sphinxor86

That, and when Religions seek to impose their dogma on other people. (This is coming from a gay guy, so I *know* what its like).

Its not a necessity, but it is a guarantee. And therein lies the problem.

Thats what I thought! But I needed to check just in case....

It might be a noobish question, but what is the difference between a marble cape rack, and a magical cape rack???

That sweeping statement was not what I intended. What I meant was that some adopted children/children in care have a very tough life. There are plenty of fantastic people who happened to be adopted, and you're lucky if you're one of them. There is always uncertainty when giving birth to an 'unwanted' child. If abortion were prohibited, many many more unplanned children would be born, and a huge percentage of those would then go up for adoption. This would be far many more children than there would be demand for, so what would happen to those left over?? I struggle to imagine happy endings...

Whilst I'm not rejecting that clan, I would like a secondary source, so I'm trying to create that here on tip.it, so any help from anyone as to penguin locations can feel free to post.

Penguins for this week (until Wed) are, remembering that penguins move around: Near the Taverley Dungeon entrance Jastizo, north of bank Neitiznot, near trolls Gnome Stronghold near Brimstail Ape Atoll, near dungeon entrance Near the waterfall raft south of barbarian outpost Near the Eagle cave in Kharidian desert Mort Myre swamp south of rope bridge Witchaven Wilderness penguin was in high wilderness near mage arena start point. Polar bear is in the well near to the south entrace of Falador. Hope that helps.

Scented Candles/ flames.

Or the Child may grow up to be the next Hawking and not be too bothered about its mother. We can't predict the future, and this is one incident in a life full of millions... Those two are not mutually exclusive, the child could be/experience both.

I usually do that myself, but last week they were a bit pathetic to be honest and I had to do the vast majority of the legwork myself.... something that usually took about an hour, ended up taking about 3. Hence I'm looking for a more effective alternative. :mrgreen:

Hi everyone, Do we have a dedicated penguin spotting thread or something, for the penguin hide and seek minigame? If we do, can someone direct me to it please? Thanks Sphinxor

Zomg God does exist, and its name is GOOGLE!! LOL And there's proof, hilarious proof! http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/Scripture/Proof_Google_Is_God.html

There is a famous quote/argument that goes a little something like this.... God is omnipotent and all loving. If so, why does suffering exist? Either, he is willing to remove it, but cannot, so he is not omnipotent. He can, but will not, so he is not all loving. He neither is willing or has the power to do so, so he is not God.

I'd go further, I think abortion for convenience is unpleasant but up to the woman to decide. The alternative is the woman has a baby that she neither wants and may never love, this could easily lead to neglect/child abuse. It may destitute the mother/family. The child may be put up for adoption, and then try to trace its birth mother, discovering the crushing truth that it is not wanted. I'd prefer women to be more responsible and take preventative measures so as to not get pregnant in the first place, failing that I'd prefer for them to face up to their carelessness and have that baby. But at the end of the day, I'd like to think its the mother's right to choose, no matter what *my* opinions are.

Well was God high when he designed humans to hiccup? And gave them appendices? Humans are not some supremely evolved creatures, they are actually quite pathetic creatures in the great scheme of things. We have no innate defence/attack or escape abilities, no really hard skin/hide, no posionous fangs, super-strength, wings to fly away from danger, super-vision, super-smell, super hearing, super-speed. Hell, human offspring take around a year to even walk, most Savannah animals take a few minutes! The only advantage that humans have is prediction often (and originally) from experience. Now I say prediction and not intelligence, because one precedes the other. Humans are masters at spotting patterns, and deducing the next most likely outcome. If there was a particular dry valley that flooded with fresh water 17 days after the equinox one year and then 19 days the next year, most people would place a very good bet that the same would happen *around* 18 days after the next equinox. No other creature has this predictive or forward planning ability. Once we start noticing these patterns, we can learn from them and plan for them. Slowly building intelligence.

Keep at it!! I got mine today :D

Aww, so sad, and annoying! Thanks for gratz :D Yep, diaries is my next target, have medium for all of them, just need the skills for hard...

Tomb Raider!

very comprehensive ;)

Precisely, I think we all know that none of us will change our opinions, but its the debate that's the point, not the result. We gain a better understanding of the counter-side.

Probably not. Of course you need exposure to the ideas of others in order to formulate your own ideas. I try to take a bit from everyone's beliefs and use whatever I think makes the most sense and get rid of whatever doesn't. I don't think there's a person in the world with the same religious point of view as me, and I think that's a great thing. If it weren't for theists, atheists, agnostics, etc. I wouldn't believe what I believe today because the collection of their beliefs shaped my beliefs. My beliefs aren't set in stone. Whenever something new which I think is better comes up, I'll gladly accept that idea to replace the older ones. That's quite a nice way to look at it. :) I was raised Roman Catholic, and completely reject the dogma and doctrine. The more religions and religious people I meet, the more flaws *I* see, and the more vehemently I feel atheist. Having said that if conclusive irrefutable evidence were to show up proving God, I'd have no choice but to believe...

Also, not only do other people believe in other gods, but gods have also been created and destroyed: Aztec, Maya, Olmec, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, hell any ancient religion not still in existence... as for created: Mormonism, scientology, raelian, some omni-religion is asia it has as weird name that I can't remember and the symbol is an eye. I'm sure there are others. These are all relatively modern religions. The oldest one is Hinduism, and they have *millions* of gods.

I'm finally the proud owner of my very own QUEST CAPE!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D I wanna give a big thank you to all of the tip.it people that helped me get it: THANK YOU!!!!

Holy texts like the Bible being wrong just discredit the Christian (or respective religion) God(s). Discrediting a book that claims to talk about God, does not mean that God is not real. You have to search for something more fundamental to discredit.

Science can no more prove the non-existence of God, than Religion can prove his existence. The reason why many scientists reject the idea of god is simple: Occam's Razor "All other things being equal, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one." God is horrendously complicated. It is far easier to have, or expect, that a simpler explanation exists or will come along. Plus, *I* don't like the idea of someone pulling the strings on a whim. I am the only one who controls my own destiny.