julianw

Again, applying it with skill, showing these noobs how it is done. :D

I wish I know the reference but I don't. :'(

A man will be judged by his deeds first and his words second. So who's a better Christian: a child-molesting priest or an atheist who lives his life honestly and does his share of charity work? After all, Christ did say that "whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother."

That so? To me, these threads seem more like an excuse for 'old' members to spam. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But you are giving some helpful hints already.

I am perplexed by these silly statements. Do they have any point to them? If you are attacking Christianity for the corruption within the religion, there are far better ways. If you are mocking at the ignorance against Christianity through sarcasm, still there are far better ways. If you are just spamming without a purpose then carry on...

Like I said, when there are two billion followers of Christianity and the number is still growing and everywhere you go you cannot escape its influence, what more are there that you need to prove? The double standard cannot be avoided. Do people judge the US government and the Kazakhstan government by the same standard?

Mothie - No. 1 will always be the biggest target. You should actually be proud of that. I wish more people would be attacking the 'Julianw philosophy'. At least, it shows that people are interested.

Enjoy your stay.

Does that mean I got most of the scientific questions wrong? I'd like to think I am pretty smart when it comes to science. The two guys are Planck and Newton, right? Mn stands for Manganese, right? Any one?

See. I am the kind of people who go to McDonald and take extra napkins with me. You on the other hand don't even refill your drinks. ^_^

Well. You paid for them. Might as well get your money's worth.

He got a new account.

Well then, Christ was denied because they saw that he had no physical army to conquer the injustices and evils in this world so that Christ then could not be the Messiah. They did not see that the words he brought were his army and while he could not conquer cities or fortresses, he conquered men's hearts and covered half of the Earth with his followers. So a friendly warning: do not follow the Jewish priests' example and make the same mistake of literally interpreting a religious scripture that is thousands of years old. And if you still believe that God's words will always remain absolutely true even when they were not even his direct words and that everything contained in the Holy Bible are the absolute truth that is beyond any doubt or further study, then let's just drop the discussion then.

Blank - Have you wondered why the Jewish high priests, with years of religious studies under their belts, would not accept Christ as their lord when fishermen like Peter and Andrew would? As you said yourself, the key to religion is faith, it requires more than logic and physical evidence. The Bible is but words on paper (inspired by God so I don't sound disrespectful). I for one would not want to make the same mistake the Jewish priests made by denying Christ simply based on a few words from the OT they clung to.

I guess I will emphasize this point then. The Bible doesn't contain direct words from God or Jesus, the Son of God. Yes, if you read the Bible literally and don't ponder the metaphors within the Holy Scripture, then evolution becomes unacceptable, so I won't even try to persuade you. But for a person like me who accepts that all religions are inspired by God, I could easily understand the concept that God created man through evolution.

To clarify: I heard no such rumors. I am sure they all had various faults in private life. We just hear more about it about today's presidents.

People (atheists included) need to understand: religion doesn't teach anything about this physical reality. We have science for that. Whatever falsehoods religions presented before were only there to help the less informed people of the past when the actual scientific knowledge was not available to understand the world better.

It's not so hard to understand that through evolution humans are created. God (if you believe in one) ---> Nature ---> Evolution. Why would evolution go against religion at all? If evolution does anything to religions, it complements them by disproving the falsehoods within them.

Payin' attention, Mothy? " Yes, I know, on both counts...just irks me when people have to get so damned nosey about other people's affairs. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well. The presidency is a public office. If I am self-employed, I doubt anyone would kick a fuss about whatever freak show I put on in my private life. Though I guess even past greats like Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln couldn't stand spotless under the kind of scrutiny today's public figures are constantly under, but maybe it isn't such a bad thing in the end.

Seems like someone got out of bed on the wrong foot today.

I was actually focusing on the media aspect, but I guess one reason that presidents' sex lives matters is that for Christians sex is forbidden outside the sanctuary of marriage and America is still a heavily Christian country.

Differential treatment?

no, just marilyn. taks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought there were a lot more. They don't call Kennedy "the President who never zip his pants" just because of one girl. The story I heard is that the media heavily protected JFK even though many at the time knew about his extra-curriculum activities.

Hey. I used to wear those exact sandals. They cost 5 bucks at Wal'mart and last you a year. Sadly, I couldn't find them any more.

Ah... I see now where you are going with that pic. Good concept. If you are still thinking about revision, maybe implement the pic so that the explosion is actually reflected by Revan's armor and the left half of Revan (which is to our right) would then gradually disappear into the shadows. Don't know if you caught all that gibberish, but I tried...