WordWolf

"It's close to midnight Something evil's lurking in the dark. Under the moonlight You see a sight that almost stops your heart. You try to scream But terror takes the sound before you make it. You start to freeze As horror looks you right between the eyes You're paralyzed." "You hear the door slam And realize there's nowhere left to run. You feel the cold hand And wonder if you'll ever see the sun. You close your eyes And hope that this is just imagination. But all the while You hear a creature creepin' up behind You're outta time." "Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together, yeah. All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen. I'll make you see" "Night creatures callin' The dead start to walk in their masquerade. There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time. They're open wide." Ok, time for the giveaway. "Darkness Falls Across The Land, The Midnight Hour Is Close At Hand. Creatures Crawl In Search Of Blood, To Terrorize Your Neighbourhood. And Whosoever Shall Be Found Without The Soul For Getting Down, Must Stand And Face The Hounds Of Hell And Rot Inside A Corpse's Shell. The Foulest Stench Is In The Air- The Funk Of Forty Thousand Years, And Grizzly Ghouls From Every Tomb Are Closing In To Seal Your Doom."

Control from a centralized authority Money goes one way Dissent is suppressed and punished when possible Question: What does twi have in common with its offshoots that they disagree with the early Christians concerning? Well, let's start with the list above.... For all the bluster about being like the Christians in Acts or even BASED on them, the reality not only falls short, but is usually in complete opposition to outlandish claims

"It's close to midnight Something evil's lurking in the dark. Under the moonlight You see a sight that almost stops your heart. You try to scream But terror takes the sound before you make it. You start to freeze As horror looks you right between the eyes You're paralyzed." "You hear the door slam And realize there's nowhere left to run. You feel the cold hand And wonder if you'll ever see the sun. You close your eyes And hope that this is just imagination. But all the while You hear a creature creepin' up behind You're outta time." "Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together, yeah. All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen. I'll make you see" "Night creatures callin' The dead start to walk in their masquerade. There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time. They're open wide."

"In the meantime, be on the lookout for a male caucasian lamb. He is unarmed, and considered to be delicious." "You have a fever of 109 stroke 10, you can't have an incubator but you can have a pizza to go, unless of course you go first." "Attention. Attention. One minute to Charlie. The betting book is now closed." "I'm wearing a Warner bra. I play with dolls. My last wish is to be buried in my mother's wedding gown." "I'd like a dry martini, Mr. Quoc, a very dry martini. A very dry, arrid, barren, desiccated, veritable dustbowel of a martini. I want a martini that could be declared a disaster area. Mix me just such a martini." "She's offered her body to science. Time and time again." "I've gotten "Thank you" notes from people I said I'd never see again." "I've eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I've eaten so much fish, I'm ready to grow gills! I've eaten so much liver, I can only make love if I'm smothered in bacon and onions!" "I'm reminded of a story, you've probably heard it. The king and queen of this country were playing golf with five clubs. Their son Jack remarked how strange it was that they only had two hearts between them. And just then his sister Little Deucey and her dog Tre started singing 'Four Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,' whereupon the whole family beat her to death and buried her with two spades." "Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice." "I have this peculiar metabolism. If I don't eat regularly, everything solid in my body turns to liquid. My shoes are full of water." "When they came for me, I ran like a thief right into Grand Central Station. They trapped me in a pay toilet." "Beautiful." "Cost them four dollars in nickels to get me out." "I love a volunteer." This show had at least 2 actors play 2 different characters at 2 different times (with nobody mentioning how one character reminded them of the other, of course), and had the late Alan Arbus appear from time to time.

This movie featured a ballerina who is plagued by mental problems and dark hallucinations- and she begins to imagine she's on a prison transport ship marooned on a planet full of nocturnal predators during the total darkness of a long, full eclipse. Stars Natalie Portman and Vin Diesel.

I'm not a big fan of musicals....

He is mostly remembered, I hear, from this TV show. He also had a small part in the movie "From the Hip." I expect he had other roles I don't know. If you hadn't done a search, my next set of clues would have been enough for you to figure it out fair and square without being eliminated. Some people might argue about whether or not it was about a period of AMERICAN history. BTW, Mrs Wolf had no idea about the clue about the actors, but giggled as soon as I read the quote about the pay toilet aloud because she recognized it immediately. Alan Arbus got to say one of the other quotes twice in the series, and another Alan said a few that I used. Gary got to say another. Larry and Jamie rounded out the rest of the quotes I used.

But...if it's new light to you, it's as good as new light even if it's old light! We were taught that by vpw himself! Oh, wait......

"She's offered her body to science. Time and time again." "I've gotten "Thank you" notes from people I said I'd never see again." "I've eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I've eaten so much fish, I'm ready to grow gills! I've eaten so much liver, I can only make love if I'm smothered in bacon and onions!" "I'm reminded of a story, you've probably heard it. The king and queen of this country were playing golf with five clubs. Their son Jack remarked how strange it was that they only had two hearts between them. And just then his sister Little Deucey and her dog Tre started singing 'Four Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,' whereupon the whole family beat her to death and buried her with two spades." "Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice." "I have this peculiar metabolism. If I don't eat regularly, everything solid in my body turns to liquid. My shoes are full of water." "When they came for me, I ran like a thief right into Grand Central Station. They trapped me in a pay toilet." "Beautiful." "Cost them four dollars in nickels to get me out." "I love a volunteer." This show had at least 2 actors play 2 different characters at 2 different times (with nobody mentioning how one character reminded them of the other, of course), and had the late Alan Arbus appear from time to time.

Sort of, but they were playing Kip and Henry DISGUISED as Buffy and Hildegard, which meant they each had a role that played another role. Curious distinction, but I was referring to an actor returning in a different role.

This movie featured a ballerina who is plagued by mental problems and dark hallucinations- and she begins to imagine she's on a prison transport ship marooned on a planet full of nocturnal predators during a long, full eclipse. Stars Natalie Portman and Vin Diesel.

This movie featured a ballerina who is plagued by mental problems and dark hallucinations- and she begins to imagine she's on a prison transport ship marooned on a planet full of nocturnal predators during a long, full eclipse.

"When they came for me, I ran like a thief right into Grand Central Station. They trapped me in a pay toilet." "Beautiful." "Cost them four dollars in nickels to get me out." "I love a volunteer." This show had at least 2 actors play 2 different characters at 2 different times (with nobody mentioning how one character reminded them of the other, of course), and had the late Alan Arbus appear from time to time.

I never said your response was "angry." "If you actually knew what you were talking about" is a fine example of what I was saying you did already- this blithe dismissal of another point of view because you don't want to believe it. I "agree to disagree" with plenty of people rather harmoniously, without any of us saying the other side is composed of know-nothings. There were some rather fundamental assumptions that were visible in what was already said, which were enough to dismiss what he said as FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED. So, to my satisfaction, I was able to make an initial investigation, conclude it was flawed, and move on. If I looked at the foundation of a building and found the support structures were rotted and ready to collapse, I would have no need to investigate further before concluding that buying the building to put things in it was a bad idea. (And yes, I can ready very fast when I want to, and no, that wasn't the only article I looked at before replying-it was just the first one I looked at. The internet has lots of resources available at a glance.) "Think they know it all because some old dead guy said some old book says so." It must be terribly freeing to never have to consider whether the other side might have a point you don't see, some insight you don't have, some information you aren't aware of, and just categorically dismiss anyone whose POV you disagree with because they are categorically unable to bring anything to the table. Me, I am driven to keep checking alternate points of view, even ones I think nearly everything's been said about, on the off chance there's some new insight before I can conclude something new brings no new substance to a discussion. No matter how fast I read, it takes a lot more time than just shrugging off the opposing POV. So far, I have yet to find anyone who dismisses anything I have to say simply because they disagree, who understands what we're disagreeing about as well as I do-generally for that reason. I've "agreed to disagree" with lots of people over the years and at least respected they knew SOME of what we were talking about. "Strong rush to protect" Hardly a "rush" when I read everything I read first, and hardly "strong" when I wrote so relatively little. I wrote enough to point out it was fundamentally flawed and too weak on which to sensibly base a position. "It might be you that is angry." Why does SOMEONE have to be "angry" ? Is it because an "angry" poster can be held to be illogical and we can ignore what they say? Oh, and making fun of my screen-name, mixed in with some pop psychology about why I have it. Much faster than looking up why I've used it for decades, especially when that wouldn't support the rush to judgement represented here. You examined your suppositions 13 years ago. I applaud that. I'd recommend RE-examining them anew periodically. I do that, and sometimes I change some things, and sometimes I find I understand some things more deeply. It takes work, though. And lots of reading-including reading opposing points of view and seeing what they have to offer. It also requires entertaining the notion that opposing points of view have more to offer than "magic." That might be a leap you're not ready to make at this time. "Book of Roman propaganda". If it's true, it certainly wasn't proven or supported by the author you linked here- embracing that is a much bigger leap of faith than the ones I make to believe the Bible. "Afraid?" I don't have infinite time so I haven't completed his book. However, I've read what's he's said and other pages supporting him enough to justify an initial finding that it's too flawed to waste any more time on- as I said the first time and you ignored. I didn't give infinite time to the guy who thought that vpw's work was God-breathed either. I gave him sufficient time to justify an initial finding that HIS work was too flawed, also. There's the blithe insult again. It's a shame, IMHO, that you keep resorting to those rather than checking if, just maybe, we saw something you're missing. Historical references were pointed out, documental references were made, but your way is much faster and much more comfortable, I suppose. Whenever someone lauds vpw, they vilify me among others. I generally refuse to even grammatically be correct and capitalize his initials. I've brought up things general and specific against him in a trove of contexts. And yet someone can still come along and make claims like this. And I am the one that gets accused of being dogmatic and intellectually lazy. Something's truly sad here, all right.

"When they came for me, I ran like a thief right into Grand Central Station. They trapped me in a pay toilet." "Beautiful." "Cost them four dollars in nickels to get me out." "I love a volunteer."

No, on the one hand, he's willing to save her, but on the other, he's saying his involvement wouldn't change anything. It's like how I'd stand up to defend my family against an attacking MMA champion- while knowing I was just buying them time and volunteering for a beating. It might be a bit metaphorical. Too bad-you've heard this song before. "You hear the door slam And realize there's nowhere left to run. You feel the cold hand And wonder if you'll ever see the sun. You close your eyes And hope that this is just imagination. But all the while You hear a creature creepin' up behind You're outta time." "Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together, yeah. All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen. I'll make you see" "Night creatures callin' The dead start to walk in their masquerade. There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time. They're open wide."

Exactly. Some Whitesnake stuff for Ian Coverdale, and that's it. I was surprised she did A movie.

I just hope you didn't stop your rethinking once you read Ehrman. It's not uncommon- especially among people who more recently left groups like twi, or among young people exposed to few ideas- to come across a very different set of ideas, expressed cleverly, then dogmatically embrace those with all the fervor of the previous ones. That's just trading one set of dogmatic beliefs for another. None of this means YOU did that, but it is possible, so I hope for your sake you're putting more thought into this.

This is based on a fairly old security problem. So long as there are people who will just open any old attachment they get, there will be people exploiting that to install malware on their computers.

Depends on the goals of the one designing the system. If the goal is lives that separate distinctly in quality, like substances in a centrifuge, then that system makes a great deal of sense. If the goal is perpetual homeostasis of the planet, then reincarnation makes the most sense. That has other problems, however. First of all, the planet is not designed for perpetual homeostasis, and neither is the Universe. Each had a definite beginning in space and time and each proceeds to a definite end in space and time. Reincarnation would work with a "steady state" model of the universe. However, that's been completely discredited because it contradicts all the evidence. This should be less of a shock to those people who learned that "steady state" was embraced dogmatically ("religiously") by certain atheistic scientists because it said what they wanted it to say- it denied an origin. So, they pretended there was evidence for it and embraced it dogmatically ("religiously") after making a leap of faith. Second of all, everything I've read states that the goals of reincarnation are to perfect the individual- that people progress up from lower life forms, return as slightly more enlightened humans for several cycles, then finally graduate out as above human. But statistics wouldn't bear that out. Some people, right now, are fine, upstanding individuals who enrich the lives of others whenever they can. Some people, right now, are embarrassments to the human race, exploiting others and disregarding the cost to others and living off them one way or another. The larger the sample size of lives, the more likely a person would simply end up circling as a human, and periodically coming back as more or less enlightened, with poor choices in one life cancelling out excellent choices in another. Or to put it another way, Mafiosos would have to spend several lifetimes as nuns just to break even, making up for all the harm they did. It's just applying the rather fundamental principle of Statistics called "regression towards the mean."

So, no matter what it's called, "free vocalization" is a normal, human ability that children can use, and adults can use-as long as they can disregard their adult hangups over looking silly. Theater students and acting students learn to do it all the time, and any poster or lurker hear can learn to do it as well. It is neither exotic nor unusual.

Looks like we found the fourth of the three friends. Job 32:3 (NIV) 3 He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him. We invoked history pointed out the original premise was weak, and had easy-to-find flaws. So, someone could look it over and change their mind and reject the original premise. Or SOMEHOW find a way to refute the refutations (I won't hold my breath.) Or just let it go. What did we get? "Hey, be cool, you ignoramuses and never grow." Found no way to refute us, and yet had condemned us. Really, the problem was in embracing something so silly and then publicizing it. What you do on your own time is your own business, but if it's here, it's open to discussion- and disagreement and attempted refutation. If it's flawed, that's likely.

"Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together, yeah. All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen. I'll make you see" "There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time. They're open wide."

It seems that anyone who never evaluated what was wrong with twi and what is right by contrast other places is like a "sleeper agent" in that decades later they can lash out and defend things they never examined but were taught and just swallowed.

I was waiting for you to confirm I was right. Which you haven't done yet, technically....but I'll move on. "There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time. They're open wide."