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Those last two settled it, but I am very proud of you for not including the candidate. Greg Stillson. Emilio Estevez Sr.aka Martin Sheen.

Back in the High Life by Steve Winwood. Miller uses it in the commercial, naturally

Any thread where I'm up is free post if you haven't done it already

Yes, killing the competition and erasing historical evidence of their existence does tend to stack the deck in favor of orthodoxy.

As I was raised Jehovah's Witness, I never believed in the Trinity. Jehovah's Witnesses, unlike the Way, really did draw their theology from Arianism, a theology with a lengthy history and lots of scholarship behind it. I find it intriguing that Bart Ehrman, the former fundamentalist-turned-Bible-scholar-turned-agnostic (and still a Bible scholar) now believes Arianism best reflects the belief of the first century church. Not that he is the final authority on anything, but I find his position interesting because he has nothing to gain from it. It's just what he believes is the best reflection of the available evidence. I think Wierwille's presentation was a joke. It was a work of non-scholarship, the intellectual equivalent of a Chick Tract without the subtlety. Anthony Buzzard's book on the development of the Trinity doctrine is a far superior presentation of Wierwille's position, as was the CES book One God and One Lord (which dishonestly omits Wierwille's book as a source). As for me, my position is completely irrelevant. I merely believe the Trinitarian position won out, became dominant, and successfully cast all opposing positions as the work of the devil, which is hardly an invitation to honest discourse. I believe some of the earliest Christians believed Jesus is God. I also believe others did not. I believe these competing claims (together will all the other early church heresies) reflect the fact that the stories of Jesus and his deeds and his teachings and his claims were quite simply made up decades after they allegedly took place. It's actually the best explanation for the intense division in the early church, IMO.

thank you George

I'll be [Title] All the doors I closed one time will open up again. I 'll be [Title] All the eyes that watched me once will smile and take me in. ... ... And we'll drink and dance with one hand free Have the world so easily Sure will be a sight to see... Hint: it was used in a beer commercial once, as the title incorporated the name of a beer [incidentally. Not a deliberate allusion].

Crash Free post on every thread I've left hanging.

Poor Vera. Alice

Ok, the thing it had in common with Wings was that these were the only two best picture winners with exactly one syllable in the title.

Was it the capital A? I was so damn proud of that hint.

This was the third of three number one songs from the same number one album, the soundtrack of a number one movie so iconic that the title became synonymous with the Artist.

Honey I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW times are changin. It's time we all reach out for something new. That means you too. You say you want a leader But you can't seem to make up your mind. I think you'd better close it. And let me guide you. To the [title]

it is not

I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain

Tiny Dancer

It used to seem to me that my life ran on too fast And I had to take it slowly just to make the good part last. But when you're born to run, it's so hard to just slow down, So don't be surprised to see me back in that bright part of town.

It's not black and white. Even after you ID the film, you may not figure out what the "thing in common" is. Every other hint is more revealing than the Wings clue. Especially the one I hid in response to WordWolf's first guess. So let me clarify something else: Eastwood did not direct the movie I'm thinking of. He directed the Best Picture winner from the year before. The one Eastwood directed was written by the same person.

Nope. It's a more mundane thing in common than that. How many movies won Best Picture where the writer/director conceded later some other movie should have won? Can't be a long list. It'll hit you.

Baby Grand Billy Joel and Ray Charles sing a love song to their pianos.

correct

No and no

Glenn Miller Patsy Cline Otis Redding Aaliyah John Denver Stevie Ray Vaughn Ricky Nelson... And I can't name anyone in Lynyrd Skynyrd, but a bunch of them. That should count.

Planet of the Apes Mark Wahlberg The Departed

There was a rich man from Nottingham Who tried to cross a river. What a dope! He tripped on a rope! Now look at him shiver! Beg for mercy, Rich Man!