Members of the Technodrome

[Wingnut]

Today is a glorious day...

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Discuss.

[Raven]

:o my god...he's real!!!!!!!

[Brodie]

Holy ****...

You can't eat all those hamburgars!

[Mecha Cow]

I'm scared.

[KROW]

Freakin' sweet!

[ThirdMarioBro]

He lives!! AhhhhhhhH!

[Ryona]

*laughs*

Oh, Jester will love this thread! :lol:

[Anarky]

Okay, that was... uhm... amazing. I guess. :D

[XERO]

*tilts head to side* :|

[Jester]

Oh my god....It's my idol...where do ui go to bow down and worship him....:P

[Wingnut]

Well now that i've solved one of mankind's biggest mysteries, what else is there to do?

[Anarky]

Solve some of the smaller ones. Such as... uhm.. women! :D

[Wingnut]

Solve some of the smaller ones. Such as... uhm.. women! :D
Maybe if I could solve that mystery I could do better than this...

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[ThirdMarioBro]

*stabs self with sissors*

Seen...too...much...

:lol:

[Anarky]

ARHGL... And thought I'd seen it all. Poor me... my poor innocent soul, tainted forever. :D

[Ryona]

*jumps back* Gah! What the Hell? :o :lol:

[Anarky]

*jumps back* Gah! What the Hell? :o :lol:

Now now... easy Ryo, easy... I have overcome the shock with lots of booze and willpower. :D

I wonder how these people make it on the internet though.

[Ryona]

I wonder how these people make it on the internet though.

I sometimes wonder the exact same thing.

I've seen REALLY disturbing things on the net... :dead:



Oh, and that dude has some seriously gwad awful eye shadow on. Eyeliner would go a long way. :P

[Anarky]

Oh, and that dude has some seriously gwad awful eye shadow on. Eyeliner would go a long way. :P

So, if I'd ever decided to put on make up, can I ask you? :D

But there really are odd things out there. Not just on the net, but also in real life. I mean, did you know that "Amen" and "Halleluja" were onomatopeias of a donkey's scream, but they have been changed millions of times.

You know, I just found my "ultimate handbook of useless knowledge" again.

[Ryona]

So, if I'd ever decided to put on make up, can I ask you? :D


Sure. We'll pretty you up nice and good. ;) :D


Oh, and I never knew of the origin of "Amen" and "Halleluja". That is hilarious!
I swear, I'm going to be giggling like a freak every time I pass by a church now! :lol:

[Anarky]

Sure. We'll pretty you up nice and good. ;) :D

UAARRHH! Uhm, I mean... eh... uhm... I gotta go. :D

Oh, and I never knew of the origin of "Amen" and "Halleluja". That is hilarious!
I swear, I'm going to be giggling like a freak every time I pass by a church now! :lol:

Oh, I've got more of those.
The bible mentions Noah's wife five times, but she's never given a name.
The bible doesn't mention cats.
All authors of the new testament are Jewish, except for Luke
The ethiopian church worships Pontius Pilate as a holy person
Queen Elizabeth II. is anglican in England but presbyterian in scotland, but she's head of church in both countries.
Russian proverb (I swear I don't make this up): If God had thought, that a woman was useful, he would have been married.

There's plenty more. Not only focussing on church but only on biology, history and biographies. And I assure you I haven't ever been in the position to actually use this knowledge.

[Jester]

All autors of the new testament are Jewish, except for Lukas (Is that his name?)
Yep, the author of the book of Luke was Greek....sorry...bible college student....

[That Matt Guy]

Luke was from Tatooine, duh.

[Anarky]

Luke was from Tatooine, duh.
Technically he's half Naboo, half Tatooine. Duh to you too mister. :D

[ThirdMarioBro]

Luke was from Tatooine, duh.

Yup, that's also about as far as I look into Bible history on a normal basis.

[Ryona]

Yup, that's also about as far as I look into Bible history on a normal basis.


Same here...

Now if the Bible was in comic book format, then I would be more inclined to read it. :P

[Anarky]

There is actually a German book which takes on the Bible nin a funny way. Not that I read it, but it's called "Die Bibel nach Biff" (The bible according to Biff) and it's supposed to be really funny. And there's numerous religious comic books out there. All dead boring to heaven and back.

[Wingnut]

I hate to brag, but my threads rule :lol:

[愛]

They are completely pointless and have no direction whatsoever....we totally needed these.

[Zachatello00]

....sorry...bible college student....
No kidding? Me too. You're in good company.

[Anarky]

No kidding? Me too. You're in good company.

What is a BibleCollege?

[Ryona]

What is a BibleCollege?


I really hope there's no sacrificing of animals and virgins in such a college. :teek:

[愛]

Maybe you do the same thing you do in regular college, only you feel bad about everything you do.

Bash quote. (http://www.bash.org/?50892)

[Ryona]

Maybe you do the same thing you do in regular college, only you feel bad about everything you do.

Bash quote. (http://www.bash.org/?50892)

*laughs* You're totally right, Ai. :lol:



*thinks* Hmm... Bible College... Clown College... Hmmm..... No, I really can't decide which one is funnier. :lol:

[Anarky]

Bwahaha, feel guilty about it... best description of catholicism ever. Oh yeah, and you have to go to Rome whenever the Pope dies.

[Ryona]

Bwahaha, feel guilty about it... best description of catholicism ever.


I used to be Catholic, so, yeah, that's pretty true. :lol:

[愛]

Used to? What happened?

[Ryona]

Well, I was baptized, went to church regularly, and even church school. Went to church events including creepy ceremonies and funerals. Other than go to a Catholic grade school and high school, I was purly Catholic.

Then, as I grew up, I began to question my religion... the Bible... the "laws"... my faith.

I eventually had no faith in my religion any more.

I now try to make sense of the universe through my perseption rather than what is writen in some book... though, usually I just accept things as they are without putting too much thought into it.

There are things that will never be answered. Not by anyone or any writen script.

[愛]

Hey, as long as you're comfortable with it. I'm a man of science, and after much education, I've had ideas in my head that contradict God's words. There are so many laws in the bible that if they were all strictly enforced, Lucifer would have a hard time finding room for everyone. The bible really is a long and drawn out way of saying "help someone out if they need it and do what you think is the right thing." It's very simple if you think about it, and it's also not hard to do.

But I'm going to stop there, because religion discussions aren't allowed.

[Zachatello00]

Too bad we had to stop it before I started replying. Typical. Everyone bashes and/or makes blatant misconceptions about your religion and as soon as you come to defend it or correct them, the "no religion discussion" rule gets dropped. Oh well. I've come to expect it.

:arrow: Moving right along

What a Bible College really is is a private school where people come to specifically focus on ministry training. Like say, medical school for doctors to be. As a minister in training, Bible college is ideal for me. It's fully accredited just like any other college or school, but it's also equipped with courses on practical ministry skills and there are classes covering each book of the Bible, some that obviously cover well more than one book, as there are several books in the Bible.

We also have math, english and science classes that we have to take, you can't escape those.

[Anarky]

So you actually have classes called "Noah" and stuff like that? What do you do there, a word-for-word analysis of the text or what? I mean, telling the story doesn't take more than two hours...

[ThirdMarioBro]

Meh, I quit listening to other people's interpatation of the world eons ago. remember, my family has their own ideas about how the world works, and I have my own, so I just decided to go by my own rules rather than listen someone else preach it to me.

In Tulsa, there's so many Churches, I feel like I'm boxed in half the time. People around here are too stiff. You have to go fourty miles out of town before you can even find a good dance club. It's rediculious.

[Zachatello00]

We have classes like, Pentatuech (first 5 books) and Acts of the Apostles, Prophets covering Isaiah through Malachi) stuff like that. We don't necessarily go word for word by the text, as that can get just as you would imagine: boring. But, we do context and background studies, we look into the original languages for the books to catch any missed translation issues, or if not missed, than missunderstood. You'd be suprised how much you'd fit into a semester. The Bible, just like any other collection of books is littered with history, spawns different stories, and guides a way of life. As you could imagine, we spend quite a bit of time on it.

Look at the way the church has split. You've got Catholics, Baptists, prebetarians (sp?) , Methodists, African Methodists, United Methodists, etc.
Obviously, there is a bit of confusion as to how things in the Bible are to be understood. As a result, we spend a considerable amount of time in background checks to ensure the most accurate understanding. Unfortunatly, not everyone does this, which is why there are so many different "sects" of the church, as it were.

[Sewer Bull]

What's the difference between your school and a seminary, Zach?

[Jester]

Bible College provides the basics, seminary is more in depth. That's all the diffrence I know of. Aside from Bible classes though there are practical classes on how to say runn a youth ministry, or run the education ministry of a church, or share your faith without forcing it on someone...

[BartAllen]

are weirdos?

[Anarky]

are weirdos?
Come again, please.

or share your faith without forcing it on someone...
How does that work? I have never ever met a religious guy who wanted to tell me about God and stuff without going "Join the catholic church" at the end of every sentence.

[愛]

My aunt is like that. She'll push her stuff on my relatives and my family and we hate it. I'd love to punch her in the face...and maybe I will one day.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'd pay good money to see that.

[GK Punk]

My aunt is like that. She'll push her stuff on my relatives and my family and we hate it. I'd love to punch her in the face...and maybe I will one day.

Such... anger in this one... I can feel it...

...You may be a good Sith Apprentice... I need a new one after George W Bush turned off the saber and joined politics....

[愛]

Yeah, maybe I'll be like Anakin and turn at the drop of a hat. :lol:

What is thy bidding, my master? ........

IT'S A DISASTER, SKYWALKER WE'RE AFTER!

WHAT IF HE COULD BE TURNED TO THE DARK SIDE?

YES! HE'D BE A POWERFUL ALLY...ANOTHER DARK JEDI!

HE WILL JOIN US OR DIE!

...

WE GOT DEATH STAR! WE GOT DEATH STAR! WE GOT DEATH STAR!

...sorry. :lol:

[Barkworm]

Such... anger in this one... I can feel it...

...You may be a good Sith Apprentice... I need a new one after George W Bush turned off the saber and joined politics....
MWAHAHAHA!!!
I can't imagine him wielding a light sabre without hurting himself. :lol:

[Anarky]

I'd pay good money to see that.

I can see that already.

Ding Dong...

Mr. Ai's Dad: Hello
TMB: Hello, I...Uhm... I came to see the show.
AD: What show?
TMB: Your son... uhm... is hosting a show tonight.
AD: What show?
TMB: He... uhm... it is a special surpise show
AD: Quite a lot of "uhm"s you've got there...
TMB: Yeah, well ... uhm.. he actually told me that his RISC-chip in his new PC was broken and needs a bypass with the serial bus which we'll hook up with a small LCD-monitor. *pulls out GBA* Here you see.
AD: Well, tell me you're going to do that tech-stuff. Come in, he's in front of his computer.
TMB: Thank you.

After a while, TMB, Ai, his parents and his aunt sit on the table and drink something.

Ai's aunt: This just reminds me of the day when the priest said...
Ai gets up, takes a good swing and punches his aunt in the face.
TMB: Bwahahaha. That was worth my money. 5 bucks, was it?
Ai: Make it ten, my fist hurts.
TMB: But you said...
Ai: I didn't know how much it'd hurt...

Meanwhile Ai's family sits there, stunned.

Can I come, too? All you'd have to pay would be my transfer. I'd even tape it on video and stuff. :D

[愛]

It'd be worth it, because I'd probably do more than punch her in the face. The truth is no one on my mom's side of the family likes her. We put up with her because my uncle is a really cool guy and everyone loves him. We always talk about her behind her back because that's the kind of family we run. :lol: She's a terrible parent, too. My two cousins are spoiled beyond human comprehension. For example, my one cousin got a Nintendo DS for graduating kindergarten. He also has a computer in his room that has quite the hardware. It's sickening, and I hate going to her house. Actually, I make up excuses for not going to her parties. I'm running out of excuses. Man, I hate that woman. If it wasn't for my uncle, I'd have told her off already.

[Zachatello00]

What's the difference between your school and a seminary, Zach?
The main difference is that Bible college is a little more General, as Jester pointed out. Seminary is the next step of the Bible College grad. I'll actually be starting seminary here next year when I graduate Bible college. Seminary just sort of hones in on specifically what you want to do. Like, for me, I'm interested in teaching theology. So, after I gradute BC this coming spring, I'll head to Seminary to learn specifically about different aspects of Theology. I'd like one day to teach at a Bible College as a professor of theology.

As for the mean aunt goes, I hate that for you. You wouldn't beleive the number of "christians" who shove their faith in people's face. What really sucks is that it makes those of us who really, genuinely do care about others look just like her. I don't know how many people I've lost the opportunity to speak to solely on the basis that some jerkbag "christian" just gunned them down with tracts about how they are going to Hell. While i do believe Hell to be a reality, I cannot use it to scare people into the faith.

Motivation for faith needs to come not out of a fear of going to Hell, but out of a willingness to start a relationship with your creator. So I feel for you, really I do. If it makes you feel any better, I always throw away tracts like that when I see them hanging around gas stations or resturants or whatever.

I'm completely unfamiliar with the catholic church, and how they do their stuff. The only thing I've ever seen from catholic "christians" is basically what people have been writing: Do what you want and feel guilty about it. I assure you, that's not how Christians, real Christians live their lives.

[愛]

I agree that pushing the "Hell" thing on people to start their faith is no way to go about it. My aunt does that sometimes, and it's wrong. It's everyone's choice to have faith or not. You should always respect people's religions or lack of religion. Present them some material, but don't force it on them, and if they say no, then that's that. That's how I always felt.

I'll admit that I am Christian, but I haven't gone to church in some time. I haven't opened a bible in a few months, either. :(

[Jester]

And that my friends is how you share your faith without ramming a Bible down someones esopogial passage....well done Zach...:P

[Sewer Bull]

I'm completely unfamiliar with the catholic church, and how they do their stuff. The only thing I've ever seen from catholic "christians" is basically what people have been writing: Do what you want and feel guilty about it.

"Follow the rules and don't bother to understand them" I would add. Which harms my analytical mind.

That was my 2 cents. Zach, let's move this conversation to PM, I have more questions to ask.

[Ryona]

I'm completely unfamiliar with the catholic church, and how they do their stuff. The only thing I've ever seen from catholic "christians" is basically what people have been writing: Do what you want and feel guilty about it. I assure you, that's not how Christians, real Christians live their lives.

Yes. That's pretty much Catholic life. Unlike Christians who are all about God's love and how beautiful and bright life is, with Catholics, it's about how grim things are and how dark and disfigured the world is. In Catholism, death has more importance than birth, and there's always talk about how the devil walks among us. The Catholic church basicly spells out that we're all going to Hell and only the truly good people will be protected while their stay in Hell.

[Zachatello00]

Glad To Rob, and Thanks Jester.

And to think, this all started with Peter Griffin...

[ThirdMarioBro]

I agree that pushing the "Hell" thing on people to start their faith is no way to go about it. My aunt does that sometimes, and it's wrong. It's everyone's choice to have faith or not. You should always respect people's religions or lack of religion. Present them some material, but don't force it on them, and if they say no, then that's that. That's how I always felt.

I'll admit that I am Christian, but I haven't gone to church in some time. I haven't opened a bible in a few months, either. :(

Yeah, the problem is that most people seemed programmed to rag you to death. I know some people who will basically rag you to death about it, and if you say now, they drop you like a hat because their preacher told them to. It's basically, "You're either in the club, or you're in hell". I can't stand that. People should respect other people's religion or lack of like you said. It's their life to do with as they please. People constantly try to convert me, and I tell them "I already am!" but they presist. The reason is, they're not satisified until I'm in the pulpit every week giving them money.

I don't blame them. It's what they were trained and raised up to do, especially in this region of the country, but sometimes I'd like to just get up and bust a chair over their heads and go home.

[Jester]

Yes. That's pretty much Catholic life. Unlike Christians who are all about God's love and how beautiful and bright life is, with Catholics, it's about how grim things are and how dark and disfigured the world is. In Catholism, death has more importance than birth, and there's always talk about how the devil walks among us. The Catholic church basicly spells out that we're all going to Hell and only the truly good people will be protected while their stay in Hell.
A-ha....that's why you are so dark and brooding...you're an ex-Cathloic
And to think, this all started with Peter Griffin...
See...Family Guy can bring about deep, meaningful conversation with out killing one another....although we seem to have found a common enemy in the Cathloic church...:P

[Ryona]

A-ha....that's why you are so dark and brooding...you're an ex-Cathloic


Seeing as you're replying to my post, you could have managed to spell "Catholic" correctly. :roll: ;)

[Jester]

I have a problem with spelling ok....*runs away crying*

[Zachatello00]

People constantly try to convert me, and I tell them "I already am!" but they presist.
You know what's kinda... "funny" is that I get the same problem. Right now, I live in East Tennessee, in the "Bible Belt" where many of the people here think that the KJV of the Bible is the only acceptable version. And when they hear that we use the NIV and other Bibles that you can, you know, understand and what not, they try to convert me, thinking I simply must be a sinner or I wouldn't be reading such filth...

Naive people make me sad.

[Anarky]

You know what's kinda... "funny" is that I get the same problem. Right now, I live in East Tennessee, in the "Bible Belt" where many of the people here think that the KJV of the Bible is the only acceptable version. And when they hear that we use the NIV and other Bibles that you can, you know, understand and what not, they try to convert me, thinking I simply must be a sinner or I wouldn't be reading such filth...

Naive people make me sad.

What's a KJV and a NIV?

And they try to convert you to blind faith while you're exploring the full extent of faith?

Man, the US is weird, sounds like a fun place to live.

[GK Punk]

KJV = King James Version
NIV = New International Version

[Zachatello00]

Man, the US is weird, sounds like a fun place to live.
That it is my friend, that it is. :)

[愛]

Oh man, you have no idea how weird it is over here, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

[KROW]

Seeing as you're replying to my post, you could have managed to spell "Catholic" correctly. :roll: ;)
*pokes Ryo with a spoon*

Be nice!

[Storm Wolf]

A-ha....that's why you are so dark and brooding...you're an ex-Cathloic

Ryo? Dark and Brooding?


:|



I never noticed....

[The Stryker]

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Can't we all just get along?!-Mike Tyson 18:99

[Zachatello00]

I'm speechless.

I am without speech.

[Jester]

The same thing happens to me when i look at you avitar and siggy....:P

[Zachatello00]

heh heh. I just came back from the movie. It wasn't bad.