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I haven't read enough from you to form an opinion, but seeing how I have an odd fondness for TM you'd probably have to be overwhelmingly terrible for me not to like you.

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How did you first find out about Spidweb's games and what is it first games you play? in General
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E2 was played first, then E1, E3, and BoE. Once I had exhausted all the demos I caved and bought all four playing them in order again. I got the demos on a couple different shareware CD's.

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And today is a very special day... in General
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Our spring break ended a week ago. I was happy to see the kids off to school again. ;)

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Congrats, TM! I saw you were getting close yesterday. I have such a long way to go...

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Do you think there is a Hell? in General
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quote:
Originally written by Alorael:

I'd like to see the scripture behind the arguments. I tried to find some for myself online and what I found wasn't convincing.

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5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Isaiah 64
And it continues. I get a sense that humans are less than nothing compared to God, but the entire passage is a lament mostly unrelated to the argument. It's also not about damnation or salvation, as the Old Testament tends not to address that issue so strongly.

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8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2
This is the famous passage, but it's not clear. Again, it strikes me as a warning against pride because great accomplishments do not lead to salvation. Whether good works are "works" is, in my skeptical mind, debatable. The following verses are concerned with changes in practices, notably waiving the requirement of circumcision.

And then, to muddy everything further:

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Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Titus 3:5

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
James 2:26

The first of those is the first clear declaration that good works aren't necessary. It isn't specifically spelled out that faith saves rather than ritual, but at least the works are out. James then disagrees strongly: it may not be works alone that save, but they're a necessary component.

And two more:

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The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
Proverbs 15:8

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination. Proverbs 28:9

Cited as signs that God rejects those who are not saved by faith. I don't really like judging this without translating the Hebrew, but doesn't "wicked" imply deeds rather than faith? Similarly, turning away from law is a comment on behavior, not thought. Proverbs is from the Old Testament, and thought-crime wasn't fashionable back then.

—Alorael, who will stop now and wait for someone to either argue or find better scripture denying the value of works and affirming salvation through faith.

In the Old Testament, it [was] works that saved you. You had to make the proper sacrifices to atone for your specific sins. The first instance of sacrificing was in the story of Cain and Able who were born to Adam and Eve. God accepted Able's sacrifice and rejected Cain's sacrifice because Cain did not offer to God what God had requierd. The Old Testament had to be clear on what was required because they were laws that [had] to be followed.

Jesus was a man without sin, without 'blemish'. (Which is what was required of the animals in the OT sacrifices) The death of Jesus on the cross was the ultimate sacrifice for sins. Because he willingly let himself be sacrificed, we no longer are required to sacrifice anything. Instead all we are required to do is accept Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins.

This is where it starts to get mixed up on the NT. All that is required is acceptance of Jesus as your saviour (as shown by the theif on the cross next to Jesus whom Jesus told would see him in Heaven that day) but the issue becomes 'What is acceptance?'

The Bible says you have to accept Jesus with your heart, not only with your mouth. The verse 'faith without works is dead' means that the person who says they have faith but do nothing in the way of works did not take Jesus to heart (they do not LOVE Jesus). Accepting Jesus means relinquishing control of your life and putting Jesus in control. Accepting Jesus means giving up what you want for God's will. It is a natural succession that once you accept Jesus as your saviour, you will want to do good works. And out of your love for him you do good works automatically.

There is such thing as falling out of grace where those who have accepted Jesus decide to regain control of their lives and leave Jesus on the sidelines. This is why many who profess to be Christians don't act like Christians. They have read the gospel, they believe the gospel, but they have stopped living the gospel.

Conclusion: Works are not neccessary in order to get into heaven, but out of a greatful heart that has accepted Jesus, good works will flow.

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Do you think there is a Hell? in General
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Trying to keep this civil and strictly from an analitical standpoint.

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—Alorael, who will not accept Jesus into his heart until he sees a good, mathematically sound reason for him to do so.
Define 'mathematically sound'. Would a whole bunch of fulfilled prophesies be mathematically sound? How about a prophesy based on events on a timeline that actually happened?

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Daniel 9:24-26
"Seventy `sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.
"Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven `sevens,' and sixty-two `sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.
After the sixty-two `sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.
1. After the Medo-Persians had conquered the neo-Babylonian empire about 2500 years ago, they ruled a vast empire that included the land of Israel. About 2400 years ago (about 445 BC), Persian king Artaxerxes gave permission to the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem, which was still in ruins after having been destroyed earlier by the Babylonians.
2. The Jews rebuilt the Temple and the city of Jerusalem.
3. Then, about 2000 years ago, Jesus entered Jerusalem as the Messiah who had been promised by Old Testament prophets. But, many people rejected Jesus as the Messiah and He was crucified by the Romans.
4. About 40 years after Jesus was crucified, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. (The Temple has not been rebuilt since then and they have been constantly at war).

It is interesting to note that the decree to rebuild Jerusalem is estimated given at 445BC and that the 7(7's)+62(7's) is equal to 476. Not far off considering the date is an estimation. Take into account that 33 of those years are not counted in the 'BC' dating and the number is now at 443. It is not exact mathematics but when the exact dates are unknown I would consider it close enough to count, imho.

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How did you got your username? in General
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For my first account I also used my given name, the name on this account was first a CB handle I chose for myself when Gremlins was fairly new, and I picked Mynt Cioccolatta as a new moniker to post on other boards in secret. It was short lived because I stuipidly made people want to know who I was.

*kicks self for being stupid*

Cioccolatta is 'chocolate' in Itialian and mint patties are my favorite kind of chocolate add the misspelling for asthetic(sp?) beauty and that's how I got it. My moniker at polaris came from the 'Let's play a game' forum where I picked "My name is not important." Nobody guessed who I was so I kept it but made an 'important' change to "MY Name is not importanT" to make it more obvious to at least those who knew I was Mynt.

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Do you think there is a Hell? in General
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Yes, Christian of Bible based doctrine.

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Oh, come off it Alo. Quit being so anal-retentive.

[ Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:09: Message edited by: Gizmo ]

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¿Newbie? in General
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Hi 'nother noob.

That alt+0000 thing is pretty neat. Is there a complete list of symbols somewhere already made?

½ your sanity +
¼ your free time =
suggested contribution for hungry door @ SW forums

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World of Warcraft in General
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Well, if it is a branch off the original Blizzard's Warcraft/II/III, I rather enjoy playing with the orcs.

I like to click on them over and over.
'That tickles'

If playing to win, though, I usually go with the humans. Mainly because I understand their spells better.

[ Wednesday, March 23, 2005 07:01: Message edited by: Traci Hedlund ]

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Sexual Orientation in General
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From what I read, it was a blood contact transfer where the man was preparing the monkey to eat it and cut himself in the process.

Edit: I have the bestest-best husband that I could ever have. I am so lucky to have him. He has saved me from myself and I will sleep better at night because of him. (In more ways than one ;) )

Edited per hubby's request.

[ Thursday, March 24, 2005 04:46: Message edited by: Traci Hedlund ]

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Wow nice to see y'all again in General
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*jumps up and down for joy*

Hey everybody! It's SupaNik! Look! Look! He's back! It's SupaNik! It's SupaNik! He's back! He's back!

:D :D :D :D :P ;) :cool:

How's that for attention?

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Nonfiction Books You Are Reading in General
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quote:
Originally written by Mind:

Only few religious people believe the story of the Creation.
Well, I suppose it depends on which religion you're looking at. I would say most religious Jews (as opposed to just a Jew by birth) and most Christians believe in the creation story. When you believe in an all-powerful God, the events of the creation story are trivial.

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Don't click here! in General
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ACK! We got 10 inches of snow here on Friday. School almost had to call a snow day. How'm I supposed to have an easter egg hunt with the kids with almost a foot of show on the ground? Huh, huh, tell me please. I am thuroughly disgusted at the weather.

And RabbitLord as in the creator of the Ultimate Party Builder? Welcome back.

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Shiver me timbers, everyone is coming out of the woodwork aren't they?

How's the memory doing, Sir?

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Geneforge 3 Questions in General
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vote for me if you hate sex!
I predict you will get a total of 6 votes.

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Who wants this? in Blades of Exile
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Not surprised... Djur, request for Pyg.

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the internet in General
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The net is where I get my news and my adult conversation. I play a few games at yahoo too.

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cehck tihs out in General
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I only applied to one college (Northern State University, Aberdeen SD). The closest one that advertised architectural classes and I didn't want to move very far. I got a one-year full tuition scholarship from the school and a small student loan to pay for books and other expenses. I show up to enroll for classes and they inform me they are phasing out all their architectural classes! :mad: (Keep in mind when I came for the interview for the scholarship I told them what I was planning on studing and nobody said a word, though I do remember one male professor looking me up and down in disbelief like he didn't think I was cut out to be an architect.) So here I am, with scholarship and student loan in hand, not to mention the signed one-year lease on an apartment in town and Hubby has already applied for and started working at his new job, and they tell me I can't study what I came to study! I grudgingly turn my music minor into a music major only to dicover what I already knew, that I didn't want to be a music teacher. Luckily (?), I got pregnant (whole nother story) the end of my first year and decided not to come back for a second year. I'd still love to be an architect but full time mom takes priority for now.

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Nonfiction Books You Are Reading in General
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Well, since you asked.

The Purpose Driven Life - by Rick Warren. Answers the question 'What on Earth am I here for?'

Shepherding a Child's Heart - by Tedd Tripp. Steps to take to build your child's character instead of just improve their behavior.

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How many? in General
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On the other hand, I beat the bishop on a daily basis.
Brutal Sadist. :P

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Who wants this? in Blades of Exile
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I'd like a copy as well. I'll put it up at TrueSite for Blades as a Utility Scenario if you like.

Can outdoors sections be imported like towns can?

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cehck tihs out in General
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I vote for Italian

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Don't click here! in General
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*waves at newbie warily*

Anytime someone uses 'evil' as part of their name I can only expect disaster.

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