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I don't remember how much gold I had before, so I don't know whether or not the rumor is true. Pascal's Wager ahoy.

In my last entry, I failed to mention quite a bit about my ethics; most people know that I revel in a good streak of trolling every now and then, but not nearly as many know that ... I'm a Christian! Yeah! Though, I'm mostly a Christian by name; I'm not very good at following God's laws, I've never read more than six or seven chapters of the Bible, and the church sessions I go to every Sunday could be a patented cure for insomnia. I've caught up on a lot of sleep in that sanctuary. Yet, none of that changes the fact that I have been saved; believe it or not, I do have moral standards, regardless of whether or not I seem to in my Gaian posts. I have a very guilty conscience; I have stolen before, I have coveted, and envied, and blasphemed, and fed my self-image, and plenty of others, yet I always feel remorse afterward. At the end of the day, if I feel I've done something particularly wicked, I'll pray a silent prayer asking for forgiveness, from both God and whomever I've wronged. My faith also affects my responses to many of the threads scattered throughout these forums ... I openly criticize "ouija boards", I abhor all things related to vampirism (if not for the impossibility of the concept and the stupidity of people whom they have seduced, then their allergies to holy objects, and their "I'm so dark and mysterious" attitudes), and I shutter at the mere mention of "psychics", and "séances", and "spirit guides". It's sickening to see how many people Satan has managed to persuade to do his bidding ... including me, it often seems. I'm pro-choice toward both euthanasia and abortion, and many people who know that about me would never guess that I believe in a higher Being. But the way I see it is, death is inevitable; if a child isn't wanted it would live a miserable life anyway, so there shouldn't be any social taboos about sending it directly to God. Likewise, people who want to die should be allowed to do so with minimal pain, especially if they are plagued by an inoperable condition which is sure to take their lives anyway. I may be a Christian, but I have logic as well. I'm sick of other people's, especially atheists', stereotypes about religious people being brainwashed sheep. Those people are just ignorant sadists who need to crush other people's beliefs in order to sustain their own egos. They're not being edgy, or different, or any the smarter by not believing in anything; in the end it only shows how closed-minded they are ... But, to each his own; if you don't want to believe in an afterlife, maybe we don't want you to be up (or down) there with us. smile

Be back later; I have an English essay to go fail.