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The crystal, if I remember correctly, is DS only.

I count five.

Advent Rising Main Theme - Tommy Tallarico and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

While the immune systems of sharks and their relatives are fairly primitive, they are highly effective. Sharks and rays are magnitudes healthier than other fish. Though they are not immune to cancer, they almost never have tumors, even when exposed to carcinogenic agents in their food or environment. According to a site I read, only 8 to 10 true tumors have ever been documented in these species.

It was a joke... "

Completely forgot about that. :"> I'm not entirely sure of this, but since it existed in an alternate form prior to being posted, I believe I still own it. I trust Obsidian not to steal my story anyway.

You obviously havent been following the next generation consoles...

Actually, some scientists believe squids will evolve into the dominant life form of Earth. www.thefutureiswild.com

Some people's children...

Actually, the fora are the property of Obsidian Entertainment and any posts to said fora immediately become their property.

I do think there's something more out there; I simply dont believe it takes the form of an all powerful being. Personally, I believe in the existence of life elsewhere in the universe/multiverse. Also, the first reason I had to hate religion was the fact I was born Jewish. This is not a bad thing in and of itself, nor is there anything wrong with Judaism. My objection lies in the fact that despite any words to the contrary the US is a Christian nation and considers itself thus. Therefore, any who practice a different religion are at least arbitrarily outsiders. Furthermore, I detest that a great deal of Christian funds are devoted to the conversion of Jews. If you dont believe me, do a google search. The proof is there.

Actually, the novel I'm currently working (posted in part in the "The Other Side of Art..." thread; yes I'm advertising my writing) on addresses this issue indirectly. I for one see genetic engineering as a good thing as long as someone doesnt use it to eliminate all genetic diversity. Hell, who says the humanity of the future will even be remotely human?

I apologize if you think I was attempting to derail the thread, such was not my intent. Instead, I meant to respond to other comments on the issue and demonstrate my thoughts on the matter. Usually, these two issues are so tangled up (at least in the US) it is impossible to discuss one without the other except in certain specialized surroundings. Also, while as you say most religious people do not find fault with evolution, the reverse is not necessarily true. Many scientific people find fault with religion.

Wow, have you been misinformed. The X360 will be priced no more than $300 -$350. The PS3 is the one rumored to be almost $500, though according to Sony this is false. Also, the X360 and PS3 are not as different in capabilites as Sony pretends. The actual variance in graphics will be minimal.

I love Bioware, except for the fact they have no idea of subtlety when it comes to evil. If I see one more Bioware game that gives you the option to say something to the equivalent of: Give me your money or I'll kill you, I'll be forced to post an angry objection on their website. And thereby be banned for pure reason and the lack of it on the part of Bioboard's moderators.

And yet who created religion but man? And perhaps I did not speak as clearly as I ought earlier. I do not blame religion in and of itself, but instead the mockery that has been made of it by humanity. You are correct in that we cannot blame Stalin on Atheism or Hitler on religion. However, the belief system in which they were raised contributed to a great deal of their later precepts. And as I view humans to be overall a race of idiots, I do not deny someone would find another way, another reason, to commit mass murder.

Except that this is approximately the fifth time you have suggested something of this nature. Do you really think Lucasarts would allow Microsoft to limit its profits by confining the game to X360? As you say, its just business.

Actually, you get Disciple when female and Handmaiden when male. The fact that you chose to be a LSF and a DSM are purely coincidental.

So I take it you're an atheist I do agree with you that religion can be used for evil. Just look at the Muslim terrorists for example. But you can't rule religion as evil just because some people use it to justify acts of evil. Not all Muslims are terrorists. Now, for what you said about religion and politics. I think that you have that mixed up with the church. I'll admit that the church is very corrupt, which is why I do not go anymore. But they seem to be the ones who take on public agendas, not the religion itself. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Agnostic, actually. Ah, but without religion, would we have half the problems we do today? I suggest not. And I equate religion with the church because it is the modern face of such institution. While there are religious people who do not attend church, their ideas of religion have been formulated at one time or another by the church (whichever one it may be).

I've always hated that question. The answer is so obvious and yet everyone acts as if it is impossible to answer. Its the egg, of course. While the original parent may have resembled the chicken, it would not have been strictly such due to random mutation.

From my point of view, religion is a paradox. Similar in nature to the virus, neither alive nor inanimate, religion provides some of the world's greatest good and most of its greatest evil. Its only public agenda is acquisition and maintenance of power, political, cultural, and numerical. It views itself as the only proper way of existence and basically spits upon other views, despite the rampant corruption within its own order. Any who oppose it are supposedly destined to damnation of one sort of another and only through it can peace apparently be found. God is even more a fictional construct. He serves little purpose but to give people justification for their actions and forgiveness for their perceived sins. Yet most of these sins are never admitted to be such because "God commanded it." I do not deny that a few can use religion in the pursuit of truth, justice, and overall good, yet I find these to be few and far between. More common are those such as Hitler and the militants of most religions who use their beliefs as reason to exterminate others.

Stop with your damn conspiracy theories! <_< :angry:

Fine, a being of at least equal power then. But you get my point. "

Of course it is just as likely this superbeing (if there was one) is an alien possessed of powerful technology as that he/she is a spiritual presence possessed of unlimited might. And this discussion obviously leads to: well, who created the creator? The answer is a more powerful being. Yet if our creator is omnipotent, how can there be someone more powerful? The short answer is there cannot. Thus, we have a paradox. But at the base level, you are correct.

You are the umpteenth guy to tell him that. Unfortunately, some lack the ability to reason and/or learn.