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mangadood

2007-07-17 07:48:02 pm

Too many fangirls to count

Quote from A Silly Goose:

If stupidity were phazon, we'd all be freaky mutants.

I call the sig!

suttsman

2007-07-17 07:48:04 pm

Agent Heart

Quote from Chanoire:

Quote from I:

You guys just can't wait for school to start up again, can you? laugh new

You have no idea how envious I am of you people who still get to pursue education.

Actually, not so great here. I mean, the education and all that stuff is fine, but the local school district had to get rid of 8 million in budget cuts, and, since the nice folks around town were too cheap and child-hating, about 20 of the classes are getting cut out of high school. Teachers from my now "old" middle school are getting cut left and right, and they had to close a newly refurbished elementary school. Sucks. :(

Quote from Chanoire:

I think I looked at this forum for the first time in six weeks just days after someone was banned in an amusing fashion. My first thought was Aww, I missed the fun, followed by What the hell is wrong with me?

Actually, a few. JJAB91 tried sneaking in again (twice... >_>) and that Exeter guy must have pissed of Yoshi and so now, Exeter has Exeted. (bad-um, ching!)

[quote="Chanoire"][quote="I"]You guys just can't wait for school to start up again, can you? :laugh: [/quote]You have no idea how envious I am of you people who still get to pursue education.[/quote]
Actually, not so great here. I mean, the education and all that stuff is fine, but the local school district had to get rid of 8 million in budget cuts, and, since the nice folks around town were too cheap and child-hating, about 20 of the classes are getting cut out of high school. Teachers from my now "old" middle school are getting cut left and right, and they had to close a newly refurbished elementary school. Sucks. :(

[quote="Chanoire"]I think I looked at this forum for the first time in six weeks just days after someone was banned in an amusing fashion. My first thought was Aww, I missed the fun, followed by What the hell is wrong with me?[/quote]

Actually, a few. JJAB91 tried sneaking in again (twice... >_>) and that Exeter guy must have pissed of Yoshi and so now, Exeter has Exeted. (bad-um, ching!)

Lazylen

(user is banned)

2007-07-17 08:02:17 pm

lol, that seems like exactly the opposite of our school system.

see, we don't pay to go to school, the division get tons of funds from the government. Then they stockpile it in an account where nobody can touch it, just in case something happens (which it wont. we're in manitoba!). Then they refuse to ever spend it until someone makes them.

our school has so much excess money they could build a whole new high school with money to burn in the furnace afterward. But they choose not to, instead opting to keep the old bows, bleachers, computers, windows, instruments, wall colors (theyre still the same color as when my dad went to school, and thats 30+ years ago), and teachers, and to instead of making another school, just changing the timetable. :|

i guess thats better though, so now i get to see all my friends when i go to school...

heres a perspective on our school.

we have over 1200 kids, i think.

the school is designed for 500.

suttsman

2007-07-17 08:29:04 pm

Agent Heart

Lucky. Do all Canadians get school free? I could get free school in Wisconsin, (which is close to Canada) but I would have to be poor, which is impossible because, well, I'm posting here! However, all that not changing stuff sounds harsh, especially if they kept the computers for years. aiwebs_016

Also, is the cafeteria food any less or more nastier at Canadian schools? The hot lunch sucks here,(well, except for Pizza Hut on Friday, but that gives me horrible gas... Shocked

) but luckily, we have a la carte, where you can get edible food, like popcorn chicken, or Ice cream stuff, or other stuff people eat.

BioSpark

2007-07-17 08:42:41 pm

Lazylen's school sounds just like mine. Except we actually need more money. :o

arkarian

2007-07-17 09:46:20 pm

red chamber dream

suttsman: I thought you didn't have to pay for public school anywhere in the US (well, not directly, anyway); is that not true?

Chanoire

2007-07-17 09:50:59 pm

There's a science museum/center thing near here that (as of my last visit a few years ago) still has the same computers in a couple of exhibits that they did when I was seven. Apple IIs.

Anyway, I may have deleted the "there isn't enough money in the universe to pay me to go through teenagerhood again" part of my original comment -- I definitely mean higher education. But there were things I could've taken in high school that I'm sorry I wasn't able to as well.

arkarian

2007-07-17 09:55:37 pm

red chamber dream

I am looking forward very much to higher education-- high school was a letdown from the start.

And speaking of Apple, this weekend I get to go with my dad and grandmother to purchase an iMac for the latter, help set it up, and show her how to use it. This should be fun, especially considering she's a longtime doze user.

Lazylen

(user is banned)

2007-07-17 09:57:11 pm

Quote from suttsman:

Lucky. Do all Canadians get school free? I could get free school in Wisconsin, (which is close to Canada) but I would have to be poor, which is impossible because, well, I'm posting here! However, all that not changing stuff sounds harsh, especially if they kept the computers for years. aiwebs_016

its not like theyve kept them for years (we have windows 2000, i think, and some computers have XP), its just that they could use some of their excess funds actually buying stuff, instead of just putting it away for nothing.

unless they're running some underground smuggling operation, they're just stockpiling the cash. then they get us to fundraise so that they can store that money too. :|

they could have paid for our trip to Europe with that money, but they chose to make us all spend over 2.5k bucks on it. they could spend it on any number of things, but they dont.

the last thing they updated was our gym floor, and that was because the division made them do that. that was 5 years ago.

though we're getting new band equipment (i got a new electric piano and amp :D), they have plenty of funds to spend on stuff around here, and they could do any number of things with it.

then again, AutoCAD is expensive, so i guess they spend money there...

[quote="suttsman"]Lucky. Do all Canadians get school free? I could get free school in Wisconsin, (which is close to Canada) but I would have to be poor, which is impossible because, well, I'm posting here! However, all that not changing stuff sounds harsh, especially if they kept the computers for years. [aiwebs_016] [/quote]

its not like theyve kept them for years (we have windows 2000, i think, and some computers have XP), its just that they could use some of their excess funds actually buying stuff, instead of just putting it away for nothing.

unless they're running some underground smuggling operation, they're just stockpiling the cash.  then they get us to fundraise so that they can store that money too. :|

they could have paid for our trip to Europe with that money, but they chose to make us all spend over 2.5k bucks on it.  they could spend it on any number of things, but they dont.

the last thing they updated was our gym floor, and that was because the division made them do that.  that was 5 years ago.

though we're getting new band equipment (i got a new electric piano and amp :D), they have plenty of funds to spend on stuff around here, and they could do any number of things with it.

then again, AutoCAD is expensive, so i guess they spend money there...

TheCheruben

2007-07-17 11:48:45 pm

Quote from mangadood:

they discovered it and invented a way to talk about it.

THANK you. I would never have thought of so practical a way to explain that.

Chanoire writes, "What I disdain is a) lazy posting -- such as not bothering to check the spelling of the usernames "
I've put overmuch energy into these posts, this is a lot of writing for a metroid forum. Anything but lazy. Spellcheck no recognize certain handles.AND spell MY username wrong then, i do not mind at all! HAHAH! Sorry if you do. Sounds painful....
" Color is a spectrum, a continuum"
very much agreed, and more 'real' seen as such than any symbols or systems. "Give me a citation. Because a lot of languages have very limited color vocabulary by our lights"
European

"- and b) condescendingly announcing "truths" while using a frame of reference that is neither evident nor universally accepted and without citing references such as a list of these sun deities which have 12 things around them or scholarly articles on ancient civilizations' approach to numbers."
the condescending is in your perception =D>
Nevertheless referernces abound on the web, and those who are interested will find out. The sun gods surrounded by 12 is found in far more religions that not.... aw jeezz i'll post a few then maybe someone will find it neat (solar heroes included)
******************************************************
Christ became the Lion of the twelve tribes of Judah/ ..had 12 disciples..
, Hercules is the Solar Deity, for as this mighty hunter performed his twelve labors,
... the 12 gods and goddesses surrounding Horus... (12 HORUS = 12 HOURS)
.. but only 12 animals visited Buddha on New Years' Day.... the twelve disciples of the Buddha...... the 12 principles of Buddhism... 12 sources of uncomfort
there are twelve signs of lominions through which (sumerian sungod) Shamash travels
..Surya Narayana, the sun-god, has expanded himself in twelve divisions, and thus he controls the six seasonal changes and causes winter, summer, rain and so on. The adityas were nothing more than the 12 different forms of Surya...
Bhagavatum: The chariot of the sun-god has only one wheel, which is known as Samvatsara. The twelve months are calculated to be its twelve spokes, the six seasons are the segments of the hub blah blah
Odysseus had twelve crew members
.. (god of the sun) Foirus is one of the Twelve Gods or High Spirits (Aeolía) who sprang from the Dream of Avá ....
the statue of Crom in Ulsture stood surrounded by 12 lesser statues,.. blah.. one solar year with each lunar cycle surrounding him
..Arthur was joined by 12 knights at the Round Table....
the Solar boat of Nu holds twelve dieties (egypt)
Muhammad had twelve wives..blah blah of the 12 lords that preceded him......
divided into twelve levels with the Ise Shrine (dedicated to Amaterasu, sun goddess....
here only 12 not 13) ----
Lord Vishnu, one of the 12 Adityas (solar deities.)
.. the 12 olympians..
Gladshiem's, hall of asgard, 12 chairs, one for each god..
Melcarth was frequently represented as the sun-god, and his twelve labors regarded as the ...
.. 12 major gods in the Roman pantheon, 6 male and 6 female..
.."and the three wise men or three kings represent the three stars in the belt of the constellation Orion in the sky, just as Jesus’ twelve disciples or Mithras’s twelve companions or the twelve labors of Hercules or the twelve tribes of Israel represent the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Twelve was a symbolic and mythic number in the ancient world; a way of saying this story isn’t just a local thing, that it refers to the whole universe."...
Built in the 13th century, the entire Sun Temple complex in Konark was designed in the form of a huge chariot drawn by seven spirited horses on twelve pairs of exquisitely carved wheels....
"the 12 sons of Jacob and the 12 tribes of Israel are astro-theology personified"
"Incidentally, now you know why the American jury system has 12 jurors who help bring the truth to light, with the "Light of Truth"."

"Our concept of the twenty-four-hour day comes from Egyptian Sun worship. The Egyptian Sun god, Ra, traveled half the time through the twelve domains of the underworld and half through the twelve domains of the day. Three thousand years before the birth of Christ, Egypt began using a 365 day calendar based on the solar year. In 46 BC, Julius Caesar replaced the Roman lunar calendar with a solar calendar modeled after the Egyptian calendar. Today, 5,000 years later, we still use a form of the Egyptian solar calendar."

ALSO "There have been well over a hundred deities born on the day we call December 25 th , probably over a thousand. It is, by definition, the “birthday” of all solar deities. It’s the time the sun returns, the light returns, days start getting longer, and something deep within us hopes and believes that somehow it might be “on earth as it is in the heavens,” that that light, that divine spark, might be born again in us, as well." (Horus, Mithra and Buddha are the 1st that come to mind)
*********************** ******** ****** **** ** *

"I shouldn't have had to look at the location of the image of the (cough) "star tetrahedron" to find that you were referring to 'sacred geometry' and metaphysics "
Sacred geometry just means the basic geometry found in natural and cosmic pattern and sprouts from golden mean, which you seemed to adore, and the platonic solids. As i was alluding to, the star tetrahedron can be traced by connecting the centers of basic patterns in cellular assembly, but yes the map is not the territory. Metaphysics just means beyond whatever instruments science has currently reached has been able to detect. Nuclei were once metaphysical, in the Newtonian model (which is outdated since it thinks little balls comprise reality when actually it is energy forms that are both and neither particles or waves.)
" Female/male is a binary pair, two discrete elements of a set. "
the chromosomes dont actually work quite like that. It is similar to Iching where a line is male and two lines are female. The iching's 64 and 4 tie in to DNA's codons and amino acids. For more info do some in-depth and seriously inquisitive research; long ago Chinese discovered this through intuition, similar to how ancient shamans intuited the shape of DNA and depicted it through serpentine images. whoa (@c.bags)

Alright imma post this elsewhere and send to some people so i feel like it was not for nothing heheh

[quote="mangadood"]they discovered it and invented a way to talk about it.[/quote]
[size=9px]THANK you. I would never have thought of so practical a way to explain that.[/size]

Chanoire writes, [u]"What I disdain is a) lazy posting -- such as not bothering to check the spelling of the usernames "[/u]
I've put overmuch energy into these posts,  this is a lot of writing for a metroid forum. Anything but lazy. Spellcheck no recognize certain handles.AND spell MY username [i]wrong[/i] then, i do not mind at all! HAHAH! Sorry if you do. Sounds painful....
" [u] Color is a spectrum, a continuum[/u]"
very much agreed, and more 'real' seen as such than any symbols or systems.      "Give me a citation.  Because a lot of languages have very limited color vocabulary by our lights"
European

"-[u] and b) condescendingly announcing "truths" while using a frame of reference that is neither evident nor universally accepted and without citing references such as a list of these sun deities which have 12 things around them or scholarly articles on ancient civilizations' approach to numbers[/u]."
the condescending is in your perception =D> 
Nevertheless referernces abound on the web, and those who are interested will find out. The sun gods surrounded by 12 is found in far more religions that not....  aw jeezz i'll post a few then maybe someone will find it neat (solar heroes included)
******************************************************
[b]Christ became the Lion of the twelve tribes of Judah/  ..had 12 disciples..
, Hercules is the Solar Deity, for as this mighty hunter performed his twelve labors,
... the 12 gods and goddesses surrounding Horus... (12 HORUS = 12 HOURS)
.. but only 12 animals visited Buddha on New Years' Day.... the twelve disciples of the Buddha...... the 12 principles of Buddhism... [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Nidanas]12 sources [/url]of uncomfort
there are twelve signs of lominions through which (sumerian sungod) Shamash travels
..Surya Narayana, the sun-god, has expanded himself in twelve divisions, and thus he controls the six seasonal changes and causes winter, summer, rain and so on. The adityas were nothing more than the 12 different forms of Surya...
Bhagavatum: The chariot of the sun-god has only one wheel, which is known as Samvatsara. The twelve months are calculated to be its twelve spokes, the six seasons are the segments of the hub blah blah
Odysseus had twelve crew members
.. (god of the sun) Foirus is one of the Twelve Gods or High Spirits (Aeolía) who sprang from the Dream of Avá ....
the statue of Crom in Ulsture stood surrounded by 12 lesser statues,.. blah.. one solar year with each lunar cycle surrounding him
..Arthur was joined by 12 knights at the Round Table....
the Solar boat of Nu holds twelve dieties (egypt)
Muhammad had twelve wives..blah blah  of the 12 lords that preceded him......
divided into twelve levels with the Ise Shrine (dedicated to Amaterasu, sun goddess....[/b]
here only 12 not 13) ----
[b]Lord Vishnu, one of the 12 Adityas (solar deities.)
.. the 12 olympians.. 
Gladshiem's, hall of asgard, 12 chairs, one for each god..
Melcarth was frequently represented as the sun-god, and his twelve labors regarded as the ...
.. 12 major gods in the Roman pantheon, 6 male and 6 female..
.."and the three wise men or three kings represent the three stars in the belt of the constellation Orion in the sky, just as Jesus’ twelve disciples or Mithras’s twelve companions or the twelve labors of Hercules or the twelve tribes of Israel represent the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Twelve was a symbolic and mythic number in the ancient world; a way of saying this story isn’t just a local thing, that it refers to the whole universe."...
Built in the 13th century, the entire Sun Temple complex in Konark was designed in the form of a huge chariot drawn by seven spirited horses on twelve pairs of exquisitely carved wheels....
"the 12 sons of Jacob and the 12 tribes of Israel are astro-theology personified"
[i]"Incidentally, now you know why the American jury system has 12 jurors who help bring the truth to light, with the "Light of Truth".[/i]"

[i]"Our concept of the twenty-four-hour day comes from Egyptian Sun worship. The Egyptian Sun god, Ra, traveled half the time through the twelve domains of the underworld and half through the twelve domains of the day. Three thousand years before the birth of Christ, Egypt began using a 365 day calendar based on the solar year. In 46 BC, Julius Caesar replaced the Roman lunar calendar with a solar calendar modeled after the Egyptian calendar. Today, 5,000 years later, we still use a form of the Egyptian solar calendar."[/i]

ALSO "There have been well over a hundred deities born on the day we call December 25 th , probably over a thousand. It is, by definition, the “birthday” of all solar deities. It’s the time the sun returns, the light returns, days start getting longer, and something deep within us hopes and believes that somehow it might be “on earth as it is in the heavens,” that that light, that divine spark, might be born again in us, as well."  ([url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm]Horus[/url], Mithra and Buddha are the 1st that come to mind)[/b]
***********************  ******** ****** **** ** *

[u]"I shouldn't have had to look at the location of the image of the (cough) "star tetrahedron" to find that you were referring to 'sacred geometry' and metaphysics  "[/u]
Sacred geometry just means the basic geometry found in natural and cosmic pattern and sprouts from golden mean, which you seemed to adore, and the platonic solids. As i was alluding to, the star tetrahedron can be traced by connecting the centers of basic patterns in cellular assembly, but yes the map is not the territory. Metaphysics just means beyond whatever instruments science has currently reached has been able to detect. Nuclei were once metaphysical, in the Newtonian model (which is outdated since it thinks little balls comprise reality when actually it is energy forms that are both and neither particles or waves.)
" [u]Female/male is a binary pair, two discrete elements of a set.[/u] "
the chromosomes dont actually work quite like that. It is similar to Iching where a line is male and two lines are female. The iching's 64 and 4 tie in to DNA's codons and amino acids. For more info do some in-depth and seriously inquisitive research; long ago Chinese discovered this through intuition, similar to how ancient shamans  intuited the shape of DNA and depicted it through serpentine images.  :whoa:
 Alright imma post this  elsewhere and send to some people so i feel like it was not for nothing heheh

transience

2007-07-17 11:51:21 pm

twenty eight fifty

what the god damn hell

arkarian

2007-07-18 12:27:12 am

red chamber dream

rotfl.

My girlfriend's mother was born on 25 December; does she count?

BioSpark

2007-07-18 12:37:10 am

Nope. Only if she's a deity.

Chanoire

2007-07-18 12:49:05 am

Wow. This is like Bizarro Zeffie. I wonder if it's possible to globally disable BBCode for a single poster.

I don't have time to do much more with this as I still have a couple hours of work or so to get in, but a few things can be addressed briefly:

"this is a lot of writing for a metroid forum." Not this Metroid forum. And you'll be better received if the energy you put into your posts goes toward being easily legible (such as regards spelling) rather than dozens of text-formatting tags. That's generally the case in life, not just here. Anything worth communicating is worth communicating well.

"Nevertheless referernces abound on the web..." A great many things abound on the web; that doesn't make them all credible.

You're still not sourcing your quotes. The three wise men represent the three stars of Orion's belt according to whom?

December 25th is not when the days start growing longer. The solstice is the 21st.

How do the chromosomes work, in your mind? I'd like to run it by the biologists I work with, so do tell.

And Ark, how much do you worship your gf? :P

Wow.  This is like Bizarro Zeffie.  I wonder if it's possible to globally disable BBCode for a single poster.

I don't have time to do much more with this as I still have a couple hours of work or so to get in, but a few things can be addressed briefly:

"this is a lot of writing for a metroid forum."  Not [i]this[/i] Metroid forum.  And you'll be better received if the energy you put into your posts goes toward being easily legible (such as regards spelling) rather than dozens of text-formatting tags.  That's generally the case in life, not just here.  Anything worth communicating is worth communicating well.

"Nevertheless referernces abound on the web..."  A great many things abound on the web; that doesn't make them all credible.

You're still not sourcing your quotes.  The three wise men represent the three stars of Orion's belt according to whom?

December 25th is not when the days start growing longer.  The solstice is the 21st.

How [i]do[/i] the chromosomes work, in your mind?  I'd like to run it by the biologists I work with, so do tell.

And Ark, how much do you worship your gf? :P

arkarian

2007-07-18 12:57:07 am

red chamber dream

Quote from Chanoire:

And Ark, how much do you worship your gf? :P

Hehe, actually, apparently not much, as we're going to break up exactly one month from now. It was great (and still is) while it lasted, though.

13M13

2007-07-18 02:09:08 am

l'appel du vide

Post deleted. Post deleted. Post deleted. Post deleted. Post deleted.

O what would we ever do without you patrolling the forums, Ark. The least you could do is PM me and say, "Dude, bugger off!", instead of blindsiding me at every angle.

arkarian

2007-07-18 02:34:59 am

red chamber dream

If I see a retarded post, I delete it. There's no need to PM unless I want to give someone a warning.

StarmanHaxor

2007-07-18 02:50:19 am

Quote from Arkarian:

If I see a retarded post, I delete it. There's no need to PM unless I want to give someone a warning.

lol what

13M13

2007-07-18 03:14:33 am

l'appel du vide

Quote from Arkarian:

If I see a retarded post, I delete it.

I apologize. I did not realize you had a bad case of discriminating cataracts.

Izo

2007-07-18 06:57:46 am

soaking through

GUYS WE MADE LUKE POST. CAN THIS NOT STOP NOW.

TheCheruben

2007-07-18 07:09:26 am

Quote from RT-55J:

Why is it that when I divide by zero girls seem unimpressed?

One isn't always impressed by others about what comes naturally to themselves. maybe they're saying It's nigh time he DID. Good, now we can get on about things...

Quote from transience:

what the god damn hell

ahhahahahahahahahahahahaha... (grinz--- 'gdh')

Quote from Chanoire:

1)And you'll be better received if the energy you put into your posts goes toward being easily legible (such as regards spelling) rather than dozens of text-formatting tags. 2) That's generally the case in life, not just here. 3)"Nevertheless references abound on the web..." A great many things abound on the web; that doesn't make them all credible. 4)December 25th is not when the days start growing longer. The solstice is the 21st. 5) How do the chromosomes work, in your mind? I'd like to run it by the biologists I work with, so do tell.

1)Better received by you, and by some. Everyone is different. 2) Er... that's not generally the case from what i've seen, seems to depend of the group of people-sorts. There's enough highly intelligent places where creative distinction is desirable not to mention a great relief from the incessant densification resultant of focus toward secularly correct patterns. 3) References abound= found several times a page in search engines for 1st 7 pages(as far as i cared to go)*. Credible as in simply some important and consistent facets of major world religions that aren't openly disclosed in sunday school, inherent in thier scrolls, myths, oral teachings and holy books. I'd beware "credibility"; we don't understand enough of reality --- nor have access to enough of the knowledge of the past nor what exactly was meant when the parts of it that GOT recorded were written --- to know anything at all really.
4) 21st, yes the shortest day of year in northern hemis; longest in southern: At winter solstice the sun (apparent to to our eyes) finally halts its descent in the sky. Then it hangs there suspended for three days. Finally it begins to ascend again, and the people of our past who knew their life depended on the sun were ultra-joyous. Represented by the 3 days before the Christ resurrection. I.E., aiwebs_004

the ressurection of the Sun (son). See, primitives thought during those three days the great Sun might just never ascend again. They saw it as a battle each year, the underworld trying to swallow her, but then she'd escape, and that was a helluva call for great festive sacraments.
5)human females have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX), while males have two distinct sex chromosomes (XY). This is not exactly the opposite situation in either case. Not like say, negative one and positive one are opposites, it's rather 'a curiously different situation'. It could have been YY!

Quote:

You're still not sourcing your quotes. The three wise men represent the three stars of Orion's belt according to whom?

I am not saying they do. It's only the best guess that reseachers have said that i've seen in that area of tying together all these stories and religions, a thing which is only just now beginning to get some momentum, here in the 21st century. With an open mind, one sees it could well be both sets of three that are referred to. "wheels within wheels" as they say (nowadays it's "plans within plans")
* tags: sun god solar deities twelve

[quote="RT-55J"]Why is it that when I divide by zero girls seem unimpressed?[/quote]
One isn't always impressed by others about what comes naturally to themselves. maybe they're saying It's nigh time he DID. Good, now we can get on about things...
[quote="transience"]what the god damn hell[/quote]
ahhahahahahahahahahahahaha... (grinz--- 'gdh')
[quote="Chanoire"] 1)And you'll be better received if the energy you put into your posts goes toward being easily legible (such as regards spelling) rather than dozens of text-formatting tags.  2) That's generally the case in life, not just here.  3)"Nevertheless references abound on the web..."  A great many things abound on the web; that doesn't make them all credible. 4)December 25th is not when the days start growing longer.  The solstice is the 21st. 5) How [i]do[/i] the chromosomes work, in your mind?  I'd like to run it by the biologists I work with, so do tell.[/quote]
1)Better received by you, and by some. Everyone is different. 2) Er... that's not generally the case from what i've seen, seems to depend of the group of people-sorts. There's enough highly intelligent places where creative distinction is desirable not to mention a great relief from the incessant densification resultant of focus toward secularly correct patterns. 3) References abound= found several times a page in search engines for 1st 7 pages(as far as i cared to go)*.  Credible as in simply some important and consistent facets of major world religions that aren't openly disclosed in sunday school, inherent in thier scrolls, myths, oral teachings and holy books. I'd beware "credibility"; we don't understand enough of reality --- nor have access to enough of the knowledge of the past nor what exactly was meant when the parts of it that GOT recorded [i]were[/i] written --- to know anything at all really. 
4) 21st, yes the shortest day of year in northern hemis; longest in southern: At winter solstice the sun (apparent to to our eyes) finally halts its descent in the sky. Then it hangs there suspended for three days. Finally it begins to ascend again, and the people of our past who knew their life depended on the sun were ultra-joyous. Represented by the 3 days before the Christ resurrection. I.E., [aiwebs_004]  the ressurection of the Sun (son).  See, primitives thought during those three days the great Sun might just never ascend again. They saw it as a battle each year, the underworld trying to swallow her, but then she'd escape, and that was a helluva call for great festive sacraments.
5)human females have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX), while males have two distinct sex chromosomes (XY). This is not exactly the opposite situation in either case. Not like say, negative one and positive one are opposites,  it's rather 'a curiously different situation'. It could have been YY!
[quote]You're still not sourcing your quotes.  The three wise men represent the three stars of Orion's belt according to whom?[/quote]
I am not saying they do. It's only the best guess that reseachers have said that i've seen in that area of tying together all these stories and religions, a thing which is only just now beginning to get some momentum, here in the 21st century. With an open mind, one sees it could well be both sets of three that are referred to. "wheels within wheels" as they say (nowadays it's "plans within plans")
* tags: sun god solar deities twelve

A Silly Goose

2007-07-18 08:36:26 am

Look, witty text!

What the poonanners did all of that have to do with the number 12?

It'd be a lot easier if you'd just pointed us toward these references at the start, instead of starting argument after argument over detail after detail until it's not even relative to the subject at hand any longer.

arkarian

2007-07-18 08:38:39 am

red chamber dream

Okay, now you've been warned, 13M13. There's no need to be an asstot just because one of your posts got deleted. You're not above the rules just because you think you're clever.

mangadood

2007-07-18 09:36:47 am

Too many fangirls to count

Quote from Arkarian:

Quote from Chanoire:

And Ark, how much do you worship your gf? :P

Hehe, actually, apparently not much, as we're going to break up exactly one month from now. It was great (and still is) while it lasted, though.

wait, ark, are you telling me you are planning this? I mean, I understand planning it, but isn't that planning a little ahead? That is like saying "On a day exactly one month from today, I will eat mass amounts of beef at 3:30." <_<

suttsman

2007-07-18 11:04:01 am

Agent Heart

Quote from Arkarian:

suttsman: I thought you didn't have to pay for public school anywhere in the US (well, not directly, anyway); is that not true?

Yes. It is true. It's not us that needs to pay for school, but the school district does, and its 8 mil in debt. It does get funding from the govt, but not enough.. Oh well, at least Jim Doyle (teh governator) can get us freshman people into any Wisc. college if I get a B average.

EDIT:

Quote from Arkarian:

Okay, now you've been warned, 13M13. There's no need to be an asstot just because one of your posts got deleted. You're not above the rules just because you think you're clever.

Oh snizzap!

And in other news, I got my DS Lite back! Yippie! And just in time, too!