Quote from: epic7 on May 21, 2013, 05:16:55 pm

In order for me to believe something, I require evidence; that's just how my mind works.

I would not say that evolution and Christianity are equal in that they both are believed in by faith. Evolution is not blind faith; there is massive support and evidence for it.
Fine, evolution is a theory, but people often misinterpret "theory" for just a guess. A scientific theory actually very comprehensive and is tested and confirmed repeatedly. There is tons of evidence for evolution that can be seen in both living and dead creatures.

Also, theists frequently say that there must be a first cause to start everything, so therefore it must be God.
Even if there is some supernatural creator to set the universe in motion, how do you know that it is the Christian god? It could be any other supernatural being.
I also find that this is somewhat saying, "Science doesn't know, therefore God."
If we don't know something, it isn't very reasonable to conclude that it must be because of God. I'd instead rather search harder and attempt to find an explanation that can actually be supported.

Even if an explanation can never be found by science, I'd rather leave that gap of knowledge empty as opposed to filling it with religion

There is very little, almost no evidence for evolution, and most of the published "evidence" is either fake or turns out to be something totally different than what they and not support the theory of evolution at all (or in some cases, actually refute it). On the other hand, there is overwhelming evidence for creation and God, which isn't fake, and has not been proven to be something else.

Also, if there is a God, then there is proof that he is a Christian God. He has to be omnipotent, He has to be all-merciful, and He has to be all-Good. Nothing good can come from an evil creator.

So you're telling me that fossil, geological, and DNA are wrong?

And the Islamic and Jewish God are not evil in their respective books.

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Sooo... you're picking up where Shimbs left off? NICE!

In order for me to believe something, I require evidence; that's just how my mind works.

I would not say that evolution and Christianity are equal in that they both are believed in by faith. Evolution is not blind faith; there is massive support and evidence for it.
Fine, evolution is a theory, but people often misinterpret "theory" for just a guess. A scientific theory actually very comprehensive and is tested and confirmed repeatedly. There is tons of evidence for evolution that can be seen in both living and dead creatures.

Also, theists frequently say that there must be a first cause to start everything, so therefore it must be God.
Even if there is some supernatural creator to set the universe in motion, how do you know that it is the Christian god? It could be any other supernatural being.
I also find that this is somewhat saying, "Science doesn't know, therefore God."
If we don't know something, it isn't very reasonable to conclude that it must be because of God. I'd instead rather search harder and attempt to find an explanation that can actually be supported.

Even if an explanation can never be found by science, I'd rather leave that gap of knowledge empty as opposed to filling it with religion

Thank you kind sir, my opinion exactly!

Well, I came up with a way to do 7 level (although not completely flicker-less) grayscale in Axe.

I used Hayleia's interrupt method for getting that nearly perfect refresh rate!

Here's the source:

:.PIC8
:
:FnOff
:
:ClrDraw{^r}{^r}
:
:[FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF]→Pic1
:
:0→T
:
:det(768,0)→C
:
:det(768,0)→B
:
:det(768,0)→A
:
:For(Y,0,7)
:Pt-On(8,Y*8,Pic1,C)
:Pt-On(32,Y*8,Pic1,C)
:Pt-On(48,Y*8,Pic1,C)
:Pt-On(16,Y*8,Pic1,B)
:Pt-On(40,Y*8,Pic1,B)
:Pt-On(48,Y*8,Pic1,B)
:Pt-On(24,Y*8,Pic1,A)
:Pt-On(32,Y*8,Pic1,A)
:Pt-On(40,Y*8,Pic1,A)
:Pt-On(48,Y*8,Pic1,A)
:End
:
:FnInt(D,0)
:
:While 1
:EndIf getKey(15)
:LnReg {^r}
:Return
:
:Lbl D
:!If (T++^5)
:DispGraph(A,C){^r}{^r}
:DispGraph(B,A){^r}{^r}
:End
:Return

Do you see the secret? It's buffers! Instead of using the default buffers, I created 3 buffers that have different weights. They go as follows:
none: 0/6
C: 1/6
B: 2/6
A: 3/6

You can not repeat buffers, but you can add them up to get all values 0-6 out of 6

The key in the code is this section (the only one I will explain)

:Lbl D
:!If (T++^5)
:DispGraph(A,C){^r}{^r}
:DispGraph(B,A){^r}{^r}
:End
:Return

The front buffer gets a weight of 2/6, and the back, 1/6. Add up the totals, and you get A=3, B=2, and C=1!

So long as you get those totals, it doesn't matter how you display the graph (within the interrupt or not) (which makes it less flickery, but more inconsistent)

That's it! Pretty simple, eh?

Good luck, and may the grayscale be with you!

Thanks, Xeda. According to my sister, who studies philosophy for fun, it is the same philosophy as Descartes, who I think was mentioned earlier. I didn't know that at first, though.

Anyways, I still think the philosophy is cool.

Plz: keep this philosophical and not religious, thank you.

I suggest Gran Turismo. I've been addicted to it for the past week.