Recent content by Riding on Thermals

Indeed. So much so that you're offended that someone made a passing comment about a boy you are indifferent toward. Though, you managed to distill my whole point to four words quite nicely.

If I remember correctly you decried someone who was unsure if they were "elated or dismayed" at the child's survival or something to that effect. If you're indifferent to this child, why does it matter if some random persona on the internet is dismayed that he's alive?

Please read before voting: After reading through much of the resulting comments in "Handheld Gaming Propels Child onto Train Tracks" (link: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.262691-Handheld-Gaming-Propels-Boy-Onto-Subway-Tracks?page=1) I was astounded both by the sheer number of...

Thanks for the ENGL 100 definition of a plot, that was helpful. What specific revelations of twists and small conflicts made the book outstanding? In Ender's Game it's revealed , that was an excellent revelation of the plot. Can you remember a single plot point that was ideally revealed in...

Besides taking issue with your statement about sales equating to merit, I have to ask what you though was so "simply good" about the plot? I believe OP is looking for specifics. If you were at a race track and asked why the victor won and I told you his "engine was good" would that explain how...

Agreed. Unless the games are as fun to play as they are too watch then what have you really gained? Though, I swear I thought that portrait of the guy blinking was a real person.

My apologies for the hostility, I guess I'm a bit high-strung at the moment. Generally, when someone gives their opinion and it's then refuted they supply some type of argument to validate their claim. And yes, I would like to hear what constitutes a religion for you if you're...

In order: So the criteria for having a real religion is having members too stupid to question even the most ridiculous of beliefs? Got it. I didn't say every religion has done damage to other people but I did mention deaths, and Thích Quảng Đức would be that famous Buddhist...

I understand that the average religious-type is not fanatical, which is why I used the word "sometimes" as in, "not always." As for religion operating counter to the mainstream: Protestantism. Now, do you believe in Scientology? That's a "real" religion. It's afforded all the rights of...

As someone who was educated by Catholics for 12 years, I'm going to stick to my original post. It's not a stereotype I relay to you, but my view of the people I've interacted with for years. I was punished for not being faithful while being enrolled in a Catholic school to the point that I...

So you're categorically opposed to people mocking your religion? I'm opposed to being force-fed Christianity by the faithful. If you can get offended by someone saying they don't believe in God and there's nothing you can do about it (usually followed by an emphatic sticking their tongue at...

SCORE! 200-get! Anyway, I'm off for a bit. Hold down the fort until this thread gets locked. I'll be back after my dinner: linguine with meat sauce. On a related matter, as I'm about to ritually partake of my god FSM just got 80% more legitimate!

Hey, I'm all for it. If he believes it, then may the sauce be with him.

By "proof" he means that we can recreate the Big Bang in small scale and observe predictable and repeatable behavior. I don't know which flavor religion you subscribe to, but you believe the "witness" given by those texts as interpreted by hundreds of translations over thousands of years as fact?

Now now, I obviously understand that this kid in the article did it for the lulz. And that most people use it today in overbearing mockery of [massive sarcasm quotes]"real religions"[/massive sarcasm quotes] but it was started as as much of a joke as A Modest Proposal