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Sorry I don't know much about the inner workings of PS Now, it's not a service I've ever used or been interested in subscribing to. I've heard of people having been part way through games that then get removed and that puts me off. Hang around a bit, someone with more knowledge will probably check out this thread and can give you more informed answers.
99% of games on PS Now, it is highly visible when they leave the service from when they first go on there. It is very rare that a game is suddenly pulled from the service.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, it’s only me getting kicked out of God of War during an all-nighter trying to get the platinum last minute that it’s ever really affected me. Still haven’t gone back and grabbed it 😂
@lolwhatno No worries! We're probably in different time zones, and even if we aren't, my sleep schedule is extremely erratic, lol. I was actually up all night last night helping my brother with his midterm paper for college, so I didn't even go to sleep until well after the sun came up. I slept most of the day away, lol. It's probably not a healthy habit, and I really need to work on it.
Yes, we believe Jesus died to sacrifice himself for the sins of the world. Every Christian believes this, and they believe that God the Father raised Jesus from the dead. We are no different except, again, we believe Jesus and God are one and the same. So, we believe Jesus raised himself from the grave because he is all-powerful. So, Jesus/God is very much alive and well, and by following his example of loving God, loving our neighbor, abstaining from fleshly desires like drunkenness, extramarital sex, pride, violence, etc., we have the same hope of being resurrected just as he was.
I agree that no man knows what God looks like, and it would be impossible to depict him. His appearance is far more glorious than our human minds can even comprehend. I don't necessarily agree that there is nothing like him upon the Earth, though. Yours is an Abrahamic faith like mine, so correct me if I'm wrong, but don't we share the belief that humans are made in the image of God? So even though our bodies are far more imperfect, I do think every person bears a resemblance to our creator. I believe he has hair on his head, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, etc. just like us.
I checked out the article, and there's nothing there that really makes me doubt the scriptures. Expressions like "the sun rises in the east and sets in the west" or calling Japan "the land of the rising sun" are still very common in the modern world. I just see it as pretty-sounding literature. There are Bible verses that also talk about people having evil in their hearts. We know that our brain is the organ responsible for carrying out evil ideas and actions, not the heart, but it's still a popular metaphor that we use today. It's more so symbolic than it is presenting something as fact.
That's not to say the apostles didn't think the sun orbited the Earth, but in those days, who wouldn't have? Scientifically, we have progressed very far since then, and unlike the Catholic empire of the Medieval Era, I don't believe in stifling human innovation. I think science and religion can co-exist just fine, as science helps explains why God's creations work the way they do.
One of those verses said God made the Earth so that it would never "totter." I googled the definition, and totter means to "move in a feeble or unsteady way." So this isn't wrong--the Earth moves, but it is always at a fixed, steady, stable rate. It doesn't shift around in random or unpredictable intervals. I was honestly a little surprised just how much these people of the ancient world were actually correct about, such as saying the Earth was circular in shape. I'm not sure if flat-earthers even agree that it is round, lol.
I still think you articulate yourself pretty well! I catch mistakes and have to go back and edit my posts for clarity all the time. I will admit that I did struggle a bit to understand what you were saying about ignorant fools and madmen. It's fine if you can't clarify without name-dropping and you don't want to do that, I was just a bit confused by that part, lol.
@lolwhatno Well, he paid me for helping him, so it was a mutual arrangement I guess, haha. He's older than me, so he's got his life together better than I do right now, but he went back to school to get his Bachelor's whereas I already have mine. Now that I'm out of college, I'm still living at home and trying to find my first real job. So I hated to take the money, but I could also really use it right now, lol.
That's very interesting. So, what texts do Muslims believe in that are shared between Christians and Jews? Obviously, we have the Old Testament of the Bible, which the Jews call the Torah (if I understand correctly). I know you have the Koran, but what would the people have read or believed before Mohammed? If you are an Abrahamic religion, then we must surely share some of the same stories in our faiths. I think I remember reading that the story of God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac is taught in Islam like it is in Christianity.
The idea that humans are made in God's image comes from the book of Genesis in the very beginning of the Bible detailing the creation. Considering this event predates the time of Abraham and Isaac, I am surprised it is not also believed upon by the Mulsim faith. I figured most religious differences would have been over things that happened much later in history. Starting with Isaac's sons Jacob and Esau. Jacob's descendents became the Jews, and out of Esau's seed came the Muslim faith, right? I'm not sure which ethnicity this is attributed to.
So the Bible warns a lot about false teachers, those who will abuse and pervert the scriptures for their own benefit. Whether that be for money, fame, or power. The Catholic empire is a good example of this. Many people of the Christian faith believed it at the time because to doubt was considered heresy and punishable by law. So, they pretty much had no choice. In those days, the Catholic church kept Bibles out of the hands of the common people so they could not read God's Word for themselves, and they engaged in corrupt practices like claiming that if you paid the church enough money, your dead loved ones would be pardoned of their sins in the afterlife and make it into Heaven even if they didn't repent while they were alive. It was pretty messed up stuff.
So, understand the group of "Christians" who were so adamant the Earth was the center of the universe could probably be compared to a modern Islamic extremist organization like the Taliban or something. These people in power were no more true Christians than you would consider Al-Quaeda to be true Muslims. I myself do not identify with the Catholic faith as I have a lot of issues with it. I have nothing against anyone who happens to be Catholic and don't think they are a terror to the modern world or anything, but it has an undeniable history that is ridden with corruption. (I hope I'm expressing that in a way that won't offend anyone like I'm trying to say all Catholics are evil or anything like that.)
I was unaware about the news that a teacher was murdered for depicting a prophet, so thanks for the clarification. Perhaps it is because your culture is very different than mine, but you made it sound like the news was common knowledge, haha. Or maybe I just don't follow current events closely enough, which is also possible, lol. It doesn't surprise me this happened, though. The world is full of extremist nutjobs in every religion--like the ones under the guise of Christianity that I called out.
It sounds to me like those people who put the teacher to death are not only guilty of murder, but they give too much reverence to the prophets. I know respecting the prophets is very important in Islam, but that sounds almost like idolatry. Not that it would have made it any better for them to kill someone who depicted an illustration of God, but still. This is another issue I take with Catholicism, actually, because of how highly they regard Mary, the mother of Jesus. They pray to her like they do God, but in my faith, that would be idolatry. She had an important role to play, but she was still just a person and not divine.
I think I may have knew that Algebra originated somewhere in the Middle-East (maybe Arabia? Egypt?), but I had forgotten, lol. That's really neat, but it was my worst subject in high school, so I'm in agreement with you there. 😂
I couldn't tell you offhand whether the scripture makes any specific scientific claims or not. God says there are 24 hours in a day, which we know is true, but that was probably common knowledge even back then and nothing new. I would have to think on it and get back to you.
For an essay I had to write in college about the Bubonic Plague, I remember reading a source that discusses how at that time, it was not common knowledge that diseases could be transmitted from person to person since they didn't understand the concept of germs. Scientists were just starting to figure out how plagues spread, but some Christians were resistant to the idea. They believed only the people God punished could get sick and that you could not spread disease from being in close proximity to others. But other Christians argued against this, explaining how under the Law of Moses, God commanded them to seperate sick livestock from the rest of the herd so they would not become "unclean." Jews who had diseases were also ordered to quarantine for a period of time. I guess it wouldn't have made a lot of sense to the Jews back then, but with advancements made in medicine hundreds of years later, we now understand why that would have been important. So I guess that's a pretty good example.
I hope everything made sense, and--again--if any Catholic person happens to read this, that none of my opinions come across as offensive or anything. Just expressing where I come from in regards to my faith and why I personally don't regard myself as Catholic, but I still love and respect everyone, whether their religious background is like mine or not.
Sorry for such a long response! I'm happy to answer any questions you have, but I like to be as thorough as possible and there isn't always a concise answer. If all this religious discussion starts annoying people, maybe we can move it over to direct messaging on Twitter or something.
Yo @CyberLettuce, I stumbled upon this place a little over a year ago, looking for similar things to yourself. It’s a real nice community here… welcome!
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I'm currently trying not to play too many games simultaneously whilst trying to reduce my PS4 & PS5 backlog...However I keep buying more stuff so the backlog is forever!
Main game at the moment is A Plague Tale: Innocence on PS5. It's ok but more stealth based than I like. Also prob gonna get hooked on GT7 sometime soon. I do have an affinity with twin stick shooters, enjoy indies and am often obsessing over some roguelite.
I used to have a FIFA addiction a few years back -mainly the FUT mode but glad I managed to overcome that.
You'll mainly see me loitering in the trophy thread. That's where I live.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
Awesome, No Mans Sky is worth playing these days. I was one of those who brought it release day, sold it not long after but revisited last year and was pleased with the changes/updates.
I'm trying to do a run of the Hitman games currently, didn't play much of two but nearly finished the story and then go back and do challenges etc.
Welcome @Sable, I've always found the forums here well natured. The occasional news story can get some ignorant comments but thankfully not very often. I hope you find it to your liking here.
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