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watch can you tell me in simpler terms what that all means. I bevlieve I understand it but am a little unclear to its point here. It seems to say that law sort of forms a box on things. The law giver is a vauge term used from the past where science being in its infancy cannot claim FACTS but rather theories. If this is the case then progression would or should not allow us to use the term law or law giver. correct me if I am wrong. I'm not that strong a swimmer (quoted by martin short on saturday night live). Auggy

Moving mountains with faith the size of a mustard seed is a slap in the face. WE LACK SUCH FAITH. A problem for us Christians is that we claim the power but we cannot excercise it because it's up to the (unproven) God which we are trying to prove. While I agree with Keith Green "theres nothing I can do to prove to you that God exists except that he changed my life" I still have to say if one believes by fiath then he cannot preach science as proof of God. Seems Messy. No one can move mountains because we unlike the man who walked on water, cannot do so. The fact (for us who believe) is that while it is possible we just don't have such faith. Heak we turn to asprin to take a headache away...so much for moving mountains. As for the beast, sorry guys the angel explains to John what the Beast STANDS for meaning it aint gonna be godzilla with 7 heads and 10 horns. My point is that many people read all the bible with such literal meaning that they get mixed up. I'm not saying Revalation is full of symbolism therfore Jesus is not coming back. I'm saying be careful on how you build doctrine because its full of mysteries. Again, the bible does not say "let he who has understanding rekon the number of the beast" and then it mean a simple 666. It's deep! It means something. Like alot of the prophecy its hard to just interpret. It takes a annointed position that God places on someone. Look at the John the Baptist. All the jews were waiting for Elijah but did they recognize him. Instead it was John the B. who came and Jesus slaps them all for not recognizing him. Literally speaking you could look at luke and say what the hell are you doing saying John the Baptist was a fullfillment of Malachai. But its there so we have to deal with it. Luke put it there because John the B. was a fullfillment of the prophecy. And though he was not literally Elijah JESUS CUTS THEM NO SLACK! If you read Matt 25 LITERALLY you'll find that by being nice to people (or Isreal...another interpretation) one gets saved. Since when by deeds does one get saved? What is the sheep and the goats about? My main contention here though is that many christians try to prove God with science and then when science challenges the same person (i.e. the age of the earth, fossils, stars) people run to non-scientific methods to explain them. We cannot talk science if we are not limited to such rules. This again is why LOVE is so powerful. IT GOES WHERE KNOWLEDGE CANNOT. It is tangible and effective where knowledge is not. So if we love and do not understand all things we are well. Sincerely, Auggy

Phyz, CD is a anti cheat system and you probably cant run it in mmmm. It keeps people from cheating. You know which people. All the people that kill me and you. In real life they're no better than you and I but with this great Headshot software they kill us real quick! Of course Im kidding our sucking has nothing to do with it I don't know if mmmm uses HL guard but I don't think they support CD. Auggy

sounds good about the well. I'll work on it when I get to it. Im starting the hallways to the left and right sides. Im also updating the drawing of the whole map. As for the hostages they will be armed and dangerous...jk i've never seen em head up or down ladders. Auggy

jeff, I think thats a great Idea to have the Lighthouse and well. Its a bit tuff cause it's my first map and I don't know how to use whats called enviromental lighting. It's hard because you have to map a background and sky and then get it all lit up properly even if its dark. I might keep the first version all indoors just because of that. Auggy

playya I dont read watch as being insulting. I think he's coming from the walk by sight view. I think it only could be fair for christians (of which I am one) to answer the questions as best as possible. This thread was started concerning doubt. Do you not doubt? If so express it. Thomas was better off expressing it then hiding it. I don't know how to answer some of the questions of doubt but I have them. I have my doubts of many issues in the scriptures as to a hardline fundamental view. Let me take the position of a un-bevliever for a minute. It would seem invalid to me to argue as to the truth of the scriptures concerning the actual events and their history. If one is to say I believe in the flood...just look at the grand canyon...look at nature (atoms, molecules, dna, quantum physics, nature proves God's existence) than that one has built a system of belief upon science (what you see and touch). But If that same one is asked to explain frozen ancients (seem to be monkey like men) or fossils of dinosaurs and that one discards such propositions then it seems that one has no true belief system. How can I preach on the truth of God to men based on molecules when I molecules confuse me about the word of God. It doens't make much sense. Watch, please don't get me wrong I'm not implying Watch is not a christian but he would be more consistent to address such issues if indeed he embraces the issues of nature and science. HE MUST. I have to side with Watch cause I hear many people preach from the pulpit about how logically and scientifically one is crazy not to believe in God. But when asked about these issues Watch brings to the table they simply say dude it just takes faith so don't count on that evidence. What evidence can Watch count on then? What evidence can anyone count on? The HARDEST QUESTION WE ALL CAN ANSWER RELATES TO THIS SAME ISSUE. HOW DO I LOVE SOMEONE WHO I CANNOT HUG, TOUCH, KISS, CONVERSE (2 WAY), LAUGH WITH, WALK WITH, WATCH GROW, WATCH ME GROW. It's not hard for us to love our Wives or children. But to love someone who doesn't talk back to us in our natural senses makes it very difficult. So accepting anything against our natural selves requires a great amount of faith. With so much faith a man can move a mountain...and who on earth can move a mountain? We all lack this faith and thats why we can simply look to God, beat our chest, and cry out Forgive me God! Thank Jesus for dying for us! So with all that said I think its fair for Watch to ask such a question also concerening revelation. I didn't say the whole thing is literal. But if you want one how bout a beast rising out of the sea having 7 heads 10 horns. Is that not symbolic? My reference is not that Genesis is symbolic therfore God did not create man. NO rather I simply mean that God did create man but perhaps we misunderstand it just like no one understand the mark of the beast "for let he who hath understanding rekon the number of the beast, for it is mans number 666" Go ahead tell us all what it means. I don't think anyone alive knows what it means so if you throw that lame answer "uh the upc code on campbells soup" then I'll just laugh!!! IM OUT! Auggybendoggy also if I offended anyone don't be, I'm as unlearned as anyone else.

new pic update. as you can see the 3rd picture was just the blank room. The 4th picture is the same room with all the textures added. I might start a tutorial thread and put the files up for D/L to make the maps. Then I'll give setup Instructions and then some simple map creating. If anyones interest say so otherwise I won't bother. Auggy

sorry watch, I didn't know you wanted a direct answer as much as my system of thinking. To answer the question I believe the earth is billions of years olf. Again I don't buy the 10K theory or the Adam naval theory. It's not that I say God coulnd't make Adam with belly button therfore he could make the stars appear billions and trillions of light years away...I just believe it's older than 10000 years. But on the other hand to believe the earth is OOOLLDDD doesn't mean one HAS to subscribe to evolution. Many Christians feel that if they believe the earth is older than 10K than their faith is damaged. But I too am not sure about how to interpret Genesis concerning creation of the universe. Revelation is full of symbolism and if taken literal leads to all kinds of problems. Is it possible Genesis is this way too? ahhhh the great debate of dispensationalism and covenant theology Auggy

Im certainly not an evolutionist (as Watchtower will confirm) but I don't think anyone argues evoluton on all matter. I believe it's restricted to organisms. A rock can not change within itself uless atmospheric changes are made to it. Unlike creatures rocks and dirt don't adapt. They have no need to...they are not alive. Living creatures are different, even the smallest one can adapt (basic bacterial or viral evolution). So I don't think seeing the earth fall apart disproves evolution. Nor does the universe getting ready to collapse disprove evolution (to my knowledge). Evoluton still is only a theory. I do think the fact that you stated the inbetween creatures are not alive is somewhat still hard for me to swallow any anwers thorwn thus far. I hear E'ists say its survival of the fittest yet monkeys are still here. again it seems to be more survival of both the weak and the strong. If there were no monkeys today I could see a stronger case for evolution pointing to them saying look how human like they were....but like all weaker species they died out. But in fact they are still here thus concluding that they are the top of they're evolution status (NOT MAN). But this does not solve for creationism. All it points out is man from mokey has difficulties. What if man evolved from creature that was not monkey but monkey like (just as man is monkey like)? What if that monkey like creature is no longer here today? Simply because might not come from monkey does not mean Genesis is literal. Auggy

Angelina Jolie, On the same site "tigerdirect" the 256 gforce you mention is the same price as my current card (ati 8500le) Is it possible its about the same power processor? Auggy Also how do I find benchmarks on this gforce card I cant find any comparisons

xterminator, When I'm done I'm gonna gather the files and start a tutorial thread. I'll package all the programs together. I think some people already know but it would be fun for me. Auggy

also how does it fare compare to the 8500 le. When I read benchmarks the 8500 surpassed the 9000 and 9200 series? Perhaps these are all old cards? Auggy

dweez is there a 9700 (non pro) that has the same capabilities with dvi output for less money (of course less features). Like my 8500 le is like a 8500 pro but minus tv crap and other features. It's the same engine though. the 9700 pro goes for about 250.00 (out of my leauge). Auggy

thanks dweez, the really really hard part is keeping the FPS up. I've got a 8500 le 128 ddr and I suffer in steam with my FPS. I run at 1280x1024 at about 40 fps. It's BARELY smooth enough to play. I can run it lower but I hate the look of low resolutions. On the other Hand making it Render freindly with my card means the real gamers with the killer cards will run the map just fine. I wonder if I should purchase a new card. Auggybendoggy

ok, heres a series of pics, as you can see I'm devoloping the white room which will be a main hall with several floors having many access. Auggy

dude what kinds of cards are you guys running. I use a 128ddr ati radeon 8500 le with a 19" flat screen and my fps hang from 31-40 that sucks! does my monitor having the DVI connection have something to do with it? I used to use a 22" nec which raged with this card but I cant seem to get my fps up any higher. How much will changing these dll files help me? I can live with 50 or higher. Or you may tell me my card just flat out sucks! Auggy ps i run 1280x1024 res 16 bit color

Watch, I understand and I have a brand new niece whos downS. Shes adorbable. Shes a bid on the mild side but you can defintley see it. Really only cause of her tounge. If she didnt do the tounge thing you might think shes totally normal. She has pretty hands and round eyes which are diff than most DS. She def has the toes of DS though. And shes as flexible as a rubber band. I'm not offended I see your point and I don't think there is an answer. I assume to play devils advocate, one might say that idea assumes too much of evolution. As if mistakes are past evolutional problems and that we don't make mistakes now. Of course this is an argument of micro evolution that our mistakes (imperfections) get dealt with in time and are eventually eliminated. So that might argue more in you behalf. Anyways, yea but also be careful how you might describe em, I know if my sis or b-inlaw read you said orangatang, they would scream NO! Because of sensitivity on thier end. Auggy

ok everyone, im working into a main hall. there are 2 exits from CT spawn so I'm devoloping one now. I'll take a few shots compile them and post a multi image. Auggy

What do I think our world was like before man ruled. Probably pretty wild. I can only assume it was not at populated. not as organized as it is today. Is that a good start Auggy

Swoop thats a great idea thanks!!! another hard part is trying to just do the layout of the map. Building a room like I did is easy but now making it play friendly is hard. But thats a awsome Idea. Thats what I'll start working on Auggy

im trying to see if I can put a real cool suprise in this one too. I'm actually writing music for it and everything its a lot of fun. Ok heres what I've got going so far. Ive got 2 halls on the opposite ends with red carpet and the other blue. If its a de_map then shall I provide sort of like a long and short a type of locations perhaps using the colors may help identify the map too. For instance if you take the blue hallway then most rooms will have a blueish tint and the same for red. Also how many bombsites? 1000! yea right. ok just 2 i think. Or do you think this should be a hostage (cs_map I think) map? Auggy Please help cause this stuff takes a long time and I dont want to have to go back and change all kinds of stuff.

Phyzar asked me to post a pic so I am It's my first CS map I've built so please don't make too much fun! In case anyoen is interested, the basics are easy but keeping FPS up is a challenge. NO CYLINDERS with 20 faces! Transparencies are hard to do also. The Software Worldcraft aka Hammer sucks flat out! Compared to 3d raytracers like cinema4d or evern the cheaper carrara. World craft doesnt call its items object but rather BRUSHES! Great huh, so flippin confusing you dont what they heak theyre talking about. Effects are "entitys" lighting, fog, movments of doors and crap like that. It just flat out sucks! Anyways the map is a bit brighter than what is in the pic but the candles flicker making hard to catch it at the exact time. Hope you can see it ok. It's just the first room but I'll build on it eventually. Perhaps if I finish it Fatty will put it on the server for us all to play it. I can see it know Auggybendoggy 55 kills 0 deaths. hahahaha fixed! Late, Auggy hope the image works

I think im missing the point on that last one watch. Please expand so I can follow. Auggy

Watch I'm not guaging what is but rather what is not (and that I am not saying it is not but doubtful). I agree these languages were complex but thats my point. Where is there graduation from sumer? I too have read about Sumer and it's history which is actually fantastic. But I do see that 130,000 years should have brought men to papyrus earlier than it arrived, if in fact mans history is at least 130,000 years. If our history is 1,000,000 years then it furthers my point that mans sudden ingenious was sudden in history. I tend to believe in evolution in many ways. And while this page does show evolution it does not date back 130,000 or 1,000,000 years. so I see a lack of knowledge 130,000 years or further along with a lack of inbetween species. But please take it to heart Watch, I KNOW NOTHING concerning these issues they are just thoughts off my head and heart that I've always had whenever I heard people discuss this issue. If you want to talk Dispensationalism or Calvinism thats more my arena...hahaha like I know anything about those things too. I'm going to do a search on the evolution of languages or communication. I'll let you know if I find anything interesting. Auggy

I've read that assyrians had the first written language dating like 12,000 years ago. When I say first I mean complex language. We know there were hyroglyphycs from thousands of years prior to all complex languages. Concerning communication. I agree this changed things alot for us. However I find it hard to believe we did w/o if for 120,000 years then suddently used it the last 10. Like all things (technology, dna, rocks, oceans,) languages should have 130,000 years of evolution itself but it doesn't. It explodes. I see a lack of evolution in languages making wonder about how smart we were or how long we've been around. Certainly everyone agree that even languages should have an evolution of their own also. These languages of Chineese, assyrian, hebrew were very complex and organized showing these people were not at all apes or monkey like. It also shows no graduation to get to these complex languages that I've read or heard of. Even in my college philosophy classes I remember this was the weak point concerning the theory of evolution (secular college). I realize it does not mean evolution is not correct. But like Creationism it leaves me to doubt. I like the matrix phil. more that is this is all a dream hahahahah Auggy