u/Kered13

I understand what Catholics believe, and their beliefs are rooted in tradition that goes back to some of the earliest writings of the Church fathers. But they do not go back to the Bible and indeed contradict the most natural readings of the Bible. There is nothing in the Bible that suggests the perpetual virginity of Mary. The tradition dates back to the 2nd century, which is very early but also long enough after the life of Jesus to be a later mythology.

Good question.

Mary didn’t have other children.

This is not at all clear from the Bible, as there are characters referred to as the the brothers of Jesus, including Joseph. The Catholic Church has explanations for why these people are called Jesus's brothers that don't involve them being biological brothers, but the most literal reading implies that they are in fact biological brothers, and nowhere in the Bible does it say or imply that Mary remained a virgin for her entire life. This is a belief that was accepted since the fairly early days of Christianity, but it is not Biblically attested.

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Now, Sweeny is like that meme of the dude mining diamonds and giving up an inch from his goal, so he wasn't first.

I know the meme, but what is this referring to with respect to Tim Sweeney? What is the history here?

The problem with Blaziken is that it's hard to get it into play against other Pults, since you have one Combuskin and can't use Rare Candy. They will often target down your Torchic with their first attack. And it also takes up bench space, so you end up with less space for Kloaks and Munkidori.

There is no Elo that you must achieve. Getting a high Elo is a matter of grinding out a lot of games. The ladder resets too often and there is too much RNG in the game to consistently remain in high Elo without putting in a lot of time.

But good players can achieve 1700 or more if they put the time in. Regional winning players have achieved 2000+ in the past.

Yes Prime Catcher is fine. Cape is also good. I think Stamp is bad because it's basically a dead card into Pult, and you can't be playing a useless Ace Spec into the BDIF.

People have an aversion to foreign foods, but they don't usually write such taboos into their laws and then make a big deal about them. It's not necessary. There is a principal in history that if someone is writing a law to forbid some practice, then people are practicing it. We also know from archaeological records that iron age Canaanites were commonly consuming pork.

Bacon is very different from other meats and non-pork bacons are not good substitutes. Even porkchops I would argue are quite different from steaks or other beef/lamb/goat cuts in both texture and flavor.

In the US lamb is mostly only found in high end restaurants or ethnic restaurants. You won't find any lamb dishes at your typical grill, family restaurant, or steakhouse. Mutton (adult sheep) is almost never eaten. I don't think I've ever seen it on a menu or in a grocery store, you'd have to go to a specialty store to get it. Goat is mostly found in ethnic restaurants, the same kind that serve lamb.

Yes. Unreal Tournament has more variety in it's weapons, but Quake's weapons have immaculate balance that UT lacks and it has much better movement. So UT is more fun to play casually, but Quake is more fun to play for years and years. This is why Quake lasted so much longer than UT.

We count kindergarten as a grade. There are 13 years of schooling, K-12.

Roguelike should mean actually like Rogue. So tile based, turn based, dungeon crawling RPG with random maps and some sort of permadeath. Examples include Nethack, Dungeon Crawl, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.

And "Metroidvania" is unhelpful because quite a few Castlevania games aren't actually Metroidvanias.

Hell even Metroid Fusion isn't a Metroidvania.

There are at least a couple Zoo management games on Steam. I don't know how they are though.

Iron Crown + Enamorus are even better into Crustle than Passimian. You run Passimian specifically if you want to have a Crustle counter and Kang counter in a single card.

Hollow Knight did the non-linear exploration and interconnected world far better than any Metroid or Castlevania game. And it made all of it feel so incredibly natural.

Hollow Knight also substantially improved the progression system. In Metroid you easily become overpowered if you explore too much. In Castlevania you find lots of equipment that isn't really useful because you already have better equipment. In Hollow Knight you are primarily rewarded with charms that unlock new ways to play without being objectively better than what you've found before. It's a system that perfectly fits the Metroidvania formula.

Metroid and Castlevania were great games, but Hollow Knight perfected the genre. Obviously it was an iteration on the formula that already existed, but that wasn't the question.

Rivals of Aether at least has a decent casual mode. Every stage has both the tournament versions and also a casual version with stage hazards and stuff.

Try Parkitect.

Look into Parkitect. It is a modern Roller Coaster Tycoon that focuses much more on the actual management aspect. The scenarios are good and the objectives aren't completely free.

Look into Parkitect. It is a modern Roller Coaster Tycoon that focuses much more on the actual management aspect. The scenarios are good and the objectives aren't completely free.

Quake III perfected the arena shooter. There have been many attempts to make a modern arena shooter. The best ones are just clones of Quake III and can't differentiate themselves without making the game worse.

They were not amphibious, no. But primitive lungs evolved to help fish breath in poorly oxygenated water. There are still air breathing fish like this today. These primitive lungs developed into both the swim bladders of modern fish and the more advanced lungs of land animals.

2 big ones, 2 small ones

Over the entire campaign? In November? This is impossible. Look at the alien mission tables and where they target and you'll see. Maybe you are shooting down some of the UFOs that would land?