Lunar Threads

I have no idea why the media is so interested in what Pat Robertson has to say. The guy always speaks his mind, and sometimes, he says some really stupid stuff. Most of the time, however, there's absolutely nothing wrong with what he says. In addition, Robertson's wacky comments often get exaggerate...

I don't think that there is any official USCCB book addressing The Da Vinci Code, but much of the commentary on the Jesus Decoded website was written by Amy Wellborn, who also wrote the book, De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code. There are numerous books out which ch...

The idea of the Holy Grail as a sacred relic originates with the French author Chretien de Troyes, who wrote a chivalric romance featuring one of Arthur's knights (Percival, I think) questing for the Grail. Yes indeed, thanks for making that clear. I never understood why Catholics would be interest...

PGJ, I think it all comes down to this: -The reason why Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code has been so successful is the religious aspect of it. I can't comment on how well it is written since I haven't read it, but I know that no mystery novel, no matter how well it was written, would sell so many...

It's a problem in Protestantism as well. In some ways, it may be a culture thing. In some ways, blaming Brown for decieving Christian's isn't worth it, as the problem begins much more internally. Agreed. We wouldn't be having this conversation if the Christian faithful were informed enough to not b...

PGJ, whether or not Dan Brown intended it, his novel is being taken as more than fictitious entertainment. It is, and I would use this strong word, corrupting people. This corruption would not be possible if people were properly informed, but, for whatever reason, many Christians don't seem to know ...

Yeah, certainly some of the things in the novel are historically accurate. I mean, there was a person named Jesus, there was a person named Mary Magdalene, there was a Leonardo Da Vinci who painted 'The Last Supper' and there is a Catholic organization called Opus Dei. That's about where the histori...

I haven't read it, but I probably know more about the controversy around it than most people who have read it. I can't really discuss the controversy without spoiling the novel, so the following spoiler text will be in black. Also, this gets into pretty heavy theology, so avoid it if you're uncomfor...

Like Roas, I'm one of the people who really wanted to see it but waited for the english version. I did this because I don't like to illegally download stuff, and also because I'm a proud, ignorant, jingoistic Amelican gaijin who likes to play games/watch movies in English. And to perfect that image,...

2) I thought I read somewhere that the bit about Zophar saying he could never truly be extinguished was added in translation and not present in the original Japanese. However, I don't know if this was stated by anyone who could read the scene or if it was from JWL's list of EB differences and was t...

Zophar's ability to return (again) depends on his nature. Is he in fact evil incarnate, or is he merely a dark spirit which feeds off of evil? Althena is obviously not goodness incarnate, as she is not the source of all good. The Power of Humanity is a power greater than that wielded by Althena, so ...

Althena was only weak because she was in a reincarnated form, and implied that she was to remain in that form. Luna barely any memory of being a goddess, so it was probably far easier for a very well educated and powerful mage to turn her mind. True; it should have been relatively easy for a powerf...

Lucia seemed pretty powerful to me. When she first joins your party, she can pretty much kill anything in one hit (yeah, she's only fighting weak Blue Spire foes, but still). Zophar's curse is never fully broken (maybe after he's finally defeated), so even up to the end of the game, her strength in ...

Mickey so fine wrote:Edit - Wait a minute, looking through those lyrics, I think someone added a few lines.

Beats me. I just copied and pasted it from some random lyrics website.

Unfortunately I've had much less flattering songs sung at me based on my name

Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey hey Mickey Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey hey Mickey Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mi...

If the universe contains everything, then by definition, there is nothing outside the universe. This may seem like a circular argument, but since we define 'universe' as 'everything', it only makes sense. That article is interesting. It states that following the (alleged) Big Bang, the universe expa...

I'm not surprised that Pope Pius XII said that. The Big Bang is certainly plausible, scientifically speaking, and it doesn't contradict anything in the Bible. The Book of Genesis states that God created the heavens and the earth; it doesn't explain how. Einstein thought that if he figured out how to...

She was never heard from again, by anyone? I don't have a problem with religions, but I do have a problem with cults. Let 'em believe that the Earth is 15 trillion years old and we're all aliens or whatever. After all, I believe in an omnipotent, omniscient old man in the sky (no, not Santa Claus). ...

I doubt that they would fight each other since they would most likely always be on the same side, but considering that they did fight, Goku would almost certainly win. Superman has limitations; the only limitations on Goku appear to be the imaginations of the DBZ writers. I mean, really. Piccolo is ...

I personally don't care if anyone wants to be a Scientologist. However, it does irritate me that many celebrities seem to be becoming Scientologists as some sort of a fad. Just look at Katie Holmes arbitrarily throwing away her Catholicism just because she's infatuated with Tom Cruise.