Some years ago I was walking around the reception tables after a wedding I had performed. An older woman approached me with a question. Almost everyone present at this particular wedding had come from a high church liturgical tradition. In their tradition, they had sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly recited either the Apostle’s Creed or the Athanasian Creed. But apparently, she hadn’t been…
Written by Mark Millar
Drawn by Peter Gross
Published by Image Comics
Tomorrow, The Chosen One debuts on Netflix, it’s a series adapted from this Mark Millar comics, which was originally just named Chosen when it was first published by Dark Horse Comics in 2004, but was re-released under the American Jesus name by Image Comics in 2009, and now set as the first in a trilogy of miniseries. The…
THERE IS A LONG-STANDING history of competing beliefs regarding when Jesus will scoop up the church of believers during the end of days. This event is typically referred to as “the Rapture.” The word “rapture” is an English version of the Latin word rapio, from which we get the word “raptor,” a kind of bird that comes down from above and “snatches” or “grabs up” its prey. The Greek word harpazó…
i know, i know, jj is so fucking strong and she perseveres despite everything she’s gone through, i know, but fucking hell my heart is breaking over and over for her
the far away look in her eyes
the constant fidgeting to keep herself present
the way she only has the bare minimum amount of skin showing, even to where she’s covering her hands
my heart hurts for her so much and she’s forcing herself to deal with all of this alone
The Orphan of Kos and Gael weren’t already pre established characters in their base games. They didn’t have already known motivations, connections with other pre established characters that don’t contradict previously established lore. They were entirely newly created characters which is why no one has a problem with them. This line of thinking is so stupid