Recent content by Northpaw

I don't see why almost everybody is reacting negatively to the fact that the first boy's parents forgave the rapist. It shouldn't have affected the sentence in any way, but being able to get past something horrible done to oneself or a loved one is a sign of maturity. Harboring hatred would only...

Admitting you don't know something does not make you correct no matter what. "I don't know if Obama or McCain will win the election." *months later* "Holy crap, I was right the whole time that Obama would win!" Somehow that's not logical.

As a Christian, I care what other people believe because I believe it affects their eternal destination, whether they know it or not. With that said, I'm not brash or uncaring and I'm very disinclined to tell someone he's going to hell. I wouldn't hesitate to say it if pressed, but I don't feel...

I would disagree that homosexuality is not a choice. I believe predisposition toward homosexuality is not a choice, but the act of or embracing of homosexuality is indeed a choice. Speaking of homosexuality, I saw that you mentioned Phelps, and I have a few words to say about him. He's a total...

A few things I want to say. On eligibility to enter Heaven: You're looking at it from only a very negative point of view. The premise is that people choose to do evil and become imperfect. Since imperfection is incompatible with perfection, somehow people must be made perfect again. We're...

I like it very much, although it is not without some problems. I think my favorite use for it is being able to voice chat over it without having to use a third party program such as Ventrilo.

"Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Ma$e, apparently.

Growing up in the United States, I naturally use American English. It's not so much a matter of preference as it is using what I learned and being fine with it. It's not as if an extra vowel here and there, among other spelling differences, makes anything better or worse.

That's totally cool with me. I believe in being open-minded (within reason) because I recognize my fallibility and the fallibility of others. I'm not a perfectly reliable source of information and neither is anyone else.

I liked it, and the crossover part was amusing.

That's a good explanation, but it isn't a full explanation. It explains how it might have happened, but it doesn't explain ultimately why. I probably misunderstood a little, but I still say you are what you are partly because of the circumstances you were put in, which is beyond your control...

I partly disagree with you on that. You make all your own decisions, yes, but what you do not decide is what circumstances come your way and what kind of decisions they would require you to make. This simply means that not everything is in your control, nor will it ever be. My personal belief is...

Nice meeting you too.

This might come off the wrong way, but in itself there's nothing wrong with being narrow-minded. Without trying to go into a lengthy response here, I want to mention a few things your post made me think of. 1. You seem to think it's a bad thing to be narrow-minded. (Let me know if I'm wrong...

Kind of a funny coincidence, but no.