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kiefbowl · 3 years

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weebs and using "yall" isnt at all comparable. weebs dont speak the language and only took up random phrases. most of the time they cant even read the language nor have any desire to seriously learn it. also it comes often with fetishizing east asians and with that has a racist background.

people who learn english as 2nd/3rd language and picked up "yall" on the english speaking internet, dont fetishize americans or southern americans nor do we make fun of it. sorry we dont speak your language as perfect as you want us to? "english is not your language" because a non-offensive word that makes sense to us as plural makes you cringe? do you act like that with anyone learning english? immigrants (like my parents) who speak incorrectly? because i find that way more cringe.

I didn’t say English is not your language like…you can’t have it.

here are the exact order of events - someone else made a post that literally ONLY said “when europeans use y’all lol” and in the notes there were people acting pissy including the “argument” of “what else are we supposed to do there’s no plural of you in English” among other inane things that don’t matter.

I then made a vague post about how there is the plural form or you, its you, and then further said or we can just bring back thee/thou. it’s both true, funny, and not a big deal.

I got a flurry of anons including someone making a loose association between weebs just using random Japanese words, and I responded “ “there’s no plural of you in English” sorry English is not your language” or whatever. maybe and probably not worded the best, but really just poking fun of just this weird idea of Europeans finding a reason to not be made a little fun of as if there NEEDS to be a plural you in english and therefore they can’t be, idk, called out I guess? Further back and forth went on in the notes about whether whatever anon said was even valid, which is fair I’m up for that debate. white weebs watching anime and saying “nani??” like a joke (which I literally talk about in those notes) seems fairly similar to white Europeans being like “I’m just going to pretend this slang has no cultural context and I can’t be called out on it” because they see some tweets and posts with it. I didnt make an 80 page dissertation about all the nuances about how I meant it, but this had literally nothing to do with Japanese and everything to do with a bunch of people going “wow wow you guys thinks it’s funny when I use y’all?? how dare you? America is imperialist and we have to use English because of you and your movies and y’all needs to be used because there’s no plural you and also it’s just sounds so funny people so it’s just a joke.” Like, a French person got mad about my anons. A French person got mad L M A O

I do sincerely apologize if anyone felt I was minimizing racism, because I don’t think people using y’all is the same thing as being racist, and I don’t think I made that claim, however at this point that’s not important. I do see parallels in this debate but honestly at this junction it’s worth just admitting I’m clearly not adept enough to have this conversation, especially since it wasn’t a debate I was interested in having. I just can’t give this weird discourse the amount of time and attention needed to not misrepresent myself, and plus i don’t want to do that because I don’t want to hurt people. Id rather be misunderstood than hurt people by trying to constantly save face about this.

So I’m really am not going to answer anymore asks about this or anything related to this. Just remember at the heart of all this annoying stupidity were some annoying Europeans who are fragile beyond belief and if they have a problem with me saying that then they can unfollow me because I don’t care.

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1eos · 3 years

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kendra, my adhd and depression brain have been acting up on me for almost the past 7/8 months and i havent been talking to anybody who isnt living in my house even tho i know my friends are worried and have been calling but??? i cant bring myself to talk to them even tho i miss them soooo much. i just watched someone call me on three different platforms and ignored every incoming call and im just tired of being the person ghosting others and ruining friendships and i hate myself for it but the idea of having a real time social interaction sends me right into a panic attack and i dont know what to do with myself anymore. does this ever happen to you and if so, how do you deal with it? im sorry for dumping everything on here like that im just a bit overwhelmed rn

im so sorry im late anon my inbox has been beating me up. um i’ll preface this by saying i am NOT a professional nd if u feel anymore overwhelmed pls dont hesitate to reach out to any mental health professional bc not everything can be handled on your own this might be a sign to seek therapy or ask abt medication anything just pls don’t just suffer in silence!!!! but i have gone thru this exact thing a few months ago....i was really pulling away from everyone i knew bc keeping up the facade of being normal was getting to be too much nd i felt pressured to text back quickly nd be everybody’s backbone nd what helped me the most was just.....being honest w my friends. i feel like if u just tell them straight up you’re going thru a tough time y’all can reach a compromise where while u might respond late u’re still in touch nd knowing that ppl have ur back no matter what can help u focus on yourself nd work to get to a better place:’) ofc this is just my pov but in general real friends what u to be okay nd they’ll understand :’) i really do hope u start to feel better 😩

#pls do not be afraid to seek professional help!!!!#Anonymous

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jimlingss · 4 years

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Thank you, everyone, for your words of encouragement. In this short amount of time, I’ve been absolutely overwhelmed with messages of support. I want to reassure you all that I’m by no means as hurt as some of you think, or at least not after so much kindness. I’ve always encouraged all kinds of feedback!! From compliments to constructive criticism. And I’m (supposedly) an Adult™, so I can definitely take someone’s opinion.

Regardless, thank you to everyone who reached out to me. I want to respond to each and everyone of you under this post so I don’t flood other people’s dashes.

Anonymous said: about the anon who said your fics lack emotion, hmm i wouldn't quite agree tbh, i remember reading tears of a villian and deadass crying, it hurt me so much!! also, in "fall in hatred" their feeling are so well portrayed and i could understand why they acted a certain way! to conlclude, there is always some space for constructive criticism but your stories, are to me, something very attentively built and created, it's apparent that you completely enjoy writing, I can feel your enthusiasm!!

--to that anon; pls don't get this wrong way but it's just the way I see it and I've read quite a lot till now

nah deadass crying isn’t good enough anymore, anon. You have to be keening and violently sobbing until you’re brought into the ER for my fics to be considered to have emotion. lol I’m only kidding, thank you for the message.

peachiest-hun said: To that anon who said your work lacked emotions, I beg to differ! I have read Jungle Park so many times I know at exactly which chapter when the heavy angst starts happening and I read those parts when I just want to have a good cry (I still cry every. single. time)! Also Head Over Heels to Hell, The Colour of Our Voices, Love So Shallow (because I so relate with OC), and many more have given me the FEELS (happy and sad ones). 1/2

So what I'm trying to say is that Jimlingss is doing a great job in her craft. She does deliver emotions in her work and the reason I love it so much is that it's SUBTLE and not completely in your face. Sometimes emotions that are subtle and they hit you slowly, but powerfully it hurts even more for me. On another note, I'm loving Sugar and Coffee. In times of darkness which are often these days, I have something to look forward to every week to keep me motivated. So thank you Jimlinggs! 2./2

Istg Jungle Park is one of the most unexpectedly beloved fics on my blog but I love it hahaha I can’t believe you’ve read it to the point of knowing what chapter is what though. that’s an honour. There’s definitely stories of mine that are less subtle than others, but I’m glad that you enjoy the latter of them too :’) Thank you.

Anonymous said: This is my first time ever leaving a message on someone’s tumblr, but I just felt that I HAD to after reading that anon’s comment about your stories lacking emotion. I wholly disagree (in the nicest way possible, not throwing any shade at anyone). I’ve read all of your fics (for the past two years) and I look forward to when you release new material (the highlight of my Mondays right now after I come home from working at a clinic). Your stories have really lifted my mood during this pandemics an

Anonymous said: Sorry for that long tangent. Don’t even know if I made sense. You don’t have to respond to any of this, but you deserve to hear some positive words as well.

Oh my god. Did I just take your tumblr-message virginity? asdfghjkl I’m kidding. but thank you for reaching out to me. I can’t believe you’ve been around for such a long time and that I’m a part of your Monday routine :’)

Anonymous said: OK that ask about "constructive criticism" was def imo RUDE. You don't just anonymously go into someone's asks and bluntly tell an author that their fics "lack emotion". That is not the way to encourage someone to improve and continue to work hard. That's just flat out mean. That person clearly doesn't care about your feelings or the fact that you write and share your stories for FREE for us to enjoy. I love your stories and appreciate what you've shared with us. Thank you for your hard work ❤️

I like to give the benefit of the doubt to anons and anyone sending me a message online in general. God knows there were times I meant well but it was received wrongly. But anyway, my mind was more boggled than I was hurt, that’s one thing for sure.

joonie-mono said: + it was called love so shallow which genuinely made me see myself in a character, but my point was that your writing has a specific feel to it, it's made me laugh and cry (His Name personally killed me :] ) and that's my opinion. You and your writing are amazing and I'm sorry but that anon was just so wrong.

oof bringing out the evidence. be my attorney please.

Anonymous said: As someone who has read your entire masterlist (and going through it again) i will have to wholeheartedly disagree with that anon. The way you portray SO many emotions in your fics is *chefs kiss* and I honestly thought that the ones that “lack emotion” were meant to be that way, with an open ending, the idea that their love just started, soo.... yeah, I’ll have to disagree.

There are definitely stories of mine that are a bit looser on romance. Such as Kitchen Romance, The President’s Son, The Heiress’ Son, Arcadia, etc. But I have a loooot of fics that are quite emphasized in either despair/sadness or cute fluff.

ladyartemesia said: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I am here to disrespectfully disagree with anon who probably doesn’t write effing ANYTHING and has no idea what it takes to produce the content you do. I have followed for months and I’m still not through your masterlist BECAUSE reading your stories is a bloomin EMOTIONAL EVENT. When I read Brass and Strings, I LOST A WHOLE DAY. Like I was so into it, my DAY was gone. Anon is prolly salty there isn’t more smut I guess. That’s whatever for them. (Part 1)

It’s subtle, deep, meaningful, and incredible and you’re one of my favorite authors. I can’t FOR A SECOND let that comment go cause it’s RIDICULOUS. You’re literally so gifted. You don’t need to change a thing. Every artist, no matter their medium, should continue to improve. So in that sense I wish you all the growth in the world as you work towards the perfection of your craft. BUT SERIOUSLY you’re an incredible writer. That anon is loony. I’m so sorry you had to even read those crazy words.

As I answer these messages, it’s starting to feel like I’m the third party mediator of a dispute and all y’all are just HAMMERING it to this anon, LOL. I’m not sure if the anon is necessarily requesting for more smut but if they are, they might be happy this Friday (*COUGH spoiler for those actually reading my responses)

Anyway, you’re too kind. thank you. I am definitely not as hurt as I was earlier.

((and tbh you’re hilarious, you’re actually making me laugh irl))

krystle1990 said: Woah!! Ok first that Anon is absolutely crazy. I literally stalk your page for new work being put out! I probably blow up your notifications daily. I've never been disappointed in any of your work. You always give a heads up if it will take time for the characters to realize their feelings which I absolutely love. It always leaves me ready for the next part and I am glued to my phone with every update. You're amazing and I can't wait to see how you grow with your work. 💜😘

ASDFGHJKL PLEASEEE if it’s someone who’s worried about blowing up notifications, it’s me. To those who have notifications on I sincerely can’t fathom how often I blow up people’s phones. I digress, I always give out warnings to keep people patient since I know slow burn can be excruciating haha thank you for the message.

kigurumu said: Also just want to add that saying you have good intentions or "don't mean to be mean" does not cancel out whatever offensive thing you just said. IT WILL STILL RUDE. Not saying all negative feedback is bad. Criticism can be hard to take no matter how it's phrased, but telling a writer to be more like another writer is like telling them their style isn't good enough which is NOT helpful. Your writing is your own. If the anon wants to read fics that are like gukyi's, they can read gukyi's fics 🙄

Also I've been waiting until Sugar and Coffee is done so I can binge it all at once but avoiding spoilers from all the asks is so hard haha! I keep seeing all these good things about it and I'm SO tempted to just read it now but I've already waited this long so I don't wanna give up kfnrjrofvjskdh guess I'll reread your other fics in the meantime

The message was fine on its own but I think dragging in another writer at the end was definitely not ok. When will comparing writers end. But regardless, gukyi and I are cool with one another - i mean we wrote 100k together so it’s gonna have to take a reverse Zuko arc for us to be on bad terms lol

Anyway, oooh you’re one of those bingers. Can’t say I blame you cause I love binging myself, so it’s understandable for readers to wait till the series is over. and since you were so kind in following up your original message with two more and expressing so much appreciation for me :’), I’ll let you know that the finale of Sugar and Coffee will be posted by July 20th! by then, the entire series will be completed.

Anonymous said: Tbh i think that neither you nor that anon is wrong. Some people like it more romanticised and cheesy, some people dont. I believe that your stories are more on the realistic side of life. People (whom your characters represent) cant always be cheesy and passionate for love, there are other things in life! Maybe you're just the type who's too realistic for any hopeless romantic things like i am and it's fine. Not all writers can write dramatic romance

Tbh, I agree. It’s a matter of opinion and there’s no one wrong in the fight of opinions. As I’ve said many times on my blog, the cringe factor varies between person to person. What someone might think is fluffy is absolutely cringey to another. What someone might think is a good amount of fluff is not enough for someone else. I’ve written a lot. And I’ve made sure to add lots of variations between the amount of romance in my stories. Indeed, some are definitely more subtle and “realistic” while others are completely cheesy and makes me gag from the amount of sugar in it lol I just think the anon should take a look at more of my stories before coming up with such a conclusive opinion.

Anonymous said: I’ve been reading your fics for over a year now and religiously follow updates every week. Why? Because they make me feel something whether it be joy from fluff or grief from angst. I’ll remember a story of yours months after I first read it and return to it just to feel those emotions again. I understand that emotional responses are usually subjective but I think that anon needs to read your works again, because they sure are missing out.

I replied to that anon that they should check out more of my fics and then come back to tell me if they haven’t changed their minds, so I don’t know if they’re missing out or not lol

I don’t expect my stories to elicit emotional responses or fanatic feedback for everyone. God knows there’s been other people’s writing styles that just didn’t resonate with me no matter how hard I tried to read their stories. But all I ask is that people try. It’s fine if you give up halfway but at least try reading. That’s fair to ask, right?

#Anonymous #peachiest-hun #joonie-mono #ladyartemesia #krystle1990 #kigurumu

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justalittlebluetiefling · 4 years

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Requested by anon! hi if your still doing prompts would love to see either your fave au or something you’ve always wanted an excuse to write! (congrats for the magic number!)

“It’s almost time for patrol.”

Bellamy bumps Clarke’s shoe with his toes as he says it, earning him a glare. Instead of responding, she rolls her eyes and turns her attention back to her drawing.

They met on the road a long fucking time ago and he never expected to like her, but it happened. First as a person. Then as Clarke. Somehow, she went from annoying to his partner and he still isn’t sure how it happened. But now, he trusts her more than anyone. Even more than Octavia. And that… that confuses him sometimes.

Because. Yeah. Maybe he likes her. Loves her. Whatever. It doesn’t matter how many times Roan winks when he assigns them to the same patrol, the same shift, it doesn’t change the fact that Clarke won’t ever see him as more than her best friend.

Bellamy holds in a sigh and bumps her foot again. “Come on.”

Clarke kicks him back this time. “We’ve got a half hour.”

“What are you drawing, anyway?”

Bellamy reaches down to grab her notebook and she swats at his hand. “That would be telling. Just give me ten more minutes.”

“Ten more minutes,” Bellamy says, bumping her foot again. “You always ask for ten more minutes and it turns into twenty and next thing you know, it’s night shift for two weeks. I need my beauty sleep, Clarke.”

She grumbles something under her breath, but she does close the notebook. She shoves it into her backpack and follows him out the door.

It’s still weird not to lock the door behind them. Then again, it’s weird that they found a fully-functioning town in the middle of Wyoming. With electricity. And, with the infected, locking a door seems a little futile. No one steals here. They work together to survive.

And Bellamy and Clarke work together better than anyone else here.

The surrounding area has been clear for weeks. Bellamy really can separate his feelings for Clarke from the mission. He doesn’t stare longingly at her when she’s not looking. Not on the other side of the fence. It’s just… she tells him a joke and it’s funny. She has a beautiful laugh. That’s what he’s thinking about when they run into the roaming pack of infected. Her laugh.

Maybe he got a little cocky.

They lose both of the horses. They both almost die. It’s too close. At this point, he’s lost track of how many times she’s saved his life or he’s saved hers, but today, they save each other multiple times. It’s Clarke who spots the crates stacked up against the abandoned gas station that the use to get up to the roof and it’s Bellamy who shoots an infected in the head when it has Clarke pinned down on the ground.

Bellamy rushes to her side as soon as its clear. “Are you okay? Any bites?”

Clarke shakes her head, eyes still darting across their surroundings. “You?”

Without answering, Bellamy pulls out a rag and empties some water onto it, cleaning some of the gore off her neck. He knows she’s fine, she’d tell him if she weren’t, but he can’t bring himself to believe it until he sees for himself.

“Bellamy.” She puts her hand over his. “I’m fine. Are you?”

“None of them even got close, Clarke.” The words come out rougher than he expected and he abandons his task and pulls her into a hug before she can see the tears in his eyes. “You shouldn’t have done that.”

She sighs, digging her fingers into his back, pressing her nose into his shoulder the way that makes his heart feel like it’s about to pound out of his chest.

“I’m serious,” he mutters into her hair. “You shouldn’t risk your life for mine.”

Her elbow hooks around his neck now and she shakes her head. “Why shouldn’t I? You’d do the same for me.”

Bellamy pulls away then, swallowing hard. They can’t just stand here. As much as he wants to, it might not be safe. He cant bring himself to look at her as he fixes his pack.

“I’m serious, Bellamy.” She tugs on his arm and he tries to pull it out of her grasp, but she doesn’t let go. “Bellamy, look at me.”

“We can’t talk about this here.”

“Bellamy!”

“Clarke!” He spins around and pushes her hand off his arm. “We have to start moving if we want to get back to town before dark.”

“We’re going to talk about this later.”

“No, we’re not.”

He starts walking before she can say anything else. It’s only a moment before he hears her footsteps behind him and he knows she’s hanging back on purpose, but he wants the quiet right now. Roan puts them on patrols together to shut Bellamy up and he knows it. He’s less worried about Clarke’s safety if they’re together and he can see she’s safe right away. It doesn’t make it hurt any less to think that she might die right in front of him.

Being in love sucks.

They don’t run into any other infected on the way back. Roan sends them both to medical after their report, but neither of them are actually injured, even if Clarke looks like she walked out of an old horror movie right now.

Bellamy’s laying down in his bed after cleaning up when there’s a knock on the door. For a minute, he considers not answering it. But he knows that if he ignores it, she’ll let herself in.

Clarke is clean on the other side of the door in a fresh set of clothing. Her mouth is set in a hard line and she pushes past him before he can even say hello.

“I’m allowed to watch out for you,” she says as she sits at the table. “I don’t get why you’re so mad at me. I thought that was our arrangement. You watch my back, I’ll watch yours.”

Bellamy holds in a sigh and leans against the door. “That was Virginia.”

“That’s exactly how it is every time we’re on patrol and you know it.”

He shrugs.

“Why are you being so weird about this?”

"I don’t think it’s weird that I don’t want to watch you die.”

Clarke opens her mouth and closes it, tilting her head. “Do you… not want to go on patrol with me anymore?”

“That isn’t what I -”

“No, I get it. It’s fine.” She throws up a hand and stands. “I’ll get out of your hair. I’ll go tell Roan.”

“Clarke.”

“No. If you’re tired of working with me, you should have said something. I asked him to put us on patrols together, but he’ll stop if this is such a chore for you.”

She avoids looking at him as she reaches for the door handle. Bellamy knows she expects him to move, but he’s so surprised that he’s not sure he remembers how to. Until he gets an elbow in the side.

Instead of moving, he gently grasps her wrist and pulls her hand back. “I didn’t know you asked to be on patrols with me.”

Clarke shakes her head, staring at the doorknob. “It’s not a big deal. I just thought….”

He tugs on her wrist and she slowly meets his eyes. She pulls her hand away to wipe unshed tears away and Bellamy is sure he’s misreading this situation, but….

“I don’t feel safe with anyone else,” she says quietly. “I thought you felt the same.”

“I do.”

He’s afraid of what he’ll say if he keeps talking, so he pulls her into a hug. Her arms wrap around his waist like that’s what they were made to do and it’s the thing he’s always loved about moments like this. He smooths her hair when she starts to cry against his shoulder and it takes every ounce of his self-control not to give in and kiss her when her fingers twist in the fabric of his shirt, because he’s still absolutely sure he’s misreading this.

They stay like that for a long time before she pulls back. Not enough to break the hug. Before she can let go, Bellamy uses his knuckle to wipe the few remaining tears away from her eyes.

“This is really confusing, Bellamy.” He’s inclined to agree, because as she says it, she nuzzles into his hand.

“What’s so confusing?”

“I thought you were mad at me.”

He shakes his head. “I was mad at myself for letting that guy get near you in the first place.

"There were too many of them. We got lucky.”

He nods, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “I don’t want you to go out on patrol with anyone else, okay?”

Clarke smiles sadly. “Okay, good.”

“I just don’t….”

Bellamy trails off, because Clarke still hasn’t moved out of his space and she still hasn’t stopped staring into his eyes and everything he could say feels like too much or not enough. Before he can land on any course of action, she stands up on her tiptoes and kisses him. It’s a quick brush of her lips against his and then she takes a step back. Her cheeks are pink and Bellamy is sure his own must be, too, but all he can do is stare at her, wide-eyed.

“Sorry. I just… I wanted to do that once. I’m sorry.” She tucks her hair behind her ear again, even though it doesn’t need it. “That was… I should go. To bed.”

He kisses grabs her face with both hands and kisses her before she can get near the door again. When he pulls back, Clarke’s eyes are wide.

"I’ve wanted to do that for a while,” he says softly.

Clarke grins. “Why didn’t you say anything?”

“I’ve wanted to for a while.”

“Why didn’t you?” Bellamy can’t stop himself from smiling back at her when she shrugs. “Do you still have to leave?”

Clarke digs her fingers into the his shirt and shakes her head. “I’d rather not.”

#bellarke fanfiction #bellarke #2199 follower celebration #zombie apocalypse au #read more wasn't working on the original post so i'm putting this here instead!#erin writes #this is unedited so please tell me if i messed something up

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strawberry-milktea · 6 years

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Anonymous said: i'm being hit with those doubts again, but this time they're aimed at Christ's death and resurrection. my friends suggested i do research to back up my faith, but im afraid i'll lose it before i can find answers. my faith feels so weak. and it's frustrating. i never wanted this to happen. if this could be answered privately i'd appreciate that a lot <33 thanks these doubts have not gone away, and i think they're winning. i'm questioning God's existence more and more. what do i do? im sorry i've been bombarding your inbox but im. pretty worried about this. i think my doubts are winning. they're here so much and so hard and i think im crumbling. you said that the devil can get believers to commit apostacy and im afraid that's what's happening. i don't know how to stop this. i don't even know what's going on with me anymore. my dad, who's been a devout Christian my whole life, doesn't even have any answers for me anymore. and today, there were times i didn't feel afraid but that's what's worrying me. i should be terrified, so why arent i? does this mean im not caring anymore? i've been praying to God so much to fix this but what if He cant? what if im on my own --- No need to apologize! I’m sorry for not being able to respond before now. Things have been a bit hectic these past couple of weeks and I had been trying to work on some older messages in my inbox to be fair. I kind of try to have a balance between the order I receive messages and which ones seem more urgent in nature. Since you didn’t send this on anon and asked for the messages to be kept private, I thought it would be best to group all of your messages together and answer them in one post. I hope that is okay. I recently saw a post going around on Tumblr sharing this blog, which provides links to series of articles about evidence for Christ’s resurrection. I didn’t get to read all of the articles, but what I have read so far seems to be written with a lot of detail and care. I plan to continue reading it and figured I would share this now with you so you can start reading, too. I hope it is helpful to you! This is another post I think is very well-written. In case you haven’t seen it before, I thought it would be good to include here as well. One of the enemy’s goals is always to convince people to commit apostasy. If a person holds firm onto their faith in Christ, there’s nothing the enemy can do. He can keep trying to launch attacks, but he can’t destroy that person’s eternal life if they hold tight onto their belief in Christ. And he also will eventually flee/let up on the attacks when you keep standing up strong in Christ and don’t give into his lies. Of course, he usually tries again at other points and maybe even using different forms of attacks when he sees the old tactics aren’t working anymore. The enemy is always prowling looking for a means to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10, 1 Peter 5:8). But as Jesus said in John 10:10 - despite the enemy’s desire to see us destroyed, Jesus came to bring us life and salvation through His blood shed on the cross. And He doesn’t expect us to stand against these attacks alone. You are never on your own. I want you to throw that lie right out of your mind because it’s garbage straight from the enemy’s mouth. Like every single person in this world, you’re facing the unseen spiritual battle that’s always going on, and the form you’re experiencing it now is these crippling doubts. But this isn’t something that is too big for the Lord to handle. Death could not defeat Christ, the grave couldn’t hold Him back. Do you think that helping you overcome these doubts is too difficult for Him? With God, all things are possible. If I can ask, are you doing anything else to fight this in addition to prayer (which is very important, so I am glad to hear that you are doing that too)? In other words, are you equipping yourself with the Armor of God? You need to be wearing that armor. If you are in battle and don’t have armor on, what happens? You’re a vulnerable and easy target. For spiritual battle, you need to be wearing the Armor of God. It’s absolutely critical and necessary. There’s nothing wrong with researching/seeking evidence for the resurrection. However, you also need to reach a point where you make the effort to stop entertaining and dwelling on the enemy’s lies. I know it can be incredibly difficult to resist his attacks and not listen to lies that hit you right in the spots you’re weak, but it has to be done. You can’t allow him to harass you like this. Like I mentioned above, God can most certainly help you with this - but if you keep believing the lies that are being thrown at you, it’s going to be very difficult for you to lean on Him and trust Him to carry you through this. You know you are being attacked.. you know that the devil’s goal is for you to be an apostate. The extent that the enemy’s attacks can influence you is largely dependent on what you allow. The enemy can surely keep trying to attack, but you have the freewill to accept that attack lying down or fight all you can while relying on Christ. The devil is already defeated from when Christ died on the cross - these attacks are all he has left. The enemy may launch an attack, but we decide whether or not we accept the lie. We decide whether or not to act on the temptation he throws our way. Don’t ever fall into the trap of believing that the enemy is too strong for you to fight back and win when you have Christ. I’m not sure if you saw the post I made earlier in the week, but I found this sermon on spiritual attacks to be very helpful. Maybe you will, as well. I’m not sure if I mentioned this in one of my responses to a past ask from you or someone else, so I’m sorry if this is a repeat of something I already said to you - but I experienced doubts when I was very new and spiritually young in my faith. I would frequently get attacked this way when I read the Word or listened to worship music (which in hindsight, makes it all the more obvious it was the enemy instigating it) and it would make me feel very distressed. But I forced myself not to dwell on these lies, kept reading the Word/listening to worship music, and eventually this stopped happening all together. You need to do this, too. It’s hard for me to know exactly why you get moments of not feeling afraid. Are you experiencing a sense of peace in those moments that you can attribute to Him? Or is it more like emotional numbness? Based on these messages, it doesn’t sound to me like you don’t care anymore. It actually sounds like you do care, a lot. I hope this helped you.. please let me know if you would like to talk about this more.

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