/lit/ - Literature

>>20976415
>Any unified moral code that took root in Europe would of done the same thing
There is no evidence for that. You have this intution that the European race is simply superior for whatever reason. I was not expecting you to direct our discussion that way. Would you say that we are superior because of our biology or because of our soul? I'm interested to hear your answer.

Regardless, you didn't comment on the art that Christianity has produced. Compare the Sistine Chapel to the sterile "art" of the Third Reich. What other system than Christianty could inspire us to create truly great art?

Matthew 24
>1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

>3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

>4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

>5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

>9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

>23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before.

>26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

>29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

>>18076025
Retarded and forgot to post the image

>>16831145
ive been considering thoreaus other works, ive read his walking essay, which i thought was good, though it very much had some questionable philosophy (i dont remember particulars but i remember portions being untenable in my view)
>>16831153
did someone say make this a painting thread?
make this a painting thread
i particularly enjoy this work, i think the despair in marys eyes in unmatched by another work, and often brings me to tears

>>15448865
You need Jesus.

>>14806466

>>13006196

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>>12276781

I was fired from my job and my girlfriend left me for another man all in the same week. It's such a strange feeling, I don't even feel any sadness anymore. I feel as if I'm a movie critic of some sort just looking back and critiquing all the moments leading up to it. The journey, the ride and the end. It's all such a sappy feeling.

>>11957987
based and breadpilled

>>11641243
>ecological collapse
Dude don't even sweat it. The powers that be have already begun a mass culling of the human population through sterilization, and the rest of the average IQ leeches from the first world nations (the ones that are responsible for 75-80% of biodegradeable resitant trash and 50-65% of worldwide energy consumption) will be killed off with modified viruses.

A worthless lot of rats, eating away at the Earth's finite resources just to breed and consume. Good riddance.

>>11597134

The same battles, ad infinitum.

James 1:6
"But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind."

>>9859430
He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

>>6046197
>posts another random Pieta
>hey look at that masterpiece
>my neo-classicist face when