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Allatwan
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[2008-12-11 13:34:08 +0000 UTC]
"Melancholic Nomad"
(Cameroon)
# Statistics
Favourites: 6330; Deviations: 2052; Watchers: 79
Watching: 240; Pageviews: 48842; Comments Made: 12121; Friends: 240
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: That's not a question one can ask an art historian.Favorite movies: Depends. Gimme a genre and I'll give you a list.
Favorite TV shows: Friends, Castle, Monk, Rome, Section de Recherches, Bref, Le Visiteur du Futur.
Favorite bands / musical artists: Nancy Ajram, Su Ta Gar, Eluveitie, Armand Amar and a few of others. It depends on the musical genre.
Favorite books: Too many to be mentioned here, I'm afraid ^^ Just look up the writers I listed bellow. My favourite genres are Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction and Fantastic. And Folklore, of course.
Favorite writers: Montesquieu, Baudelaire, JK Rowling, Théophile Gautier, Victor Hugo, Jenny Nimmo, Shakespeare, Harper Lee, E.A. Poe, Propsper Mérimée, Beaumarchais, Byron, J.R.R Tolkien, Claude Seignolle, Marcel Pagnol
Favorite games: Myst (Uru, Riven...), Nibiru, Civilization, Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Mass Effect...
Tools of the Trade: Lumix camera, Staedler watercolour and grafite pencils, Esquisse pencils, Bic ballpoint pens, ink
Other Interests: There are too many to be listed here. My main ones are History, Folklore, Medieval Music, History of Fashion, History of Religion, Linguistics, Singing (bel canto), Traveling and Embroidery.
# About me
Allatwan- Mostly photos, but also some written pieces and sketches...Also known as "Lillÿx" and "you know, that girl in red..."
Favourite colours: blood-red, black and gold
Favourite number: 3
Favourite letter: A
Astrological sign: Cancer
Chinese sign: Monkey
Favourite animal: Birds- all types but mostly those with garish feathers :)
Righty/Lefty: Right-handed
Favourite symbol: The Dharma wheel
Has been to: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Canada, USA, Greece, India/Pakistan border, India/Tibet border, Cameroon, the Nigerian border...
Wants to go to: Everywhere I haven't been to yet- which is to say, quite a few places
Occupation: University student (Art History and Archaeology, specialized in Byzantine art)
Languages: French, English (both fluently), German (still learning). Understands but doesn't speak Occitan.
Currently studies Modern Greek, Breton and Hebrew.
Favourite genre of music: World music, Metal (Folk and Death, mostly, but also Symphonic, Black, Melodious Death and Epic), Hardcore Punk, Banghra, Middle-Eastern, Classical, Baroque, Medieval... You name it! ^^
Personal Quote: "Nothing is impossible- you just have to believe!"
# Comments
Comments: 1391
Thaaaank you for voting!!
deviantART muro drawing
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Omigod, caaandies! 
Wanna share? ^^
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You're tooo kind...
But I won't say no
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mon nouveau blog ci sa t'intéresse ! [link]
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Malheureusement, le lien ne marche pas
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ho ? et celui là ? [link]
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Woah, il est trop bien fait!
Si ça t'intéresse j'ai deux tumblr: mirelha, mon blog, et ankouvos, un blog publique où n'importe qui peut participer et mettre des trucs sur l'Ankoù ^^
-> Mirelha.tumblr.com
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ohoooo c'est beaux ! *.*
je crois que je vais l'ajouter dans mes favoris !
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ton blog pardi !
c'est toi qui a pris toute les photos ?
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Non. Ca m'arrive en effet de mettre mes propres photos mais souvent, je mets là des trucs qui viennent d'autres blogs et que j'ai aimé. C'est souvent lié à l'histoire de l'art, les costumes du monde entier, et à des films ou dessins animés que j'aime. Mais ouais, je mets aussi mes propres photos et des petits commentaires, de temps en temps ^^
Pour le blog de l'Ankoù, ça me demande plus de recherche, mais je cite toujours mes sources.
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ah ouais non parce que c'est vraiment chouettos (surtout le toucan qui mange) !
j'avoue que pour l'ankou faut se creuser un peut la tête pour aller faire quelque chose d'original, faudrait que je cogite !
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Grave!
Tu sais quoi? Là j'ai pas trop le temps, mais j'aimerais bien faire une "collaboration" celtique avec toi ^^ Vu qu'on a des styles très différent, ça pourrait être sympa et justement, original.
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ah bah moi j'veux bien ! ^^
mais on fait comment ? ^^'
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Mmm...
Tu scanne tes dessins?
Générallement, une personne dessine une partie, l'envoit à l'autre, et l'autre complete.
J'ai une tablette donc tu peux dessiner la première partie à la main, scanner le tout et me l'envoyer ou le mettre sur DA, et je le télécharge et dessine la suite grâce à ma tablette.
Et là, la question se pose sur ce qu'on va dessiner
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c'est bien l'impro aussi ! ^^
bah si tu veux je commence à faire un élément au centre et tu enchaine ?
tu a une adresse mail ?
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Oui. Un truc celtique, de préférence. J'adore ce que tu fais de celtique
Je t'envois mon e-mail en message privé
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hôho ! merci ! ^^
bon eh bien je vais voir se que je peut faire et je t’envoie tout ça !
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Ahhhh!
I love it when one of my favorite people 
Thanks!
~D
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You're very welcome!
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Thanks for the fave on my first ever DD!
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Si tu veux voir la version 2.0 : [link]
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As promised, here are your answers (and one question) for the meme you commented on!
1. Tell you what character you remind me of.
Hm... oh! I've got it! You remind me of Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender, because you've both been all over the world, and like her, over the (three?) years I've known you on the internet, I've watched you grow more mature and confident in yourself, which has been really cool.
2. Name a color you remind me of.
...Purple? Maybe indigo. I don't have too many friends across the Atlantic, and both colors seem more exotic than anything here in central North America.
3. Tell you what flavor/smell you remind me of.
Jasmine, I think (I'm grasping at straws here- I've no idea how I'm going to answer this question for the other two that commented. 
4. Tell you what classical element you remind me of.
I'm thinking Sunlight- you're usually very upbeat and energetic, and you have a way of finding the most beautiful stuff to take pictures of, especially sky scenes.
5. Ask you a question!
As I've watched you mature and grow as an artist, I've seen subtle changes in the way you look at the world, particularly at other people's beliefs. As far as religion, how have your views changed? (it's a touchy subject, so don't feel obligated to answer if you don't want to)
6. Tell you something I like about you.
You show a good deal of understanding for what other people think, and having lived in so many different cultures, you have seen more of the world than many people (like myself) could ever hope to see. You've got a wide perspective that allows you to see multiple points of view on issues. Also, you're very pretty.
7. Give you a nickname (whether you like it or not 
When we first met over on Mystcommunity, I believe I called you A-Girl, because I had difficulty spelling Allatwan.
8. Name an object that is to my right or left.
My wall-calendar! Currently open to March, with a picture of the sun sending shafts of light down through a pine forest.
9. Dare you to post this in your Journal!
Do iiiiiit!
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Oooh, Katara, really? That's funny. The only time I've been associated with that character, it was because of her motherly and bossy personality ^^ Looks like we have more things in common after all
Indigo is lovely!
Aw, I'm flatered! 
A-Girl! I remember that!
OK, now on religion 
Just to give you an idea, let me first explain the context we were raised in and what we now- my siblings and I- consider ourselves to be- religiously speaking.
As you might already know, a lot of French people are Catholic. My parents were both raised in Catholic families, but, err, not very conventional ones.
My Mom's dad was Breton. She was thus used to a more "Celtic" point of view I've also noticed among Irish Catholics. The liturgy is the same, and it's a branch of Catholicism (Celtic Catholicism, that is) which has kept symbols of the Celts- the Celtic cross, the apple, the boat, etc- has its own Christian-based-on-Paganism Folklore, and tends to look at the world the way saint Francis of Assisi did: like every single thing the Lord made is gorgeous, ought to be loved, ect. Kind of ecologic, come to think of it
My dad was raised by a Catholic-turned-Atheist mother (who had been brought up among very strict, funamentalist people at home and at school, hence her later reject of religion, especially after she discovered the real atrocities of WWII) and a Catholic father who only believes in what we call "hermeneutics"- religious texts seen as symbols and metaphors, not actual events- at least not all of them.
He grew up, loved history so much he started studying it a lot on his own, wondered why the Byzantine rejected the Pope, looked it up, and then got so interested by Greek Orthodoxy he started reading lots of books on theology, went to the local Orthodox church, learnt Greek and converted.
My dad's not "officially" Greek Orthodox, but in his mind and heart, he is. When he married my mom, he decided that it would be better for us to be brought up as "Christians" rather than anything specific, although we were baptised as Catholics and that he stopped going to the Orthodox masses at all in order to accompany my mom. However, our house is full of Greek icons, we first learnt to pray the Orthodox way (until I was 7 and got religion classes to get ready for my First Communion, I used to do the sign of the cross the Greek way- I sometimes still do, under stress or when I'm not really "myself". Like you know how when you're angry, you start stuttering and going back to old accents or something? When my grandfather passed away, for instance, and that I was told to walk around his coffin once and then do the sign of the cross, I wasn't really focused and instinctively did it the Greek Orthodox way- three times in a row, from right to left. And when we were little, before my sister was born, after dinner, when my mom would be cleaning the dishes, my dad would take my brother and I to the side, where we had a little table with a little statue of the Virgin, an icon and a candle, and we'd pray aloud, together, facing the light and icon. I only learnt this year that this was a Byzantine tradition).
My mother's father was much more open-minded than her mother towards religion. The last book I remember him reading before he fell sick and passed away was a biography of Muhammad. And I remember asking him about it and after a while, he asked, in all seriousness: "and why would Muhammad not have heard God? Why would he not be the last prophet after all? Is there really a "last prophet"? I think that he is one of them, and that there will be more. God touches certain people in different ways. Who says you have to be Muslim to believe and trust in Muhammad?"
At the time, I didn't know what to reply. I had never even thought of it that way. Since then, I admit that while I doubt everything Muhammad said was true, I am certain that he "met God", so to speak. Yeah, to me he was a prophet. Also, reading the Quran helped me see what my grandfather had meant: one of Muhammad's cousins was Christian and remained so all his life. Yet, he supported him, prayed for him, and acknowledged him as a prophet.
This has helped me understand that one could be a Christian and yet accept and acknowledge Good in other religions. It's not the Middle Ages anymore, no one's going to burn you at the stake and declare you "heretic"!
My other grandfather is someone with whom I know I can always talk about religion. He has read religious books from many religions, along with their commentaries and comparisons. And because both of us see things as metaphors and lessons to be learned rather than rock-hard facts, we usually get along, even if we don't always agree.
When I was eight, I moved to India. Before I did so, my maternal grandfather put me on his laps and told me to remember this:
"because of your dad's job, you will travel a lot. And you'll see a lot of different countries, places, peoples, many things. And when you will meet those people, you will learn about their customs, their lifestyles and their beliefs. Now, you must never judge them. Look at them, learn them, try to understand why they do what they do and think that way. And once you understand their logic, ask yourself "why is this or that stranger than what I do or believe in? Is what I do or believe in more right?" You will see that when it comes to religion, there is no right or wrong. Only God. And God loves all of his children, just like mom loves you three, whether Xavier is a boy or you a girl, whether Astrid is blonde or you a brunette".
In India, I was first confronted to Hinduism. I kept in mind what my grandfather had told me and was so curious about all the myths and gods or customs I would have glimpses of I would ask my dad, teachers or friends about it. They always answered me in clear words, and the only concept that took me longer to grasp than the others was the Caste system.
At school, we respected and followed the Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Jain and Christian holidays. Before they would take place, the entire school would celebrate as if on that day, we were all of that religion. The point, our teachers said, was to "praise and give thanks to God. And God is in all of us". In India, I noticed that people have a broader view of religion. It's like it's all love, just different ways to show it. And pretty soon, to me, that's how it felt. I'd compare all that I'd discover with Christianity. I mean, even my dad used to compare the Hindu gods with Christianity.
For instance, when I asked him to explain what Vishnu's avatars were, he explained it in these terms: "see, Vishnu, the sun-god, is the protector- hence all the weapons in his hands. He represents God's power to protect mankind. The sun is the light that is his love and our awareness of his existence. So when people are threatened by evil, and that God feels he needs to physically come down on Earth to help, he embodies a person to do that. We have Jesus. Hindus have Vishnu and his avatars".
He'd also compare Ganesha with Jesus because the two of them are "sons of a god" and were maimed before they were recognized as divine (Ganesha was beheaded, Jesus crucified).
Then, still as a kid, I learned about Islam. But it wasn't until I moved to Canada that I started studying it.
When I moved to Canada, I was kind of rejected by most kids at school, since I'd become rather Indian- at least mentally-speaking- whereas they had a single culture to refer to. A mainstream Western one.
So I eventually fit in with the only "community" that accepted me: the Lebanese. There were Christians, sure, but also a lot of Muslims. My best friend of the time was Muslim and was eager to share her culture, religion and overall heritage with me. So practically every day, at school, I'd hang out with her and other Arabs of lots of different countries (though mostly Lebanon), who were mostly Muslim (in grade 9, I was the only non-Muslim girl in the group, and the only one not wearing a hijab), who mixed a lot of Arabic in their English, and who always stopped by the school's chapel to pray during lunch break. And after school, we'd go to my best friend's house, since she lived in the neighbourhood, pray, eat and talk with her family, and then I'd go home, later, once I'd done my homework with her. For dinner.
Needless to say that a lot of it has rubbed off on me. I mean, she even invited me to celebrate Eid with her. I refused for Eid-ul-Fitr, because I was embarrassed about being the only non-Muslim, but I agreed for Eid-al-Adha, mostly because her and her twin brother insisted and that I gave in.
It was one of the best memories I have of High School. I spoke a long time with their Immam, a young, really funny and very cultivated guy who just wanted to speak French with someone and was overjoyed about having a French person there. Nobody said anything negative. Some asked me if I was Christian and who I had come with, but in the end, they'd call me "sister", shared their food with me and lead the prayer. That was it.
When I returned to France, I had started asking myself what my faith meant and how I could possibly be certain that Catholicism was "the" religion when clearly, there were so many other religions to learn from. And at around that time, I realized that knowing about all these religions had actually made my love for God grow. And I loved him so much I decided to devote my life entirely to him. I wanted to be a nun- a missionary- to travel and to tell other Catholics that as Jesus once said, loving God was loving your neighbour. Loving God was loving everyone around you, all our brothers and sisters of different faiths who, together with us, are His children, whom he loves no matter what- the way a parent loves his kids, whether they are young or old, redheads, blondes, dark-haired, green-eyed, whatever.
But I ended up in a private, fundamentalist school where I realized- a little late, being too naive- that my views appalled most people and gave me a nasty reputation.
I mean, when I arrived to that school, I was quickly teased because of my ethnicity and physical appearance. So my religious views only became one more reason to hate me and put me down. The priest at that school eventually found out about me and hinted in public that I was heretic. I was hurt. I even had to "confess" that "sin"- because at one point, I'd overheard a "debate"- more like a disgusting discussion- over Shiia Islam. Those people were ignorant, they didn't even know what Islam was in general, and here they were, trying to explain in their own words, why Shiia Islam was "worse" than Sunni Islam. I got mad- really mad- especially because my best friend was Shiaa. So technically, it's still the branch of Islam I know the best and feel the closest to, even though I am aware that it is "controversial".
I just barged in and explained what it really was. When the schizm had occurred, who Ali was, etc. And people thought I was Muslim and hated me even more for it. I had to "confess" that I was really Catholic, and had not minded my own business >_>
To make things more humiliating, that priest's superior mentioned me in one of his homilies- as a heretic who "could still be saved". It was for my Confirmation. In front of everyone in my school, neighbourhood, and family. Thankfully enough, nobody from my family got the hint. My brother is the only one who knows, because we went to the same school, and because I was blushing with anger and embarrassment. Yet, during my stay in a convent a week earlier, I had hinted my wish to become a nun and had had positive feedback from the mother superior.
Later still, I looked up more religions, read more religious books that my friends from different countries and religions suggested that I read, and eventually changed my mind about becoming a nun. But my religious views have not changed.
I have become close to other religions since, like Zoroastrianism and Animism. There are a lot more, but it's late and I'm not going to digress here
So... now that you know the context, you'll understand my point of view better.
My sister- since I said I was going to compare myself with my siblings, who went through the same things as me- is a liberal Catholic. I mean, she is probably more dogmatic than our brother and myself, but she doesn't believe that unmarried couples living together are sinful, for instance, and supports LGBT marriage.
My brother is disgusted with Catholicism but asked me not to let our parents and sister know. He went to the same schools as me, remembers the negative effects of Christianization in the Americas, and can't stand Catholic dogmas or the clergy. In the meantime, he started listening to Metal and thus got interested in Scandinavia and Northern European cultures. That's how he started looking up who Martin Luther was, what he believed in, did, and what Lutherians do today. He feels Lutherian and says that if he was ever to move in a mostly Protestant country or married a Protestant of any kind, he would officially convert, "not like Dad, who didn't convert to Orthodoxy because of Mom". Other than that, he is Shamanic, for many reasons. I'll only mention the main ones here: he was very close to Native Americans back in Canada, has always been fascinated by their cultures, loves Saami Metal and Shamanism, has always believed in spirits of all kinds, and now lives in a country which population is mostly Animist. I remember he used to wish there was such a thing as "Christian-Shamanism", the way you have "Islamic-Shamanism" in Central Asia or Indonesia. Well, it exists in Cameroon. Thus, he is a Lutherian Shaman
Peronsally... well, what can I say. I believe that there is a Being, somewhere, a "God", who created all things. People just have different ways to perceive him and give him thanks. I think that all religions have a bit of right in them, but that none of them are entirely right because "God" is unimaginable, as a whole, for our human minds. He is so much more than what we think, that even all the religions in the world couldn't define Him. However, humans need to believe in something concrete and have rituals to communicate with him. It's like certain people prefer voice chat, e-mails, letters, or a random phone call. They're all great, but none of them are as good as meeting the person in real life. And that's what we'll all do, eventually.
I thus chose to remain Catholic because it is the "means of communication" that suits me best right now, since I was raised that way. However, I do not believe that Catholicism is "the" answer. There is no "answer" until we meet Him face to face. And we don't even know what will happen then.
My beliefs are based on Christianity, mostly, but also Shiia Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Animism. And, of course, I always look back at Judaism to compare Islam and Christianity with. I mean, it's the roots of Monotheism.
You might wonder "why Animism". Well, the truth is, Animism is about souls. And Breton culture mostly revolves around Death, souls and the Reaper.
In the coastal areas, where our ancient traditions are still very much alive, people still leave food for the dead on Halloween. On the windowsill. And in the islands, people have a lot of traditions linked to death and drowned men. When I was little, I used to be told not to do certain things that were said to "summon death": playing dead, for instance, or looking at myself in a mirror for too long. My grandmother still shoos away certain birds which are said to sing for the souls or call death. And there are places in Brittany where people still leave offerings for the dead.
We do not believe, contrarily to what mocking people say, that these offerings directly go to the dead. We're not daft ^^
We know that they'll remain there and rot. All of the religious people in Hindu or Buddhist temples who leave offerings for their gods do too.
We just believe that the dead like being treated like they were still alive. So talking to them, taking care of the stuff that once belonged to them and leaving gifts or food for them, as though they still had a material body, is a sign of respect and a way to show that we remember their lives and think that they were not cut short by death, but that they go on, just differently- as though in a different dimension. That is why there are so many crosses in the middle of Breton forests, or "holy trees" where people leave food, offerings, or garlands of flowers and ribbons: it's not a cult, or neo-Pagan stuff, contrarily to what tour guides would like you to think. It's gifts left by Christians like you and me to their loved ones. That's all. Because just like in Animist cultures, Bretons- even those who are Christian- believe that souls live alongside the living. They're just not visible. And so we don't pray for them (as in, for them to access heaven or for God to cleanse them off their sins), but to them. We ask them to protect the living, to watch over us, to remain here with us.
In many ways, I found Breton so-called-Christian traditions similar to those of Cameroonian Animists.
So there. Celtic-Catholic for the time being. But I am a little tired of all the fundamentalism here in France and have come to realize that like my father, a lot of things in Greek Orthodoxy make a lot more sense to me.
So my current hesitation is not about what I believe in, but rather which rites I will choose to follow. Naturally, both my parents want me to be like them. I have decided to wait and see once I know more about Orthodoxy. But it has been a recurring thought for at least two years now. And it has grown to a tenfold this particular year, now that I am living mostly alone and have decided to direct my studies towards Byzantine art.
But in any case, I will remain Christian, with Animist beliefs, and an Indian point of view.
If you are interested by what I call this "General, Indian POV", please read this. I think that it will interest you.
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That said, I should get some sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow- for mass, among other things
I hope that this entry was not too long, or did not seem too, err, scary. I'm not trying to convert or convince anyone: those opinions are mine and mine only, forged by what I have lived and gone through since my childhood. I also hope that I have not disappointed you as a Christian. I already kind of lost an ex-best friend because of this (she became a fundamentalist Catholic while I grew up separately and got that POV), so... I'd hate it if this bothered you so much that you chose to "stay away from me". I understand that if a mainstream Catholic reads this, they'll think I'm a heretic and terrible person, but the truth is, that's how I fell and quite honestly... I'm just expressing my love for everyone. That's all.
Now, here's a question for you, since I found your question interesting: what did you mean by subtle changes in my art, and in the way I perceived other people's beliefs? This interests me, because I had never noticed that my "search for truth", so to speak, was that visible.
And last but not least, I'd love to hear your point of view 
Have a good night/day! I hope to have more interesting things to share with you later! ^^
PS: this is soooo long I have to apologize for the length and the fact that I did not re-read myself. So sorry if there are any spelling mistakes!
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Lillÿx, that was beautiful.
The changes in your art I was referring to, for the most part, I think, came simply from you getting more practice and becoming a better artist, in the same way LT and I have improved (although to be fair, you both post consistently enough that you've gotten way more practice than I have
Having read your story now, I think the changes in your perception that I thought I was seeing were more changes in your willingness to express your perception. When we first met over on MC, you were the one that was always interjecting with an LOL or two (or more
You don't need to apologize for the length of your response... as long as you'll forgive the length of my response.
The views of my denomination are, as far as I've seen, kind of basic compared to other Protestant denominations. We teach about a literal seven days of Creation. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born to Mary, who was a virgin. We believe that Christ was crucified and resurrected three days later, and that because of His sacrifice, like it says in I John 1:9, "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins, and purify us of all unrighteousness."
Really, what makes Protestant denominations different from each other, in my experience, is what passages they emphasize. For example, Charismatic denominations tend to emphasize the Gifts of the Spirit, and favor speaking in Tongues during church services. Our church is unusual for a non-Charismatic church in that we believe that the Gifts of the Spirit are still given to believers today, but we don't speak in Tongues during services. We place a lot of emphasis on God's love, and as what we call a "Holiness denomination", we believe that Jesus's call to "be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect," means that through following Him (and only through following Him), we can fulfill the individual purpose He created each of us for.
As for how my personal faith varies from that of my denomination... I don't place as much importance on the seven-day Creation as most people do. I think it could be literal or symbolic (who knows? Maybe we did evolve from some basic life form, God guiding the process every step of the way). The important thing is that He made it all, and it's all still beautiful and amazing, even if it's only a shadow of what Eden was. I also think that there's definitely more contact between the spiritual world and the "real" physical world than people think, although I don't believe in praying to any spirit other than the Holy Spirit, who is part of the Trinity.
That's my faith, in the smallest nutshell that can fit it.
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Thank you for your reply. That was a very interesting read! Especially since I admit I do not know much about all the different Protestant branches other than the Lutherians, Calvinists (what we mostly have in France), Presbyterians, Anglicans and Evangelists.
Thanks again for replying
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fine wht abt u? itz been long time hope all is well
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Good. Everything is well. I just returned from holidays with my family ^^ But now I've got to go back to work because I really need all the marks I can get to pass this semester.
And you? How is your family? I hope everyone is healthy and well
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Good where do u went for holidays? wish u good luck for new semester, and yeah i am fine and family too
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I went to northern Cameroon, near the Nigerian and Chadian border. I will post pictures when I have time, you'll see
What about Kashmir? How is it right now? I hope that things are OK. I must say I haven't heard news from it in a long time. One of my close friends is Pakistani, from near the border, but we haven't spoken for a long time because we are both very busy, so I wouldn't know how it's like over there.
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i wish i can also visit the same places u visited! Muslims should be like that as they people behaved with u, thatz that way of muslims and thatz whtz in our religion "Islam".
Itz peaceful here and weather is still cold it was heavy snowfall this year, many people died due to snow avalanche. Rest itz better than last year.
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Really? Strangely, here in France, it did not snow that much compared to last year.
Aw, that is very sad.
But I'm glad that the overall situation is better. Peace is a blessing...
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