Skillfulness
Well-Known Member
WARNING: This role-playing-game will revolve around religious topics. So if you’ll be offended, I wouldn’t suggest signing up. Also…
NOTE: I will be using plot points from Ted Dekkers Books of History Chronicles. So a minor spoiler alert! Picture is linked to it's source.
Spiritual Warfare
"For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 6:12
Well that’s fine and good to those who believe in the bible, but the question often asked is, “where’s the proof?” Sure people can stand up for what they believe in, yet nobody’s really willing to listen. Instead, we tolerate it, we hug it out, sometimes fight it out, but underneath, war is being waged over something we take for granted every day,
our souls.
No really! I’m not crazy! Just hear me out. Ya see, a long time ago there was this town in Colorado called Paradise Hills…
Your character is a part of the town in Colorado called Paradise Hills. They can be students at the local high school, grandparents who settled down in the little canyon town, or anything else you can think of. Still, all these people you create will have something in common. They will all have the ability to see a person’s soul. Alright, let me elaborate. Their entire world will suddenly become basic shapes in a dull grey while any spirit will glow like the sun. Or a black hole. Like Ephesians 6:12 says, those ‘mighty powers’ and ‘evil spirits’ exist as well as good and holy ones. They’re both fighting for the one thing that matters in this life,
our souls.
So your character can see demons and angels, that’s fantastic, but there’s more. As I said, they will be able to see a person’s soul, like these demons and angels. Just as there is a good and evil, so is a person’s soul black or white. Those aligned with Satin, or the evil rulers of the unseen world, will have souls of black. Those who have faith in God and follow Him will have souls that glow white. That’s the other thing, a person’s soul will shine brighter the more impassioned they are for their cause. People who are atheists don’t have the blackest souls and hypocritical Christians have some dull white souls as well. If you follow Satan, your soul is black. If you follow Christ, your soul is white. Easy right? Wrong. Sure you’ve got this power, but what do you plan to do with it?
The year is 2042. Some people are amazed the earth has lasted this long and for good reason. There was that global warming scare back at the beginning at the century, but that was fixed. Then there was the twenty year world war that nobody was willing to admit to. But it changed everything. The war started only a few years after peace in the Middle East was established. When the religious zealots were repressed, it only made them more impassioned to fight for their cause. So they fought. The other world powers had to suppress them again, but many people were concerned about how it was restricting religious freedoms. So the people fought too. Confusion spread as governments had to fight their own country for control and people got more and more heated about the implications. Freedom being undermined and all the terror religion was causing.
Well this obviously could not go on. Politics got working and came up with a solution. Not everyone would be happy with it, but the wars would end. Expressing religious intolerance became illegal at a constitutional level. An amendment to the first amendment, as it were. Sure people still had freedom of religion, but showing any intolerance of others would be punished. So the wars settled down and people slowly accepted living out their faith in gentleness to avoid the trouble they’d get into with the law. Nowadays, Christianity is not the major religion; in fact, just about every possible faith is expressed evenly throughout the population. It’s a different world and things are about to get funky.
Paradise Hills, Colorado
It’s a warm August day and the first week on the new school year has begun. Students have started settling in and parents are given a break to make their work easier. But not much happens in Paradise Hills. It’s a small town nestled in a box canyon way out in Colorado, the nearest city miles away. There’s the main road, a grocery store, a bar and grill, a salon, a post office, some farms, some houses, and Paradise Hills High School. The ages of the townsfolk are often from birth to young adulthood and past the forties. The only ones who care to live here are either growing up or have come back to settle down. Not much happens.
But this Tuesday, everything changes. The showdown makes its entrance on Tuesday. Things become clear, for better or for worse, Tuesday.
______________________________
"For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 6:12
Well that’s fine and good to those who believe in the bible, but the question often asked is, “where’s the proof?” Sure people can stand up for what they believe in, yet nobody’s really willing to listen. Instead, we tolerate it, we hug it out, sometimes fight it out, but underneath, war is being waged over something we take for granted every day,
our souls.
No really! I’m not crazy! Just hear me out. Ya see, a long time ago there was this town in Colorado called Paradise Hills…
Your character is a part of the town in Colorado called Paradise Hills. They can be students at the local high school, grandparents who settled down in the little canyon town, or anything else you can think of. Still, all these people you create will have something in common. They will all have the ability to see a person’s soul. Alright, let me elaborate. Their entire world will suddenly become basic shapes in a dull grey while any spirit will glow like the sun. Or a black hole. Like Ephesians 6:12 says, those ‘mighty powers’ and ‘evil spirits’ exist as well as good and holy ones. They’re both fighting for the one thing that matters in this life,
our souls.
So your character can see demons and angels, that’s fantastic, but there’s more. As I said, they will be able to see a person’s soul, like these demons and angels. Just as there is a good and evil, so is a person’s soul black or white. Those aligned with Satin, or the evil rulers of the unseen world, will have souls of black. Those who have faith in God and follow Him will have souls that glow white. That’s the other thing, a person’s soul will shine brighter the more impassioned they are for their cause. People who are atheists don’t have the blackest souls and hypocritical Christians have some dull white souls as well. If you follow Satan, your soul is black. If you follow Christ, your soul is white. Easy right? Wrong. Sure you’ve got this power, but what do you plan to do with it?
______________________________
The year is 2042. Some people are amazed the earth has lasted this long and for good reason. There was that global warming scare back at the beginning at the century, but that was fixed. Then there was the twenty year world war that nobody was willing to admit to. But it changed everything. The war started only a few years after peace in the Middle East was established. When the religious zealots were repressed, it only made them more impassioned to fight for their cause. So they fought. The other world powers had to suppress them again, but many people were concerned about how it was restricting religious freedoms. So the people fought too. Confusion spread as governments had to fight their own country for control and people got more and more heated about the implications. Freedom being undermined and all the terror religion was causing.
Well this obviously could not go on. Politics got working and came up with a solution. Not everyone would be happy with it, but the wars would end. Expressing religious intolerance became illegal at a constitutional level. An amendment to the first amendment, as it were. Sure people still had freedom of religion, but showing any intolerance of others would be punished. So the wars settled down and people slowly accepted living out their faith in gentleness to avoid the trouble they’d get into with the law. Nowadays, Christianity is not the major religion; in fact, just about every possible faith is expressed evenly throughout the population. It’s a different world and things are about to get funky.
Paradise Hills, Colorado
It’s a warm August day and the first week on the new school year has begun. Students have started settling in and parents are given a break to make their work easier. But not much happens in Paradise Hills. It’s a small town nestled in a box canyon way out in Colorado, the nearest city miles away. There’s the main road, a grocery store, a bar and grill, a salon, a post office, some farms, some houses, and Paradise Hills High School. The ages of the townsfolk are often from birth to young adulthood and past the forties. The only ones who care to live here are either growing up or have come back to settle down. Not much happens.
But this Tuesday, everything changes. The showdown makes its entrance on Tuesday. Things become clear, for better or for worse, Tuesday.
______________________________
Sign-ups
Name: First Middle Last
Gender: Female Male
Age: Ya know, that thing
Affiliation: Will your character's soul be black or white? Keep in mind they or any other character cannot see your character's soul.
History: Summarize key events. 2 Paragraph minimum.
Personality: Create a detailed personality. 2 Paragraphs minimum.
Description: Say how they look. 2 Paragraphs minimum.
Faith Statement: Give a quick testimony for your character, why they are where they are in their faith or lack thereof for either Satan of God.
Rules
1. Serebii Forum Rules apply.
2. Keep it PG-13 at least, limited to vulgar language.
3. Stay respectful and don’t be haters. Yes this is a religious RPG but if you are being extremely inappropriate, I will KICK YOU OUT.
4. Stay cool and accept debate. This RPG will have arguing, but keep it for the characters and try not to get offended. If you have a problem with something someone said, take it up with them OUTSIDE the RPG. If you plan on having a long argument with another player (in character of course), let them know and let me know.
5. If you don’t plan on following the rules and being reasonable, DON’T SIGN UP. I’m using caps to get your attention focused on the parts that matter; being respectful and understanding our characters will be bashing each other’s beliefs. Do so kindly and deal with it, or leave.
6. The RPG time starts on Monday, your character will wake up with their power on Tuesday.
7. Please have fun! RPG and religion can coexist (peacefully) and that’s what I’m hoping will be the case this time.
If you have specific questions about your character let me know. I'll put up my character in a day or two. Any general questions, comments, and reserves are now being received!
Accepted:
Felix Mundger: White~ Skillfulness
Nevaeh Claire Gideon~ Maree
Reserved:
Manaphy Mare
Pokefan0234
AzerWrath
Pending:
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