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Am I the only one without a BAMF dad? I mean he's a cool guy, but walking 10 minutes up a hill with a severed leg? Man...

It sounds like this "friend" at college is just a nice version of a spy. And I have to ask, what good does your mom think your faith will do you if she's worried it will evaporate once you step on campus? This is normally the time kids stretch out, question, and figure things out for them...

You might want to tell your parents your plans then... going to church and all. I've told them about this before. In my experience (both as a teenager and listening to teenagers as an adult), most teenagers can't communicate worth shit, so to the "best of your ability" is likely the probl...

To me, a "friend" implies trust. If this guy is ratting your activities back to your parents without telling you, then I wouldn't call him a friend. I'd call him a babysitter. People are meant to begin spreading their wings, flying on their own, and making their own decisions about the wo...

This should probably be in ARSE. Man, I think I've yet to post a threat and not have it be in the wrong forum. I really need to get the hang of this! As always when I screw up the forums, if ARSE is the better place for this (which it looks like it), any mods are welcome to move it. If I'm reading ...

I've got a little bit of a predicament... I'm going away to college this fall, up at UC Berkeley. Unfortunately, thanks to the 1960's and 70's, the school has gotten a rep of "Ultra-liberal heathens"...a reputation that I wonder if it deserves beyond any other Public college. But that's an...

Either that, or they decide to use Neville to kill Bela instead of Mrs. Weasley. I'd be FURIOUS if they did that. I wanted to erupt in a cheer of "GO Molly" when she got that fucking bitch. Oh I loathed her intensely when she was using the Cruciatus Curse on Hermione. I had to resist an u...

I know I'm bringing up a semi-dead thread, but I finally got to read this book after waiting for two siblings to finish. Wow! Much better than I expected. The ending was very satisfying to me, and I thought she did a great job tying in as much of the old books as possible. Even the parts that were p...

This is off topic as far as the OP goes, but...why the negative attitude towards school? I know Elite Pwnage has been singled out here (with good reason), but I've heard similar sentiments all the time. Even the Alice Cooper song says "school's been blown to pieces." What's especially wei...

This is off topic as far as the OP goes, but...why the negative attitude towards school? I know Elite Pwnage has been singled out here (with good reason), but I've heard similar sentiments all the time. Even the Alice Cooper song says "school's been blown to pieces." What's especially weir...

I'd definitely do some sort of traveling - either driving across the country, or else going to Switzerland. I'd take out a loan separate from the college loans--no sense screwing myself over, in case I did survive. Although I'm a very social person, I'd probably say my (most likely) goodbyes beforeh...

Honestly, if the book could really stand on its own (without reading the other 6), it would nullify them and, on top of that, be a real drag to read. (If I recall correctly, books 2 and 3 both did this to an extent by summarizing the books before them...good for new readers, but very redundant if yo...

I'm the kind of person who likes to read reviews of movies and books before I watch/read them. I can't say why that is, but something about hearing praise for a book/movie gets me hyped up about it. And so far, I haven't been feeling the Harry Potter hype. For anyone who has started/finished the boo...

There have been quite a few others since then, but I don't want to bother listing them. Let's just say that there are a lot of fundie morons in the world. Moreover, there's no point listing methods of getting off the "Fundamentalist Moron" list. People like that are immune to logic and wi...

By the way, I've seen my name changed from "Fundamentalist Moron" to "Youngling" to "Padawan Learner". Is this a progression, or just two people trying to decide a new caption?

EDIT: Or is it just from passing post 150?

Your points are well taken. I'll definitely need to consider this--and a lot more--before having children. Instilling homophobia is certainly not what I would want in children, especially when they could very well be gay themselves. Maybe I would leave the point alone, while they are children. When ...

Favorite quote.

"The last time I looked my country mentioned 'the year of our Lord' in its Constitution. I don't recall muslims ever considering Allah their Lord. So in that case it doesn't matter what in the hell some muslims think."

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This raises an interesting point: a God who changes prophecy is a God who is changeable and mutable. Do you have a problem with putting your faith in such a God, given other instances in the Bible where God acts on a whim or changes his mind? Whether or not I could have an issue in it, I think a Go...

I'm pretty sure I found a quote from me a few years back, on this website. It's nice to know that that stage of life is frozen in time. I'll show it to my grandchildren one day.

- Morally, I still believe in the Biblical code, which does include homosexuality--only because it is premarital sex, and by Biblical guidelines of marriage, will always be so. But, I do not believe it is any Christian's duty to try to keep non-Christians from sinning. There is absolutely no reason...

I briefly read the two chapters you mentioned about the contradiction with Josiah. What exactly is the contradiction here? God says "you will be buried with your fathers." And in both the Chronicles and Kings account, he is. Chronicles elaborates that he went into battle disguised and is s...

In response to Zedekiah: I'm not seeing the contradiction. Just read the whole chapter of Jeremiah 34, and here is what happens: In return for his continued obedience, God tells Zedekiah he will die peacefully (the verse you quoted). Then, "8 The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Z...

Since the Bible contradicts itself on numerous points (and please don't tell me you're one of those people who thinks there are no contradictions in the Bible), isn't it impossible to follow it without disregarding parts of it? It depends what contradictions you have in mind. Even as an inspired te...