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Silvershield   580                   Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Racer XeoWhat are you trying to say? |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by MathOnNapkins"We" can't determine that, because "we" have no need to. If a certain sect interprets the text legitimately, more power to them - their religion is granted some degree of credibility. If they have come up with a totally insane, off the wall reading of the text, the only people who suffer are those who subscribe to that particular sect - why should you and I care? |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Racer XeoOh, ok, understood  .
And you're right, sales of the game were disappointing, which is a shame because its quality as a game was confirmed when it won Game of the Year from...Computer Gaming World? I think that's who it was. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I can't help but be utterly stunned whenever someone proposes that he will be able to somehow "make the best of" Hell, should he end up there. As if there's some sort of loophole.
Or, conversely, when a person imagines how boring Heaven must be, because it's full of stuck up, goody two shoes saints, and angels flying around playing harps. Does nobody here have the capacity to think in abstractions? Surely, if Heaven and Hell exist, the forms that they take are far beyond the realm of human comprehension. |
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Silvershield 580  Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Racer XeoI see. And I've been thinking that it was only CGW that gave DE that award, because I first played the game on a DVD that came with a copy of the magazine; that free version of Deus Ex was called "Game of the Year Edition." |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by zirathaHow so? Are you saying that, if everyone murders and steals and commits other sinful acts, then those people that commit those acts the least often are somehow good? Good is not a relative term that is meant to refer to those people who are the "least bad." |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by ziffhasnoaim/passwordI think that's the first thing you've ever written that I've lauged out loud at .
The car I currently drive "could" go up to 90 or so - the speedometer stops around there - but it begins to shake violently just under 80. Even so, I bring it up to that speed on streches of highway that are effectively barren of traffic, have good visibility, and really offer no challenges or dangers; for the day-to-day drive, though, I don't think it ever goes much faster than 50. From what I've heard and read, approximately 55mph is the ideal speed as far as gasoline efficiency goes. For that reason, some highways around here (North Jersey) have readjusted their maximum limits to just that number, though I would hardly imagine that it's followed except under direct police supervison. Anyhow, since I feel like I've said nothing of relevance...yeah, I would buy a car that tops out at around 100mph (or even lower), but maybe only if there were some tradeoff like, as proposed, an incredibly number of miles to the gallon. I would likely never need, or even have the opportunity, to bring a car much over 90, anyway. |
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Silvershield 580  Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Depends almost certainly on the specifics of your situation. I graduated high school in a class of 78, and my best friends from home (who I grew up with from kindergarten) are still my best friends now. I can imagine them remaining in that role indefinitely.
Conversely, of my friends at college - almost all of whom graduated with multiple hundreds of students in their high school classes - many seem to indicate that they've made their closest friendships at college. Something like the size of your high school, and of the college in question, are likely important. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Jin DoganIt really upsets me that it won't be out until I've returned to school, meaning that I'll only have my laptop with me. And that game would murder my laptop in the most ugly way possible. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| To address a bit of a side topic that has risen, I really don't know if the advice hawked by Cosmo is really to be taken as the end-all of what is "right" (whatever "right" might be). I'm one of the more chaste people my age that I know, and I also have one of the more conservative opinions regarding physicality between a dating couple, but I think delaying a first kiss until the altar is a bit extreme. It bothers me that kissing is, in fact, no more than "shaking hands" (as exp Beyond kissing, though, things become more serious. I believe in maintaining one's virginity until marriage, yes, but even steps of physical contact that come between a simple kiss and a "home run" are to be reserved for a committed, long-term, earnestly devoted and serious relationship. Just thought I'd step in as a kind of middle ground between the original poster and the idea that physical contact is to be engaged in freely without qualm. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by ||bassEmeril is a bit gimmicky for me, though I feel like I can appreciate his typically more mundane dishes in contrast to the incredibly complex, terribly opaque foods found on Iron Chef and the like. (Nonetheless, the Japanese Iron Chef is possibly my favorite show on TV.) Wolfgang Puck is just downright incomprehensible, though. Good Eats is a wonderful show, but I feel like its impractical for the typical weekend warrior chef to really but its recipes into practice. Alton Brown seems to suggest that every American kitchen has a plethora of arcane devices and exotic ingredients always at the ready, when I know from personal experience that many people don't have saffron, or an electric knife, or even a food processor just lying around. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by drjayphdHah, alright, fair enough. My gripe might be more with his presentation than with the reality of his methods. That is to say, many homes might have a food processor handy, and just as many could have easy access to saffron or a similarly exotic spice if specific need were present, but the show's kitchen is so heavily and professionally stocked that it almost appears to be a given in the eyes of the show's host that any of his viewers will have the same tools that he has. When he tells me to "take out my handy thermometer that is stuck inside the meat while its in the oven and that has a wire that connects it to an exterior digital indicator so that I can read the temperature without opening the oven" - not in so many words, of course - I feel almost inadequate when I realize that I possess no such implement  . |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Randy53215So, you're saying you enjoy doing something that you know is illegal and that is undoubtedly dangerous to yourself and others, and you would be angry if you were forcibly prevented from committing that illegal act in the future? |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Hail Trunxy, long-time member, former staffer, and murderer of orphans.
Yeah, you heard me. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by rubixcuberNow, are we talking about the real Opus Dei, or the one that you've read about in The DaVinci Code? Because the two are not exactly equivalent. Originally posted by rubixcuberHow would that "do the trick?" Because religion is the cause of all the world's evils, all church leaders are corrupt, religion hurts more than it helps, etc. Right? |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by rubixcuberFor most - well, at least for me, because I suppose I only speak for myself - being part of a religion isn't about being welcomed into a group. Certainly that's a perk, but I am a Catholic Christian because I believe in the God and the dogma and the tenets that my church espouses. I like being part of some sort of worldwide "brotherhood" of Catholics, but that is not my main reason by any means. Originally posted by rubixcuberWhen you specifically picked out Opus Dei, I assumed your source was The DaVinci Code, because Opus Dei has received infinitely more publicity since that book and movie were realeased. My mistake, I assumed wrong. Originally posted by rubixcuberI feel like you're proposing a fairly radical solution. "Some Arabs are terrorists, so in order to get rid of all the terrorists, we should kill all Arabs. That way, no new Arabs can rise up to replace the dead terrorists." Originally posted by rubixcuberI don't know enough about the organization to argue it independently, but a quick scan of the Wikipedia page suggests that only 20% of the membership contributes significantly financially. And that 20% includes people who live a celibate lifestyle that revolves largely around Opus Dei in the first place - they are entirely voluntary. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by rubixcuberI took your comment as something serious because, to be honest, I've heard worse (or at least more extreme) things said on this forum and elsewhere. Anyway, no harm done. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I would typically label myself conservative, though I've been reconsidering that habit for some time. My values seem to mesh more closely with the right, though I see a lot of the left in myself too, so I've begun to wonder.
1. Are you for same-sex marriages? I've never tied myself to a specific side in this issue. I really don't know what to say. I have no problem with gays but, at the same time, I understand that marriage was originally (and should still be) a sacred institution. Of course, as is often said, divorce and the absolute trivialization of marriage has kinda changed that, but does that mean that we should just throw our hands up in surrender and say "It's been ruined this much, why not go all the way?" I really cannot place myself on either side of this issue. 2. Do you think it's wrong for the word "Jesus" to be used in public? (i. e. on billboards and such?) What I think is wrong is when rappers (as an example, because they're familiar to most everyone, though that's not to say that other groups are not relevant) rhyme about promiscuity and greed and violence, and then have the gall to thank Jesus for their success and their lifestyles. Used respectfully, though, I can't see why "Jesus" should be off-limits. 3. Is abortion plain wrong or is it justified? It's plain wrong, no two ways about it. I sympathize with women who are undergoing a trying time in their lives, and I recognize their desire to "take the easy way out," but their actions do not just affect themselves. There is a distinct life that is utterly snuffed out just so that the mother can live more conveniently; it disgusts me. Now, is outlawing it the answer? Maybe, maybe not. If it were up to me, the first step would be to enact any number of programs that offer legitimate alternatives to abortion, and seeing what kind of impact that made. Illegalization would be an ideal, for me, if everyone followed it, but I don't know if that's realistic. Like I said, the first step would be to give pregnant women a real, tangible, desirable alternative to murdering their babies. 4. Are you for the war or hate it? I'm against war in general - being pro-life doesn't just mean anti-abortion, after all - but am not really politically aware enough to make a specific statement as to my opinion on this war. There is such thing as a just war, WWII being the oft-cited example, but I can't comment as to whether this is one of them. 5. Should the government raise taxes to go to the poor and such, or should we be entitled to more of it ourselves? Again, I'm not involved enough in the economic side of politics to account for all the possible repurcussions. From what knowledge I have, though, I can say that I find private charity to be more effective than what the government can do. Edit because it is apparently a crime to confuse homophones when typing quickly. (edited by Silvershield on 10-07-06 06:26 PM) |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by windwakerMarriage existed as a sacred institution long before the laws of America were a twinkle in the Founding Fathers' eyes, or before Columbus even stepped onto his ship to seek the Indies; we as Americans did not invent marriage, and we cannot alter its character by declaring it an entirely secular insitution. In any case, though, I made it quite clear that I don't have a set opinion on the matter, so don't jump all over me as if I'm your enemy. Originally posted by windwakerCongratulations on discovering probably the single spelling mistake that you will find in my 300+ posts. I'm glad you used it to your advantage. Originally posted by windwakerBecause the ability to spell correctly is a prerequisite for being able to make decisions regarding morality. Originally posted by windwakerAs stated, how "eyronic." Originally posted by windwakerFirst of all, don't patronize me. Secondly, lying isn't illegal because it does not directly murder an unborn child. Apples and oranges here. I only support the idea of instituting programs to offer alternatives to abortion, rather than simply outlawing it, because I'm not out to hurt pregnant women but to protect their unborn children. Outlawing abortion leaves a pregnant woman with no real alternative that does not injure the child, while improving the situation with birth control, adoption programs, etc can prevent or safely solve the problem. Originally posted by blackhole89I didn't know that millions of tiny humans lived on my hands. I'll never bathe again, because I might risk compromising those microscopic human beings whose lives are of value. |
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Silvershield 580 Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 5920 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by JombIt would be best for the legal definition of marriage to be an entirely separate practice from the religious. The most fitting way, I would imagine, would be to simply name all gay marriages and all non-religious marriages as distinct from religious marriages. That is, a homosexual couple or a couple that does not wish to be associated with a religious ideal can enter into a civil union, while a couple that recognizes the religious implications can enter into a marriage; the two institutions would be identical in every respect except for name, but name can often mean a whole lot. But don't take what I say about this matter too seriously: as I've been trying to point out, it's not an issue that I'm especially interested in. |
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