Some things that have nothing to do with the movie itself are written for the confused self in the future.

Agnes 2022-03-24 09:03:22

"I try to be like them, but I can't. The pain of thinking I'm going to hell is indescribable. What's more, everyone says how easy the solution is, and they don't feel it.

" Accept me as I am, or forget me."



When do people need faith?
When confused?
When you don't know what to do?
Are we too dependent on others?
Is it too dependent on the gods?
Too impatient to decide whether to go to hell or heaven after death.
Selfish. opinionated.
Accumulate virtues for oneself and create painful memories for others.
Thinking of being good to others is doing the opposite.


I am not a believer and cannot comment on the teachings.
Whether or not a doctrine is true in the end does not prevent it from influencing others to believe.
Doubt is an innate human instinct.
Even if we try our best to obliterate it, there is no way.
We are human beings, not God.
What we think about God is nothing but self-righteous speculation.
Whether you can gain strength from it can only depend on your own heart.


So I just write my own bible.


Sometimes, I also feel lonely and miserable because I am not understood.
But I always tell myself in my heart that I am not the only one.
There will always be people who will feel the same pain as me, and there will be people who are troubled by the same problems.
But as long as you stick to what you believe in, you can only stick to what you think is right.
And, take the consequences for those beliefs.
So be strong enough.
Even if you can't fight the world.
Perhaps the real enemy is not the world.
This earth will not stop the supply of sunlight, air and water to me just because I am a different kind. The only thing that is unfair is human society.

However, it is impossible for us to make everyone understand ourselves.
It is also not necessary to make everyone's ideas the same.


And what can really hurt a person is something that is very important to him.


What is sin?
Love can also hurt others, so is love sinful?
Is it a sin for a person to want to live happily with the one he loves?


When nothing else is credible.
When you think the whole world has deceived you and abandoned you.
You have yourself, and I have myself.
We are still alive.
There is also a way to ask for help.
Even when people around you don't understand or treat each other differently.
The road is still there.
It didn't collapse as it thought.

The real collapse is much scarier than that.


We should not live on the understanding of others.
Consider yourself, what are we left with aside from those so-called sins and virtues.
Empty mind?
A drifting soul?
Dirty mind?
When my left hand is haunted by sin, can't my right hand create happiness for others?
Can't we answer our own questions by ourselves?
When we disagree with others, do we have to make one side surrender?
Why do we have to be forgiven by others?
Can we live without justice?
Does everything need to be explained?
Is there no need for something that cannot be explained clearly?
Isn't it human who needs an explanation?
Don't things exist before explanations appear?
Will things that are not needed by human society disappear?
What about dust? What about the swamp? What about the storm?


If God does not answer, learn to answer yourself.
Bless yourself.
Forgive yourself.
understand yourself.
Become stronger and become a being that can make others happy.
Instead of using so-called proverbs to obliterate beautiful things.


People are independent individuals.
No matter how deeply you are involved with others, in the end it is you when you come and you are when you go.
We may be able to control other people's lives, or even kill others.
But is this what we exist for?
Obliterate all individuals who are not compatible with you?
Make yourself the only right existence in this world?



I don't want to judge from the movie itself.
It doesn't matter whether the filming technique, the actors, whether the story is real or an adaptation.
Religious or not.
Whether it's gay or not.
Whatever the film wants to say, express, and change is fine.
In fact, the movie itself is not important.
There will be more and more cruel things happening in this world, and there will be many beautiful turning points.


The point is, when difficulties come.
Learn to go out on your own.

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Prayers for Bobby quotes

  • Psychiatrist: A lot of times, confusions like Bobby's can be caused by a distant father or an overbearing mother.

    Robert Griffith: Well, I had both and I am fine.

  • Rev. Michaels: When temptation is all around you, Faith, is not enough. It requires discipline, not just mental, but physical. Who would like to share their story?

    Teri: [she stands up] I used to be so unhappy, I stayed out all night, I talked back to my mother, since coming here and accepting Jesus as my savior. I've changed. My mom and I are like best friends now.

    Rev. Michaels: That's great, Teri.