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Originally written by Arancaytar:

Nice agenda there, but what is the word starting with 'Q'?

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Originally written by Jewelz:

*Punches Nikki in the arm... HARD.*

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What the Dickens?! Come on, Thuryl practically has a monopoly on puns around here! And I did say it didn't detract from the chapter, it's just that more Thuryl would have secured it as the sexiest chapter thus far.

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Originally written by Nikki:

Jewels clearly has the best review ever. I think everybody else should just stop trying.

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Originally written by Goldenking:

Admit it. The only real reason you stay here is because the games are good and keep on coming. Everything else is secondary, or tertiary, etc.

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Originally written by The Ratt:

By the way, I find it strange that Jewels' weapon of choice is the battle axe.

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Originally written by Excalibur:

[QUOTE] Wow, I thought this site always covered his games. I'm unhinged now.

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Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Geneforge the game should be imagined as the setting for geneforge to forum. Likewise for the other games.

The Mod board had been adequately described by Diki.

Tech support is basically a featureless room, much like the actual forum.

General seems to be imagined as a common room as found in college dormitories or perhaps the Student Union.

Outside the forums is the interwebs, which are dangerous. Stay in the forums.

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Originally written by Aloreal:

To Gizmo: Frankly, that's one of the reasons I can't quite stomach Christianity. My mythical ancestors from hundreds of generations ago do not affect the state of my soul. I was not created with terrible urges that can never be reconciled to righteousness. God isn't playing some sadistic shell game with humanity. When we sin, it's our fault, and we atone, but it's a personal error, not some systematic flaw in humanity.

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Originally written by Drew:

I can imagine the whole thing would be very troubling to people who are fairly evangelical yet nevertheless intelligent. Because if homosexuality is something more that just the way someone decides to act (i.e., a decision derrived from the individual - not from God - which could therefore qualify as a sin) but is actually something inherent to a person, then that would mean that God made someone that way - and yet there're all those rigid prohibitions in the Bible allegedly *against* homosexuality. Oh noes! Just what is this God trying to do? Or maybe there really is a fly in the ointment, and now they need to deal with all these unsettling questions.

I think homosexuality is an inherent characteristic in a person; perhaps repressible, like other personality traits, but ever present. If that's the case, then it wouldn't be that individual's choice to "sin." For people who believe in God, this leaves two alternatives: either God is cruel for creating a person with inherent sin, or people are misinterpreting God (the likely answer). Of course, the easiest thing to do is to avoid this uncomfortable consideration and just assume that since one isn't gay and can't understand what it means to be gay, then those people who are just aren't controlling themselves enough ("I mean, it's so disgusting, right?"), and so are in fact choosing to sin. That, or God is "testing" their souls or some crap. Best not to question, though! That upsets the apple cart of comfort.

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Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Dude. See a doctor.

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Originally written by Elastikon:

Homosexual acts may not be illegal, but homosexuals and other queer people aren't given all the rights and privileges of straights. So clearly the government does have an opinion on sexuality, and it's one that happens to coincide with a more conservative Protestant opinion.

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Originally written by Elastikon:

Meanwhile... WTF?????

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