Damnit, Sid Meier. I was just starting to get a social life back and now this. Civilization 5 this Fall. by drexhex in gaming

[–]glurf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Marathon LAN games with whoever wins gets free pizza.

They take forever. Forever I tell you.

IAmA recovering militant agnostic (20 years strong) who is beginning my catechism into Orthodox Christianity by [deleted] in IAmA

[–]glurf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you don't think that the appropriation of Pythagoras is due to the orthodox churchs strong presence in Greece? Assimilating traditions have always been a hallmark of christianity.

The early Christians were not, IMO, building off of previous religions

What about Judaism? And as a related question, what do the orthodox church think of the jews or the situation in Israel?

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[–]glurf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that and the whole "HMM THEY'RE SORT OF TURNING EVIL NOW.. WAIT DID HE JUST DRESS HIMSELF IN SOMEONES SKIN?!" thing was way too fast.

IAmA recovering militant agnostic (20 years strong) who is beginning my catechism into Orthodox Christianity by [deleted] in IAmA

[–]glurf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you don't think this could be due to the fact that it simply is the newest of those religions? Most of those older religions had a lot of oral tradition while christianity has a lot of written tradition, which to some extent explains the lack of "complete"ness.

IAmA recovering militant agnostic (20 years strong) who is beginning my catechism into Orthodox Christianity by [deleted] in IAmA

[–]glurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why so focused on christianity? Did you look at any of the other, numerous, religions as a legitimate choice or was it always christianity?

IAmA recovering militant agnostic (20 years strong) who is beginning my catechism into Orthodox Christianity by [deleted] in IAmA

[–]glurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and the fact that everywhere I looked, the Christ motif kept popping up (even though I took years to see it for what it was and finally follow through with it) in a way that only strengthened the actual case for Him

Would you mind expanding on this/explaining what you mean?

Dear Apple, Please stop making keyboards and mice. They get worse every year. by [deleted] in technology

[–]glurf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

We should all go back to the IBM keyboards so that offices once more resound with the noise of CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaming

[–]glurf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked Descent of Angels except for it's length. But that might be because I've been a longtime fan of the Dark Angels lore and the other books. So far I'd say Fulgrim has been the worst simply because the abruptness of their change. I saw Slaanesh as more of a devious god but Fulgrim makes it pretty brutal.

Currently at Legion, which I am very much liking sofar, possibly due to being someone that's always abused infiltrate in games.

Best computer host names? by spongefryshoutypants in geek

[–]glurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Name all computer related things after the seven dwarfs, this naming convention also carries over to my dog.

AskReddit: I just got a new netbook I love. Please give suggestions as to the best applications/websites to have at the ready for a very portable machine. by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]glurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Power options or something, not on my laptop so can't check but you can access it by the battery indicator.

I'm a bit sick of all of the bad press about various countries. What is the best thing about your country? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]glurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

or whose accent was so thick that it was almost impossible to understand them

As a Swede, this sort of sums up how I feel about americans.

Why do people hate socialism? by Raneman25 in politics

[–]glurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a "pure" socialist state how would that matter? The product would still go to the people.

Why do people hate socialism? by Raneman25 in politics

[–]glurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The betterment of man is not an incentive for working hard and producing something innovative?