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		RE: Random Thoughts 
		August 3, 2025 at 6:05 am 
		
	 
	
		People who visit AF only as guests and banned members:
	 
	
	
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
        
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		RE: Random Thoughts 
		August 3, 2025 at 10:20 am 
		
	 
	
		What if they're all penguins?
	
	
	
        
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		RE: Random Thoughts 
		August 3, 2025 at 10:42 am 
		
	 
	
		If they were previously banned, why would you want them back anyway?  Even presuming some have changed, the policy on average will recruit members who skew toward the undesirable.
	
	
	
        
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		RE: Random Thoughts 
		August 3, 2025 at 12:16 pm 
		
	 
	
		Can = open. Worms = everywhere.
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		RE: Random Thoughts 
		August 3, 2025 at 7:57 pm 
		
	 
	
		Ori and the Will of the Whisps is a masterpiece. It's the kind of game other metroidvanias should aspire to.
	
	
	
        
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		August 3, 2025 at 9:30 pm 
		
	 
	
		I didn't like Will O' Wisps as much as Blind Forest.  Too many non-linear side quests that don't help you advance in Will O' Wisps.
	
	
	
        
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		RE: Random Thoughts 
		August 7, 2025 at 8:30 am 
		
	 
	
		We live in times when you can write "That idiot" and everyone in the world will know who you are referring to.
	
	
	
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
        
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		RE: Random Thoughts 
		August 8, 2025 at 10:16 pm 
		
	 
	
		I've come to realize that 95% of the activity on these forums comes from a few people posting over and over.