Court Strikes Down Ill. Video Game Law

[MorganGrayson]

*full body contact hug and smooche*

DEREK!!!!!

I've missed you so much. I know that school has to come first, and I'm so glad that you're doing well, but I do selfishly miss your posts.

You made your point well. However, many religions have *never* relied on "freedom of choice" in the first place. They depend on fear to keep their followers in line. They draw a portrait of an angry, vengeful god who will punish them for every thing they consider a sin. Then they declare just about everything a sin. *sigh* How these people get their followers is beyond me, especially since the world is overflowing with choices they could make. A lot of those choices also have little white buildings with crosses on them, so it's not like they have to go winging it into the "alternative" worships. I've come to the conclusion that they get their followers because most people are stupid sheep.

OT: I read the most wonderful article in a christian (small "c" on purpose) publication. A young woman had suffered a spinal cord injury by diving into a pond that was too shallow for a dive. She wondered "how could God let this happen to me?" She went on to ask herself what she had expected God to do? Repeal the law of gravity just for her? Perhaps it wasn't the will of God that she got injured, it just happened because she herself chose to do something stupid. She then went on to say that her belief in God was there to make her stronger so that she could cope with what had happened. I loved reading the article and wished that there were more christians like her who believed in personal responsibility. Well, in all fairness, there probably are...they just don't get a lot of press.

I'm so glad you're back, Derek.