tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post2038147842426576549..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: Perverting the ProphetsMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-38495480765753189492011-09-09T09:04:02.307-07:002011-09-09T09:04:02.307-07:00As I understand it from the Main Series, the whole...As I understand it from the Main Series, the whole "Buck writing about the 'Wrath of the Lamb'" is his Big Cool Idea to "preach the word" while pretending he <i>doesn't</i> believe it. He pitches the idea to the OWG Meedjah (and maybe Nicky Rockies too, I don't remember) as some sort of snarky "oh those silly Christians are/were so <i>foolish</i>, look at what hysterical nonsense they believe!," and a way to publicly <i>seem</i> to ridicule such things, but he's <i>REEElly</i> (No, Really!) "getting the Word out."<br /><br />Or something Brave And Courageous And Martyriffic (/snark) like that.Mau de Kattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-70650117485701300062011-08-23T04:15:08.480-07:002011-08-23T04:15:08.480-07:00In the hands of a better author... :P
The child-s...In the hands of a better author... :P<br /><br />The child-soldier thing that both sides (Tribbles and GC) engage in could be a real moral dilemma people like Judd or Vicki would be old enough to be able to explore in a fair bit of detail - and it's especially relevant to someone like Vicki, who's only 14 and kind of bridges the age gap between Judd and the younger kids.<br /><br />I don't think, however, that it really ever gets explored in much detail in LB: The Kids except to make the GC look like a bunch of morons.Apocalypse Reviewhttp://apocalypsereview.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-26208980041385805672011-08-23T01:04:24.207-07:002011-08-23T01:04:24.207-07:00Oh and I know Nicky is supposed to be eeeevil, but...Oh and I know Nicky is supposed to be eeeevil, but since he has seemingly no shortage of adults that will trust and follow him without question (and he can always have the mind-whammy on standby) why does he even need Child Soldiers.<br /><br />Come to think of it, according to L&J these kids were all old enough to be morally responsible for their sins, hence why they were Left Behind. If we were to accept that teenagers are equally capable of moral judgement just as adults are, aren't they mature enough to be soldiers?Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348455693585284644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-91602017594832460562011-08-23T00:51:00.027-07:002011-08-23T00:51:00.027-07:00Okay, this is baffeling even by Buck's standar...Okay, this is baffeling even by Buck's standards. He's asking about "Wrath of the lamb", which isn't such an obvious term that all non-Christian leaders will know what he's talking about. But Nicolae will, and I doubt he'll be happy. It's been mentioned before, getting the entire checklist out in the news is probably one of the best things that can be done. By proving they have advanced knowledge of every disaster, they can get more people to believe them. And Buck ought to be able to use his position to slip a single issue through Nicky's mandates with all that information. He'll have to go into serious hiding afterward, but it can work.<br /><br />But this is the most extreme case of Buck being in I-told-you-so mode. He's going to ask them about a very specific item of belief, not in such a way it's likely to convince people, but in such a way that he can chuckle that they don't understand it and can record their denials of what he already knows will happen. He could just ask this question to Moses and Eliah on their big tour if he wants to pretend he's not writing about his own beliefs but just 'quoting religious leaders'. Since there are only two open religions, the GCF and the Jews-for-Jesus, I don't even see why he would want to interview multiple GCF leaders. And he still obviously outs himself as a Rapture-nut to Nicolae, so it's lose-lose. Ugh.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348455693585284644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-29303742337147645292011-08-22T16:25:06.904-07:002011-08-22T16:25:06.904-07:00I took a stab at starting an AU. Could use comment...I took a stab at starting an AU. Could use comments from people if they want to see it. :)Apocalypse Reviewhttp://apocalypsereview.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-78795082777425261962011-08-22T13:38:24.783-07:002011-08-22T13:38:24.783-07:00Glad to see someone's still interested in my o...Glad to see someone's still interested in my offer of fanfiction for this series, Apocalypse Review. I keep waiting but nothing appears in my inbox. :( I guess there's just so much wrong in Ellanjayland that no one feels like tackling it all. :pauses to promote my version on Right Behind:Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-53153000277717053202011-08-21T15:42:53.293-07:002011-08-21T15:42:53.293-07:00If you're interviewing different religious lea...If you're interviewing different religious leaders, shouldn't you try to phrase your question in relatively neutral terms rather than using something Christian-specific which won't even be recognised by many of them? Such as "will we suffer by divine intervention"?<br /><br />I wonder about the Holy Hole's ventilation, but that's because I was recently reading a book in which a stuffy, airless underground temple is dimly-lit and heated by many charcoal braziers. I feel that this cult would not survive the first service...Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-51633363601946149552011-08-21T12:15:43.404-07:002011-08-21T12:15:43.404-07:00"Only someone as monumentally untalented as E..."Only someone as monumentally untalented as Ellanjay could make the apocalypse seem so boring."<br /><br />*gigglesnorts*Apocalypse Reviewhttp://apocalypsereview.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-41386336247819805602011-08-21T12:14:04.035-07:002011-08-21T12:14:04.035-07:00Huh - given the example Buck and Rayford set, I...Huh - given the example Buck and Rayford set, I'm really not surprised Judd and Lionel act as they do.<br /><br />Hmm, I should read this series and then write that AU with Judd and Vicki being nicer people. :)<br /><br />As it is - lemme guess, the GC will give Judd ~a very stern talking to~ just like they did the other umpty times.Apocalypse Reviewhttp://apocalypsereview.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com