- kdt05b
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Apr 25, 2012kdt05b posted a message on The Sword of Justice Comic Book GiveawayPosted in: News
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I haven't finished the install yet, but my account is listed as "playable" and I haven't payed anything. You can pay to play and you get 'funcom bucks' or something like that to buy stuff from the ELITE STORE. Not worth it in my opinion.
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As an aside about being an agnostic. And again, this is by no means an attack on you or anything. But if you are not looking for the truth (whatever you find to be your truth) then you will remain an agnostic forever. Just a thought.
Peace.
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I appreciate the response...if not necessarily the tone of it. Please note that it is not my intention to offend anybody, but my remarks are not baseless.
I would argue that Christianity is a society. Society can be defined as "a large social grouping that shares the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations." So shouldn't a group of peoples, all sharing the same basic beliefs be considered societal? (Wikipedia definition) I would also argue that living in an area that has for the past I-don't-know how long been a pure theocracy, that being Islam was a given, and that violence and oppression severly limited a) the choice to no longer be a Muslim, or b ) the opportunity to learn anything that did not fall under Islamic doctrine (ie hearing about Christianity...or any other religion for that matter).
I certainly agree with your point that stated that America, Britain, N Korea and China all have been/are bullies. I certainly don't agree with everything we do in the US...and certainly don't agree with N Korea's and China's policies. But I do believe that Islam has a leadership akin to what a nation has...a ruling elite if you will.
The thing with Nike happened in the early 1990's. Nike came out with a design on the back of some of their shoes that the Islamic people were angered about. It vaguely resmembled the Arabic character for Allah. Here is what Nike's symbol looked like this
and here's what Allah looks like:
(if the picture doesn't show, simply go here
Now, when I was at school a few years ago, we had a speaker come and talk to our class. I don't rightfully recall his religious affiliations, but I do recal him being of Middle Eastern descent. I don't remember his name off the top of my head, but I feel reasonably confident I could get it without too much trouble. Anyway, he had done extensive research and had 3 or so books regarding the Islamic "Nation" and how they do what they do. According to him, there is what could be considered a ruling elite to Islam and after Nike made their shoes, they essentially told Nike that they were going to purge the company. Nike of course immediately appoligised and recalled the shoes and no longer sold anything bearing that particular logo to areas such as Saudi Arabia, and then started supporting Islam financially. This inclueded schools, playgrounds, and the like as well as helping fund spreading the word of Islam. Towhit, the point I was attempting to make was that Nike as a corperation was the number one entity supporting Islam.
Thank you again for the response as it really did make me think about what I had written and the wording I had used. I've actually spent a fair amount of time drafting this response (in part due to computer availability). On a side note, and don't take this as me slapping you in the face or anything, its something that I simply ask you to consider to consider and maybe even reflect on. I consider myself a Christian, and a rather conservative one at that, to the point that I sometimes disagree when people refer to themselves as "Christian." You refered to yourself as an agnostic athiest. In my opinion, and you can take it or leave it, that is a direct contradiction of tearms. I think it was Dr. Gregory House who refered to agnostics as "Lazy Athiests." Now, I don't necessarily agree with that either, but I do believe that the term "agnostic" means you don't know what to believe and you are looking to find what to believe in. Stating directly afterthat that you're an athiest says that you have already made up your mind. Just something to think about. Feel free to pm me if you're ever interested in discussing it.
Ok. I'm done now.
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I don't know how to embed the video, so if somebody else wants to, it's this one.
What are your thoughts on this?
Living in the US, the way I see it, in not too many years, we'll either be owned by China, or in not many more years, we will become a Muslim nation.
Now before people tear into me (I don't think anybody here would, but all the "discussions" on Kotaku and Gizmodo and such make me want to add a disclaimer), I want to point out that I have nothing against Muslims as individuals. I do believe that as a society, you are in it until you die...or else. I also think that as a nation they are nothing more than bullies. You might have to dig to find information, but there is a reason why Nike is the #1 supporter of Muslims internationally, and in my opinion, from what I've read/heard, it is mainly due to threats of the infamous "jihad"
Now, I have never made a formal study of any of this. I just find all the little tidbits of information quite interesting. I welcome any- and everybody to correct me on points that are incorrect. So...back on topic...what are your thoughts?
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Was anybody else underwhelmed by the Sin War books? Now, I read a lot of books from pretty much any genre (by the way, you should read Robin Hobb, her books are absolutely amazing), and I happen to really like Richard Knaak's work, but this particular trilogy didn't do it for me. Granted, I haven't read them in at least a year, but the "boss battles," if you will, were pretty lame imo. It felt like whether he was fighting Lilith, the Angel (Inarius?), or that demon dude from the second book (remember, it's been a while), the exact same thing happened. He would fight, he would almost loose, he would be completely beaten down, then images of that girl he was friends with would pop into his head, or of Achillios' body, or his creepy (albeit very cool) brother, and then he would muster his will and destroy his foe!
Yay! We're all saved!...in the exact same manner we were the last time...and the first time wasn't all that much. Again, I like his other books a lot, but I feel like his creative juices weren't really flowing, and since the boss battles were the climaxes of each respective book, they kind of needed to be a bigger deal than what they were. Imagine if that were game-play for D3. I'm clicking on a boss and I'm about to die...then I remember all the faithful, worthless followers that got killed on my watch. I get really angry and muster my will and the clicksing increases 10 FOLD! VICTORY. At the end of every act. That's not the way I want to play my games...and I hate when a book has a really lame climax that I don't really care about. Anyway, that's my 2 cents.
Aside: Yes, I prof read my work and "clicksing" was what I meant to say.
Aside...Aside: If Richard Knaak is a DiabloFan...no offense
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yes it is technically a word, but it's a double negative so people use it instead of "regardless" all the time. Drives me crazy!
On that subject, i also hate when people say something along the lines of "I'm so OCD." I think if a person actually had OCD, they would never use a sentence that states "I am Obsessive Compulsive Disorder." No. They would say "I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"...or "I am obsessive compulsive"...or "I have obsessive compulsive tendencies."
Thanks for letting me rant!
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Are anybody else's eyes drawn to the center of that post where it looks like boobs?
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I wish there were that much new content...
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I'm much to highly evolved to be able to sport a hairy face.
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I did give him a good old fashion tongue-lashing though. That felt good.