Caesar
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I would have to agree with Yiuel, and categorize Dol Amroth as a fief within Gondor. It could be compared to a powerful duchy (Grand or Arch-Duchy) in medieval Europe.
Also, you couldnt generalize the Inca, Mayans and Aztecs as South Americans because while the Inca come from South America, the Mayans come from central America, and the Aztecs are from Mexico
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I believe that it is possible for some people to know what could happen, but there is awlays a way to change the future. So for me, I believe that God knows all the possibilities in our world, but it is up to use to choose what becomes reality.
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I use IE, but I have gotten the same problem with some other sites from time to time as well. I just checked and I still cant compose a new message. Maybe its the link rather than the page itself?
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Maybe. I have been having several problems recently with the forums and the 0ad and TLA sites. Sometimes I get a 404 for no reason and then right after I can go on that page again, and I havent been able to answer the poll on the 0ad site
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Yeah, and and my school calls ourselves Catholics
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I try to go half an hour or more on a treadmill everyday, and 400 laps in a pool (if I can get to one) every week. I also bike to school and back, and I try to go biking for about 5 hours a week. This probably sucks as a workout schedual
Whats yours?
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Well done
. Although I dont think an arch would be built in a fledgling village 
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I was referring to the actual Fundamentalist Protestants (that’s what they are called), meaning the Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodists and the like. Of course not all of them support the war in Iraq, but they seem to be the part of the American population who Bush appeals to the most. They are also the denominations that had many ministers and leaders whole-heartedly preaching righteousness of the war in Iraq to their congregations (in comparison with the Catholic Church which officially denounced the war). I was referring to the actual Fundamentalist and Evangelical Protestants in the southern United States. I never intended to mean Protestants in general, and I was really referring to the leaders of these denominations rather than the faithful themselves.
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I have to go and get a Lumbar puncture procedure (otherwise known as a spinal tap) on thursday. A couple weeks ago I got into a car accident (thats why I was inactive for a week) and now my doctor has ordered a spinal tap. I have already had a CATscan last week, so I really dont know whats going on
Anyway, if anyone here has had this done, can you tell me what to expect?
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Cool project. I want to get an Alienware pc soon.
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Wrong. I mean this is really simplifying things, but ask yourself is a fetus human? Yeah. Is it living? Yeah. Does abortion kill it? Yeah. Is it innocent? The worst charge that can be given against it is that is was an accident.
Well said. Just as a side note to the abortion subject, in Canada (I don’t think in the US) the law says a baby is not human until it is fully out of the mother. Therefore it is legal in Canada (although rare) for a doctor to perform an abortion when it is halfway in the birth canal. This is just plain sick.
And about the war and death penalty. I can speak only for the Catholic Church, which did not support war as a viable option when Bush declared war. They don't support the death penalty either, if Pope John Paul II's homilies were worth anything. The Catholic Church tries to be unconditionally pro-life in every sort of situation, and I have absolutely no problem with that.Most atheists and people of other faiths generalize Christianity (although Christians sometimes generalize them too) when it comes to issues. Unfortunately this means that Catholics are often considered as war hungry and fanatical as the protestant fundamentalists (especially those in the so-called "Bible Belt" of the southern United States), when Catholic values (and interpretations of the Bible) are in fact quite dissimilar.
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Yes
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I used this one as my background-
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Whenever I go into My Controls and select "Compose New Message" I get a 404 error
Any ideas on why I cant write any new messages?
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In my vision, either is there "fate", an unchangeable fate, or is It "ever changing his mind", discovering (in Its own process, unknown to us) what may be better, so there is no "fate", rather a will to elaborate even more.
What if this Being has given humanity freedom of will, therefore allowing us to choose our own fate, whereby It is also knows all the possibilities that come from our actions and decisions and their consequences, but leaves it up to us to decide what becomes a reality?
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I find it rather ironic that these same ppl (in some cases) are pro-life yet also pro-death penalty as well as pro-war.
This is called religious Fundamentalism.
Fundamentalism is indeed a troubling issue. Religion need not go into such extremism that people are killed for their beliefs. As for the war, I think George Bush manipulated the American protestant fundamentalists into believing that they were following God by supporting the war (hence my beliefs that Bush has *tried* to start a Holy War). The fact that fundamentalists are willing to take one little verse from scripture and using it to promote horrendous acts of hatred (while disobeying a central and more important scriptural passage, ie. "Thou shalt not kill") is chilling. It should also be noted that fundamentalism and extremism exists also in atheism (as demonstrated in this rally). But that is not the issue at hand.
Although while I am on the topic of religion,
I know that in Abrahamic religions, the Talion Law is present. It implies retribution: Justice is retribution of the forbidden act. Hence, an eye for an aye, a tooth for a tooth, an ear for an ear, a foot for a foot. Clearly: a life for a life.This idea of An Eye for An Eye has been taken into its literal context by fundamentalism among the Abrahamic religions (Islamic extremism, Orthodox Judaism, and Protestant fundamentalism). I have always remembered a simple little verse my parish priest told me once (I think he got it from Gandhi) "if everyone took the scriptures literally, the whole world would be blind and toothless". I have been taught (both by various Catholic teachers and one intelligent rabbi) that the Eye for an Eye doctrine is one of the many things in the Bible that must not be used in it's literal context (the whole Book of Revelations is testament to that), but which the fundamentalists (with their literal approach to religious scriptures) have taken to heart.
A baby that cannot interact is just a mere carriage to the group (or individual), and so its more of a burden than a precious gift. If the group is threatened, he is then treated as a burden that can be left over. Yet, when he can walk and talk, he's now a member of the group, as he can take part in its life.So when an individual has nothing to contribute to society, only take from society, we should destroy him/her? This can be applied to many groups, the mentally handicapped and elderly included- should we kill them also? You seem to be giving an example of a Utilitarian society- people are only good when they are useful, to simplify it. In reference to this quote, are you giving us a sample of your own beliefs regarding human life, or is it merely an example of some of the beliefs?
Like you pointed out, personal beliefs do strongly affect ones values and decisions. I, of course, am taking a spiritual approach to this and using my beliefs and values as a Catholic to form my opinion. So with my beliefs and values I see human life as a precious creation of God from the moment of conception to the moment of physical death, therefore forming my opinion on issues such as abortion based on this. So if I were an atheist I would obviously have a whole different opinion over the issue of abortion.
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PS, maybe if there was a searchable quatrain page somewhere online, you could find out
Lol, I just remembered this post and since I had nothing better to do I ran a little Google search, and guess what I found
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I watched a series called Empire about the rise of Octavian (was ok, although not very historicaly accurate), but I dont have HBO so I cant see Rome
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I go to a Catholic High School with uniforms. Part of the female uniform is a kilt, so the school admin has banned guys from loitering in the stairwells
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John Howe's beautiful scenes of Middle Earth have become some of the most celebrated renditions of Tolkien's world. His works include astounding realism and imagination in both the characters and the scenary. He seems to place a great emphasis on the natural beauty of Arda (some of his pictures curiously resemble the natural wonders in British Coulmbia (Canada) where he grew up).
This thread is for both discussing (praising or citisizing) the artistic works of John Howe and other artists who have helped bring Middle Earth alive.
Personaly John Howe is my favorite ME artist (except perhaps our very own Anushka
). Here are some of my favorite peices:
(The famous scene that now graces so many volumes of LoTR)
(Legolas and Gimli)
(the fall of Gondolin)
I'm sure to most people here many of these look familar. That is because Howe worked on the LoTR movies.
Who are your favorite ME artists?
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BTW, that's not violence, at least that's not the word for it in English. Violence, as in the kind at a rally, is physical hitting or throwing stuff or breaking or vandalizing. This banner is supposed to have a violent message, but that doesn't mean the protestors are violent.
Just in case you never heard about this, the protest did result in some violence (only some scuffles with police I think).
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I can see your point. Freedom of speech is good and all, but when it becomes violent we have a problem.
Would you try to stop someone who thinks some other way?In some instances, yes. Personaly I believe (as both a Catholic and a human) that abortion is akin to murder, and the abortionists are murders as are the women (and some men who force their girl friends/wives to get abortions) who choose to kill their unborn baby.
I have participated in several anti-abortion protests (all peacefull), written several letters to various politicians (I have yet to get a personal response), and was extremely disgusted when in my city of London, the University of Western Ontario gave the abortionist Henry Morgentaler a honary degree for his work (in fact much of my school did not attend that day so we could go to the protests and attend a special mass held by the bishop).
That being said, I would try to stop a woman who planned to get an abortion (I would try to stop a murder wouldnt I?). They are entitled to their own opinion, but then again so are the nazis.
perhaps, do you have an uncrossable line, where you cannot tolerate someone's else beliefsWhen those beliefs include what I believe to be murder, I have a hard time accepting them. I truly (as much as some of you might find this crazy) that allowing abortion is just as bad as legizing murder. I find it ironic that many of the same people who support abortion also are against the death penalty (and vice versa, although I personaly do not believe in any form of murder).
I do understand the concept of individual rights and freedoms, but abortion takes it too far.
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You make a good point. I suppose that might fit in with my survival of the fittest theory for orcs. But another thing came to my mind- is orc leadershi hereditary? The orc general Bolg was the son of the general Azog, so this might point to hereditary leadership and family ties among orcs.
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I too was obsessed with that pokemon crap. About a month ago I saw a rerun of one of those old pokemon shows, and it suddenly dawned on me how incredibly stupid pokemon was, and how incredibly stupid we all were for watching it
Romans: Building: Civil Centre
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However if the arch and the columns were to be removed, it would not be a suitable Municipium for a thriving city. Tough call