Profile for Ash Lael

Error message

Deprecated function: implode(): Passing glue string after array is deprecated. Swap the parameters in drupal_get_feeds() (line 394 of /var/www/pied-piper.ermarian.net/includes/common.inc).

Recent posts

Pages

AuthorRecent posts
God Stuff (Antichrist! You better spell it right! ) in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, November 3 2005 11:19 Profile Homepage #79
quote:
Originally written by Pien' Kiusanhenki:

Also, because this subject came up in our study today.. please people.. don't mention hell to me. Right now that subject just makes me angry. I don't know if you believe in it, but I hope you see through Satan's horrible lies.
There is an excellent example in the book 'What Does The Bible Really Teach?' about that. Let me retell it to you and you decide how it makes you feel.
quote:
What would you think about a man, who'd punish an unobedient child by holding their hands in a fire? Would you respect him? Would you even want to know him? You wouldn't, no doubt about it. You'd probably think of him as extremely cruel. Yet Satan wants you to believe that Jehovah tortures people in a fire forever - billions of years!
Just.. 1 John 4:8 "-- God is love."

I wanted you all to know that. I nearly burst into tears when we got to that part because I just got so angry, and sad. It's a horrible thing to believe.
The traditional response to this - which I'm not sure if I suscribe to or not, but regardless - would be that God doesn't do this. It Satan who's the horrible torturing one.

"So wait, God's all-powerful, why doesn't he stop that?"

He does... if you ask him to.

God isn't a meanie who punishes us with painful, hurting fire if we don't come to him. He wants us to come to him so we don't get burned with painful, hurting fire.

Personally, I'm not really sure about how the whole afterlife thing works, but I guess I'll figure it out when I get there.

[ Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:20: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
God Stuff (Antichrist! You better spell it right! ) in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, November 3 2005 11:00 Profile Homepage #78
quote:
Originally written by Thralni, emperor of Riverrod:

Can somebody explain me only one thing: If jehovah was created before Jesus, then who or what created Jehovah? No don't tell me he was just POOF! created.
I was staying out of this discussion, but I felt like answering this question.

Thing is, everyone faces this problem, whether they believe in God or not. You can ask "Where did God come from?", but you can just as reasonably ask "Where did the laws of physics come from? Where did matter come from? Where did..." and so on and so forth.

No matter your worldview, if you go back far enough in the chain of cause and effect, you're presented with the fact that something, somewhere, sometime, had to exist with out being made by or coming from anything else.

God, theoretically being an eternal being without beginning or end, arguably makes more sense as The First Thing Ever from this point of view than The Big Bang or anything else. But even if you consider that a cop-out, you still have ask the same question of whatever you believe was the First Thing Ever.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Kiwis ban virtual drugs in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, November 3 2005 10:42 Profile Homepage #21
quote:
Originally written by Drew:

Decency standards are restrictions, Ash. Any "standard" is.
Sure is. So is a restriction on saying something untrue while under oath, or a restriction on shouting "FIRE!" in a crowded theatre, as per Zeviz's example.

Rereading Beli's post, I might have misunderstood it. But my point was that all of these restrictions are specific to specific situations, so there is no real difference between them, and that point stands.

[ Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:43: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Kiwis ban virtual drugs in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, November 3 2005 00:24 Profile Homepage #18
quote:
Originally written by Belisarius:

Fair point, but libel/defamation laws are restricted to cases in which there is clear intent and perjury laws are specific to speaking under oath.

They're not restrictions on free expression for the general welfare.
Neither is placing decency standards on works of art for mass consumption, though.

[ Thursday, November 03, 2005 00:27: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Kiwis ban virtual drugs in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, November 2 2005 20:22 Profile Homepage #14
I'm confused. Does the US have no laws at all against libel, or defamation, or lying in court, or anything?

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Kiwis ban virtual drugs in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, November 2 2005 17:01 Profile Homepage #12
Out of curiosity, spy.there, which games that are freely available on the New Zealand market and have not been considered for banning are you referring to?

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Kiwis ban virtual drugs in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, November 2 2005 13:55 Profile Homepage #6
"Tyranny", just maybe, is an excessively strong word?

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Kiwis ban virtual drugs in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, November 2 2005 13:29 Profile Homepage #4
Belisarius is fairly correct, though the assumption that the US way is the best way is a tad irritating.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Hpp Vwl Cnsrvtn Dy in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 1 2005 19:29 Profile Homepage #46
Drkfr nds t chng Trrr's Mrtr's cstm ttl t "Trdmrk".

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Hpp Vwl Cnsrvtn Dy in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 1 2005 12:20 Profile Homepage #25
quote:
Originally written by VCH:

Why is anyone bothering to translate, much less read any of this stuff? It's kind of pointless, and rather annoying to type too.
Hrtc!

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
For the Aussies who care in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 1 2005 12:10 Profile Homepage #4
Yeah, like you ever saw Phar Lap run.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Riddles & Brain Teasers in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 1 2005 11:32 Profile Homepage #107
Guys, don't do this to me.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
For the Aussies who care in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 1 2005 10:48 Profile Homepage #1
And they weren't even sure whether she could run or not till yesterday morning. I don't care about horse racing, but I still think that's awesome.

On the balance side, I know I'm not going to hear anything else for a few days, and it's all beginning to annoy me already.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
A Map of Spiderweb in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, October 31 2005 20:43 Profile Homepage #22
quote:
Originally written by Knot Eye:

And where are all the Australians? Is it two in the morning there?
I'm on.

[ Monday, October 31, 2005 20:47: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Naming Your Muscles (a stupid guy thread) in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, October 31 2005 14:26 Profile Homepage #9
Natasha, obviously.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Riddles & Brain Teasers in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, October 31 2005 13:26 Profile Homepage #95
Your sig brands you as a music geek, so from there it was pretty easy.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Naming Your Muscles (a stupid guy thread) in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, October 31 2005 13:17 Profile Homepage #5
And why is his right pec a girl, while everything else has manly names?

This just gets more and more wrong as you think about it.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Riddles & Brain Teasers in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, October 31 2005 12:58 Profile Homepage #93
Playing in an orchestra.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Naming Your Muscles (a stupid guy thread) in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, October 31 2005 12:54 Profile Homepage #3
You need to get some actual friends. You know, people or even things that are not a subset of yourself. Even a pet rock would be an improvement.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Riddles & Brain Teasers in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, October 31 2005 12:29 Profile Homepage #91
I just read all that Monk stuff, and am so glad that it all got figured out before I did. Otherwise, I would have been pulling my hair out all day.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
The madness continues... in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, October 29 2005 15:18 Profile Homepage #12
If I had BoE, I probably would give it a shot. But designing in BoA is such a drag for me.

EDIT: Trying Canopy with a level 15 party now. Finally beat the Bugbear guards after ages of trying - I had to kill a couple and run away over and over till I levelled up enough to take on the lot of them.

EDIT 2: Alright, why is it that I die every time I kill the Bugbear Mage? Surely this isn't just something I have to live (die?) with.

EDIT 3: Got around that by having him killed by a summoned monster. Now I've got 8 of the symbols, and can't find the last one. Far sight is telling me that there are secret passages in the caverns, but I can't get into them.

EDIT 4: He then has the incredibly clever idea to check the hint file. Duh.

EDIT 5: Okay, going in with a pure missile/magic party was a bad idea. Stupid holy warriors. This brings this attempt at Canopy to a close.

[ Sunday, October 30, 2005 01:26: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

--------------------
SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
The madness continues... in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, October 29 2005 14:36 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by Ima ni TM wo Bakuretsu ****e:

Try Canopy. I mean, not level 1. Obviously. (It's impossible that way.) But maybe, um, level 15? Thuryl did 25-torment. See if you can beat that.
Hmm. Maybe.

Anyone else got a challenge for me?

--------------------
SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Pagan stuff... in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, October 28 2005 23:38 Profile Homepage #2
Where?

Maybe Sydney. People in Sydney are strange.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
The Uglification of Thuryl in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, October 28 2005 08:23 Profile Homepage #17
Alex, if you do not become a profession comedian of some sort, you will be wasting a beautiful, beautiful gift.

--------------------
Sex is easier than love.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
The madness continues... in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, October 28 2005 07:47 Profile Homepage #7
While your faith in my abilities is flattering, the Drake Lord fight has me over a barrel. I can't even GET to the Lord himself! Nothing I can do about that one.

It's not possible to retreat and recharge while one of your guys is running around rogue, y'see.

EDIT: Just so this topic doesn't go to waste, I might try some other scenario. But not tonight.

[ Friday, October 28, 2005 07:59: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

--------------------
SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00

Pages