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Rant Thread ( Feel free to contribute)

CidTheKid said
Wait, so you're not even paying for this treatment, and you're still complaining about the lack of painkillers?

Touche. Your abuse is much worse though.

Rant Thread ( Feel free to contribute)

CidTheKid said
The whole point of subsidizing transportation for college students(along with other social benefits) is to make college affordable and open for the masses. Not something to bury yourself in debt with for the next 10 years of your life after you graduate, nor something exclusive to the rich, or even the middle class. Tuition is in fact, free of charge within public institutions here.Hence why charging full price is abuse, plain and simple, and completely invalidates one of the few good, minor things to come out of the government.

Wait so you're not even paying for tuition, and you're still complaining about the lack of discount? Pretty sure burgers aren't 'exclusive to the rich' either. If Juanita Immigrante is paying $8 then so should you.

Rant Thread ( Feel free to contribute)

CidTheKid said
I hate it when the collectors refuse your student id, and expect you to pay the regular fare. Because clearly, it's my fault students are entitled to a discount, and taking advantage of that discount is immoral. The shouldn't be putting down those who are going to school just because they never did. Moreover, when it does happen, other people just treat it like a fact of life, as if this sort of abuse were absolutely inevitable. It's corruption, at the very lowest level, and it pisses me off because nobobdy cares, and they just let it happen. And then they deal with other abuse with the exact same attitude, making absolutely everything worse.

You can afford college, you can afford full price for a goddamn cheeseburger.

Pope Francis May Die Soon??? He's Not Well

I was getting ready to write an essay, but then I deleted it for the sake of all our sanity. Let's spark-notes this bitch.

BUT, A VERY VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE is that they have a different thing of how people should be accepted into Heaven and such. See, evangelicals believe that anyone who has true faith in Jesus "if they trust him with their lives and follow him - then they are made totally acceptable to God because of Jesus’ death (Romans 3:23-26)" also, "it doesn’t depend on how good a life we live but only on our trust in Jesus. If we follow Jesus, we are guaranteed a place in Heaven when we die (Luke 23:43)." Catholics, though, believe that a spot in Heaven determines the life they have lived. So, if they have lived a good life (in their terms) then they should be in Heaven.

Not.... really. What you're describing here is 'pre-determination' or 'pre-destination' -- put as simply as I dare, that means that God already knows who's going to choose to become a good ol' christian man or woman, and helps them become that good person. That's a fairly common doctrine in both protestant/evangelical circles and in catholicism -- sometimes attributed to something called 'Calvinism,' which you couldn't possibly need to know anything about. Point being -- you're sort of slipping a bit at the end there, because (to the best of my knowledge) Catholics don't teach that good people 'should be in Heaven.' Well -- they would, if there were such a thing as 'good people,' but Catholicism incorporates (well, originated, actually) the idea of 'original sin.' In other words, there's no such thing as 'living a good life' without first accepting the unrequited merciful forgiveness of God. Us christians are all pretty much on the same page there -- salvation is a gift, not something you earn by doing good stuff (ephesians 2:8-9).

Where evangelical christianity and catholicism differ is in the delivery of that grace, and to understand that you have to look at ancient Judaism, where atonement for sins was carried out by (among other things, which you can read in detail in Leviticus, if you're feeling morbid) animal sacrifice. It's pretty much what you expect. Now if you were a Hebrew person who wanted to be forgiven for your sins in the eyes of god, you had to take your sacrifice to the priest (high priest? High priests got involved at some point, I forget), who would then conduct a religious rite, which would absolve you of your sins. Why does that matter? Well, because Catholicism continues that notion of priesthood, where evangelical/protestant christianity does not. Here's what I mean. When a Catholic person wants to be forgiven for his sins, he or she goes to the local church and confesses to a real actual priest. The act of confession is akin to the Hebrew person bringing in a lamb for sacrifice (although it's much, much better for the sheep). The priest then conducts a religious rite, which absolves you of your sins in the eyes of god (the confess-ee, once forgiven, must then atone, which is a whole other things, but let's ignore that for now). When a protestant wants to be forgiven for his sins, he closes his eyes, folds his hands, and says "Hey, J-man, hook a brother up, I done messed up on my parole." That role of priest (High priest? I still forget) is being filled by none other than Jesus Christ, trans-dimensional metagod (That's in the book of Hebrews, but I think I paraphrased).

To simplify further -- for a Catholic, church is where you go to be forgiven. For a protestant, church is where you go when you are forgiven. Catholic services are ceremony; protestants are sermon. Liturgy, vs. academic. Structural vs. personal. There's no such thing as a baptist bishop. These are the differences between catholicism and evangelicals (I always call us Protestants, and I'm not sure I've typed the word 'Evangelical' this many times in a day, like, ever). In all scripture-based teaching, it is explicitly spelt out that no amount of being a good person who does good things 'gets you into heaven;' so far as I know, we're all on the same page of that hymnal. I said spark-notes, didn't I? That's the scary part. This is shorter.

Pope Francis May Die Soon??? He's Not Well

Kaga said I feel this needed to be said.

That needs to be said to most people, honestly. Stop fucking worrying about it. It's not your problem. I mean sure, share the love, etc., but (speaking from a Christian background) Jesus is pretty straightforward about who gets to be the judge (hint: it's not you).

Generic 'you.'

Why do people age?

HollywoodMole said
Why not yourself an android?

You can't become an android, because 'androids' are purely synthetic or artificial -- in their most advanced form, a computer that has been made into something approaching human. Cyberization is the opposite process, in which you begin with an organic creature and gradually (or dramatically) convert it to use robotic/mechanical parts. 'Borgs' began as living things, with 'ghosts' of their own. Advanced AIs can replicate biological thinking patterns and organic processes, but there's some debate on whether or not they can ever acquire their own 'ghost.'

Why do people age?

Kaga said
I thought MDK was already on his way to becoming an android?

Cyborg. Androids are robots shaped like humans; a Cyborg is a human (or other organism) with cybernetic parts (typically an occular implant)

Leg Story Time

Smiral said
infrastructure is hard man

I'm hard.

Why do people age?

Kaga said
Found it!

Glad I watched this first, cuz that's a large part of what I was gonna say (the cancerous-growth and anti-cancer gene controls). The other operative theory I've heard about is, there's a pretty strong correlation in most animals between heart rate and lifespan; basically, the mechanical structures in your organs wear down with use, and while you can regrow most natural organic damage, it does eventually take a toll. Even a well-oiled engine eventually fails. We get more beats-per-life than most of the other animals, but still, in principle, there's an average limit out there and most living things adhere pretty closely to it. Obviously, there's more than just a heartbeat going on in your squishy-parts at any given time -- your liver is in constant use, your kidneys are in constant use, hell, even your BRAIN turns on every once in a while. So your life is a constant battle between mechanical breakdown and organic regrowth -- and that's what ultimately drives cell death, cell mutation, and eventually cell dysfunction, organ failure, and flatlines.

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*reads thread*

REALLY? Nobody's said it? Okay, I guess, whatever.

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