Sermon #1 - text

[raptura]

[Just a simple little post from username 'Bluemarine', but it's posted for everyone to see and the option to reply in any format you like is there, should you feel like it. Somebody sure has the burning desire to ask everyone a question (or piss off as many people as they can, depending).]

How many of you believe in an afterlife? Or...What I should ask is; how many of you understand that you're slaves to fate and destiny, no matter how unhappy yours might be?

You're welcome to try and change my mind on that front, if you think you have the intellect.

Comments

[coolerjunpei]

hold on, you can't drop divine life plans and just walk away from it like that. do people really need to see everything that's going to happen beforehand? we're not living in a movie.

and adapting isn't a bad thing. you could do that here though, instead of a next world. just saying.

[raptura]

Do they? Perhaps. If it was the way of life in this new world, then people would be born with it, and it would seem no stranger than the wheel being formed as a triangle.

Hypothetically.

I'm not saying that a new world is needed, nor that I plan on leaving here; if I'm here, in this world, then it's where I need to be (: What, you think you're talking with someone capable of reshaping reality, but instead of doing that, they're shooting the breeze online? Goodness, I'm flattered.

[coolerjunpei]

oh. huh. yeah, i guess.

[how DARE you make sense!!]

i thought hypothetically was implied for all of this. nobody who goes online to argue about fate can be that serious.

[raptura]

[Look, he has to make sense in between the, uh. The weird shit. The 'I have my husband's bone in my pocket' shit.]

Of course! LOL sorry, it's hard to be certain online. I was a little worried I was sounding a little...More impressive than I really am. My taste in hats is impeccable, but I'm not exactly a world-breaker.

I'm really glad that we could talk properly after the way our conversation started. Thank you again for humouring me; I'm aware that it's a difficult subject to talk about, but I'm curious all the same, and you've helped me greatly.

[coolerjunpei]

[some people grow green babies to cope etc]

has anyone ever told you how passive-aggressive you are?

[Or is that just how it looks online? Take a breath, my guy.]

to be fair, you did ask a ton of people if they're cool with being slaves to fate even if their lives suck, so no shit it was going to be difficult.

[raptura]

Hey, it got you in here, didn't it? This is how we were fated to meet, and that's just how it is. I'm not being passive-aggressive, though; although I did want to rile people up and see how they'd handle being pressed on the topic, actual conversation is also a positive in this case. At the end of the day, all I really wanted was to see people's opinions, perhaps know more about the people I'm living with.

Though maybe I shouldn't have used my last name as my username? Don't beat me up if you ever meet me in real life, sshhhh. Our secret.

[Sometimes we pretend to be REDACTED to cope, apparently.]

[coolerjunpei]

[Junpei goes back to look at the username... Junpei doesn't get it.]

yeah, i have no idea who you are.

still don't think we were fated to do anything, but whatever. sure. just aggressive then, since i can't lie about taking the bait.

[raptura]

Don't worry about it, then! Nothing to worry about here, no!

I enjoyed our conversation at any rate, bait taken and opinions opposing or not. I hope we get to talk about something a little lighter next time so that our budding friendship is mutual!

[coolerjunpei]

[uuuugggghh]

sure. post about puppies next time and we'll have a ball.