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Someone did this. It kind of makes my day.

Actually, I went to a Christian High School on the edge of town that was untouched. I did some volunteer work there this week. And before we drag God into this sorry situation, I'd like to add that my mom was in the church across the street from that high school. Three people died there, but she got out with a broken collarbone.

Yeah. I lift up my cup to my city. Here's to you. Last week belongs to the angels.

Not really an audio advert. Just trying to enable people to help where it's needed.

The view down my street. I'm blocks from desolation.

At 5/29/11 07:18 PM, thegiantsnail wrote: Lolz. I'm sorry I don't know a Robert Davis. If you give me an address, I can tell you if it's all right. I've driven through most of it.

And Lolz was not at that, sorry, it was at the thread making comment. Trying to be responsive...
Fail.
Also, spellcheck fail. SurvivOr. I try not to look like an ignorant redneck...

Lolz. I'm sorry I don't know a Robert Davis. If you give me an address, I can tell you if it's all right. I've driven through most of it.

Thank you, sir. We've got all kinds of volunteers from around the country, last count it was 50,000. I don't sell my music for anything, but there are a lot of people who lost everything. If anyone wants to donate, you can do it through red cross.
https://american.redcross.org/site/SPage Navigator/joplin_adwords.html?gclid=CLyl 2JSljqkCFZRd7Aodc2TctQ
I don't need anything at all.

F5 tornado. Biggest there is, wind faster than 230 mph. It took out six miles of our town, the town I've lived in my whole life. Only 130 something people dead, and from everything I've seen, it could have been thousands.

I don't take pictures of the wrecked parts of town, only hopeful ones.
This one's not mine, but it shows the high school, which is pretty messed up.

I'm in Joplin, MO. I survived, my whole family is fine, my house is fine. I made this submission years ago, and I never knew how much it would mean after all these years.

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Yeah, not quite what I was saying.

At 5/3/11 06:25 AM, Narcissy wrote:

At 5/3/11 06:22 AM, thegiantsnail wrote: I meant groundpwndr, not you, sizzler.

Now I'm confused.

Do you mean his aura? You can change it here. Your aura does not dictate your voting habits.

Yeah, I know. I like my fab stat. It's just that evil doesn't jibe with upvotes.

I meant groundpwndr, not you, sizzler.

http://thegiantsnail.newgrounds.com/
I've done a lot of audio. Bring me fresh criticism. I like honest criticism.

How did you get an evil rating? :/

Whatevs. Bring the pain, bring the life. There's not much difference.

http://thegiantsnail.newgrounds.com/
I've done a lot of music here.
This is me just reaching for a shout-out, I guess.

I love making music more than anything, more than sex, more than work. I pour my life into my tracks, so give me feedback, give me honest criticism. I love honest criticism.

I've been fascinated with nesting sub-economies lately. Mochicoins vs. Berzerk Studio diamonds... but the trump currency that fascinates me most is bitcoin.

All modern economies run on faith in currency. So believe in whatever currency you're currently gaming, otherwise it seems less fulfilling that the monster you killed dropped enough gold to alter the planet's gravitational pull.

Sounds like an Oscar Wilde story I read a while ago.
I offer my music: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1 59100
Let me know if you'd like me to try something different.

Discordianism's already been invented. Go read Alan Moore's Promethea. I'm biased, but he probably did a better job than you will...

A very serious song for a very serious movie?

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:P

Yarg, downvoter .

Is it a sin to put a lot of time and effort into music that you love?

I am the giant snail.

Hear me roar.

New song soon...

I was number one on the indie charts for a week!

Then someone gave the track a zero.

C'est la vie!

Oh yeah, and Aristotle also advocated pederasty. Wise man, that one...
:P

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government... except for all the others which have been tried.
~Winston Churchill

Prostitution isn't forbidden in the old testament, if you really want to get edgy.

Well actually it sort of is, it violates adultry.

The Torah didn't actually say "no adultery." Basic rules were:
Don't covet your neighbor's wife.
Don't sleep with your neighbor's wife.
Don't sleep with a virgin you aren't married to.
Dudes, pigs, and sheep are right out.
Leaves plenty of room for whores and widows.

Even the old testament speaks against witchcraft. And depending on who you ask, that was written at latest around 1000 BC.

Witchcraft? No they talked about sorcery. Not witchcraft. Witchcraft was unknown to Jews until they (the people of Judah) were exiled from their homeland. And thus they continuously migrated to different areas of the world and interacted with different people.

KJV says "witchcraft." Of course, the original Hebrew didn't say that. It said something in Hebrew that very few people are qualified to interperet. But I'm pretty certain that the ancient Hebrews didn't make a huge distinction between sorcery and witchcraft.

By the way, books weren't written until the Romans had learnly conquered the entire mediterranean, before then most things were written in scrolls or tablets. So I have no idea where you are getting this "Old Testament written in 1000" AD, since it's unlikely to be written on such a date, especially before there were books. The old testament, or basically the Torah was divided into different sections, the ones that Christians favored became part of the old Testament. Not everything in the Torah is in the old Testament. So you are bad liar, my friend.

In the Torah? Yes. In the old testament? No. Yes, they were on scrolls. Plenty of things were written before there were books. Like, say... the code of Hamerabi... splitting hairs is useless. All of the sources Christians site as the Old Testament were written (on scrolls) at the latest, around the time of the establishment of Jewish statehood- around 1000 BC.

LOL! It was organized by Constantine, not by Iraneus. I don't know where you get this nonesense from and why you have to change my own text. It's simply showwing how you like to "Change" the "truth."

I have no clue where you got Constantine- the most he did was to institute religious freedom in Rome. I'm just showing where you are inaccurate.

I fixed your statement.

I see, you shouldn't have. It shows lying.

Yes- your lying.

Ah huh.... your opinion means as little to me as a fly being swatted in Brazil.

Nice ego.

"From thegiantsnail" = blah blah blah blah blah

Most of what you had said is only half true.

How do you "know?" lol...

How do I not know? Humans make mistakes in everything, only half of what we say is true and half of it is not. Regardlessly, unless you happen to be "different." I'm quite different, more so than you could ever think of from a typical human being, such as yourself. So the likelihood of myself being wrong is half of that of yourself. If you don't agree with me, then we can always test it out to see who really is more right about what we know over the other.

My point in saying everything I said was precisely that human beings were never right.

Actually, depending on your interperetation, none of it is true.

You obviously have little knowledge about humans and that statement you had made obviously shows your ignorance and fragile overly-sensitive mind of yours. You never say someone has is completely full of crap or saying a bunch of false accounts, because that's an obvious sign (a highly obvious sign) of being too sensitive.

Why... it seems to me like you are full of crap and saying a bunch of false accounts. Not that I'm sensitive about that sort of thing.

But Christianity was the most prominent religion in the colonies. Our country certainly wasn't founded on Islam.

Doesn't matter. Islam is a religion that was made off of correcting the mistakes of Christianity and Judaism. The Declaration of Independence was written by someone whom obviously wasn't a christian.

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author. Some say he was a deist- yet he believed in Christ. In my book, a belief in Christ is what makes a man a Christian.

Stating the obvious? No! You are bashing on another religion. You don't know anything about it. Are you a buddhist? Have you ever done a month's worth of research on it? No!! Otherwise I would feel rather sad for you. LOL!!!

Yes, I have. If you want to discuss my knowledge of Buddhism, then you should start by asserting where I am wrong.
I hardly see how stating that Buddhism was not a popular religion in colonial America equates to bashing it.

But I have read many of the sacred texts. I have Buddhist friends. Etc.

But are they really buddhist and did you actually interpret the books as they were suppose to be. I doubt it.

Interperetation is the key, now isn't it?
Let's start by discussing the Milinda Panha.
I'm using the translation by Thomas William Rhys Davids.

What's your basis of knowledge in this area?

Well obviously more so than you do, my friend. Here's a word of advice, watch what you say and learn from your obvious mistakes. Don't and you will live in a very sufferable environment. That's an aspect of karma. And please don't ignore this, I'm only trying to help you.

"But now, great king, the former merit of this treasurer has become exhausted, and no new merit has been accumulated, and at the present time, great king, the treasurer is suffering in the Maha-Roruva hell."
Karma, as explained within the Milinda Panha is typically represented as having no consequence until rebirth. That's another "aspect".
However, the transcendance of karma involves a passiveness to good and bad events- as when Mara's discuss is changed to a canopy of flowers. This is found in the Jataka.
The most common interperetation of karma is not the western one of deed vs. misdeed, but pleasure vs pain. Every pain will find its opposite for the bearer of karma. This is taken from the concept of rebirth... out of words.

Christianity is supposed to be a message of peace and love, though only Mormans seem to be following the message as close as possible.

I know... that's why I've been stressing to legalize polygamy, because it's not spoken negative about in the bible at all, it's just an social insensitivity issue.

Prostitution isn't forbidden in the old testament, if you really want to get edgy.

well my view is that it is unfair to have things like hary potter in and not the bible!!

Well they censored card captors, because it talks about spells. Did you know that the early bible, written around 300 AD didn't spoke about killing the witches and that spells come from satan. You must be a catholic to really be associating the devil with spells.

Even the old testament speaks against witchcraft. And depending on who you ask, that was written at latest around 1000 BC.

Yes the bible was organized by Iraneus. He included in it only the most widely accepted gospels originally written by eye-witnesses. But some people say that these are plagarized and refurbished with details from a common manuscript. So the bible is a compilation.

Study it, you who desire wisdom.
I fixed your statement.

I'm religious too and quite the scientific genius...

You earn the humble button.

"From thegiantsnail" = blah blah blah blah blah

Most of what you had said is only half true.

How do you "know?" lol...
Actually, depending on your interperetation, none of it is true.

The declaration of independence follows very closely to what could be found in Judaism, Hinduism, or Islam.

But Christianity was the most prominent religion in the colonies. Our country certainly wasn't founded on Islam.

Just so happens that Buddhism wasn't big in the colonies...

What the fucking hell? Dude! Stop dissing Buddhism, you don't practice it nor do you even know what it's about so stfu.

Just thought I was stating the obvious...
But I have read many of the sacred texts. I have Buddhist friends. Etc.
What's your basis of knowledge in this area?

Your lack of pity insinuates that you have as much to gripe about as anyone else.

No, I dont.
And I am thankful for that.

But you have no sympathy for the less fortunate? you'll make a dynamite CEO.

I don't know the difference.

Then how can you say you know it, or you dont know it?

I don't know it, I can't prove it. Here we have an argument in which the worse I am at defending my point, the more it is proved.

I guess you're right. They should have the CEO doing the janitorial work.

If he would, then yes.

He wouldn't. And neither would most self-respecting paper shufflers. That's why we have janitors. They're cheaper than hiring sub-par workers.

Step one: Find a talented person

And how many people would you help? 10, or 20?

However many I could.

Whose to say they deserve it more than another person.

I am to say. The money is mine.

We didn't have protests during the war.

Just like americans love bush?

Just like they're rioting in the streets about Iraq?
Protests about foreign countries don't work. Protests about domestic issues do.

The internet is the worlds largest encyclopeia.

Once again, thats even more expensive and I cant afford a portable computer.

You don't have to own the internet, you're using it now. Eventually, you will be able to afford a portable computer.

And definition number four?

You would think one would have more importance than four.

That would be incorrect.

You said they worship the abscence of something. That's Buddhism.

Buddhism believes in an afterlife, athiesm does not.

Reincarnation is not the same as afterlife. And some atheists do.

It seems more likely that it's because there would be too many protests.

We could force them. Take away their rights.

Like you suggested in the first place? It seems like there'd be too many protests.

Argue the point then, or concede.

Like in kingdom days, the way to achieve power was to take it. And in order for you to take it you usually need to get rid of your morals to do what is needed.

That's what Machievelli said with his tongue in his cheek. Those rulers were decapitated.

Convert the enemy, convince them your ruler is their ruler, then convert them to a colony.

Never happned.

You mean a battle of over 500 thousand men will have less deaths than a battle of 500 men?

Can have.

That there's a recession? Or that it's because of Bushido?

Bushido

Noone will invest in Japan for fear of losing the family fortune and bringing shame upon them.

Until the US proper was formed, each colony had it's own institutionalized religion. HIstorical fact.

Yes, because they wanted religious freedom. Why would you leave somewhere that has the absence of religion so you could start your own instead of starting your own in the absence?

They didn't want religious freedom for everyone. They just wanted to worship in their own way. Look it up.

I pity you for thinking that. Pity is extreme sympathy, feeling what another feels. It would make you less human to me if I couldn't pity you.

Pity is also asserting someone has a worse life than you. You pity someone who is in trouble, you pity someone who is paralyzed. I wouldnt want people devaluing me.

Or someone who is enslaved by their government, or someone who doesn't have food, or someone who is being crucified...
Your lack of pity insinuates that you have as much to gripe about as anyone else. Pissant.

Luck.

So we agree- hard work doesn't do what it should.

I don't know if that's true, though. I merely suspect it.

The fact that you can tell the difference between knowing and suspecting is knowledge.

I don't know the difference.

More ignorance. What happens to your money when you put it in the bank?

It accumulates more interest.

The interest on investments comes from the interest on loans. Medical loans, home loans, bail bonds, etc. etc. etc. You don't need the extra money, so you use it to take advantage of people who do.

Thats why janitor (clods) are needed, but the fact that almost anyone can do it satisfactory makes it a bad job. Whether or not someone else is better than another.

I guess you're right. They should have the CEO doing the janitorial work.

Then all you need is meth.

I would need money and supplier though.

Or rat poison, cough syrup, gasoline, etc...
It's not a very expensive drug.

Precisely your goal in life.

Your point?

There's nothing more?

And how would you do that with a million dollars?

Step one: Find a talented person
Step two: See what their talent is.
Step three: Use money to help them develope it (i.e. for college, venture capital, or just helping them pay the bills why they do something incredible.)

Because?

To many protests.

We didn't have protests during the war. Why's that?

Way to Go!

Eh, I am kind of bored with this icelandic topic. So you win.

First time you've admitted it. I'm proud. *wipes tears from his eyes*

What precisely are you doing to project your thoughts online?

Computer, but because I can buy a computer (that is pretty much needed in daily life) doesnt mean I can buy an portable online encyclepidia(sp) that I will hardly use.

The internet is the worlds largest encyclopeia.

No.

Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.

And definition number four?

No. They worship something.

Isnt that what I said, they believe in nothing but nothing is actually something.

You said they worship the abscence of something. That's Buddhism.

I disagree. But if your assertion is right, then why wouldn't we do that?

Free will.

So, to quote Neo, "Because (we) choose (not) to?"
It seems more likely that it's because there would be too many protests.

Yes, they would. Many failed businessmen would as well. Many homeless people would. But apparently, you wouldn't, because you're not.

Just because someone who hasnt succeded is arguing with you doesnt mean their point is wrong.

Argue the point then, or concede.

P.S. They make it appealing to the senese... making it seem like a good idea.

And it was a beautiful tactic to use to take over a nuetrel country.

No.
The main tactical use of Christianity (and really, all religions) has been to convince soldiers that their cause is the only right one.

Your point is...?

More deaths.

Not necessarily.

What amuses me is that you still refuse to attempt to show that there was pity before Christ.

And how would I do that? Show you a journal of a girl who gave a boy pudding because his mom died, in 1856 BC?

Most journals have probably decayed, but you could search the pentateuch.

A boosted economy? Too bad they're in recession... because of Bushido.

Before I trouble myself with refuting that, do you have any evidence?

That there's a recession? Or that it's because of Bushido?

No, because they were fanatics....

I can understand how people would want to get away so they could pursue their own religious thoughts instead of being overshadowed and persecuted for their beliefs.
But not much in the other way around.

Until the US proper was formed, each colony had it's own institutionalized religion. HIstorical fact.