Raf

Almost thou persuadest me to engage in argument.

Ditto

In my humble opinion, the so-called Idiom of Permission as an explanation for Yahweh's behavior in the Old Testament does not survive Occam's Razor, which is "the answer that requires the fewest assumptions is usually the correct one." The Old Testament writers told us who Yahweh was. His character changed over time. Different writers gave him different attributes, depending on the point they were making for the story they were telling. When God needed to be limited, he was. When he needed to be omni-everything, he was. When an explanation was needed for why Israel did not prevail in a military conflict, God had a problem seeing through lead overcoming chariots of iron. The Idiom of Permission provides a way to explain away that which was never intended to be dismissed in the first place. God sent the Flood. He didn't allow it to be sent. Genesis is clear. He did it. The angel of death in Egypt (which, it must be said, never happened)? That was Yahweh too. Exodus is explicit. But He's LOVE! He couldn't have! So we invent an explanation to retroactively absolve him of responsibility for that which he explicitly wanted credit! What happened? This is not hard. The people worshipping God changed. Their values changed. Their God (who cannot change) changed with them. Suddenly he never would have done any such thing. But he said he did? Hmmm. It was a figure of speech! Get it? Anyway, that's my nickel. I know, it's supposed to be two cents. But inflation's a bitch.

I would just go if I were you. :)

"Think of it this way: you'll go to heaven." "I don't want to go to heaven! I wanna go to the bank and cash this stupid check!"

yes

"The guy sure looks like plant food to me."

Quick Change

The last clue gives it away, but who would remember THAT fact about this series? None of my friends growing up, that's for sure. None of them. None.

it was. These were borderline "songs remembered from just one line" clues.

yes. I was distracted by her... filmography

Let me know if you need the rest of the script, since I have it nearly memorized. Dubuque? Des Moines.

More classic than that. I wanna say Streetcar Named Desire

JLW is correct

Hey baby, let's keep in touch

nope

Heartbreakers The Tuxedo Tropic Thunder Garfield

Perhaps I've grown a little cynical.

The accurate Ghostbusters quote is "He slimed me."

ok, the ag was a typo. but I thought ah ah ah ah was too blatant a hint. The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin

It would probably take an eternity to figure out which franchise movie it is.

Really? No one? Christopher Reeve

ah ah ah ag

Short role. I see what you did there. How was the coffee? Good? City's best? Or damn fine?

Ok, not gonna hold this up: Bruce Wayne Jack Ryan Bartleby the fallen angel