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Ring of Invisibility.

A Chuckle in the Darkness.

I wonder if Jesus has inspired writers to make their characters have Heroic Sacrifices? Are their any ancient stories that use Heroic Sacrifice that we know of? This might be random, but why did God say that anything the people at the Tower of Babel could think of would be possible for them to accomplish?

Messianic Archetype is quite popular, and you'll probably find it popping up in a lot of stories.

Yep. And there's also Dark Messiah as its direct counterpart.

Not to mention what the anime Drifters has been doing.

I was asking about the prevalence of the Heroic Sacrifice trope.

Are any Western Christians doing anything fun for Mardi Gras today?

I would need to be more in contact with my Church for that. B.C. isn't really a place for big Catholic celebrations.

I don't think Baptist is a denomination that does the Ash Wednesday thing. I don't go to church in my university town anyway.

About the Tower of Babel thing, from what I hear at my church, it was because they had the same language, so there were no gaps in communication to slow them down.

Guys, I've been feeling incredibly depressed, even suicidal. As a Christian, what should I do when I feel that no amount of faith is going to make my situation any better? (Not really a crisis of faith, more like... Extreme, unrelenting pessimism.)

What worked for me in the past was just spending time with friends and/or family. Asking them how their day was, making conversation, etc.

Here's an internet hug. Remember that depression does not make you a bad person. You Are Not Alone.

All of Me.

Try to find any form of beauty in the world and cherish it no matter how small.

Happy Ash Wednesday For Lent this year I'm giving up junk food and sitting down for more than four hours per day. (The latter is really going to help my back pain too)

I've never observed Lent as I grew up Baptist, but I've decided that I will this year and give up porn. That should help me in dealing with my hypersexuality.

Good luck! I found a good place in my apartment to stand with my laptop. Took a bit of maneuvering but it's very comfortable, with my laptop at the perfect height once I stacked a few books under it. My sister's observing this year too, and giving up swearing.

edited 1st Mar '17 11:42:18 AM by Cailleach

X6 and X7: Thank you. I do feel a little better today. I'm going to try to keep my depressive thoughts/feelings at bay for as long as I can.

Swearing is definitely one of my vices. I don't swear conversationally much but I'm known to drop Precision F Strikes when they aren't really merited (such as when I drop or bump into things).

When I feel depressed and suicidal I just try to think there are people in this life that need my help, even if I don't know them yet. If I die there may be no one to help them, be it with a word of kindness, spare change, a good joke, or just by being around. It has worked thus far.

Also: I tried sticking to fish today since it's Ash Wednesday but just now I ate a ham sandwich and had a realization midway through that ham is meat. Completely slipped the back of my mind, as obvious as it may sound. Feel kinda bad for violating that tenant.

If it was an honest mistake, ask for forgiveness and don't beat yourself up. Human brains are fickle machines and they don't always work the way we want them to.

Also, thank you for your advice.

One of Us.

@8818 I'm quite the opposite, I tend to indulge myself into porns, once I've imagined and seen everything, then there's probably no more temptation and sexual desires in my mind because I got rid of it. Although I do have four borderline rules: Not to favor adultery, not to favor abusive relationships, always be straight, and if I'm very lucky, lucky enough to be married to a girl both good and having a well endowed body, then, I'd get rid of porns because I no longer need them.

Forcing yourself to get rid of love and sex would only deepen it, and then you sin because you can't take it anymore. Perhaps eroges and porns are something like... necessary evil or necessary gray to keep us away from pre-marital sex and rape?

(I'm Going to Hell for This...)

Still, the best option is, as Apostle Paul insisted, if you can't get rid of the thought of sex, why not just marry a faithful and well endowed girl?

Although it'll be harder than winning a lottery... It's either to pick a faithful, kind-hearted but plain, ugly girl, or to pick a beautiful, sexy but faithless, harsh girl, you can't have both. Even when a girl being both beautiful and sexy somehow exist, she won't be ours because she's already taken.

edited 2nd Mar '17 7:45:49 AM by Mhazard

How are all the Lenters doing?

Sitting down during class uses up all of my sitting hours on weekdays, so I couldn't sit at all during my break. I normally just lounge around and goof off on my laptop, but since I couldn't sit, I was forced to do the unthinkable. Take a leisurely stroll around Central Park. It was so relaxing and refreshing, I don't know why I hadn't thought of making it a part of my regular schedule until now! I'm totally making that a regular thing, even after Lent is over!