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by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:45 pm
Forum: The Close
Topic: How do you feel about...
Replies: 10
Views: 1929

How do you feel about...

Me being a minister? www.themonastery.org/?destination=ordination (Yes, I am fully ordinated as a minister now) EDIT-I just want to say, although the topic seems in fun I really am curious about the toughts you guys have about this. I'm not quite sure if it has any legal backing yet but I'm trying t...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:41 pm
Forum: The Close
Topic: Is conversion good or bad?
Replies: 105
Views: 10602

Not to offend you either Prebe,but as an atheist(as you proclaim to be) you're basically saying that your life and experiences are nothing,you live for nothing except yourself and when Death does strike you,it's over.I cannot accept that for myself.Maybe it works for you,It won't for me.I've had a ...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: braces
Replies: 30
Views: 1562

I'm really not sure about braces. I feel like they're a waste of money, and I usually feel like the people who get them don't have terrible teeth, though there are certainly times they're needed. I personally found it hard to eat for a day or two after I got them in. A few days after that it reduced...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:15 pm
Forum: General Literature Discussion
Topic: H.G.Wells
Replies: 11
Views: 5232

Re: H.G.Wells

Wells is regarded as the father of sci-fi. Certainly, he is my favourite author besides Jane Austen. What do other watchers think of his work? War of the Worlds is a classic, but I think The First Men in the Moon stands as a champion of imaginative sci-fi in terms of a believable alien race. I have...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:01 pm
Forum: Coercri
Topic: 97 Reasons Democrats Are Weak On Defense And Can't Be Truste
Replies: 51
Views: 3726

Re: 97 Reasons Democrats Are Weak On Defense And Can't Be Tr

During the Carter Democrat period, (24) communism was on a rampage worldwide. In an unrestrained country-capturing spree, communists took over...( 33) Nicaragua. I don't know much about the governments before Communists taking over, but Nicaragua was a plus compared to how the country was beforehan...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:44 pm
Forum: The Close
Topic: God Help Us
Replies: 38
Views: 5455

I think Lyr did a good job of clarifying it. It's been about a year since I read it, and I could have this wrong, but I believe that he believes the oversoul is the sort of perfect aspect of man which we all have, even if it gets "fogged over" by other things. And if I remember further he ...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Happy Thanksgiving!
Replies: 27
Views: 4910

Clearly Thanksgiving in Canada has some similarities to American Thanksgiving (pumpkin pie and all that), but do you guys eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

I'm just curious. Happy Thanksgiving either way.
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:24 pm
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: How would your personality disorder(s) manifest in the Land?
Replies: 38
Views: 6413

I would be the ultimate weilder of the power of procrastination. Imagine if you will a wedge of 100 score ur-Viles about to inflict total ruin upon a nearby Woodhelvin. I could focus my power upon the ur-Vile loremaster and they wouldn't do anything for weeks, or maybe years depending on my mood. T...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:22 am
Forum: Coercri
Topic: Would you eat one of these things?
Replies: 54
Views: 4830

*shrug* Because it sells. Fast-food has never pretended (other than recently) to have anything at all to do with health-consciousness. If people were health-conscious, they wouldn't be buy it. :lol: --A Well, that's not entirely true, they do their part trying to fit into the health thing with &quo...
by Holsety
Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:56 am
Forum: General Literature Discussion
Topic: Worst Book Ever
Replies: 288
Views: 77811

I would have to say the book "Doom's Break", which concludes the "Ancient Enemy" series by Christopher Rowley. I've never really been able to rationalize why I like the Bazil Broktail books, but I'm a fan of Rowley nonetheless. My lack of decisiveness is probably because I read R...
by Holsety
Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:48 pm
Forum: General Literature Discussion
Topic: "The Grand Inquisitor" by Dostoevsky
Replies: 4
Views: 1764

Well, it's worth saying that's not the entirety of the "Grand Inquisitor" excerpt of The Brothers. The short book I have also includes chapter 3, and the "Zossima Chapters" (which I gather are based around the monk whom Alyosha refers to in chpt 3). The importance of Chapter 3 is...
by Holsety
Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:52 pm
Forum: The Close
Topic: God Help Us
Replies: 38
Views: 5455

It's clear to me that no punishment is enough to deter maniacs and perverts from their obsessions. I really think we need to say that no punishment has a reasonable enough success rate to be relied on, because this implies (to me) that no one can ever control their obsessions. It's a thin layer of ...
by Holsety
Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:30 pm
Forum: Coercri
Topic: Of child molesters, the social contract, and so on
Replies: 816
Views: 41429

I don't remember Bush getting the Pope's blessing. I remember Bush pissing off a ton of Catholics by speaking at Bob Jones University. Bush did that to win SC from McCain, or so I've been persuaded to believe. And he sure smoothed things over fast. The Pope sure gave Bush a dressing-down when Bush ...
by Holsety
Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:12 pm
Forum: General Literature Discussion
Topic: A Modest Proposal
Replies: 5
Views: 1574

You had me scratching my head there for a minute. I've never heard the expression "taking the piss." I thought maybe I was getting A Modest Proposal mixed up with another Swift essay. My fault - It's a term used in the UK and the former colonies for making fun. And the great thing is that...
by Holsety
Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:18 am
Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
Topic: Science Fiction Independent Study, and suggestions for it
Replies: 6
Views: 870

If your looking for recommendations I say, as always: Neverness by David Zindell. It meets all your critieria--memorable and important passages. Uh, except it's not short. ;) Neuromancer was published in th 70's IIRC. No...I don't have any recommendations...Canticle is awesome. :D --A Right? In ter...
by Holsety
Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:14 am
Forum: Coercri
Topic: Amish Shooting
Replies: 68
Views: 4057

Meh, doesn't make a lick of sense to me. Although there's little logic behind the term, it's used to label conservatives. Ugh. Honestly.....it's just...I actually felt a little bile come up into my throat when I read this. I find it extremely easy to forgive a dead person, as I do the murderer in q...
by Holsety
Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:20 pm
Forum: General Literature Discussion
Topic: "The Grand Inquisitor" by Dostoevsky
Replies: 4
Views: 1764

"The Grand Inquisitor" by Dostoevsky

I haven't read The Brothers Karamazov but I suppose I will someday. I got this shorter book for a class in school, and I was curious about the thoughts others have about it. Instead of actually putting forth my thoughts about the book, which would take too long (I have to mow my lawn, and get more w...
by Holsety
Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:13 pm
Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
Topic: Science Fiction Independent Study, and suggestions for it
Replies: 6
Views: 870

Science Fiction Independent Study, and suggestions for it

I'm currently working on the final stages of a Science-Fiction independent study with one of my high school english teachers. The precise topic is Science Fiction as Great Literature . In addition to a bunch of the 'classics' of SF which I've missed over (Fahr 451, which I'll compare to 1984 and BNW...
by Holsety
Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:38 pm
Forum: PC & Console Games
Topic: Anyone a Fan of Fire Emblem
Replies: 10
Views: 2089

I couldn't believe how great the witing was with FE7, it didn't suffer at all in translation the way you get used to with Japanese games. I was looking for a nice TBS to fill the gap between Advance Wars 1 and 2, and found what is in my opinion one of the best game franchises ever. The first six ga...
by Holsety
Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:32 pm
Forum: PC & Console Games
Topic: Brraaaainnnss....
Replies: 5
Views: 1227

Soldier was definitely easiest for me, when I played. I had a NT scientist, a soldier, and a zombie. The soldier had learned 2 skills by the time the scientist and zombie had 1, and he had several by the time the scientist had 2 (the zombie did well though). But after a while I got kinda bored and s...

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