Seven ponies are stuck on the wreckage of a luxury cruise liner several miles offshore from the Equestrian mainland. They have access to a single lifeboat, capable of harboring four ponies and reliably getting them to safety. A trial, of sorts, ensues.
This story contains heavy critical themes.
The author of this fanfic is a Mormon himself and he is doing it with the purpose of making something that can be looked upon by Christian fans of My Little Pony to better articulate their virtuous didactic fics. If you are offended by constructive criticism I suggest you to find something else to read.
Chapters (2)
If this is parodying what I think its parodying...
I am a very confused man.
I see what you did there.
I love you for this.
And yes, all the Homo
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Parody of another story?
....
Oh gawd yes, all my yes!
I love you. I genuinely and sincerely love you for this.
Add me to the Plum full-homo hug circle.
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But... is this supposed to be based on LightPony's story?
I loved that story! 
I laughed, I cried, I came. Upvoted.
If this is making fun of what I think it's making fun of, then...
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That story was also very bad.
It's about f
cking time someone did this.
1621900 It wasn't bad, it was well-written! The atheists just didn't understand it and they downvoted it! It wasn't the best story, but I still really liked it
1621925
Christians downvoted it too.
It's message was as subtle as a Sledgehammer to the face. It gave them a bad name.
Also, please don't blame people based on their religious views.
It won't end well.
1621925
No, it was bad. It was horrendously written, and the only point of the story seemed to be 'believe in Jesus or you're gonna die'. It was seriously that bad.
There's no real point in making ponies Christian anyways. It's completely unnecessary.
OMG! This was awesome.
Thumbs up and I'm sorry I can't thumb it up any more than that.
... While I don't like the story that this is parodying, my reason for not liking it was because it was done up horribu. It could have been better had the author written it better. That said, I still won't sit here and say this story sux0rz just because. I'll read it first.
[READ]
Wow. At least the other story spaced it's paragraphs out. That said, it is pretty much copy/paste and then start editing it slightly so it will look different enough to the common eye. Honestly, I didn't like it, and I preferred the original to this. Downvote on my part.
1621925 It wasn't well written. That said, it wasn't HORRIBLY written either, like some of the others have no doubt said at this point. It was too direct in it's message, there wasn't enough subtlety. That was my own main problem with it. Otherwise, I might have liked it. Oh, and the spelling and grammar were somewhat poor.
1621941 So? I still liked it! And this is horrible to the author! The 'author' of this should be ashamed!
1621943 There's no real point in making ponies be alcoholics either! But its still featured! Its a public website and people can post whatever stories they like! If you didn't like his story, move on hater!
1621925 Plenty of Christians were actually pretty offended by it. Everyone sucks EXCEPT the protagonist, because of his belief in a god that, in Equestria, doesn't exist? He made every character EXCEPT his protagonist wooden, flat, and containing the worst traits he could. Meanwhile, his protagonist was just so awesome! It was a heavy, ham-fisted 'moral tale' that had no bearing on Christianity as it actually is.
So yes, it sucks.
1621976
You liked it.
That doesn't mean it was good.
I like this.
You don't think it was good.
See, these are things called opinions.
People have them, you know.
1621925
Are you kidding me?
The message about Christianity, which pretty much translated to;
was horrible, and atrociously delivered.
1621985
Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.
1621976
The downvote feature exists for a reason. If the story is bad, I downvote it -- thus, LightPony's fic got downvoted. That's not being a 'hater', that's having actual taste in literature, fanmade or not.
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Hmm... a parody of a very controversial fic...
I don't want to get into this shit storm.
But I would suggest double spacing your paragraphs.
1621984 And some people liked it too! Like me!
1621985 And I have the opinion that this author is a horrible person! So why don't you leave me alone!
1622001 So what if I believe all non-Christians will die? People can think what they want!
1621976
Sorry, but you forced my hand here:
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And the original story was a heavy handed allegory with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer and the author admits it was written that way on purpose. It wasn't meant to be a good story. It was meant to be a very obvious parable but more often than not, people like you dismiss the story in favour of the message. The story itself could be complete garbage, but since the message is one you agree with you say the story is great while ignoring all the faults.
This story, while no means perfect, was spot on in that it lampooned the whole redemption bit.
1622019 Guess what? All Christians will die too. Everyone dies, just like everyone poops.
1622030 Well I enjoyed the story, so go away! You're not the police of the site! I can say what I like!
1622036 Yes, but Christians actually have a life after mortal death
1622058 It's funny that you're presenting your opinion as fact
It's something you hope like heck is true, but you don't KNOW if it's true. Also, if free will is the downfall of man, does that mean there's no free will in heaven? Cuz if so, I'll pass on heaven.
Thank you. I haven't read it yet, but thank you.
1622058
I'm not going anywhere child. I'm more than happy to stay here and listen to you whine about how we're all a bunch of meanie pants. Seriously, can you use that one next time? It would be awesome if you did.
1622019
Remember that, next time you start bitching about people giving their opinions on something. That goes for EVERYONE else here, arguing like a bunch of school girls who heard someone say something negative about the "Twilight" series.
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Well said.
People never seem to realise that the "it's just your opinion" goes both ways and that their opinion counts about as much as everybody else's.
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Which on the internet means practically none.
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1622019
So what if I believe all non-Christians will die?
First of all, because everyone will die, shit, even JESUS died.
Also, my case in point. Now please stop white-knighting and shoving your probably pre-teen vag in our faces, I dont want to get in trouble with the law.
1622058
Too much Bible for you, my friend.
1622058
That, sir/madam, is a conjecture on your part. It's called "faith" for a reason, because you cannot prove anything. So the best you can say is "I believe they do", not "they do and it's a fact".
Furthermore, the tenets of Christian faith say that every person is granted an immortal soul, so every person, Christian or not, will have life after death if that faith turns out to be in fact correct.
Thirdly, and I don't expect you to know that, since you don't seem like the sort of person to apply a lot of thinking and research to your faith, but there are many positions regarding the non-redemption of non-believers (which is what you actually meant when you said "Christians have life after death"), and according to several theologians, Hell may well be empty. But that would require thinking and critical analysis of your own beliefs, which you clearly hate.
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I meant that for Evil Homer actually....
Sorry.
Here, allow me to convey my feelings into one gif.
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1622338 ... Fluffy pones. Lol.
1622058What's this? Religious arguments?
AHEM
ALL HAIL XENU!
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1622447 It explains life, the universe, and everything.
SO MUCH BUTTHURT
SO MUCH MAD
IT IS GLORIOUS
I really didn't expect this sort of response. The derision, sure. But the favorites? Half the likes?
Honestly, I was under the impression the romance elements would prompt a much higher up/down ratio.
Let me just be clear here, on the reasoning behind this parody.
It was born out of the critiques directed at LightPony's fic. That, and his initial statement that implied pony fiction was incompatible with Christian viewership.
I took as much constructive feedback from the original story's comments as I could and created an outline based upon everything I could. I did, admittedly, favor my personal critique, but I tried to be very inclusive otherwise.
I tried to mirror the narrative mode of the original, as well as imitate some of the author's stylistic choices (see: the metaphors).
This fic's objective is to present the idea that, really, there isn't such a thing as a 'Christian' ponyfic.
I will fix typos in previous chapters when I find the time, and wholly rewrite scenes I feel like having failed to articulate fully. Rewrites will be posted as Google Documents links as they are approached in the given chapter. Alternatively, whole chapter rewrites (or major edits like appropriate spacing for paragraphs) will be linked at the beginning of the chapter in question.
Finally... was that the first grim dark wingboner scene? I... I'm sorry. I'm not good at giving my characters happy endings. Maybe... next chapter?
Oh
>LightPony's response:
"Sorry, but I am not going to check it out: I know that it's best to avoid things we don't like. "
Understandable. He says several people informed him about the fic already, so...
I'm just wondering what about it he doesn't like...
For anyone concerned about the, erm, relationship, I can say that I'm going to try to handle that as 'realistically' as a piece fiction about multicolored equines in high stress situatuons could possibly do so.
There may be shifts in the narrative mode as newer chapters are posted. If you hadn't noticed within the first 2k words, I'm really not that great at third person limited. The fic will likely go back to the original mode by the end, if any major changes do appear in-between now and then.
Please, if you have criticisms, do not hesitate to post them. If I 'mess up' any interpretations of the New Testament (or the Book of Mormon), I'd like to know. Don't leave a downvote without an explanation, please... maybe?
1622058 Oh boy, another hard-core Christian who would love to suck off of Jesus' immortal teet!
The funny thing about all of your little group of sheep is that you never have an answer. Whenever I ask 'Then were the hell did he come from?' you always say some bull-crap answer, in specific 'He's always been here.' Christianity is just and excuse to not understand science. Personally, couldn't give a living fuck about what you believe in, just don't go around dumping this steaming piece of shit on everybody.
1623311 I used to be a part of the Church of the Atom, but after growing that extra head which constantly babbles about celebrity gossip, I decided Scientology would be better.
1621885
I'd like to say that Trials of Faith was bad. But I'd also like to point out that it wasn't irredeemably bad. This fic was made in response to LightPony refusing to accept the feedback he received.
And yes, I am a bad person, but not for writing this.
>alcoholic ponies
I find it interesting that your sort, those of LightPony's opinion, consistently make these statements when being criticized or criticizing someone/something. It's as if you guys think that the presence of one thing --coming from a nondescript sect-- applies to all purveyors of the service that hosts the content in question. Unfortunately, alcoholic ponies aren't relevant to this discussion. Not yet, at least.
I remember the fic this is parodying. I don't remember it being bad at all. It was just a bit heavy-handed. I also remember LightPony being very nice, and complying with pretty much everything. Am I wrong?
Anyway, it's still a completely BS claim that MLP and Christianity don't mix. My Little Pony is filled to the brim with Christian themes. Hell, go listen to Smile, Smile, Smile! and replace Pinkie with Jesus. You don't even have to change any of the lyrics, and you've got yourself a Christian song.
EDIT: Also, wouldn't this count as a meta fic?
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LightPony refuted and rebuked literally everything he was critiqued on. "The fic didn't need that." "The characters aren't supposed to be realistic." "That's not the message." (>doesn't acknowledge that people misinterpreting the message consistently is an issue) "[sweeping generalization about the people providing actual feedback on the story]."
He had an admirable temper, though. Never had my head-voice go above a whisper when reading the dude's posts.
1623587
Really? Wow. I must have a really faulty memory.
1623548
What makes these themes specifically Christian?
And your idea of a Jesus analog is a flighty pony with a hyperactivity disorder?
1623548
^QFT