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I just bought this game yesterday, and I must say that it is very well done. As far as the cinematic experience goes, I have seen none better. Very tastefully done and smooth, much better than the very first BiA. There is quite a bit of language in it as it is a military game, and it *realistically* portrays the military. The violence is brutal, and realism is ever prevalent. This game sacrifices just a bit of the story for a bit of a history lesson, keeping it in touch with its predecessors that were used by the History Channel in a World War Two documentary.

As far as sound goes, I am a very picky person. As a matter of fact, sound can make or break a game for me. I don’t have a problem recommending this game to anyone who is looking for a game with enough ‘oomph’ to test a high-end sound system. It sounds just plain beautiful, the guns are satisfyingly loud, with a hard-core punch. This makes wasting virtual ‘ammo’ a problem for me.

Moving on; the things I was worried about were actually done better than I gave them credit. There is a third-person cover system that lets you see your character when he puts his back to a wall. My worry was that this was going to come of as cheesy, but in actuality; this was very well done and is pretty realistic, seeing as a natural reaction when getting shot at would be to jump behind something. Another thing I wasn’t so sure about was; the slow motion ‘kill-cam’, but it isn’t too bad either. The slow-motion sequences are a rare occurrence and don’t really hinder gameplay.

This game is pretty good, but its still rated ‘M’. Meaning its not for little Johnny. As I said; the violence is brutal, and the language is pretty gritty, but if you are an amateur historian like myself, this game can’t be passed up. It gives a pretty good look into the military aspect of warfare, and into the life a soldier might lead.

No, not the ones from Mexico. I’m talking the little green, take-me-to-your-leader, types. Regardless of whether you really believe in them or not, there is probably that constant question that runs through your mind as soon as you hear the word ‘alien’, that says; “Are we really alone?” The answer is most likely; “Yes, we are alone”.

There is no mention of life on other planets in scripture. However, that does not necessarily prove that it doesn’t exist. The point I’m trying to make is; if there *is* life on other planets, it is unintelligent and soul-less. If there were intelligent, sanctified life out there, then Jesus would have had to die for them too. Romans 8:22 says; “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.” This means that ALL of creation is fallen, and in need of a Savior.

Also, I would like to point out that the Bible says mankind is a divine creation of God. Genesis 1:26 says “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” If God had created alien beings, would they have been in his own image? If so then that means we aren’t so special after all. That means the Bible isn’t inerrant, and that’s wrong.

I read on another website, a theory that legitimate UFO sightings (and other related phenomena) are related to demonism. Most sightings can be proven as a sleep disorder, but the ones that can’t, are most often attributed to people who have dabbled in the occult at one point in their life. Just another reason to stay away from that stuff.

This is a hot topic that I have had on my mind here lately. Its called the ‘day-age theory’. It proposes that the world wasn’t really created in seven days, but since the Bible says that ‘One day with God, is a thousand years on earth’; the earth was created in something more like seven thousand years. They propose this because science can “prove” that the earth is over 4.5 billion years old.

This theory also attempts to explain why there were no dinosaurs when man was created and teaches that they were here before the act of creation started. That is why their bones carbon-date to be so old.  It also proposes ‘directed evolution’, meaning that God made creatures evolve from other creatures, just like Darwin said they evolved. Naturally, both counts are false, as neither one line up with scripture…*or* science.

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I went to see this movie when it first came out, and all I can say is; it rocked. Regardless of what you read on any other site about the movie, it was just good; and whether or not the people presented in the film really got fired for teaching Creationism, I don’t claim to know for a fact. I also would rather not believe the “documents” presented to me because of the fact that they can be forged (reason; because of lawsuits over religious discrimination), so I’m going to stay completely neutral on that point.

On another point, even if the people presented weren’t fired or suffered some other form of persecution over Creationism, I can think of quite a few others who have been (myself included, though not to the extent of physical loss or endangerment). Thats where the film really hit home for me. It points out very clearly that you can teach that literally anything created the world; just as long as God didn’t do it. There is even a theory presented in the movie; that life began on the backs of crystals…huh? How is that any more far-fetched than God?

Anyway, the movie’s real premise is the fact that freedom of speech is no longer ‘free’. Which, in my eyes, is a very plausible concept as well. You get ridiculed and treated like an idiot in a secular environment when you teach Creationism, but really the people that ridicule you have no more scientific ground to stand on than you do. That is what the movie is trying to point out, these people are teaching evolution like its the *only* way this world could have come into being; and that’s not right.

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I’ve been wanting one of these for a while now (and if I weren’t underage and poor I’d buy one…lol). Its a heavy frame revolver chambered in .454 Casull. Its a rather large bullet in case you were wondering, I’ve heard of people using them to hunt bears with.

Since its for the most part a glorified .45, you can also shoot .45 Long-Colts through it. They are cheaper and a little less powerful than the Casull rounds. Thats probably what I would end up doing, but its still a mean looking firearm.

I can’t help but think that I’ve been kinda closed off with this blog, I mean…it *is* a ‘personal weblog’. I guess I need to start by getting a little more personal. I’m going to make a few changes to make the place a little friendlier, and maybe add a couple of fancy plugins to fill in the gaps. I’ll get something fun going, maybe even some pictures.

I honestly don’t know why I’m so reclusive, but thats just me.

Well, in all honesty its been finished for quite a while now. The reason it took me so long to post is I was waiting to get some action shots of myself in it, but the thing is so hot that I haven’t been able to put it on!

Anyway, here is a pic of the finished product…

Well, I just got done tying around 650 strands of burlap, and around 150 strands of jute, onto the net of my modified flight suit…Boy is it tiring! It looks great so far though, but I’m still not done with it. I ran out of burlap, which means I didn’t have enough for the arms of the suit, so I just got the main body-mass and the legs done today. I’m going to pick up some more material tomorrow.

By looking at it you can’t even tell that it hasn’t been dyed. I still have no idea what it looks like in the woods, but I plan to find out within the next week. It’s bulky, I can say that, its heavy too. I can’t imagine crawling through the jungle, or someplace like that, wearing one, while somebody else is trying to kill you.

Here are some pictures of what I’ve gotten done so far…

I never changed the position of the canvas from the original. This is how it looks.

This is a shot of the netting attached to the flight suit.

This is the burlap, next to the suit, before I cut it into strips.

This is my ‘pattern’. Actually, I just threw the stuff on my suit to drag it outside.

This is what it looked like early on, when I first started tying burlap to the suit.

More to come!!

I’m still working on my ghillie, even after I said that I wanted to have it done the first week of April. Its getting closer to completion, though. I lack sewing the netting on one arm and I’ll be done with that part, but I’m debating with myself as to whether or not I should modify the canvas on the front of it.

As it stands I have a camouflage ‘one-piece’ flight-suit, that I turned inside out and sewed canvas on either side of. There are two long strips of canvas going from each shoulder all the way down to the cuff of the leg. I’m thinking that I might need to split the canvas somewhere so it doesn’t ‘pull’ on me and hinder my ability to move properly. If it does pull, it isn’t that noticeable at the present time.

Its kinda six one way half a dozen the other, though. If I split it, it won’t protect as well as it does now. I’ll just cross that bridge when I finally get to it, I guess.

I recently came across a site promoting a man’s book, the book is called Christians and War by Laurence M. Vance. I his book he “clearly” depicts the many reasons why Soldiers in the US Military CANNOT be Christians. He has done quite a few internet write-ups, that have done little else but make me VERY hot under the collar. (They are linked below.)

In one of his write-ups he sees fit to attack another author named Stephen Mansfield. Today the gloves come off, because I’ve just got to say something whether he ever reads this or not. It seems that Mansfield was lead to write a book about Christians in modern warfare. As Mr. Vance has “proven”, this can’t be true; as there is no such thing as a Christian Soldier. The ones who claim to be Christians are hypocrites who have no morals, or knowledge in what God said in his own word. The term “Christian Soldier” is indeed an oxymoron. Well to be perfectly honest, I have yet to find the “oxy” in what this “moron” has to say…

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