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Ember had this to say about Punky Brewster:
"I can't beleive I saved this guy. He's anti-socail, thinks he's evil kanevil and hardly speaks!"
-Duo Maxwell about Heero Yuy
Duo = teh r0x0r.
Mind you, my surname is Potter so I get lot and LOTS of poeple coming up to me and going 'Umm *stupid grunting noise* ah hhu hu, Do you have a ,huh huh, brother called Harry? huh, hurh *snorts of idiot laughter*'
Dunno if I'm your age, tough. I'm 22.
She writes like Roald Dahl, and he was a favorite of mine when I was little.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
That's about it.
I still go into the J section at the library cause there are new books by some of my favorite authors when I was a kid, like John Bellairs and Diana Wynne Jones, and all those new rewritten fairy tales.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Ember impressed everyone with:
I liked...well, I didn't read very much when I littler.
Question- Is 'funner' a word?
yes a no. its isn't a word you should use while writing. but people use it in speach. so it can be considered a word. just don't use it in writing
My 66 year old grandmother likes them 
Ive never read em.
Well I can explain that... I'm an artist and I have no time for books! ^_^ If you tell me to read them to get ideas, forget it. My mind is very wild and you can't help it.
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Lyinar had this to say about Duck Tales:
I really like the seriesDunno if I'm your age, tough. I'm 22.
She writes like Roald Dahl, and he was a favorite of mine when I was little.
21 and Lyinar you have it exactly right Dahl rocked
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Aaniele had this to say about Pirotess:
I don;t relly like them, the Shannara sieries is MUCH better. Imho, its actualy better than Tolkien
Well Considering Terry Brooks write to a completely differant age section they would be much more adult than Harry Potter
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We were all impressed when Ember wrote:
I was just wondering.
Anyone think it's evil? Like...ya know...J.K Rowling is a witch (or something to that effect) 'cause me friend burned her cousin books because she thought they where evil.
I thought it was a little 15 century, but that's just me...
Throwing them away would have proved her point in a lot less of a insane way.
Ain't organized religion GRAND?
It is a perfectly fine way to worship and pray. And NO, it's not the church who is putting those type of idiotic things about witches and stuff into people's heads, it's the PEOPLE that are.
Give me 5...no, 3 reasons why Organized Religion is bad
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Elspeth had this to say about Duck Tales:
...Why do you always knock Organized religion Maradon?
The unspoken eleventh commandment: Thou Shall Not Question. The problem with organized religion is that it degenerates into letting other people think for you all too easily.
By definition, organized religion is the mass adoption of various assumptions on the nature of God and the Universe.
This in itself is a bad idea, as it leads one to take the ideals given them and let thier entire perspective stagnate after achieving those few principles. There is no meditation on the nature of God and the universe because "The Church" has already dictated to you precisely what you SHOULD believe the nature of God and The Universe to be. "The Church" is, by the way, a collection of mortals no more infallable than you or anyone else.
On top of the thought-suppressing nature of organized religion, there's the fact that you're opening yourself up to manipulation. During the dark ages, people actually destroyed printing presses because the church deemed them "ungodly" for no other reason than the fact that they helped educate the people. The Church wanted to maintain a monopoly on all knowledge, and it manipulated the people into doing it's bidding by promising fire and brimstone if they didn't. Even today many people are manipulated into giving a percentage of thier income to thier "church" so thier ministers can drive around in mercedes's and wear diamond rings.
Followers of many organized religions have a nasty tendency to be very, very closed-minded and mentally stagnant, often reacting violently to anything that challenges thier way of thinking.
I'm not suggesting that ALL organized religion will invaribly stunt the mental growth of it's follwers and manipulate them, only that it frequently does, as is evidenced by the Nazi-esque burning of the harry potter books.
1. Organized religion has been the cause of some of the bloodiest wars in history.
2. You don't need someone to be a "go between" when you talk to god.
3. It encourages people to be, as maradon? said, close minded. My religion is right, yours is wrong.
4. It can lead to people acting, conscious or not, superior. I accept you, but deep down I pity you because you don't have the same faith as me.
5. Its freightening to me what people are willing to do for religions. David Koresh, The comet people, and, of course the most recent, the NY incident.
Organize religion is, imho, bad. Faith is fine, but you don't need someone else telling you what to believe.
I agree with Maradon
Someone should call down and ask the Devil for some ice cubes.
And Elspeth, have you read the series? If you've read it, then I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on Harry Potter being "the AOL of fantasy books", but if you haven't, then you shouldn't be going on about something you know nothing about.
As was said before, Harry Potter is a juvenile fiction. Of course it's not going to appeal to a lot of people that only like mature fiction. That isn't to say it's a bad series. John Bellairs is a great juvenile writer, as is Diana Wynne Jones, Madelaine L'Engle and Lloyd Alexander. They all have fairly popular series, but that doesn't make them bad just because they're popular.
If you haven't read the books, I think you're just jumping on the bashing bandwagon. If you have, then well, it's just not your thing.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Lyinar stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
I agree with MaradonSomeone should call down and ask the Devil for some ice cubes.
I've been hearing that a lot lately
ya think maybe there's more to me than whining after all?
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Maradon? had this to say about Cuba:
ya think maybe there's more to me than whining after all?
No.
But thanks for playing, anyway.
-Tok
But the ones where people are joyful and singing and dancing in the aisles. Ive never felt more joy in going to church as when I started goin to these types. Before.. I always dreaded sunday's. In fact I miss it terribly because as much as I try researching it.. I dont really find any listings for my type of church. *sigh* I dont see my pastors or their wives driving around with excessively expensive things. They live the same way the rest of us do. Some people make a profession out of being a pastor/minister.. some do it as a side thing. I have seen both.. neither has abused it. The money we donate goes to the costs of keeping the church running.. paying the bills so to speak.. the rest goes to helping those in need. Not all churches or 'organized' religions are bad. Again.. its people who make it bad. Sometimes people are just sheep and follow whatever is told to them. Hell we see it alot in Mexico as the Catholic church has a nice stronghold on it. Shoulda seen how furious my aunt and uncle got when my father wanted to have a service for our grandmothers wedding (because it was our pastor and they were still Catholic) Im by no means bashing the catholic people. But honestly, so long as it brings you joy and doesnt infringe on someone else's rights.. knock yourself out!This has been another babbling post of Synjari because she misses home..
Lynier Lloyd Alexander kicks ass i read the high king last year and ment to pick up more during the summer, never got to it thouhgh.
Just goes to show you shouldn't... judge a book by its cover
Shame on "organized" religion. The world would be a better place without it. In fact, why not just call it "organized" crime. I can't speak for the rest of the "organized" religions but I know for damn sure that the Catholic Church isn't the monster you'd like to pretend it is. No one "makes" you put money in the collection basket, which by the way, goes to good causes and the maintenance of the local Church. No one says "This is what the bible says and you have to do it this way!" Thats ridiculous. As for the Holy Wars, you're right, that was all our fault. The Muslims didn't do shit, I mean, whats burning a few towns and slaughtering a couple thousand or even million inncocents? The Church should have just rolled over and let them devour the world. As for looking down on others because they don't believe the same way I do, everyone looks down on everyone else who doesn't believe the same way they do. I have yet to hear the Pope order the world to stop thinking and bow down. I am not intolerant of others' beliefs, but I will not tolerate them bashing the Catholic Church. You claim that we are in fact intolerant, and yet you are the on perpetrating that very evil. Shame on us, for having a faith that connects people and brings them together. Shame on us for praying for the world. Shame on us for believing something contrary to your beliefs.
Shame on us for being generous, loving, and kind. Since we are a group of people sharing the same belief with a hierarchy that has lasted for millenia, we are obviously wrong.
Die plz k thx.
[ 10-08-2001: Message edited by: Star Collective ]
Oh yeah, I like Harry Potter.
