Light in the dark
Posted by lordpinoy on October 9, 2006
“But what of the worlds beyond the river of death?” she persisted.
“There is no hope here or hereafter in the cult of my people,” answered Conan. “In this world men struggle and suffer vainly, finding pleasure only in the bright madness of battle; dying, their souls enter a gray misty realm o
f clouds and icy winds, to wander cheerlessly throughout eternity.”
Bêlit shuddered. “Life, bad as it is, is better than such a destiny. What do you believe, Conan?”
He shrugged his shoulders. “I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond death. It may be the blackness averred by the Nemedian skeptics, or Crom’s realm of ice and cloud, or the snowy plains and vaulted halls of the Nordheimer’s Valhalla. I know not, nor do I care. Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. Let teachers and priests and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illusion. I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.”
— from “The Black Lotus”, The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard
January 7th, 2007 at 3:22 am
Teci shuddered. “Life, bad as it is, is better than such a destiny. I know you believe differently, Dael.”
dati you told me you left your church because of people who didn’t make you feel welcome. well, then they are in the wrong. if they are true believers and followers, then hopefully they realize yung pagkukulang nila sa iyo. pero i hope you don’t let them (and me!!!) affect you any further. people are imperfect, especially Christians, which is exactly why they’re the ones who profess the need for the perfect Savior. diba, diba?