Uh, just because a religion claims that free will is a foundation, that doesn't mean it is in reality. I could make a new religion and claim that a foundation of this religion is that earth is flat. That doesn't make earth flat.
If God knows all, we have no free will. simple as that.
The Wii is focusing on a different crowd than the 360 and the PS3 -> casual gamers and kids.
Huh? Says who? They specifically targeted several different groups, including teens, young adults, middle-agers, etc. They basically brought all these new groups into gaming. And kids are a tiny part of that.
What is a "casual gamer" anyway? I played through Zelda II when I was a kid. I could play Mega Man all the way through with my eyes closed. I only own a Wii now. Am I a "casual gamer"?
Knowing what someone will do doesn't mean they didn't have free will to do it.
Yes, that is exactly what it means.
I know my son is going to want to stay up past his bed time.
No you don't. You assume so based on past experience. Sometimes your son might be so tired he goes to bed by himself. God, on the other hand, would know exactly whether your son would go to bed or not, every single time.
Er... so the Bible is criticized for not allowing free will, even though free will is very improbable and probably doesn't exist?
No, free will is supposed to solve the problem of evil, but it doens't, because according to the Bible, free will cannot exist, thus the problem of evil still exists, thus God is debunked.
The existence of Israel is a shout in the face of the world,"We don't have to follow worldly laws. We answer only to [our] God."
This is nonsense. Israel was founded on purely secular grounds: Jews were being persecuted in the rest of the world, and they found a place to settle down. They wanted their own country, and Britain wanted to give Palestine to the inhabitants.
A state founded for the sake of a single numerically marginal, yet unaccountably powerful, religious group is a recipe for hatred.
Again, Israel was founded for secular reasons.
their slow-motion genocide of native Palestinians
If this is a genocide, Israel is pathetically bad at conducting genocides, considering that the Arab population is growing!
Also, what are "native Palestinians"? You do realize that the Arabs are from the Arab Peninsula, and themselves immigrants? They emigrated from the Arab Peninsula, and slaughtered down those who stood in their way.
Palestinians are not permitted to use Israeli roads.
Just like Germans during WWII were not permitted to use roads built by the allied forces. When you are at war with someone, you tend to prevent them from moving freely.
Would you please suggest to these families and me how else they could bring their goods to market? This is the most despicable face of hyper-nationalism. It is outright hostility to those not part of the zionist nation-race-cult.
No, the reason why Palestinians are not permitted to use those roads is that they have conducted acts of terrorism, and that is why Israel had to tighten their grip. They wanted to defend their own population.
Once the armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinians ends, Palestinians will once again be able to freely travel on Israeli roads.
All of the land (seemingly obviously) should have been "given" to the contemporary occupiers.
It was. Palestine was populated by Jews and Arabs. Israel's borders were drawn around the areas where Jews were already living.
Actually, it was nobody's to give in the first place.
So Britain should have just kept it? Because what they did was to give the land to the people who lived there - both Jews and Arabs.
Some people lived in Palestine. Zionists claimed they were the rightful owners, because their ancestors lived there thousands of years ago. And POOF! Like magic, the state of Israel is created, with a population of formerly illegal squatters.
Israel made up a tiny part of the area called Palestine. The Jewish population was largely a result of them escaping from mass-murder and persecution in other parts of the world, and settling on available land in Palestine.
Jewish people from all over the world were urged to immigrate.
They did so because they were being persecuted in the rest of the world. Israel was a place where there was available land, and they could settle down and protect themselves.
All of the sudden, thousands of people who were once proud homeowners became refugees.
Nope. They didn't become refugees until several Arab countries tried to wipe out the newly formed state of Israel, combined with guerilla attacks by Arabs inside the new state. This caused Israel to take desperate measures, and evict people who were considered a threat. On the other hand, Arabs who were not connected to guerilla warfare were encouraged by the Jewish authorities to stick around, and continue their lives as normally as they could.
Maybe the Palestinian land was larger, but it was the undesirable land they got.
Nonsense. The Jewish immigrants largely settled in areas that were infertile (desert or swamp). They then used water from the swamps to make it possible to grow plants in previous desert areas. This made the previously undesirable land extremely tempting, and Arabs started immigrating to the area in huge numbers because the Jews had turned swamp and desert into fertile land, and raised the standard of living massively.
So the Jews settled on the least desirable land, and made it more desirable.
De facto Israeli borders have been expanding every day,
This is a blatant lie. Israeli borders have expanded as Israel has been attacked. If those other countries hadn't attacked Israel, Israel would not have carried through a military occupation of the attackers' land.
I don't understand why anyone should feel they need to explain why they hate Israel.
So if a country does something it shouldn't, it should be disbanded? Or is it just Jewish countries that are subject to this rule of yours?
I think that nothing has done more to harm the reputation of international Jewry than the actions of the state of Israel.
You have yet to explain why you "loathe and despise the state of Israel". Do you think it was wrong to offer Jews a tiny piece of land, when the Arabs got massive areas? Should all the land in the area have been given to the Arabs?
Many states have ultra-nationalist problems. I loathe and despise ultra-nationalists. And it seems to me that in the case of the state of Israel, the ultra-nationalists are very much in charge.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but mobile operators are working hard to not become "dumb pipes." They will throttle you, and will make you pay for your data. They are doing it even today.
You do realize that mobile phones are expected to overtake desktops on the web pretty soon? And most phones have limited connections. Even AT&T and other operators in the US are now ditching unlimited data plans. Expect to pay more for your data in the future.
And they will again, for real, and for good, when they eventually go out of business.
They gave the impression that something like this was happening. They lied. There was no reason for them to lie about the reason people's purchases became unavailable.
All I see in your comment is "blah blah, technobabble." You keep talking about technical limitations, but people don't care about that. What matters is the experience, not the technology. Wii nailed the experience. Sony will continue to lose because it's all about "technology, blah blah."
BTW, the Zelda demo at E3 was broken due to wireless devices. It didn't seem accurate because the signal was interrupted, so it wasn't working. People who actually tested the Zelda demo said it was great.
PS Move, however, has highly accurate dynamic tracking (both slight and large movements)
So does the Wii Motion Plus. But in the end it's the experience that matters, not the technology.
and will have amazingly accurate fighting games, lightsaber fights, etc, etc that is not possible on the Wii and especially Kinect.
You should try Wii Sports Resort. It even has sword fighting. And it works great.
I never said anything about the reason you hadn't downloaded. I just pointed out that they locked you out of downloads you had paid for (for whatever reason you hadn't downloaded them yet).
How is Steam relevant? I don't give a crap about Steam. I'm talking about how GOG lied, and treated their customers like dirt.
Bare in mind that in all likelihood they would have taken the site down anyway during the transition to their new site, so you would have been inconvenienced anyway.
But they took the site down and left people in uncertainty instead of telling the truth, and putting people's minds at ease.
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Like the AC said. If your actions are already known, you will carry out those actions no matter what. You will not be free to change those actions.
If he knows what's going to happen, there's no free will. We are not making decisions, because the future is already set in stone.
If God knows all, we have no free will. simple as that.
Huh? Says who? They specifically targeted several different groups, including teens, young adults, middle-agers, etc. They basically brought all these new groups into gaming. And kids are a tiny part of that.
What is a "casual gamer" anyway? I played through Zelda II when I was a kid. I could play Mega Man all the way through with my eyes closed. I only own a Wii now. Am I a "casual gamer"?
Yes, that is exactly what it means.
No you don't. You assume so based on past experience. Sometimes your son might be so tired he goes to bed by himself. God, on the other hand, would know exactly whether your son would go to bed or not, every single time.
That's assuming that they have free will to begin with. Which they don't, since God already knows every single choice they will ever make.
Not even God himself. Since he must know all he has done and will do.
No, free will is supposed to solve the problem of evil, but it doens't, because according to the Bible, free will cannot exist, thus the problem of evil still exists, thus God is debunked.
What if he has naughty pics of himself and his girlfriend? What if he doesn't want strangers looking at their naked bodies?
It will say that no matter what file you open for decryption (whether it's an actual encrypted container or not). At least in TC.
This is nonsense. Israel was founded on purely secular grounds: Jews were being persecuted in the rest of the world, and they found a place to settle down. They wanted their own country, and Britain wanted to give Palestine to the inhabitants.
Again, Israel was founded for secular reasons.
If this is a genocide, Israel is pathetically bad at conducting genocides, considering that the Arab population is growing!
Also, what are "native Palestinians"? You do realize that the Arabs are from the Arab Peninsula, and themselves immigrants? They emigrated from the Arab Peninsula, and slaughtered down those who stood in their way.
Just like Germans during WWII were not permitted to use roads built by the allied forces. When you are at war with someone, you tend to prevent them from moving freely.
No, the reason why Palestinians are not permitted to use those roads is that they have conducted acts of terrorism, and that is why Israel had to tighten their grip. They wanted to defend their own population.
Once the armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinians ends, Palestinians will once again be able to freely travel on Israeli roads.
It was. Palestine was populated by Jews and Arabs. Israel's borders were drawn around the areas where Jews were already living.
So Britain should have just kept it? Because what they did was to give the land to the people who lived there - both Jews and Arabs.
Israel made up a tiny part of the area called Palestine. The Jewish population was largely a result of them escaping from mass-murder and persecution in other parts of the world, and settling on available land in Palestine.
They did so because they were being persecuted in the rest of the world. Israel was a place where there was available land, and they could settle down and protect themselves.
Nope. They didn't become refugees until several Arab countries tried to wipe out the newly formed state of Israel, combined with guerilla attacks by Arabs inside the new state. This caused Israel to take desperate measures, and evict people who were considered a threat. On the other hand, Arabs who were not connected to guerilla warfare were encouraged by the Jewish authorities to stick around, and continue their lives as normally as they could.
Nonsense. The Jewish immigrants largely settled in areas that were infertile (desert or swamp). They then used water from the swamps to make it possible to grow plants in previous desert areas. This made the previously undesirable land extremely tempting, and Arabs started immigrating to the area in huge numbers because the Jews had turned swamp and desert into fertile land, and raised the standard of living massively.
So the Jews settled on the least desirable land, and made it more desirable.
This is a blatant lie. Israeli borders have expanded as Israel has been attacked. If those other countries hadn't attacked Israel, Israel would not have carried through a military occupation of the attackers' land.
So if a country does something it shouldn't, it should be disbanded? Or is it just Jewish countries that are subject to this rule of yours?
You have yet to explain why you "loathe and despise the state of Israel". Do you think it was wrong to offer Jews a tiny piece of land, when the Arabs got massive areas? Should all the land in the area have been given to the Arabs?
How so?
How come?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but mobile operators are working hard to not become "dumb pipes." They will throttle you, and will make you pay for your data. They are doing it even today.
You do realize that mobile phones are expected to overtake desktops on the web pretty soon? And most phones have limited connections. Even AT&T and other operators in the US are now ditching unlimited data plans. Expect to pay more for your data in the future.
When they do go out of business, it won't just be a stupid marketing stunt.
Why would he need to find a graphic designer? Maybe that isn't (or wasn't) his goal. Did you ever consider that? Geez, some people...
They gave the impression that something like this was happening. They lied. There was no reason for them to lie about the reason people's purchases became unavailable.
BTW, the Zelda demo at E3 was broken due to wireless devices. It didn't seem accurate because the signal was interrupted, so it wasn't working. People who actually tested the Zelda demo said it was great.
So does the Wii Motion Plus. But in the end it's the experience that matters, not the technology.
You should try Wii Sports Resort. It even has sword fighting. And it works great.
How is Steam relevant? I don't give a crap about Steam. I'm talking about how GOG lied, and treated their customers like dirt.
But they took the site down and left people in uncertainty instead of telling the truth, and putting people's minds at ease.
So you have evidence that the very same people who are fine with Steam are complaining about GOG's lies?
If the can lie about this, they can lie about anything.
They lied. They gave the impression that they would be shutting down because of some serious problem.