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Can I share your art on a Narnian discord group?

Sure ❤️

#the chronicles of narnia #narnia #ask me

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02/23/2024

Oh, God, you incorrigible goofball!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: In this Bible story, God asks Abraham to kill his beloved son as a sacrifice.  Abraham is surely mortified, but does as he's told, bringing Isaac to a mountaintop and setting up an altar.  However, just as he's about to slaughter his son, a goat appears, and God says Abraham can sacrifice that instead of his son.  For Christians, this story is both a test of Abraham's faith in God, as well as a foreshadowing of Jesus's sacrifice on the cross.  While mankind deserves death for their sins, a Lamb appears -- Jesus -- and is sacrificed in our stead.  While Abraham's son was spared, God's own Son faces death and triumphs.  Anywho, this cartoon reimagines the moment God asks Abraham to slaughter his son, in stunning technicolor!

AUTHOR'S NOTE: 'Tis the season, it seems, for yet ANOTHER "Tomics Resurrections," where I've redrawn one of my older comics.  Much like most of my original comics, the old one is very desaturated with lots of grays and browns, and while the same essential tone is kept in the new one, I've altered the dialogue to give it a little extra zing.  The only part I regret having to change is "burn him alive."  It's such a jarring phrase, but it's not quite correct, as God's asking for a "burnt offering," and as the custom goes, a sacrificial burnt offering would be killed before being burned, not burned alive.

So how does the new compare to the old?  In this case, the old version is truly ancient (cartoon #29 according to my filing system), which I think makes it about... 10 years old...?  That can't be.  I still remember writing "2014" on stuff.  Oh my gosh... This is a lot to process... I, uh... um... Where was I...?  Oh, yeah... "Tomics Resurrection"!  Woohoo!  Haha...!  Yeah, so the funny thing about the old version is that even IT was technically a resurrection, 'cause it was based on a cartoon I drew in a notebook back in college... before Tomics was a thing... in 2012... oy... Sorry, I have to sit down for a second...

#catholic #christian #comic #tomics #poor Abraham

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It’s just a twinkle in my eye, but I have said before I have a fanfic universe set in the Narnia multiverse and among the stories there’s a reimagined AU for D.Gray-Man. How do you think Aslan(or who you and I both know who he really is) would appear there? I figured since it’s an alternate Earth it would share the same history of Christ, but I feel like he would have some kind of mysterious persona in appearing to Allen and the others, just not as a Lion(though I may add lion imagery)

Either way he tells Allen and Co. that their worlds are among those who know his true name and they must learn to know him by it again

From what has been revealed by Hoshino till now, the world Allen and Co. are living in is either another worldline or a new planet the Noah fled to after their world reached its end. Considering Black Order being under the jurisdiction of Vatican, characters in D.Gray-man probably know about Jesus Christ the same way we real people do. However, I've never thought highly of mangaka's interpretation of Christianity or their view of God (either they reduce it to only aesthetics or make God the final villainous boss). Exorcists believe in and rely on the Innocence as their just cause, but with the debut of Apocryphos, it seems Innocence are no longer the good side. The supposed main villain, Millenium Earl now seems to be a tragic character taken advantaged of by his own family to take revenge on this world.

In such a setting where readers haven't been able to pinpoint which is the good side and which is the bad one, my opinion is that either you let one side belong to God, or let both be denied by God. And in the midst of the fight between the seemingly absolute good (Innocence) and absolute bad (Noah), Allen may see the narrow road opened for him by the Great Being who can nullify both the Innocence and Noah's power, and bring forth the end of this holy war.

As for His appearance, that of a little boy will do. We all know how important the issue of being human or not is to this manga.

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Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

#learning #save #2024

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No time for complete, nice coloured paintings, but I miss the Pevensies so much so here are some sketches.

And a very merry Christmas to you all 🎄🎄🎄 (yes, it's still Christmas)!

#the chronicles of narnia #narnia #peter pevensie #susan pevensie #edmund pevensie #lucy pevensie #the pevensies #narnia fan art #narnia art

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My Account lives again!

#one week of termination #i thought i lost it #my precious posts and reblogs #praise be to the Lord #and thank you to Tumblr support for solving this faster than I expected

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I know it's not even Halloween but I am so excited for Christmas I'm so excited for the hymns and the fuller parishes and bundling up and

#I'm ready for Christmas #mood

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I’m losing my fucking mind there’s a whole god damn online database full of illustrations for illuminated manuscripts, you don’t need a subscription or anything. And it has a search function so you can enter key words for whatever you want to see. Right now I’m looking for fucked up illustrations of the apocalypse in Revelations, like so;

If you click the images on the website they come out super high def too. They also have a couple bestiaries, as well as some illustrations of the Divine Comedy. This is my new best friend I’m so fucking excited

#reference #illuminated manuscript #medieval things #illustration

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Your Narnia art is just *chef’s kiss*

Thank you so much for your kind words! I highly appreciate reblogs with comments in the tags 🥰

#the chronicles of narnia #narnia #ask #narnia fan art

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Calling pro-choice people uneducated when you think "Abortion is never necessary to save a woman’s life" is pretty fucking stupid. Any health care provider who isn't going from a strictly biased "christain science pray away the cancer" type mindset will tell you that yes abortion is sometimes necessary and the best way to ensure a woman lives. Ectopic pregnancies, severe preeclampsia or cancer (since most cancer treatments will kill a fetus) are just a few of the conditions.

Any health care provider will not tell you that because it's not true and your bigotry towards pro-lifers makes you ignorant because the only way you could possibly think the only type of healthcare provider that would confirm abortion isn't medically necessarily are "Christian Science pray away the cancer" type proves you've never researched this issue, never talked to a pro-lifer, know nothing about this topic and got all your naive views from other ignorant leftists on Twitter.

Ectopic pregnancies are not treated with abortions. Any health care provider will tell you that. Even Planned Parenthood, the scumbags you pro-aborts idolize, explained that on their website for years and only recently changed the wording after the overturning of Roe because they wanted people like you to think abortion was necessary for ectopic pregnancies but their description of the treatment still doesn't describe abortion. But here's what their description for ectopic pregnancies was for years before they slightly changed the wording:

So unless you think Planned Parenthood are "Christian Science pray away the cancer" type you'll have to take the L here and admit you don't know what you're talking about. If a woman is experiencing an ectopic pregnancy she should go to a hospital, not an abortion clinic.

Preeclampsia also does not require abortion. That is treated by monitoring the health of the mother and baby and, if necessary, an early delivery. Getting the placenta out is usually what stops the symptoms and there are other treatments the mother can use until the baby can be delivered so there's no need to kill the child.

Cancer does not require abortion, either. Women can be treated for cancer while pregnant and it’s obvious you’ve never researched the issue because it definitely can be and is treated without killing the baby or the mother. Killing the baby doesn't make the cancer go away.

So yeah, pro-aborts are uneducated and you just proved it.

#prolife #pro life

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Another drawing to practice poses, studied from Vampire Knight Memories by Matsuri Hino.

#the chronicles of narnia #narnia #peter pevensie #susan pevensie #narnia art #narnia fan art

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Narnia artwork

#the chronicles of narnia #the pevensies #lucy pevensie #susan pevensie #edmund pevensie #peter pevensie #concept art

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Hi, are you planning to do more narnia art in the future?

Of course. Once my real life gets less busy and I find inspiration again.

There are so many ideas floating in my head about Narnia art. I just haven't found time to draw.

#narnia #narnia art #ask

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Alphonse Mucha - The Season’s - 1896

My illustrations - The Pevensies - 2020

(art shop)

#narnia #peter pevensie #susan pevensie #edmund pevensie #lucy pevensie #art nouveau #narnia art

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Geological and Historical Evidence for Jesus’ Crucifixion Account

At Jesus’ crucifixion, Matthew (27:45-54) reported “From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ (cf., Psalm 22)…And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, ‘Surely he was the son of God!’”

Matthew’s passage includes two events that can be historically and geologically confirmed: (1) Darkness covered the land for three hours (c.f., Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44-45) and (2) An earthquake occurred.

“At that same moment about noontide, the day was withdrawn; and they, who knew not that this was foretold concerning Christ, thought it was an eclipse. But this you have in your archives; you can read it there. Yet nailed upon the cross, Christ exhibited many notable signs, by which his death was distinguished from all others. At his own free-will, he with a word dismissed from him his spirit, anticipating the executioners’ work. In the same hour, too, the light of day was withdrawn, when the sun at the very time was in his meridian blaze. Those who were not aware that this had been predicted about Christ, no doubt thought it was an eclipse.” 

-  Tertullian (197 AD), Jewish Consul

“In the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, there was a great eclipse of the sun, greater than had ever been known before, for at the 6th hour the day was changed into night and the stars were seen in the heavens. An earthquake occurred in Bythinia and overthrew a great part of the city of Nicaea.”

- Phlegon (2nd century AD) Greek historian, “Olympiads”

“With regard to the eclipse in the time of Tiberius Caesar, in whose reign Jesus appears to have been crucified, and the great earthquakes which then took place, Phlegon too I think has written in the 13th or 14th book of his Chronicles…Celsus imagines also that both the earthquake and darkness were an invention, but regarding these, we have in the preceding pages made our defense, according to our ability, adducing the testimony of Phlegon, who relates that these events took place at the time when our Savior suffered.” 

- Origen (184 – 253 AD), Greek scholar and early Christian father who confirmed Phlegon’s writings

“Jesus Christ underwent his passion in the 18th year of Tiberius [33 AD]. Also at that time in another Greek compendium we find an event recorded in these words: ‘the sun was eclipsed, Bithynia was struck by an earthquake, and in the city of Nicaea many buildings fell.”

- Eusebius (315 AD), Historian of the Emperor Constantine.

What Caused the Three-hour Period of Darkness?

Before determining that the three-hour period of darkness is due to supernatural causes, we must rule out the natural possibilities. We have experienced natural events that have caused darkness during the daylight hours. These include when volcanoes erupt and emit dark clouds and when storms occur and cover the sky with clouds. Yet no Biblical or secular sources indicate any support for a volcanic explosion or storms, so we can rule out those two natural events.

What about an eclipse? The positioning of the sun and moon is required to answer this question. We have much support for the dating of Jesus’ crucifixion on Friday the 14th of Nissan in the year 33 (April 3, 33). This date was further predicted in the book of Daniel (9). Passovers only occurred during a full moon, so an eclipse would not have been possible due to the moon’s location on the far side of the earth away from the sun. Even if the positioning were conducive to an eclipse, eclipses only darken the earth for short moments, not for three hours, so we have another reason to rule out that natural option.

Is the Best Explanation to Explain this Event a Supernatural Explanation?

I will let readers answer that question for themselves.

Geological Support for the Earthquake                                     

Scholars have reported that devastating earthquakes occurred in Jerusalem during Christ’s death (Mallet, 1853; Rigg, 1941). This occurred in a region that includes the Dead Sea fault, which is a plate boundary that separates the Arabian plate and the Sinai sub-plate (Garfunkel, 1981). This fault has been active since the Miocene (Kagan, Stein, Agnon, & Neuman, 2011) and the fault is still active today (De Liso & Fidani, 2014). The fault extends from the Red Sea in the south to the Taurus Mountains in the north.

Kagan and colleagues (2011) analyzed seismites in the Holocene Dead Sea basin by constructing two age-depth chronological models based on atmospheric radiocarbon ages of short-lived organic debris with a Bayesian model. Seismites are sedimentary beds and structures, which are deformed by seismic shaking. The scholars analyzed seismites in different areas of the basin, finding that several synchronous seismites appeared in all sections during particular years, including 33 AD (+/- 2 sigma; 95% confidence interval). Other years in which earthquakes occurred as evidenced by seismites are (AD unless otherwise noted): 1927, 1293, 1202/1212, 749, 551, 419, 33, 31 BC, and mid-century B.C.

After analyzing laminated sedimentary cores recovered at the shores of the Dead Sea, Migowski, Agnon, Bookman, Negendank, and Stein (2004) also confirmed an earthquake in 33 AD with a magnitude of 5.5. They documented earthquakes around 33 AD in 31 BC and 76 AD. The scholars analyzed seismites using radiocarbon dating.

Ben-Menahem (2014) conducted a literature review of empirical studies over 4,000 years of seismicity along the Dead Sea Rift. The scholar referenced the aforementioned studies along with one by Enzel, Kadan, and Eyal (2000) before concluding that earthquakes occurred in Masada in 31 BC, Jerusalem in 33 AD, and near Nablus in 64 AD.

In summary, the literature on seismicity along the Dead Sea basin supports the assertion that an earthquake occurred either in or very close to the year 33 AD.

We can pinpoint the date even closer – to April 3, 33. A United States government federal agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has documented the major earthquakes throughout history. According to their website (NOAA.gov), in 33 AD, an earthquake occurred at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Bithynia and Palestine and Palestine, Jerusalem.

Conclusion

In summary, we have extensive extra-biblical support for the accounts of darkness and the earthquake during Jesus’ crucifixion. Taken together, these events support the historicity of the account of Jesus’ crucifixion.

source: abbreviated from  https://christian-apologist.com/2019/01/05/geological-and-historical-evidence-for-jesus-crucifixion-account/

#church history #catholic #good friday #crucifixion #Christian #tertullian #phlegon #eusebius

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I’ve been thinking about making this post for a while, and I finally decided to make it.

At a certain point in my life as a pro-choicer, I discovered something: In order to be intellectually honest in my pro-choice thinking, I had to be willing to look around at all of the people I knew–my family, my friends–and be willing to say, “It would be okay if you had never been born.” And I had to be willing to say the same about myself, too.

And I actually was willing to say this. While my mother was pregnant with me, my father tried to pressure her into an abortion, and you know what I thought when I found out? I thought, “She should have gone through with it.” I was a burden; I made everyone’s lives difficult; I wasn’t worth loving or sacrificing for; I didn’t matter. I had so completely internalized this message about myself that finding out that I had almost been killed in my mother’s womb was no big deal. I mean, hey, it would have saved us all a lot of suffering. The cost-benefit analysis seemed perfectly clear: I just wasn’t worth it.

I wasn’t quite so obviously callous in my estimation of other people’s worth, but, had they asked me if I believed that they mattered in any real way–mattered in some way which did not include some reference to my thoughts or feelings about them–I would have had to say no. I would have had to say, “I am overjoyed that you were born because you have contributed so much to my life, and you make me so happy, and I think you’re wonderful, and look at all of the people who love you, but, ultimately, if you had not been born, it would have been okay. At the end of the day, there is nothing necessary about your existence. You are replaceable.” Those were the consequences of my worldview–the worldview which says that each and every child conceived in his mother’s womb is theoretically disposable; the worldview which can talk about “what you have to offer” and how “useful” you are, but can say nothing about the worth of the “useless.”

And I think our society has done a pretty decent job at living out that vision: the Vision of Replaceability. We don’t just treat the unborn this way. We treat the born this way, too. We give up on our spouses when our marriages stop being “useful” contributions to our lives. We give up on our families when the going gets too tough. We give up on our romantic partners when “the spark is gone.” We give up on our friends when we’re not getting what we “need” from them. We’re a culture of quitters. We love when it’s convenient for us. And people are often inconvenient; they demand our time and attention and care; they’re not perfectly suited to our desires the way objects are. So, we objectify them. We pay attention when it suits us and then tuck them away on a shelf somewhere where we keep the rest of our “toys.”

Is it any wonder that we don’t think that we matter? We’ve never seen it. Is it any wonder that many of us cannot even conceive of true selflessness? That the notion that someone might actually want good things for you and might actually not expect anything in return and might actually not just be doing it because “it feels good to do good things” seems so foreign and strange? Should we be surprised? It’s all we know.

And this is the root of the culture of death. This is where death starts. It doesn’t start in war zones or brothels or abusive homes or abortion clinics or execution chambers. Those are its manifestations, but that’s not where death starts. Death starts with people as things. It starts with “you are only as necessary as you are useful.” It starts with “you are not precious; you are replaceable.”

So, we leave ourselves with no resources when we are truly confronted with death. We have nothing real to offer to the suicidal, the eating disordered, the self-injuring, the depressed, the lonely, the abused. Nothing but empty words. We may say, “You are irreplaceable,” but do we mean it? Do we know what it would mean to truly mean those words? I don’t think we do. Not as long as we see each other as “choices,” as “options” in a sea of options. Not as long as we cannot honestly look one another in the eye and say, “It would not have been okay if you had never been born. You belong alive, and you matter, not because of what you do, but because you are you.“ 

And for those of us who call ourselves pro-life, that has to mean something. It has to mean that we see people as people; that we treat them like people; that we love them. Maybe the reason that the pro-choice movement so often accuses us of “only caring about fetuses” isn’t all unwarranted hyperbole; maybe they’re responding to the very real lack of true, genuine, selfless love in our society, and maybe we’re all in that battle together. How on earth are any of us supposed to know that that’s possible–that we could matter in that way–unless someone shows us? That’s where the culture of life starts: the moment when we discover that we’re loved.

#prolife #pro life #the gift of life

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can’t stop thinking about the scene near the end of two towers where frodo and sam reach the crossroads where the statue of an ancient king has been destroyed and broken and its head is on the ground and suddenly as the sun shines upon it frodo looks at it and says look! the king has got his crown again! and they look to see that flowers have grown in a crown around the king’s head… life changing

#j.r.r.tolkien #lotr