Red Arremer

Indeed.

10indeedmen - Wait, whut?

All in General Brawl/Tactical, I'll bet.

Youko
airgemini
Hylian
Xiivi

My only 4 infractions by such a diverse cast of Mods.
Youko - Replying to spam
airgemini - Replying to spam
Hylian - Minor spam
Xiivi - Replying to spam

I'm scared to reply to spam.

'twas probably Mic. Youko's the rough-and-tough infraction giving SMod.
It's awful.

Nah, replying to spam. Lol, Youko gave me 2 points for replying to an ad.

Lol indeed. General Brawl = The single greatest sub-section on SWF.
Nah, it sucks.

But I know I'll get infracted for it. >___>

Dude, come back to the chat!

I heart my avatar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWviVCni8Ho&feature=channel_page

the ultimate team combo :D

Actually, those are a lot of common misconceptions I don't even know who propagated, in reference to the flaws of the Bible. That's why I said that I've been convinced it's the truth, because I've looked into those things. Interestingly enough, the Bible is the most historically accurate document we own. I'm not sure what you mean about the Garden of Eden, maybe you can clarify, but I'll touch on the other issues.

A lot of people have this huge misconception of 'translation errors'. Some people think that it started out in Greek (New Testament, anyway), was then translated to Latin, then to German, and way down the line we get to English and a telephone effect occurs. This is not what happened. We have more manuscripts of the New Testament than any of our other historical documents which we hold true. Take for instance, the life of Julius Caesar, I believe there is something like ten times the amount of manuscripts of the New Testament than the account of Caesar's life. Now, we take all of that as historical fact. And yet four accounts recounting the same events, which are more historically backed up, are not taken to have the same credibility? Sounds fishy if you ask me.

What we have of Biblical manuscripts show that, overall, they are nearly identical to one another. The similarity, in percentages, is about the following. 99.2% for the Old Testament, and 99.7% for the New Testament. Beyond that, even if we only had what was quoted in the writing of the Early Christians, we would basically be able to recreate almost the entire New Testament. At the very bare minimum, we know that nothing was tampered with and if anything changed between translations, a vast majority of them are incredibly negligible. Like, a lot of the time, it's just differences as to whether or not they wrote "Jesus Christ" or "Christ Jesus," honestly something that matters pretty little. And, if you do take the opportunity to read through the Bible, when the footnotes say 'Or whatever', they're not talking about differences in manuscripts, it just means that there's a different way of translating it. And for those instances, they're always footnoted. By the way, a lot of this information I'm getting from a lecture event I attended at Harvard where Dr. Douglas Jacoby was speaking, so you know I'm not just pulling things out of thin air. Look him up, though, he's ridiculously legit and actually has read and does read on occasion the Bible in the original Greek and Hebrew--not to mention has seen (or held) and read some of the most important manuscripts we own.

As for power struggles, that's only been things instituted by churches, and not what's been changed in the actual documents. And even if they did change the actual documents, there would be more than enough evidence to show that something was changed.

I'm not sure what you mean as far as the evangelist being taken out of the Bible. There were way more than four or five evangelists. Every Christian was an evangelist and did what they could to spread God's Word. So I'm not really sure what you mean in that or where you got that information.

As for 'how the world worked back then', I'd have to dismiss that as well. Hebrews 4:12 (NIV) says that "The Word of God is living and active," meaning that it does have application in our daily lives and does still apply. However, if you don't believe me, I'll just tell you this: Since I became a Christian and changed the things in my life I have been a much happier and overall a better person. Regardless of whether or not the teachings seem 'outdated' they simply work. That's just the honest truth of it. If I did not have God I would have committed suicide years ago. Seriously. But He pulled me out of the depths of my life, and most people hardly recognize me these days in comparison. That's not to say I lost any part of myself, but instead I became more myself than I ever was when I was doing 'what I wanted'.

But study it out for yourself if you don't believe me. Douglas Jacoby has tons of books that discuss much of the Bible incredibly intelligently, and he's an amazingly well-educated historian. Beyond that, I'd also recommend a book called 'More Than a Carpenter'. The title is kinda cheesy and sounds like a 'Jesus changed my life story' but it's actually about the proofs behind the Bible, within it and outside of it. It's only like a hundred pages, but after reading that book I've never doubted again in my entire life. From the moment I read that book on I was 100% sure that Jesus was Lord and that what was in the New Testament was what He said. There was no getting around it.

So, that's a short little synopsis of why I believe, and also an answer to some of your questions. I've read, heard, and seen much more than I've put here. This is just the things that immediately applied and that I had room for.

that is correct

Haha, it's so sad you can beat him by walking forward and shooting your buster though. He dies before you do...

Heh, it has to do with the amount of effort put into anything. To the Japanese... doing someone and not being the best at it is mostly pointless. So they do their best to make memes. Here we just have spam and apathy.

Ha. You're sharp, and well informed.

Yeah. Personally I'm waiting for 99,999 people to realize it, and then I'm going to realize it. I could use the car too.

Haha, well I think you're like, the second person to figure it out actually. One person did at tourney. Congrats! Too bad you're not the 100,000th. They win a new car.

Haha, thanks, figure out the, uh "joke" ?

Hm, I'm not sure if you've heard my arguments against it, but I'll take you at your word. I'm in about the same boat as you, I know basically every argument for homosexuality forward and backwards. So, I can see where you're coming from. As for my loyalty to the Bible, it's only because I've studied so much into the history of it and the legitimacy of the document as a whole. I've simply seen and read too much about it to ever be convinced that it's not the 100% truth. I was convinced by what I saw, heard, and read, and couldn't deny it. Beyond that, I just trust that God knows what He's doing. As I said, who am I to tell God that He's wrong?

And as for disrupting the flow of the text, sorry about that, but I think you see my reasoning behind it. I am frustrated when people just hate gays or whatever for no reason, but I'm also morally opposed to homosexuality. It's a tough spot for me to be in, and one that I often have to lean toward one side or the other on.

But believe me when I tell you that it literally tears me up inside that I can't be in more support of homosexuality. If I wasn't convinced it was wrong, I'd be a huge supporter. However, I'm not really against gay marriage, per se--or at least not civil unions. As far as marriage goes: It's mostly a religious institution, and for that reason, I can't expect someone who believes homosexuality is wrong to marry two people who are of the same sex. However, I don't believe that they should be deprived of the benefits of marital status.

That's why I think marriage should be done by religion, and civil unions by the state. This way, even if two best friends just wanted to live together and have the same legal benefits, they could, and likewise those in homosexual relationships wouldn't be in a lower position than those who are in heterosexual relationships.

Basically: Yeah, I do believe homosexuality's wrong. But I still have a heart, and it definitely goes out to them.

Hey there, I just wanted to follow up (since you didn't reply to what I said in response to you) to make sure we're cool. I don't want us to be at odds And if I said anything that didn't sit right with you, if you want to discuss this further, or just talk for the fun of it, send me a PM ^_^

Ah, I see. :3

Anyway, let's just hope they get added. D:

Thanks. I realized the ones I did were only MWs, so I was planning on reviewing one tomorrow, on my day off.

The part that kinda disturbs me is how little support it gets in general. Most people think that it doesn't make a difference for whatever reason. This isn't Melee.

Oh, I forget, do you play Zelda/Sheik?

I remember your Zelda/Sheik post!

Hey, you started it. ;D

Bwahaha, so you finished it! I already read it, and I'm just glad to get commentary.

(BTW...if you make me a button for Tyrande, I'll love you forever.)

I use Jigglypuff for giggles, I've been in a major slump with her. D:

Alright I'll give them a try. NO CODE GEASS? Goodness, you're missing out on a Deathnote caliber anime with a better ending lol.

Neither am I but I love good stories:-p.

Have you seen Deathnote ot code Geass?

Have you heard of Dgrayman? It seems cool so far(On episode 2) but I was hoping I'd find someone who's watched it all.

2, so far. xDDD

Hehe, its so funny.

Inorite? c:
Im doing it to piss many homophobes off

Like the second part of my sig?? <3

Find me more characters with hats. :3
I'm gonna go for the night, catch you later.

gah. your avitar is now creepy!

ankoku made the sig

Full pic of avatar please. =D

Yeah, they're really blunt, stuck up, and believe they're better than everyone else. Steel made that really clear while we Marios were discussing the matchup. I try to avoid them, like, just look at my thread.

How's your Marth coming along?

Well I guess they deserved a spot in the SBR.