When I said that we had to read the Bible it wasn't because I'm in some catholic school with some strict zealot teachers
In our educational system there are books that are called 'lektiri'. Now, I don't know how they 'do it' in your countries, but for instance in my case our mothertongue class -macedonian language and literature (even though in certain grades it has a different naming scheme) is a class that you have to take every year from kindergarten so to say till the end of whatever type of education you've chosen.
These must-read books were a real pain in the butt back when I was a little duckling but when you start maturing you begin to appreciate it.
So one part of these classes was learning proper grammar and punctuation (in macedonian, duh) , writing free-form essays etc. ; Second part is the 'literature'. Both from macedonian and foreign authors and unknown folk-writers.
Basically a selection of the best and/or most impacting prose, plays and poetry. In 8 years of elementary school you have about 15 books per year (ranging beacause of the age ), then in middle school you have exactly 25 books every year for 4 years which to be honest it is very difficult to read because they're not exactly leaflets (make that 'tomes') in only a span of a few months during the summer hollidays.
That and we have to make analysis of the works in essays without a fixed number of pages or words which is then graded throughout the school year.
After it is graded we have tests with certain themes from a random book about which we have to write another essay explaining the core meanings surrounding the afore mentioned theme from the book. At least 4,5 pages long in 45 minutes. If you don't read you flunk.
Wasn't this supposed to be about angels?
I don't believe in angels, but I believe in nephalem and ancients. Diablo style.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Quote from "KonataX" »
lol it can still easily be a ranger since who said you cant shoot arrows at melee distance xD
Quote from "Archie" »
The Barbarian is from Arreat, a very cold snowy mountain top, but they are much tougher than normal humans, so they don't need warmth.
Quote from "Archie" »
Where are Barbarians originally from? Sumeria, or more specifically Mesopotamia, AKA Europe. Think the Alps and the Pyrenees
Not nessecarily ghosts, but life forms that are not the same base makeup as any Earthling. (Earthling refering to any creature that lives on earth, that being plant, animal, monkey, or human.)
I guess general slang would be a "ghost" though...
I want to say something and its not about angels... sorry! kinda
Islam is newer than Christianity and says that Jews and Christians are wrong, because of the way they have changed words in the bible and the torah. What I mean by this is that there could have been some substituting or changing the text to suit the people in charge's purposes, make the text mean a certain thing or change words to make more clearer. I don't know about Jewish things but example of this could come from the early Christian church, Emperor Constantine I (Council of Nicaea woah) or the Catholic Church in general over the centuries, and don't forget BAD translations... Bible has been translated and sometimes not so good. I believe Islam makes an interesting point... However, Islam is almost as antiquated as the other religions and who says that they are right either?
Off through the new day's mist I run Out from the new day's mist I have come We Shift Pulsing with the earth Company we keep Roaming the land while you sleep
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
I want to say something and its not about angels... sorry! kinda
Islam is newer than Christianity and says that Jews and Christians are wrong, because of the way they have changed words in the bible and the torah. What I mean by this is that there could have been some substituting or changing the text to suit the people in charge's purposes, make the text mean a certain thing or change words to make more clearer. I don't know about Jewish things but example of this could come from the early Christian church, Emperor Constantine I (Council of Nicaea woah) or the Catholic Church in general over the centuries, and don't forget BAD translations... Bible has been translated and sometimes not so good. I believe Islam makes an interesting point... However, Islam is almost as antiquated as the other religions and who says that they are right either?
very true, and good points. but its actually not that difficult to get the untampered versions of biblical texts. luckily original translations haven't been lost so anyone curious enough can find out themselves
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
OOOOOOOO c'mon...>>>>islam is soooo oppressive towards women>>>in islam>>>men are superior............in islam...women must be like slaves!!!!!!!!the religion has CRAZY rules and regulations that can onlt be described as ridiculous and extreme>>>>>trust me I know!!!I live in a MUSLIM country....boy I have had many bad experiences with muslims.......>>>
LOL, Guys intresting that some people can believe in Angels lol, Last time I believe was when I was 6 Years old. There are no Angels watching over you also no God, only you.
Believe in yourself its the only way you will come forward.
Funny that some people believe in something a priest says „spend some money and youre Sins are gone“ MUAHAHAH.
People who outright say that there is no god are usually considered ignorant because they don't think anything else but what they think is plausible. Just a FYI.
LOL, Guys intresting that some people can believe in Angels lol, Last time I believe was when I was 6 Years old. There are no Angels watching over you also no God, only you.
Believe in yourself its the only way you will come forward.
Funny that some people believe in something a priest says „spend some money and youre Sins are gone“ MUAHAHAH.
you dont actually know very much about religion do you?
oh and btw, the bible also suppresses women a bit. it says for them to be submissive to the man and stuff like that. that the order of it is like god, jesus, father, mother, children
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
the road leading to hell is filled with good intention.
didn't Madonna say that in her 4 minutes to save the world song?lol
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
People who outright say that there is no god are usually considered ignorant because they don't think anything else but what they think is plausible. Just a FYI.
they are thought ignorant by the god believing crowd :-/ (for the most part) and u telling him that him thinking god doesnt exist is ignorant because its the only thing he thinks is plausible... doesnt taht kinda pertain to yourself... GOD IS THE ONLY WAY kinda thing? same arguement different side
Hi guys I just read all 59 pages of this, vary interesting...
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
www.myspace.com/mpotatoes for all your Trans Siberian Orchestra listening pleasure
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
they are thought ignorant by the god believing crowd :-/ (for the most part) and u telling him that him thinking god doesnt exist is ignorant because its the only thing he thinks is plausible... doesnt taht kinda pertain to yourself... GOD IS THE ONLY WAY kinda thing? same arguement different side
can you PROVE to me that only the "god believing crowd" thinks that? maybe a lot of people, very intelligent people believe that maybe, just MAYBE we humans dont know everything, just MAYBE we have no clue as to if there is a creator or not.
do you know why you cant disprove a god? because we cant even leave our own solar system! we have NO CLUE as to what is or what is not out there. no technology we have could possibly even scrape the tip of the ice burg that is the universe. many people realize how insignificant and limited humans are. but some people, when they see things with science they feel that its the ultimate answer and SCREW anything else that could be conceivable because we figured it alllll out ourselves. imagine that, us humans know the truth to life and if theres a god, even though we are still incredibly limited and base so many things on theory we happen to know for a FACT that there is no god. PSSSHHHHH a god?" ya right? what more could there be to learn? we've already figured everything out and dont even need to know anything more, its all so simple....<_<
thats why people, not necessarily even religious people think people that think like that are stupid, not even ignorent. they feel that maybe life is more abstract than some might think, that maybe there are things that we couldn't even begin to conceive. so in effect they leave the possibility open because they don't think they know it all and when they come upon someone who does it seems somewhat silly to have the tenacity to say that they know better than someone else
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
The bible is just a guideline, stories with morals. Christianity is a faith based on those stories. That would be the modern day equivalent of basing a religion on a kids television show. People forget that the bible was originally written in Latin and then translated into English. When translation occurs you're bound to lose some of the original meaning. Combine that with a millennium's difference in cultural reference and a hierarchy devoted to withdrawing people's money with the guise of salvation and you are left with a warped religion. I hate religion, I don't believe in the sanctioning of beliefs. I think everyones faith should be their own.
Hmmm ... vary interesting .... hmmm...what the hell i dont know anything
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
www.myspace.com/mpotatoes for all your Trans Siberian Orchestra listening pleasure
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
who knows. im open to just about any theory just so long as they dont feel its 100% correct. as long as people have open minds to speculation i am always curious as to different positions.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
In our educational system there are books that are called 'lektiri'. Now, I don't know how they 'do it' in your countries, but for instance in my case our mothertongue class -macedonian language and literature (even though in certain grades it has a different naming scheme) is a class that you have to take every year from kindergarten so to say till the end of whatever type of education you've chosen.
These must-read books were a real pain in the butt back when I was a little duckling but when you start maturing you begin to appreciate it.
So one part of these classes was learning proper grammar and punctuation (in macedonian, duh) , writing free-form essays etc. ; Second part is the 'literature'. Both from macedonian and foreign authors and unknown folk-writers.
Basically a selection of the best and/or most impacting prose, plays and poetry. In 8 years of elementary school you have about 15 books per year (ranging beacause of the age ), then in middle school you have exactly 25 books every year for 4 years which to be honest it is very difficult to read because they're not exactly leaflets (make that 'tomes') in only a span of a few months during the summer hollidays.
That and we have to make analysis of the works in essays without a fixed number of pages or words which is then graded throughout the school year.
After it is graded we have tests with certain themes from a random book about which we have to write another essay explaining the core meanings surrounding the afore mentioned theme from the book. At least 4,5 pages long in 45 minutes. If you don't read you flunk.
Wasn't this supposed to be about angels?
I don't believe in angels, but I believe in nephalem and ancients. Diablo style.
Not nessecarily ghosts, but life forms that are not the same base makeup as any Earthling. (Earthling refering to any creature that lives on earth, that being plant, animal, monkey, or human.)
I guess general slang would be a "ghost" though...
And Umpa... Ehh, forget it...
Islam is newer than Christianity and says that Jews and Christians are wrong, because of the way they have changed words in the bible and the torah. What I mean by this is that there could have been some substituting or changing the text to suit the people in charge's purposes, make the text mean a certain thing or change words to make more clearer. I don't know about Jewish things but example of this could come from the early Christian church, Emperor Constantine I (Council of Nicaea woah) or the Catholic Church in general over the centuries, and don't forget BAD translations... Bible has been translated and sometimes not so good. I believe Islam makes an interesting point... However, Islam is almost as antiquated as the other religions and who says that they are right either?
Here's a link about how Islam thinks Jews and Christians have distorted the revelations.
Out from the new day's mist I have come
We Shift
Pulsing with the earth
Company we keep
Roaming the land while you sleep
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
very true, and good points. but its actually not that difficult to get the untampered versions of biblical texts. luckily original translations haven't been lost so anyone curious enough can find out themselves
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
you dont actually know very much about religion do you?
oh and btw, the bible also suppresses women a bit. it says for them to be submissive to the man and stuff like that. that the order of it is like god, jesus, father, mother, children
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
they are thought ignorant by the god believing crowd :-/ (for the most part) and u telling him that him thinking god doesnt exist is ignorant because its the only thing he thinks is plausible... doesnt taht kinda pertain to yourself... GOD IS THE ONLY WAY kinda thing? same arguement different side
gamma11 > east
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
can you PROVE to me that only the "god believing crowd" thinks that? maybe a lot of people, very intelligent people believe that maybe, just MAYBE we humans dont know everything, just MAYBE we have no clue as to if there is a creator or not.
do you know why you cant disprove a god? because we cant even leave our own solar system! we have NO CLUE as to what is or what is not out there. no technology we have could possibly even scrape the tip of the ice burg that is the universe. many people realize how insignificant and limited humans are. but some people, when they see things with science they feel that its the ultimate answer and SCREW anything else that could be conceivable because we figured it alllll out ourselves. imagine that, us humans know the truth to life and if theres a god, even though we are still incredibly limited and base so many things on theory we happen to know for a FACT that there is no god. PSSSHHHHH a god?" ya right? what more could there be to learn? we've already figured everything out and dont even need to know anything more, its all so simple....<_<
thats why people, not necessarily even religious people think people that think like that are stupid, not even ignorent. they feel that maybe life is more abstract than some might think, that maybe there are things that we couldn't even begin to conceive. so in effect they leave the possibility open because they don't think they know it all and when they come upon someone who does it seems somewhat silly to have the tenacity to say that they know better than someone else
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Is DNA god?
Does god care if you "sin"?
Was Jesus, in fact a zombie?
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged