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No worries, just use the sticky. :)

Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me - The Smiths Such a nice, yet sad song.

Right, this is getting annoying. Richard Dawkins puts it like this: Imagine a scale from 1 to 7 ranking religious beliefs. 1 would be a religious person who is so absolutely convinced that there is a god that no amount of evidence could ever convince him/her otherwise. 7 is an atheist's equivalent. Dawkins, myself and the vast majority of other atheists would put ourselves at about a 6; that is to say we are almost certainly convinced that there is a not a god, but not totally closeminded to the possibility that there might be one. All it would require would be a scrap of evidence or proof and we would reconsider, many are scientificially minded and we follow the evidence wherever it leads us. Stop generalising, stop trying to turn the tables on us and come with something better.

Interestingly, some work was done by a project called the Jesus Seminar a few years ago which set out to critically examine the historicity of Jesus. Findings indicated that Jesus only ever said 18% of things normally attributed to him, and most of his sayings were in fact, largely unoriginal and common of the time. A newer project is being undertaken at the moment which is starting out to examine whether or not Jesus ever actually existed. The evidence is divided at the moment.

History Song - The Good, The Bad and the Queen

Have crawling races with various insects that you can find and capture.

A mate of mine brewed some moonshine, or whatever it is, but it looked so nasty after fermenting for a while that he didn't dare touch it. :P

It's an alright album, there are some good songs and some very mediocre. Tarantula has been topping my most played list recently, and i'm a Pumpkins fan so it's a nice addition to my collection, but it's nothing outstanding.

Read Please Otherwise, spam, locked.

Apparently I'm the most liberal here, which is somewhat surprising.

[hide]Wow, just finished reading it, that was quite a ride. All in all I don't have too many complaints, the plot was just about intricate enough (although there weren't as many "Oh of course!" moments as I had expected), the part where Harry was walking to his death was very powerfully written I have to concede, and the final outcome was brilliant. It was a great, compelling book which I literally haven't been able to put down for these 2 days or so, and it's obviously a must read for anyone who has read the other books. Overall, her books lack the depth of a Pullman, but she certainly tells a well woven story. The epilogue was fine for me, I wasn't so bothered about tying up the loose ends of the other characters, it was sentimental and heart warming enough for me, so no complaints there. All in all it really was a great read, and as much as I might look for slight plot holes or whatever, I know it couldn't have been improved overall. [/hide]

Saw it last night, I enjoyed the most out of the films, but looking back on it it did feel a little rushed. It might have been necessary but it seemed like it was a quick once over summary in motion for those who've read the book, instead of a proper treatment. That said, I enjoyed the final battle, it was very climatic. The main actors have all matured quite well, I thought Daniel Radcliffe might have been a bit forced but that doesn't matter too much, he got better towards the end. I thought that Luna girl was lovely, she came across as a bit annoying to me in the book but I loved her portrayal in the film. All in all, good and worth watching, but not brilliant.

Read a book (or two). Alternatively there's a whole world out there, go out and explore :)

Clearly we have a difference of definition here, but I'd be interested to see where you got yours from, because mine isn't just a misinterpreted 'internet definition'. And to boot, my defintion is the one taught nationwide on the English schools curriculum. I know what you're getting at, it just seems to me that your definition is in the minority.

The Bible contradicts itself, in the Genesis creation story God makes the earth first, then the stars, but other books of the Bible disagree with this. Meh, either way creationism is bunk. Why can't everyone get it through their blasted heads? the bible, especially Genesis and Revelation, are SYMBOLISM. Why the blasted hell is the world created in six days, when god probably can have made it in 10 seconds? ans if god is godly, why did he need to rest on the last day? the answer? Those "days" are symbols for the israeli work days. monday through saturday, work work work. sunday rest. that author used symbolism to show how close god is to his people. we all know very well that dinosaurs came before humans, so why are they not mentioned? the answer is, they WERE. Each "day" in that book can have varied from 20 minutes to 60 million years. the dinosaurs can have come, died, and evolution took place all in one "day". The earth was not created the same time as everything else. It could have been created millions of years after some things, depending on how long the "day" was. But its symbolism. The real point is not how the world was created, but a hint of who God is. Atheists and agnostics think they can find flaws in the bible and then point out that christianity must be wrong. but of course, what every blasted atheist can't seem to comprehend is that there's more SYMBOLISM in the bible then actual FACTS! Whats the point of the bible then? exactly what you're supposed to find. How to live a good life. but symbolism makes it basically a christian code that blocks out all idiots and anti-christs who believe the bible is flawed. I've posted several long posts on this thread and they seem to be ignored. I'm getting rather annoyed that nobody can comprehend the word "symbolism." Dude, calm down. I didn't ignore your previous post, and in fact I believe I wrote a reply to it. Look back and you'll find that, but if not i'll keep it simple: Your views are those of a religious moderate, perhaps even a religious liberal. Your views on the Bible are not in the absolute majority, many many people believe the Bible as literal truth, not symbolism. I.e. fundamentalists.

Asilos Magdalena - The Mars Volta

Jeffrey Lewis - The East River So honest and touching, it's beautiful.

I'm weird enough that i've semi got it worked out Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pt. 1 - Pink Floyd (the haunting reverb heavy guitar intro) Now We Are Free - from Gladiator Then maybe, He Lives In You - from The Lion King

The Bible contradicts itself, in the Genesis creation story God makes the earth first, then the stars, but other books of the Bible disagree with this. Meh, either way creationism is bunk.

You need a balance of both, you seem to have made it clear that you couldn't really be happy/satisfied growing up with either exclusively. If I had to choose? I couldn't, no way.

Worst. Logic. Evar.

I agree, unless you're looking for a genuine discussion from other people who've played it, in which case it should go in the subforum.

truth. Seconded. Say it was a madman who was holding both groups of people hostage and forcing you to make the choice. I'd choose the loved one, but that wouldn't make me responsible for the deaths of the 3000, that would still be the responsibility of the psycho. Nor would the responsibility lie with the loved one who was saved, they shouldn't feel guilty for the deaths of the others, they were merely saved, they had no choice in the matter.

Good-oh.

Haha, did the little advertisment hurt his feelings? Yeah, real tough guy.