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- Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:21 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: For all you computer people
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4868
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Happy Daylight Savings Time, Everyone!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5629
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:39 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: How about that weather, then, eh?
- Replies: 1034
- Views: 307792
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:22 am
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Song reference to Ender's Game?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8712
There are a few oblique metaphorical references to some themes in EG, but nothing that would indicate the whole song is written around the book or that it inspired it in any way. If you are looking for these references, they will seem to you to be more intricately tied to the book than you think. If...
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:21 am
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Two problems I had with EiE (may be spoilers)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11162
If it is called the Park Shift, in capitals, it is obviously named after someone, likely the person who discovered it. I would gather that if the 'egg' is the driving force behind the technology, the technology would have to have been discovered by someone named Park to have been called the Park Shi...
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:47 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: PWeb Poll: What is the most awesometastic underwear?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7456
How come there's no option for going commando? While I understand and utilize this version of this style, I prefer calling it 'regimental'. If no one understands this rendition, it comes from scottish highland regiments wearing kilts into battle. Traditional highland underclothes? None. Nowadays I ...
- Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:53 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Two problems I had with EiE (may be spoilers)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11162
Dorabella was likely afflicted with bipolar disorder, otherwise known as manic depressive disorder. People who have this disorder are prone to periods of mania in which they are happy, optimistic, have a great outlook, feel like they can do anything. These manic periods are followed by periods of de...
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:39 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: EiE - Arkanian Delphiki *SPOILERS*
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9960
- Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:33 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Free Will
- Replies: 164
- Views: 40153
but in modern speech the word has been taken to mean 'to do evil'. if you ask anyone on the street what 'sin' means, they will likely tell you it means to do wrong or 'evil'. even the word evil can be taken in different ways. it might just mean wrongdoing, or it might have a more sinister meaning. i...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:03 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: EIE - Graff - Spoilers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5989
Graff presumably passes away in Ireland some time before the end of EIE, before Ender leaves Shakespeare. ********spoilers******** (highlight below to read) OK wait, Shakespeare is the first Bugger world to be colonized, the world ender is the governor of. Ganges is where Ender confronts Randall/Ar...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:53 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Free Will
- Replies: 164
- Views: 40153
Sorry i did not make myself clearer. As I said, my mind has been elsewhere for a while. I did not mean (although I said) that original sin is free will. What I meant was that the ability to use free will to do what we want in life can be used the wrong way. The way Adam and Eve used free will to ser...
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:23 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Free Will
- Replies: 164
- Views: 40153
My take on free will is that it is the original sin. In the garden of Eden, God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. The serpent told them that if they ate from the tree they would be like God's. So right there, they had the choice to do good or do evil and they chose evil. thus, w...
- Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:25 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Fan Survey
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6527
Age: 21 Gender: Masculine Approximate location: Lethbridge How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 14 Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? Yes Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? yes If no, how old were you when you rea...
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:47 am
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Answer Me This...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8786
The whole basis for Ender being the last hope of humanity lay in his being isolated from everything, especially the knowledge that the latter half of the game was real. We know that he did everything he could to ensure that his real battles were won for good but if he had known he had killed Stilson...
- Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:52 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: I'm A FATHER
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6903
Now that Ainsley has grown up a bit more, I decided to share some more pictures of her, cuz shes just so damn cute. These are fairly recent, in the two the three month age range. She smiling lots, trying to laugh, shes been holding her head up since she was two weeks old and she (finally) sleeps thr...
- Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:44 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: PWEB Portraits 2.0
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 476776
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:30 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Ender in Exile: in stores/libraries now - Spoilers!
- Replies: 209
- Views: 73210
Well it seems like there are some slight departures from the actual continuity anyway as I am reading. Some things that should have been left alone, like Ender's homecoming. I won't say more, but I was a little disappointed. From what I've read, I like it and I hate it at the same time. More once I ...
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:52 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Lest we forget...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10089
Thanks for those who've clarified. I assumed Veteran's Day was equivalent to our Remembrance Day. I can see how it is a happy occasion to celebrate those who come home. To me, however, coming from a military background and having spent time in it myself, (not abroad, mind you, but know many who have...
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:43 am
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Ender in Exile: in stores/libraries now - Spoilers!
- Replies: 209
- Views: 73210
OK, since no one else has picked this up, I am going to be a continuity nazi. I picked up the book today and, as is my habit, read the book jacket before diving nose first into the book. I happened across a passage in the synopsis that boggled my mind. To put it into context, I will include the sent...
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:49 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Lest we forget...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10089
Exactly what is 'happy' about Remembrance or Veterans' Day? Our War dead died for a cause that we are still fighting for today. We remember so that we do not make the same mistakes and yet we still make them. More people died in WWI than in any other war in recorded history. This is not a happy occa...
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:05 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Hell (for real this time)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19836
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:00 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Stem Cell Research
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9711
Right. This is what I'm asking about. Say somebody decided to have an abortion. You now have a dead fetus, and nothing can undo what has been done. You can either use it for the advancement of science, or do nothing with it. On one hand, only good can come from it. On the other hand, nothing. You c...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:45 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: the lost voice of God
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8641
Re: the lost voice of God
And why, in the new testament, does all divine communication seem to be conveyed either through dreams or through Angels, the likes of which no one has seen since? Well, I'm afraid you are simply mistaken there. There have been several claims of prophetic or guiding dreams among Christians, and som...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:47 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: New President of United States
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15195
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:44 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Stem Cell Research
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9711
That comment was a matter of opinion. I don't support abortion so naturally I don't support the use of fetuses to aid research. This comes directly from my personal beliefs and in no way do I ever intend to speak out against such use if said research is pursued. Science will do what it wants and as ...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:41 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: What's the point of organised religion?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 46510
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:33 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: What's the point of organised religion?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 46510
Religion has long had it out for science , as in religion, namely Christianity, has discounted the findings of science for countless years. The Church was famous for burning heretics and they regarded scientists as such. Why do you think Copernicus received so much scorn for his assertion that the ...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:23 am
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Ender's Game Comic
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14730
The first one was pretty good. I didn't know at first that it was split into five parts so when I got it, it thought it looked pretty small. Anyway, after I got home I cracked it open and read it, twice. It was very clear cut in relation to the original story. To echo what some have said, I do not l...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:19 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Stem Cell Research
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9711
I really honestly think we should pursue stem cell research but to me there should be rules governing where the cells are harvested from. Using the placenta and umbilical cords of newborns I don't think is a problem, but using aborted fetuses is wrong. I know abortion is legal in many places but to ...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:09 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: What's the point of organised religion?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 46510
Alright, let me be a little more clear here. What I am trying to say is that neither science nor religion can fully explain HOW we came to be on this planet. Don't give me any theories like the Big Bang because that is all they are is theories. We can't go back in time to the creation of the univers...
- Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:52 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Hell (for real this time)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19836
thanks. That is probably the best description I have ever heard. I have skirted a few different faiths in my lifetime, namely Catholicism, Seventh-Day Adventist, Lutheranism and LDS. Most of these have the same version of hell that most other Christian faiths do, the fiery pit where one's soul is to...
- Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:38 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Hell (for real this time)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19836
And for the first time I realize that I don't need to come in with a lot of Bible verses and some commentary...unless someone asks, of course. I just have nothing to say at the moment, although that might change tomorrow afternoon! My opinions do differ from the popular one presented (although I mo...
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:14 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Ender's Parents; Which is the Military Genius?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4310
True. I guess what I was trying to get at, even though it might not be indicated in my previous post is that in EG, Ender is a brilliant soldier and strategist and Val and Peter are brilliant too. There is little mention of Ender's parents and no mention of his grandparents so I guess it was just a ...
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:08 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: New President of United States
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15195
Speaking from a Canadian point of view, I can honestly say I welcome Obama's influence on my country's government. Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not like George W. Bush for the most part and did not work well with him in office. There has been a bit of speculation as to whether two opposing ide...
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:53 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Ender's Parents; Which is the Military Genius?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4310
*mild First Meetings spoilers* I kind of agree. I thought it was a bit odd in First Meetings that OSC conveniently had Theresa's father be a brilliant strategist. To me it kind of seems like it drops into place perfectly. As well, in Polish Boy, John Paul is a brilliant kid, but his parents do not s...