#the bear speaketh

[fondofcowboys]

here's my very all over the place feelings on certain aspects of baldur's gate 3 as a romani immigrant. warnings for spoilers of course. mind you i have not finished the game yet!

1. i really can't believe there aren't more people talking about the very blatant racism in astarion's questline. im quite sure it's because the game already touches on it, even giving you the choice to call astarion a racist, and also because everytime we roma talk about anything that makes us uncomfortable we're immediately shunned and "well actually!"'d.

the problem is that it feels Extra icky because the man who was the inspiration for the original dracula, Vlad the Impaler, kept romani slaves. this is the ONLY part of vampire history that, no matter how different the media, will always stay relevant for some reason.

castlevania has the seekers, a nomadic group of magic users who pass their history down orally. while they are *mostly* treated well, the first arc of the show literally shows them being hunted out of town for the simple act of existing.

vampire the masquerade... well.. that's an entire other can of racism worms.

curse of strahd has the "vistani", a nomadic group of people who are treated like third class citizens everywhere they go, and are of course, most known for being tarot readers and drunkards.

the vampire diaries have the "travellers", who get called "gypsies" explicitly as a derogatory word by other vampires.

i want you to take any vampire media you enjoy and ask yourself, "is there anti-roma racism in this?". i guarantee you, if you look for it, you're going to find it. for SOME reason, the only thing that stays consistent with all these different vampire IPs, is that romani people are hated and scrutinized at every moment of their lives.

i MORE than understand that astarion's racial insensitivity is part of him. it's part of what makes him malleable by the player. you can help him understand why he's wrong, or you can lead him down a worse path.

i still reserve the right to feel some sort of way about astarion sacrificing fantasy-romani children for power, willingly. don't get me wrong, he's my favourite character, right up there with halsin. which is why i obviously have so many feelings about this.

(yes, the Gur were written inspired by romani people, if you were not aware)

2. the anti-immigrant sentiment is such an inherent part of the story that i did not think was going to stick around for SO long. i dont really have much to say about this, i think i should've expected it. as a fan of dragon age (i know, tragic) i'm quite used to unnecessary fantasy racism everywhere i go, i just hoped it wouldn't be part of the main crucial story.

3. larian studios i am so so so thankful for the halsin romance. eternally. forever and ever. he's my pookie bear and i'm so grateful some extra time was made to create a romance for him.

can i ask you why the hell does halsin want to LEAVE. At The End. i've noticed how much he contradicts himself throughout his questline and i just... I don't know. i've seen some other people complaining about how non-chalantly he talks about being a sex slave and i understand too, but i think it's part of his character to not take the horrible things that happened to him seriously like he does with others. that, or someone at larian took an unknown substance that led them to make halsin Very inconsistent.

with the poly situation, some people are strictly polyamorous! some people are strictly non-monogamous and do not feel comfortable being in a monogamous relationship. i understand the frustration everyone, but that's how halsin is. i dont know if that was the writers' intention, but that's certainly what he comes across as to me; strictly non-monogamous.

what i DONT understand is why he says he only wants you, calls you "my heart", is so fondly and lovingly attached to you, and then he just.... Dips? Whatever. I'm ignoring that part forever. it's not canon to ME!

anyways. yeah. feel free to Engage in some Friendly conversation. emphasis on friendly, for the love of g-d

#ezio.txt #the bear speaketh #bg3 halsin #halsin the druid #halsin #astarion #astarion bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldur's gate iii #antiziganism #sorry for rambling but also i have a mouth. i must scream #if you try to well actually me about this i'm eldritch blasting you #fantasy racism #dragon age

[wanderingmausoleum]

it’s been like 2 days since i read it and i still can’t stop thinking about the part in the terror where crozier gets such a devastating soul-shattering gut-wrenching rejection from his crush that it rewrites his dna to make him exude Divorced Energy from every pore despite never being married

#how did a book about old men getting eaten by polar bears manage to perfectly capture the feeling of high school dating while autistic #no spoilers bls i’m only like. 1/3 of the way thru the book at most and haven’t watched the show yet #the terror #francis crozier #speaketh

[the-sage-libriomancer]

Was randomly in the mood to read a Tadashi Lives/Hiro Dies au for BH6, but then I remembered that I was never able to find a good one bc all of the fics were just boring remixes or even outright retellings of the movie's plot with Tadashi in Hiro's role. So since I'm in the mood for outlining and also super bored here's my vision of what a good "Hiro dies instead of Tadashi AU" would look like:

(this is split into acts bc apparently Tumblr has a character limit and this got unspeakably long lol)

Act One

A little before the fire starts, Hiro runs back into the school for whatever reason and is in the building when it explodes. Obviously he doesn't make it and of course Tadashi is completely devastated.

Most fics I read showed Tadashi falling into a depressive funk the way Hiro did in canon. I actually think he would react the opposite way: Hiro was so brilliant that he lost motivation easily bc it was so hard to seriously challenge himself, but Tadashi strikes me as the sort of person who needs to Do Something when things go to shit. So in this AU he becomes a workaholic, working on a brand new project that requires a LOT of time and effort.

Tadashi's new project is an "emergency bot" (aka EB-1) that is basically a more proactive version of Baymax centered around search and rescue. EB-1 will be capable of saving people from car accidents, natural disasters, and yes, fires. Tadashi is obsessed with completing it and forgoes everything else.

Unfortunately Baymax is pushed to the wayside by Tadashi, as just looking at him brings up memories of Hiro that are currently painful. A small running gag is that Baymax keeps inflating when he senses Tadashi being self-destructive (ie every ten minutes) and Tadashi keeps shutting him down, until finally Tadashi brings him back to Cass's place and leaves him there.

Tadashi's friends are more heavily involved this time around since this is one of their best friends. They do everything in their power to make him take care of himself, but he's heavily resisting because he is Going Through It and refuses to relinquish his unhealthy coping mechanisms.

A couple of weeks after Hiro's death, Tadashi is snooping around town in search of a good place to field test the EB-1, and he happens upon the warehouse that's hosting Callighan's microbot making operation. Tadashi accidentally tips off Kabuki Man while getting some pictures and barely escapes Kabuki Man's clutches.

Furious that someone has apparently stolen his little brother's tech and is mass producing it, Tadashi gets his friends involved. They're initially skeptical even with the pictures (which are terrible quality lol), but Tadashi convinces them to come see the warehouse with him so he can prove himself. Since they get a jump start this time, they end up catching Kabuki Man red-handed as he's still moving the microbot-making equipment.

Obviously Kabuki Man chases Team Tadashi, and there's a brief chase scene. However, Tadashi came prepared: he brought EB-1 (hastily modified to have some fighting prowess) and unleashes it on Kabuki Man for its first "test run." EB-1 successfully fills all its initial parameters before Kabuki Man bails, which Tadashi is excited about - his invention works! His friends are considerably less excited about all this and vote to go somewhere to recuperate.

Safe at Fred's house (because we NEED that reveal), Tadashi and his friends put their heads together to figure out their options. One thing leads to another, and the five of them end up pinning Krei as a main suspect - not necessarily as Kabuki Man himself, but definitely as someone who might be involved.

One fic I read was such an unoriginal rehash that it literally repeated movie scenes verbatim with Tadashi speaking Hiro's lines (AU authors please don't do this) BUT the one place it did try to be original was by replacing Hiro's gadgets-making montage with Team Tadashi literally flying up to Krei's office on the top floor (using Baymax no less) and interrogating him, and I honestly can't think of a more ic way for the group to go about it. If you asked me "what would a bunch of tired and desperate STEM majors do when they need to talk to a rich businessman they can't contact" that would be it lmao.

Interrogating Krai goes about as well as you'd expect: he refuses to give them any information, but does make a compelling enough argument that Team Tadashi is forced to leave him alone. Tadashi still doesn't trust him but reluctantly rules him out as a Kabuki Man suspect. However, Krei accidentally drops a couple clues about Silent Sparrow that will become relevant later.

Team Tadashi dejectedly calls it quits, and the team tries to convince Tadashi to focus his energy elsewhere. But Tadashi isn't giving up just yet.

#bear with me there's plenty more coming #sage speaketh #au tag

[unbronzebitch]

opinion poll. should I blow up this poor dentist's bathroom or clench up and hold it through my cavity filling

#hark! the girlblogger speaketh #also bear in mind this dentist has been my dentist for my entire life #and I owe them about $2000

[kingzombear]

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#the bear king speaketh

[obsidianghoul]

why is bab chococat so expensive this is homophobic

#fucing $500+ for a build a bear #im dying squirtle #speaketh

[getaway-green]

Sometimes I enjoy being on the “wrong” side of a joke argument. I am currently arguing that I should be allowed to pet a bear, reasons include

Soft

Bear will like pets and want to be friends

We tamed wolves, we can tame bears

Bears are big puppies

#she speaketh #bears

[roses-red-and-pink]

Advent day 1: the tree of life

Reading: 1 Nephi 11: 8-23, the Book of Mormon

8 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me: Look! And I looked and beheld a tree; and it was like unto the tree which my father had seen; and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty; and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.

9 And it came to pass after I had seen the tree, I said unto the Spirit: I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree which is precious above all.

10 And he said unto me: What desirest thou?

11 And I said unto him: To know the interpretation thereof—for I spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another.

12 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look! And I looked as if to look upon him, and I saw him not; for he had gone from before my presence.

13 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city of Jerusalem, and also other cities. And I beheld the city of Nazareth; and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she was exceedingly fair and white.

14 And it came to pass that I saw the heavens open; and an angel came down and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi, what beholdest thou?

15 And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and fair above all other virgins.

16 And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God?

17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.

18 And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh.

19 And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the Spirit for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!

20 And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms.

21 And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father! Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw?

22 And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God, which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things.

23 And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most joyous to the soul.

#christianity #the church of jesus christ of latter day saints #Christmas #advent #the book of mormon #1 nephi #tree of life #advent reading #advent 2023

[sortiarus--de--naturas--daemonum]

18+ Post- Jambex, an Infopost

Image Credit: Nicole Coralluzzo, My Love Journal on Amazon

Introduction: Jambex is a daemoness originating in the Book of Oberon/Liber Officiorum Spirituum, and the Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum. In both grimoires, she is associated with love and lust between men and women, however, the descriptions of her in both are different.

Entry in the Book of Oberon: Jambex, a marques, a captain, & a greate governoure, he appeareth like a woman, & speaketh pleasantly, & he giveth, the love of greate men, & of never men (Women) & that willingly, & the maister must make an Image of waxe, & in the foreheade therof to wriete that love overcommeth love, & thou doe cause Jambex then to consecrate that Image, soe written, thou shalt cause a man or woman to come where that thou wilt, sett that Image for theme to come to, & he hath under him 25 legions.

Entry in the Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum: Lambes, a great king and president, appears in the likeness of a woman, speaking sweetly, bestowing the love of men as much as that of women. If the exorcist should wish to provoke all people to love him, he shall fashion an ample image of the master, with “love by love be conquered” written upon the brow, and order that it be consecrated to give him such virtue that all people of both sexes are inflamed with love for the exorcist, such that no one would presume to oppose one so preeminent as you. And he has fifteen legions under him.

Jambex/Lambes, is mainly described as giving love, but the exorcist/conjurer must fashion an image declaring love to do so. A similar spell was inflicted in the Munich Manual of Daemonic Magic, however involved rather Paymon, Astaroth, and Belial, in which the sculpture was made from virgin wax taken on a Thursday or Sunday in the hour of Venus or Jupiter alongside some of the target's hairs and three red bristles, which were then crafted into another sculpture next to a fruit-bearing tree and crafted in the names of the 3 daemons named.

Lore/Possible Origins:

Since Jambex is associated with love and s3x, it is likely of her origins relating to Aphrodite or Inanna, especially since both have similar attributes. Or rather, going of her appearance with me, could have origins relating to succubi.

Appearance in my UPG and during interview: A young woman with pink hair and black armor on, in her 20s, then shifted to a more "succubi looking" form with more purple hair, horns, and bat wings

And below is my associations with her given this interview and conducted research on her:

Planet: Venus Metal: Copper Element: Air Plant: Rose Time of Day: Night Months: January- Febuary Days: January 20th- Feb 18th Energy Signature: Pink, Airy, Also somewhat Cold, also gets a feel of Chocolate Cherries as well or Chocolate Fruits

What you can work with her for

♡ S3x Magice

♡Love Magice

♡Glamour Magice

Offering Ideas: S3xu@l fluids, M3nstur@l Bl00d, Roses, Succubi Imagery, Chocolates, Lingerie, S3x t0ys

Sources:

Book of Oberon/Liber Officiorum Spirituum

FASCICULUS RERUM GEOMANTICARUM/Necromancy in the Medici Library

#demonolatry #demonology #theistic satanism #theistic luciferianism #luciferian #luciferian path #luciferianism #daemonolatry #demon work #witchblr #witchcraft #satanic witch #pagan #paganism #paganblr #occult #occultism #left hand path #witch community

[satyrmagos]

A coin depicting the seal of Bune as describe in the Lesser Key of Solomon, better known as the Goetia. In the words of the anonymous author: "The Twenty-sixth Spirit is Buné (or Bim). He is a Strong, Great and Mighty Duke. He appeareth in the form of a Dragon with three heads, one like a Dog, one like a Gryphon, and one like a Man. He speaketh with a high and comely Voice. He changeth the Place of the Dead, and causeth the Spirits which be under him to gather together upon your Sepulchres. He giveth Riches unto a Man, and maketh him Wise and Eloquent. He giveth true Answers unto Demands. And he governeth 30 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this, unto the which he oweth Obedience. He hath another Seal (which is the first of these, 1 but the last is the best) " The front of the coin bears the image of the seal. Use this talisman seal in your conjurations -- traditional or modern -- or as the core maeteria in a prosperity bag. Work with demons at your own risk. This coin talisman is available in brass, bronze, copper, silver, or 14 kt yellow gold. Each piece is hand-made to order and will include unique variations and blemishes. The standard size is 1 inch, but a larger piece could be made as a custom order.

#Occult Art #Talismanic Jewelry #Bune #Clavicula Solomonis #Lesser Key Of Solomon #Goetia #Demon #SolomonicMagic #Witchcraft #Witch Jewelry #Pagan #Jewelry #Art Jewelry #Jewelry Art #Queer Artist #Queer Jeweler #LGBT #Sorcerers Workbench

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Sovereignty of God

1 Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

2 thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

14 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

The Coming Destruction

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

18 For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it .

19 Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.

20 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

22 The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

Jeremiah's Prayer

23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

24 O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. — Jeremiah 10 | American Standard Version (ASV) The American Standard Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:5; Genesis 1:14; Genesis 21:33; Exodus 8:10; Deuteronomy 28:52; Deuteronomy 32:9; 1 Samuel 25:29; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 72:10; Psalm 96:5; Psalm 115:4; Proverbs 3:6; Proverbs 16:1; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:18; Isaiah 51:18; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 14:17; Acts 19:26; Romans 1:22; Romans 1:25; 1 Corinthians 1:19-20; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Revelation 16:1

#God's sovereignty #coming destruction #Jeremiah's prayer #Jeremiah 10 #Book of Jeremiah #Old Testament #ASV #American Standard Version Bible

[pugzman3]

John 3:22-36 KJV

22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

24 For John was not yet cast into prison.

25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

[peppermintquartz]

Across the Sea

hello i am here to inflict Angst™

*

Legolas and Gimli sailed out several weeks ago from Ithilien down the Anduin, and still they had not touched the shores of Tol Eressëa .

"Aye, perhaps we're lost for good," said Gimli. His voice rattled with every breath. His red hair and beard had gone entirely white, and his eyes were mostly clouded. No longer did he bear an axe. Every now and again, he touched a leaf-shaped brooch fastened to his throat. His spirits had not flagged, even though the chances of him seeing the Lady Galadriel seemed distant as the stars of Varda.

"If we are, then we shall circle round the world," said Legolas lightly, his golden hair streaming in the wind. "We will see all its wonders together, old friend."

"You will have to describe them to me, and your skill with words is nowhere as good as you seem to think it is." Gimli exhaled slowly and tilted his face up to the sky.

"I was never the diplomat that you were," said Legolas. "You will have to make do, unless we find a bard willing to travel with two stubborn and cantankerous creatures as ourselves."

What he did not say was that he could see the Lonely Isle, and the white shores gleaming beyond it. Yet, no matter how he steered the ship, they could not get any closer. The wind pushed them north, then south, then north again, but never could they gain a furlong towards the west.

Their store of food was running low, even if they could get fresh water from rain, and Gimli's valiant but ailing heart would give out soon. Legolas could feel the doom of eternal parting approaching; grief and dread shadowed his every thought.

Gimli sighed, and started coughing. His breath rasped like sand under a boot. "Legolas?"

"Yes, Gimli?"

"I think I am not meant for the Undying Lands, my friend." The old dwarf sighed and smiled, a tinge of regret settling over his wrinkled face. His gnarled fingers stroked the brooch at his throat. "Mahal beckons me to his halls, where my fathers are waiting."

The elf sat down by the dwarf and took his other hand. "Please hold on. Trust in me, one more night."

Gimli inhaled painfully. His milky eyes turned to Legolas, and then to the clouds above that he could not see. "Aye, that I can try to do; I dare not set my will against the Maker's, but I shall try. For our bond, and for the Lady Galadriel." He breathed in again and his hand, once strong and calloused, squeezed Legolas' weakly. "I shall try."

Legolas bent to kiss Gimli's brow, before he left the dwarf and reached a hand into the water.

"My Lord Ulmo," he whispered, "I beg thee, take us to Aman, for brave and loyal Gimli to see the Lady Galadriel once more, before he goes to the halls of Aulë."

And then, as if someone was speaking to him in his deepest dreams, like the breaking of waves over a rocky beach, Legolas heard a voice:

He is not permitted to touch the shores of Aman, elf-friend though he be. But I shall take thee as far as the dwarf is allowed to go, and she will meet thee there. Bid thy friend farewell then, for that shall be the last thou speaketh with him, and him with thee.

Legolas bowed his head and gave thanks. The winds lessened, and then their vessel changed course.

Behind him, Gimli chuckled. "Guess you haven't gotten us lost, laddie."

"No," Legolas replied, and a warm sorrow filled him; he sat next to his friend and took his hand once more and kissed it. "No, I have found the way now."

#lotr #gimli #legolas #ficlet

[the-courage-to-heal]

What do you think of Joyofsatan.org? They claim to follow the Pagan Goddess Lilith/Lalitha, they’re pro-choice and they’re the largest Satanist group in the world.

Please bear with me because this is going to be a long response. For context here. I'm an American. The foundation of our constitution and Bill of Rights is based upon freedom of religion.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

Satanists espouse some basic beliefs: (I'm paraphrasing here)

"One should strive to act with compassion and empathy, The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit. One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused."

As you can see in general these are beliefs most of us can understand or agree with on some level. It also makes sense that they would take a pro-choice stance.

As a practicing Christian, ultimately I think Jesus Christ is the only path to salvation, and Satan is the father of lies.

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." - John 8:44

That being said, I deeply respect the fundamental right to practice whatever faith they choose as long as it doesn't infringe on my right to practice my beliefs. It's my understanding that the Satanic Temple and The Church of Satan are commonly misconstrued as one and the same. The Satanic Temple was founded in 2013 based off of the Church of Satan but it takes a hardline stance on political issues like abortion etc. This article from their website breaks down the differences in much more detail.

On the topic of abortion. I think many people view this as an issue of a woman's right over her body. If I viewed it through that lens I would be unequivocally pro-choice. However, I believe in life at conception.

"You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." - Psalm 139: 15-16

I believe if I fell pregnant it would no longer just be my body I was making a choice about. It would also involve the body growing inside of me. One that had no voice to speak for itself yet. I empathize with the desire to get an abortion. I have had pregnancy scares that truly tested my beliefs, but ultimately I could not shake the belief that my right to choose doesn't extend to ending another life. Even if I have the power to do so. That being said, I support abortion if the mothers life is in danger.

If anyone wants to hear about it; there are family experiences with abortion that shaped my beliefs around it. This is becoming a novel so I'll hold off on explaining all of that. I had some deeply conflicting feelings when Roe V. Wade was overturned. I cried because I knew it would be used to deny women DNC's and other vital care they need post miscarriage or during ectopic pregnancies etc. I haven't felt peace until the executive order came down from the president declaring federal law protects abortions that are medically necessary for the woman's life. or health.

I respect every faith, every political viewpoint etc. I lived in a world where abortion was legal for years. I’ve always understood and respected the people who felt that was a good thing. I wish we would invest in prenatal programs to protect mothers and the unborn. But that would require addressing poverty, homelessness, environmental racism etc. It's much easier to give them abortions and reduce it to a divisive political issue.

I’ll leave you with these quotes from Margaret Sanger, an individual held up as a hero for women’s rights, and I would ask you to research her ties to the Eugenics movement. 

"Consequences of breeding from stock lacking human vitality always will give us social problems and perpetuate institutions of charity and crime."

“We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members,”

P.S. I truly don't know enough from a quick google search of The Joy of Satan to make any definitive judgements but I read they've been connected with Neo-Nazi and Anti-Semitic movements which I wholeheartedly condemn. White Supremacy and Fascism are a direct threat to everyone's religious freedom. I also want to clarify my views on this issue, and my religious beliefs do not make me a Republican or a Democrat. I don’t ascribe to either party. 

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GOSSIP, SLANDER, JEWISH FABLES AND WIVES TALES -- KJV (King James Version) Bible Verse List Visit https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/ to see more. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." Exodus 20:16, KJV "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD." Leviticus 19:16, KJV "Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous." Psalms 31:18, KJV "Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer." Psalm 101:5, KJV "Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper." Psalms 120:2-4, KJV "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." Proverbs 6:16-19, KJV "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise." Proverbs 10:18-19, KJV "A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter." Proverbs 11:13, KJV "Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight." Proverbs 12:22, KJV "Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince." Proverbs 17:7, KJV "The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly." Proverbs 18:8, KJV "He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips." Proverbs 20:19, KJV "Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart." Proverbs 26:20-25, KJV "A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies." Proverbs 14:5, KJV "A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape . . . A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish." Proverbs 19:5, 9, KJV "Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother." Mark 10:19, KJV "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." Matthew 12:36, KJV "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." Colossians 2:8, KJV "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do." 1 Timothy 1:4, KJV "But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness." 1 Timothy 4:7, KJV "But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not." 1 Timothy 5:11-13, KJV "‭‭For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies." 2 Thessalonians 3:11, KJV "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." 2 Timothy 4:3-4, KJV "Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth." Titus 1:14, KJV "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty." 2 Peter 1:16, KJV If you would like more info regarding the origin of these KJV Bible verse lists, go to https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/. 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Ether Chapter 4, Part 2. "The Reach."

There was a First Day, and there shall definitely be a Last Day for all of us and for each of us. The reason we were given religion was to teach us how to perfectly avoid any manmade causes for the last day of other persons. We are shitty at this.

When we avoid compassion, equanimity, and equality we upset the balance of the Days and this makes God and man mourn. The Book of Mormon says "come clean now, and exercise faith instead":

6 For the Lord said unto me: They shall not go forth unto the Gentiles until the day that they shall repent of their iniquity, and become clean before the Lord.

7 And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are.

8 And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed; and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed; for unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ; for I am he who speaketh.

9 And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.

10 And he that believeth not my words believeth not my disciples; and if it so be that I do not speak, judge ye; for ye shall know that it is I that speaketh, at the last day.

11 But he that believeth these things which I have spoken, him will I visit with the manifestations of my Spirit, and he shall know and bear record. For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are true; for it persuadeth men to do good.

12 And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh of none save it be of me. I am the same that leadeth men to all good; he that will not believe my words will not believe me—that I am; and he that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me. For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.

The Spirit of God once again briefly explains who and what He is and why He is interested in us. We debate and miss the point all the time, but here it is in case we choose to want to do that again.

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 6: For the Lord said...The Value in Gematria is 661, ו‎ו‎אא, And and aa, "a pie circle." Time is a circle like a pie. There are only so many pieces in the pan. The Jewish concept of time resembles a pie circle. Time is broken down into sections one must traverse one after the other. If one violates the commandments, one loses a slice of the pie.

v. 7: Then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared [the Management Team] saw.

The Value in Gematria is 9963, טט‎‎ו‎ג‎, "extend your hand."

v. 8: And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed;The Value in Gematria is 10409, אאֶפֶסד‎אֶפֶסט‎, "Where did you print?"

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"Where did you learn these things?"

v. 9: And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.

The Value in Gematria is 9311, טגאא‎‎‎, "The Reach."

v. 10: And he that believeth not my words....The Value in Gematria is 12748, יבז‎דח, wizdi, "Hook the Seventh, which is enough."

wi=wee= hamate

The hamate bone is one of eight carpal bones that forms part of the wrist joint. The word hamate is derived from the Latin word hamulus which means “a little hook”. It is a wedge-shaped bone with a hook-like process that can be found in the medial side of the wrist. Sometimes it is also called unciform bone.

z=the Seventh

di=enough

If all of mankind is not achieving Shabbat, freedom from effort to achieve an ethical society, then we are not working on the right things. Every man, woman, and child has to put their hand on top of the others for this to happen.

v.11:  But he that believeth these things which I have spoken, him will I visit with the manifestations of my Spirit.

The Value in Gematria is ‎12748, יבזדח‎, "Understanding of the 12, of humanity, of the Aeon."

v. 12a:  And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh of none save it be of me. For behold!

The Value in Gematria is 5926, ה‎ט‎בו‎, "You are tabboo" = have fun.

v. 12b: He that will not believe my words will not believe me—that I am; and he that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me. For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.

The Value in Gematria is 12561, יבהו‎א "will come."

When mankind's judgement has deteriorated to the lowest point, the Prophet says the Age of Mashiach will begin. As the verse above says, when people stop having fun and become too religious, this is a sign of a gross misunderstanding that will trigger Olam Ha Ba, "the turning of the world" and the Age of Mashiach will begin.