I think it is a metaphor. Certainly an interesting statement if you look at the church (organisation) today, compared with the Chrurch (believers like you and...
If you're going to come out rather forcefully as being against something, you should take time to make sure you actually have your facts straight. Almost...
In a message dated 9/1/03 12:18:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ***** You know, this could make a real good post-rapture/tribulation setting, a 'Left Behind'...
EricVanDenhende@...
Sep 1, 2003 6:07 pm
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The underlying cosmology in most WW games doesn't mater squat really
unless you consciously make it a part of your game. From what I have seen in
most of my...
... I'm curious, MJ, does someone professing to be a Christian make it okay and acceptable? Our former president, Mr. Clinton, claimed to be a Christian (a...
I don't post much, but I have long played a lot of White Wolf games, so here's another two cents. Thomas asked what benefit there might be in playing Demon:...
<< The underlying cosmology in most WW games doesn't mater squat really unless you consciously make it a part of your game. From what I have seen in most of my...
... I don't think your objections are very coherent. Werewolf isn't written as a Christian game; why should its developers be culpable when their setting...
There is an objection that certain games contain too much of the 'occult'. I'm curious -- what do people mean by the word 'occult'? It's not a word that...
... I've complained about the use of the word 'occult' before. Everyone has a different meaning for it, so it's an almost entirely useless term for a clear...
Hello All, I just wanted to let everyone know about RhemaCon. This is the Premier Online Christian Roleplaying Convention. You can go to www.rhemacon.net to...
This movie looks very interesting to me. I have heard that it is indeed based on Vampire and Werewolf by White Wolf. Anyone planning on seeing it? Jim ... ...
It is? Like the Kindred: The Embraced TV series was? I was going to see it just because I think it sounds like a pretty neat version of Romeo and Juliet. ... ...
We have all been through the scriptures in 1 Cor 8 and Rom 14. So we know the bottom line there; a> don't be a stubling block to your brothers and sisters...
From watching the pre-views it looks like another shootem up violence for the sake of violence movies. Maybe nice eye candy, but ultimately nothing horror...
Rod, you can't seriously tell me that Alien wasn't at least in part... violence for the sake of violence... it's in the genre. *From the most extreme...
... continue existing -- even vegetarians eat formerly living things* ... Of course is that evil? God gave us the need to eat, therefore I don't think its...
Actually, the voilence in Alien (not to be confused with Aliens, the second film) was very well thought out and calculated to give maximum scare value. When...
Well, the way we sometimes define *evil* as CHristians, of course it is.... remember, to some vegetarians, eating meat is *evil*.. besides, it's a comment on...
Yes Alien was scary because you never really saw the alien completely. The LACK of special effects was used just as effectively as the special effects in this...
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 15:28:31 -0700 "James Aubuchon" ... the special ... the ... level ... effects ... I've made the case that each of the Aliens movies took a...
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azathoth3@...
Sep 3, 2003 12:51 am
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Starship Troopers, in spite of it's gore and lack of morals, was a good film. The kid who stared in it is claims to be a believer to boot. It was by no means...
... Read the book. The philosophy of citizenship was what it was all about--very good stuff. Plus, it has that scene, "Hello, I am a thirty-second bomb." I...
Space above and Beyond was great... The alien enemy was great... the AI's and snippets of history were good, and the realtionships of the WIld Cards made for a...
... You and Me both Buddy.. believe me... ask my wife :-) *From the most extreme perspective, we all perform little evils to continue existing -- even...
Well, Rod certainly gave me a lot to chew on. I'd like to comment on a few of things... 1) Just curious, but why is it when someone urges caution in an area,...
Hey, Shawn, try IRC - I haven't looked to see if they're still there, yet, but here is info I found at http://www.space-readyroom.de/: Anyone familiar with...