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Postby Hathradic States » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:46 pm

Mesoland wrote:
Hathradic States wrote:Life ain't fair, sadly.

Here's an extreme comparison.

You fall off a ride at a theme park and are paralysed. Your family sue the park because the ride was unsafe but the judge says 'life ain't fair'.

What now?

Difference is, we has laws in place incase exactly that happens. All we have for genocide are a bunch of international laws with we ignore when we get the chance.

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Hathradic States wrote:Life ain't fair, sadly.

Which sucks. Oh well.

Agreed, but utopia is impossible to acheive.

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Postby Lost heros » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:47 pm

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Postby Mesoland » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:48 pm

DesAnges wrote:
Mesoland wrote:You been at the V Festival or something?

Haha, not the money for that I'm afraid. Nah, was a little independent one called Hamswell.

*googles*

Oh, Bath. Only about 100 miles from where I am.

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Postby Alexlantis » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:48 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:But again, I believe the bible and shit. I know that isn't popular on NSG, so I'll leave now.

I'm not criticizing the fact that you believe the Bible.
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Postby The Jahistic Unified Republic » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:48 pm

Alexlantis wrote:
The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:But again, I believe the bible and shit. I know that isn't popular on NSG, so I'll leave now.

I'm not criticizing the fact that you believe the Bible.

I know you aren't, but I know how NSG treats people who do.

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Postby Individuality-ness » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:49 pm

Hathradic States wrote:
Individuality-ness wrote:Which sucks. Oh well.

Agreed, but utopia is impossible to acheive.

Quite. Besides the "human nature is quite corrupt" aspect of it, people aren't all that inclined to be that good all the time. If it were, we'd already be holding hands and singing kumbaya.
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Postby Hathradic States » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:50 pm

Individuality-ness wrote:
Hathradic States wrote:Agreed, but utopia is impossible to acheive.

Quite. Besides the "human nature is quite corrupt" aspect of it, people aren't all that inclined to be that good all the time. If it were, we'd already be holding hands and singing kumbaya.

Exactly.

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Postby Alexlantis » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:51 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Alexlantis wrote:I'm not Jesus, so I can't tell you exactly what He meant by that, but, knowing that Jesus was the kind of guy He was, He probably meant that no one gets into Heaven unless they do what He says.

Which would be to believe in Him?

Believing in Him doesn't do jack shit if you're not doing good. As far as I can tell, as long as you're doing good and helping people, you're doing what He tells you to do.
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Postby Esternial » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:51 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Alexlantis wrote:I'm not criticizing the fact that you believe the Bible.

I know you aren't, but I know how NSG treats people who do.

With very big bonfires, and a song by The Who.

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Postby The Jahistic Unified Republic » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:52 pm

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The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:I know you aren't, but I know how NSG treats people who do.

With very big bonfires, and a song by The Who.

Exactly. I don't like fire.

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Postby The Jahistic Unified Republic » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:53 pm

Alexlantis wrote:
The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:Which would be to believe in Him?

Believing in Him doesn't do jack shit if you're not doing good. As far as I can tell, as long as you're doing good and helping people, you're doing what He tells you to do.

Thats unbiblical. Ask any Christian in the world and I promise you, most of them will say "Believe first, good deeds second" What about those who repents their sins in jail? Ted Bundy died a Christian, for example.
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The Emerald Dawn wrote:"Considering Officer Krupke was patently idiotic to charge these young men in the first place, we're dropping the charges in the interest of not wasting any more of the Judiciary's time with farcical charges brought by officers who require more training on basic legal principles."

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Postby Alexlantis » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:53 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Alexlantis wrote:I'm not criticizing the fact that you believe the Bible.

I know you aren't, but I know how NSG treats people who do.

Yeah, there are some hardline atheists on NSG, among other things. I try not to pay much attention to them.
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Postby DesAnges » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:54 pm

Mesoland wrote:
DesAnges wrote:Haha, not the money for that I'm afraid. Nah, was a little independent one called Hamswell.

*googles*

Oh, Bath. Only about 100 miles from where I am.

And about a 20 minute drive from my house, so rather useful really :D

100 miles...hmm. London or Brum?
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Postby Mushet » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:54 pm

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Mushet wrote:They did, just not enough to kick them out......

At first they welcome them. For example, Roanoke colony was thought to be "lost" because all the colonists moved out to nearby Indian encampments.

And the country America was founded on fraud and genocide so I'm going with xenophobia and aggression are American values, American reffering to the nation of the USA

That's stupid. Just because Japan and China was founded by warring states, doesn't mean we should think of them as warlike people. Neither should we think of Australians as a bunch of criminals. Please grow up.

I know about the American Indian side of things, I am American Indian I can tell you stuff you didn't know like Lincoln's ordered mass hanging of the Santee Sioux without proper trial, why John McCain is called the Butcher Of Black Mesa, etc. so please don't lecture me on that

Well it's important to look at things in perspective, I'm not sure if there were any years where the United States wasn't at war with someone, if so they are few and far between
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Postby Esternial » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:55 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Alexlantis wrote:Believing in Him doesn't do jack shit if you're not doing good. As far as I can tell, as long as you're doing good and helping people, you're doing what He tells you to do.

Thats unbiblical. Ask any Christian in the world and I promise you, most of them will say "Believe first, good deeds second"

Wow, there sinks my image of Christianity once more.

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Postby Nightkill the Emperor » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:55 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Alexlantis wrote:Believing in Him doesn't do jack shit if you're not doing good. As far as I can tell, as long as you're doing good and helping people, you're doing what He tells you to do.

Thats unbiblical. Ask any Christian in the world and I promise you, most of them will say "Believe first, good deeds second" What about those who repents their sins in jail? Ted Bundy died a Christian, for example.

I'm sure the people he killed found that an incredible relief.
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Postby The Jahistic Unified Republic » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:56 pm

Esternial wrote:
The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:Thats unbiblical. Ask any Christian in the world and I promise you, most of them will say "Believe first, good deeds second"

Wow, there sinks my image of Christianity once more.

Oh, I forgot, I was supposed to water it down for eveyrone on NSG :roll:

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Postby The Jahistic Unified Republic » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:58 pm

Nightkill the Emperor wrote:
The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:Thats unbiblical. Ask any Christian in the world and I promise you, most of them will say "Believe first, good deeds second" What about those who repents their sins in jail? Ted Bundy died a Christian, for example.

I'm sure the people he killed found that an incredible relief.

Thats a Westboroish way of looking at things. "You were a bad person at one time, so you deserve to go to hell!"

<Koyro> (Democratic Koyro) NSG senate is a glaring example of why no one in NSG should ever have a position of authority
The Emerald Dawn wrote:"Considering Officer Krupke was patently idiotic to charge these young men in the first place, we're dropping the charges in the interest of not wasting any more of the Judiciary's time with farcical charges brought by officers who require more training on basic legal principles."

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Postby Alexlantis » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:58 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Alexlantis wrote:Believing in Him doesn't do jack shit if you're not doing good. As far as I can tell, as long as you're doing good and helping people, you're doing what He tells you to do.

Thats unbiblical. Ask any Christian in the world and I promise you, most of them will say "Believe first, good deeds second"

Well, then most of them missed the message. They're at least equal, and if not that, good deeds come first.

How is it unbiblical? Jesus Himself said that you cannot love God without loving your neighbor.
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Postby Mesoland » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:58 pm

Eugh, Christianity.

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Postby The Jahistic Unified Republic » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:58 pm

Alexlantis wrote:
The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:Thats unbiblical. Ask any Christian in the world and I promise you, most of them will say "Believe first, good deeds second"

Well, then most of them missed the message. They're at least equal, and if not that, good deeds come first.

How is it unbiblical? Jesus Himself said that you cannot love God without loving your neighbor.

Good to know I missed the message.

Yes He did, that doesn't take away that you need to believe in Him in order to gain salvation.

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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:59 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Alexlantis wrote:Well, then most of them missed the message. They're at least equal, and if not that, good deeds come first.

How is it unbiblical? Jesus Himself said that you cannot love God without loving your neighbor.

Good to know I missed the message.

Yes He did, that doesn't take away that you need to believe in Him in order to gain salvation.


That's pretty shitty of him.
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Postby Nightkill the Emperor » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:00 pm

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Nightkill the Emperor wrote:I'm sure the people he killed found that an incredible relief.

Thats a Westboroish way of looking at things. "You were a bad person at one time, so you deserve to go to hell!"

I find it much worse that you were a good person, though non-Christian, all your life and that gets you infinite punishment.

Infinite punishment for finite crime is never good.
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Postby Nightkill the Emperor » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:02 pm

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# went there....

It's Nightkill. He's been there so long he rents out rooms to other people at a flat rate, but demands cash up front.

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