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"Friends are those who show up with a six-pack, not dressed up as one of the Brooks Brothers". "I also do circumcision"! Not very sporting to fire on an unarmed opponent. I have waited almost two years for a sign from God. So when I heard the morning bells of Aquila, I knew the moment of my destiny had come. You will be my guiding angel. I'm merging your department with Archives, and I am firing you. Didn't you get the memo? .

Congratulations... please post pics! Thank you.

If ya know, ya know.

Might not this be better in the Matters of Faith > Atheist thread?

Oldiesman, Many thanks for this exchange. Regarding the Son of God, yes! Paul said it in a way that is unmistakable: a summarization of the revelation of what shall be. 1 Cor. 15:24-28 After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power. For [Christ] must be King and reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be subdued and abolished is death. For He [the Father] has put all things in subjection under His [Christ’s] feet. But when it says, All things are put in subjection [under Him], it is evident that He [Himself] is excepted Who does the subjecting of all things to Him. However, when everything is subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also subject Himself to [the Father] Who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [be everything to everyone, supreme, the indwelling and controlling factor of life. (Amplified, Classic) Peace. revvel

I think there are atheists here, and wanted to start a discussion about life as an atheist after being in TWI. My reasoning behind becoming an atheist is entirely VPW's fault, as he said either the whole bible is the written revealed word of god or none of it is. So I took that challenge and have found it to be a great and powerful place to be. I'm wondering if anyone will join me in discussing no longer having faith, what inspires you now, and how do you confront the old mode of cult thinking. There is so much to talk about outside the word. How do you fill your time, what are you reading currently, any thing to report about your observations of life? I don't expect much traffic to this thread.

LOL! That and a few rhetorical tricks.

What would be the point in playing then, WordWolf, if we did that? Anyone can goggle, but there's no fun in that, I think. Clark Gable in known as "The King of Hollywood". The movie was the first film to win in 1934 the "Big Five" at the Academy Awards; Best picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay, but I don't think it's that. Several scenes featured hats. Did the wearing of hats become popular in culture?

My argument is that VPW used the closeups of his face to induce trance.

Revvel, that is some impressive research you've done, thank you. It once again confirms to me that only those human beings who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. He is the door... the open door to salvation to all who believe....

Oldiesman, You again provided a catalyst for thought. You are correct: not every Israelite will be saved. In the Parable of the 10 Virgins, 5 wise virgins enter the banquet and 5 foolish don’t. It is self-evident that not every Israelite will enter the wedding banquet/kingdom of Heaven. The answer to “all Israel shall be saved” is given to us by the apostle Paul and the prophet Isaiah in the context of the letter to the Romans. Isaiah & Paul: Romans 9:27, 28 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality.” Then, Paul expounds upon this prophecy by revealing the mystery: Isaiah & Paul: Romans 11:25-27 For I, brethren, would not have you be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits: that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: “There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is My covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins.” Paul defined/explained what he meant when he said, “all Israel shall be saved” … by quoting Isaiah. In other words, “as it is written”—by Isaiah—explains how “all Israel will be saved”: First: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion.” Second: “this is My covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins.” Note: Paul didn’t say “all Israelites” shall be saved. As Isaiah prophesied: Isaiah 10:20-22 “Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. For though your people, O Israel, may be as the sand of the sea, Only a remnant within them will return.” And to believe Joel is to understand Paul’s declaration: Joel 3:15-17 The sun and moon darken, and the stars withdraw their radiance. The Lord roars from Zion, and sounds His voice from Jerusalem, and heaven and earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge for His people, and a stronghold for the children of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. And Jerusalem will be holy, and invaders will never again pass through her.” “All Israel shall be saved” because the “Lord roars from Zion,” thus, saving Israel from their enemies: Isaiah 66:14-16 “Then you shall see this, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb; and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward His servants, and His indignation toward His enemies. For the Lord shall come with fire and with His chariots like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword on all flesh, the Lord shall execute judgment; and the slain of the Lord shall be many.” “All Israel shall be saved”... because of deliverance in battle via the Deliverer/Christ, and atonement via Christ the High Priest, and God’s covenant. Then, “Jerusalem will be holy.” Peace. revvel

The answer wasn't there. What was inspired is a LOT more famous, and you'd say so. Clark Gable WAS, however, involved in the answer.

Probably the most famous scene from the movie is when, after Clark Gable had failed to hail a passing car, Claudette Colbert brings one to a screeching halt by hiking up her skirt and sticking a leg out. "The leg is mightier than the thumb." Hitchhiking had been around for decades (if not centuries), so that's not it. Maybe women's stockings? Nylon was invented a couple of years after the movie came out. George

You just inspired my next question. "In 1934, the movie "It Happened One Night" appeared in theaters, and was a commercial success. However, unlike other movies that were simply a commercial success, that movie was indirectly responsible for something that entered US culture and was important for decades.... and is still recognized world-wide. What did it inspire, and what things in the movie inspired it? (No looking things up, please, that's cheating.)"

Mason Capwell Garry Buckman Luke Brower Tobias Wolff Jim Carroll Arthur Rimbaud Brandon Darrow Amsterdam Vallon Danny Archer Roger Ferris Frank Wheeler Dominick "Dom" Cobb Edward Daniels "Jack" John Dawson Calvin J. Candle

Either the market or the year. I can recognize "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow." I've heard OF "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and "Jennifer Juniper" and "Season of the Witch." I may have heard a few seconds of the last one in a movie. *blink blink* *checks* Apparently, a long, long time ago, in elementary school, we sang, in chorus, a piece of "Happiness Runs." I remembered the lines "Happiness runs in a circular motion" and "Why, Oh, because." (And "happiness runs, happiness runs.") I'm well aware we didn't do the whole song because most of the lyrics online are completely unfamiliar to me. It would not surprise me to find that they'd changed what few lyrics we did use.

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Men in Tights Cary Elwes The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare George

Seriously? Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Catch the Wind, Colours, Jennifer Juniper, Season of the Witch, Happiness Runs, Barabajagal... I must have lived in a very different market

"Now, would you like to learn to shoot?" "I can already." "Oh, I saw. Very American. Fire enough bullets and hope to hit the target." "I may have been overly rude earlier... when I called you a pirate." "And I may have been overly charitable... when I said I wasn't. But I try to live in the now... where the ghosts of old wrongs do not abide."

If we're talking Donovan, only 2 songs ever appear on my radar, ever. I don't think I've ever heard even a 3rd song of his air.