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Kutske                 Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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drjayphd: But EVERYONE'S a little bit racist. That made my day, good doctor. Are those actually song lyrics? Like by an actual band? |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| Religion was never forced on me growing up. I tried Christianity for awhile, but realized that I was only following it out of fear for what might happen if I didn't. After studying many religions, I came to the conclusion that none of them suited me in the very least. I then began to question the very concept of religion. Why did I need someone telling me how to live? Why did I need some big scary diety looking over my shoulder? Why did I need to participate in ultimately fruitless rituals? I didn't. And I needed no sense of community or belonging, either, so I decided to shrug off religion for good.
I like to refer to a quote whenever anyone asks me what religion I belong to. Roger Smith in Big O, Act Sixteen narrates, "Now, I'm no atheist, but I'm also not naive." That about sums me up. To be more specific, I'm not sure but also don't care whether this universe was created or has always been. I'm not sure and also don't care if there is or are a single or multiple gods or goddesses. I also don't think that if there is a god, that this god necessarily had to be the creator of the universe. Maybe god is a bystander, an observer, who's to say? I do believe that there is a cycle to life, that things must die in order for other things to live, and I do believe there is some intangible and unique quality that makes each life unique. Call it a soul or a spirit if you wish, I'm disconcerned with labels. I'm not sure if this special quality is eternal or not, but perhaps in the same way that my body will decompose and provide nutrients for plant life, my sense of self will carry on after I die as well. Basically, I don't care because I can never be for certain. If I have to preform some silly dance or put money in a collection bin every week to attain eternal happiness after death, then I don't want it. Eternal bliss would be boring, anyway; sadness and grief are what allow us to define happiness and joy, you can't have one without the other. I'll concern myself with life-after-death once I get there. Note that I see morality as utterly different and seperate from spiritual belief, so I won't elaborate on any morals that I hold true. You could take a gander at my introduction on the Newbie Forum, to get an idea. Clockworkz: Don't fuck with me. Why don't you go and check out Aren Hiscock's book "Eclectic Wicca for Life'? Taken straight from Wikipedia. I am proud of my religion, and you know what? Maybe, Kutske, I think your religion is idiotic and absurd, but I sure as hell won't be a dick about it and post it in a public place where other people that may be of the same religion can see it, and thus, start a shit fight, which is what I believe you're trying to escalate this to. The next time you have a vague assumption of a religion (that you probably know nothing about, and base your "ideas" off negative propaganda) that crosses your mind, you'll hold your tongue and make a lot less enemies. Wow, don't know where all that came from. Just to clear a few things up... 1) I don't belong to any religion. 2) Pride in religion is what starts wars. Pride should be taken in one's accomplishments, I think, not one's religion/race/nationality/etc. 3) I have no opinion on Wicca or any other religion (okay, maybe I have a few opinions on Christianity), I don't see why you'd explode over an innocuous joke. 4) I'm trying specifically to avoid fights, not instigate them. I've repeated four or five times that I'm curious as to the non-religious but none-the-less spiritual beliefs of others. So anyone who's Christian or Jew or Muslim or Wiccan or Buddhist or Satanist or whatever really isn't helping the topic along by announcing their religion. Mr. Z: kutske. I've warned you. This is a DEBATE forum. Accept that you may not like where the thread goes. Stick around a few years, earn the trust and (relative) respect of the board and you too could one day moderate this particular segment of the board! *shrugs* You're the boss. I still thinking announcing one's religious affiliation in a topic about non-religious beliefs is useless, but I guess I don't make the rules. Mr. Z: Clockworkz. You know the rules. Dropping the f-bomb is enough, but that outburst is totally unacceptable. That goes for you too kutske. I'm kind of...dense. Could you PM me and quote specific passages from my posts in this topic that you find inapropriate to the forum? Because I didn't do anything as obvious as drop the f-bomb, so I can't be sure what you're warning me against unless you get specific about it. Clockworkz: Yeah; I know. I apologize. It's just... when someone treats my religion with ignorance and ill feelings, I tend to get a bit antsy. I admit; I was outta line. Well I apologize if you were terribly offended by what I said. I intended it as a harmless joke. Actually, two of friends are Wiccan, I don't have some chip on my shoulder or anything. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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Bookworm: Ritual... What was that again? hmm... what Christian practices rituals? All "true" Christians, apparently. I forget where exactly, but somewhere in the Bible it instructs that a woman kill two doves after her menstrual cycle to "purify" her body. That's ritual sacrifice. And by the way, failure to make this sacrifice means you can't get into heaven. There's other such examples all throughout the Bible. Any religious ceremony is a ritual. For example, Sunday Mass, communion, confession, singing hymns, reading psalms, these are all rituals. Bookworm: Which when you say Christianity could you be more specific? Catholicism is what I knew best, but as much as they want to claim so, few Christian sects are really that different. Except for the out-there ones, like those ones where they let snakes bite them, convinced that the Lord will cure them of their wounds. Wurl: A ritual can be prayer on certain date or the best example is communion. Remember, communoin does involve drinking blood. If I may, grape juice is teh s uck. I prefer actual blood. Maybe I'm morbid or I have some juvenile vampire fantasy, but the feeling of gulping down fast a pint of blood is exhilarating. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| I've never seen an episode of Lost, but from what I've heard online and what I've seen while flipping through the channels, my prediction is that either a) this is Lord of the Flies with adults or b) Locke is the mastermind behind this whole thing and got the castaways on the island in order to help them overcome their personal problems. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| Yes yes, sarcasm sarcasm, harrumph harrumph. Also, I meant "sure it did" not "sure it is." You know, I had actually typed up around a dozen and a half lengthy paragraphs, but I decided not to post it because I feel that Bookworm does not have genuine intentions behind seeking the opinions of others, he just seems to want to make himself feel good about supporting Bush. He's trying to prove something to himself, it seems, not to the rest of us.
It's pointless to argue the whole Bush thing, anyway, because nobody is going to have their opinion changed, no one is going to be the least bit informed and in the end, it'll all degenerate to a flame war centering on Bush's strict Christian fundamentalist ideals. I'm more content to sit back and let antiquity decide what sort of president he was. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| There's really not much to say here. You can elaborate if you have a funny related story, otherwise just click the poll and let's see where we stand on the age-old issue...of-a sex vs cuddling. As I'm interested in finding out about ya'll, I won't be voting. | |||
Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| What's Iuzi's mark? | |||
Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| I was going to make a topic about this, so instead, I'll post here and announce my support of the idea. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| No, I'm referring to the fact that though the series was initially produced in Japan, it had strong American influences in it's storytelling and artistic style, not to mention that the second half of the series was produced in cooperation with an American animation studio. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| Since no one's said it yet, I'll get this over with; Official Hamster Republic RPG Creation Engine. I never really figured out where the Hamster Republic was...I think it's somewhere by Indonesia, perhaps south of China. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| Since the age of five or six, I've been designing videogames of my own. On paper and in my imagination, of course, I've never actually programmed anything. At first I'd do simple things, I'd fold a few pieces of paper into a booklet and make my own game manuals. Initially, I just made my own Legend of Zelda: Itallic Subtitle or my own Metroid, but as I grew and matured, my games became original and sophisticated. I have what I think are magnificent ideas, and a firm grasp of level design and gameplay functionality, but I'm paranoid so I won't post any of my ideas online for anybody to waltz along and steal. Granted, if someone took a game I had thought up and made it in it's entirety, I wouldn't complain. My worry is that some chump from a third-rate nobody company will assimilate my ideas into their cruddy games.
I'm going to eventually write things out professionally and send it all to be copyrighted. Then I'll start passing the ideas around and seeing if I can't get myself behind a major project. I have hope that my creativity can birth these games I'd love so dearly to actually play. And being a writer helps, too... |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| If you're having trouble deciding on which to vote, assume they're both equally appealing; involved, passionate sex and deep-felt cuddling that makes you feel loved and secure. And though I'm not going to vote in the poll, I'd have to say I choose cuddling over the sex, for the sole reason that you can cuddle when you're exhaustedly tired - it's actually a wonderful way to go to sleep - whereas sex takes more effort and can only be done if you're full of energy and attentive, which is not always how I am. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/25/peanut_kiss051125.html
And now, a summary for the lazy: a fifteen-year old Quebec girl died from kissing her boyfriend. He had just ate peanut butter, and she had severe allergies to peanuts. Isn't that the most romantic way to die? With a kiss? Granted, I'm sure dying from peanut allergies isn't too peaceful or relaxing, what with the throat-swelling and anaphylactic fit, but it's still romantic. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| Where's the option for inanimate objects and beloved family pets? Though seriously, I didn't vote because it's not easier for me to talk to girls or guys, presuming that we have a girl and a guy who both want to talk to me, and they're of equal emotional and mental maturity and intelligence. I prefer to talk with friends, regardeless of gender (be they male, female, or somewhere inbetween). I find, however, that my male friends are more interested in talking about philosophical and political issues, while my female friends are more interested in talking about interpersonal and social issues. As for my friends listed under the "other" category...well, that's where things get interesting for me... | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| I find that background noise (that which you are not focusing on) is often times more intense and irking than foreground noise. Try to focus on the sound, and maybe, if you focus hard enough, you'll grow bored of the sound and forget about it. Like smelling a smell or tasting a taste prolongedly; you grow dull to the sensation. Also, like when you repeat a word aloud, over and over again -- it loses meaning. Try "punch." Not like, punching him, I mean saying punch over and over again. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| They gave Peach her own DS game, they'd damned well better give Luigi his own. I demand Luigi's Mansion 2! What does that have to do with PiT? Nothing, but I just recently beat Superstar Saga, and will be getting PiT soon. Controlling two characters made pulling off Bros. Moves tough enough, I can't imagine how hectic it'll be in PiT. But the game was really fun, we need more games like this. If only Final Fantasy took on the idea of doing more in battle than saying "cast this" "attack that" and did more Paper Mario / Mario & Luigi type stuff, maybe that'd revamp the series. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| There's nothing more hilarious than an otherwise capable creature utterly disabled and confused. Like dangerous wild animals waking up from tranquilizers, or the afforementioned self-snore-shock. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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Danielle: Romantic? How horrible. That poor guy, he must be hating himself right about now. I'm glad I'm not allergic to anything. Eh, I guess it'd be more romantic if their love was forbidden by their parents/friends/teachers/etc. and they both died from the kiss... Cymoro: A friend and I had a joint effort in making this beauty. I haven't clicked on the link yet. I'm about to, and so help me, it better not be playing the peanut butter jelly song... 182077607309.34: You guys are evil…. Evil...? Or sexy? Colin: I find it ironic more than anything else although if you ever wanted to murder someone without making it seem too obvious... :\ Pretty hard to prove your intentions that way. Nut allergics better watch not to piss anyone off anytime soon. Then subsequently make out with them. Alastor the Stylish: This entire thing is horrible... Yet awesome. And the worst part is, I can't think of a way to combine the two except "Horriblawesome" which sounds terrible. Horriblawesome is terriblerrific. Wait a second, Horriblossom sounds like a Pokémon... EvilMushroom: I think that pbj song is funky. As in. funcky. I'm going to have my custom title as "with a baseball bat." They got it wrong on the Family Guy episode. The lyrics go, "Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat; peanut butter jelly with a baseball cap." The second one is cap. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| Private messages, too. PMs need the disable options. Perhaps you should also eventually add an "always disable" option in Profile. I for one always disable smileys, and for some reason lately, when I click on Preview, it unchecks the box, which gets tedious. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6670 days Last view: 6670 days |
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| Alright, time for a little role play. You are a Swiss citizen and you have just been conscripted by the military for active duty, however, you are a conscientious objector. You have been called to a hearing conducted by fellow citizens as well as a small panel of psychiatrists and are asked a series of questions. Their intention is to see if you're truly opposed to war and should therefore be exempt from service, or whether you're a liar or just lazy. See, if you refuse to go into service simply because you are lazy or frightened, you go to jail, as they put it, "choose to go to jail." Here is a selection of questions that are actually asked in this real-life situation. Let's have some fun; answer them for us, will you? If you aren't actually a conscientious objector, pretend you're at this hearing anyway, but respond to the questions honestly. Please copy/paste the following into your post (don't use quote), I've formatted the questions to be easier to read. Let's begin...
<b>How and when did you decide against the military service?</b> <b>Why can't you arrange military service with your conscience?</b> <b>What prohibits you to serve in the military?</b> <b>Do you fear having to fight, or to use force?</b> <b>Do you want to abolish the army?</b> <b>What do you think about the phrase "We have the army to defend us, not to kill others"?</b> <b>What would you do if you're attacked?</b> <b>What do you feel when you see that others are attacked?</b> <b>What is violence, exactly?</b> <b>Would you rather experience losses than having to use force?</b> <b>Would you describe yourself as a pacifist?</b> <b>What basic values, beside objecting to violence, do you have?</b> <b>What entity gives you the certainty that your thinking and your feelings are right?</b> <b>Why didn't you chose to go into prison if your conscience is that strong?</b> (Remember I said you can "choose to go to prison" if you don't want to be conscripted, that's what this question refers to. Delete these parenthesis and the text within them after you copy/paste.) <b>Why didn't you use medical reasons to avoid military service?</b> <b>What do you actually do to further peace, or is your attitude the only peaceful thing about you?</b> <b>Who is in charge of defending your children in case of an armed conflict?</b> (If you don't have children, please answer supposing you did, unless you never plan to have children. Again, delete these parenthesis and the text in them after copy/pasting.) <b>Do you live your ethical principles inside your family?</b> (What they mean is, "Does your family share your ethical principles with you?" The next three questions are general questions about your personality, so the hearing leaders can get a feel for what kind of person you are. Delete the parenthesis again.) <b>What books do you read?</b> <b>What do you demand from yourself?</b> <b>Are you merely a leader, a follower or a loner?</b> Pencils down, boys and girls. Now hand in your papers from front to back and place them in a pile on my desk. Jimmy, stop chewing that gum in my classroom. |
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