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These aren't half as funny as the Flying Spaghetti Monster ones I'm planning to put up. Not that I'm atheist, I'm a Christian. I just happen to find Flying Spaghetti Monster terribly funny at the same time. :p

If anbyone doubts the intensity that Crhistian Bale will bring to the role of John Connor, all you need to do is YouTube for the leaked audio of him losing his rag on set. I mean, this dude is intense! If they can't make Terminator 4 work with Christian Bale in this role, they suck.

You need to go into your backroom, which becomes available to you after logging in. When you're there, you need to click on the activation link, and you should be sweet.

You know that the movie based on your favourite anime series is going to suck when they can't even get the ethnic casting of their main character right. It's not a racial problem, it's definately more a "we should study the original more accurately" problem. This is the kind of decision that will drive purists away from the movie, based on the series that they love. You'd think that Hollywood would have laernt by now. I am however, looking forward to seeing how white Goku turns out. After all, Goku regularly transforms into a blue eyed, blonde haired super-Saiyan, you could excuse the director of the Dragonball movie for screwing that one up!

Each case has to be judged on it's merits, but I think it's fair to say that if a child has been indoctrinated by a racist family, and has no understanding of the hurt caused by words such a the n-bomb, then that child cannot be held responsible. The blame must lay at the feet of the parents/guardians, who have planted this hate and bigotry into a young impressionable mind. Once the child understands the ramifications of this worldvied, and the hurth some words can cause people, and they still use them anyway, tht's when you can call them on it and condemn them for their behaviour.

The egg can't be laid before the chicken, the chicken can't be without first hacthing from an an egg. I think the simplest and most reasonable explanation, God made it, is the most realistic and feasable. Ockham's razor, anyone? I mean, chicken and the egg, how does it evolve like that?

I live in Christchurch, New Zealand. We are perhaps best known for our Anglican Cathedral, it is what our city is named after. There is an equally impressive Catholic Cathedral down the road, but it always plays second fiddle to it's older "brother." Apart from the Cathedral, our city is known for it's gardens and green spaces (we used to be known as the Garden City, a tagline that we've let lapse recently, sadly.) Our city also plays host to a number of festivals each year, the most prolific being the World Buskers' Festival. It's quite nice here, I wouldn't live anywhere else, except maybe Brisbane!

I agree with the death penalty in the most extreme cases. Not to send a message, but to eliminate. Over here we have just had the conclusion to the sad case of a three year old who was mis-treated and neglected by every adult she knew. Two late teens subjected her to systematic abuse, where this poor girl was hung from a clothesline and spun until she fell off, thrown in a tumble dryer while it was on, and was frequently the subject of the teens' wrestling moves. The abuse was so horrific, she later died from a cerebral haemhorrage. The two who dished out this disgusting abuse on the poor infant got 17 years jail. Every part of me wanted to see them hung, from the highest tree. I don't support it in all cases, but there must be a time to just eliminate this scum, take them out for good.

Aww, how can you hate on Hollywood Undead? They be bangin! Their music comes from within, it's not shallow, it's not "crap" it's deep, meaningful, and crunk! Of course I'm kidding. I survived one verse and one chorous of one song and dared not test my luck any further. I found this one verse about the lead singer getting recognised by chicks rather humorous, because that could be anyone under that mask. Where oh where is music going? Bring back the 80's. ;)

The whole world loves Obama. The mantra of change has spread beyond the amber waves of grain and over the shining seas, and there will be a few disappointed people because of it. At the end of the day Barack Obama is not our president and I doubt life is going to be very different for those of us who do not live in the land of the red, white and blue. You've got to wonder how long the affair will last once it sinks in.

I also voted no. I'd rather form an opinion of someone based on the quality of their posts rather than what some star icon says. Those things are tacky and easily abused, anyway. Thread ratings however, well, that is another story. :D

1. Yesi it is possible for God to be omnipotent. If we are to believe that God made this entire universe, and the heavens, then it is possible for him to be everywhere at once. I kinow it's kinda hard to fathom that, because we are looking at this from a purely non-omnipotent perspective and thus, we have a limited capacity to explain omnipotence satisfactorally. Can he create a rock so big he can't lift it? Why? I'm sure he could but what is the point? 2. It is possible for him to be both omnipotent and good. The Bible teaches that evil has come from the rebellion of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Our human suffering is a generational curse stemming from this and our continued rebellion against God in a fallen world. In this context, why should God remove human suffering, wasn't it self inflicted? We have the promise of God that he will personally intervene to put this world right and break the generational curse of Adam. Our God assures us that this is not as good as it gets,

Here in New Zealand, we've got radio stations and networks running live coverage of the inauguration. This is something we haven't done before, both Bush and Clinton inaugurations were footnotes in the world section of the news broadcast. I'm looking forward to the event, and seeing just what is involved in seeing a president take office. I suspect it will be worth the exhorbirant price tag in Mr. Obama is kept safe fom the wackos and nutters who will be looking for an opening to harm him. Sadly, soem people will never recognise his presidency because his skin is darker in tone to theirs. So to finish: Good luck to Mr. Obama for tomorrow, and the next four years. I hope the mantra of change is substantially more than "elect me, elect me!" hyperbole.

I missed the days when post counts were displayed and you could achieve new titles based on the amount of posts you had accrued, so I welcome their return. Does that make me superior to those who have only a few hundred posts? Yes, yes it does. Different user titles are fun to both discover and achieve. Member customised ones are blah, since earning threm is half the fun. And I'm kidding about being better than those with a lower post count. I feel the need to state that. ^_^

It's funny how these satirical websites are virtually indistinguishable from the real ones from which they take the mickey. At the end of the day, godhatesfags.com is just as ridiculous as godhatesgoths.com, are we absolutely sure that Westboro isn't some group of satirists who just took the joke too far? Just remember this when viewing the hate sites, real or satirical. God doesn't hate anyone, he loves us all, that's why he sent his son. He hates the sin that infests our lives but desires to save everyone from it. It's a shame that some so-called "disciples" can make him out to be a hate-filled God sitting on high awaiting the perfect time to smite us with a lighting bolt.

I'm a Kiwi, which means I'm more downer underer than all of you. I thought I should pop in and thank yous for that lovely Rugby League World Cup you donated to us! Please don't sentence me to a kick from the boot, you have a lovely country. Honestly... :smirk: Say hi to Kevin Rudd for me.

[quote name='TimeChaser'] The issue is this: religion has somehow achieved this charmed status where people are allowed to get very offended if someone is at all critical of it. Richard and his contemporaries want to put religion on the table of rational criticism, and allow us to discuss it open and freely in the same we we debate politics and music and any other intellectual subjects. There are very good reasons people give up their religions or never believe in the first place, and we'd like to discuss those reasons rationally.[/QUOTE] Rational discussion benefits us religious types too, since we can freely discuss difficulties and apparent contradictions in the Bible. You have to be able to handle objections and criticism without getting tempered, and this is where you get problems with the shouty-down types, because either they're not ready or their faith is weak and easily shaken . I Welcome the rational discussion Mr Dawkins desires.

As a Christian I welcome these bus adverts, they get the discussions on faith, God and the meaning of life stirred up, and that can be a good thing. The message is a pretty light hearted one, which doesn't come across as harsh or belittling, and many 'Christian' advert designers could take a page from this. Instead of scaring people (or attempting to) by preaching about hellfire endlessly, we should be preaching that which matters most. Jesus, loves you, he loves you so much that he came to take your sin and die for you, in the hope that you'll accept this offer and recieve life everlasting. In true spirit led Christianity, this is the core message. In my pentecostal-based church, I've heard hell get mentioned all of one time. A Christian billboard that says 'Jesus loves you - turn to him and enjoy life' would be more effective than 'you're going to HELL, REPENT!!1!1':animesmil

Naming thier other child Jocelyn Aryan Nation Campbell puts thier claim to "raise thier kids differently" to the sword, long before the swastika on the cake does just that. Their paper-thin excuse for poor Adolph's name fails when their other children have obviously racist names. Epic fail in the finest.

This is awesome. Even over here in New Zealand you couldn't help but get swept away by the US election which dwarfed our own in many ways. I'm a center-right voter here who usually ends up supporting the Republicans, but I ended up supporting the Democrats and endorsing Barack Obama this time around because I believe his policies and his solution to the economic crisis are the best way forward for the USA, even if this all but scuttles NZ's free trade with the US hopes. :) After everything, John McCain was a fine candidate and he would have made an excellent commander-in-chief himself. His folly was his inability to effectively separate himself from President Bush until late in the piece, and he really wasn't some sort of Bush clone. I hated it how his supporters booed him when he talked about his concession, he was statesmanlike and gracious while hsi rabid followers couldn't hold back their bile. Barack Obama has earned his place in history. I now await January 20 when I can call him President Obama,

TheGIMP is an excellent freeware alternative to Photoshop, It may take a bit to get used to, but it is almost as powerful as Photoshop itself. Another alternative is PAINT.net, which requires you to download the MS .net framework. I'd go with theGIMP, personally.

I'd bang each and every one of you given half the chance. All your sigs and avatars, they really float my boat. Anyway, I'm getting so hot for the text formatting you all use, so I'm going to leave now before I get too excited. PM me, for a good time. ;) Ace, for bringing in Flight of the Conchords, you are a legend.

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I agree with you. An unborn baby is a life, and going into semantics here, even the smallest grouping of cells is that life in the making. That is a bit like saying a car is not a car because only the chassis has been assembled. That chassis is a part of a car, it has the potential to be a whole car, if you catch my drift.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I'm against abortion in most cases because that life means something. [/SIZE][/FONT]

Chances are this has been discussed on the forums before, a qyucj check of rhe url reveals that this article was archived from December 2001. So if your child likes using open sourced software, dislikes your ISP, grows a crazy anime hair style, changes his/her attitude and such, you've got a hacker, oooh! Unfortunately that's about every teenager on the planet so it looks like AOL have quite a situation on their hands. I love how this article reads like a blatant Ad for AOL, suggesting this ISP in all cases of supected "hacking." Had it not been for the references to changes in appearance and attitude being a sign of a hacker, I'd have dismissed it as the ravings of a tech un-savvy older person rather than the brilliant work of satirical fiction it is.

Wow that was terrible. Perhaps we're not getting the quirky humor because it's short, but my hunch is the humor made way for super-seriousness. Random impertinent questions we should as the director. >Where's Goku's tail? Why is Piccolo a vampire? That's Master Roshi? Oh the prophecy! Well, I have my own prophecy, this film will defy the laws of physics and suck and blow at the same time!