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Well, I'm a big Final Fantasy fan. But I gotta say, books work the brain more, and games do really waste time...

However I like FF for the beauty, and the music. What can I say, I like art...

Games drives the modern world. Video games triggers your brain to think critically. It is a way to train your strategic part of the brain without something boring like chess. Video game is now essential for kids and teenagers.
Face it, if you take away your son's XBOX forever after he played it for 2 months (especially HALO 2), he'll melt or even take away his internet and all that stuff.

Side note: it also depends on his interests.

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Well, I'm a big Final Fantasy fan. But I gotta say, books work the brain more, and games do really waste time...

OK first off we were cool in the shout box right? ok just my opinions remember!
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Who goes door to door selling their religion? Not only does that beat out every Atheist rant, but it's just plain rude and intrusive. Who THREATENS non believes, wether they be Atheists or another religion, that they will go to hell? Who makes posts about Atheist to shut up? haha. Honestly though go on this board and look at the topics based upon believers who start it and Atheists? Look at the Atheist topics and how they start. Most say somewhere in there "I dont care just wondering" Rather then "You will go to hell..."?

Plus this is not the main reason. President Bush (the old one haha) once said "I do not believe Atheist should be counted as citizens" Now i am not just saying that he is the only one like this. Do you know how we feel? If you believe in Jesus, in person, we DARE not say how stupid or how we dont believe it. We will be attacked with threats of hell and, yes, violence. When was the last time you heard a Atheist going and setting fire to a Christians home? What about shooting them? Not as much as the other way around.

We as Atheists feel alone. Just as gay kids do growing up (in my opinion growing up). How black kids felt left out years ago in America. Did you know more people would vote for every type of religion, race, and sexual orientation BEFORE an Atheist? This has been concluded in many studies. We feel as though we are hated. So yes, we do get a bit edgey when you talk about your God repeatly and everyone respects you so much more then if you say i dont believe in a god or even worse, ATHEIST DUN DUN DUN! It is true.

Don't believe me? Try this. The next time your with someone you dont know to well and have not yet told them what your religious beliefs are say this "I am an Atheist" simply say that. Look at how they look at you. Listen to the completely just flat out rude questions they ask. T hey look as though your a complete moron. Then do the same thing and say about your current religion. People will respect you.

Atheist want respect is all. That's it. We have none. No Atheist campaign as that. It's litteraly called suicide. The president doesnt want to call us citizens even? The worst part about it is you are made felt ashamed of it.

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Christians don't go to the doors first of all. Atheists in fact get A LOT of respect. They are very mainstream. They don't want religion, but their view deals with religion, and that is self-worship. They have to force their views and don't even realize that they are very mainstream. Media, whether it's television, music, or books, they have to push the envelopes to desensitize the Christian crowd of the audience, or the neutral. I guarantee that if you are feeling alone that it is probably the lack of God in your life. I'm not saying that as a crazed Christian either, but I wasn't always saved myself and felt the same way. If there is a radical Christian, take it to them that they need to stop. But as far as I'm concerned I am seeing more Slipknot bands mainstream than a DC Talk group saying how there is more to life than just what we have now!!!

So don't give me this "we as atheists feel alone." You have no idea. You have a large majority on your side, more than you realize because a lot of the "96%" of Christians don't have an idea of why they think that there is a God or do not even know much of Gods word. We don't have bands singing "atheists are morons for not believing our God." Much like the heavy metal bands that exploit the number 666, and pentagrams, and mainstream pop/rap feeding society with sexuality and lustual things, along with shows that do the same. Anything angry or hateful from "my side" may come from a hypocrite or one without knowledge yet, I used to retort in mockery because I knew nothing when I was younger, but at the same time, people that were older and were nonbelievers used things like the internet and AIM for the efforts of ruining faith, and there are people that are known for that. I saw a report on Comcast that a company had 800 video replies on Youtube of people denouncing God. I was one that always thought "God existed" but never knew why, but now I know and understand more since then.

Here are the true facts about society today. 4% actually know God exists, while 3% actually serve God. And the majority of "Christians" misunderstand the term Christianity. A lot of "Christians" think that it's just going to church, and more think it's just what they are called because they don't have a religion such as bhuddism or anything at all.

Christians want respect as well. And neither side wants a radical view of any view. So as far as that goes we all need to work together by getting rid of the conflicts from the radicalism of any view.

No one should look at you as a moron for not believing in God, but from my perspective I would just want my friends to follow God with me because nothing has been more joyous and fulfilling than that for myself and I want to share it! And it makes sense to me, because nothing stays with you on earth, everything will go. But I believe with God that we are given the option to me more than just dust from the ground. That Gods love is unfailing, and he offers more than what the world can give because everything in the world just ends anyway.

I sit at a table at school where my "friends" found out I was a Christian and there is someone always saying how "God's an imagination" and "I hate God," and comes up with a way of mocking God. And tries disproving God trying to make me a nonbeliever. It will never happen though, so I take the challenges, and while I don't appreciate his comments that mock God, I am more than happy to share my views because I know where I stand. I know not all atheists are disrespectful, but if you find a rowdy bunch of atheists, or atheists that are hasty to say something against Christianity, and you know it, but you won't tell them you know it. Say that you are a Christian, and see what happens in a week. Maybe if you say to a Christian (a real Christian) that you are an atheist that they want you to be saved. But it is different from trying to insult. However not all are "real" and so both sides have their disrespecful people. But the point of why I mentioned this is because it is not just from "Christians." But it is from whomever is not respectful that has to be insulting.

But it is fact that a real "Christian" is definitely a minority since the majority of Christians don't even know why they believe and are quick to shake off any teachings from a church for example, and rush into immorality. The 4% and 3% (maybe even less by now) stands true officially.

And for the record I do not approve of what Bush had said. However I will go as far to say that I disrespect, the disrespectful.

Anyway I hope differences are set aside.

God bless.

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All i have to say is: Good thing you can't judge religion by its followers! Who says atheists and theists can't be friends? Who says there's no such thing as an atheist that prays to God? But i must say, mr ? impressive, your feeling of being "attacked" is nothing. And i also must say that this post of yours contradicts your own religion.

I belive in God, but I am glad I am not religious.

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@ Truefusion. If you believe the Bible is real, how about take look at JUST in the bible. There is a lot so i put it in a spoiler box.

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PLEASE PLEASE explain to me WHY you would want children to learn this? It's gross and distasteful. It's a shame children, as i did, have to learn about murder and how it's OK as long as its in the name of God. If its not you will go to hell. So confusing and hypocritical. Maybe since Adolf Hitler was raised that he had meaning to do what he did. It makes sense, no? Seems so. God had killed everyone on the Earth with a flood. He killed, sorry, tried to kill everyone on Earth except the people he wanted and specific beliefs and... hold up... i think that sounds just like something from the Bible. Never mind probably just me. Did you know at first the Catholic Church rooted for him? Then when he started killing many people they got worried. Why would the Catholic Church EVER support murder like that? Quote FROM him:

Read the whole thing and the context may make sense to you..[/hr]