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Off Topic / Re: [NEWS] Australia launches tactile banknotes to aid the blind
« on: August 31, 2016, 07:28:33 PM »
I keep misreading "tactile" as "tactical" in the thread title
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General Discussion / Re: "Block Trek" Star Trek Megathread - We're still alive!
« on: August 31, 2016, 01:49:19 AM »
And I was just wondering if this project was still going or not haha
Absolutely incredible work Planr! Those cross-sections are quite a sight to see
jeeps tho
Absolutely incredible work Planr! Those cross-sections are quite a sight to see
jeeps tho
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Off Topic / Re: hey its my birthday
« on: August 31, 2016, 01:12:32 AM »
Wake everyone up and have an epic midnight party
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Off Topic / Re: Christianity Megathread
« on: August 31, 2016, 01:06:27 AM »I'm looking into it and it seems like it has many authors which wrote stories and revised upon each other. No Moses.
Read up on that as well.
Seems like a rather shaky hypothesis to me.
Kudos for actually researching the topic though. Most people (including a lot of Christians, unfortunately) don't usually bother.
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Off Topic / Re: Christianity Megathread
« on: August 30, 2016, 11:43:13 PM »I've added a podcasts, theology, and additional Bible study information in the resources section, but I would be glad to include additional relevant information and/or additional categories upon request. I've also added Reasonable Faith on the "Apologetics" list.
If anyone has ideas for a new poll or new polls, let me know. I would like to see more discussion and I hope these new additions give the atheists / agnostics and the theists alike that debated in this thread some material to think about and discuss.
Another really great site that has pod casts and other sorts of media is Reasons To Believe, which is a group that seeks to show that the Bible and scientific discoveries agree, rather than contradict.
Their stuff is really interesting even just on the scientific side of things, since many of their speakers know their stuff.
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Off Topic / Re: What do you think is the Stupidest animal on the planet?
« on: August 30, 2016, 12:49:16 AM »
t-rex had peanut brains, so those :^)
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Off Topic / Re: Christianity Megathread
« on: August 29, 2016, 11:51:31 PM »what's the basis for genesis and whatnot? how could man know how the world was created?
I think the traditional/common understanding is that God told/showed Moses what to write while he was up on the mountain.
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Games / Re: games that suck balls
« on: August 29, 2016, 11:10:02 PM »APB: Reloaded
I was really expecting something about Putt-Putt
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Add-Ons / Re: Event_RandomItems - Simple random item output
« on: August 29, 2016, 04:28:40 PM »
I needed this pretty badly awhile ago.
I did manage to find an over-complicated solution (projectiles used to randomly hit different bricks), but it'll be great to not have to rely on that in the future.
Thanks for posting!
I did manage to find an over-complicated solution (projectiles used to randomly hit different bricks), but it'll be great to not have to rely on that in the future.
Thanks for posting!
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Creativity / Re: The animation and stop motion mega thread
« on: August 29, 2016, 01:08:48 AM »i like how when i zoom out its orange and when i zoom in its green
wow that's pretty strange
I already have a hEADACHE AGH WHY'D I TRY IT
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Creativity / Re: The new and improved 3D model topic!
« on: August 28, 2016, 10:45:34 PM »skele
[img width=400 ]https://p3d.in/model_data/snapshot/zJzMc[/img]
Is very well-modeled spooks
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Off Topic / Re: Christianity Megathread
« on: August 28, 2016, 07:38:51 PM »well there you have it then, I guess. christians are still supposed to be richardheads
you aren't really responding to what I said
in the old testament, you are commanded to do things like kill your daughter, under certain circumstances. but surely you understand that stoning your children to death, regardless of the reason, is without question, morally reprehensible?
so are you still supposed to do that? you think that doing so wouldn't be a sin? you agree with that course of action?
hopefully your answer is "no", so the question is why he ever told anyone to do that in the first place
My intention was to use the sacrifices topic as an example, but I should have clarified a bit more, sorry.
No, you are absolutely not supposed to stone your offspring, or anyone for that matter, any longer.
When I say that the Old Testament still applies, I mean that there are valuable lessons to be learned from it. The only reason any of those sacrifices, brutal practices, ect are no longer important is because of what Jesus did on the cross. But their significance in demonstrating how one should view sin, and how serious the implications of sin really are, are still relevant. We just need to present matters of sin before Jesus now, instead of needing to make atonement through sacrifices or administering judgement on people.
IIRC the only really specific commandment that we are meant to keep still is the practice of tithing, and not because the church needs the money, but because it is a means to express trust in God that he will provide for you.
But anyway, I hope that answers your question a bit better. If I've still misunderstood you or you have followup questions, feel free to say something. I certinally can go into deeper detail if you want.
I get why you trust god. I don't get why you trust the people who wrote the bible. do you trust every christian by default? that would be alarmingly misguided
This is actually a pretty complex issue in some ways haha, but it does come down to trusting God, really.
Like, if the people who wrote the Bible were untrustworthy and wrote down passages which God did not intend to be in the Bible, then wouldn't he ensure that such passages would not eventually be included in the Bible? And why would he even chose someone who was going to write unwanted text in the first place?
We can't go back and get to know the people that wrote the Bible to know if they were trustworthy or not, all we can do is trust that God ensured that what is contained in the Bible is what was meant to be in there.
That might sound like a shaky answer to you, but it's the truth and I really can't think of any better answer at the moment.
And no I wouldn't just trust any random Christian, but I wouldn't close myself off to them or anything.