Well,./ as a whole seems to have a real obvious political slant. It annoyed me so much, that I mostly stop reading it during the election and since, and I used to be a really bad/. addict. Congradulations guys, you're driving away you're long time readership.
Gnome feels slow on your K62-450? I run Gnome on a Pentium 100, and it goes quite nicely. And I even use the Marble3D theme, which is based on pixmap. And Enlightenment, even though I really should be using WindowMaker.
I know what you mean. I have never been given an oportunity to moderate, and I've been here a long time as well.
What I'd like to know, though, is why I have bad karma. In the past year, I've posted about 4 times recently and 10 or so in a religious debate last spring. My recent coments are all score 1, so I must have been moderated down in the religous debate, which ticks me off a little, because I don't believe I said anything inappropriate. I guess a moderator didn't like what I was saying, which sounds like a reason for the M2 system, but its a little to late to help me.
Ok, I went to the M2 page, and it said I had bad Karma. How did I get bad Karma? I don't recall getting moderated down, and I barely ever post anyway. I may be confused about how you get bad karma though. Could anyone enlighten me?
Or maybe I should say, I am currently loving it. So far, with only basic knowledge of C and GTK+ (via a very nice tutorial) I have not seen anything that I really did not understand. But then I am only to chapter 9, so I do have quite a ways to go. Thanks for the great book.
Did a Christian kill your dad or something? Because you sound very bitter. Would you like to talk about it?
By the way, your statement about Christians who don't believe in medicine has a problem. That is a Christian Science teaching, not a Christian one. Dispite the name, It isn't the same religion. Christian Science is just a cult that capitallizes on the word Christian.
I agree with you 100%! Thist is seriously cool. JonKatz, you are the man!
On a side note, isn't it interesting how different peoples opinions can be? Such as the 'luddites' from above? To us it seems like the advance of the 'net is obvious, but they can't even see it...
Sin is fundamentally counter to Gods nature. For example, by the nature of humans, we need certain conditions to stay alive. We can't just go live in space or on venus or in the ocean. Yes, I know about NASA, the space shuttle, submarines, etc. It all involves making little areas of Earth-like conditions, i.e. the closed environment of the shuttle. Maybe i'm rambling . . .:)
Its not that he doesn't want people in heaven (that is were Christ comes in), its that he can't let sinful people into his presence. There simply isn't a way for it to happen except by making them sinless. Thus, Christ's sacrifice. And since we were created with free choice, God has no way of simply declaring us sinless. He simply has the hope that as many people as possible will choose Jesus.
And by the way, hell is the state of being outside God's presence. It isn't his problem. What it is actually like, I really don't know but I am entitled to my opinion.
The point is, this was God himself who did it to rectify sin. He didn't have to. He could of just let us all rot in hell, to put it plainly. But he gave a way out to anyone who wants it. And he did it out of love for everyone. And do you think taking the sins of the world upon himself was comfortable for this sinless being?
God is a God of Law just as much a God of Love. The punishment you mention is not a result of not worshiping him. It is a result of Adam's sin. Christ's sacrifice is like a get-out-of-jail-for-almost-free card. A lot for a little IMHO.
And being resurected is a fundamental part of what breaks death's eternal hold on us. It is part of the equation. Had he simply died and stayed dead, the equation wouldn't be complete and we would all go to hell still. From what I have always believed, Hell is simply eternal separation from God. Eternel loneliness, knowing that there IS a God and that you can never be with him...It might not sound bad at first, but after a few thousand years....
They were, but God did look sfter the gentiles too. For instance, in the new testament, Paul (who actually wrote most of the new test.) was specifically sent to non-jews.
I do know. (hahaha) I really do. Of course to defend that I have to answer your challenge. Ok, but you might not like it...
I would have to say that the reason for all of the other religions is the result of Satan being lose in the world. He knows he will lose in the end, but for the present he is trying to hurt God as much as possible by taking as much of God's beloved creation with him.
Pretty controversial, huh? Also, I believe that God's plan is to get as many people to heaven as possible. Since he is omniscent (all-knowing) he knows the best way to go about doing this. It explains predistination IMHO.
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Well, ./ as a whole seems to have a real obvious political slant. It annoyed me so much, that I mostly stop reading it during the election and since, and I used to be a really bad /. addict. Congradulations guys, you're driving away you're long time readership.
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Nuff Said.
Gnome feels slow on your K62-450? I run Gnome on a Pentium 100, and it goes quite nicely. And I even use the Marble3D theme, which is based on pixmap. And Enlightenment, even though I really should be using WindowMaker.
I know what you mean. I have never been given an oportunity to moderate, and I've been here a long time as well.
What I'd like to know, though, is why I have bad karma. In the past year, I've posted about 4 times recently and 10 or so in a religious debate last spring. My recent coments are all score 1, so I must have been moderated down in the religous debate, which ticks me off a little, because I don't believe I said anything inappropriate. I guess a moderator didn't like what I was saying, which sounds like a reason for the M2 system, but its a little to late to help me.
Ok, I went to the M2 page, and it said I had bad Karma. How did I get bad Karma? I don't recall getting moderated down, and I barely ever post anyway. I may be confused about how you get bad karma though. Could anyone enlighten me?
Humans, and everyone else, weren't accually the direct descendants of the original guys. Our original genetic material was just affected by theirs.
Of course the devolution episode was kinda weird anyway...
Or maybe I should say, I am currently loving it. So far, with only basic knowledge of C and GTK+ (via a very nice tutorial) I have not seen anything that I really did not understand. But then I am only to chapter 9, so I do have quite a ways to go. Thanks for the great book.
Hey, ive read Darwin's Black Box. Cool book.
...and how does the math come out wrong? Just curious...
It would be nice to see if we have any more women in the comunity since the last time that poll happened...;)
The scores should fade away over time. That would allow flamin' newbies a chance for a better score once they have matured. Just my $.02
Just curious...
Why the heck did you _have_ to read it? Do you have a habit of just clicking on the read more link of _every_ story that shows up on your page? Wow...
Did a Christian kill your dad or something? Because you sound very bitter. Would you like to talk about it?
By the way, your statement about Christians who don't believe in medicine has a problem. That is a Christian Science teaching, not a Christian one. Dispite the name, It isn't the same religion. Christian Science is just a cult that capitallizes on the word Christian.
I agree with you 100%! Thist is seriously cool. JonKatz, you are the man!
On a side note, isn't it interesting how different peoples opinions can be? Such as the 'luddites' from above? To us it seems like the advance of the 'net is obvious, but they can't even see it...
Mabye he was bored . . .
If its my "make believe God", then who are you to say that he wants people to suffer or not?
Thanks for the support. guys. For a while I was thinking that I was in a pretty lonely catagory all by myself here on slashdot.
I won't argue with you about that!
Yeah, thats why the book of Exedus is about him freeing his people from slavery.
Sin is fundamentally counter to Gods nature. For example, by the nature of humans, we need certain conditions to stay alive. We can't just go live in space or on venus or in the ocean. Yes, I know about NASA, the space shuttle, submarines, etc. It all involves making little areas of Earth-like conditions, i.e. the closed environment of the shuttle. Maybe i'm rambling . . . :)
Its not that he doesn't want people in heaven (that is were Christ comes in), its that he can't let sinful people into his presence. There simply isn't a way for it to happen except by making them sinless. Thus, Christ's sacrifice. And since we were created with free choice, God has no way of simply declaring us sinless. He simply has the hope that as many people as possible will choose Jesus.
And by the way, hell is the state of being outside God's presence. It isn't his problem. What it is actually like, I really don't know but I am entitled to my opinion.
The point is, this was God himself who did it to rectify sin. He didn't have to. He could of just let us all rot in hell, to put it plainly. But he gave a way out to anyone who wants it. And he did it out of love for everyone. And do you think taking the sins of the world upon himself was comfortable for this sinless being?
God is a God of Law just as much a God of Love. The punishment you mention is not a result of not worshiping him. It is a result of Adam's sin. Christ's sacrifice is like a get-out-of-jail-for-almost-free card. A lot for a little IMHO.
And being resurected is a fundamental part of what breaks death's eternal hold on us. It is part of the equation. Had he simply died and stayed dead, the equation wouldn't be complete and we would all go to hell still. From what I have always believed, Hell is simply eternal separation from God. Eternel loneliness, knowing that there IS a God and that you can never be with him...It might not sound bad at first, but after a few thousand years....
They were, but God did look sfter the gentiles too. For instance, in the new testament, Paul (who actually wrote most of the new test.) was specifically sent to non-jews.
Hi Analog. You sound really bitter about something. You want to talk about it? ;)
I do know. (hahaha) I really do. Of course to defend that I have to answer your challenge. Ok, but you might not like it...
I would have to say that the reason for all of the other religions is the result of Satan being lose in the world. He knows he will lose in the end, but for the present he is trying to hurt God as much as possible by taking as much of God's beloved creation with him.
Pretty controversial, huh? Also, I believe that God's plan is to get as many people to heaven as possible. Since he is omniscent (all-knowing) he knows the best way to go about doing this. It explains predistination IMHO.
(putting on asbestos suit . . .)