So I start up the HotS editor, load up a portrait model and its sound, and it plays just fine. Now, all of a sudden, sounds don't play at all in the cinematic editor. Master volume cranked up all the way, etc. etc. There is no hotkey/documentation that seems to address this. What the hell happened? o.O
I don't know how you define "militant", but atheists don't appear to have the same affinity for guns and force like Christian militias or Islamic terrorists. Is there such a thing as the "Atheist Army", aside from the old Soviet Union and Maoist China?
You misunderstand me. The problem is that most atheists, the vast majority of atheists, are NOT crusaders or militant in any way. "atheists are more often the backwards stuck up 'rebels' than the theists they 'war' against" Is the EXACT point I'm saying he's wrong about. Atheists are almost never like that.
We've got Richard Dawkins & Bill Maher who outright insult people in public. We've got atheists making fools out of all of us by protesting Christmas. I've even seen posts on facebook asking for prayers for a loved one who is in the hospital, only for some asshole to come in and say "lerl, prayers are meaningless, god does not exist". I can't really bring myself to subscribe to that.
Like any scientist, the great Albert Einstein is capable of
misconceptions, misperceptions, and misunderstandings. Honestly, if
lacking a "crusading spirit" is what caused him to shy away from being
called an atheist, then he didn't understand what atheism is. Atheism is
not so political. Do you believe in God? If yes, you are theistic. If
no, you are atheistic. It's that simple. Agnosticism has nothing to do
with it.
The point of that quote was not about semantics or the definition of atheism, which I'm sure Einstein knew pretty well. Rather, he didn't want to be associated with "professional atheistic crusaders" because not only are they just as zealous as their religious counterparts, but Einstein's view was that if you could not admire the universe in a religious way, then you were already as good as dead. Even though I feel very strongly about my non-belief, militant atheism is something I try my best to avoid. The people at that extreme are pompous, lifeless, and devoid of creativity.
Have to disagree. Case in point: Preston Jones. He seems smarter than any outspoken atheist I've talked to.
Smartness has nothing to do with it. Causation =/= correlation. The reason theists are not as favored on such studies/polls is because doing well on those polls in the first place is not something that theists even value. When we change this, we will have a better world.
Does listening to Lil Wayne make you dumb? No, it's just that the people who could give less of a damn about their SAT score are exactly the ones you'll find listening to his music.
I also noticed that gospel music is at the bottom of the barrel, but hey, I'll let you be the judge. :P
"You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being. "
- Albert Einstein
Religion sucks because it prevents already-smart people from reaching their full potential and becoming doctors, lawyers and scientists, which we need.
The remake of Half-Life 1 in the source engine. I have been waiting for this since forever, and half the game has been released (up until lambda core).
There is no use in arguing!!!!!! Some people believe in science some people believe in extraterrestrial life creating everything in the universe (Yes GOD or various gods) One thing is for certain.. No matter how hard humanity tries we as a species will never full understand fully how our universe works. We can guess, we could label things and put things into a perspective that in our minds we could rationally understand... however we will never know it all.
Doesn't mean we should throw our hands up in the air and say "I give up. I have no idea how this works. Let's just say god did it."
1. I said to a degree. Did I not say in relation to `man` I considered it deeply flawed and not something I am willing to believe in.
Why not "man"? What makes us so different from all other animals? We are made of flesh & bone, we die, and we have nearly identical DNA base pairs. Some other christians I've talked to also like to claim that there is no heaven/hell for animals. Again, why the heck not? Why are humans so special? This whole "I'm special" nonsense is getting a bit arrogant don't you think?
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2. If anything, you are anti-science in some of your beliefs. I absolutely love science, but I dont agree that man evolved as you `believe` it. Too many gaps and flaws and requires `jumping to conclusions`.You mad?
The fossil record? The multiple proofs from DNA? Vestigial organs? The complete working theory of how evolution works still has some gaps, but human evolution itself is a fact at this point. Again, that doesn't imply 100% certainty. It's a fact that the planets revolve around the sun, but for all we know we could be living in a computer simulation and everyone is wrong. So what's the point of saying "It's not actually possible to prove ancestry"? Obviously. And yet, the people that deny that the planets revolve around the sun are what we call deluded.
Richard Dawkins sums up this two-faced belief in both science & religion:
“I mean the most extreme case is the geologist Kurt Wise, who has a PhD in Geology from Harvard and said “If all the evidence in the universe pointed towards an old Earth, I would be the first to admit it but I would still be a young Earth creationist because that is what Holy scripture teaches me”. You cannot argue with a mind like that. A mind like that, it seems to me is, well, a disgrace to the Human species.”
He's way too harsh when he says "disgrace to the human species" but it is definitely a prime example of what a closed mind looks like.
If there was a designer, it is safe to say he's a moron.
1) The stupidity of the human lung system. Why mix oxygenated with deoxygenated air, instead of just having a one-way tube like birds?
2) The flaws of human pregnancy. Countless people have died because God failed to take into account what happens if the baby's head is bigger than the pelvic opening.
3) The bible says that God formed us in the womb. If that's the case, who is to blame for congenital defects? God singlehandedly aborts more children than abortionists could ever hope to.
4) Plants are green and not black, even though black plants would absorb more light energy.
5) Worst of all: "Female orgasm is usually produced only by the direct stimulation of the clitoris. The clitoris is not typically stimulated during sexual intercourse."
God fails again. To quote Carlin, "in any decently run universe, he'd be out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago."
4. Infinite importance. Being a monk would be almost a method of avoidance. I know in this matrix of a reality I was created for purposes and interactions within this interconnected scope. The result of decisions and choices define the soul/being. Indeed I can forfeit meaningless goals and selfish desires in this life which would be advantageous.
The finite nature of this universe(which the bible told of long before science discovered) tells us that things are coming to an end, that the initial purposes and intent for this universe is fleeting. You can believe in nothingness hereafter, but I believe that the creator will make everything anew as the bible mentions. The matrix of choice will be over, and its concluding consequence is of finality.
So according to you, being a monk and devoting yourself fully to Christianity is a method of....avoiding Christianity. Great answer. This still doesn't address why you simply don't do these things which would be so advantageous in your infinite afterlife. You are literally wasting countless aeons of future celestial pleasure with each keystroke. I simply don't get the logic in it, but whatever.
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The finite nature of this universe(which the bible told of long before science discovered)
All things die. Not exactly a huge leap of logic there. This must be one of the brilliant "prophecies" of the bible that I'm supposed to be so impressed by and which I keep hearing so much about. There's also no proof that this universe ever truly "ends," but I could rant about the scientific inadequacies of the bible all day long.
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5. Satan, by far the most cunning and deceptive being, has arranged religions to help him accomplish his purposes of beating people down and keeping them from interrupting his plans. Satan has arranged religions to have people seeking meaningless identities rather than the only meaningful identity, to become a member of the family of God, an adopted son or daughter of God Almighty.
Unlike God, Satan would love people to be ignorant of his existence. Remember 3 dimensional beings we are, in both existence and observatory perception.
Basically, Satan has blinders on everyone. Or he doesn`t exist and the bible is 100% fake. Which is what you would believe.
Meanwhile, in ancient Scandinavia:
"Odin created the world from the dead body of Ymir, father of the Frost Giants. The first man and woman were sweated out of Ymir's left underarm. All these "fossils" and "carbon dating" are tricks played by Loki and the Dark Elves of Svartalfaheim."
You have to simply marvel at the futility of it all when you realize that somewhere out there on this planet there is a person with as strong of a conviction as yours, yet with a belief diametrically opposite to yours. Try stepping out of your own shoes for a second.
To me that doesn`t make much sense. I cant really bring myself to
believe that[logically]. I do not believe we evolved in the conventional
sense.
I too can find bones, randomly date it to +-a couple hundred thousand
years, and force it to fit some theory. Why would you so readily adhere
and trust such pseudoscience with its questionable methods of testing
and evaluations and conclusions?
You told us you believed in evolution. Guess that was a slight exaggeration on your part? And again, it's funny that you consider radiometric dating a "random" pseudo-science when it comes to evolution, yet you link me to sites that use this same pseudoscience to "prove" Noah's flood.
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Science and its theories are changing almost all the time in certain
fields. Except for immutable laws and such. If for example, 50 years ago
you told me that the universe was eternal, you would have been correct!,
that was the science at the time. So was steady state theory and all
other theories that came and went.
I don't think I'll ever understand you anti-science people. How can you question the effectiveness of the scientific method when you're sitting at your computer typing this out, driving your car to work, using GPS, etc. etc? Evolution is no more in doubt than the "theory" that the earth revolves around the sun. You literally cannot be a biologist today without believing in evolution. It's like being a doctor without believing in germ theory.
Evolution is a fact. It does not go away when somebody thinks of competing theories. Newton's laws of gravitation did not go away once Einstein discovered general relativity, which gave you different equations than Newton's for gravity. The only reason it's called a theory is because it's about the empirical world, where 100% certainty is impossible, unlike in mathematics.
Again, if you feel so certain about all this, why do you not abandon your entire life and start living like a monk if finite actions here on earth lead to infinite rewards in some eternal paradise that nobody can detect? Is Christianity of infinite importance, or of zero importance? You have to pick one or the other. I would like one decent answer to this.
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Yep, except the biblical God is the only true God and the rest are but
inventions of the human mind.
When you finally figure out why all the other gods are "inventions of the human mind" you can consider yourself demolished by your own logic.
Christianity has withstood over 5000 years of this.
There's a reason intelligent design is forbidden in the classroom - it's pseudoscience with an agenda. The only answers it provides are "god did it". It's an intellectual cop-out. Going by your logic I could also say that animal worship or Hinduism are older and therefore better than Christianity.
Does anybody know how to make sound "stackable," if you will? Everytime you play the sound sound again before another instance of it is over, it just restarts. It's like there's only one sound channel.
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So I start up the HotS editor, load up a portrait model and its sound, and it plays just fine. Now, all of a sudden, sounds don't play at all in the cinematic editor. Master volume cranked up all the way, etc. etc. There is no hotkey/documentation that seems to address this. What the hell happened? o.O
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People who care about people who care about other people's religions are even bigger weirdos! :P
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The irony is I posted this picture a few pages ago: http://i.imgur.com/25gKC.jpg
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You don't think there are militant atheists?
We've got Richard Dawkins & Bill Maher who outright insult people in public. We've got atheists making fools out of all of us by protesting Christmas. I've even seen posts on facebook asking for prayers for a loved one who is in the hospital, only for some asshole to come in and say "lerl, prayers are meaningless, god does not exist". I can't really bring myself to subscribe to that.
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The point of that quote was not about semantics or the definition of atheism, which I'm sure Einstein knew pretty well. Rather, he didn't want to be associated with "professional atheistic crusaders" because not only are they just as zealous as their religious counterparts, but Einstein's view was that if you could not admire the universe in a religious way, then you were already as good as dead. Even though I feel very strongly about my non-belief, militant atheism is something I try my best to avoid. The people at that extreme are pompous, lifeless, and devoid of creativity.
He was wrong about much more crucial matters than this. :P
But I agree wholeheartedly with his stance on these issues. It's another reason why I admire him so much.
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Smartness has nothing to do with it. Causation =/= correlation. The reason theists are not as favored on such studies/polls is because doing well on those polls in the first place is not something that theists even value. When we change this, we will have a better world.
For example, here is a poll of SAT scores vs. type of music you listen to: http://musicthatmakesyoudumb.virgil.gr/
Does listening to Lil Wayne make you dumb? No, it's just that the people who could give less of a damn about their SAT score are exactly the ones you'll find listening to his music.
I also noticed that gospel music is at the bottom of the barrel, but hey, I'll let you be the judge. :P
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"You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being. "
- Albert Einstein
Religion sucks because it prevents already-smart people from reaching their full potential and becoming doctors, lawyers and scientists, which we need.
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The remake of Half-Life 1 in the source engine. I have been waiting for this since forever, and half the game has been released (up until lambda core).
http://release.blackmesasource.com/
What do you guys think?
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Doesn't mean we should throw our hands up in the air and say "I give up. I have no idea how this works. Let's just say god did it."
Why not "man"? What makes us so different from all other animals? We are made of flesh & bone, we die, and we have nearly identical DNA base pairs. Some other christians I've talked to also like to claim that there is no heaven/hell for animals. Again, why the heck not? Why are humans so special? This whole "I'm special" nonsense is getting a bit arrogant don't you think?
The fossil record? The multiple proofs from DNA? Vestigial organs? The complete working theory of how evolution works still has some gaps, but human evolution itself is a fact at this point. Again, that doesn't imply 100% certainty. It's a fact that the planets revolve around the sun, but for all we know we could be living in a computer simulation and everyone is wrong. So what's the point of saying "It's not actually possible to prove ancestry"? Obviously. And yet, the people that deny that the planets revolve around the sun are what we call deluded.
Richard Dawkins sums up this two-faced belief in both science & religion:
“I mean the most extreme case is the geologist Kurt Wise, who has a PhD in Geology from Harvard and said “If all the evidence in the universe pointed towards an old Earth, I would be the first to admit it but I would still be a young Earth creationist because that is what Holy scripture teaches me”. You cannot argue with a mind like that. A mind like that, it seems to me is, well, a disgrace to the Human species.”
He's way too harsh when he says "disgrace to the human species" but it is definitely a prime example of what a closed mind looks like.
If there was a designer, it is safe to say he's a moron.
1) The stupidity of the human lung system. Why mix oxygenated with deoxygenated air, instead of just having a one-way tube like birds?
2) The flaws of human pregnancy. Countless people have died because God failed to take into account what happens if the baby's head is bigger than the pelvic opening.
3) The bible says that God formed us in the womb. If that's the case, who is to blame for congenital defects? God singlehandedly aborts more children than abortionists could ever hope to.
4) Plants are green and not black, even though black plants would absorb more light energy.
5) Worst of all: "Female orgasm is usually produced only by the direct stimulation of the clitoris. The clitoris is not typically stimulated during sexual intercourse."
God fails again. To quote Carlin, "in any decently run universe, he'd be out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_poor_design
So according to you, being a monk and devoting yourself fully to Christianity is a method of....avoiding Christianity. Great answer. This still doesn't address why you simply don't do these things which would be so advantageous in your infinite afterlife. You are literally wasting countless aeons of future celestial pleasure with each keystroke. I simply don't get the logic in it, but whatever.
All things die. Not exactly a huge leap of logic there. This must be one of the brilliant "prophecies" of the bible that I'm supposed to be so impressed by and which I keep hearing so much about. There's also no proof that this universe ever truly "ends," but I could rant about the scientific inadequacies of the bible all day long.
Meanwhile, in ancient Scandinavia:
"Odin created the world from the dead body of Ymir, father of the Frost Giants. The first man and woman were sweated out of Ymir's left underarm. All these "fossils" and "carbon dating" are tricks played by Loki and the Dark Elves of Svartalfaheim."
You have to simply marvel at the futility of it all when you realize that somewhere out there on this planet there is a person with as strong of a conviction as yours, yet with a belief diametrically opposite to yours. Try stepping out of your own shoes for a second.
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You told us you believed in evolution. Guess that was a slight exaggeration on your part? And again, it's funny that you consider radiometric dating a "random" pseudo-science when it comes to evolution, yet you link me to sites that use this same pseudoscience to "prove" Noah's flood.
I don't think I'll ever understand you anti-science people. How can you question the effectiveness of the scientific method when you're sitting at your computer typing this out, driving your car to work, using GPS, etc. etc? Evolution is no more in doubt than the "theory" that the earth revolves around the sun. You literally cannot be a biologist today without believing in evolution. It's like being a doctor without believing in germ theory.
Evolution is a fact. It does not go away when somebody thinks of competing theories. Newton's laws of gravitation did not go away once Einstein discovered general relativity, which gave you different equations than Newton's for gravity. The only reason it's called a theory is because it's about the empirical world, where 100% certainty is impossible, unlike in mathematics.
Again, if you feel so certain about all this, why do you not abandon your entire life and start living like a monk if finite actions here on earth lead to infinite rewards in some eternal paradise that nobody can detect? Is Christianity of infinite importance, or of zero importance? You have to pick one or the other. I would like one decent answer to this.
When you finally figure out why all the other gods are "inventions of the human mind" you can consider yourself demolished by your own logic.
There's a reason intelligent design is forbidden in the classroom - it's pseudoscience with an agenda. The only answers it provides are "god did it". It's an intellectual cop-out. Going by your logic I could also say that animal worship or Hinduism are older and therefore better than Christianity.
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Hahaha, that was worth it. :D
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No kidding. Good job. :P
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Does anybody know how to make sound "stackable," if you will? Everytime you play the sound sound again before another instance of it is over, it just restarts. It's like there's only one sound channel.
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First part says something like "the zerg are sneaking up quietly". Second part is about "taming".
But that's all I can get out of it, i'm not very good with russian.
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Well, since we've entered the picture-posting phase, here we g0000: