And the title of Book Eight IS...
Actually hold on, we'll get to that in a moment. I have another 15 minutes before I have to post this entry, at 9 PM, and I'm going to use that 15 minutes, dammit. Because I did things today! Things that deserve to be blogged about!
Well, I did ONE thing that deserves to be blogged about. This afternoon I interviewed Steven Moffat, head of all things Doctor Who and Sherlock, on stage at Trinity College, Dublin. I'm pretty sure it wasn't recorded, though, so you're just going to have to take my word for how brilliantly it went. I've never interviewed anyone before— I'm used to being the one interviewed— so it was very interesting to sit in the other chair for a change.
Mr Moffat turned out to be everything I'd hoped he would be— he's a nice guy and he's FUNNY. It was such an informal, casual conversation that it made asking him questions a breeze. I love the shows he makes, as did everyone there, and it was so cool to be able to talk to him about them and not feel like a total nerd.
And for those of you who are wondering, yes, I DID ask him for Karen Gillan's phone number. NO, he did not give it to me. But I think I broke him down sufficiently that all it'll take is one more chance encounter, and then wa-heyyyyy!
Ahem.
Okay, I now have seven minutes until I have to post this entry.
Oh, I'll be doing two publicity events in Ireland on March the 7th. At 10:30 AM in the Riverbank Theatre in Kildare I'll be interviewing (because I do it SO well) Alex Barclay on stage about her new book Curse of Kings.
Later that day, back in Easons in O'Connell Street at 6 PM, Alex and I will be doing... er... some sort of event. We haven't a clue WHAT we'll be doing, to be honest, but it'll be brilliant, and it'll be funny. I swear. Probably.
At both events, we'll be signing whatever you want signed.
Two minutes!
Okay then, here we go. This title has been in my head for years. EVERYTHING in the series has been leading up to Books Eight and Nine, and this is really where it all starts to build to the (hopefully epic) conclusion.
Prepare yourself for horror! Tragedy! Hilarity! Fights! Blood! Quips! Magic! Everything that makes life worth living!
Ladies and gentlemen, coming at the very end of August, I give you
Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1401 – 1600 of 4979 Newer› Newest»Oh, and uh, just to say, I'm obsessed with One Direction too, as you can see by Louis over there :) >>>
It's how Jane and I became friends :)
hey Fabi!
oh right...
FABI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi.
Yeah, she mentioned her name a couple of times.
Sorry if I'm distant, I'm working on things...
I wish Mara would answer... :/ But knowing her, she won't even think about replying until Monday...
wbd...
embracing my inner trekkie :P
Mara is strong I know she can get throug this :3
[laughs]
Hi Jubi and Willow.
I see, Lilli. [smiles]
She's a hero in her own right.
I'm not the most stable of people, granted, but nor am I the easiest to persuade. She's truly wonderful to have done everything she has done, and how she puts up with me despite everything.
Oh, thanks Fabi :) Phew, she won't hate me XD
I'm Caitlyn... Just to say, lol XD
I CANNOT HAVE FIRST TWICE IN ONE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
D:
I dedicate to Maraness for being awesome, and Lilliana because you're a greay friend to Mara and I already think you're amazing. If my first impression of someone is amazingness, I am generally right. I know, me being right? O_O Unbelievable, yeah? But true this time. :)
I also dedicate to anybody else who has put the words 'Mara' or 'Jane' in a sentence with the word 'perfect' or 'perfection' for being right and also being amazing. Not just because you think Maraness is, but because I know you all and my impression of you is amazingness.
I also dedicate to the West Memphis Three. :'(
And to weekends, for giving me more time to do cool stuff like draw, write, search for lyrics vids and most of all come HERE. :)
*great
*facepalm*
Nice ded Star! :)
Love the ded :)
Luciana, you seem awesome, what do you mean she 'puts up' with you? :P
Mara is amazing. :) If she doesn't answer I'm asking my mother to drive me to her house tomorrow :P
What do you mean by ded? Omg, I feel so awkward XD
*sits in tree*
Options of exploding: Derek because he left us for a pizza or Ireland
Don't explode any Zafira! XD
a ded is a dedication :)
when you get first on a page you have to make a ded
Another Directioner? *laughs*
I am being plagued with Directionness everywhere. This has to be a good thing, because Plague is an awesome book. :P
Wonderful dedication, Ink. Though, I'd never expect any less. :)
I just want to say, if any of you ever need me, remember that I'm only a message/e-mail/comment/text/letter away, and I often drop everything for my friends, because they are the most important things to me in this world.
Even if you're feeling just a little down, I'll be here for you to cheer you up.
Though, you may end up listening to me ramble on about gnomes.
SPEAKING OF GNOMES, THEY'RE SELLING THEM EVERYWHERE SO I NEED TO BUY ONE SOON. ALSO, SHOULD I BUY A PAINT-IT YOURSELF GNOME? OR A NORMAL GNOME?
OR BOTH, SO ONE CAN BE RAINBOW COLOURED?
Zaf...
if you explode Derek, we won't get the next book. the one that YOU'RE in.
and if you explode IRELAND you explode Derek in the process...
I'd say none :P
ded is dedication, the first commenter on a page gets to dedicate it.
And my real name is pretty uncommon, so I'm not supposed to say it, but if you say "Maralie Lily" or "Mario Luigi" in a crowded place, I (assuming I was fairly near in the crowd) would think I heard my first name and turn around.
Both Luci!
and thanks luce, bu I wouldn't want to put burdens on you
Oh, thanks Jubi! :) That sounds awesome!
Thanks for deding to me and Jane, Star! :) *hugs Star*
And yes, another Directioner XD
*laughs irl* BOTH! :)
If you can't do that, paint-it-yourslef - more fun. :)
Ah, I'm incredibly annoying, and sometimes my moodswings get the better of me. Once or twice I've probably insulted her, like I do most people, out of anger at something completely unrelated.
Sometimes, seeing someone else happy can trigger me to become angry...
But, yes, Maralie puts up with me, my moodswings, my ridiculous obsessions, stupid comments and my moronic speeches. :)
She puts up with me, just like all of these guys do. :D
Ooh, a gnome? Both is probably good, because rainbow.
And thanks, Lucy [hugs].
*remembers* Mara is Maraio! *laughs*
don't feel too bad Luci, I have depression so Ican get the same way :/
And thanks too Fabi! :)
My name is slightly uncommon... The way I spell it is :)
Thank you, Luciana :)
My name is really uncommon....
BOTH IT IS. C:
Ah, Willow, I'm sorry about that. :( *hugs*
They don't know what's wrong with me. But they suspect it's a personality disorder - maybe bipolar. :P
I want chocolatttttttttttte
Oh, Willow, I'm sorry... :( *hugs*
BOTH LUCIANA YES! :D
Omg, I forgot I have a chocolate orange in the fridge O.O
Cutting...
That's not a great word. Or thing. Or...
Damnit. Wbd/msd.
How Mara can deny all of this evidence is beyond me . . .
oh it's ok as long as I take my pills I'm fine..and I have a bi-polar friend who I hung out with not to long ago
omg chocolate!!!!
Well Derek is on Twitter not Blogland :(
I'm msd . . .
Yeah... :/
Thank God I've stopped. I only did it once, but it was horrible. :/
ZAF!! TELL HIM TO COME ON BLOGLAND!
ya tell him Zaf! he replid to a tweet of mine liek a week ago..yay haha..but ya he needs to come on more often
JANE IS BEYOND PERFECT. End of story. *nods*
Just to say, I won't be online here very often... My internet is blaaaa and I get very busy with dancing and stuff :P
The mental scars are worse than the physical ones...
Every time someone says that word, my eyes dart to my wrist, and then I try to busy myself with something else.
I hate myself, sometimes.
Derek comes on here? O.O
Seriously? Asdfghjkl totally fangirling. :D
What do you call the blog? Blogland? :)
Awesome. *nods*
Sorry, my Internet went out for a bit.
I'm really sorry to hear that, guys...
Dance? What kind of dance?
Luciana, I'm sorry... *hugs*
That was my fault. I'll delete that comment, now.
Took a screenshot of Jubi begging i tweeted it to him if he replies ill tell you
Fabi - I do Irish dancing :)
don't hate yourself Luci! you are awesome, and same here if you or anyone needs someone to talk to, just say so..or Luci can message me since I have her on Facebook
Derek hardly comes on Blogland
*gasp* YAY!!!!!! :D
This is the first time I've listened to Room 409 on a better device than my phone . . .
Unbelievalby, it's got more awesome. :)
Physical scars are awesome. Mental scars are NOT so . . .
The people who think they're awesome are all jerks.
... I'm a jerk!?!?!?! well THANKS fabi
xP JK
*nods at Fabi* AGREEDNESS. :)
Jubi, you made me laugh irl. *laughs*
Derek comes on sometimes so
Luciana, please don't hate yourself! :( I think you're perfect, and I've just met you! :)
*refrains from singing Call Me Maybe*
Luci You are amazing. :)
Sometimes os more like twice a year x(
no don't sing that song!
Actually, when I wrote that, I was thinking of someone I know irl. I named an MC character after her, then killed the character off. That makes me sound evil...
Anyway, it was by no means meant to refer to you, Jubi. Sorry for any confusion.
I've almost finished Chapter 4.
But I can't completely until I can get onto Facebook, because I have snippets of Livi/Lucy scenes that are really fun and happy.
But, my internet is being a stupid prick and refuses to let me open Facebook.
F*ck you, internet. ._.
SCÁTHNESS, JUST BECAUSE MARA IS AWESOME AND PERFECT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT. :)
Fabi, was it Adamantha? xP
I have a headache now. *laughs*
Please don't compliment me.
I'm really not in the mood to be lied to. ._.
Ooh, Skuttlebugia!
Fine, I won't compliment you, but I wasn't lying. -_-
I might have to go soon... :(
Damn internet -_-
*sighs and site Luci down* We, at least I'm not going to lie Luci, you are an amazing person, I hate lying and if I didn't think you were I would stay quiet, ur caring funny, fabulous and all those other positive words
I'm like that if I don't agree I'll just stay quiet
Gah I fear Derek ignoring Blogland
Jubi, no.
Internets are Internets and annoying annoyingness.
of course Derek ignores blogland! he's so..mean..lol
Luciana, it's not lies!
Everyone I've met here tonight is truely perfect. Beyond perfect :) And I'm sure the other people from Blogland are the same :)
The internet is mankind's greatest invention, but it can act stupid sometimes. -_-
DEREK!!! I DON'T HAVE A TWITTER!!!
COME TO BLOGLAND!
please...?
see Jubi, that's why Derek's cruel, he doesn't care if you have a twitter! It's like we have to become his slaves for him to agree to come on here...lol
oops meant he doesn't care if you don't have a twitter
Exactly, Star -.-
Lol willow!! xD
it's true, and I myself will not be subjugated as a slave!..that's final! haha
I have to go guys... Bed -.-
Night! :)
bye Lilli!
aww
BYE LILLI!!!!!!!
Willow, WE SHOULD START A REVOLUTION!!!!
Night, Lilli.
Internet is still Being irritating. I'd better go... Bye...
Revolutions... Lovely.
*shrugs*
Personally, Derek has a life. I don't want to insist he comes here, because I'm too nice. I'd like it if he came here once in a while, but I don't want him to feel pressured into spending all his life here. Also, I want to prove that at least one minion cares about him and isn't always selfishly expecting him to spend every waking moment of the day doing what I want like I'm the most important person in the world. No offense, anyone.
*SCREAMS* OMGG I WAS LISTENTING TO A ROOM 409 VID BY BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE AND WHILST I WAS WRITING THIS COMMENT IT GOT TO THE CREDITS AND THE MUSIC FOR THE CREDITS WAS STRICKEN BY DISTURBED OMGG. *happiness*
a revolution!
and I don't expect him to be on all the time either but at least once in a while would be nice and he doesn't even do that!
Im tryin fellow Bloglandians
YOU CAN DO IT ZAF!!!!!!!
Yeah Star he really hasnt spoken at all in Blogland he used to and I'm trying to my Blog friends who dont have Twitter
But he does come on once in a while . . . *frowns*
Not many authors do the same.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS BEELLLIIIEEEEVVEEE
Star calm down!
Hmm should i tram up with Zaf on twitter and ask also?
*shrugs*
Willow please do! I think he's frightened of me he has no idea what to expect in at the end of the month 27 days til i meet him
Is she gone...?
MARA!!!!
hi.
who...?
Lilli?
huh are you Val? she's meeting him..and alright I shall team up with you!
No im meeting him via Skype
really???
Yeah. Caitlyn/Lilliana. Whatever her name is.
She's been saying stuff about me, hasn't she?
Mara! on no, she did but it was positive stuff and she's worried about you!
ok I did a tweet Zaf!
NJ is Skyping me at the Dublin signing March 30th and she's letting me meet him as a 3 month late birthday gift
Chapter 5 Snippet. Opinions, please? It's probably really bad, because I'm sort of unsure of how to write these sorts of scenes...
Zacharia strikes at me with incredible speed and accuracy, but I manage to anticipate this attack and block it with the sword in my hands. I catch a glimpse of Livi out of the corner of my eye, and see she’s sat with ___ eating popcorn. I want to laugh, but I need to keep concentrating on this fight; he may be my boyfriend, but that means nothing when war is just around the corner, for us.
I block another couple of strikes, and force myself to concentrate more. My eyes lock onto him, and, as I dodge another strike, I study how he works.
He attempts to land another blow, but I roll sideward, narrowly avoiding his blade. I find myself back on my feet quickly, and it doesn’t take me long for my sword to find Zacharia’s again, to block another attack,
Every attack he has attempted so far I have blocked, I note, but not once have I attacked him.
He’s playing a purely offensive game, so now it’s my turn to play.
I smile, blocking another attack, but push him back slightly this time, in attempt to knock him off balance, It doesn’t work.
Again and again, I attempt to knock him off balance slightly, by pushing him back with the sword, but it doesn’t work: I need to try a different approach.
As our swords meet again, producing a satisfying ‘clank’ sound, I place my right foot behind his, and kick it backwards, causing him to fall.
I grin, and my blade hovers over his chest.
“Well done,” he smiles. “Definite improvement from the first time you held a sword,” he laughs, as though remembering how poor my stance was.
I can’t help but laugh, too, and offer him my hand to help him up,
“Looks like you’ve been practicing,” he tells me.
“Maybe I have, maybe I haven’t.” I wink at him, and all of us in the room laugh. Me and Zacharia are ridiculous, sometimes, and that’s always something that seems to make people smile, especially me.
that is awesome Zaf!
Ikr! I figured it's gonna be hilarious if TMS arrives the same day ill be fangirling
yup, it would be hilarious...and nice one Luci :)
See I dunno times yet but im assuming this Ameriminion will be up and presentable before noon my time which is an amazing feat if i dont have to go places
Worried. Hah. Sure she is. -_-"
Luci, that's really good :)
well whenever it happens, you'll have to tell us all about it
Mara please! just read the past comments, it was good about you, you are so amazing you truly are, don't think otherwise
After the event i'll give details! No worries I'll prolly be in all caps but eh
I am calm.
I should explain how I work. I stay quiet and my annoyance/anger/both builds up inside me slowly, then one time I suddenly give a harsh speech about that which angers/annoys me. Like the other day in RS when I put my hand up and said I didn't think anyone in this class realisedd that belonging to a religion didn't automatically make you a mindless drone that thought exactly the same as everyone else in the religion, and that people in a religion still have different views and are still human with their own opinions.
RS annoys me. "What would a Christian think about this?"
"WELL, it ENTIRELY depends on who the Christian IS as all Christians think differently, seeing as they're all people and people all have different views. Christians don't all think the same thing, you know."
God, they're meant to be teaching us how to understand religious people, but they are so not. How teaching us that belonging to a religion makes you a brain-dead robot helps people understand how they feel, I have no idea. They teach us about discrimination and stereotyping, and they teach that it is BAD, and yet they don't bloody realise they're doing it. They don't frickin' tell us how it would feel to be a part of a religion at all. No, so ong as we know what religious people are told to believe, that makes it okay. It's like political parties. If you look at speeches of David Cameron's, you can find out what the Tories are meant to stand for and what one of them thinks. But you have no idea why everyone in the Conservative party chooses to be in it, you have no idea what different views they all have on what their party should be doing. They'll all be in it for different reasons and will all have different views on what the party should be. Same with any political party. SAME WITH ANY RELIGION.
Goddammit.
Sorry, this matter angers me . . .
HI MARA! :)
Mara, look upwards at the comments! :)
..............feel better now star?
No. I just feel angry. But ignore me. :)
So Derek id cheating on Tanith because Valkyrie (CHARACTER) has nice boobs
haha it's alright star
Whatt? but boobs don't mean ANYTHING! HEHE
Caitlyn doesn't like me. She shouldn't. -_-
*dies of laughter*
He cant defend himself in Blogland
Mara..please say something positive about yourself or you'll make me cry, literally!
that is so true, so I guess that's one good thing about him not coming on xP...Derek should be ashamed
Willow, how can I say something good when there's nothing good to say? :/
Their is something good to say about, tons of it, but why are you like this? Has someone done or said something to you to make you feel like this about yourself?
MARA.
Say, "All the minions of Blogland love me because, by just being me, I have somehow persuaded them I am awesome."
Can you say that?
And, "I have somehow also persuaded Caitlyn the same thing."
Not sure if I can help, or if it would just make things worse............................ Considering as I'm doing crunches while typing this, it's probably a bad idea to share the link, but I want to help somehow. Mara, You're 1Derful.
I have, Willow. I'm the only person who makes myself feel like this. I mentally beat myself up each day. Because look at the kids in Africa. And look at me. I don't want to be here, they do. It's my fault children are dying out there. God could've given my life to some innocent African child. What's my purpose in life? Being a waste of space?
You don't have to feel
Like a waste of space
You're original
Cannot be replaced.
No, you are NOT a waste of space, you are young still, and perhaps your purpose is not yet to be accomplished. You have people who love you. Ya know maybe your purpose is, whenyour older, to somehow deal with the afican children, who knows, you could start something big to help them.
Let me tell you something, I Mara had a difficult time in my life, I was suicidal, attemted it twice, and very close to suceeding on one attempt, and I've been raped, I had a boyfriend who got killed in a car accident about a year ago, and I was going through horrible times, I also thought I was a waste of space, and I got put down by people. That lasted for a couple of years. And I went to church once, and something happened, can't say what, but after that, over time I was starting to realize I was better then I thought. I wasn't the cold-hearted person people would call me, i was able to understand others very well, and I knew good things would come, but it takes time. I find happiness in helping others. I'm going to school for psychology, and eventually I will have my own office, helping people through their life journey, saving lives by preventing them from killing themselves.
You Mara are amazing, beautiful in your own way. You are you, don't change, if people can't accept that, then it's them with the problem, they're losing out from knowing such a wonderful person.
Caitlyn shouldn't like me.
You shouldn't like me.
It makes me wonder why you like me. I have nothing likable about me.
read the comment I just posted mara
Willow... *hugs*
I just can't say aything good about myself. I just can't. I actually, physically can't. Mentally, yes, but then I look in the mirror :/
Willow, you're amazing. More amazing than me. Because you're you. And you is perfect. *hugs again*
You're both amazing [sings] just the way you are. [hugs everyone]
Sorry Fabi, I can't copy and paste on my phone. :(
*hugs* Thanks for caring though. You're perfect.
Everyone has a purpose . . . Everyone is made for a reason. I'm repeating a speech I made ages ago, but sometimes, billions of people need to read the newspaper in order for something else to happen involving the newspaper being widely read. So for some people, their purpose in life is to read the newspaper. You may thing it's not a great purpose. You may thing if you were missing, it would be okay, because there would still be plenty enough people reading the newspaper. And you would be right. BUT, if nobody read the newspaper, it would stuff up a whole big plan, so you are still helping something big. And also . . . You don't have to stick to your programming. You have a whole life, and in it you can do more than read the newspaper. You can affect the world. You weren't meant to, but you did, and the world is a better place, so that's good.
My point was, Mara, you are achieveing something. You don't know what that is. Your purpose may be big or small. You may have fulfilled it already, or you may have yet to fulfill it. But you are here for a reason. And if those children in Africa were you, they would never remember being a child in Africa because they weren't one, and there wouldn't be less children in Africa, because you would be one instead. Swapping places would achieve nothing. And a child in Africa couldn't be you half as good as you could. Because you are you. And you are amazing. I'm not trying to be mean to the African kids. I'm not saying they aren't nice. But if one of them wasn't an African kid and was Mara instead, he/she couldn't be as awesome as Mara. Not possible.
Furthermore, the children in Africa have their own purpose they need to fulfill. They are there for a reason. It's harsh, but true. :(
*hugs everyone* Mara here is a song I ded to you that I forgot to put on the comment I made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZ1BdMtw_Q
Okay, I guess I'll stop battling with blogger then. It deleted take two as well! [laughs]
And I'm far from perfect, Mara. Everyone makes mistakes. [hugs]
Mara, I know you won't believe it, but you really are amazing.
Mara, I literally do not know how to make you see yourself our way. I do not. I am sorry. :)
Msd. :(
Gtg, there's only so many excercises I can do while typing on my iPod.
Mara, you are perfect. [hugs]
Bye!
bye fabi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I give up
.... is he not listening... ? :(
bye Fabi!
No luck Zaf?
Sorry Jubi i tried
Do you know the video for Avicii's new song? I Could Be The One? Yeah. The woman in that, at the start, that's what I feel like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bek1y2uiQGA
Bye Fabigail. *hugs*
darn... :(
haha s'ok ^_^
Idk why he ignoring me on that
don't worry he ignored me two haha
Mara I have to go but I hope you listened to the song and what I wrote, you are amazing *hugs
and goodbye to everyone else!
Bye Willow!!!!!!
Bye Willow, *hugs*
I can't copy and paste but I will tomorrow, I swear. xx
Gah
what happened?
Still trying
BELIIEEEVVEE!!! :D :D :D :D :D
Aaaand he left to watch Justified
...... -_-
Sorry Jubi
Finally, it is written.
*has been meaning to write this for a while now*
My eventual long-term plan was to print out billions of copies and give them out. Get the message out. Shout, shout, let it all out. But the printer's broken . . .
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE NOT MINDLESS ROBOTS
I don't think people realise that belonging to a religion doesn't automatically make you a mindless drone that thinks exactly the same as everyone else in the religion. People in a religion still have different views and are still human with their own opinions. What do you think will happen if you join a religion? Do you think they brainwash you with their special brainwashing serum? Or do you think your brain just disappears?
Religious Studies annoys me. People ask, "What would a Christian think about this?"
And I think, "Well, it entirely depends on who the Christian is as all Christians think differently, seeing as they're all people and people all have different views. Christians don't all think the same thing, you know."
They're meant to be teaching us how to understand religious people, but they are so not. How teaching us that belonging to a religion makes you a brain-dead robot helps people understand how being religious feels, I have no idea. They don’t exactly allow us to walk around the classroom pretending to be zombies. They mostly expect us to work it out, but seeing as we’ve never been zombies and don’t know how being one feels, that is rather hard.
They teach us about discrimination and stereotyping. They teach us that it is bad. But then they do it themselves. They stereotype religions, say that everyone who belongs to this religion automatically thinks this. ‘This’ doesn’t just mean an aspect of the religion. ‘This’ can be a modern issue that doesn’t involve that religion at all.
They don't tell us how it would feel to be a part of a religion at all. No, so long as we know what religious people are told to believe, that makes it okay. It’s like reading the school rules and expecting to learn how schoolchildren think from them.
Religions are a lot like political parties. If you look at speeches of David Cameron's, you can find out what the Tories are meant to stand for and what one of them thinks. But you have no idea why everyone in the Conservative party chooses to be in it, you have no idea what different views they all have on what their party should be doing. They'll all be in it for different reasons and will all have different views on what the party should be. Same with any political party. Same with any religion. People join religions for different reasons. They aren’t always just bored kids in them because their parents make them be. There are thoughts, feelings, realisations behind it.
TBC
One boy in my RS class said Christians were stupid for not reacting, that if someone called them a name they should fight back.
He didn’t know that a lot of Christians actually would. Some wouldn’t, some would rise above the insult and ignore it, but some would fight back. How can this be, you might ask, when all Christians believe the same thing? They don’t. They’ve all been told the same thing by God, but they interpret it differently to each other, and some just disobey the rules occasionally. Once again, this is like school rules. You’re meant to obey them all, but rarely does this always happen.
How can people interpret things differently? Well, imagine you were given the phrase “I have climbed a mountain.” Some people could think it meant someone had literally climbed a mountain, using harnesses and ropes and so on. Some could think it meant someone had walked up a big hill, and was exaggerating. Some could think it was metaphorical, and the person who had written the phrase hadn’t literally climbed any mountains, but had mentally overcome great obstacles. Some could think the same, except have a different interpretation of the metaphor.
There are billions of phrases like this in the Bible. Therefore, there are billions and billions of different views of the Bible and of Christianity. An example from Christianity is that most Christians believe that men and women are equal. Some think this means that women should be able to do everything men can, and vice versa. Some think this means they have equal worth, but different roles and different duties.
Also, the Church and the Pope do not speak for all Christians. Another person in my RS class asked that if Christians thought everyone was equal, why did they hate gay people?
Correction. Christians are meant to think everyone is equal. A lot of them don’t, because they’re human and are just as bad as the rest of the humans.
Also, not all Christians “hate gay people.” A lot of Christians, for example me and my mum, are in favour of gay marriage. A lot of Christians, however, believe that marriage is the union of a man and a women and that gay people could be the equivalent of married, just not call it marriage, as it is incorrect use of the word.
Another thing to say. Occasionally I chance upon Christian YouTubers who comment on songs posted on YouTube saying things like “everyone who listens to this will go to hell.” I am sorry, but I do not see how posting comments of this nature is meant to achieve anything at all. If you want people to join your religion, you have to be welcoming, and make them want to be like you. By posting comments undermining the music people like, you are not only angering people and making them hate you, you are giving Christians a bad reputation. Who would want to be a Christian when it meant being like them? Also, who would want to be a Christian if it meant they could no longer listen to the music they liked?
People in general don’t want to join religions. I’ve been talking about Christianity all the way through this speech, but this speech isn’t exclusive to Christianity. Christianity was simply the religion I could say the most about. People do not want to join religions, and people do not like religions, and people are not fans of religious people. And why is that? Mostly because people think that belonging to a religion means you have to think exactly what you are told to think, and also because a lot of religious people are jerks and people don’t want to be like them.
I said before that belonging to a religion was like belonging to a political party. It’s stronger than that; you often have to wear things marking you out as different, and more loyalty is required; but it is similar. You believe you know the best way of living, the best way of doing things, and you think that being in it will benefit you. Unless they’re concealing it, political parties don’t use brainwashing serum, and neither do religions. Just because you believe in something and want to follow it does not mean you suddenly surrender your freedom of thought.
Oh my God, Derek's so funny.
But he kept laughing at me! And he tried to scold me for watching one of his movies!
Everyone knows that Bones is better than Justified...
HEAR THAT, DEREK! *shakes fist*
HI IVY! :)
VAL!!!!!
hi
hows life on twitter?
Hi!
*still hasn't gotten over Derek's boob joke conversation*
Msd.
I would have found a Room 409 vid by now, but I spent two hours on my angry speech . . . *laughs*
Might finish my MC chapter...
I feel confused, for some reason...?
Then again, I may have been angry brcause I was listening to Room 409. Very angry song.
@MAra: I am confused as to why you are confused. (?)
I think it's because of Harralie... And no action... And I'm thirsty... *is confused about being confused*
Back from dinner.
Star, the first part of my redo of the second part of my MC chapter seems to be coming from StarTC's point of view, are you okay with that, or should I reconfigure it?
I'm confused about how you can be confused that you're confused. And then I'm confused about how that's possible.
Jane could attack Mara... And then there would be action...?
But Harry... And... Liberty and Mollie... Uh... Ashton... But Jane is...
*is confused about Fabi and Star being confused about me being confused*
I!
Can't believe
WHAT I'VE SEEN!
SO SCRATCH MY EYES OUT!!!
YOU!
Were at ease
ON YOUR KNEES!
IN HIS APARTMENT!!!
YOU!
Said his name
AS I CAME!
IN YOUR DIRECTION!!!
NOW!
I can choose
WHAT TO DO!
WITH BOTH OF YOU!!!
I LOVED YOU!
(I hate you)
YOU HURT ME!
(I love you)
YOU. HURT. ME. BAD!!!!!!!
GO!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR WORDS!
Bury me
Of what I used to be
I can't erase all those things I've seen
YOUR HEART!
Smothers me
And now it's hard to breathe
I can't erase all my memories . . .
I!
Take a step
TO THE LEFT!
AND NOW YOU SEE ME!!!
TEARS!
Start to fall
AS YOU CRAWL!
IN HIS APARTMENT!!!
YOU!!!!!
Screamed his name
AS I CAME!
I YOUR DIRECTION!!!
FISTS!
Start to fly
SAY GODBYE!
THERE'S NO EXCUSES!!!
I LOVED YOU!
(I hate you)
YOU HURT ME!
(I love you)
YOU. HURT. ME. BAD!!!!!!!
GO!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR WORDS!
Bury me
Of what I used to be
I can't erase all those things I've seen
YOUR HEART!
Smothers me
And now it's hard to breathe
I can't erase all my memories . . .
Woah-oh-oh-oh!
Woah-oh-oh-oh!
Woah-oh-oh-oh!
Woah-oh-oh-oh!
GET UP!
(Hey!)
THERE'S NO EXCUSES!
(Hey!)
(Hey!)
THERE'S NO EXCUSES!
(Hey!)
I LOVED YOU!
(I hate you)
YOU HURT ME!
(I love you)
YOU. HURT. ME. BAD!!!!!!!
GO!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR WORDS!
Bury me
Of what I used to be
I can't erase all those things I've seen
YOUR HEART!
Smothers me
And now it's hard to breathe
I can't erase all my memories . . .
ERASE ALL MY MEMORIES OF YOU!!!
I'm okay with that. *nods* :) WHy wouldn't I be? :)
Maraness . . . Are you okay? You seem, uh, confused . . . Yeah. *nods*
I... Uh...
I don't... Know...?
Uhm...
*is so confused*
I don't know why you wouldn't be, but I prefer to double-check. I don't know what the usual etiquette for collaborated stories is, so...yeah.
. . . Maybe you're just very tired.
I'm starting to feel ill with my tiredness, but my brother and his friends are still whispering and giggling so I probably wouldn't get to sleep anyway . . . That's my excuse. :)
@Fabi: THat's because you're awesome . . .
. . . I'm tired, now . . .
I am pretty tired... I stayed up till 3:30am this morning with my friend Ciara. Ugh. Not a good idea.
I keep trying to comment, but every time I open the comment window I remember how awkward Derek is and I start laughing.
Msd... Actually exhausted.
YOu must be dying of sleep deprivation. :)
I probably am, Star. Oh well. LWWY. *shrugs*
If I disappear, I fell asleep.
Ditto. :)
Thanks, Star.
I'm surprised y'all are still awake! I usually fall asleep sooner... Then again, I usually have dance in the evenings, so I'm always collapsing into bed.
I'M usually asleep sooner :) . . . I don't especially like really late nights. :/
I'm usually asleep 3 hours ago...
I'm usually asleep two hours ago nowadays. :P
Hi all
... and you all need to get to bed sooner!
I had a late nigh last nigh and tried to sleep in, I kinda managed it ... although I had a weird dream about a horse jumping over a train ... and other weird stuff!!!
I'm usually asleep in four hours. 'Cause it's still dinner-time-ish here!
ah dinner time, it's almost 12pm here
It's 1:44am here. *yawns*
so how is everyone?
what cha all doing?
O_O ...
I COMAND YOU MARALIE TO GO TO SLEEP NOW MISSY!!!
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