Welcome Jose! I'm glad you decided to start posting, and it looks like a lot of other people are too! I'm willing to bet that if you post a lot, you'll feel comfortable doing it in no time (actually science says you will, and it looks like it worked for other people on this forum). I think you've chosen a great place to get your feet wet; this is a place where even when people disagree with you, you can be confident that you are respected. So post as much as you like!


Edited to remove an idiom that may not translate well.

Oohh, I missed that. Thanks for the fast reply!

Loved the taxidermist comment. It would require totally redefining karma though...


I think reincarnation is a very interesting idea. It seems potentially very meaningful (What did I do in a previous life? How has that affected me now? How can I affect my future based on what I do now? Will I read about myself someday--have I done so already?).

It raises some big questions for me though. The biggest is this: Why should I believe in it? I believe things ultimately for philosophical reasons--logic has to get me there (usually, excepting "properly basic" beliefs...), and ideally physical evidence would be available. Direct experimentation is the best, but you just don't get to do that with the big questions (Or you can't be sure you'll be in a good place to analyze the data if you do!)

And what about loved ones? I am getting married next summer. I love my fiancé beyond words, and once I'm married being a good husband is my most important mission in life. The commitment is lifelong, and requires a great willingness to grow (listening skills, empathy, compromise...). What of that UNION in reincarnation? Granted, if I thought there were good reason to believe in reincarnation, I would try harder to come up with a coherent response to this question (so maybe someday I will!).

I think the answer really just depends on what you are looking for and where you are journey of discovery.

To nerd out, I think it's a bit like multiclassing in an RPG (in some ways).

Are you looking for community? Being adaptable to many different communities could be interesting and enjoyable, although many (most?) religious communities will feel more comfortable with you if you show deep appreciation for their most basic beliefs [this refers to when you are in the context of that community, like at a place of worship, not at a movie or sporting event]. However, many of these communities can also have a lot of people who themselves hold a variety of beliefs, so I don't mean to paint the same picture of all of them.

Are you looking for a cultural identity that fits you, or for different ways of experiencing the world than what you have had so far? Mixing could give you some interesting insight there. But just as in multi-classing, this may limit the depth of your experience within any single religion. That may or may not be a concern for you--it's your call.

Are you trying to learn about yourself? This could be a way to do that, though I think one can do that within the context of one religion (or without any) just as well.

Are you trying to find common ground with other people to understand them better? This might be an effective way to do that, though one can do that without actually mixing beliefs.

The part where you run into the biggest trouble, in my opinion, is if you are trying to figure out the way the world actually is. To do that, I would recommend studying different views and giving them the most respect you can (including whatever were raised with, even if it seems boring...). Thankfully many religions agree on being nice to people and that being good is better than being bad. However, they all differ on what it means to be human, why we are here, what heaven/afterlife is, how one gets there, what is the purpose of living, etc. To me, these are important questions, but some (or many, now that I think about it) people seem pretty happy to just devise their own answers; for them, the act of making their own answers is a very important process. I'm more scientifically-minded, so that's not for me (I think the answers are out there to be discovered with logical analysis and evidence), but it seems to be for other people.

In the end, I think you have to decide what criterion you are going to use to determine "good" or "okay", and then go from there.

I adore science; I became enamored of black holes when I was 8 (but how can one not be?), and have loved astrophysics since.

I tend to side with the views of "Reasons to Believe" regarding the interplay of science and the Bible. In short, if they do not agree perfectly, one or the other is being misinterpreted. I view science as the method to read "the book of nature," which would be a part of the evidence of God's existence that is said to be all around us in Romans 1.

The Big Bang Theory is far and away the best theory of the universe's history. It has been attacked by many for the greater part of the last century because it necessarily implies a beginning point. It's actually been scientifically proved that no matter what (viable) scientific view of the universe you have, it had to have a beginning point (the paper was by scientists named Borde, Guth, and Vilenkin in 2003).

The need for something to begin the universe, as well as the need for the metaphysical ground of being (which means something that exists because it has to exist, sort of) lead me to conclude that a supreme being must exist. The historical evidence for the accounts of the resurrection lead me to believe it's the Christian God, but that's a bit off-topic.

I respect that many Christians believe that the most respectful interpretation of the Bible leads to a view that the Earth is 6,000 years old. I respectfully disagree. The Hebrew word used for "day" in Genesis has 4 literal meanings, only one of which refers to a 24-hour period. One of them roughly refers to "some specific length of time" (though the length can be different each time the word is used), and I think that's what "day" (Hebrew word "yom") means in Genesis. Is it possible that the text really refers to seven 24-hour periods? Sure! But I personally don't think it does.

Hi,

I am new to Vizzed, and I'm having difficulty with a save file. I began playing Monster Rancher Advanced 2 a few days ago, and when I logged in today, I accidentally hit F2 instead of F4. I read about the save file manager, and hoped to restore my file that way, but when I click on the link in the top left of the RGR index, it just says "Not Found." I've seen various links to the SFM, but all those do is give the text below. I've disabled popups and tried Firefox, Chrome, and even IE. I tried accessing the temp file on my computer and restoring it to an earlier version, but there were no earlier versions. Any thoughts? Thank you for your time.

NOTE: This page doesn't work in Internet Explorer, please use FirefoxInstructions
This page displays all your Vizzed RGR Plugin save files and lets you delete them, make copies and restore copies.

The filename of the save files is usually different than actual name of the game so sometimes you'll have to try and figure out what game it is.
NOTE: If a game name has a ' than the filename of the save file may cut off everything before the ' in its filename.
Slot: Slot 1 is your primary save and is the save file which gets loaded when you play the game.

You have 3 save slots available for each save file so that you can make backups or use more than 1 save file.
Copying Files / Backing Up Files: When you click to Copy a file, it creates an identical copy of the save file for backup purposes
Move Files / Renaming Files: When you click to Move a file, it moves the file to whichever slot you specify
Deleting Files: When you click to Delete a file, it removes the file from the server forever so be warned!
Save State: These are Saves that you can create and load from anywhere in the game by pressing F2 to Save and F4 to Load
Save File: These are Save files that store your saved data when you save within the game itself; these are also called Native Save Files
Auto Backed Up Files: Save Slot 4 and Slot 5

Every day you visit the site, any save file of yours that has been created or updated in the past week get backed up to Slot 4 or Slot 5.

If the day of the week is an odd number, the save file will be backed up to slot 5, if it's an even number, slot 4.
Save File Types
.sav = Game Boy Advance & Game Boy Color & Game Boy - Save File
.sgm = Game Boy Advance & Game Boy Color & Game Boy - Save State File
.sav0 = Nintendo 64 - Save File
.eep = Nintendo 64 - Save File
.m0-.m3 = Nintendo 64 - Save File
.sav0 = Nintendo 64 - Save File
.srm = Super Nintendo - Save File
.zst = Super Nintendo - Save State File
.zs1-sz9 & .z10-z99 = Super Nintendo - Save State File
.fc0-.fc4 = Nintendo - Save State File
.gs0 = Sega Genesis & 32X - Save State File
Your Save RGR Plugin Save Files
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