You say that some spirit requires only that I turn from another to claim my soul. But tell me - what is the soul? Is it some prize passed between invisible beings? Or is it the reasoning part within us, shaped by virtue or by vice?

If the soul is governed by virtue, then no external power - be it god or devil - can seize it. For the soul is not a battlefield for superstition, but a realm of reason. What corrupts it is not lack of worship, but the harboring of ignorance, fear, anger, greed, and falsehood.

You speak of being claimed. But the wise man belongs to no one - not to Fortune, not to fear, and certainly not to imaginary tyrants of the sky or pit. He walks upright, guided by logos, living according to Nature. He fears no punishment from gods, nor bribes them with praise. He does what is right because it is right.

If a being needs only that I ignore another to gain dominion over me, then that is not a god to be feared, but a tyrant to be pitied.

And if your Jesus is just, he will not demand blind loyalty, but virtuous living. That is the path I walk - not for reward, nor out of dread, but because reason and conscience demand it.

So let any devil come. He shall find no foothold in a mind that is its own master.

No. I wouldn’t die for a man, however noble. I wouldn’t die for a story, however stirring. I would die for reason, for justice, for freedom of conscience — as Socrates did, not for a savior, but for truth as he saw it.

There’s no need to pledge one’s life to a name or creed. What matters is living in accordance with virtue, grounded in reason and integrity. If Christ’s death teaches courage, then let’s be courageous. If it teaches endurance, then let’s endure. But we don’t need an altar for that.

I owe no debt to a man for dying — if he died for principle, that was his choice. I honor such resolve by living justly, not by offering myself back in ritual loyalty.

>>81689509
anything with bones in it, and arrange it like you're feasting before a quest

>>509046714
>In North Korea you can actually see the stars that make up the night sky.
>Shining, beautifully ever so brightly and guiding.
Damn maybe Feänor was looking for North Korea the whole time

Any genre, I beg of you

>tfw all the dark corners in taverns are taken and I have to find somewhere else to brood

>>40513126
>How can we make the world magical and enchanted again?
Why do you want that?