"This Says The Bibble."

     Whew, last post was kinda heavy, huh? What do we say to a palette cleanser?    I'm starting a new campaign of Zona Alfa with my wife! For those who don't know, Zona Alfa is a tabletop skirmish game set in a royalty free equivalent of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe (C.R.E.E.P., maybe?), which my wife and I both adore. She's always wanted to explore the setting, but the video games aren't really her style, so she asked me to come up with the lore and missions for our campaign.      I decided to set up a custom Stalker prequel timeline set in 2008, with new factions, lore, and locations. Today I want to share with you the reimagined Monolith who will serve as our antagonists. Please, enjoy! Premise and Inspirations "Bring death to those who spurned the holy powers of the Monolith!"     For the main antagonists of the whole franchise, we know surprisingly little about what they were up to before the events of the first game. We only get a ...

      I should clarify to start that this is an autopsy of a very specific kind of Christian, and for that reason I want to establish a rhetorical difference between the conservative Christian and the demographic / political bloc of the "Christian Conservative." You can believe in conservative economic and social values while being a true, thoughtful Christian. The Christian Conservative, in the way that they will be referred to in this post, consciously or not, conflates Christianity and Conservatism: the type to say that their politicians are acting in God's will, or whose sermons refer to Christian values and Conservative values totally interchangeably. An example: If you think we should support our police, this is not you. If you frequently say things like "God bless our police," this is probably you. Is that established? Cool.     I saw a clip on Twitter today (a mistake, I know) that got me thinking. It was a video of a little girl just saying, "I...