Blank

Quoted for truth. Freelancer - the stuff of legends. Freelancer - the purest of aces. Freelancer - the little engine that could.

My father was known to make babies cry after sneezing, back in his prime.

You sleep ... at night? You're right. I meant the morning.

I'm going to believe she was an excellent troll, just because that helps me sleep at night.

GOLD

This is a good case-study on trolls. I think Mikeyliz did a good job just building it up for a couple pages in the beginning. It really looked like he was normal with some minute hostile and stupid tendencies, but eventually it all came out. The lines like, "I don't trust any of you anymore," were a classic way to end it.

Truthfully, I know nothing of science. Thus I will take this opportunity to bow out also. It was a pleasure arguing parallel to you, Cant. :Blank's trying to copy Cant's coolness but failing while grimacing icon: Edit: Though, I am going to look into some books that Meta is referring me to. I have this summer off to read them, so why not become more educated?

Duly, I must say I'm a bit satisfied : )

Semper fi!

Lies, Pid, lies! I mentioned you at least an hour and 20 minutes ago back in my honorable mention addendum. Now, if you were Calax or Xard on the other hand, I would have to add you now, like this, 4. Calax, Xard. Just covering my bases. And Kotorkyle.

For your sake I hope it's not me.

Let's use this next page to write poems about sneezing. I'll start with a haiku. It's not a fetish Sneezing is a special treat Let's all sneeze like fiends. Hmm, it starts off well, but I need to work on my endings in the future.

I just wanted to play the part of the game where you are a cell. It looked pretty bug-free and fun to add harpoons or absorption ports to your little amoeba.

Aww, it's like graduation, except we're all still going to be here tomorrow.

That sounds like an excuse to do whatever the hell you want, and damn the consequences. I don't think that's how it's supposed to be. Sin has perverted what God made us to be. As a Christian, one has to constantly battle the tendency to wander from God. But yeah, we'll probably disagree in the end, but hey, I tried, right? I'd still PnP with you any day.

And I'll double-post because I forgot Gromnir and J.E. Sawyer, the posts of both are usually thought out well and it's always worth reading their opinions.

4. I forgot more honorable mentions, like Bok, Julianw, Drabek, Amentep, Volo, CoF, Hell Kitty, Gfted1, Darque, Gabs, Pidesco, Rosbj, LadyCrimson, Fio, Laozi, Stevethaibinh, Pop, Role-player, Meshugger, alanschu, Deraldin, Meta, Numbers, KQD, Draken, Moth, Nartwak, Taks, Kiro, Tale, and the list goes on. If you are feeling left out, just post your feelings and I'll write another addendum to answer 4. Internet drama ftw. Oh, and Tigranes.

That is like saying that being black or asian is a sin. Punk. I mean to say that homosexual actions are characterized as sinful in the Bible. If one has a homosexual desire, I would call that temptation, just as if someone had lustful desires for a woman. It's whether the person gives in or not that says if they are sinning (or if they dwell on the thoughts, as Jesus says,"I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.") Moreover, I am a sinner. I sin. Black people and Asian people sin. I am not insulting people when I say they sin. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. I am not debasing people when I say they have sinful tendencies, because everyone has them. It's just a different sinful tendency for a "homosexual" person. But we all need salvation. So what I am saying is that certain actions are considered sinful, and I would recommend to the person not to do them, but it is up to them if they want to do what the Bible says is sin or not. I know I still sin, but I'm working on it. I have desires that are wrong, but I try to change. These desires are as "natural" as you guys claim homosexuality to be, but because I have faith in God and His commands, I try to suppress the desires he tells me to suppress, and I try to have the desires He wants me to have. I try to love everyone, because Jesus has loved me. Here's why you guys don't have to be bothered by me saying homosexuality is a sin: I was walking downtown last weekend and there was a gay parade going on. They had their rainbow buttons on their shirts, but I didn't treat them any differently than I treat any other person. I didn't judge them as horrible people or as stupid or anything other than what I consider any other stranger to be. I smiled as much as I smile at any stranger, and when I entered the restaurant I held the door open for people. I didn't treat anyone as any less of a person. Sure, my heart was a bit distraught that they'd openly rebel against God's commands, but I tried my best to love them as I try to love any other person. There's a gay guy at my work. I don't treat him as weird or persecute him. I talk with him as when I talk to anyone else. He's a nice guy. There are other people at my work, and they are nice people. But I'm pretty sure that each of them has sin in their lives, including me, and including the "gay" man. That doesn't mean I stop loving them or treat them differently. I hope I have shed light on what I mean when I say "homosexuality" is a sin.

I'm actually surprised he said something that I can so easily disprove. I do believe homosexuality is a sin, but I don't believe it's okay to kill children for being disobedient. God told those Hebrews specifically to do that, not Christians of nowadays. Christians are primarily called to love others, so is one loving one's child by killing them instead of trying to teach them the right way? Sleeping with ones father was not said to be okay. In fact, the Bible doesn't really mention the moral aspects of it, as it is just a story where Lot's children feel the need to reproduce and they do so by getting their father drunk and you know the rest. People do a lot of bad and good things in the Bible, but just because there's a story where Lot's children do something doesn't mean it is authorized. Krauss' reasoning is thus flawed in that paragraph. That's not to say he didn't debate well otherwise, but it hurts the rest of his argument when he makes weak points like that.

Sorry Ommy, we obviously don't get many of your kind around these parts.

Thanks Xard, helpful, tactful, and intelligent posting as always.

But without most of those biozone factors, we wouldn't be, right? If the probability of it happening is 1/googolplex, we must be that one? Of course, I would subscribe to the "not a coincidence" idea. And as for evolution, I believe it as far as I have seen it happen in recorded history, and from what I can tell it is just mild adaptation, if even that. I don't know if something, no matter how much time you give it, could go gradually from a nonliving rock with water hitting on top of it, to a human. It's also unnecessary to believe in for my faith in God and what he wants me to do, which is love Him by loving others and not sinning. I suppose knowing the truth would be good, but since I am having a hard time being convinced to believe something corollary to the important truths I do know, I won't worry too much. Let's put the belief in evolution or not into perspective. If it is true, how is the world going to change? If it is false? I don't think I'd see people change just because evolution is proven or disproved. Science textbooks and scientists already proceed as though it is undoubtedly true. If it was somehow proven, I'd still love God and obey Him. I don't want to sound like I am conducive to ignorance or that I don't value knowledge, but truly is there undeniable proof for evolution? I think there will always be a leap of faith, unless someone could go back in time and record it happen over the millenia it supposedly did. I think I'll always have reasonable doubt for evolution. Finding fossils and carbon dating doesn't convince me, sorry. I will contend for the undisputed knowledge of reality. In my given office, I will contend for the liberty of man, fearing the reality as portrayed in dystopian novels like George Orwell's. I will not hinder the pursuit of discovering where we are truly from, but I will not go out of my way to prove something I already think is unprovable, nor will I try to convince myself of these things I do not believe are important. I cannot see how it is important. If you can prove to me its importance, then I may consider pursuing the facts about evolution.

I believe someone tried stating this earlier, but what about how morality and ethical codes can help a species along their evolutionary walk by not killing themselves and caring for each other? So regarding physical devices which have evolved, why can not devices invented by the mind not be evolutionary? On the other hand, when a species helps itself like ours, it is helping the weaker parts, which then mingle with the stronger ones, and physical evolution would seem to come to a slower pace than if only the strongest were surviving. Of course, these are humans and we care about them, but from an evolutionary perspective, ethical codes seem to be good and bad. I speak as though a believer in evolution, though I am not.

Truthfully I think you get a lot more crap than you deserve, and you are probably the most consistently tenacious on the boards at the moment, among other things. Ergo, honorable mention. I actually was writing my post before anyone had posted, so there.

Sounds interesting and socially divisive. I'll give it a try. 1. 1. Is it possible to have serious, workable internet romances that doesn't lead to have gay sex with a boy pretending to be a girl? In fact I think I have heard of people who get married after meeting on message boards. So in that case, yes, there are workable internet romances that don't end up with said consequences. I would never try it out though. Especially when there are great women all around in real life. 2. Who wants to see a really ugly picture? No. 3. Why is it we internet geeks spend way too much time on asinine forums such as Obsidian, etc.? I believe humans have a tendency to seek community and want to discuss things they are interested in, or otherwise affect other people. Message boards fulfill some of this desire. 4. For more Dramatics: Who are your 3 favorite posters of all time anywhere, and why? Onur the Courageous/The Illuminator, DonJags, Pixies 5. Who are your 3 least favorite posters of all time anywhere, and why? This is a tough one, since I am always entertained by people's antics no matter what they do on message boards. Since I cannot think of any of my least favorite, I will list three posters who should get honorable mention: Aimo, EnderAndrew, Hades But there are a lot of other honorable mentions. Just looking at the top 20 posters elicits enjoyable memories for me. Baley, ShadowPaladin, Kumpq, Commissar (whatever happened to him?), GhostofAnakin, Darth Launch, Llyranor, nick i am, Eldar/Cant, Schmarth, Mus?, Volo... the list goes on.