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Lobomoon posted...

All religious people say the ones that don't follow their specific religion are going to hell (assuming it has hell). What else is new?

Catholics don't say this. Catholics say that while you might not go to Hell if you're not a Catholic, your chances of going to Hell very much decrease when you become a Catholic and practice the Faith devoutly.
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nesrtkfan posted...

I'd say all christian denominations agree on this: any kind of sexual act between unmarried peoples is not okay

Most probably, but not all. There are progressive denominations. It's hard to call them Christian though.
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First of all, that's not what he said. He said that people who do not accept God's salvation will go to Hell. This is a fact in Christian theology. If you say no to God (saying no to God and saying no to His salvation are one and the same), you go to Hell. Why would you want to spend eternity with someone you rejected?

Look, people don't get dragged away in chains to Hell for doing bad things. That's not supported by any reputable Christian theologian. Rather, people willingly choose Hell when they are judged. It's not a choice God wants people to make, but it's one He respects. For a lot of people, spending eternity with God would be more painful than eternity in Hell.

Zeus posted...

Probably a good question for a biblical scholar or priest.

I'm no biblical scholar or priest, but I'll answer.

I don't think that, when Joseph married Mary, he did it out of lust. In fact, it's doubtful they ever even had intercourse, as Mary was pregnant (with Jesus) before she got married, and Joseph was already pretty old when he married her. Contrary to the Protestant belief, Mary and Joseph had Jesus and that's it.

The fact that Joseph got married to Mary in no way justifies an old man molesting underage girls.

It's important to remember that this guy isn't exactly a Catholic or Orthodox. He probably either made up his own sect/belief system, or joined a sect of Christianity that happened to support the nonsense he's spewing.
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Reincarnation has never happened and will never happen.
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"Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong."

That was back when we had a common set of values and you could trust strangers to share those values. Now everyone is too cool for that set of values.
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benbeverfaqs posted...

I'm not proving anything, I'm just doubting your claim about cynical hedonistic millennial gamers. For which you, despite my request, did not give any data or proof. I can therefore conclude that you made a nonsense claim.

http://www.pewforum.org/2010/02/17/religion-among-the-millennials/

Very few Millennials are religious these days, versus Gen Z which is a lot more religious and conservative. Millennials are too cynical to believe in God.

benbeverfaqs posted...

You are the most cynical of all millennials in this topic.

Joke is on you, as I'm not even a Millennial. I'm Gen Z.

benbeverfaqs posted...

I never said that a creator cannot exist. In fact I said the opposite, that I'm agnostic. You are the only one making claims, making you the only arrogant one.

You said it's unlikely for a creator to exist. Are you saying that you still believe one does despite that? You did not make that clear.

benbeverfaqs posted...

What I don't understand is why you are not ok with a complex universe with no creator?

Because it makes no sense.

benbeverfaqs posted...

And why you are ok with a complex universe with a (by laws of nature) even more complex creator?
Even if the second one is more complex and more unlikely.

Because the second makes a lot more sense than the first.

benbeverfaqs posted...

People back then knew nothing about for instance redshift.

That does not mean they're wrong.
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FourthDimension posted...

I agree with this, which is why it's silly (and arrogant) to think it would reward us for being, what is generally considered, morally "good".

Define what is generally considered morally "good". I think it probably does care about us, otherwise it wouldn't have bothered creating us.

FourthDimension posted...

Or that it gives a f*** about us at all.

Why would you assume that? This is what I'm talking about when I say cynical Millennials.

benbeverfaqs posted...

I based my doubts about your assumption on reading other topics

An excellent sample size I'm sure. 10/10 social science.

benbeverfaqs posted...

they tend to care about more, or about other things, than just gaming and sexual pleasures.

Yeah, they also care about the dankest memes.

benbeverfaqs posted...

I can't even comprehend the universe, let alone an entity that created it. Why call me arrogant?

Because you assume that a creator cannot exist because of some paradox. You're implying that a hypothetical creator would have to submit to the law of this paradox which exists according to human logic. This means you're implying that a creator would have to be bound by human logic. It is arrogant to presume that a creator would be subject to human logic.

benbeverfaqs posted...

To me, it is you who sounds arrogant with your made up claims.

I didn't even make up these claims. These claims have been around for thousands of years if not more.

benbeverfaqs posted...

I never assumed that an omnipotent being would be comprehensible to a human mind

But you did imply it.
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benbeverfaqs posted...

I can tell you with a high level of certainty that this is not true.

Really? If you're "very certain", then you probably have data. Where is it?

benbeverfaqs posted...

Being hostile like that won't convince the no voters that your other assumption -that there is a god- is worth anything.

I'm not expecting them to change overnight regardless.

benbeverfaqs posted...

Since creators lead to the neverending creators paradox, it's unlikely there is a creator.

Or maybe the actual first creator is beyond human understanding of paradoxes? Why do you assume that an omnipotent being would be comprehensible to the human mind? That's pretty arrogant.
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FourthDimension posted...

Logic dictates that something or someone has always existed. Why not draw the line at the Big Bang?

Why not draw the line at God? Why the Big Bang? How would a mass of matter be intelligent to know when to explode or exactly how to explode?
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FourthDimension posted...

Any mind that could create a universe would have to be more complex than the universe itself. And by your logic a mind that is able to create a universe would be so complex it would have to have a creator. And that creator would have to have a creator, etc, etc.

No, because logic dictates there has to be a first creator at some point. Something had to be that first mover that got the universe created.
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1. Why do you put the term "God" in quotes in the title? I put the term in quotes just now because it's proper to do so from a grammar and mechanics standpoint, but I don't think you have the same excuse for your title.

2. Yes, I do believe that God exists. While one cannot necessarily deduce the nature of God from secular reasoning, one can in fact deduce that it is very improbable that everything in existence came into existence out of mere coincidence. In fact, one can even deduce that coincidence itself does not exist, and therefore there must be a reason for everything despite us not necessarily knowing the reason.

3. Not surprised at all by the poll results. A lot of the schmucks on here are cynical Millennials who only care about gaming and getting laid. They don't want to consider that they've been living their lives in a stupid, hedonistic way, and just want to focus on gaming and getting laid.
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Not for me. And ALttP is still better than both.
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My issue with the poll is that it doesn't have a "I have a 3DS and am a Pokemon fan, but Ultra Sun and Moon do not appeal to me" option.
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Sarcasthma posted...

Anyways, if you dont like that source, please provide one that shows physical sales still make up the majority of all sales.

I never said that I thought for sure physical makes up the majority. I specifically said I'm not sure. I appreciate the effort on your part regardless. I might as well close the topic, since no more good can come of it.
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Sarcasthma posted...

So...video games like Candy Crush shouldnt be included when we talk about video game sales?

Nope. Call me elitist if you like.
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Sarcasthma posted...

Lets start posting some sources.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-04-19-digital-sales-now-represent-74-percent-of-the-us-game-market

You know, that source seemed really promising, then I saw this:

"From a demographic perspective, it's interesting to note that adult women represent a greater portion of the video game-playing population (31 percent) than boys age 18 or younger (18 percent)."

Yeah, no. This article is being dishonest. It's equating people who casually play Candy Crush on their phones for 2 minutes at a time to people who play actual console/PC games. That's like equating some shmuck who flies an RC copter in his backyard to a guy who flies a fighter jet for the military and calling them both pilots. It's just a stupid thing to do.

Of course, this doesn't mean the rest of the article is bogus too, but it does make it suspect.
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Sarcasthma posted...

SunWuKung420 posted...

Zero_Maniac posted...

Consoles are still more popular than PC by a landslide.

I download more than 50% of my games directly from the matrix.

Same. Plus, consoles (or at least the PS4) have flash sales that definitely encourage digital downloads.

Physical copies get sales too.
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Sarcasthma posted...

Zero_Maniac posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

I'm not sure what their sources are, but do you not think that over half of all video game sales are digital by this point?

I'm not sure myself. It would also depend on what the data includes. If it includes every single little microtransaction as a sale, then yeah, I guess it would make sense for over half of all video games sales to be digital.

Just look at how popular Steam is. There's no way digital doesn't account for at least half of all sales by this point.

Consoles are still more popular than PC by a landslide.
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Sarcasthma posted...

I'm not sure what their sources are, but do you not think that over half of all video game sales are digital by this point?

I'm not sure myself. It would also depend on what the data includes. If it includes every single little microtransaction as a sale, then yeah, I guess it would make sense for over half of all video games sales to be digital.
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Zangulus posted...

Zero_Maniac posted...

Zangulus posted...

I prefer to count from one iteration to the next. In which case this would be the 6th time a Poll of the Day has stood where you are.

This post makes no sense. Care to clarify?

Ergo, you will find that while your first question is most pertinent, it is also the least important.

Ergo, you suck at clarification. Your pretentious word choice isn't doing anyone any favors either. I asked you nicely to clarify the first time, and you seemingly either refuse to do so, or are incapable of doing so. Which is it?
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Zangulus posted...

I prefer to count from one iteration to the next. In which case this would be the 6th time a Poll of the Day has stood where you are.

This post makes no sense. Care to clarify?
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It acts on the assumption that over half of video game sales are indeed digital. I remember the previous poll indicating over half of the voters being digital only or something like that. Is that where they're getting their data from, or are they getting it from an actual reliable source?
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Ben111 posted...

Zero_Maniac

How could people not deduce that there has to be something from which everything else came?

Where did God come from if everything has to have a creator?

God always was and is. As humans, we really can't wrap our heads around that, but that doesn't make it untrue. There has to be a "first mover" or someplace/thing/one where everything else came from.

Science says matter (and energy) cannot be created nor destroyed. Well, clearly someone or something had to break that law in order for the universe to be created, no?
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PoIl6177 posted...

Zangulus posted...

Why dont people think like meeeeeeeeee

Why can't (otherwise smart) people figure out a very simple truth?

I don't get it either. How could people not deduce that there has to be something from which everything else came? How could people believe that everything around them, including themselves, is a coincidence? I don't get it.
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Mead posted...

Your future employer is gonna love the way you whine about things

Standard manual labor jobs are more tolerable than filling out paperwork for hours.
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SushiSquid posted...

In this topic, only Windows operating systems exist.

Windows is the most user friendly, and the OS that gets the most support from game developers by far. It's pretty much the best OS as far as your average joe is concerned. Linux of course has more functionality (from what I hear), but it's not nearly as user friendly, and has barely any game support. Same with Mac. Other operating systems are so niche that they're not worth mentioning.
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Fat_Dog_Mendoza posted...

Based on the answers over the years, it looks like the people who started using Gamefaqs as minors stuck with it over time, rather than being replaced by new kids. From 99-03 minors were the majority of users, but today it's looking like they're a maximum of 6%.

That's because kids these days are too busy playing mindless shooters and getting scolded by their parents for failing school assessments to be bothered with GameFAQs.
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