: "Boys, Lisa! Girls kiss Boys!"

Very impressive indeed. I like the vibrant colors in particular, and the difference between fire and ice is shown very well, also on the characters themselves. Does Mars have anything to do with the picture, or did you just think it would make a nice background?

CargoOfDarkness
A little eye candy for the boys, eh?

Technically the picture is really well done. It's got that vibrant coloring that always seems to make your pictures come alive. I like the fire/ice comparison too - and of course the Katy Perry reference.

CargoOfDarkness
I'm so excited by your picture! I like to look at kissing girls. It freaks me out. Very beautifully and very sensually.

 

you are right , this is the message of the pic.. thank you very much for your comment, I would like to find words but it is not necessary ... ^^

gustavo is smiling ... all his collegues are  watching the scene... poor guy  ...

hmmm....G.H  you are right ^^   BUT ....

I think that everything is ethereal and superficial ... The Human try of talk in name of God.....or know the nature of God ... But we can not understand these truths ....   ... sadly this is real... sorry... because we are not god...

We just need to do is live a good life and make the best of us because the Creator is our Father... and a father is love with his creation ... 

   Personally I can not hide some feelings that can be considered sin..      But I am happy with this...

Post data: maybe this lyrics of a nice song can explain this:

And time recedes every day
You can scour your soul but you won´t see
As we pass ever on and away
Toward some blank infinity

 

This picture awake a jaunty delight. The Birds flying in the background and the loose clouds, the enormous sun, beach and sea, you could say it's typical, but it is somehow unique too. It's like she wants to show us that there's nothing between us and the idyllicly paradisiacal world, in which we all already live. Great! 

Miles
It's for this reason that a lot of people who believe in some kind of higher power condemn Christianity - they wonder why a God who is supposed to be loving would throw people into Hell? Well, first of all, He doesn't - we do it ourselves. We live because God has given us choice - to accept Him, or not. Some people do, some people don't. The point is, the people who never accept Christ as a payment for their sins and repent from their wrongdoing are still in sin when they die and go to be judged. And because God is holy, he cannot co-exist with sin - it's against his nature. So by our own acts we separate ourselves from God.

I'm not trying to be negative, nor do I take pleasure in stripping individual thoughts - what I'm trying to do is tell you how I see it. And how I see it, the majority of this forum haven't repented, or put their faith in Christ. People argue that "Well hey I'm a good person, why shouldn't I get into Heaven?" I hate to say it, but on the day of judgment, no one is going to argue their way into Heaven. Right from the minute they stand before the throne, they'll know that it wasn't good enough. God gave us the gift of His son as a full payment for our sins. The message of the Bible is not a negative one - it's powerfully uplifting. You have the chance to turn away from your sin right this minute.

The majority of people I find who willingly turn away from Christ do so for two reasons: pride and laziness. The prideful people say "Oh I'm a good person, why should I need a savior?" Well, you may be a good person, but you aren't a great person. And you certainly aren't a perfect person - which is why, again, you need Christ to take the payment for your sins. The other people simply procrastinate. They think "Hm, Jesus? Repentance? Faith? I'll get to it when I'm older." The truth is, nobody knows when they're going to die - tomorrow may be too late.

Again, I'm not trying to be negative - but you can't delude yourselves that no matter what you do, everything's going to be all hunky dory in the end. God is a just god as well as a loving god, and you will be judged on your choices in this life.

That's true, there is a lot of human error, and the Bible we read today is not the word for word translation of what was written roughly two-thousand years ago. But it has survived that long, and has yet to be proven wrong - beyond that, all you can do is take it on faith. I've seen things happen in my life that I simply can't label as chance, and on this and that you'll just have to trust me.

That's quite a read...

On the original subject, I'm in agreement with GH that christianity or any religion should be able to set their own rules. If they don't want gay marriage in their "club", then gay people should accept that. If they want some sort of ceremony which grants the same legal benefits as marriage, then they should take it to proper authorities and make sure there is one. Cutting the church's funding to pressure them into changing their rules? What a cheap shot... political correctness in society is a big joke.

As for everything else... well, Gustavo said it all too well. :X But still

I think christianity's got alot of good things to teach, and so does alot of other religions. I'm very open to the idea of God, but what I do hope is that he really is as good and loving as these religions teach us. Which ultimately means that I really hope that GH is wrong about him. In this entire thread (or anywhere else), I haven't seen one reasonable, redeeming word for why alot of people, supposedly, are going to burn when they clearly do not deserve it. I hope that God isn't ALL what we're taught, because I could never pledge allegiance to a being so cruel. By cruel I don't mean the fact that he administers trials to see if people's faith is strong and pure, but rather that some people were never given a chance to have faith in the first place. I don't believe what the bible says, but still I'd say my kind of faith is in always following the beliefs I've come to recognise as a positive force in the world (gain, no loss) and never sway off course, no matter what trials are thrown at me. I won't believe what the bible says, but that doesn't mean I can't see that it has some really good things to tell me.

I also spotted the whole "homosexuality isn't natural" thing, and that's both a yes and no. It occurs naturally, but it's certainly not what nature intended. Darwin condemns homosexuals, but society has built a protective veil for them. It's already said, yeah I know, but I'd like to move on to say: so what if it's not natural?! Nature can be horribly cruel, sometimes fighting nature is a really good thing. Not saying that homosexuality is either a good or bad thing in itself, but it works out better for those who are.

Each time I hear you go on about religion it all sounds so negative GH, like you take pleasure in stripping individual thoughts down by relying on ancient scriptures (rewritten even) that you would never admit that they could be wrong... you can't trust anything in this world, there's always error, human error, nature's seeming error. I've rethought my positions quite a bit in the last year or two. If you wanna be right, you have to doubt yourself sometimes.

I don't think you're one to be hateful, but still, sorry for pushing my own thoughts in here, I actually have much respect for you as a person, which is probably why I seem to combat you often.

Sigh... I gotta push the post button before I just decide to skip posting altogether again...

Huh? But you did posted this before (i dont remember in which thread exactly, but i'm sure you did that)

Anyway, your pencil artworks are something!!! And this picture, imho, is one of your best. Not because of technical level or havin’ a highly-detailed background (like in your "she Is The Angel" or "Bitterness" pictures), but, FIRST OF ALL, very positive and bright tones of emotions, you had drawn in it.
Gustavo’s picture with smiling and happy Lisa – what else should we have to cheer up in sad moments of life? =)

This is a old piece, and I don't know the motive by don't post this pic in LTS time ago (maybe my bad memory)...

Enjoy....