Yes... there was a lot of gore. But the movie was made to reflect the true nature of the crucifixtion. In all of history, there has never been a worse punishment than crucifixtion. So while yes... there was a lot of gore... that was the way it happened. And it was also there to show just how much love Jesus had for us, and he was willing to put himself through all of that pain and torture for us.
I don't think Mel is milking the movie for the money.... but I don't know what he thinks either. But I think it's natural for people to think that whenever someone makes a lot of money that they are doing it only in the interests of money. But I have a hard time believing that as Mel has proclaimed that he is a Christian and he did the movie to show the infinite love God has for us
God said the penelty of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Not a physical death but rather the death of our relationship with Him and therefore any hope of eternal life with Him. That is why Jesus had to come and die. Jesus had no sin and on the cross took all of our sins on himself to save us.
Fact is.... God DOES WILL HIMSELF TO FORGIVE HUMANS!! God forgives us of ALL our sin when we turn to Him, for forgivness, and turn from our sins. But we must turn to God and accept Jesus as our savior in order to recieve forgivness.
Because if He were God in the flesh, than Him being brutalized and executed loses of its prestige since He has "special power"
A lot of people think this. However Jesus came to save the world from our sins and therefore HAD to die. Since every one of us (religious and non-religious alike) are sinners, the penelty of sin is dead. Thus a sacrified of perfect blood had to be done in redeem us for our sins.
Jesus had the power to bring himself down from the cross, but he GAVE his life up out of love for you and me, so that we may all be saved.
I definitely agree with you there. I guess I was just surprised because I normally have had no problems with Mandrake. But I've used computers enough to know that what works for one user most certainly doesn't mean it works for another!;)
What kind of show stopper did you encounter? The only problem I've ever had was with Centrino notebooks but that's because there are no linux drivers. If you do decide to give Mandrake another chance, check out the
Linux Questions forum dedicated to Mandrake.
Which distributions will show the greatest growth in 2004?
I was surprised that Mandrake didn't make the list. Mandrake in my experience is one of the easiest distributions to install and use and has made some impressive contributions over the last year (9.2, MandrakeMove). Still I have to admit I haven't tried SUSE so maybe I'm missing out on something...
That would certainly suit you better, wouldn't it? In any case, I've already heard every reason for why a person believes in (whatever flavor of) Christianity. The single real reason is because they have abandoned reason.
It is not a matter of it suiting me. It is a matter of understanding. A quote by Gandi sums it up very well...
Three-fourths of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of out adversaries and understand their standpoint.
I could also use your argument against you as you have failed to answer why you feel so threatened by Christanity, who were the "many" founding fathers that were non-Christians, and which bible verses support slavery.
Regardless, I feel badly that you feel the way you do about Christianity. I hope you find peace and happiness whatever path you choose.
You make a good point. But the reason I believe in Christianity over any other religion is because of the life of Jesus Christ. He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." No other teacher ever claimed to bring God to us.
People will get very combative when you start discussing their beliefs in a critical way. It's an indirect way of saying, "What does it make you if you choose to believe this stupid thing?"
Of course people get defensive. If I came up to you and said, "Why did you wear that shirt? That was a stupid decision." you are likely to get defensive about it. Why don't you ask, "What makes you belief that?" instead?
Why do I belief in this "stupid thing"? Well when you and I die... if I'm wrong... I've lost nothing. If I'm right.... well then I fear for your soul.
Christians present a threat to me and my family on many different levels. Religion is divisive and immoral. For people to abandon superstition for reason is a good thing.
Why does Christianity present a threat to you? The basis for Christianity is love. Is love a threat to you? And how is Christianity immoral? Give me one of the ten commandments that proclaims immorality.
Where, specifically, did I claim this? I don't trumpet "Truth" the way Christians do. Reason and reality are my guiding principles, not "truth".
I'm sorry but your previous posts have me believing otherwise. You seem quite defensive and aggresive with your own beliefs (which is fine). However stating that you don't "trumpet" your beliefs appears incorrect at this point.
Non sequitur. You argued that the founding fathers were Christians. Many of them were not.
You have given one example. Can I inquire as to how this became many?
Did you know that slavery is supported in both the OT and in the NT?
Could you provide the bible verses that you are referring to?
Wow.... I guess my information is pretty old.:) I hadn't heard anything along these lines so I just assumed things were "business as usual". Whoops... got to do more reading....
I thought this too at first, but Mandrake is based on Red Hat Linux which makes me wonder what is going to happen to Mandrake now that Red Hat isn't going to developing the desktop version any more. I guess they are going to have to pick up the slack which isn't that good considering they are in a precarious position in the first place. Being a Mandrake user myself, I sure hope this doesn't affect them too much.
This is starting to remind me of those idiots on "Real TV" who tape themselves until they finally end up killing themselves...
SCO: OH! Looky here! A pack of ravenous wolves! Let's see what happens when I pull their hair! *Pulls Hair* Whoa... missed me! That was close.... but look! A group of sexually repressed lions! Let's see what happens when I kick them in the genitals!!!...
But it all ends up the same. Eventually stupidity will catch up with them and we can all sit back with a beer and have a laugh.
Today's SlashDotFunQuiz is to predict the order in which, impact when, and
years until these other Mac products get the axe: Media Player, MSN Messenger, Office, Outlook, and Virtual PC.
It seems strange to me that there is no Bluetooth support... especially since it's from Microsoft. If they intigrate Bluetooth, they could definitely do a lot of cool things between it and a computer (or several devices for that matter). Maybe it's because Bluetooth isn't widely accepted yet but without the devices, how is it goint to become widely accepted?
I have to agree with you... there really isn't that much inovation out there. The only things I could think of that are truly groundbreaking are: 1) Dance Dance Revolution (Yeah.... it's just for the kids... but you have to admit that it's quite different from anything out there) and 2) The Typing Of The Dead. I'm not sure if too many people know about The Type of the Dead but basically they took The House of the Dead and instead of shooting zombies with a gun, you have a keyboard and each zombie has a word you have to type in order to kill it. Surprisingly, it is very addictive and the first I've ever seen of anything like this. I think we need more of this type of thinking in the gaming industry.
Aspect Oriented programming is a brand new programming paradign, kinda of like the switch you made when going from functional programming to object oriented programming. It's a different way of expressing your programs
The reason that Aspect Oriented Programming was created was due to "cross-cutting" concerns that cannot be easily modelled in object oriented programming. I read the presentation for AspectJ and the example they used was logging in Apache Tomcat. Bascially the code that is used for logging is scattered throughout the whole program on hundreads of different lines, not all in one nice neat class. Aspect Oriented Programming wants to give the programmer the tools to gather all of this code together.
Bascially, Aspect Oriented Programming is supposed to result in: less tangled code (code that is fragmented throughout your program because you are unable to modularize it well), more natural code, shorter code, easier to maintain and evolve, and more reusability.
One question I had about the book that the review didn't seem to answer was did the book talk at all about designing using Aspect Oriented Programming? Just like Object Oriented Programming, it's a great tool until you get some inexperienced programmer who just knows how to program functionally, and thus doesn't use the advantages of aspect oriented programming. I too would like to learn more about how to go about designing a program in an Aspect Oriented way; such as how to identify aspects, what are some common aspects, etc.
In all, I'm very excited about Aspect Oriented programming. I think it has the ability to allow programming to shape thier programs more naturally, make their programs easier to understand, and make the whole process much eaiser. But of course as with any new technology, it has some growth and refinement to go through yet.
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Yes... there was a lot of gore. But the movie was made to reflect the true nature of the crucifixtion. In all of history, there has never been a worse punishment than crucifixtion. So while yes... there was a lot of gore... that was the way it happened. And it was also there to show just how much love Jesus had for us, and he was willing to put himself through all of that pain and torture for us.
I don't think Mel is milking the movie for the money.... but I don't know what he thinks either. But I think it's natural for people to think that whenever someone makes a lot of money that they are doing it only in the interests of money. But I have a hard time believing that as Mel has proclaimed that he is a Christian and he did the movie to show the infinite love God has for us
God said the penelty of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Not a physical death but rather the death of our relationship with Him and therefore any hope of eternal life with Him. That is why Jesus had to come and die. Jesus had no sin and on the cross took all of our sins on himself to save us.
Fact is.... God DOES WILL HIMSELF TO FORGIVE HUMANS!! God forgives us of ALL our sin when we turn to Him, for forgivness, and turn from our sins. But we must turn to God and accept Jesus as our savior in order to recieve forgivness.
A lot of people think this. However Jesus came to save the world from our sins and therefore HAD to die. Since every one of us (religious and non-religious alike) are sinners, the penelty of sin is dead. Thus a sacrified of perfect blood had to be done in redeem us for our sins.
Jesus had the power to bring himself down from the cross, but he GAVE his life up out of love for you and me, so that we may all be saved.
Out of curiosity.... what do you have a problem with?
He means iLockable.... ;)
I definitely agree with you there. I guess I was just surprised because I normally have had no problems with Mandrake. But I've used computers enough to know that what works for one user most certainly doesn't mean it works for another! ;)
What kind of show stopper did you encounter? The only problem I've ever had was with Centrino notebooks but that's because there are no linux drivers. If you do decide to give Mandrake another chance, check out the Linux Questions forum dedicated to Mandrake.
Which distributions will show the greatest growth in 2004?
I was surprised that Mandrake didn't make the list. Mandrake in my experience is one of the easiest distributions to install and use and has made some impressive contributions over the last year (9.2, MandrakeMove). Still I have to admit I haven't tried SUSE so maybe I'm missing out on something...
That would certainly suit you better, wouldn't it? In any case, I've already heard every reason for why a person believes in (whatever flavor of) Christianity. The single real reason is because they have abandoned reason.
It is not a matter of it suiting me. It is a matter of understanding. A quote by Gandi sums it up very well...
Three-fourths of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of out adversaries and understand their standpoint.
I could also use your argument against you as you have failed to answer why you feel so threatened by Christanity, who were the "many" founding fathers that were non-Christians, and which bible verses support slavery.
Regardless, I feel badly that you feel the way you do about Christianity. I hope you find peace and happiness whatever path you choose.
You make a good point. But the reason I believe in Christianity over any other religion is because of the life of Jesus Christ. He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." No other teacher ever claimed to bring God to us.
People will get very combative when you start discussing their beliefs in a critical way. It's an indirect way of saying, "What does it make you if you choose to believe this stupid thing?"
Of course people get defensive. If I came up to you and said, "Why did you wear that shirt? That was a stupid decision." you are likely to get defensive about it. Why don't you ask, "What makes you belief that?" instead?
Why do I belief in this "stupid thing"? Well when you and I die... if I'm wrong... I've lost nothing. If I'm right.... well then I fear for your soul.
Christians present a threat to me and my family on many different levels. Religion is divisive and immoral. For people to abandon superstition for reason is a good thing.
Why does Christianity present a threat to you? The basis for Christianity is love. Is love a threat to you? And how is Christianity immoral? Give me one of the ten commandments that proclaims immorality.
Where, specifically, did I claim this? I don't trumpet "Truth" the way Christians do. Reason and reality are my guiding principles, not "truth".
I'm sorry but your previous posts have me believing otherwise. You seem quite defensive and aggresive with your own beliefs (which is fine). However stating that you don't "trumpet" your beliefs appears incorrect at this point.
Non sequitur. You argued that the founding fathers were Christians. Many of them were not.
You have given one example. Can I inquire as to how this became many?
Did you know that slavery is supported in both the OT and in the NT?
Could you provide the bible verses that you are referring to?
from the smaller-is-better dept.
Doing some wishful thinking... eh Timothy? :D
Wow.... I guess my information is pretty old. :) I hadn't heard anything along these lines so I just assumed things were "business as usual". Whoops... got to do more reading....
I thought this too at first, but Mandrake is based on Red Hat Linux which makes me wonder what is going to happen to Mandrake now that Red Hat isn't going to developing the desktop version any more. I guess they are going to have to pick up the slack which isn't that good considering they are in a precarious position in the first place. Being a Mandrake user myself, I sure hope this doesn't affect them too much.
This is starting to remind me of those idiots on "Real TV" who tape themselves until they finally end up killing themselves...
SCO: OH! Looky here! A pack of ravenous wolves! Let's see what happens when I pull their hair! *Pulls Hair* Whoa... missed me! That was close.... but look! A group of sexually repressed lions! Let's see what happens when I kick them in the genitals!!! ...
But it all ends up the same. Eventually stupidity will catch up with them and we can all sit back with a beer and have a laugh.
All your porn are belong to us! -RIAA
I was thinking how many days rather than years. :)
It seems strange to me that there is no Bluetooth support... especially since it's from Microsoft. If they intigrate Bluetooth, they could definitely do a lot of cool things between it and a computer (or several devices for that matter). Maybe it's because Bluetooth isn't widely accepted yet but without the devices, how is it goint to become widely accepted?
I have to agree with you... there really isn't that much inovation out there. The only things I could think of that are truly groundbreaking are: 1) Dance Dance Revolution (Yeah.... it's just for the kids... but you have to admit that it's quite different from anything out there) and 2) The Typing Of The Dead. I'm not sure if too many people know about The Type of the Dead but basically they took The House of the Dead and instead of shooting zombies with a gun, you have a keyboard and each zombie has a word you have to type in order to kill it. Surprisingly, it is very addictive and the first I've ever seen of anything like this. I think we need more of this type of thinking in the gaming industry.
This was just the first step taken by the RIAA's cyberwar attack. Looks like somebody had an mp3 on their server.... ;)
Wow! Is it 2003 all ready? :D
Aspect Oriented programming is a brand new programming paradign, kinda of like the switch you made when going from functional programming to object oriented programming. It's a different way of expressing your programs
The reason that Aspect Oriented Programming was created was due to "cross-cutting" concerns that cannot be easily modelled in object oriented programming. I read the presentation for AspectJ and the example they used was logging in Apache Tomcat. Bascially the code that is used for logging is scattered throughout the whole program on hundreads of different lines, not all in one nice neat class. Aspect Oriented Programming wants to give the programmer the tools to gather all of this code together.
Bascially, Aspect Oriented Programming is supposed to result in: less tangled code (code that is fragmented throughout your program because you are unable to modularize it well), more natural code, shorter code, easier to maintain and evolve, and more reusability.
One question I had about the book that the review didn't seem to answer was did the book talk at all about designing using Aspect Oriented Programming? Just like Object Oriented Programming, it's a great tool until you get some inexperienced programmer who just knows how to program functionally, and thus doesn't use the advantages of aspect oriented programming. I too would like to learn more about how to go about designing a program in an Aspect Oriented way; such as how to identify aspects, what are some common aspects, etc.
In all, I'm very excited about Aspect Oriented programming. I think it has the ability to allow programming to shape thier programs more naturally, make their programs easier to understand, and make the whole process much eaiser. But of course as with any new technology, it has some growth and refinement to go through yet.
Those of you who would like more information can check out the AspectJ webpage, or the Aspect Oriented Software Design webpage.
Proof that girls are evil
:)
First we state that girls require time and money
Girls = Time x Money
And we all know that Time is Money
Time = Money
Therefore:
Girls = Money x Money = Money^2
And because Money is the root of all evil...
Money = sqr (Evil)
Therefore:
Girls = (sqr Evil)^ 2
And we are forced to conclude that....
Girls = Evil
You play tetris in emacs!?!?!? No wonder you need a 1.2 GHz processor! :)