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[Archie]

Dave destroyed. :lol :lol :lol

 

[TheGreatDave]

"The 2001 census found that 76.8% of the UK population had a religion, with Christianity being the most prevalent (71.6% of respondents described their religion as such)"

Yeah, but we're liars. No one here actually believes in God except old people and strange folk. People just say they're Christian because of school.

Americans believe it, :lol

 

[Costanza]

Dave destroyed. :lol :lol :lol

:lol

 

[TheGreatDave]

Moreover, in practice 48 million out of the UK's 58 million population are not involved in any regular religious practice, institutional religion has been in sharp decline since the 1960s, and the latest Church of England attendance figures show a continued decline overall.

I win.

 

[Mileena]

Religion :lol :lol :lol

 

[Ridley327]

Religion has inspired some of the greatest art man has ever known, so a blanket statement like that is frankly retarded.

 

[sublime085]

Moreover, in practice 48 million out of the UK's 58 million population are not involved in any regular religious practice, institutional religion has been in sharp decline since the 1960s, and the latest Church of England attendance figures show a continued decline overall.

I win.

Well one thing that irrefutably sucks about the UK is that the orange juice tastes terrible and is super expensive. Pretty much all fruit is bitter, small, and expensive.

Get some real produce plz

 

[Jet Grind Radio!]

Religion has inspired some of the greatest art man has ever known, so a blanket statement like that is frankly retarded.

It has also inspired some of the worst wars man has ever known. So it's a draw, really.

 

[TheGreatDave]

Religion has inspired some of the greatest art man has ever known, so a blanket statement like that is frankly retarded.

I wonder if The Beatles were religious.

 

[Ridley327]

If religion didn't exist, we'd still be killing each other over something stupid.

I'm not so sure about where music would be without it.

I wonder if The Beatles were religious.

Gosh, it's not like George spent a good chunk of his career on the subject!

 

[Mileena]

I wonder if The Beatles were religious.

They were probably straight edge too. Straight edge christian rock ftw.

 

[TheGreatDave]

I'm not interested in George, what did Ringo think?

 

[MrOctober]

If religion didn't exist, we'd still be killing each other over something stupid.

I'm not so sure I agree with this. Not to the extent of religion that is. We'd definitely still be killing each other.

Plus I'd argue that drugs have given us much better art than religion.

 

[Ridley327]

I'm not interested in George, what did Ringo think?

He's a vegetarian, though it's not by choice!

 

[Jet Grind Radio!]

Plus I'd argue that drugs have given us much better art than religion.

Religion basically re-inspired several people to do art/music again. So even though one could argue music is better now, it needed that first step in the Middle Ages, and subsequently the Renaissance. #devilsadvocate

 

[Mileena]

Plus I'd argue that drugs have given us much better art than religion.

That's not even debatable.

 

[Ridley327]

I'd have to imagine there's more than a handful of classical music composers who would debate that.

 

[TheGreatDave]

Paul: But believe it or not, we're not anti-Christ.

Ringo: Just anti-Pope and anti-Christian.



Love Ringo.

 

[MrOctober]

Religion basically re-inspired several people to do art/music again. So even though one could argue music is better now, it needed that first step in the Middle Ages, and subsequently the Renaissance. #devilsadvocate

Are you suggesting no one took drugs during the Renaissance?

 

[birdman]

Are you suggesting no one took drugs during the Renaissance?

I believe he's suggesting you underestimate religion's influence in art.

 

[Ridley327]

I've personally have adopted the attitude of hating the player and not the game, so I don't have a beef with religion as much as I do with extremists that take it too far.

Then again, extremists ruin everything; just look at this board for living proof!

 

[MrOctober]

I believe he's suggesting you underestimate religion's influence in art.

I'm still saying it was more drugs.

 

[Jet Grind Radio!]

Religion was the inspiration, but I am sure drugs helped grease the wheel. So to speak.

 

[Remfin]

Alcohol abuse > damning a fictional character

Sorry, but you cannot POSSIBLY excuse the censorship on American Pie. After all, it says "were drinking ____ and rye"--rye is also whiskey. It's pretty hard to be inconsistent with censorship inside a 5 word phrase, but somehow Neversoft managed to do it!

 

[Bebedora]

Very late to the party, but had a very long day at work and didn't check GAF until now.

Awesome! I have a drum off with Bebedora at some point, maybe we can work out a more peaceful solution where I don't have to look like a bumbling idiot holding sticks

I don't think you are going to look like a bumbling idiot. And I'm probably not as good as you think. Saturday looks pretty good for me so let me know some times.

I'm up for peaceful solution play too. I just am IT fix it girl for a large paper company's Finance Dept and have to put in a lot of hours at times. (Plus my normal hours are 7:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT, so can't stay up too late during the week)

You plan on having Ronabo breaking one of her arms, don't you?

WHAT!?!?! *eyes Ronabo*. Actually I don't think he'd dare since he usually refers to me as 'freakishly strong' :lol

Owned. It was my idea to do it when you kids went to bed so we could yell hate at one another.

You're just worried I'll sing 'He Sleeps in a Grove' with the mic on and shatter your windows.

On another note:

Fuck Vanille's eidolon battle, that shit borders on impossible. Beat it on like the tenth try with around 20 left on Doom. lol

inb4 "it was a joke I beat it in like 2 seconds"

I just beat it tonight on the 1st try. But then I have LOVED the Missions and so I'm seriously overpowered right now.

And Shaggy...

Ever have one of those days when you just shouldn't have gotten out of bed? That was yesterday for me.

What a bad day! Hope today was better for you, or at least easier on the furniture and floors.

G'night all, pumpkin time for me, but FRIDAY tomorrow. Yay!

 

[Rewrite]

Sorry, but you cannot POSSIBLY excuse the censorship on American Pie. After all, it says "were drinking ____ and rye"--rye is also whiskey. It's pretty hard to be inconsistent with censorship inside a 5 word phrase, but somehow Neversoft managed to do it!

:lol

 

[ahvostik]

So I just pre-ordered Green Day: Rock Band from Gamestop... fml

47 songs
$51.83 - including tax and the free export

Use the coupon code: ENT20 and you get 20% off the $59.99 total.

basically I just paid $1.10 / track for 47 tracks.

I like Dookie and don't necessarily hate Green Day overall... I just couldn't resist the $1.10 per track and the opportunity to grow my RB library by 47 tracks.

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/sear...=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=green day rock band

the coupon code stops working at 11:59 P.M. EST Saturday night.

 

[Magik]

Ronald Jenkees - Guitar Sounds

Even though its an old version, its fucking awesome.

Can't wait for that to show up on RBN.

 

[Crag Dweller]

So, when in the hell is Pantera coming to rockband?

 

[Ridley327]

So I just pre-ordered Green Day: Rock Band from Gamestop... fml

47 songs
$51.83 - including tax and the free export

Use the coupon code: ENT20 and you get 20% off the $59.99 total.

basically I just paid $1.10 / track for 47 tracks.

I like Dookie and don't necessarily hate Green Day overall... I just couldn't resist the $1.10 per track and the opportunity to grow my RB library by 47 tracks.

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/sear...=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=green day rock band

the coupon code stops working at 11:59 P.M. EST Saturday night.

Oooh, good looking out, my man.

 

[AMUSIX]

OK, home, settled, heading downstairs to check out a ton of RBN tracks and decide what to download. I forget, if you download a demo, play it, and don't like it, is there a simple 'delete' option? Or do you have to go into your hard drive and track the file down by name?


Also, anyone up for playing tonight?



Also, the strangest thing happened...I was checking out all the youtube links posted in this thread today and suddenly I came in my pants. Very odd...

 

[NameGenerated]

After you finish playing the demo it gives you the option to delete it.

 

[DuckRacer]

So, when in the hell is Pantera coming to rockband?

If not within the next two weeks as a tie-in to the vinyl reisssues, never.

 

[overthehill99]

After my visit to Italy, all I could think about is how different art would have been without religion. Pretty much all art before the 1920's stemmed from some sort of religion. What if I never did? What if Da Vinci was able to create things off his own mind, and not be bound by the church?

 

[TheGreatDave]

Were Pantera properly confirmed?

 

[Archie]

So, when in the hell is Pantera coming to rockband?

Never, if we're lucky.

Were Pantera properly confirmed?

Sadly.

 

[AMUSIX]

Are my visit to Italy, all I could think about is how different art would have been without religion. Pretty much all art before the 1920's stemmed from some sort of religion. What if I never did? What if Da Vinci was able to create things off his own mind, and not be bound by the church?

gives

Were Pantera properly confirmed?

a whole new meaning.

 

[Mileena]

Never, if we're lucky.



Sadly.

Such a fucking troll :lol

 

[Jet Grind Radio!]

Pretty much all art before the 1920's stemmed from some sort of religion.

Um, not quite. After the Baroque period (17th Century), which had a lot of religious artwork, the Rococo period (18th Century) was more of a movement to the humanist side of patron artwork. Hell, Realism and Impressionism were alive and well in the 19th century.

 

[Archie]

I'd rather have Pavement over Pantera.

 

[overthehill99]

Um, not quite. After the Baroque period (17th Century), which had a lot of religious artwork, the Rococo period (18th Century) was more of a movement to the humanist side of patron artwork. Hell, Realism and Impressionism were alive and well in the 19th century.

But I still feel like all these things stem from religion. They may not be directly portraying anything religious, but they also don't go outside the realm of what was accepted at that time. It's hard to explain.

 

[Mileena]

I'd rather have Pavement over Pantera.

Archie tier lower than Costanza tier confirmed.

 

[Jet Grind Radio!]

But I still feel like all these things stem from religion. They may not be directly portraying anything religious, but they also don't go outside the realm of what was accepted at that time. It's hard to explain.

Well in a broad sense, yes. Just like you could say Punk is derived from "Greensleeves." And Impressionism, definitely, pushed what was accepted at the time. Especially since photography was invented and it drew money away from portrait painters.

 

[DuckRacer]

Were Pantera properly confirmed?

About 8 months ago :lol

edit: oh gee, a new page. Well, point still stands.

 

[overthehill99]

Well in a broad sense, yes. Just like you could say Punk is derived from "Greensleeves." And Impressionism, definitely, pushed what was accepted at the time. Especially since photography was invented and it drew money away from portrait painters.

I've never really got to study Impressionism. I should really actually look into it. Seems very interesting.

 

[birdman]

Speaking of premature announcements, I just found out it's been about 15 months since Snoop Dogg DLC was said to be coming.

 

[Archie]

Speaking of premature announcements, I just found out it's been about 15 months since Snoop Dogg DLC was said to be coming.

Let's hope we can make it another 15.

 

[Mileena]

Let's hope we can make it another 15.

The charts would be more fun than a Radiohead pack

 

[Jet Grind Radio!]

I've never really got to study Impressionism. I should really actually look into it. Seems very interesting.

I took an Art History class that delt with art from Renaissance to Modern art

Spoiler

a few times

. Personally, I love Russian Constructivism and Art Deco periods.

Also, the Impressionist movement got it's start by the work "Impression: Sunrise" by Monet.

 

[Archie]

The charts would be more fun than a Radiohead pack

Such a fucking troll :lol