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5. God allowed no democracy in the decision to begin the slaughter. |
6. Peace, liberty and justice for all doesn't include almost everyone on Earth getting killed because they're judged by one being to be unworthy. |
7. God didn't have respect for the interdependent web of which we are a part. Instead, he took his divine broom and smashed the web. |
Yet, two Sundays ago, I was stood up in the pews to sing a Unitarian Universalist hymn with my kids next to me, when I found that another song had been placed in the order of service. It was a song celebrating what God did in the story of Noah's ark. |
"Rise and shine |
and give God the glory, glory |
Children of the Lord. |
The Lord said to Noah: |
There's gonna be a floody, floody. |
The Lord said to Noah: |
Theree's gonna be a floody, floody. |
Get those children out of the muddy, muddy |
Children of the Lord." |
Standing next to my kids, watching them listen to and try to sing this song, it struck me that the whole point of the Noah's ark story is that God wanted most children to be left in the muddy, muddy, to run from the waters and then be drowned. This song went through several verses, each one suggesting how glorious it w... |
I don't want to get too judgmental, but aren't there worse things than being judgmental - like the idea of drowning huge numbers of people, for example? Yes, I think that the ideas inherent in the story of Noah's ark are not good ones, and I don't think that they're ideas that are worthy of being taught in a Unitarian ... |
I get the impression that many people in my Unitarian Universalist congregation would feel a bit uncomfortable with me saying this. I've seen many people in the church teaching the concept that we need to accept others people's beliefs without judgment, citing the core principles listed above, saying that we need to sh... |
Does accepting another person require me to avoid judging their ideas? Can I not acknowledge some inherent worth and dignity of a person and still believe that the ideas that they promote are harmful? I'm seeing in my congregation that issues of what constitutes a responsible search for meaning often are made secondary... |
I see the congregation embracing Huston Smith's assertion that we ought to focus on what's good in other people's religions, and not emphasize the negative aspects when we evaluate their worth. It's not a worthwhile thing, I hear them advise, to get wrapped up in finding fault in other people's beliefs. |
So, I've been trying over the last several days not to find fault with the Noah's ark story. I've been trying to find some redeeming aspect of the story - like the idea of God's promise at the end, and what that might symbolize, as some kind of promise of nurturing nonviolence and stewardship of the natural world. |
The truth is that I cannot accept the validity of those interpretations of the Noah's ark story, because they completely ignore the core idea of the myth: That killing people is just fine when you judge them to be wicked, and you can exterminate their children and their animals and wreck their homes too. Some may say t... |
In the Noah's ark story, the promise by God after the flood to not kill nearly the entire human race again seems arbitrary. There's no genuine self-judgment in God's decision to be more merciful in the future. The God character just decides to be that way, while retaining the power to change his mind, which he does in ... |
The Noah's ark story represents an uncompassionate and unjust religious attitude. It is a religious story, but I don't think it's wise to give it a special exemption from criticism just because it's a part of some peoples' religious traditions. |
The truth is that the violent, unjust attitude taught in the story of Noah's Ark isn't just an historical footnote from ancient Israel. It's a strong influence in our present day culture. Politicians and religious leaders continue to use the story of Noah's ark as a justification for extremely ugly statements - like so... |
I don't accept the idea some propose that all religions, or all parts of any particular religion, support the same truth. I see a conflict between the values promoted in the seven principles of Unitarian Univeralism and the values promoted in Noah's ark. So, that's why it's my hope, having thought this through, to spea... |
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Constructor for a StreamReader instance. |
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Soul Calibur V Sales Discussion |
1. but i don't want to wait for 4 years for a mistake to be corrected. that's a long time. it feels like SC4 came out forever ago. |
2. HiguraShiki |
HiguraShiki [07] Duelist |
Raphael isn't bad. Just dodge and use simple moves >_< |
3. Eziwolf |
Eziwolf [06] Combatant |
That's what happens when you disappoint half of your playerbase. |
Hardcore tournament players may be pleased, but you can't only do a game for them and hope it will end well. |
Maybe SCV was an attempt to make extra money with minimum effort before dropping the series. Who knows. |
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4. darkfender |
darkfender [07] Duelist |
do you have a minimum idea how much netcode and other new mechanics did cost to them? |
adding offline features or recicling old character is lot easier. |
As its not true they disappointed half their player base.. |
Simply nowaday people are no more interested in gameplay like it used to be but only in other secondary aspects... |
Otherwise street fighter 2 would've been a flop....his story sucks and had the 2 protagonists almost identical. |
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Kane oh riri |
I don't really understand why sales were so poor. I'm not buying the "3 mimics = death to the game" theory. |
the game is awesome ... the story is a bit ... lacking. the game has some bugs [what games don't?], but a patch is in the works. the graphics are amazing, the netcode is amazing ... the game is definitely fun. so what gives? no hype ? bad marketing ? [there seemed to be a LOT of advertisement for the game ... a lot... |
5. UnseenWombat |
UnseenWombat [14] Master |
I see your point bro, but I have to disagree. I think story is incredibly important to drawing in the casuals. Everyone heard, "Yeah, it's a good fighter, but the story and arcade mode absolutely sucks" and they weighed the option of spending their $60 on a less-than-great game versus just waiting for something bet... |
Yeah, I think we can forget ever seeing an arcade release of SC ever again. I don't understand why the Japanese are so in love with Tekken and hate SC so much, but that's the way it is. |
Hm, yes, I've heard some people complain about balance, but when you take the time to... Wait a second, what's this... |
Every ounce of credibility you had, and every reason I had to respond to you intelligently just flew out the window. SC4's online was TRASH compared to this game. What are you smoking man? |
Tekken 6 has pretty much run its course. Tekken Tag won't be out til Christmas. I don't play those other 2D kiddie cartoon fighters, but I guess they do have a following, and maybe people are saving up for SFxT. IDK. |
I agree. I don't think even DLC will pull up the numbers enough to make this a success. |
You mean if. And sadly, I'd say it's a pretty big if. |
They disappointed a hell of a lot more than half their player base. I'd say they disappointed about 90% of them. Remember, we're the people who would (probably) buy the game no matter what. The other people, who buy most of the copies and ultimately make the game a success or a flop are disappointed. |
And I can't believe this game cost them more to make than something like SC3, which actually increased (by a lot) the content from the previous game. Pretty much all the characters, except for Viola and Zwei are clones of the previous game's characters, with even the same win, move, intro, etc. animations. Creation... |
Don't get me wrong, I love the netcode and the game play, but you and I are not really the target demographic to make the game successful. All the casual fags who wish Darth Vader would have come back are. The team lovingly tried to cater to us, and in that they succeeded, but there's just not enough of us to reall... |
I agree it wasn't the mimics, though the hype did die down significantly after they announced them. And I don't think casuals buy a game thinking, "Well, it's not so great now, but maybe they'll patch it. Here's my $60." No, they wait til after the patch drops and see if it's worth their money then. And then maybe ... |
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6. darkfender |
darkfender [07] Duelist |
is there even any doubt? and i am not talking about natsu that is not that good you can check how the people play the game in competitions....and get your conclusions. |
The worse have still to come. (people saying they cannot even attempt at BB risking JG to tell one). |
before showing how close minded you are, you should try to understand..... |
scIV online was trash. |
but how was virtua fighter online? ups no online..... |
and DoA for ps3? :O on xbl wasn t either that popular |
In scIV basically anyone could spam few moves in few minutes...if you take a beginner he won t notice how lag impacts the yes the game appealed to most casual this does. |
But now people can choose between SF4, tekken and other fighting games. |
7. mpgeist |
mpgeist [01] Neophyte |
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