on about hit counts as your sole proof of success.... yeah, no one believes you man.... people who brag about something so vacuous but actually have no traction in the writing community (online or print; sorry kid, forums full of teenagers don't count...Why the xxxx would they?) Anyway, lets just say everyone over the age of 14 years old who see you "write" that bullxxxx knows you're clicking your own xxxx. "desperation is a stinky cologne"By the way, I'm most certainly your intellectual father - and I am ashamed of you. Shallow and desperate.... poor kid, that inferiority complex of yours must be a real [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] considering that you're genuinely inferior. Good luck with that loser. hahhahahahhh
Okay mr fake turd vanity xxxx boy... I'm done with you for now. xxxx damn man.... I xxxxing own you don't I. I don't even need to read your trash or comment on anything you say (you don't really say anything).... yet you come back each and every time to a website no even acknowledges you on outside of myself. Ah... what a loser. Bye bye loser.... (stop clicking on your own xxxx; admins can always tell... ever wonder why I am so sure you're an insecure liar?) Stop being a pathetic loser so we can open the forums again... you were the primary reason people avoided that place - not the spam - you. Well, technically, most people surveyed thought you were a spambot and wondered why you weren't getting banned/deleted. You're not evil enough to be banned... you're just a pathetic loser.
I don't believe my eyes! We gotz the goblin to post interestingly in a thread other than the goblin's interesting thread, interestingly, posted the direwolf pup, having come back in from peeing out of doors (though he actually has plenty of doors, even though Jim is dead now).