[OOC] Phoenix Wing (A Fairy Tail RP-Always Open, Open)

[Cello]

@Zarkun I don't think it's ever snowed here in Perth. I know it snows in some parts of Australia, but not here.

[MarshiestMallow]

<Snipped quote by Caits>

Complacency, religious zealotry taken to extremes, a number of ways, as rhetorical as it is. And the sad thing is? Obama won't do jack shit to help this nation's ally. Paris stood with us after 9/11, but I promise you we won't be there after their 11/14. They should be a day ahead of me.

@Zarkun

Well it's 14/11 here but I know you do it backwards so yes, 11/14

It's just so sad. All for what? Maybe we should just get rid of all religions. The world might be a better place for it.

@Caits so I'll pack my bags and hop on the first train there, then?

@Zarkun snow sounds amazing right now.

On Facebook there's a douche I know who made a status like "saying 'pray for paris on Facebook isn't helping anyone". Like geez no need to be such a bitter person about this. Why can't he just accept that people are, in their own way, showing their support?

@Leslie Hall

Sure, come to my place. We have a spare room XD

Some people just make me sick

[Silver Fox]

<Snipped quote by Zarkun>

I know, I know. Jeez. Christ. The TV is behind but the news report on my phone isn't.

How can this happen?

@Caits

There are just some psycho's out there. Many want attention. Be it shooting a classroom of kids in the face, shooting up a movie theatre, or blowing up buildings, they'll be remembered for their bad deeds. Or what their beliefs are. Either way.

I'm probably the more monster when it comes to things like this. It's sad and I do feel for families. Though I grew up with the thought process 'Shit happens. Unless 80% of the human population gets wiped out, don't cry over it. Do what you can to help out and wish for the well being of the people left. and if you see the murderer, torture them to death'

Still it's quite sad that these things can happen

[Lugubrious]

<Snipped quote by Zarkun>

Well it's 14/11 here but I know you do it backwards so yes, 11/14

It's just so sad. All for what? Maybe we should just get rid of all religions. The world might be a better place for it.

<Snipped quote by Leslie Hall>

Sure, come to my place. We have a spare room XD

Some people just make me sick

@Caits

...Get rid of all religions? By what, siphoning faith from people's veins, or exterminating them en masse? There are more people with some sort of affiliation in the world than people without by far (Think India (Hindu) and China (Buddhist)) Perhaps you should narrow your field down to religions that condone slaughtering infidels. Ones that advocate complete pacifism, living in harmony with the universe, or the idea of loving one's neighbor, aren't for the most part detrimental to the world. Sure, every faith has its infamous black sheep, but a kneejerk reaction against all religions based on an extremist sect of one religion is almost stunningly shortsighted.

[Cello]

We should all just become Wiccans. They never did anything to anybody.

[MarshiestMallow]

<Snipped quote by Caits>

...Get rid of all religions? By what, siphoning faith from people's veins, or exterminating them en masse? There are more people with some sort of affiliation in the world than people without by far (Think India (Hindu) and China (Buddhist)) Perhaps you should narrow your field down to religions that condone slaughtering infidels.

@Lugubrious

I kno its unrealistic, but the world might be better off without it. How many wars, battles, etc been started because of religion?

I am religious, but I wouldn't go killing someone because they worship some other god. Yes, some religions haven't been involved in war.

I just think it's a crap excuse for a war. Like I'm more then sure their god wouldn't want the deaths of so many people. Well. Mine wouldn't.

Of course I haven't gone to church since I was 12, but that's beside the point.

[Zarkun]

<Snipped quote by Zarkun>

Obama's afraid of offending and opposing the terrorists; he's been apologizing for people who want to kill people because of their ideals for a while now. It's downright tragic.

The citizens of Paris will most definitely be in my prayers, no matter what anyone says.

@Lugubrious

They will be in mine as well.

It's just...as a vet, it makes my blood BOIL when our fucking president, who took an oath to fight AGAINST these things, just stands there and goes, "Oh, I'm sorry." Get off your ass and be our president, you Muslim fuck! I know a few Muslims, the things groups like ISIS and Al Qeda do disgust them just as much because it isn't what Muhammad taught.

<Snipped quote by Zarkun>

Well it's 14/11 here but I know you do it backwards so yes, 11/14

It's just so sad. All for what? Maybe we should just get rid of all religions. The world might be a better place for it.

<Snipped quote by Leslie Hall>

Sure, come to my place. We have a spare room XD

Some people just make me sick

@Caits

Religion isn't the issue, the issue is that there are extremists that no amount of force or reeducation can control. Elimination only says, in their eyes, that they're winning and they're right. Ultimately, the only way to prevent this is to go the route of the Swiss. Every citizen is taught how to use a gun and every household is given one.

[Zarkun]

We should all just become Wiccans. They never did anything to anybody.

@Leslie Hall

Except for curses XD

[Joshua Tamashii]

<Snipped quote by Lugubrious>

I kno its unrealistic, but the world might be better off without it. How many wars, battles, etc been started because of religion?

I am religious, but I wouldn't go killing someone because they worship some other god. Yes, some religions haven't been involved in war.

I just think it's a crap excuse for a war. Like I'm more then sure their god wouldn't want the deaths of so many people. Well. Mine wouldn't.

Of course I haven't gone to church since I was 12, but that's beside the point.

@Caits

Religion is a center of wars like the Crusades and a source of corruption but at the same time, remember how many times it's helped people pull through tough times.

Faith is as powerful a weapon for taking life as it is a shield for saving it sometimes. All depends on how it's used.

[Silver Fox]

<Snipped quote by Zarkun>

Well it's 14/11 here but I know you do it backwards so yes, 11/14

It's just so sad. All for what? Maybe we should just get rid of all religions. The world might be a better place for it.

<Snipped quote by Leslie Hall>

Sure, come to my place. We have a spare room XD

Some people just make me sick

@Caits

<Snipped quote by Caits>

...Get rid of all religions? By what, siphoning faith from people's veins, or exterminating them en masse? There are more people with some sort of affiliation in the world than people without by far (Think India (Hindu) and China (Buddhist)) Perhaps you should narrow your field down to religions that condone slaughtering infidels.

@Lugubrious

Agreed. Not all religions are that bad. Everyone has some sort of belief. Even Atheist. It's just the person.

The person makes the final decision. It doesn't even have to be about religion. I bet you, if religion never existed, there would still be slaughter.

After all, a person with no religion can hate like homosexuals and go 'THEY SHOULD ALL DIE CAUSE ITS NOT NATURE'

If you want to think that, humans should be wiped out in general. The world would be a better place. Problem solved if everyone is dead xD

[Lugubrious]

<Snipped quote by Lugubrious>

I kno its unrealistic, but the world might be better off without it. How many wars, battles, etc been started because of religion?

I am religious, but I wouldn't go killing someone because they worship some other god. Yes, some religions haven't been involved in war.

I just think it's a crap excuse for a war. Like I'm more then sure their god wouldn't want the deaths of so many people. Well. Mine wouldn't.

Of course I haven't gone to church since I was 12, but that's beside the point.

@Caits

How many wars, battles, etc have been started because of land, money, pride?

You're advocating for the complete elimination of all religions based on the actions of an extremist part of a single religion. The problem isn't with the idea of religion, it's with ones that condone violence.

Let's put it this way. I'm a Christian, and in the bible, it does not advocate the murdering of people in order to facilitate the spread of the religion. In fact, it discredits the use of violence. Same goes for the holy writings of most other major religions out there. Have some Christians used violence and hateful means to do terrible things? Yes, but if you assume they stand for all of us, you're making a major mistake. Likewise, Islam itself isn't necessarily bad, but the people who abide by the doctrine of jihad (which means "a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims") use violence to do terrible things.

It is absolutely a crap excuse for a war. That's why most religions don't do war. If you please, name the a time within the past five hundred years that Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, or practitioners of Shinto have made a substantial religious movement to kill nonbelievers rather than enrich culture and thinking. Neither I nor any Christian I know would kill someone for believing differently; so in your grand plan for the elimination of religion, do we deserve to be expunged/exterminated?

Ludicrous.

Edit: to everyone mentioning the Crusades, yes, thank you for pointing out the one time that Christians fought a holy war, nearly 1000 years ago. Please keep in mind that the opposing side of the Crusades were the Muslims. Why did they go to war? To reclaim the Holy land, yes, because the Holy Land had been conquered by the Muslims and they dealt with the Jews and Christians there in a way somewhat similar to the way modern extremist Muslim groups deal with Jews and Christians. I'm not trying to claim innocence here, but pointing out the universality of fault.

[MarshiestMallow]

sigh

I'm tired, my head is full of chemistry that keeps on getting messed up, I'm sick of life, and right now, all I care about is that these people are using religion, amoung other things, to murder people. How does 8 frigging people suicide and take down close to 200 people?

It shouldn't happen. It shouldn't be possible. And It just stinks. So right now, all I care about is so many people are dead, not going home to families, to their homes or even to their pets.

[Zarkun]

As a member of the LDS, or Mormon, religion, the only time violence is advocated is in defense of home and family. These, in this case, Muslim extremists aren't even fighting for family, they're fighting a Jihad that is as pointless as the Crusades.

[Lugubrious]

sigh

I'm tired, my head is full of chemistry that keeps on getting messed up, I'm sick of life, and right now, all I care about is that these people are using religion, amoung other things, to murder people. How does 8 frigging people suicide and take down close to 200 people?

It shouldn't happen. It shouldn't be possible. And It just stinks. So right now, all I care about is so many people are dead, not going home to families, to their homes or even to their pets.

@Caits

It's a tragedy, yes, one that we can all agree on as horrendous, inhuman, and outrageous. Not all of them suicided; some used illegal machine guns to fire into crowds. Just rotten. But by saying what you're saying you are laying the blame on me, most people I know, and indeed the majority of the world, and not the people themselves. I know you're angry and disgusted; we all are. All I'm asking is that when you think about the innocent casualties, you point your anger and disgust at the people (and specific, extreme beliefs) truly responsible.

Signing off.

[Silver Fox]

To be honest, if I didn't have my religion. I probably would have suicided when I hit eighteen. Back then, I was seriously considering jumping off a bridge. But my belief that there was some reason I'm alive stopped me. Even if it's a small role, the hope there was a reason is why I'm here today.

Because I thought I was worthless. I still do at times. But it was that belief that kept me walking. Even when I was in the darkest parts of my mind, including killing people.

People just use that belief for bad sometimes. A excuse. But the sad thing is, those people can find another excuse to kill. People who were me don't. They need hope. Be it in religion or family.

[Zarkun]

FYI, Ada and I are collabing the fight.

[Expolar]

<Snipped quote by Caits>

Religion is a center of wars like the Crusades and a source of corruption but at the same time, remember how many times it's helped people pull through tough times.

Faith is as powerful a weapon for taking life as it is a shield for saving it sometimes. All depends on how it's used.

@Joshua Tamashii

Just felt like using a metaphor that could go further into what Joshua was saying. Just like how he said that "Faith is as powerful a weapon for taking life as it is a shield for saving it sometimes." It's not just this case, but most things can potentially be used to help or harm someone. Nuclear weapons can be used to cause devastation where ever it lands. But at the same, using nuclear power plant can be more beneficially for allowing electricity for many people. Another example would be water, a necessity. It can help satisfy a person's thirst, but can be used to drown someone.

[MarshiestMallow]

To be honest, even when my mother was in hospital, I didn't really turn to Religion. Yes, I prayed, but it wasn't what I thought on when my mother was going through her disease in the beginning. it was more the people that helped that kept me going. My grandmother, my dad, my friends (not that I had many), my teachers, and my pastor.

It's nice knowing that god is there, but for the last several years the only thing that actually kept me going was basically to screw people who treated me like crap, so I could say "Look, they didn't break me".

People who do this? They are weak. they think killing brings about the answer. They think that's all they have to do, to make what they want right, when it's just wrong. As long as people believe that, we can keep on fighting, but damn it, there needs to be more that we can do!

[Demous]

I was at a loss with Masahiko and have no idea what to do with Sayuri... blegh need more free time to read all the posts...

[Lmpkio]

@Demous So gonna post or not? (Sorry for my annoyance but I really want to hit to birds with one stone. Otherwise I WILL get a post certainly tomorrow. School has been keeping me busy)

NVM. You did already. Ignore this.