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shaftiel

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  1. My thoughts exactly, just offering in case people needed it Shaftiel
  2. Hmm.. playing drunk blind darts sounds fun... put a blindfold on a drunk guy, spin him around, hand him some darts... and RUN! Shaftiel
  3. Hmm.. 94%. Guessed on quite a few of them. I use to play the Quake Mod Urban Terror all the time, sitting in Hotties or FSK405 server, wall jumping all over the place heh ... lots'o fun.
  4. SJ.. you are dead to table B.. you hear me! Dead! Shaftiel
  5. Amazing! Your going to have a kid! This is a medical miracle! How does your wife feel about you having a kid? I bet shes relieved that she is not having it heh . Shaftiel P.S. Congrats
  6. Sooo, anyone else traveling from Southern California? I'm looking at transportation options right now. If I drive, I will probably need 2 -3 days for travel one way. Thats 6 days of travel for 2 - 3 days of fun. Trade off seems alittle lopsided. If there is someone else, or a group of folks, up to 6, that can not afford a plane ticket, I would be more than happy to drive us all to FF07. If not, I'll be flying up there. Let me know by April if you need a ride, because I'll be buying the plane ticket around then. Shaftiel
  7. I guess I'm all alone with my love for oldies... really old oldies.. like 1700's old. Shaftiel
  8. Yeah, its amazing how fast the server can fill up again given the right map. I think that with some finegaling of the cycle we can have the new or interesting maps that are not as popular, while still maintaining the overall server population over the course of two or three maps. Shaftiel
  9. It seems thats the case. Server gos from 20 or so, to 10 or less. I always think, "Ah no, not this map!" when NF shows up. I kinda like the map, but it just cuts the server pop down conciderably. Shaftiel
  10. Zombies irritate me. When I kill someone its just common curtesy them to stay dead. Its just plain rude to get up and start eating brains and forcing me to kill it again. Zombies have no manners. Plus I hear they eat their main course with the salad fork... barbarians! Shaftiel
  11. Um.. I'm not going to travel 23 hundred miles for a horrific hazing experience involving ferrets and kibble am I? Right....? Ah crud, I am aren't I. Shaftiel
  12. The stats on nearly every 720p LCD set I have looked at support 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i. You do not need a 1080p set to view 1080i. Shaftiel
  13. Thats not a word Shaftiel
  14. What a touching story.. And no, I'm not crying... just have something in my eye is all... Shaftiel <---- softy for kid stories, having three sons does that to you.
  15. Electric razers?! Bah! Real men use Bowie knives! Of course, real men don't usually live long after that first 'oops!' Shaftiel <---- not man enough to use a Bowie knife, just a ho hum razer
  16. Sounds fun, I'd be interested. Shaftiel
  17. Well, the link doesn't seem to be working for the hotel reservations. Is there a promo code for Fragfest so that I could get the discount rate, as well as the free breakfast? Shaftiel
  18. I understand that you truly believe in your God. No question, happy you have something you can believe in. However my main argument was that, yes, christians believe in God. They know he exists, and that he his wholly good. Problem is, every single religion that there has ever been, now, in the past, in the future, all of them, had equally fervent followers. My question to you is, why are Christians right. Simple question. Unfortunatly there is no answer to that. The only answer you could give is that you are right because God is real. And thats no answer at all. Your answer to how God could damn people of other faiths to Hell, regardless of thier good works, simply because they did not do it in His name seems weak. God is allowed to be self centered? Its just fine for a 'Loving' and 'Caring' God to send undeserving people to eternal torture? Please, when was the last time you went to confesion? Perhaps the Catholics are right. In which case you yourself might end up in Hell, or purgatory. If your a Calvinist then only a set number of people will be allowed in to Heavan. No matter what you do, those 'Elect' have already been predestined. So if they are right you very probably would end up in Hell. Its all very well and good to simply say, "I know God. God knows me.", but do you? Is your particular schism in possession of the Truth, and all the other Christian schisms are wrong, or in error? Religion is a tricky and difficult thing. There are no answers. You could be wrong. The Buddist could be right. Funny thing is, that the Jews, Muslims, and Christians all worship the same God. And yet there is such animosity that you would think they didn't. Religion, in all its forms and incarnations, has been one of the most divisive and destructive forces in our world. And yet, as I stated previously, every religion basically says, "Be Nice." Funny that. Shaftiel
  19. Your last post quite clearly defines why there can be no debate. Everything is such a circular argument. I could say that man is fallible. The stories and letters in the bible were writen by man. Man later decided which books and letters to include in the bible, excluding those that they deemed inappropriate. The bible is transcribed and copied by man. The bible is translated by man. Christians look at the bible as Gods word. Man is fallible. The bible can not be taken as the litteral word of God. Now what a Christian would say is that yes, man is fallible, but that God through man wrote the bible. And since God is infallible, the bible is Gods word. My reply would be that you have nothing to support that view other than what you have been told by man. Man is fallible. A Christian would then tell me about how they know God exists because the bible says.... Circular argument. That is why you can not debate a Christian. Shaftiel As a side point, how self centered is God, that he would send good people to Hell simply because they did not do those good deeds in his name? Edit > After reading this again I may have come across as a bit harsh. Not my intention. Just getting my juices going, I to debate heh
  20. The Truh is something that doesn't exist. And even if it did, we would not be able to understand it. We can not comprehend infinity. We live in an Universe with out boundrys, it has billions of trillions of stars in it. The Truth would be too vast a concept for us to grasp. That is why religion is based of faith. We could not hope to define or understand an infinite being that was omniscient and omnipotent. That is also why religion fails. It trys to define God. God likes this, God demands this, God wants this. We can not possibly understand the desires and needs of an infinite being. For instance, many bible scholars would claim that unless you accept Jesus Christ as your savior, you will go to hell. Sounds like a rather harsh punishment for the Dahli Lama, or Gahndi, or any number of people of differant faiths that work tirelessly for the poor and disadvataged of this world. But if you do not make your religion THE RELIGION, why should people believe? Every religion in the world today boils down to two words, "be nice". And yet, with even just that simple message, we fail. If there is a God, how can anyone claim to be worthy to sit at his side for eternity, when we can not follow such a simple request? Shaftiel
  21. Well, if the trend on nonrenewal does continue into next month, I would be willing to pay in advance my own future renewal fees to help GC through this rough patch. In that scenario, I would be paying multiple years renewal fees up front, thus allowing the GC staff an extra month or so to round up the lagging base of subscribers, with only a $50 shortfall once a year for X years. I would only be able to do this once, so if GC feels that they can pull it together given a month or so extra, then great. If not, there would be no point to me putting the money forward. I have found nothing but good people, and clean wholesome killing here. I would hate to see this community disapear in the comming months. Let me know what I can do to help. shaftiel
  22. Um.. I got a shirt, and a sweater. But the greatest thing was watching my sons open their gifts. Thats why I love Xmas. Shaftiel
  23. Um.. the topic title pretty much sums it all up. You can not tell someone that what his faith and beleive tells him is true, is in fact wrong. Nor can you tell someone that what he knows to be true though observation, trial and error, and peer review, is incorrect. There have been thousands of different religions in our history. Each one trully believes that they know the Truth. Over time each one has stumbled and been replaced. Christianity is no different. Right now there are hundreds of different flavors, each of them with the Truth. Not to mention the other major religions of the world, with each of them having sole custody of God and the Truth. At least when a scientist has an idea, he has to prove it. And then present it to the world and let other scientists try and tear it down. This proccess usually resolves itself without much bloodshed. Religion on the other hand, does not handle that process very well. Religion is a much more powerful and personal thing than science. Religion defines people. That is why the history of religion is one of nearly endless fighting and bloodshed. To question someones religion is to question their place in the world. And well, history tells us that people don't like that much. So how do you reconcile these two things, science and religion? I don't think you can. But I am a realist. how can I beleive that the Christians have it right? They are no different in their whole hearted beleive in thier God than any other religion was before them. Why are the Hindus wrong? Why isn't Vishnu real? You can't disprove him, just like you can't disprove God. Does that mean they are both real? How would that be possible? Shrug. Like I said, I agree with the topic title. Shaftiel
  24. I only played the original C&C. Never was very interested in any of the later games. If this next installment is more like an upgraded version of the original, then I might just have to buy it. Shaftiel
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