and the projection of your perception of reality is manifest in totality.Agayek said:Pretty much, yeah.evilnancyreagan said:so, if a person is offended it is only because they chose to be.
and the projection of your perception of reality is manifest in totality.Agayek said:Pretty much, yeah.evilnancyreagan said:so, if a person is offended it is only because they chose to be.
This is horrendously off-topic by this point, but in the end you're going to horribly offend somebody no matter what you say and you can't allow that to negatively impact rational discourse by letting it limit what you can and can't say. All the same, there's no need to be unnecessarily mean-spirited and intentionally try to piss people off, but it shouldn't be difficult to determine the difference between an attack on somebody else's beliefs/way of life and a simple point of discussion. This article was clearly the latter, and if that still offends you anyways then you're just going to have to learn to deal with being offended sometimes because it's ultimately unavoidable, especially when discussing a topic where both science and respected religious leaders alike are not going to back you up.evilnancyreagan said:So, you're saying that it's acceptable to invalidate any beliefs so long as they are contrary to the status quo.Gizen said:This indeed. Many of the stories regarding Jesus are indeed fictional, and are acknowledged as such even by religions themselves, with only the most die-hard and fervent believers refusing to accept that. And whether these people are offended or not can't a basis whether to use an example or discuss something, because otherwise we'd be living in the dark ages still. The article is right to call upon those stories as metaphorical examples, since that's all they ever were. It still never implies that Jesus himself was fictional though, only that some (okay, a lot) of the stuff written about him was.
Now you see, this is what I got out of Halo 4. Near the end, Cortana points out that John seems more like the machine and she is more like the person. That's why John worked as a character, Cortana was the soul and John was the body. She was his conscience.fix-the-spade said:I always thought the biggest problem was the writing of Master Chief.
I mean he's a big, clumsy man child who literally knows nothing about anything but killing, killing and killing. Sooner or later someone has to confront that John 117 is not a functioning human being, I was hoping Halo 4 would have him becoming increasingly unhinged along with Cortana, she's always been his brains.
But alas no, stoic hero type it was.
Just once I'd like him to violently beat an elite to death with it's own plasma rifle, then turn to the horrified Marines with him and snicker about how much fun he's having...
I liked when Master Chief was quiet. I believed it was because he was like me, full of interesting thoughts about life, the universe, and everything, but with the understanding that no one cared. Kinda like Clint Eastwood's characters, they always seem to know what's going on, but have absolutely no intention of bothering anyone with it. In 4, Chief was a stupid child who didn't understand his own limitations.elvor0 said:...I wouldn't say the lore was set up to have much room for you to make your own backstory.
I mean you can if you /want/, but 4 didn't seem to be any more "solid" in how the lore was than 1-3, it just introduced new elements. Master Chief...has always been quiet and essentially empty as far as a personality goes, 4 is hardly the game to start ragging on him for it. Heck, Chief had more personality in 4 than the others I'd say. As far as I can see, the Forerunners were always going to be hyper advanced aliens, it even felt like that's what everyone thought they were In Universe too. This isn't a universe with Gods and Magic.
I dunno, someone could likely correct me on a few of thse things, I'm limited to the games. But with something like Halo I think basing stuff on just the games is okay, as that is it's primary outlet, and the story presented in them shouldn't rely on stuff thats in the expanded universe without explaining it in the games.
Yo,Gizen said:This is horrendously off-topic by this point, but in the end you're going to horribly offend somebody no matter what you say and you can't allow that to negatively impact rational discourse by letting it limit what you can and can't say. All the same, there's no need to be unnecessarily mean-spirited and intentionally try to piss people off, but it shouldn't be difficult to determine the difference between an attack on somebody else's beliefs/way of life and a simple point of discussion. This article was clearly the latter, and if that still offends you anyways then you're just going to have to learn to deal with being offended sometimes because it's ultimately unavoidable, especially when discussing a topic where both science and respected religious leaders alike are not going to back you up.
It didn't "Dis the J-Dawg" and I doubt old school sunday folk are on this site anyways.evilnancyreagan said:Yo,Gizen said:This is horrendously off-topic by this point, but in the end you're going to horribly offend somebody no matter what you say and you can't allow that to negatively impact rational discourse by letting it limit what you can and can't say. All the same, there's no need to be unnecessarily mean-spirited and intentionally try to piss people off, but it shouldn't be difficult to determine the difference between an attack on somebody else's beliefs/way of life and a simple point of discussion. This article was clearly the latter, and if that still offends you anyways then you're just going to have to learn to deal with being offended sometimes because it's ultimately unavoidable, especially when discussing a topic where both science and respected religious leaders alike are not going to back you up.
I be straight chill'n, dawg.
But y'all need to recognize that some old school, sunday folks could be gettin straight-up ill in here when you be dissin hard on the J-man like he's just some punk ass, harry potter ***** from a book.
That be prejudice.Qizx said:I doubt old school sunday folk are on this site anyways.
The issue regarding Cortana's mortality was actually well-written (even if the ending ended up shitting itself with such a corny and stupid "moment"). But yeah, the Storm Covenant seemed like a contrived excuse to recycle the Covenant AI from the old games.Paragon Fury said:The two biggest turn offs for me where how the 343i's version of the Halo universe reads basically like crappy fanfiction (and ruins some of the older games too), and how they went complete CoD-casual for the multiplayer.
Yeah.. the Karen Traviss marks were everywhere. That woman is a menace.Paragon Fury said:The two biggest turn offs for me where how the 343i's version of the Halo universe reads basically like crappy fanfiction (and ruins some of the older games too).