Divinus Arma

[Divinus Arma]

Divinus Arma was something RTWesque that I stuck in a latin translator and thought would be good enough for a gaming forum where I would only post one or twice.

3000+ posts later, I decided to pick something with personal meaning.


Eclectic isn't new age. I just acknowledge the inherent lack of absolute confidence that any of us can ever have in anything.

I was once a liberal myself: I voted for Al Gore, I saw the benefit of lifting the minimum wage, of giving social programs to the poor. That is because I was poor. I was never educated enough to see both sides. I chose the more logical of the two, but that does not mean that I am correct by any stretch.

Same goes with religion. I was once a Christian. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and lamented at the loss of so many souls to damnation. Until I began to see the patterns in each religion and especially the shared themes in science and religious perspective. All is temporary, nothing is certain, solidity is an illusion.

In every philosophy, I never strictly adhere to one outlook, nor am I 100% certain of the outlook I have chosen. I believe that certainty is reserved for noone and to claim certainty is arrogance. But that does not mean we cannot have an opinion; as an Eclectic, I have a responsibility to learn all sides and choose that which is most logical and relevant for me.

Eclectism demands tolerance and seeks knowledge and wisdom through variety of perspective. This may not be who I am at all times, but it is who I aspire to be. And I truly believe that the qualities we most admire are those which lay inherent within us. We are our role models.

[Lemur]

That was really quite beautiful, E; better and more heartfelt writing than we in the monkey gallery deserve.

By way of salute, I hereby swear to never tease you about your Village People mustache ever again.

[Quid]

After having read this and the mobile phone thread it seems the Lemur has found a new friend. Very cute.

Quid

Sorry, once again I failed to contribute anything noteworthy to a thread.

[Lemur]

Hey, if E wants to post thoughtful, informed responses, who am I to say anything but "bravo"? Anybody who elevates the discussion is worthy of some mild praise. That doesn't mean we'll be soaping each others' beards anytime soon.

[Divinus Arma]

Lemur is nothing to me but a Liberal. A hybrid-driving, welfare-state-sponsoring, racism-propogating, national-security-weak, crime-weak, tree-hugging, drug-supporting, homosexual-marriage-defending, tax-everyone, dirty liberal.

He's also a fairly smart fella and very proud dad.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Lemur is nothing to me but a Liberal. A hybrid-driving, welfare-state-sponsoring, racism-propogating, national-security-weak, crime-weak, tree-hugging, drug-supporting, homosexual-marriage-defending, tax-everyone, dirty liberal.

Methinks you protest too much. And we all know opposites attract.

I for one, agree with Lemur and think your name change had excellent reasoning. Your post was very eloquent, Eclectic, and quite touching. Damned if I can spell it consistently though.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

please add to your description in your Who The Hell Are You Anyway thread: confused the hell out of The Spatan when he changed his name.

[Quid]

Hey, if E wants to post thoughtful, informed responses, who am I to say anything but "bravo"? Anybody who elevates the discussion is worthy of some mild praise. That doesn't mean we'll be soaping each others' beards anytime soon.

I didn't mean to come across disrespectful. I apologise. It just struck me having previously read the other aforementioned thread.

And Ex-DA's (Eclectic's) post did make sense and it did promote the thread to other heights. I didn't mean to imply otherwise (and I don't think I did).

On a side note, I really WOULD like to see you two soaping each other's beards. That would be one for the books.

Quid