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Reply to No I do not like homosexuals. in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think this is pretty ironic here:

Reply to More Sins Reviews Arrive... in Sins News Sins Forums

Total PC Gaming has a review in the March issue; you can find it here: [link="http://www.totalpcgaming.com/images/TPCGmedia/reviews/s/sinsofasolarempire/sinsofasolarempire_review.html"]WWW Link[/link]

Reply to No I do not like homosexuals. in Politics JoeUser Forums

This rambling and decidedly incoherent posting is sad. Fool yourself if you like into believing that what you are spouting is not hate speech, but you're not fooling anyone else. Your vicious diatribe papered over with religious sentiment is nothing new. This is the same crap that so-called Christians come up with every time someone lobbies for civil rights protections for gays. Why shouldn't gay people be protected from job discrimination? Does someone else having civil rights in som

Snapshot Adventures: The Secret of Bird Island in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I recently played through the story mode in Snapshot Adventures: The Secret of Bird Island , Gametunnel's 2007 Casual Game of the Year award winner. The game was created by Large Animal Games. This game, like many so-called "casual" games is clearly aimed at kids, but the gameplay will also appeal to adults. The idea is that you are travelling around the country, meeting with acquaintances of your

Reply to What is EVOLUTION, anyway? in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

lulapilgrim, Several scientists have written scathing reviews of Jonathan Wells' pointless rehashing of old creationist chestnuts, many of which he had to rescue from the refuse bin of anti-evolutionism for use in his book. If you need a point-by-point refutation of his "warnings," go here: [link="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wells/iconob.html"]WWW Link[/link]. The article, entitled "Icons of Obfuscation," discusses in considerable detail the flaws, errors, and omissions in Wells' si

Reply to Congrats to RomanDA! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Congratulations! :CONGRAT:

Reply to MyColors Replacing Premium Suites in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]....the MyColors themes are $9.95 with the ODNT discount. Bebi, I just added the Mustang to my cart and with my OD discount it was $14.95 and I think Zubaz mentioned something like 50% off. [/quote] Actually, the "Inspired" themes are 50% off, because Stardock isn't paying licensing fees for them. The sports and other corporate themes have licensing fees that cost Stardock extra, so that cost is added onto the cost of having the MyColors "all-in-one" package.

curious about Vasari in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

So, I picked up Sins a a few weeks ago and just installed it last night. Obviously I don't know too much about what's going on, as I'm about a half-hour into my first game. I was reading over some of the materials here and I was wondering whether by playing as the Vasari, you gain some insight into the identity of the mysterious foe that has been tracking them throughout the galaxy? Or is this something that will be incorporated into the expansion's campaign mode? Just curious.

Reply to Arthur C. Clarke in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Ack! I just saw on wikipedia that someone's remaking [I]The Day The Earth Stood Still[/I]--and with KEANU REEVES! I think this can only be proof that there is a Satan!! (:(

Reply to Arthur C. Clarke in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I've reflected a lot recently on the prevalence, especially in modern fiction and film, of the "alien as boogeyman" premise. So much that's classified as science fiction today seems to be dark and pessimistic about the concept of extraterrestrial life; maybe that's why [I]Contact[/I] resonated with me so much (well, that and Sagan uses the book to slam creationists again :) ). It's a great source of generating a basic conflict for a story to say "here are these evil aliens," but I think it's mu

Reply to Prey - not short enough? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote who="SmegInThePants" comment="1"] I thought the game was:too shorttoo easy (dying means nothing, in fact, it can be a good thing, it can be used to heal yourself up). The fact that it wears out its welcome before its over is true, but that's the fault of poor game design. It should be designed in such a way to keep its welcome, no matter how long it is. I don't pay 50 bucks for a single player FPS I can finish in one sitting (which I did). I want my money back. <

Reply to Arthur C. Clarke in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I also disagree with your placement of Ray Bradbury; I find his work to be superior to that of Theodore Sturgeon and visionary in as many ways as that of Asimov or Clarke. Bradbury, in my opinion, was and is especially gifted in the realm of understanding and exploring both what it is to be human and human reactions to extraordinary situations. However, in regards to Clarke, there can be no doubt that Childhood's End is a far superior work to 2001 . Frankly, the film w

Reply to On Intelligent Design in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote who="KFC Kickin For Christ" comment="149"] God is not as benevolent as some would paint him to be. He actually cares about us, but he will not help us because we choose to leave him.Evil is very, very true. Man is evil.True. Very true. then why does God punish us with floods, earthquakes, droughts, famine, and pestilence? Is this your notion of a benevolent entity? Are we not praying hard enough for Him to intervene or change the world so that these things do not occur?T

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[quote who="Leauki" comment="154"] Muhammad sprang from paganism and rejected and denied the Incarnation of Christ as the Savior of all mankind. The historical Muhammed was not a pagan but an Ishmaeli. He believed what the Jews believed. He later adopted the view the Jesus and he himself were prophets, something Jews disagree with. He didn't "deny" the "incarnation of Christ as the saviour of all mankind", but he re-affirmed it. He merely did

Reply to Why impulse worse then DVD in Impulse Beta WinCustomize Forums

[quote]You will have to wait till 2015 or maybe as early as 2011... there is some changes in federal laws governing the EULA statements and how they are to be used with future softwares. Also and most esp. how piracy is being addressed with a new way of protecting such softwares.We are working on a new Windows which will address this totally and in many parts more completely. Vista was a start up for a new age in licenses and how it is used to protect such things. Windows 7 or that is "Phoenix"

Reply to On Intelligent Design in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]You ask what about natural evil....well there is no such thing as natural evil..God created nature and everything in it and He declared it very good. These physical events occur according to the natural laws established by God, with the operations He is not obliged to interfere becasue of the finite minds of men surprised by them. Driving on the freeway is more deadly than being in an area where volcanoes erupt. We never know when our ticket to physical life on earth will be up..

Reply to Carter is a Statesman. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]I haven't seen any arguments that convince me that I am wrong yetThen you might try Hooked on Phonics sometime.As this is the second time you brought up being an ex-paramedic, I will say that I can see a variety of legal and ethical reasons why someone who is not certified would not be allowed to practice emergency treatment, and probably the most basic reason is that a person who has lost certain skills or abilities through disuse or lack of updated training (and I'm certainly not arguin

Reply to On Intelligent Design in Religion JoeUser Forums

Illuminating. Clearly you have a much greater scholarly background in this matter than I or many of the other respondents here do. And my apologies for the misspelling--maybe I should stick to the Anglicized "Koran" :)

Reply to Carter is a Statesman. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]unless someone is willing to take a chance on working toward a lasting peace. Israel has proposed peace in 1948. And offered to give back territories won in war in 1967 in exchange for peace. Israel offered peace again in 1994 and 2000. What exactly are you talking about when you say "taking a chance"? Israel took the chances. And every single time Israel was attacked again. What do you want Israel to do? Take the chance again? At what point would you concede

Reply to On Intelligent Design in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Leauki" comment="140"] What about the thousands of tsunami victims, people struck by lightning, drowned, et cetera? Did they offend God in some way? Will they spend time in your Purgatory like the unbaptized babies? That's easy. Intelligent Design tells us that the "creator" is a rather inept engineer. (My own G-d is very powerful but the god of the ID people is not.) He designed the human eye, which is incredibly flawed. http

Reply to Body of first soldier kidnapped in Iraq sent home for burial in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="ParaTed2k" comment="3"] Yes, it is important to mourn his death, and if you are against the war then protest it. But please don't use his death as a means of protest. It only belittles his service and makes you look like a petty ghoul. [/quote] I'm not using his death as a protest, ParaTed2K. Reread the article carefully if you don't understand what I am saying. I am saying that it is a tragedy that this young man lost his life at such a

Reply to Carter is a Statesman. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Adventure_Dude, if you're wondering about who wants a two-state solution, I suggest you read this article: WWW LinkI read the link (thanks by the way). I didn't see ANYWHERE Hamas agreeing to a two-state solution. Hints and attempts to persuading Hamas to accept a two-state solution was all I found.[/quote] That's true, but the point of negotiations is in fact to win concessions from the other side. What the article did suggest is that Hamas is in fact willing to accept the coe

Reply to Body of first soldier kidnapped in Iraq sent home for burial in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="ParaTed2k" comment="1"] He wasn't "kidnapped" he was captured and murdered. Why do you feel the need to politicize his death for your own agenda? [/quote] ParaTed2K, Actually, he was kidnapped or captured and murdered. All of those things are true. And my only agenda in posting this is to point out a senseless loss of a young man whose potential will never be realized. If our country is now so polarized that we cannot

Reply to Carter is a Statesman. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Warren: No, he's not "bolstering terrorists." It seems that most of the respondents here have forgotten that the Palestinian people elected Hamas as the majority party in the Palestinian Authority in 2006. Therefore, Hamas is a major part of the Palestinian governmentAnd you forget that Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by our government. When Carter agrees to meet with Hamas leaders he tells the Arab world that he (a former president) has more respect for Hamas than the U

Reply to Carter is a Statesman. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Therefore, Hamas is a major part of the Palestinian government,Being the duly elected government of a state (or territory since they refuse to even think of forming a state) is not mutually exclusive with being a terrorist organization. We have several examples where they are both.[/quote] Dr Guy, I see where you respond to part of my statements, but here's the meat of it: Is it truly better to sit back and let violent, bloody conflict rage on without end or att