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This preacher is going to burn in hell !
"The Way that can be named is not the true Way."
He's actually a Taoist (not that that means anything, as he points out).
Natural Morality
If you took a step farther back, you would see that religion and laws are a part of nature in the sense that they're a part of culture, and we require culture to survive. Of course that's very different than saying any of the religions are right.
It's more strange to suggest that religion was unnecessary for our survival. If it wasn't necessary, it would not have existed (and persisted). Whether it's necessary for our future survival is another topic. It's not yet as vestigial as our tailbones, and in any case, it needs to shrink naturally just as our tailbones did while we adapt to its absence.
Zero Punctuation: Dragon Age: Origins
The physical area of the game seems tiny. There are less than 10 major areas to visit, and two of the towns I've seen so far have something like 10 buildings in them and 20 or so NPCs. It feels like I'm walking through Disney World. Within these small areas, you're always hemmed in to a single path much like the Final Fantasy series. While exploring a forest, you're stuck on the trails. What's so hard about making an open zone? Baldur's Gate 1 did it just fine.
The only way I can start to understand this game's appeal is by thinking back to Mass Effect, because I really enjoyed that game and the formula seems identical. I think the difference is originality and the script. Mass Effect was an original story (at least to me and most gamers) and the cutscenes were almost TV-worthy, whereas Dragon Age's story is familiar to just about everyone and is executed poorly.
Police tasering almost leads to riot
Flight 1549 Computer Reconstruction.
Monty Python - Expedition To Lake Pahoe
Zero Punctuation: Uncharted 2 Among Thieves
Zero Punctuation: Brütal Legend
Reality TV Show to Convert Atheists
I'm not sure how a true atheist could ever convert to theism, without a serious blow to the head or something. Once you realize Santa Claus isn't real, how can you go back? You can't force yourself to believe in order to gain fulfillment, and pretending doesn't help either.
If you're an atheist, then you know it doesn't matter what you believe or what you tell others you believe. Atheists decide what is important in life for themselves. Theists have put this false importance on belief.
For me those are the most inspiring atheists--those who can go to social religious events, who can get along in religious company, those that realize there are more important goals in life than declaring your beliefs (like Neil deGrasse Tyson for example).