ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 7:26 PM
#14

Also, people want politicians that tell them what they want to hear, IMO. In an era where increasingly more people confuse "fact" and "opinion" (if you disbelieve this, just browse this forum for a while), you can easily get away... [Read More]

Posted in: 1984 about 20 years late

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 7:19 PM
#5

Well, what I say, of course. Thinkpol=The Inquisition (not abolished even today) Newspeak=Prayers, psalms, and whatsnots Telescreens=Confession Religious ceremonies (of any kind and religion)=Two minutes hate Goldstein=Heretic Eurasia/Eastasia=... [Read More]

Posted in: 1984 about 20 years late

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 10:26 AM
#3

What I find to be most interesting in 1984 (yes, I have read both 1984 and Brave New World), is that, in an attempt to take totalitarism to the very brink of what is possibly imaginable, he created an almost exact copy of the Catholic Church of the 1... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 7:05 PM
#67

Originally posted by ET Warrior I just have one thing to point out to all you folks whos entire argument is based on science, is that, if i am correct scientists believe that what has happened will continue to happen.... correct? So since life has e... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 4:13 PM
#64

Originally posted by Luc Solar I give you this link: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty.html LOL. Good site. Very amusing... Originally posted by Luc Solar (Btw - what the hell does "holy" mean anyways?) Pronounced holy by... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 4:00 PM
#63

Originally posted by Mandolorian54 cjas you have a lot to learn about christianity, only a non christian could think of it that way. In what way? Based on what it has done instead of what it says? But that is the only rational way to look at it. O... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 3:47 PM
#62

Originally posted by Rogue_Ace Its a relationship with Christ as a personal Savior. It is a barbaric mode of government that has committed genocide. Nothing more. Imagine a soldier grabbing a little baby by the legs and beating its head against a w... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 3:38 PM
#61

Originally posted by Maverick Knight If you can't ask questions and get logical answers, it's not worth believing in. Everyone should be able to back up their beliefs with arguments. Otherwise, it's not worth believing in. Which excludes all religi... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 3:21 PM
#60

Originally posted by obi-wan13 1.Really? I thought love was a feeling that a person has when he/she encounters another person he/she fels deeply for. There is an entire thread about this subject. I suggest that you go there. Originally posted by o... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 2:53 PM
#58

Originally posted by obi-wan13 Not true. Science cannot penetrate love, and it exists. Science cannot penetrate very deep space(not yet any way), either, but it too exists. Love is a biochemical reaction that ensures reproduction. It has been penet... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 2:47 PM
#57

Originally posted by Reborn Outcast This is from a website that explains why evolution couldn't have occured... for more on this... go tothis website (http://www.gospelcom.net/faithfacts/ev_origins.html) Of the four subpages on the site, the first... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 2:16 PM
#55

Originally posted by Mandolorian54 Yes I am a christian. I am a Baptist to be exact. and I don't beleive you should be baptized as a child because you are supposed to be baptized as a public statment that you have faith and want to be a christian.... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 1:21 PM
#53

Originally posted by Reborn Outcast This is from that website: [...] Thats not facts or contradictions, its just someone trying to be smart. Point. Still, the site as a whole is very interesting, it does have some shortcomings, of course, I'll b... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 1:12 PM
#51

Originally posted by Rogue_Ace I dont think that the Old Testament is horrible at all, have you ever read Psalms. Psalms contains some of the most beautify poetry ever written. Have you ever heard about the Sirens? Beauty and savage cruelty may wel... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 12:46 PM
#49

Originally posted by obi-wan13 Show me where it contridicts itself, and I will provide some sort of explanation. :) http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/ It's all there, and in plain english too (exept the Bible quotes which are in not-so-plain... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 12:39 PM
#48

Originally posted by Luc Solar The Old Testament is horrible. It is barbaric, cruel, prejudiced. The Old Testament is a symbol for the very opposite of what *my* God and *my* faith represents. The New&Old Testaments are horrible. They are barb... [Read More]

Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 10:52 AM
#45

Originally posted by Jedi_Monk The majority are probably protestant converts, but there are many from non-Christian lifestyles who have decided to join the Church. The fastest growing religion in the Western World is Buddhism. Not that it matters r... [Read More]

Posted in: The History of the Universe

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 7:33 PM
#30

Originally posted by Rogue_Ace Can you tell me where it gets the energy to explode every time. If it collapses in on itself every time then does it not signify the loss energy. Where does it fill its preverbal gas tank. Check www.sciam.com. If you'... [Read More]

Posted in: "Sexy" Banner ads on LFN

ShadowTemplar

01-10-2003, 8:39 PM
#4

Where did the whole nudity taboo come from anyway [/rethorical question]? I seriously don't care. If some people are offended, sure, do whatever reasonable to please them. But, seriously, why couldn't people go around naked if they please (that said... [Read More]

Posted in: BUSH: the unelected president

ShadowTemplar

01-10-2003, 9:43 PM
#18

Originally posted by griff38 Since the 1rst rules and laws of this country were established, those in power have sought to change the laws & rules to consolidate their power and control. From the very first laws of man those in power have sough... [Read More]

Posted in: Post-millenial gender depression

ShadowTemplar

01-10-2003, 7:50 PM
#8

Originally posted by mercatfat However, it misses that 'hell' can also be translated as 'grave', which makes me suspicious at times. LOL. I didn't know that... *mentalnoterememberthathellcanalsobetranslatedasgr avementalnote* Originally posted by... [Read More]

Posted in: Right-to-Die

ShadowTemplar

01-10-2003, 8:13 PM
#16

Skitzo: I'm not saying that the concept should be dropped altogether. I'm saying that I want to see those failsaves first. By all means conduct research on this subject. Even if the research fails to find safeguards against abuse of assisted suicide... [Read More]

Posted in: Roswell, The Alien Autopsy, and U.F.O. Coverups

ShadowTemplar

01-10-2003, 8:25 PM
#9

I have no doubt whatsoever that there is life on other planets. Terran conditions would not be too abnormal, they can't be. And with Terran conditions, and a few billion years, I find it quite probable that life of some kind may arise. As for the UF... [Read More]

Posted in: War on 2 Fronts

ShadowTemplar

01-10-2003, 7:34 PM
#30

Originally posted by Cjais Why not just admit that he's using the UN for his corporation's interests You know why: It would be a bad move, diplomatically. I think that he should just say: "S. Hussein is threatening one or more of our allies,&q... [Read More]

Posted in: for or against human cloning?

ShadowTemplar

01-18-2003, 10:36 AM
#157

Originally posted by teutonicknight Acutally, in the future, I don't beleive that it would be insane. I don't think that you have to worry about that... By the time we can accelerate human growth, we may just as well have remote-contolled robot sol... [Read More]

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