http://www.funadvice.com/my/advice/domzila Philosopher, lover, and pirate extraordinaire, aka Captain Socrates Casanova. My favorite candy is the Jolly rancher. My goal is world domination. If you like or dislike my answers feel free to funmail me, criticism and kudos are always welcome. I'm single with no kids working a full time job right near Lake Michigan. Mostly Irish by heritage with a little bit of Cherokee mixed in. I like to snowboard in the winter, golf and fish in the summer. Among other various hobbies. If you'd like to know more you'll just have to ask. en-us You say, "Please Lord, send Domzilla a sign as to what the winning mega millions jackpot numbers are going to be." that is how you pray ;> just say that every day and if and when I win I'll send you some money. Just playing lol. Honestly you just pray for Gods will to be done and thank him for providing for you the the things in life that you need, such as food and shelter. Thats it just his will, never your own. domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:24:08 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/could_someone_tell_me_how_to_pray 317059 Sword, Pantera, Sepultura, Chevelle, Carnal Forge, Buckethead, Coal Chamber, Fear Factory, Spit, Kittie, Machine Head, Mindless Self Indulgence, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Mudvayne, Ramstien... Hell this list could get quite long so I'll just stop domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:08:30 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/your_favorite_metal_bands 317053 I usually use soundboards which contain lines from movies they're hillarious. You should hear my message machine right now, I've got a whole set of lines from Arnoald Schwarzeneger movies and it really messes with people. Sometimes I'll use Scarface or lines from Halfbaked or whatever movie makes me laugh. Just google soundboards. domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:59:59 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/whats_the_most_random_thing_youve 317049 It's a roll playing game that uses dice and a set of rules derived from various books. Usually someone creates some sort of gaming campaign and the dungeon master runs the show. The other people play characters in the adventure. It's like an RPG game on any video council but all the action takes place in your imagination and the scope is therefore unlimited, wheras with RPG video games your limmited to the options that they designed into the video game. domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:54:21 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/games_13738 317045 Chlorine causes that, try using Visine. domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:49:56 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/pool_eyes 317042 Put them on a flash drive or get a USB cable that will connect your laptop to your pc. domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:48:32 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_can_i_copy_files_from_my_laptop 317041 Download Winavi or Vidomi video converters and change the settings for the bitrate to get the size and quality you'd like. Vidomi is free ware. Winavi costs money. But like most programs you can find a cracked version on the web through almost any bitorrent tracking site. domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:47:09 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_can_i_compress_a_movie_file_without 317039 Yes there are a few different programs. DVD Decrypter, and DVD Shrink. I usually uste the latter because I don't want all the extras. Then you can convert the movie to an .avi file and change the bitrate and things to shrink it further. I can usually fit 2 full movies onto a DVD after that and burn them onto a new disk. Just google the programs. If you can't get them that way you can find the bit torrent tracker on thepiratebay.org and use the P2P networks to download them usint Utorrent, Bitorrent, Azareus... Whatever P2P program you want. domzila Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:41:30 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/is_it_possible_to_rip_files_from 317034 66stage.com domzila Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:12:59 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/watch_free_movies_online 294229 No curiousgrl Hajir is just another spelling of Hagar, it's the same name. And I never said Sarah had Ishmael I'd said Hagar did. Sarah had Issac. Abraham was over 100 and Sarah was over 90 when they had Issac. At about 85 Abraham had Ishmael. Try reading my post again and you'll see that you didn't read it right the first time, and perhaps you should read the book of genesis again while your at it. Aside from all that the whole point is moot being that the account of Genesis in the New Testament is full of obvious discrepancies. For instance... It can be demonstrably proven from the Bible itself that Ishmael, and not Isaac, was the son to be sacrificed, as follows: Abraham was the son of Terah (Genesis 11:27). Abraham was originally from your, which was in modern day Iraq. Abraham did not arrive in Canaan until he was 75 years old. He had a brief sojourn in Egypt, during which he allowed his wife, Sarah, to be taken by the Pharaoh (Genesis 12:11-16). Abraham later allowed his wife to be taken by Abimelech, King of Gerar (Genesis 20:2). Sarah was the half-sister of Abraham. They had the same father, but different mothers (Genesis 20:12). Sarah was 10 years younger than Abraham (Genesis 17:17). Sarah was barren, so she gave her handmaid, Hagar, to Abraham as a wife (Genesis 16:3). Hagar became pregnant with Abraham's child when Abraham was 85 years old!!! After Hagar became pregnant, Sarah twice drove her away: Once before the child was born, (Genesis 16:4-12), and once after (Genesis 21:9-20). It is to be noted that the Bible often does not present events in chronological order. The story of Sarah driving Hagar and Ishmael away comes after stories of Ishmael as a teenager. Yet, it is clear that Ishmael was an infant when Sarah drove them out (Genesis 21:15-18). This story is related in the Koran as well. The Koran describes Ishmael as an infant, too young to walk. The story of Abraham taking his son up the mountain to be sacrificed is in the Bible in (Genesis 22:2-12). Isaac was born to Sarah when Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was 90 (Genesis 21:5). This is one of the great miracles of the Bible: A child born to a woman of age 90. All sides agree that Ishmael and Isaac were brothers. They further agree that Ishmael is the father of all Arabs and that Isaac is the father of all Jews. Thus, the three great religions agree that the Arabs and the Jews are brothers; a point often overlooked by those who have not studied these religions. Clearly, the Arabs outnumber the Jews. There are more than 100 million Arabs in the world, and less than 10 million Jews. Throughout the Book of Genesis, God promises Abraham that his descendants will be of great multitude. God says that he will make Abraham a great nation (Genesis 12:2). God says that the descendants of Abraham shall be as numerous as the dust of the Earth, (Genesis 13:16), and shall be in number as the stars of the sky (Genesis 15:5). God says that Abraham will be a father to many nations (Genesis 17:4) and that his descendants will have the land of Canaan (Genesis 17:8). God makes similar promises about Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac. He tells Hagar that her descendants shall be a great multitude (Genesis 16:10). God tells Abraham that Sarah will be a mother of nations (Genesis 17:16). He says to Abraham that Ishmael will beget 12 princes (Genesis 17:20). The key to the dispute comes at Genesis 22:17, when God says to Abraham: "I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens and the sand that is on the seashore." Isaac was 14 years younger than Ishmael. When Abraham took his son to be sacrificed, that son appears to have been about 13. God several times refers to Abraham's son as his "only son." God says "Take now your son, your only son, Isaac." (Genesis 22:2). God says, "You have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." (Genesis 22:12). Did God make a mistake?? Did God not know that Abraham had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac? Obviously, God did not make a mistake. What really happened was that Isaac was not born yet. Ishmael, at age 13, was Abraham's only son. Isaac was born one year later. The Bible is in error. When Abraham died at the age of 175, Ishmael and Isaac buried him together (Genesis 25:9). By then, Abraham had taken another wife, Keturah, and had had six sons by her (Genesis 25:2). This last wife, Keturah, produced more children for Abraham than the others combined, another fact often overlooked. It is logically obvious that it was Ishmael and not Isaac who was to be sacrificed. Consider the alternative: If it was Isaac, then Isaac was 13 and Ishmael was 27, Abraham was 113 and Sarah was 103. It is unlikely that a 113 year old man could climb a mountain, split wood, build an alter, tie up his son, and later kill a ram, all of which the Bible says that Abraham did on the occasion in question. Moreover, if he did all that, why did not Abraham call upon his then 27-year-old son, Ishmael, for assistance? Furthermore, whereas the descendants of Ishmael are of a great multitude, numbering more than 100 million today, the descendants of Isaac have waxed and waned and have been found and lost over the centuries. The descendants of Isaac only had their own kingdom for a brief period in history, and then only long after Isaac had died and many generations had passed. Before then, they were slaves in Egypt. Later, they were conquered by the Babylonians and again taken into slavery. Even when they had their own kings, some of their kings, such as Ahab and Ahaz, worshipped Ba'al and not God (1 Kings 16:32 and 2 Chronicles 28:2). Many believe that most of the European Jews of today, especially the Russian Jews, are not descendants of Isaac at all, but are descendants of the Kazars, the so-called "13th Tribe", which was centered in the area of Kiev and which converted to Judaism by order of their rulers in the Ninth Century, AD. If God did promise Isaac that his descendants would be in number as the dust of the Earth, as the stars in the sky, and as the sand in the seashore, this was a false promise which has not been fulfilled. Another promise that was not fulfilled, if indeed it was made, was the promise to give Isaac all of the Land of Canaan. The Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael, have occupied Canaan from that day to this. Canaan is the valley on the right and left banks of the Jordan River. Today, the Right Bank is controlled entirely by Arabs. More than 90% of the population of the Left Bank is Arab as well. The Jews only recently re-arrived as rulers of part of that area after an absence of nearly 3,000 years. The sons of Ishmael became kings immediately. The Bible says that they lived in a land East of Egypt (Genesis 25:18). It was a caravan from the tribe of Ishmael that took Joseph to Egypt (Genesis 37:25) and 39:1). Since Ishmael was 14 years older than Isaac, and since Isaac was 60 years old before his first and only sons were born, it is apparent that by the time that the 12 tribes of Israel got off to their big start, the tribes of Ishmael had long been well established. The Bible contains many obvious errors and inconsistencies. Starting from Genesis, it first says that Enoch and his son Mathushael and his son Lamech were direct descendants of Cain along the male line (Genesis 4:18). It later says that Enoch and his son Methuselah and his son Lamech were direct descendants of Seth along the male line (Genesis 5:21-25). Both could not be true, except in the unlikely event that there were two identical sets of persons with these names. So which is right? Neither book the Bible, Koran, or Torah nor either of the three major religions is consistent enough in it's writings today to be considered right in my opinion, like others have said it's all faith based. None of it can be proven beyond a doubt. The examples above only pertain to the Christian bible if you'd like a list of discrepancies from the Koran or Torah I'd be happy to oblige by sending them in another email or post as this one is lengthy enough as it is. But they are just as bad as the Christian bible when it comes to discrepancies, missing, and newly added texts. Having been changed so many times none of the three books can be considered the divinely inspired words of God. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:48:09 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/what_religion_is_right 278574 Yes, get some antibiotics. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:20:06 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/infected_belly_button 278493 As long as their not sleeping, I got a text message last night at 2 a.m. and it upset me a little. But I don't like texting much to begin with it's labor intensive and time consuming, I'd rather just receive a call. It's simpler quicker and easier to catch when they're being sarcastic or if they're upset or whatever the case may be. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:10:42 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/texting_11730 278471 You could talk to your mom, but it sound's like you've already tried that and she's completely unreasonable. Perhaps talk to your dad and or grandparents and they could persuade her. Aside from that there's not much you can do aside from what any caged animal would do and that is bide your time until the opportunity to escape presents itself. And by that I don't mean running away from home, but you can legally move out without your parents permission at 17. Get a job now and save your money until then so that you can get your first apartment with a friend you can trust who is 18 and can legally sign a lease agreement. That's exactly what I did at 17 and I turned out just fine, haven't had to ask my parents for anything yet. Trust me when I say though that living on your own at 17 is very difficult and expensive so stay in school so you can get a good job and save money. When you've graduated at 18 you can go to college and get a dorm room or rent a house with other college girls your age. But like I said you have to be prepared because if you move out at 17 without your parents blessing they likely won't be inclined to help you in the future with buying a car or loaning you money and the like. So save now. Fortunately for me I had my parent's blessing. They knew I would make mistakes and I did, but they didn't pick up the pieces I had to get myself out of the messes I made which builds character and teaches you important lessons if your able to learn from them. It's sad that parents who shelter their kids so much actually do more harm than good because it leaves them ill prepared to deal with life once they leave the home and have to survive on their own. On the other hand if you would like your parents to always take care of you until your older just go along with the program, as long as their happy with what your doing and you follow directions they'll likely help you with things like your first car, apartment, college etc.. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:06:47 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/mom_locked_me_in_a_cage 278457 It's human nature to hang with people who are similar to you, have you heard the phrase birds of a feather flock together? People fear others who are different too, it's a way of separating yourself from the rest of humanity making people who aren't like you seem less then human so it's easy to commit atrocities. Just look at what Nazi Germany did to the Jews. Or how the white settlers treated the American Indians or Black slaves. I don't think people intend to be racist, it's built into our ego's and psyche to act this way separating ourselves from others. Although I'm sure some are racist because it's how they were raised or they're just mean spirited in general. I wouldn't consider the fact that the Spanish speaking kids hang with other Spanish speaking kids or Black kids with other Black kids as being racist. It's just easier for them to identify with and less frightening than to open your mind and heart push the boundaries and taste a little culture shock. People are timid by nature and often stupid is well, thats why I call them Sheeple sometimes. Or even Lemmings. Hope this clears things up a bit. Sociology can be a very interesting subject when studied. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:30:29 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/i_think_my_skool_is_racist 278415 No I've never felt that way, life even when hard is still precious and exciting I'd imagine death is quite boring. Suicide is selfish, you're just leaving others with the burden, you become part of the problem and have no hand in the solution. Millions of children suffer worse fates then you every day, from being forced to work in sweat shops, the sex trade, starvation, beatings, etc... and they still want to live. Your life can't be that bad, get off the pitty pot and do something to make the world a better place instead of saying "Poor me pour me a drink" Stay off the drug's and alcohol. Stop labeling yourself as emo, just to fit in with others. It's not at all cool to conform. "If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity." ( Bill Vaughan .) domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:20:48 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/suicide_22893 278396 Variety is the spice of life, but I'd say that rail thin girls are less attractive because it doesn't seem healthy when you can see all the girls veins and ribs even if they have the face of a model. It's just kinda gross. Most men like women who feel somewhat soft in their hands and arms. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:00:21 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/do_guys_like_slender_girls 278374 "If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity." (Bill Vaughan) "Know thyself." (Both Buddah and Yoda) Popularity will not make you happy. Try to be content with the small things in life, don't have outrageous expectations and you won't be let down. God will provide everything you truly need in the time you truly need it, until then be patient. Then you may be serene and happy. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:55:33 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_do_you_become_popular 278370 So this man is talking to his brother and says that he found a Sadomasochism and Bondage magazine under his 13 year of sons mattress and he asks his brother who has grown kids of his own what he should do. And his brother replies, "I'm not sure but for God's sake don't spank him!" (I heard this story on the early morning radio today and LMFAO) domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:50:13 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/nonsence_question 278362 Jesus had dark skin and short dark hair as having short hair was custom. If you look at any painting, statue, or bust from that period of time they all depict men with short hair. Any writings from that period refer to men as having short hair. All roman emperor's who set the style for that period of time had short hair. Remember he was a Jew so his hair was also likely curly and likely had dark eyes. I'm sure he was also lean because of his diet and exercise. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:44:51 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/what_did_jesus_really_look_like 278354 Don't argue back, control your own temper. When you start arguing you both grow frustrated and angry then you lash out by hitting. Let her say her piece, listen with an open mind. Honestly consider her feelings and what she says, DON"T GET ANGRY! Then let her understand that you know and understand what she is saying and move on with your day, don't dwell on it. By taking the higher road and controlling yourself you lead by example and she may change her attitude and demeanor as well. You cannot change others you can only change yourself and how you react to situations. When she yells and screams don't raise your tone and scream back keep your cool and don't reply with biting remarks to hurt her feelings, turn the other check as Jesus would say. This is the only method that will work, talking with your mom will not change the way your sister act's it will only build resentment. You can try to talk to your sister but if you continue to talk in the same fashion you have been it will lead you nowhere. Right now trying to change her all your efforts basically amount to banging your head against a brick wall. Have you ever heard the definition of insanity? Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results each time. You have to change yourself first as it's the only option you really have. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:35:06 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/sister_4005 278328 Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols of extreme antiquity. Since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth to large litters in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth at the Vernal Equinox. Eggs are, by their nature, obvious fertility symbols. As for rabbits laying eggs, several explanations have been proposed. In English, the etymology of the word "Easter" comes from an ancient pagan goddess of the spring named Eostre, related to German Ostara. According to popular folklore, Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became the modern Easter Bunny. The precise origin of the ancient custom of coloring eggs is not known. Greeks to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognition of the renewal of life in springtime (and, later, the blood of the sacrificed Christ). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging after the long dead time of winter. German Protestants wanted to retain the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, which was the reason for the abundance of eggs at Easter time. The idea of an egg-laying bunny came to the United States in the 18th century. German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhas," sometimes spelled "Oschter Haws." "Hase" means "hare," not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare, not a rabbit. According to the legend, only good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter. In 1883, Jakob Grimm wrote of long-standing similar myths in Germany itself. Noting many related landmarks and customs, Grimm suggested that these derived from legends of Ostara. The German and Amish legends were most likely rooted in European folklore about hares' eggs which seems to have been a confusion between hares raising their young at ground level and the finding of plovers' nests nearby, abandoned by the adult birds to distract predators. Hares use a hollow called a form rather than a burrow. Lapwings nest on the same sort of ground, and their nests look very similar to hare forms. So in the Spring, eggs would be found in what looked like hare forms, giving rise to the belief that the hare laid eggs in the spring. Santa is based upon a person who actually existed at one point in history, of course even the true history of St. Nicholas has been commercialized for profit. Nicholas was an actual person. Though he is the most popular saint in the calendar, not excepting St. Christopher and St. Francis, we know little about the man to whom so many lovely deeds, human and miraculous, have been ascribed. He was bishop of Myra, in Lycia, Asia Minor, in the first part of the fourth century of the Christian era. Asia Minor is far away from reindeer and Santa Claus, but the world of faith and fable is small and ideas travel far if they have centuries of time for their journey round the world. And Asia Minor is the cradle of all Christian ideas. He is know as the bearer of gifts, patron saint of maidens, businessmen and all who went down at sea. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:24:26 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/whats_up_with_easter_and_eggs 278312 First click the forgot password link then fill in the information that it asks. This site will either send you your password by email or reset the password I'm not sure which because I haven't had this problem. But in either case you will then be able to log in and delete your account by normal means. domzila Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:58:04 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/a_funadvice_page 278259 Above and below are relative terms, Venus and Mercury could just as easily be adjacent to earth depending on the perspective. And no neither of them is Hell. If there is a hell it exists on a different plane entirely, not on the material plane. domzila Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:01:46 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/is_venus_mercury_sun_hell 277118 It may effect weight but not the aging process, it's biological and the measurment of time by clocks has nothing to do with it. domzila Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:59:37 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/time_formula 277114 Megan has it half right. Sheeple are scared of things that are different then themselves. Fear, like hate and love cause Sheeple to act, it's the fight or flight response. It's just the nature of the beast, you can't change others but you can change yourself. "All are insane, but those who can analyze their delusions are philosophers" (Ambroce Bierce) domzila Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:57:16 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/why_does_the_majority_hate_individuals 277113