Also, the poll needs WAY more choices.
Cool somebody else that watches WWE Smackdown. I guess I'm not the only one.
Also notice how I didn't say anything about the Bible this time! Even though it does talk about giants and stuff.
If you remove your votes do you get to vote again?Yes.
You're thinking of the Apocalypse, G-Dawg.
*imagines a job where you run around telling people useful stuff in real life...They're called counselors and advisors. ;)
One could argue against the "usefulness" of that "information".
If you need an "advisor" for your life, I have to wonder about your ability to survive in any situation at all.That was very offensive. I visit an advisor every week for help, and so does my best friend. I cannot even believe you just said that. Sapphira and NintendoExpert89 are both %100 right. I'm sure you have some sort of doctor that helps you with your mental problems(although mabey not on a schedule). Most of the times, I have no desire to argue with an admin or mod's statement, but this was too far. That was just awful, and I hope you learn of a better way to state your opinion other than a rude, immature way.
It's her job... here, at least.*imagines a job where you run around telling people useful stuff in real life...
They're called counselors and advisors. ;)
The only advisor I have is for help knowing about and deciding what classes to take in college.
I would not find the advice of a counselor to be useful, because I am capable of discerning needs and making decisions on my own, without the aid of a paid professional. I don't think people should need to be told Useful Stuff, I think if they're smart they should be able to figure it out on their own.
COUNSELORS AND ADVISORS TELL PEOPLE USEFUL STUFF IN REAL LIFE!SCHOOL COUNSELORS/ADVISORS "TELL PEOPLE USEFUL STUFF IN REAL LIFE" -- THAT USEFUL STUFF BEING KNOWING WHAT CLASSES WOULD BE GOOD FOR A PERSON TO TAKE!
That doesn't mean people are required to listen to them, but they're there to give direction when one needs help and seeks it. This includes school counselors; their job is to tell "people useful stuff in real life."
imagines a job where you run around telling people useful stuff in real life...
They're called counselors and advisors. ;)
If you need an "advisor" for your life, I have to wonder about your ability to survive in any situation at all.
One could argue against the "usefulness" of that "information".
If you need an "advisor" for your life, I have to wonder about your ability to survive in any situation at all.
Would you not agree that people should be smart enough by themselves to know not to step in puddles? Bird Person perfectly captured the essence of my thoughts. Actually, what bothered me the most was Sapph's winking face after that.
You need to choose your words WAAAY more carefully and considerately, then. It's not about what you MEANT; it's about what you SAID.
And yet, Koopaslaya had no trouble seeing what I meant. Interesting, isn't it?
We "know" what Chup thinks, as we established in the past above posts. Again, as we said before, it's completely fine to have your own opinion. But what you say is what is wrong-- not his opinion. He has insulted others of what they do and believe in; he could've just kept that part aside and still state his facts in a respectful way.
You're contradicting yourself, not to mention hearing only what you want to hear. READ THIS:Whatever Chup says he implied by what he said didn't really mean anything to what I was saying. All it did was offend people. I never ONCE implied that people "always need direction about everything because they're helpless and clueless about life in general." Either way, you're trying to make me look stupid. I'm sick of it.
SCHOOL COUNSELORS/ADVISORS "TELL PEOPLE USEFUL STUFF IN REAL LIFE" -- THAT USEFUL STUFF BEING KNOWING WHAT CLASSES WOULD BE GOOD FOR A PERSON TO TAKE!
You're contradicting yourself, not to mention hearing only what you want to hear.Mabey if you ACTUALLY read these posts, you might understand. If not, I have pity on you. All of these posts were about "Not what you mean, but what you say." along with your failure to read other parts of important posts. Or if you just look back upon your posts, you might just realize what you are saying is wrong.
If you need an "advisor" for your life, I have to wonder about your ability to survive in any situation at all.
I have often why people who are not Christian celebrate Easter. I think it is more of a celebration of spring than Easter. Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ after his death on Good Friday. Also, why do non-Christians celebrate Christmas, the birth of Christ? All it seems to be is marketing by all the companies who say that if you don't buy presents for people on these specific religious holidays, you are not a good family member/friend.
No no guys, G-Dawg's more serious than he is saying. Ahem, quote:
"Matt's so stupid. He believes in God."
Since it is known that Jesus died on March 25th, if 9 months are added, that brings us to December 25th.
Are we really sure that's when Jesus was born? Can you tell me the evidence they've found. (I haven't heard of when they found it, I'm not creating an arguement here, just curious.)
No, we aren't. But according to Koopaslaya, that's what the people who invented Christmas thought.
PaperLuigi, read my post from earlier, that is the right reason.
Luigison: So THATS what you've been talking about for so long! XD That is funny. Yessiree Bob!Actually, I got it from DarkBASIC. In DarkBASIC if you call a sprite (BlitterOBject) that you have not created it gives the error message, "Bob does not exist." I only recently found the link I posted above.
There is no one link. That's an old, far outdated notion. There are tons of species between monkey and man.Woman on the other hand... Nevermind. Anyway, humans did not evolve from the modern day monkey or ape, but it's likely that we share a common ancestor. The fossile record is incomplete, but the vast similiarities in great ape and human DNA support the theory of evolution.
...This theory sounds possible because Genesis 1:6 mentioned something about water in the sky "between" the waters on the ground or whatever). ... ...I'm also sorry if I sound like a huge skeptic...Well, I don't use your "sounds possible because Genesis" type logic. Also, this type of reasoning does not make you a 'huge skeptic'.
Woman on the other hand... Nevermind.No kidding. That's like... a whole new ball field. I once read an article in Popular Science about how different the minds of men and women are, and I fouldn't believe it!
I thought that there was no such thing as purgatory. ('m a Luthern)
I don't believe in purgatory because I believe that Jesus suffered more than enough so that those who follow Him won't have to after they die, and there's enough suffering in the world already. This is just what I believe.
But if there's no purgatory, wouldn't that mean that someone who commits a lot of venial (comparatively minor) sins in his life and doesn't repent of them, but does repent of any mortal (serious) sins he may have committed, will go straight to heaven after he dies, just like a saintly person who tries as hard as he can not to commit any sins and repents of every sin that he does commit?I don't believe in Purgatory. I believe that once you're forgiven, you're forgiven; once you ask for forgiveness, you're also asking forgiveness for anything you do in the future, as well. All your sins you've committed and will commit are "placed at the Cross" when forgiven, and the Holy Spirit enters you. From that point on, God doesn't see "you" (the broken sinner); instead he only sees his perfect Son. Whatever sins you commit, no matter how big or small, don't matter anymore, although that doesn't give you "fire insurance"--an excuse to do bad things. So, I don't see the reason for Purgatory. Note that this is all my personal belief; I'm not saying others' are "wrong".
I don't believe in Purgatory. I believe that once you're forgiven, you're forgiven; once you ask for forgiveness, you're also asking forgiveness for anything you do in the future, as well.
Sapphira: There is a reference to purgatory in Maccabees 2 in the Catholic Bible. If I recall correctly, Maccabees 1 and 2 were omitted from the Protestant Bible by Martin Luther or one of the other Reformation people.
Concerning purgatory, I think that the Bible verses in wikipedia were misinterpreted and the authors were really talking about "heck" or examples of punishment or salvation in life (that's just my opinion though).
Also, yes the DaVinci Code is very cool. It's a great story. This is what people don't understand. It is just a story. It's not the truth. That book is mostly fiction. If people would understand that it is only a story, there would be no uproar.
[H]ere's an interesting bit of information. The world is estimated to be billions of years old, right? As are many fossils that have been found. . . .Well, different dating methods (i.e. carbon dating) have been found to not be all that accurate or reliable. For example (again, I don't have a source; sorry >_<), this group of scientists or archaeologists or both KNEW this building was 100 years old. They KNEW it; it was a complete fact. Using carbon dating (or some other "reliable" common method), the results said that the building was something like around 1000 to 50,000 years old (or some ridiculous amount like that; I don't remember the numbers, other than the difference was ENORMOUS between the carbon date and the actual date). There was absolutely no question about age of the building, yet look how extremely off and inaccurate the results were. Our tools are not always fool-proof, so some "scientific estimations" may actually be inaccurate. The world may very well not be billions of years old. It may be, it may not be; there's no actual complete, 100% undoubted proof. More evidence that a lot of "science" requires faith, because hard facts are not always there, or are not always accurate.
I believe, personally, that the world was not created literally in 6 days, but that the story divides it into 6 days because at the time it was written, it was the most fathomable way to explain it. Those "days" in actuality could have been thousands or millions of years. The Bible says that to God, "a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day"--which I take to mean that God is not bound by time, as we are (which also explains how he always was, is, and will be, etc.). Since we are bound by time, it's extremely hard to fathom that something could NOT be bound by a time plane (kind of like something bound in the 2nd dimension trying to explain/understand the 3rd dimension, if you will). Anyway, since God's not bound by time, it could've taken however long or short he wanted it to, to create the universe. Because of not being bound by time, it would be kind of hard to explain when these things took place and how long it took, so it was divided into 6 main events--put into neatly packaged "days" for understanding. It very well may have taken 6 literal days, but regardless, that's not the important fact of the matter.
It does mention dinos, but I can't remember where, so I'd appreciate someone backing me up. :) Also, just count how many years by the thousands ect, and you'll see that earth is not 6 million years old like so many books tell.
The Bible never mentions dinosaurs. It is probably because the people writing the religion didn't even know what dinosaurs were so they didn't include them in the story that supposidly tells you how everything works.
Haha, what? 6 million? I don't know what books you're reading, but the Earth actually formed some 4,550 million years ago (give or take 70 million years).I think I just forgot because I haven't seen any of that stuff in a while so I was just sort of estimating, I remember know that the books said 60 million years, but either way, I don't believe it being "millions" of years, but still, I found 60 million years bologna.
Humans wrote the Bible. Dinosaurs died out before humans were around. That's why dinosaurs aren't in the Bible. (I sound like I'm explaining this to a 6 year old :\)
It looks like once again, YR is completely ignored. >_> Oh well, I understand how hard it is to read long posts. I talk about dinosaurs in the Bible in my last post.
ProTip: If you want the world to make sense, don't take the Bible literally.Corollary: If you want the Bible to make sense, don't take the world literally.
Well, different dating methods (i.e. carbon dating) have been found to not be all that accurate or reliable. For example (again, I don't have a source; sorry >_<), this group of scientists or archaeologists or both KNEW this building was 100 years old. They KNEW it; it was a complete fact. Using carbon dating (or some other "reliable" common method), the results said that the building was something like around 1000 to 50,000 years old (or some ridiculous amount like that; I don't remember the numbers, other than the difference was ENORMOUS between the carbon date and the actual date). There was absolutely no question about age of the building, yet look how extremely off and inaccurate the results were.Could it be that the stones used to make the building were older than the building itself?
Can you believe thatsome idiot6 idiots! said that they believe that Luigi is in SM64!
It looks like once again, YR is completely ignored
In 1650, Archbishop James Ussher of the Church of Ireland made a careful study of the Bible and other historical sources and concluded, in a hefty tome called Annals of the Old Testament, that the Earth had been created at midday on October 23, 4004 B.C.
The L is real 2041.It's the Luigi Code! @_@
If the Bible is true and dinosaurs lived in history, there should be no trouble to believe that humans lived with them (and probably hunted them too).
Cool. But I have a question about that. How do people figure out how old the Earth is from the ages of people in the Bible? I know that the Bible tells how old people are before they die, but it doesn't mention how old they are when they have kids (at least I don't think). So how does that work?
Oops! Thanks for pointing that out, I forgot about that. *smack* Okay, yeah there probably are a lot of different martyrs for different religions and it's impossible to know all of the motives. I guess I was thinking of the people who tell others their religion and are threatened to be killed if they do that. I may need to do some more thinking and studying on this.
Muslim suicide bombers are giving up their lives right and left for Islam. It must be true? Praise Allah!
Not only that but who the crap believes in all of those mythical creatures for. THEY DON'T EXIST, THEY'RE MYTHS!
According to African folklore, the pongo was a wild man of the jungles. Looking like a cross between a human and a monkey, he was a violent creature with magical powers. He relished the taste of human flesh, often raiding villages in order to carry away captives for purposes of cannibalism or rape. Sometimes the pongo was a shapeshifter. Female pongos would turn into beautiful women to get close to male victims, then change back to their true forms when it was too late for the men to escape. Pongos and humans could mate and produce hybrid children who looked human, but who had violent, cannibalistic urges from their pongo side.
Pongo reports were understandably met with much skepticism in the scientific community. The pongo had so many supernatural characteristics and behaviors not typical of a biological animal that it just didn't seem like it would ever turn out to be real. These aspects of the pongo from folklore squarely place it within the "big hairy monster" or "hairy biped" category of anomalous cousins of Bigfoot.
The entire world was surprised when, in 1847, the pongo (now known as the gorilla) was officially declared to exist. Of course, it didn't have any of the weird characteristics assigned to it by folklore. The real gorilla is a vegetarian, not a predator. It doesn't capture humans, it doesn't eat humans, and it can't reproduce with humans. Its official discovery hasn't stopped the flow of legends that claim otherwise, but now science can clearly separate the gorilla of myth and the real animal. Still, the animal's outlandish mythical features were acknowledged in its very name: "gorilla" is derived from the Arabic word for "ghoul."
The story of the pongo's official discovery teaches us that any cryptid, however fantastic it seems, might be real. Supernatural or fantastical characteristics are no reason to disqualify a cryptid from further investigation. In fact, European folklore from little more than a hundred years ago assigns many supernatural abilities and odd behaviors to real animals such as wolves, eagles and mice. We now know that these superstitious ideas are false, even though the animals themselves are indisputably real.
What once was lost, now is found. Or is it the other way around? Run to the end. Look to the sky. Don't try to jump--it's up way too high. Nine of us in all, unlocked by the sound.