Recent content by cash5891

To add to this, how you mentor and motivate people, in my opinion, matters far more than why you want to do it, even if it's for a "good cause". It's why the proverb about good intentions even exist. You want to train your siblings to toughen them up? Arguably good intentions. Doing so to the...

One can criticize Makoto as being un-leaderlike while also not rooting for him becoming the stereotypical manhua "courting death" tyrant ubervillain. The fact is that Makoto's behavior in this chapter actually is very unbecoming of a good leader. He continues to ignore his subordinates' pleas...

That is not the definition most people think about when they hear the word "religion". Here are some definitions of the word from the New Oxford American Dictionary: the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods a particular system of faith and worship a...

Yes, this exactly. If you have faith, why do you still seek evidence? Isn't your seeking indicative of a lack of faith? Are you sure you're not conflating science as a discipline and science as a branch of academia populated by people who all bring their own beliefs and worldviews, some (many?)...

I say the question of whether certain members are "true followers" or not tends to skirt "no true Scotsman" territory, distracts from the main topic (whether religion is a net positive or negative for society at large), and eventually gets bogged down in semantics. IMO as long as their "lineage"...

While waiting on verification from you, I will proceed on the assumption that these "non-invasive" religions exist. You have already outlined the problem with them: they are eventually outpaced/taken over by the "more invasive" varieties. Thus as we look at larger and larger societal scales, it...

And has there ever been a religion whose members don't eventually start down this path of shoving their beliefs down others' throats? Because otherwise the end result is still the same, and it just becomes a question of when and not if a religion becomes a net negative on society.

Firefox+uBlock Origin on Android (use element zapper/picker). If you're on iOS then you're SOL unless you jailbreak or MD implements the option.

I almost got through the day without dealing with this asinine "tradition". Fuck April Fools.

"... & other SEA countries." You mean the countries where bootleg DVDs and cracked apps are still being sold openly in markets and shopping malls? Where "legit" copies of popular office/creative/productivity apps are sold freely on local e-commerce sites for a fraction of their US prices? Where...

Lol bitter and vengeful at the consequences of her own stupidity? Prime Bitch literally has no one left to blame but herself. First emperor is trash? Yeah, and who raised that trash into an emperor? God hates your kind? Well, looked like your kind were living a much less persecuted life until...

Nah, she definitely failed. She failed as a witch, failed as a "human", failed as a sentient creature that's supposed to have a brain with functionality beyond "I wub him," and failed her lover, her kind, and ultimately herself due to her own stupidity. She lost her brain long before she lost...

Witches can coexist(in the "nicest" sense of the word) with regular humans only if a) their abilities are subtle and nearly imperceptible so they are just slightly better than normal humans (doesn't seem to be the case in this universe), b) has very strict conditions on the use of their powers...

One of the most emotionally satisfying scenes I've ever seen. Just hope the author sticks to this plot and doesn't chicken out with yet another "everything is forgiven, gather round the campfire and sing kumbaya" resolution.

Nah, firepower trumps technique, especially if you're god's incarnation/avatar/chosen/whatever. It's just the author dragging things and/or the stereotypical spineless Japanese MC syndrome plaguing many otherwise decent mangas.