RicOlie_2

Gs-18

If Christianity became corrupt soon after the death of all the apostles, then why do Mormons accept the New Testament as Scripture since it wasn't affirmed as such until the fourth century or so? Also, do Mormons use the Protestant Bible rather than the Catholic one (the difference I am referring to being not the translation, but the books included in the Old Testament)? If so, then why accept Martin Luther's changes to the Bible which were made long after you believe Christianity became corrupt? Those books were affirmed as Scripture and included in the Bible at the same time as the books in the New Testament, so why reject the seven OT books but not the NT ones?

So I figured. That's OK, I was busy today too and wouldn't have been able to reply anyway.

Busy? :D

It must be. Few would be so insane as to advertise using blank billboards. What a waste of money. ;)

I propose that we only report aberrations from now on, not every time this happens. Otherwise, this thread could get really long.... :D

I've never gotten a 404 error before, but I got one just a little while ago. I don't know if it was just me, but I figured I would mention it.

Alright, you said he was being one. That isn't a whole lot different than saying he is one, but either way, he is not and was not being one.

Unfortunately, I was one of those who saw the prequels first, then the special editions. Because I was a little kid (actually, I was already eight the first time I saw a Star Wars movie) I liked the prequels better. I watched very few movies (and they were usually older or cartoons) in my early childhood, so I loved all the cool special effects and aliens and the like. I wasn't into the actual story of Star Wars, so the OT held little for me at the time. As I matured, I realized how stupid Jar Jar was, how terrible the dialogue was in the PT, how many plotholes it had, and that the OT really was Star Wars, not the PT. The PT was kind of cool, but it wasn't Star Wars. It was its own thing. Because I saw the PT first, that was Star Wars to me. When I saw the OT, it seemed to contradict the PT and I thought that was silly. I wondered why the problems in the OT weren't fixed so it matched up with the prequels. Also, I had come to have high expectations in terms of special effects, so I missed that in the OT. Now I enjoy a movie more for the story and acting than for the special effects and cool action scenes, so it seems obvious to me that the OT is better.

And more specifically, are all practicing Christians... That's it! The website is discriminatory against people who are open about their Christian Faith. So the solution to my problem is to convert the website! ;)

I just finished reading the forty or so pages of this thread I had missed. All I can say is "I wish I was here [on this thread on this site, not in this plane of existence] back then." There were some great conversations and debates early on and I would have loved to be a part of them. I also got to figure out C3PS and some other members a bit better. I was confused by his seeming inconsistency with his defense of Christianity, sometimes seeming like a practicing Christian and other times seeming like he was against it. Now it all makes sense. :P

EDIT: Never mind, I misunderstood what he was talking about.

DuracellEnergizer said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Do you care if you use thee and thou correctly? Right now you consistently use the former when Watto is speaking and I was just curious if that was intentional, or if his speech is meant to be archaic and you want to use "thee", "thou", "thine", and "thy" correctly. The way it is is fine though since Watto doesn't use grammatically correct speech a lot of the time anyway.

I recall finding a "thee" in Watto's dialogue when I was going over the script for TPM a few years back, so I decided to make it a general part of his dialect when I was writing my previous Ep. I rewrite; making him sound archaic isn't something I was going for then or now (I'm trying to make him sound more like an Eastern European Italian gangster, actually, if that makes any sense).

That works for me. :)

February 27:

A.D. 1670: Leopold I orders the expulsion of Jews from Austria.

Those Jews have always had such a rough time of it...

A.D. 1844: The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

A.D. 1854: Composer Robert Schumann is saved from a suicide attempt in the Rhine.

A.D. 1945: Lebanon declares independence.

I couldn't get on between 12:00 and 1:00 AM MST and I gave up trying after that.

DuracellEnergizer said:

ANAKIN: (exstatic) Right on!

Deactivating his lightsaber, Obi-Wan turns to regard Anakin, he simply stands there frozen, his mouth agape with amazement at the feats he just witnessed. Beru, Nellith, and Owen -- clutching his wounded shoulder -- exit the house, attracted by all the commotion.

 I enjoyed it as usual, but it's time for nitpicking now. ;)

"Exstatic" should be "ecstatic" and you may want to make it more clear that Anakin is the one standing there frozen. Because Obi-Wan is the subject, the "he" refers to him as you have it, even though you don't intend it that way. I suggest you replace "he" with "the boy" to make it clear who you mean.

Do you care if you use thee and thou correctly? Right now you consistently use the former when Watto is speaking and I was just curious if that was intentional, or if his speech is meant to be archaic and you want to use "thee", "thou", "thine", and "thy" correctly. The way it is is fine though since Watto doesn't use grammatically correct speech a lot of the time anyway.

Otherwise, great job again; I'm enjoying the read.

Wow, this is a fascinating idea Neverar. Where do you come up with these things?! Too bad this kind of thing isn't likely to happen with the upcoming sequels...

No move?

EDIT: Never mind.

I'll make a diagram for you, then.

R---K--R
PPPQ--PP
----P---
----BB--
----b---
--n-----
pppb-ppN
r---qrk-

Happened again with this thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-thread-where-we-make-enemies-out-of-friends-aka-the-abortion-debate-thread/topic/13620/post/692545/#TopicPost692545

This has happened with two of darth_ender's threads, two of Warbler's threads (twice on one of them), and twice on another thread by Beatleboy99. I can't figure out any consistent pattern though. :(

Some guy tried to carry a bomb onto a train. I don't know how much I'm allowed to share because my source is the nephew of some kind of special forces sniper.

Will do. I noticed the title problem too, but thought that by changing it in my above post I would fix it. I guess I need to edit the first post.

Neither do I. If I want to use poor grammar and spelling, I have to make a conscious effort to do so. Meanwhile, my peers can't capitalize, punctuate, or write complete sentences.

February 26:

A.D. 364: Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.

A.D. 1732: The first American Mass is celebrated in the first American Catholic church.

A.D. 1848: The second French Republic is proclaimed.

A.D. 1938: The first passenger ship is equipped with radar.

A.D. 1952: Winston Churchill announces that Britain has its own atomic bomb.

I'm curious about your thoughts on version 13. Do you think the addition of those pieces is a bad idea? Did I place too many restrictions on them, not enough, or do you think I limited them enough but not more than enough? Would they work in a version of the game with more powerful pieces? If so, should they have fewer or the same limitations?

I'll hear/see from you in the morning, hopefully. Good night.