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#1 Penguinchow
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The crusades, conflict in the middle east, etc... Blah blah blah. These are the same references used by every atheist in existence. People tend to focus on a few isolated events of violence in history (violence forbidden by the religion the participants claim) and make the accusation that religion causes violence. You never hear critics talking about the soup kitchens or the people that have dedicated their lives to helping others, because of their religion. Or the sistene chapel. The men inspired by their God to create great works of art. Not saying that charities or great art cannot exist without religion, just that a large percentage of our charities and art would not exist without religion.
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#2 Penguinchow
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Day 21 and I ponder a great question. Do I still have a beard? Or does the beard still have me? Which is more real? Do I have a beard because I exist? Or do I exist because of my beard...? Was this Descartes' real quandary (considering his epic mustache)? Amass dear bretheren, and weigh in with your progress (or your despicable failure). Also pics if you want. I shall begin.

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#3 Penguinchow
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Since summer i've put on 15 pounds of muscle and a couple of fat. I kickbox and do BJJ 3 times a week. If you're going to eat the stuff that helps pack on muscle it's certainly hard not to put on a little fat :-/
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#4 Penguinchow
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[QUOTE="Ace6301"]I'm noticing a pattern with TC's topics.lonewolf604
Yeah, seriously, just stop with the weird baby topics o.O

So far in your short time with us here on GS, you've blessed us with the following topics Mr. Brodomski

Baby Born With Foot In Brain!

Skyrim or Saving a Deformed Baby's Life?

Baby Born Without a Face!

Christians Versus Atheists In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2 Headed Girl Gets Engaged At 19!

Telltale Games' Metacritic Score Boosting Is Like A Female Fart.

Baby Born Without Brain Turns 2 Years Old!

To which I say.. What?

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I hesitate to even talk about this because I've done practically no study on it. But I've always assumed in the back of my mind that after the human race was dispersed at the tower of Babel, different skin tones developed as a result of the different environments the different people groups inhabited. You go to africa, where the sun shines all year and you adapt with a darker complexion. You go to Russia, and you don't have a need for all that melanin. Not 100% on the science behind that idea, just what I've assumed.
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[QUOTE="Penguinchow"]If God didn't punish sin, He wouldn't be just. And if he wasn't just his decisions would be 100% arbitrary. But since God does in fact love us He gives a way to recieve pardon for our rebellion against Him through Christ. Just my beliefs. Flame away.darx55

he could still be just.eternal damnation isnt the only possible punishment,or is it?

Well another attribute of God is absolute goodness. So unless the sinner is actually cleansed in God's eyes of His sin He and God CANNOT co-exist. So through Christ we're not only forgiven from our sins (the punishment was taken on the cross) but we're totally cleansed from our sins. That's why Christ is the only way, and serving a little penance can't save us. Even though we might pay the price, we're still dirty. Our sins were placed upon Christ. And so Eternal damnation is really just eternal separation from God. That's the torture. The flames and crap are speculation.
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If God didn't punish sin, He wouldn't be just. And if he wasn't just his decisions would be 100% arbitrary. But since God does in fact love us He gives a way to recieve pardon for our rebellion against Him through Christ. Just my beliefs. Flame away.
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DCS A-10C is the most detailed immersive sim ever. Just be ready to dedicate a good 10 hours to just learning basic systems
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[QUOTE="MAILER_DAEMON"][QUOTE="shadowchronicle"]The versions of Tae Kwon Do you have seen are diluted sports versions, if people were trained for real life situations it would be more suited in mma competitions. The same goes for karate that people always joke about, it also has been simplified for sports and athletics.Metamania

Exactly. People have been ignoring my posts in here, but I'll reiterate that there's training for sport and competition and training for the street and a real fight. The basics are still the same, but the application is completely different. I came this close to not getting my black belt because the techs that I was demonstrating were too much like sparring and not practical enough - basically I was trying to impress them. Ten minutes and many deep breaths later I showed them something more practical; it's amazing what nerves will do to you when adrenaline kicks in. What that told me is that I need to work less on sparring and more on practical application over the next year, since I spent the last several months working on sparring techs.

So you practice Tae Kwon Do as well? As do I. In fact, I just graduated today as a 2nd Dan ranking in the martial art, an accomplishment that I'm very proud of! In any case, you're right on the practical - that's all my instructors cared about. Sparring is a different type of field and during my testing for 2nd Dan, we really didn't do much sparring at all. We basically worked on forms, weapons, self-defense, everything except for sparring, because it was more important that we showed that we could do all of this correctly and accurately while depicting ways we could defend ourselves in a street fight. Tae Kwon Do can be efficient on the street as long as you have good flexibility with your kicks, but then it becomes completely useless once your enemy knocks you to the ground. That's where Brazlian Ju-Jitsu comes in and BJJ is something I also had to do for my testing as well, which was two weeks ago. Also, this isn't aimed at you at all, but I saw one or two people call Tae Kwon Do a poor or not a useful art. I don't believe that, because the kicks in that art are really powerful and can do some serious harm to the opponent, so I wouldn't necesssarily dismiss that part as something poor or irrelevant.

I really value the kicks that I picked up in tae kwon do, but after about two years of it I was done. There just wasn't that much more usefull stuff to pick up. As an MMA fighter I tend to do Muay Thai and BJJ, but I throw some TKD kicks fairly regularly, and with great effect. You'd be surprised how many muay thai guys freak and don't know what to do when they see a tornado kick or similar coming their way.
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#10 Penguinchow
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do u guys have a desktop in mind thats around the same price and not crap?

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Same price? Maybe if you build it yourself. It's actually really easy. Look it up on youtube and then buy parts off newegg.