A between-episode special and Alucard's twitter confirmed that Pope Francis is the current Pope of the Abridged Vatican.
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Anderson Quest: Killing Vampires and Werewolves and Leprechauns (Hellsing/Bloodborne)
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A between-episode special and Alucard's twitter confirmed that Pope Francis is the current Pope of the Abridged Vatican.
I have often contemplated how existentially terrifying God is.
Dude has no beginning or end. You can't comprehend that; it is literally impossible to understand. He's THE GOD precisely because he exists on a level that is immeasurable. He defies the law of cause and effect because he CREATED the law of cause and effect! (They called him the Prime Mover or the Uncreated Creator precisely because he was the first cause that got all following effects rolling.)
The idea of opposing him is maddening in its horror, because just like a proper Lovecraftian Abomination, victory would be absolutely impossible. Even if it were somehow possible to destroy him, it would mean destroying all of existence with him. But it's not possible to destroy him, because he doesn't have an "End"; his existence does not include the potential for destruction or cessation.
And as if that wasn't freaky enough, he's also got to be really weird and split his identity into three different people.
Oh, and he's totally planning to destroy the planet Earth in fire, remaking the world into his idea of paradise, with a reborn and remodeled race of humanity to worship him while those who refuse his Heaven on Earth are left no place to escape but Hell.
That's exactly what I've seen people afraid of Eldritch Abominations doing. Except in this case, it's not an alien invasion so much as the original manufacturer returning to put things back in the order they started; an order that human beings were designed to enjoy.
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It doesn't matter where the term comes from. What matters, is that it doesn't change the fact that people in this thread has called them abomination, when they perfectly know what that term means. I admit I am not a Christian, but my religion still comes from the same root (and worships the same God), so it gives me mixed feelings when people blithely regard beings, that are the ultimate force of good, as 'abomination'.
Tl;dr Just be careful, next time, alright? Even if you don't mean it, saying things like that veers off towards dangerous territory and might offend some people.
Oh wow. So this is how Christian depicts God and Armaggedon, respectively? Man, that makes me glad I don't follow that religion, then, because that is seriously scary.
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Well, it'd be agnostic for me, but throw me in a place that has actual gods or divine sources of power and you better fuckin' believe I'd fuckin' believe.
I ain't winding up on no Wall of the Faithless.
I ain't winding up on no Wall of the Faithless.
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That explanation is highly irreverent, but that's what it basically boils down to, yeah.
The point of people describing angels isn't to paint lovecraftian glasses of milk but, rather, trying to describe beings whose "biology", in so much as they can be said to even HAVE biology, WILDLY diverges from ours due to them not being, you know, human or mortal. It just happens that they are all made by the same Artist as us humans and similarities crop up that sends them straight into the uncanny valley from our point of view.
In this way, when I use the term "Eldritch Abomination" is not as a sland against them, but as a way to make them out to be deserving of "fear". And I mean that in the biblical sense, which is more akin to respect then terror.
Technically speaking, a bunch of those things are not universal through out Christianity. Nonetheless, I am sure you don't follow your religion because it sounds cute and not scary. You follow it because you think it's what best represents God and is what he wants you to do.
Moving on to other things, I want to bring back into question Anderson's age.
The wiki states that Maxwell's age is around 30 at the point that he died. And, as shown by Hankell not aging at all in 30 years in the manga epilogue after being made into a Regenerator, the man looked to be about mid thirties or 40 years old when he was reering Maxwell when he was a little kid as well as when he died.
That means he is 60-70 years old at the VERY least since don't know when he was made a Regenerator.
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There is that. However, personally, one of the biggest reasons I'm as religious as I am now is because it is a religion that guarantees the existence of soul and afterlife. An everlasting and happy afterlife where souls (at least the innocents', and also the good ones) reunite. ...Because, well, it's one of the things that keeps me going, you know? Knowing that even though I lost my baby brother in life, I can, at the very least, meet him again after I die.
Never mind. I agree that this topic is starting to derail the thread, so let's stop here and move on.
Anyone got a good vote plan?
That makes you agnostic actually. Atheism is flat out there is no god. Not there is no strong supporting evidence.
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No, it doesn't. You can believe that something doesn't exist and then be convinced otherwise by the arrival of evidence that it does.
That's what being Agnostic is to my knowledge.
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Atheist: God doesn't exist.
Agnostic: God may or may not exist, but there's no proof either way/I don't care.
And his post reads as the second to me.
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Gotta catch 'em all!
I believe that God does not exist. This makes me an atheist. However, I'm not so pig-headed that I'll refuse to change my beliefs in the face of damning evidence against them.
No, that's how it looks from an outside perspective.
From the Christian perspective, you're getting an immortal body, you're losing the annoying voice in your head that whispers it would be funny to trip that old lady and that no one will ever know you stole that delicious pie, and you get to live in the Holy Mountain City.
Stories of Olympus and Meru, the divine heavenly mountain homes of the gods? The magical trees at the centers of the world that grow fruit of immortality? This is place those stories reflected.
Someone counted up the distances and measurements provided in Revelation, converted them into miles, and then compared them to existing objects -- the cube-shaped, walled city of jewels and gold will be large enough to fit inside the MOON, if the moon were hollow. In the center of this amazingly massive city is The Tree of Life that grows a different fruit for each month of the year, and all year round it grows leaves that heal all hurts, and from the place this tree is planted will flow two rivers filled with the Water of Life.
Humanity becomes the gods, the aesir, the alfr, the devas, the high elves, the Numenor. Immortality, health, and endless years to master every art. Music, food, dance, sports, clockwork. No need to work for your food and shelter any more, that shit is provided for everyone free of charge. Every day is a holiday.
Humanity isn't bent or twisted or driven mad to escape the horror of it all. Humanity is exalted to the level we were always meant to experience, and it fills us with joy and peace.
You're also constantly in the presence of a dude who's more beautiful and charming than any movie star or rock star or star athlete. If mere human beings can inspire worship, how amazing must God be? People screamed for a moment of Elvis's attention, so it shouldn't be weird that people would want to worship the true God upon seeing his face.
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Hyp3rB14d3
Gotta catch 'em all!
But do they have wifi?
I suspect the Holy Spirit operates as a living telepathic network.
Also, huge ass trees everywhere, if the Tree of Life itself isn't big enough to fill the whole city with branches and roots. Everyday, you get to Tarzan it up in the world's biggest tree house, with a water park and trampoline park and petting zoo. Whole city districts devoted to baked goods, or rock concerts, or martial arts competitions.
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That sounds suspiciously like a "no."
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Atheists believe that there is a high probability that deities don't exist. If the rapture occurred as described as the bible or the masquerade fell down and spirit summoning magic was revealed to exist then that would be strong evidence that a god existed and would lower that probability.
Agnostics are people that have are neutral on the question of whether deities exist. They typically believe the answer is unknowable or don't care. If they had to assign a probability it would be 50%.
Uh...
Return to Oedeon Chapel?
How can Anderson learn about Yahargul? Or should we go after the Vilebloods, first?
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[X] "I have an idea. Do ye need t'breathe, and how d'ye feel about gazin' into infinity for a while?"
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.
[x] Before you leave this dump, make a detour to Vicar Amelia. Let's see if Ebrietas can talk to her, or if she can reverse the woman's transformation.
-[x] Warn Ebrietas about the field we set up.
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.
[x] Before you leave this dump, make a detour to Vicar Amelia. Let's see if Ebrietas can talk to her, or if she can reverse the woman's transformation.
-[x] Warn Ebrietas about the field we set up.
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[X] "I have an idea. Do ye need t'breathe, and how d'ye feel about gazin' into infinity for a while?"
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.
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[X] "I have an idea. Do ye need t'breathe, and how d'ye feel about gazin' into infinity for a while?"
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.
[X] "I have an idea. Do ye need t'breathe, and how d'ye feel about gazin' into infinity for a while?"
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.
-[X] If those aren't issues, commence Operation Vanderson (Take Two) and carry Ebrietas out in your sleeves.
-[X] If either is an issue, then start blasting a passage she can get out through with explosive bayonets.
-[X] Try and find enough curtains, blankets, or whatever else to stitch together to make Ebrietas a serviceable robe or cloak. It ought to make the others a bit less likely to start foaming at the mouth when they see her.