where maybe you read a wikipedia article on time on the subject and it forms your knowlege base and you have thusly concluded that it is nonsensical based on surface scan
i could go "J that's kinda not how Buddhism works" but then i'd inevitably get into discussing my religious beliefs in detail and uh
yeah, no
so anyway go read up on the subject if you wanna bitch but a comment like that belies that you know bupkiss on it
all i'm gonna say on it
I took a graduate level seminar on Buddhism taught by a guy who wrote his doctoral thesis on buddhism.
So, I mean, if his take on Buddhism is wrong...i'm not sure who could possibly be right.
Edit: Which is the point at which I say "Pony, you are doing that thing again" where you forget that I read things and take classes on things.
ain't calling him wrong, man
i am calling you wrong
more accurately, i am calling you ignorant
it's entirely possible you took such a class, but man you don't display to have really understood it at all so it's a fair assumption on my part that you lack knowledge on it
but that's okay!
i don't really feel like enlightening you on it or whatever
i am suggesting you rethink what you consider to be your knowledge on the subject and maybe go read more books or something
or not!
i don't want to talk about it anymore anyway, you keep at it from here i will just scroll past your posts as if they are about your girlfriend
I may start over and take an active hand in the Spanish Civil War next time
As the Soviets? That can be a pain, I'd think. Never tried it myself, but do you have the transports for it? If not, there are better things to spend your ICs on. I personally like spending most of my ICs on a few rounds of factory building, and the rest on military to mass on the German border. None to really spend on ICs that'd be used once. I like knocking out Persia in the early game as them, myself. But, then again, the last few times I played was a Comintern/Axis alliance, so different strategies.
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Oh and Nocturne, keep in mind that the DS games have wifi and stuff.
Like, you can trade and battle people through the internets.
A number of chatters do in fact play these games.
Hmm, interesting. I think I will try one of the GBA ones first, which my brother might actually have so I can borrow it and see if I like it. If so I might look into getting one for the DS. Mainly I just wanted a starting point to see if I like it at all.
Oh and Nocturne, keep in mind that the DS games have wifi and stuff.
Like, you can trade and battle people through the internets.
A number of chatters do in fact play these games.
Hmm, interesting. I think I will try one of the GBA ones first, which my brother might actually have so I can borrow it and see if I like it. If so I might look into getting one for the DS. Mainly I just wanted a starting point to see if I like it at all.
I mean my friend. If my friend likes awww fuck it
If you enjoy collecting and leveling then pokemon is pretty damn great.
Plus you get to say "Wanna see my pokeymans!?!" to your friends.
Communist Spain actually has like a 50/50 shot at winning, really. I see it occur fairly frequently.
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I have a pokemon game which I really enjoyed but never finished. Can't remember which one it is, came out a good three years ago or so. I should probably start a new game and actually finish it, and maybe get a new one.
If you enjoy collecting and leveling then pokemon is pretty damn great.
Plus you get to say "Wanna see my pokeymans!?!" to your friends.
Yeah, I never really gave the games a chance, because while I was playing MTG the big Pokemon CCG craze hit, and I was not interested in the least. Then the anime came along and I was like "Fucking christ that is terrible." So I associated the games with those things and never thought once about giving them a shot.
But really grinding for things and leveling and building a team and all that sounds like fun.
I have a pokemon game which I really enjoyed but never finished. Can't remember which one it is, came out a good three years ago or so. I should probably start a new game and actually finish it, and maybe get a new one.
I am having a lot of fun with the new version.
Mostly cause I get to wear my pokemon pedometer when i walk around campus.
I get the impression that Buddhism is even more varied than the Abrahamic religions despite the numeric difference between them.
the less centralized authority there is in a religion the more it is inclined to splinter and have a wide variety of sects and variations and denominations and interpretations
a fundamental shaping force in Christianity is the Catholic Church
not all Christians are Catholics, because movements started specifically to rebuke the Church's authority and so on
but the existence of that authority inevitably ends up defining how the others come into being
such centralized authorities are much less prevalent or influential in Buddhism, and has been for some time
also, the fact that Buddhism is not a "revelatory" religion has a lot to do with it.
Islam, for example, makes the claim that the writings of Mohammed is literally the will of God handed down from on high
whereas Buddhism, at most, deifies the opinion and wisdom of a man who simply thought on the subject until he felt he understood it
and many don't even extend that deific reverence
to many Buddhists, Siddhartha Gautama is just a man, one who presented a view that was later refined and altered by others
for example, as a follower of Madhyamaka, i hold far more stock in the teachings of Nagarjuna than i do Gautama
If you enjoy collecting and leveling then pokemon is pretty damn great.
Plus you get to say "Wanna see my pokeymans!?!" to your friends.
Yeah, I never really gave the games a chance, because while I was playing MTG the big Pokemon CCG craze hit, and I was not interested in the least. Then the anime came along and I was like "Fucking christ that is terrible." So I associated the games with those things and never thought once about giving them a shot.
But really grinding for things and leveling and building a team and all that sounds like fun.
The original pokemon CCG and the first two or three expansions were tits. I had a lot of fun playing them.
I somehow managed to get 3 charizards by just opening packs. My deck was super-tits. charizards and jigglypuffs pwning.
Hmm, since someone else brought it up I want to throw out a quick answer to this before I head to bed.
The things I don't like about religion (in whatever religion they may be found in, which is of course not all of them):
The idea that any entity - supernatural or otherwise - can or should command or require the worship of human beings. Be it via threat of punishment or promise of reward or good old fashioned guilt tripping.
The idea that people are born needing or can come to need - through their own actions or the actions of others - the forgiveness of any supernatural entity.
The idea that a supernatural entity can in any way offer salvation for human misdeeds.
The idea that there can be genuine "mysteries" (in the Greek sense). Which is to say things for which there are no explanation (this is fine) and (this is the important part) for which there can never be nor should there be an explanation.
The idea that there is a special and superior moral status reserved for people who choose to refrain from sex.
Hmm, since someone else brought it up I want to throw out a quick answer to this before I head to bed.
The things I don't like about religion (in whatever religion they may be found in, which is of course not all of them):
The idea that any entity - supernatural or otherwise - can or should command or require the worship of human beings. Be it via threat of punishment or promise of reward or good old fashioned guilt tripping.
The idea that people are born needing or can come to need - through their own actions or the actions of others - the forgiveness of any supernatural entity.
The idea that a supernatural entity can in any way offer salvation for human misdeeds.
The idea that there can be genuine "mysteries" (in the Greek sense). Which is to say things for which there are no explanation (this is fine) and (this is the important part) for which there can never be nor should there be an explanation.
The idea that there is a special and superior moral status reserved for people who choose to refrain from sex.
battling friends is pretty fun too, especially if you make teams (fun teams, not math teams) specifically for that purpose
or come up with ridiculous match requirements to change things up
Oh yeah. Sounds a lot like what my friends and I would do with MTG towards the end, where we had our serious business decks that were so good but predictable we could tell who was going to win, barring any sort of crazy bad luck, as soon as we knew which deck the other one was playing with. So we started making up all sorts of crazy rules to build decks with. Like only using commons or other random stipulations. Also tower decks were more fun in this regard.
So, I decided against the leather cap to tone down on the potential gayness. Now, my question is should I go with the same cap style in wool or cotton? Wool looks a little classier, but it's a bitch to clean and it's hot. Cotton is pretty resilient, but also pretty bland. What say you?
Pony, just wanted to point out that this statement
the less centralized authority there is in a religion the more it is inclined to splinter and have a wide variety of sects and variations and denominations and interpretations
Can be tested historically and just does not pan out. A counter-example: Gnosticism in the 1st-3rd century.
Hmm, since someone else brought it up I want to throw out a quick answer to this before I head to bed.
The things I don't like about religion (in whatever religion they may be found in, which is of course not all of them):
The idea that any entity - supernatural or otherwise - can or should command or require the worship of human beings. Be it via threat of punishment or promise of reward or good old fashioned guilt tripping.
The idea that people are born needing or can come to need - through their own actions or the actions of others - the forgiveness of any supernatural entity.
The idea that a supernatural entity can in any way offer salvation for human misdeeds.
The idea that there can be genuine "mysteries" (in the Greek sense). Which is to say things for which there are no explanation (this is fine) and (this is the important part) for which there can never be nor should there be an explanation.
The idea that there is a special and superior moral status reserved for people who choose to refrain from sex.
Hmm... those are what immediately come to mind.
but most of things are not applicable if a religion isn't strictly theistic, though
Pony, just wanted to point out that this statement
the less centralized authority there is in a religion the more it is inclined to splinter and have a wide variety of sects and variations and denominations and interpretations
Can be tested historically and just does not pan out. A counter-example: Gnosticism in the 1st-3rd century.
i am unsure how what this has to do with what i said
Hmm, since someone else brought it up I want to throw out a quick answer to this before I head to bed.
The things I don't like about religion (in whatever religion they may be found in, which is of course not all of them):
The idea that any entity - supernatural or otherwise - can or should command or require the worship of human beings. Be it via threat of punishment or promise of reward or good old fashioned guilt tripping.
The idea that people are born needing or can come to need - through their own actions or the actions of others - the forgiveness of any supernatural entity.
The idea that a supernatural entity can in any way offer salvation for human misdeeds.
The idea that there can be genuine "mysteries" (in the Greek sense). Which is to say things for which there are no explanation (this is fine) and (this is the important part) for which there can never be nor should there be an explanation.
The idea that there is a special and superior moral status reserved for people who choose to refrain from sex.
Hmm... those are what immediately come to mind.
but most of things are not applicable if a religion isn't strictly theistic, though
Of course, which is why I said "in whatever religion they may be found in, which is of course not all of them"
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See, and to me that sounds like an arbitrary line.
Whereas Jainism seems much more self-consistent.
ain't calling him wrong, man
i am calling you wrong
more accurately, i am calling you ignorant
it's entirely possible you took such a class, but man you don't display to have really understood it at all so it's a fair assumption on my part that you lack knowledge on it
but that's okay!
i don't really feel like enlightening you on it or whatever
i am suggesting you rethink what you consider to be your knowledge on the subject and maybe go read more books or something
or not!
i don't want to talk about it anymore anyway, you keep at it from here i will just scroll past your posts as if they are about your girlfriend
As the Soviets? That can be a pain, I'd think. Never tried it myself, but do you have the transports for it? If not, there are better things to spend your ICs on. I personally like spending most of my ICs on a few rounds of factory building, and the rest on military to mass on the German border. None to really spend on ICs that'd be used once. I like knocking out Persia in the early game as them, myself. But, then again, the last few times I played was a Comintern/Axis alliance, so different strategies.
Would it be worthwhile for me to get soulsilver/heartgold?
I have Pearl.
I would intend to continue my eevee eugenics programme
Like, you can trade and battle people through the internets.
A number of chatters do in fact play these games.
I get the impression that Buddhism is even more varied than the Abrahamic religions despite the numeric difference between them.
I mean, it's pokemon, so every version is practically the same as every other version. Only instead of rattata one may get a bidoof or something.
On the black screen
I think you mean about 376 million versions.
That is roughly the number of buddhists in the world.
Well that's fine. But I am pretty sure that all versions of Buddhism have something to say about "desire".
And all of these versions construct arbitrary lines to distinguish good desires from bad desires.
Hmm, interesting. I think I will try one of the GBA ones first, which my brother might actually have so I can borrow it and see if I like it. If so I might look into getting one for the DS. Mainly I just wanted a starting point to see if I like it at all.
I mean my friend. If my friend likes awww fuck it
I don't have either yet
If you like Pokemon games, I hear good things.
I doubt there will be any new pokemon, though, until generation v games are out.
everything would be different!
If you enjoy collecting and leveling then pokemon is pretty damn great.
Plus you get to say "Wanna see my pokeymans!?!" to your friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPd-z22GW-Y&feature=related
Communist Spain actually has like a 50/50 shot at winning, really. I see it occur fairly frequently.
Yeah, I never really gave the games a chance, because while I was playing MTG the big Pokemon CCG craze hit, and I was not interested in the least. Then the anime came along and I was like "Fucking christ that is terrible." So I associated the games with those things and never thought once about giving them a shot.
But really grinding for things and leveling and building a team and all that sounds like fun.
i kept my distance
i don't own a DS, let alone play pokemans
but, just in general- it really didn't stink much, in PAX
honestly the only place in the convention center that really stank was right around the food court
i didn't detect strong hints of body odor on saturday or sunday
but i didn't spend a lot of time at the con, really; a lot of us really did enjoy the d&d community
we went to like 6 or 7 dfifferent restaurants and bars in the day and a half i was there
so i guess all i can really say is [chat]ters are mostly clean and decent people
or come up with ridiculous match requirements to change things up
also they are making out.
what the hell, internet.
On the black screen
I am having a lot of fun with the new version.
Mostly cause I get to wear my pokemon pedometer when i walk around campus.
When the worlds collide.
Crotches.
the less centralized authority there is in a religion the more it is inclined to splinter and have a wide variety of sects and variations and denominations and interpretations
a fundamental shaping force in Christianity is the Catholic Church
not all Christians are Catholics, because movements started specifically to rebuke the Church's authority and so on
but the existence of that authority inevitably ends up defining how the others come into being
such centralized authorities are much less prevalent or influential in Buddhism, and has been for some time
also, the fact that Buddhism is not a "revelatory" religion has a lot to do with it.
Islam, for example, makes the claim that the writings of Mohammed is literally the will of God handed down from on high
whereas Buddhism, at most, deifies the opinion and wisdom of a man who simply thought on the subject until he felt he understood it
and many don't even extend that deific reverence
to many Buddhists, Siddhartha Gautama is just a man, one who presented a view that was later refined and altered by others
for example, as a follower of Madhyamaka, i hold far more stock in the teachings of Nagarjuna than i do Gautama
those are all factors
The original pokemon CCG and the first two or three expansions were tits. I had a lot of fun playing them.
I somehow managed to get 3 charizards by just opening packs. My deck was super-tits. charizards and jigglypuffs pwning.
The things I don't like about religion (in whatever religion they may be found in, which is of course not all of them):
The idea that any entity - supernatural or otherwise - can or should command or require the worship of human beings. Be it via threat of punishment or promise of reward or good old fashioned guilt tripping.
The idea that people are born needing or can come to need - through their own actions or the actions of others - the forgiveness of any supernatural entity.
The idea that a supernatural entity can in any way offer salvation for human misdeeds.
The idea that there can be genuine "mysteries" (in the Greek sense). Which is to say things for which there are no explanation (this is fine) and (this is the important part) for which there can never be nor should there be an explanation.
The idea that there is a special and superior moral status reserved for people who choose to refrain from sex.
Hmm... those are what immediately come to mind.
i do this alot
Man, don't hate ideas.
Oh yeah. Sounds a lot like what my friends and I would do with MTG towards the end, where we had our serious business decks that were so good but predictable we could tell who was going to win, barring any sort of crazy bad luck, as soon as we knew which deck the other one was playing with. So we started making up all sorts of crazy rules to build decks with. Like only using commons or other random stipulations. Also tower decks were more fun in this regard.
Can be tested historically and just does not pan out. A counter-example: Gnosticism in the 1st-3rd century.
but most of things are not applicable if a religion isn't strictly theistic, though
Now if only we could get you a pedantometer.
what does that even do?
That would be AWESOME
i am unsure how what this has to do with what i said
Of course, which is why I said "in whatever religion they may be found in, which is of course not all of them"
Measures pedantry.
I don't know. Presumably it would be going off constantly.