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Over at Creation Versus Evolution forum. An indepth discussion of the barbarity of early(–ish) Christianity, something a lot of people skimp over in their haste to denounce Islam.
setting the record straight Historically, Islam has been a religion of tolerance, while Christianity has been just the opposite, a religion of Intolerence.
As a Christian, I believe that we need to realize this failing in our Faith, and
to work towards making Christianity more tolerant. Christianity has a long
history of simply destroying other cultures and religions and in legally
mandating either conversion, expulsion or death. Some examples:
when the conquistadors arrived in South America they burned all of the religious tracts they found and outlawed the practice of any religion except Christianity.
Jews were expelled from England in 1290 under the Edict of Expulsion. They were barred from the Isles until the mid 1600s.
the Crusades which were attempts to redirect internal violence towards a non-aggressive outside neighbor.
Faith's own post describes the heart of Islam to be barbarity, even though the historical facts
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How to perform a bomb–based ground boost. Explanation provided by Erik.
Ground Jump Boost
Comments PyRoTHPS I did a ground jump, then let go of a bombchu in the air to give me a boost.
When you have your sword out, stand infront of the bomb, then hold L+R, and press A to grab the bomb. Your guy will put his sword away instead of grabbing the omb and you won't be able to move. Wait for the bomb to blow up, let go of L+R, then do a backflip.
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SDA’s Fluffy_Kitten shows how to bomb jump (impact boost) the moat in Hyrule Castle in Ocarina of Time.
Hyrule Moat Skip With a Bomb
PyRoTHPS It is very easy. Trick is to stand where I am, wait for it to start beeping fast, run off the ledge, then shield drop it in the air, then press B to jumpslash.
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Ahhh… I found it online! I have a high quality download of this from the Speed Demos Archive website, but this site has an embedded video of Spider–Waffle’s amazing speedrun of the expansion pack game to Half–Life. I prefer this one even to his awe–inspiring speedrun of Half–Life itself (
posted elsewhere on this site)!
The page includes Blake’s commentary on his run. Go to it and watch. Download it from
SDA and support the website!
Half-Life: Opposing Force (PC) - 0:23:09 - Blake Piepho (2005)
Speed run of the Half-Life expansion Opposing Force on hard mode in 93 segments,
completed on February 12 2005. Blake 'Spider-Waffle' Piepho |
Interesting. A recent Gallup poll has shown that muslims in London feel far more integrated than a lot of the ‘native’ population! Done, unfortunately, on a rather small cross–section of the population, nonetheless it shows great hope — and definitely smashes a lot of the talk on muslims unwilling to integrate with Britain…
Muslims Proud to be British
London Muslims are more proud of being British than their non-Muslim
counterparts, a poll revealed this week.
The independent survey by the Gallup Organisation found that the Muslim attitude towards the Government and Britain’s institutions is far more positive than other Britons.
Gallup interviewed 500 Muslims and 1,200 members of the wider population.
81% of London Muslims condemn violence even if used in a noble cause.
74% are loyal to Britain.
69% identify very or extremely strongly with their religion.
82% respect other religions.
The poll showed that loyalty to Britain was greater than the general public: 74 per cent as opposed to 45 per cent.
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clipped from www.evcforum.net
