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Amazing how you could make a fractal so shadowy. Good Job!
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yeah, like a dragon in the darkness barely visible... like if you were sneaking up on it or trying to sneak past it. *likes tooo* 
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thanks I really like this , I'm pleased you do too
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yeah, just the fact that you named it after an indian god doesn't quite work for me
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omg! dude, you gotta learn to be accepting of other cultures yeah?
i'm offended by this comment and i'm not even religious!!
peace and love thy neighbour whatever. how about get off your high horse and start realising that you're only human and god can't change that.
do you feel happy knowing that you are part of the destruction of this planet?
i certainly don't.
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Heheh, it seemes that you think you know me by reading one line I wrote out of a whole context you might not know 
But okay, that judgementunconsidered, why do you think I don't accept those people when I have a problem with one of their ancient gods? Can it not be that I have a concern for them, yet disapprove of a religion that sacrifices people?
And how am I part of the destruction of this planet? If you explain me I might be able to see it and change it, because now I don't see it. But I don't want to wreck a planet.
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welll. oil. fire. fast food. child labour. ozone destruction. excessive consumerism. america's defiance towards the kyoto treaty. plastic. air travel. cars. sea pollution. cfc's. hunting for the hell of it. destruction of ancient rainforest. war. firearms. the a-bomb. greed.
and any other man-made means of destructing this planet.
our race (humans) is responsible for the rapid decline that this planet is in.
do you recycle? do you use solar/wind/hydro power?
do you walk/cycle instead of using fuel consuming transport?
do you excessively use your air conditioning unit?
do you boil a full kettle?
do you leave lights on when you're not in the room?
do you have your thermostat set above 20 degrees centegrade?
do you use aerosols?
do you give a shit?
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do you recycle? do you use solar/wind/hydro power?
Here in Belgium, recycling is ordered by law. And yes, I'm glad it is.
solar/wind/hydro power isn't very advanced here yet.
do you walk/cycle instead of using fuel consuming transport?
Most of the time I do, yes.
do you excessively use your air conditioning unit?
I live in Belgium. Houses don't have, air conditioning units here. And in the car I am not the one deciding, since I don't drive one.
do you boil a full kettle?
no.
do you leave lights on when you're not in the room?
unless I forget to put them out I don't.
do you have your thermostat set above 20 degrees centegrade?
most of the time not
>do you use aerosols?
is that some kind of ventilator? If so, then yes I do.
do you give a shit?
when I'm on the toilet only
But yes I do care, probably less then you do, but yes I care.
but what does this have to do with my comment on Jadis' work? Unless you think that christianity stands for all the things you stand for. I would then urge you to cease your judgement, because, whatever gives you the idea that that would be, it is not. In fact, the bible teaches us to take care of our planet, and more importantly, our fellow man.
I do not know where you live, but if the christians over their give you the image that christianity is wrecking the planet, well, then they really don't seem to know their bible, or they still need to learn all that stuff. We can't know everything instantly, can we?
But I am honoured by your care and love. Thank you.
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It is good that your government passed a law enforcing recycling
i'm british, and i care a lot about my planet.
i don't have any quarells with chrisitanity as a concept, except that it condemns so many other religions
but the best thing i ever heard was something written by an ex-missionary,
he said that he couldnt bear to introduce christianity into the lives of innocent tribes who don't even have possessive words for "mine" and "yours" they have only one word and that is "ours"
all they know is good, they work hard to protect each other and he was not prepared to introduce the concept of the devil and evil into their lives because they were so innocent of it.
and i think that's beautiful of him.
it is just that you say that god is great and all that,
and you condemen another culture (homocide, whatever form, is mostly wrong, even sacrafice)but you don't once stop to think "maybe as a westerner i am doing more damage to this planet than these primitive cultures could ever do"
it's not your fault that you were born the person that you are, living where you do.
and i'm glad that you make the right choices in the simple things that can slow the destruction of planet earth.
but you would be surprised at the amount of people who claim to be christians and they drive to work, instead of taking the train or bus.
they'd quite happily boil a full kettle
they would in fact, happily cheat on their wife and abandon their family for a younger pece of ass.
they would happily invade and destroy another country
they would happily torture and shoot people
they would happily bomb schools and busses
in fact many supposedly peaceful religions have caused war at some time...
so much pain and death has happened as a result of religious wars.
even my prime minister claims to be christian and he sent troops to iraq with america's armed forces to overthrow saddam (who was evil)
but for oil?
yes i think that was one of bush's aims.
the way modern society is, we consume so very much and give back so very little.
a vast majority of people just switch off if you tell them how they can help the environment. and i bet you some of them are christian.
i'm not saying that you're a bad person,
but there is just so much that christianity offers with it's views that i cannot accept.
and the fact that you base your religion on a book. written by who?
some guys that knew jesus...
ok, well knowing that much i'd know not to take it all literally.
and even translations of the bible from latin have been massively flawed.
i'd just like to be able to believe in human goodwill and kindness.
but at this rate i doubt it'll happen soon. have you seen the state this world is in?
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Heh, I don't even claim to be a good person. By my own strength I can never keep an ethic code as strict as the bible's ethic code. But it is my conviction that that moral code is absolute. And knowing the culture the bible was written in rules out most of doubts you could have.
It's even so that there is more proof for Jesus' excistence then for Alexander the Great, for example. Still, he is comonly accepted to have exsisted.
Not that people nowaday follow his every word. But perhaps, if you would like to accurately judge about wether or not to believe in Jesus of Nazareth or not, you should look for a small book called 'More then a Carpenter'. It's written by some professor that set out to prove that Jesus wasn't real or who He claimed to be.
Anyway. There are alot of people that claim to be christian, but really aren't, as you have rightly noticed around the world.
But there really are people who live out their faith the right way.
Anyway, the comment I made of Jadis' title, had nothing to do with condemning a culture on itself. But that she, as a professing christian, named her work after a 'false god'. It made me concerned about her, and I was not condemning her or her work, or that culture.
I'm glad at how you look at society and people, and who knows, I might cross the channel once and perhaps we'll meet (I'll be sure to bring chocolate then)
And I am honored that you took the time to argue with me.
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belgian chocolate could sure end all wars.
and it' easter soon.
happy day for jesus escaping the cave and all that.
shame they dont put a bag of sweets inside the chocolate egg anymore
yeah, it's wierd how i eat pancakes on pancake day, have easter eggs/chocolate at easter and give people stuff at christmas. yet still dont celelbrate the original meaning for these festivals
although on the calendar christmas is more of a winter solstice... jesus was born in spring, but oh well. if it's more convenient then why not?
maybe instead of doing the national holidays which are christian based.. maybe i'll get my hands henna'd next time i go to a wedding. that'd be fun.
i love henna, it looks beautiful and smells really organic.
i miss primary school where we celebrated every single religious holiday there was.
i used to live in london and my school was full of hindus muslims and jews.
i was the only white girl. it was awesome.
i remember diwali that was my favourite. festival of lights methinks.
the story to that one was beautiful about a goddes who walks through the town turning out the lights and there was an evil withc in it or something? i dunno i was little.
oh sorry im rambling on.
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i lived in a poor part of london until i was about 7 and went to school with the kids of lots of refugees and migrant working class people. mainly from asia.
although there was about 20% of the school who came from african origins.
it was wierd moving to the countryside, where there are mainly white kids.
but as soon as i got to college i found myself three best friends. only one of them white, which was totally unintentional but thinking about it, i guess it reflects on my childhood slightly.
my friend Rukshana is great fun, although she can't come out often because her parents are very strict muslims and they punish her for not praying..
but she claims not to be religious at all. and yet she can't stand the idea of eating pork, lol. religion is a peculiar thing.
you seem incredibly fluent in English, why not try reading "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman. it's a trilogy and it might take a while to get through but you might find it interesting.
It has a skewed perspective on religion and angels and has the most beautiful storyline ever.
don't take any of the religious content literally, it may be the author's views but the fictional world(s) that he has created are amazingly rich and flawless in detail.
you should be able to get hold of it quite easily
in fact, i think i might read the whole trilogy again.. i almost forgot i had it!
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Oh, more reading! Lol, I need to let the books rest atm to study for my drivers licence, yet still seem to always be reading at least two books at the same time (about half of them in english, that might explain my english).
But perhaps I'll give it a try. Maybe our Library has it.
I have a reccomendation for you too. You might allready have read it tough. It's the Pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan. See if you like it. It's christianity explained in a fantasy/allegorical way. I know I like the book.
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