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  1. Re:Thou shalt not kill? by ahoehn · · Score: 1 · on Churches Use Halo To Spread the Word, Raise Eyebrows

    I think this is a good idea for the church... Get the kids used to being at the church, and interacting with their friends there, possibly even friends that they never get to see otherwise. It establishes it as a friendly place that they want to be, the kids have some supervision while they play, and everyone involved is happy. The ethics of playing an FPS at church aside, you're absolutely right. I grew up in a conservative Christian denomination and while my personal beliefs have swayed considerably from their doctrines, I'm still culturally very much an Adventist. Even though I don't ascribe much religious importance to the activities I still go to church, "keep the Sabbath day holy", tithe, etc... All because I had a youth group that I was heavily involved in during high school.

    Convictions aside I'm sure that most denomiations would prefer members who are active to members who are not, and making the church a social hub is a great way to do that.

    Is having Halo 3 parties necessary to creating that atmosphere? Not necessarily. My church never had any video gaming nights, and I managed to get my nerd on elsewhere and still stay active in the youth group. Halo 3 nights seem more like a cop-out for leaders who don't have the energy or ability to host more creative activities.
  2. Re:Perl still used? by abulafia · · Score: 4, Informative · on mod_perl 2.0.0 Released

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  3. Re:Wonderful! The incompetance continues.... by Sokie · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Head Of ATF To Direct RIAA Anti-Piracy

    As a schism from the Seventh Day Adventists they had no religious prohibition on armament.

    I'm not sure what exactly this is supposed to mean. While clearly, the Davidians had no qualms about owning and promoting guns, that is certainly not the official viewpoint of the Seventh-Day Adventist church.

    Here are a few official statements from the SDA church on related topics:

    Assault Weapons
    Peace
    Call for peace

    Ultimately however, it is an individuals choice, and gun ownership and use is not really a big issue in the church. As far as I know, nobody has ever been "disfellowshiped" (kind of the SDA version of excommunication) solely because they owned or used a gun. A majority of Adventists serving in the military do, in fact, serve in combat roles. Here is an excellent historical overview of Adventists in the military.

    I'm sure you didn't intend that little parenthetical statement to be insensitive, but the 12 million member SDA church are a little sensitive about being so closely associated by the media to a radical sect of a few thousand at best.

    (The Branch Davidians are technically an offshoot of the Shepherd's Rod movement which was founded by an ex-SDA in the 1930s, however it is true that Koresh himself and a majority of the members of his "congregation" were former SDA members. But in the end, Koresh was just a charasmatic wacko who convinced people to accept his twisted interpretations of biblical texts.)

  4. Re:Wonderful! The incompetance continues.... by Sokie · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Head Of ATF To Direct RIAA Anti-Piracy

    As a schism from the Seventh Day Adventists they had no religious prohibition on armament.

    I'm not sure what exactly this is supposed to mean. While clearly, the Davidians had no qualms about owning and promoting guns, that is certainly not the official viewpoint of the Seventh-Day Adventist church.

    Here are a few official statements from the SDA church on related topics:

    Assault Weapons
    Peace
    Call for peace

    Ultimately however, it is an individuals choice, and gun ownership and use is not really a big issue in the church. As far as I know, nobody has ever been "disfellowshiped" (kind of the SDA version of excommunication) solely because they owned or used a gun. A majority of Adventists serving in the military do, in fact, serve in combat roles. Here is an excellent historical overview of Adventists in the military.

    I'm sure you didn't intend that little parenthetical statement to be insensitive, but the 12 million member SDA church are a little sensitive about being so closely associated by the media to a radical sect of a few thousand at best.

    (The Branch Davidians are technically an offshoot of the Shepherd's Rod movement which was founded by an ex-SDA in the 1930s, however it is true that Koresh himself and a majority of the members of his "congregation" were former SDA members. But in the end, Koresh was just a charasmatic wacko who convinced people to accept his twisted interpretations of biblical texts.)

  5. Re:Wonderful! The incompetance continues.... by Sokie · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Head Of ATF To Direct RIAA Anti-Piracy

    As a schism from the Seventh Day Adventists they had no religious prohibition on armament.

    I'm not sure what exactly this is supposed to mean. While clearly, the Davidians had no qualms about owning and promoting guns, that is certainly not the official viewpoint of the Seventh-Day Adventist church.

    Here are a few official statements from the SDA church on related topics:

    Assault Weapons
    Peace
    Call for peace

    Ultimately however, it is an individuals choice, and gun ownership and use is not really a big issue in the church. As far as I know, nobody has ever been "disfellowshiped" (kind of the SDA version of excommunication) solely because they owned or used a gun. A majority of Adventists serving in the military do, in fact, serve in combat roles. Here is an excellent historical overview of Adventists in the military.

    I'm sure you didn't intend that little parenthetical statement to be insensitive, but the 12 million member SDA church are a little sensitive about being so closely associated by the media to a radical sect of a few thousand at best.

    (The Branch Davidians are technically an offshoot of the Shepherd's Rod movement which was founded by an ex-SDA in the 1930s, however it is true that Koresh himself and a majority of the members of his "congregation" were former SDA members. But in the end, Koresh was just a charasmatic wacko who convinced people to accept his twisted interpretations of biblical texts.)

  6. Correction...Ashcroft is not 7th-Day Adventist by Atomic+Punk · · Score: 1 · on Court of Appeals Overturns Indiana Video Game Ordinance

    From someone who was raised Adventist, lives in Indiana, and is currently a hopeless Counterstrike addict :) this article definitely caught my eye. Ashcroft isn't an Adventist. He's an Assemblies of God member