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Posted in: Thou Shalt Not Kill?
  toms
08-28-2004, 1:46 PM
#12
i was watching this little known film about this guy who apparently lived a long time ago (Jeff or Jess or something) called the Passion of Christ... he had this really weird idea about not only loving your friends, but loving your enemies too. In...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pipe Smoking Dangerous or Not?
  toms
08-28-2004, 1:08 PM
#19
Originally posted by InsaneSith weed > tobacco. Tobacco is pointless, atleast marijuana gets you high. Tobacco just messes up your lungs. indeed. That stuff Skin gave seemed pretty conclusive to me. (and it wasn't a "theory" it was...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kerry on Iraq
  toms
08-27-2004, 11:51 AM
#9
hmmm. why was he in the national guard in the first place? why are his records all missing? why no medical checks for a whole period of years? what was up with his discharge? There are way more questions about everything surrounding his "holiday...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kerry on Iraq
  toms
08-26-2004, 1:39 PM
#6
erm... you realise that there is a commercial of bush saying stupid and contradictory things floating around somewhere as well don't you? (and no i don't mean F9/11 :D ). (might be a MoveOn thingy). Its pretty easy to edit stuff like that together t...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Political Brain - Why do Republicans and Democrats differ so emphatically?
  toms
08-25-2004, 11:47 AM
#1
I was going to post this on the election thread, then i thought it was probably mildly relevant to the bigots thread, the christianity thread and several others where there are obvious "gaps of comprehension". (I got told off on one thread...  [Read More]
Posted in: What makes you happy?
  toms
08-25-2004, 12:37 PM
#2
Travelling to new, interesting places. Sun (not that i get much of it, but i get seriously bad Seasonal Affectivness Disorder whent he weather is miserable, and so am i) Especcially warm summer evenings when you can wear shorts and chill out outsid...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is your goal in life?
  toms
08-27-2004, 11:24 AM
#21
Ok, well what i really want to do is move into a more creative field, learn more design skills and then move to a nice sunny country where i can send my spare time skating, surfing and snowboarding. I don't think i'll manage it though, so i'm a bit...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is your goal in life?
  toms
08-26-2004, 1:28 PM
#13
Originally posted by yaebginn This is really sad, alot of you guys have no goals, no life. Its really sad. Very depressing. I agree that it is quite sad, but with the state of the western world (where i live) going down the pan so rapidly i really...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is your goal in life?
  toms
08-25-2004, 12:51 PM
#5
no goal... drifting along.. much to girlfriends annoyance... :D Unfortunately films and tv tell us how wonderfully people live, and we want the same... but for most people it aint going to happen, so we get dissillusioned and drift along... It get...  [Read More]
Posted in: Catholic Church denies 1st Holy Communion to a little girl...
  toms
08-27-2004, 11:34 AM
#21
OT: I think that in young kids their livers haven't fully formed so alchohol can damage them. However this is only under the age of about 6 or so. (this may be complete rubbish, but i remember hearing it somewhere). In many countries (france especial...  [Read More]
Posted in: Catholic Church denies 1st Holy Communion to a little girl...
  toms
08-25-2004, 12:46 PM
#9
:confused: i don't get where they got the "must contain wheat" bit from? Anyone have any idea? I don't remember ay rules about it in the bible. Is holy communion even mentioned in the bible? (as a ritual, not the last supper). Its odd h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Political Machine
  toms
08-17-2004, 11:06 AM
#4
isn't it by the guys who did Galactic Civilizations? They are pretty cool developers, and release all there stuff for direct download over the web. It looked interesting, and they were good at simulating AI in GC. They also do some sort of packag...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Republican Convention in NYC
  toms
08-12-2004, 11:04 AM
#4
Anarchy in the RNC (http://eyeteeth.blogspot.com/2004/08/anarchy-in-rnc-no-self-defined.html) :D...  [Read More]
Posted in: The U.S. Military is Impotent
  toms
08-12-2004, 11:37 AM
#4
The UK is trying to restructure it's military, based ont he assumption that large scale "cold war type" battles are going to be a thing of the past and their main role is going to be as small peackeeping taskforces that need to be rapidly d...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Devil ?
  toms
08-12-2004, 10:44 AM
#12
Originally posted by lukeskywalker1 Well, would people do evil Satan didnt exist? I think not. I may be wrong but i'm not sure this adds up, i'm not really up to date on the timescales of the bible tho. When were the angels supposed to have been...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Devil ?
  toms
07-27-2004, 11:54 AM
#5
I'm not clued up on the Kuran, do they count the devil as a physical being, or just a general evil spirit? Do the Kuran and Torah follow the whole "devil was cast down from heaven" thing from the bible, or is that purely christian? I'd g...  [Read More]
Posted in: Is John Howard leading Australia or following George W. Bush?
  toms
07-27-2004, 12:57 PM
#4
I don't know about Aussie politics. but this seems to be a debate raging in many countries across the world right now. Australia (obviously :D ) Great Britain (blair has lost huge faith and popularity due to his (mindless/faithful/wise*) following...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bigots
  toms
08-21-2004, 1:32 PM
#86
Speaking for myself, the main reasons i "attack" christianity are: (a) It is the religion i know most about, and am therefore best equipped to understand and see the pros and cons of. (b) It is the main religion that has (or tries to have)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bigots
  toms
08-20-2004, 9:48 AM
#67
you could argue that the only reason he would have to think of such a thing as being disgusting would be the society most of us grow up in, where many things condition us to see it as wrong and therefore "yucky". Just think of all the child...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bigots
  toms
07-28-2004, 12:06 PM
#14
Originally posted by Mort-Hog The thing is, as a "shades of grey type" you should reject Christianity totally. Not the type of christianity i was brought up to believe in. I, like much of the UK, was brought up Church of England, and CofE...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bigots
  toms
07-27-2004, 12:50 PM
#11
Originally posted by Mort-Hog As society has developed, Christianity has tried to change with it. But Christianity is like a plank, in that it'll bend so far but it can't bend too far. In the last 30 or 40 years, that more and more strain has been p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Islamic Dilemma
  toms
07-21-2004, 1:24 PM
#12
me too... but if the general public is fed a weekly diet of news and fear about "terrorists" and those who are different then i would expect the view of most people will be different. Look at opinions when blacks wanted equal rights in th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Online Privacy Loses a Battle
  toms
07-28-2004, 12:19 PM
#17
" The Stargate SG-1 Information Archive is reporting that the Feds filed charges against Adam McGaughey, creator of SG1Archive.com. The website is a fan site for the television show Stargate SG-1. The charges allege that Adam used the website to...  [Read More]
Posted in: Online Privacy Loses a Battle
  toms
07-23-2004, 12:11 PM
#15
and of course there are other dangers of storing all that info in one place: Approximately 8.2 GB of data was stolen from Acxiom Corp, a company responsible for the storage of vast amounts of personal, financial and corporate data. http://yro.slash...  [Read More]
Posted in: Online Privacy Loses a Battle
  toms
07-23-2004, 10:11 AM
#14
I WAS being serious. As skin said, as far as i am aware it is impossible to delete mail from gmail. Even if it IS deleted it still hangs around. That was most of the arguement on the gmail is creepy site. Of course, if you sign up to gmail then y...  [Read More]
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