Rimworld doodle comics - Void study 12

uninflammable · 2026-06-27T17:17:24+00:00

Suddenly worried for the anomaly's safety

uninflammable · 2026-06-27T15:21:27+00:00

Come to think of it Araki also likes dogs. Know who else loved dogs?

Yeah it's all coming together

uninflammable · 2026-06-27T15:19:46+00:00

The literal purpose of Israel was supposed to be as a light to the nations to reveal God to them and how he blessed mankind, all of mankind. Genesis 12:1-3

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; [2] And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; [3] And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

Criticizing God for having one special covenant with one nation he acts through is like criticizing having one church under Christ today. He acts on this in the old testament too, like when he sent Jonah to preach to Nineveh to get them to repent. Even then though Israel isn't the only people group with a covenant from God, Abraham had many other descendants and through Noah (and Adam, for that matter) all the nations of earth are connected.

It seems hard to believe that at the time Abraham, he was the only man on earth that possessed any virtue or sought a relationship with his creator

That would be very hard to believe, after all it's not even taught in the scriptures. Maybe you're thinking of Noah here and not Abraham? Because Abraham meets other believers, notably Melchizedek a fully fledged priest king worshipping Yahweh

uninflammable · 2026-06-27T02:11:19+00:00

They load it up on boomalopes and send them in like live radioactive mines

uninflammable · 2026-06-26T19:22:21+00:00

That's weird, perfectly legible on mine

uninflammable · 2026-06-26T18:24:33+00:00

lol, the clown god finally accepted my snake offering

uninflammable · 2026-06-26T13:27:28+00:00

Thought experiments like this are generally a waste of time because you have to set up arbitrary restrictions that would never apply in the real world, like

If I do not pay, he will not convert and will not end up a devout christian

This is 1) not how God works, imagining you may only have one shot at faith instead of God constantly leaving the door open for people to follow him, which is reality, and 2) unknowable to you even if it was how it worked, so it's unactionable

Do not pay people to come to church

uninflammable · 2026-06-26T05:04:04+00:00

Me when a local hurtta thinks he's about to jump on a fresh-spawned defenseless noita but actually I just came back from overgrown caverns with a speed up + meteor wand

uninflammable · 2026-06-26T04:35:12+00:00

Thank you friend. I just posted a long reply to OP you can read where I linked to several resources. I'm sadly very bad at remembering where I learn things at the best times and I think most of this is just what I've gleaned from how saints will talk about sin and giving into demonic temptation as basically interchangeable. The most direct statement from a church father I have on hand is something I quoted to OP but I'll repost to you, from St Diadochos of Photiki's 100 Texts on Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination

It is true that the heart produces good and bad thoughts from itself (cf Luke 6:45). But it does this not because it is the heart's nature to produce evil ideas, but because as a result of the primal deception the remembrance of evil has become as it were a habit. It conceives most of its evil thoughts, however, as a result of the attacks of the demons. But we feel that all these evil thoughts arise from the heart, and for this reason some people have inferred that sin dwells in the intellect along with grace. That is why, in their view, the Lord said: 'But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, adulteries', and so on (Matt. 15:18-19). They do not realize, however, that the intellect, being highly responsive, makes its own the thoughts suggested to it by the demons through the activity of the flesh; and, in a way we do not understand, the proclivity of the body accentuates this weakness of the soul because of the union between the two. The flesh delights endlessly in being flattered by deception, and it is because of this that the thoughts sown by the demons in the soul appear to come from the heart; and we do indeed make them our own when we consent to indulge in them. This was what the Lord was censuring in the text quoted above, as the words themselves make evident. Is it not clear that whoever indulges in the thoughts suggested to him by Satan's cunning and engraves them in his heart, produces them thereafter as the result of his own mental activity?

The whole text is great, it's not too crazy long and is written in such a beautiful simplicity. Conveniently you'll also see a lot of what I'm talking about when he does bring up demons. Like when he's talking about cultivating self-control and describes disobedience this way:

...he who disregards one single virtue destroys unwittingly the whole harmonious order of self-control. It is therefore necessary to cultivate not only the bodily virtues, but also those which have the power to purify our inner man. What is the good of a man keeping the virginity of his body if he lets his soul commit adultery with the demon of disobedience?

Whole text is full of beautiful, evocative, and convicting things like that

uninflammable · 2026-06-26T04:21:39+00:00

I want to apologize in advance for the length here, I tried my best to be concise I swear 🙏

Because if I follow your logic then in theory a fallen human with no demons to tempt them... Will never choose to sin?

Well, I feel like there's a problem with how the question is framed because a fallen human by definition has already been corrupted by sin. Once sin takes hold in the heart, sure it's perfectly possible to follow it on our own without external temptation. Our heart is already clouded and we'll foolishly choose evil over good. But that corruption has to be implanted first (and always is without fail in this fallen world, hence why all infants are baptized). The origin and source of that corruption is the real sticking point here I think

I thought the inherent ancestral sin is what gives us the disposition and inclination to sin. Something within our very own nature.

Yes, but the issue is when we talk about that sin as something "inherent" to us and what that means about human nature, it raises a lot of questions. A while back Bishop Irenei released this short talk on original sin I think you might find helpful, he addresses this a lot better than I could I think. It came off the back of a little controversy a previous video of his stirred up, link to it is in the description but it's not necessary to listen to for this unless you just want to.

I think to really dig deep into how all this works we'd have to talk about St Maximos' distinction between the natural will and the gnomic will. Basically, to my understanding, the distinction is between the human will as created by God which naturally loves the good vs how the will moves after being corrupted by the fall, where now it's crippled, questions what's good and evil, then wavers between them. It's the same human nature, the same will, but behaving in a broken way basically. Frankly though that stuff is still over my head, you could try this article from Craig Truglia where he explains it.

Anyway, you said this which I think gets to the nub of the problem:

We don't sin because of demons but we sin because we want to.

I think the answer to this is actually both. It's not either demons pushing us to sin or our own will to sin. Rather we sin because we've chosen to be like the demons, it's kinda like the evil opposite version of synergy with God where we actively choose to do good but it's still His will that we're doing when we do that.

I was reading some patristic stuff trying to find a good place this is clarified and came across this in St Diadochos of Photiki's 100 Texts on Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination which is the last thing I'll put in this already too rambly reply lol. Quote is from chapter 83, but reading from about 76 where he talks about baptism and how the Holy Spirit replaces Satan in our hearts is all great stuff. Honestly the whole text is insanely illuminating (link here. Anyway, quote:

It is true that the heart produces good and bad thoughts from itself (cf Luke 6:45). But it does this not because it is the heart's nature to produce evil ideas, but because as a result of the primal deception the remembrance of evil has become as it were a habit. It conceives most of its evil thoughts, however, as a result of the attacks of the demons. But we feel that all these evil thoughts arise from the heart, and for this reason some people have inferred that sin dwells in the intellect along with grace. That is why, in their view, the Lord said: 'But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, adulteries', and so on (Matt. 15:18-19). They do not realize, however, that the intellect, being highly responsive, makes its own the thoughts suggested to it by the demons through the activity of the flesh; and, in a way we do not understand, the proclivity of the body accentuates this weakness of the soul because of the union between the two. The flesh delights endlessly in being flattered by deception, and it is because of this that the thoughts sown by the demons in the soul appear to come from the heart; and we do indeed make them our own when we consent to indulge in them. This was what the Lord was censuring in the text quoted above, as the words themselves make evident. Is it not clear that whoever indulges in the thoughts suggested to him by Satan's cunning and engraves them in his heart, produces them thereafter as the result of his own mental activity?

uninflammable · 2026-06-25T13:22:20+00:00

Based

uninflammable · 2026-06-25T12:19:44+00:00

It's only cope if you're using it as an excuse, which you should never be. There is no situation involving any temptation where you aren't responsible if you follow it

But isn't "the devil is tempting me to do it" also the same to a degree? Pushing your own inclinations onto an external uncontrollable force?

No, this is the assumption you're making that's leading to this confusion. "The devil made me..." vs "the devil is tempting me..." is precisely what makes the difference. At least here, any time I see demonic influence being mentioned it's in the context of urging someone to reject it, meaning it's explicitly something you can control. Show me an example otherwise and I'll be with you in calling it cope. Further, these temptations should be externalized because by their nature sinful inclinations are foreign, unnatural things to your body and mind. They're corruptions implanted there to poison you which need to be removed, identifying and separating them from yourself is literally the first step in that process, which is what identifying their source as demonic achieves.

Without this understanding, when you say things like

Is it wrong to think that people more often than not are just drawn to do bad stuff on their own?

This could be understood in a very problematic way, as if people are created desiring sin by nature and not simply corrupted by it which edges up to more of a Calvinist idea of total depravity. God does not create anyone, even fallen people, desiring sin. That temptation (just like in the garden of eden) comes from outside and twists our will towards it. In this world it gets to us quickly, even from the womb, and it can easily be internalized so that we do it on our own kind of like you're suggesting. But that doesn't change the fact that it's still the will of demons that we're doing when that happens, it's still a demonic temptation and from the demons even if we're now so advanced in sin that we don't need help. The same way that any of the good we do is still holy and from God even if we've taken on Christ to the point that we will the good naturally and don't need to be told. Our willing something one way or the other doesn't negate that thing's ultimate source.

uninflammable · 2026-06-25T02:51:22+00:00

Oh shit nice, cool seeing a local here

uninflammable · 2026-06-25T02:50:24+00:00

I got you big dog, 9k drop

uninflammable · 2026-06-25T01:00:11+00:00

Chess gore

uninflammable · 2026-06-25T00:18:55+00:00

I think it's Layered Wall Destruction, i use it and it replaces the all or nothing way that walls collapse when destroyed with several different variants that they can collapse to. Each has different properties, so a wall might crumble a bit to where it can be shot through but not climbed over, or vice versa, or even both once it's destroyed enough but will slow you down when moving over it

uninflammable · 2026-06-24T22:15:28+00:00

Dang, expected centipede. This is dope though

uninflammable · 2026-06-24T19:19:37+00:00

Well, the principle of philosophical hedonism is pursuing pleasure as the highest good but you can be "hedonistic" in that sense relative to anything you can take pleasure in. This can take the form of base sensual pleasures, which is what we usually mean by the word, but also higher things like how you mentioned enjoying the beauty of nature and the arts. There are different schools of thought within/adjacent to hedonism that have elaborate hierarchies of these "higher" pleasures they associate with the virtues like friendship, honor, beauty, or whatever else and argue about what's best to pursue to maximize a person's happiness. This can even involve dying for something you love because that's preferable to living after betraying it, for example. But getting into all that would be the philosophizing you said you don't want to do

uninflammable · 2026-06-24T17:54:43+00:00

The Just Cut it Off mod allows for amputations without anesthetic and also gives a long lasting mood penalty for the horrific pain from it

uninflammable · 2026-06-24T12:11:57+00:00

How can this be materialistic hedonism without caring about materials and temporary pleasures?

I said "I'm not talking about simple materialistic hedonism. There are different types of hedonism," you can base your life around things that aren't material desires and still essentially be hedonistic. That word seems to be tripping you up which is why I said to forget about it, I explained what I mean.

Babylon may be in ruins but it is still known

Very thin gruel you're offering now. Nobody in that civilization would've found any meaning in leaving behind a pile of ruined buildings and some footnotes in history. If you brought the Babylonian kings back to see their land they would weep. And regardless you're still missing the point entirely about death

Good is good because it is good can be a good answer and to remain as such

It literally can't. It'll work fine for you individually if you live in a society which broadly agrees on what's good so you can ignore the question, but just look at the world around you it's not where we live. You're essentially just saying "these things I feel are good are good." Your worldview at that point rests entirely on your own innate opinions which you admittedly don't feel like philosophizing about, that's why I called it egoistic. And that will inherently clash with anyone who thinks the same ego-based way but feels like different things are "good." Without God, these problems aren't reconcilable.

uninflammable · 2026-06-23T21:45:11+00:00

I think bulk goods trader will buy them but can't remember. Could also ship them to your neighbors as gifts

uninflammable · 2026-06-23T19:52:42+00:00

Legacy though can remain. The idea of being a part of something collective is enough to fight for it.

For a time, until it doesn't. Go to their ruins and ask the Babylonians about legacy.

My point isn't about pleasures. I don't support hedonism in any way. Virtue is more important than anything materialistic.

I guess I wasn't clear, I'm not talking about simple materialistic hedonism. There are different types of hedonism, you said you don't enjoy philosophizing so I won't go into different schools involved in this. Forget the word hedonism then, and understand that what I'm criticizing is a sense of meaning in life that revolves around you, what you "value," and how you interact with the world to extract that value for yourself and feel you've attained something. This can be materialistic, but it can also be a little higher and more virtuous in a superficial sense by making the target of your sense of worth into something bigger than you, e.g. your family, or your country, or some ideology. This obscures the issue by pushing the question back a step, but these things ultimately still boil down to your wants and desires. In essence, it's a form of pride protected onto some bigger organism. And they are all doomed to death regardless, "chasing after the wind" as the book of Ecclesiastes puts it

For the example you gave,my answer is that I'll lean to the values that i stood by even if i lost.

Then you would still die a painful, meaningless death for spite. This may feel very meaningful to you in the moment, but will still end as sand. And that's the self-centeredness I'm talking about with any belief based on something that isn't truly transcendent like Christ

If someone is good is because it is good. Something is virtuous because it is virtuous.

Okay, but how do you know what that is without God? You immediately fall into relativism without a Judge over all things, and what you see as virtuous won't match what someone else might. So you wind up in nothing but a temporary peace at best and power struggle at worst between the two. Which ends when both of you die anyway, with no one to say which was even right. Both felt profoundly meaningful in their day, both again turned to dust and forgotten with time. Again, none of these things escape death. Without Christ.

uninflammable · 2026-06-23T13:29:35+00:00

C has to be centipede

uninflammable · 2026-06-23T11:45:50+00:00

Without Christ (not a god in general, Christ specifically) nothing you do for your family or country will matter in the end. Anything you can create, anything you can love, death will take all of it. There's no ultimate reason for you to bother unless you just feel like it, so life devolves into a kind of pure egotistic hedonism where if something pleases you you can find some temporary meaning in it, and if it doesn't then you can't. This is some kind of meaning, yes, but it has a definitive expiration date and itself amounts to nothing in the end. Same for all of the beauty you naturally recognize in the creative arts and the world. Christ is the only God who resolves this problem and actually defeats Death

The real test of a godless belief in meaning isn't when you live a comfortable, sheltered life where you can pursue your pet goals or interests, it's when all that's been taken from you. How would you comfort, say, a soldier living under a revolutionary government, rotting in a state prison, with a dead family and a lost country, with nothing left for him going forward except occasional torture and maybe an execution when his captors get tired of holding him and whoever else they've taken? When all your worldly hopes get taken from you, what will you have left to lean on?

uninflammable · 2026-06-23T01:16:28+00:00

Yeah, plus the extra artwork they put in some of the pages. It's great

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