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Rhamiel AMA
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I like him a lot!Do you like Pope Francis?
I think the media tries to twist his words too much
I do think his style is very different from the last two Popes
Saint John Paul II was very much like a mystic, he put a lot of focus on personal spirituality and also had a lot of insight into deeper things
Pope Benedict XVI was more like a college professor, people who were close to him said he seemed most comfortable in his big speeches to college students and that after his lectures he would spend hours just having coffee and talking to the students to see what they thought about the topic, exchanging ideas, even as Pope with a very busy schedule he found the time to do this several times, remember, he was a college professor for a long time before being Pope
both of those Popes were seen as the "smartest man in the room" and that is a big part of what led them to getting elected Pope
Pope Francis has more of the feel of a Pastor
and I think people really respond to this
Favorite book?
so many
Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, it is about letters between demons on how to trick humans
Tithe by Holly Black, read it in high school, it is a Young Adult Fantasy with wicked fairies and a love story, I love folklore and her writing is just so cool
1984 by George Orwell, about a horrible dehumanizing government and how if you control how people think you can control them
Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury, about two kids growing up, and an evil magical carnival comes to town, also, a close friend of mine gave me a hard cover copy of the book for my birthday
Macbeth by Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, a play done in the style of Theatre of the Absurd, Hamlet from the POV of two stock characters with no true depth who learn nothing, some see it as the futility of human wisdom
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, another play in the Theatre of the Absurd style, two homeless men wait for their friend Godot who never shows up
Just About Anything by Neil Giaman
I swear, I would read that mans grocery list
he wrote Coraline, a childrens fairy tale, children love it, adults find it disturbing, Stephen King said it was the scariest book he read in years
The Sandman, a comic book series that lasted about 10 years about the King of Dreams and his brothers and sisters, it is really one cohesive story with the moral "all things must change or die"
American Gods, a story about ancient pagan gods who moved to America and become old and weak when people no longer believe in them, very weird
Giaman also has a lot of short stories that are so good
Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, about unrequited love and wishing to bring back the past
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He'll be visiting our country soon. Hopefully I'd get to meet/see him.
ahhhhhh that would be so cool!
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vanillaicecream
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Coraline...hmmm I think I was able to watch a movie of that. Is that the one with eyes being stolen and turned into buttons?
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yes!
in the movie the girl is like 11 or 12?
in the book the girl is only like 5 or 6
and she talks and reacts like a small child, it is wonderfully written
the movie is fun too, I like it a lot
but the book is genius and sooooo creepy!
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I was in Morocco as a foreign exchange student for 6 months
I missed being around other Christians
so I googled "Christian forums"
I missed being around other Christians
so I googled "Christian forums"
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oh so many good ones
well as you can tell from my sig, I have an affinity for St. Raphael, you can read more about him in the book of Tobit if you are interested
The Blessed Virgin Mary, she has been depicted so many different ways in art, I have a fondness for the more regal representations of Our Lady
I have recently grown more interested in St. Joseph
I heard a story about him, this is not accepted as fact, it might be true or might just be a legend
He was very old when he became engaged to Mary
He was a widower and at first did not want to take another wife
but then his walking stick bloomed with living flowers, and he took that as a sign from God to take Mary as his wife
there is a book from medieval times called "The Golden Legend" or you might find it under the Latin title Legenda Aurea
you can find all kinds of interesting stories about early saints
St. Lucy, St. Cecelia, St. Agnes, and St. Margret all have very interesting stories in The Legend
St. George and St. Leonard both killed dragons, and that is cool
St. Nicholas has had some amazing stories about him too, he was a bishop and it is said that he spent years in a dungeon because he would not renounce the faith, at the council of Nicaea, he struck the heretic Arius
if you want something more modern, Saint Therese of Lisieux and Saint Maximilian Kolbe lived amazing lives, very devout
in the very early part of the 20th century we had the brief life of Saint Maria Goretti, her and her family lived in horrible poverty, but she was always very devout and tried to help her family and others in any way she could
an older teenage tried to rape her, when she resisted he stabbed her with a knife, she was rushed to get medical care but it was too late, on her death bed she forgave her attacker and prayed for him, that he might repent, he went to prison and he did eventually repent and became a Christian
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What is the last scripture verse you read?
I do not really remember
I was reading some stuff last night
not the Bible, but some articles that had bible verses in them
I should read the Bible more
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VANILLA!
lol you have been missed by so many people here
my parents were visiting family in New York City around Christmas
but I had to work up until Christmas Eve
so I spent Christmas Eve at a friends house and I was alone on Christmas Day
New Years was so much more fun!
lol just had a quiet night with my parents
watched the ball drop
had almost an entire bottle of champagne for myself
New Years Day I was off work, and just kinda relaxed and went to church
lol you have been missed by so many people here
my parents were visiting family in New York City around Christmas
but I had to work up until Christmas Eve
so I spent Christmas Eve at a friends house and I was alone on Christmas Day
New Years was so much more fun!
lol just had a quiet night with my parents
watched the ball drop
had almost an entire bottle of champagne for myself
New Years Day I was off work, and just kinda relaxed and went to church
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vanillaicecream
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"So many" is too much. Just a few I think.
My Christmas was with my family, and we had no electricty since evrything got cut down after the recent typhoon. I had fun cooking and catching up with my sisters though.
My New Year was in the hospital, you already know why.
Annnd you like champagne?
My Christmas was with my family, and we had no electricty since evrything got cut down after the recent typhoon. I had fun cooking and catching up with my sisters though.
My New Year was in the hospital, you already know why.
Annnd you like champagne?
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vanillaicecream
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I don't drink. Allergic.
I'll just play the guitar while you drink.
Still love sushi?
I'll just play the guitar while you drink.
Still love sushi?
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you are allergic.... to alcohol?
oh you poor thing! is there a charity we can donate to that is looking for a cure?
I mean... there must be SOMETHING we can do!
lol yes, but I have not had it in like a while
oh you poor thing! is there a charity we can donate to that is looking for a cure?
I mean... there must be SOMETHING we can do!
lol yes, but I have not had it in like a while
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