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First and foremost, I'm a Roman Catholic. I'm loyal to the Pope and the Magisterium, and I get a little irritated when people go around spouting that they're Catholic but they think that the Pope is a total idiot, or that the Magisterium is wrong. If they'd read catholic doctrine, they'd know how self-contradictory their postion is.That said, I love music and the written word. My favorite kind of music is those good old Palestrina-esque polyphonic choral pieces. I also enjoy classical music - particularly Beethoven and Bach (I think that both were geniuses - one of the heart, and the other of the mind). Occasionally, I like to listen to middle-eastern music, too.
I play the cello, and I'm proficient enought that it's an enjoyable activity.
As far as writing goes, I write the occasional poem. Most are old-fashioned, though. You know, with an actual meter and a semblance of a rhyming scheme. I also tend to let a tint of religious coloring into my poetry.
When I say that I like fantasy literature, I do NOT mean that I like Twilight or the Inheritance books (Eragon, etc.). I don't like those books. In fact, I think the former is sentimental drivel, and the latter is one of the biggest works of immature plagiarism ever to plague the literary world. I won't attack you for liking them, though.
What I do like are writers like JRR Tolkien (and not just Lord of the Rings), CS Lewis, George MacDonald, and, to a lesser extent, Robert Jordan.
I like sunshine and rain, but I hate cloudy days without either. I love being outside when the wind is blowing and the birds are singing.
I like cats better than dogs, but I'm not really a cat person. They're just more suitable for my temperament: I like clean, tidy animals. It's too bad that they're more detached. Maybe if I could get a dog with the hygiene of a cat... or a cat with the temperament of a dog. Either of those would be the perfect pet.
I'm generally an open sort of person. I've always got an eye out for the bright things in life, because I think that they are essential to survival. There's enough darkness in this world, and we don't need to go around making any more.
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"God is punishing us for sin". If this is true, what of wicked people who don't suffer and religious/pious individuals who do? This is inconsistent. I tend to get the following reply:
"Sin is a test to see if we are faithful even in the most disparaging of times". What of it? If sin is a test, and God created us, why did he have to test us right when he created us? If you make a doll, and the doll breaks while testing it, who do you blame? The doll? What about the people who could be considered innocents who suffer indiscriminately? What of the holocaust? How could an all loving God let such earthly hell be wrought?
"God gave us free will/God will make all things right in the afterlife" I laugh at this. If God is an all loving God, and an all powerful God, he'd want to make the best possible world for us. So, this world is purported to be the best world god could create. But there is supposedly Heaven. Would we lose free will when entering Heaven? What makes free will here and free will there different? If God loved us so, wouldn't he give us the intellect to utilize free will to live together in peace?
I'd hate to see the world God might have created if he didn't make the best one he possibly could.
"God's hands are tied" This is to say that God isn't really God, isn't it?
I have more within this topic, but am strained for time. The argument presented thus far shall gave to be adequate.
How might you be this splendid eve?