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Good answer, and well put. At least, the second half was. The first part, about Ehrman, was irrelevant to the point. It was ad hominem. If you're going to challenge Ehrman, challenge what he says, not who he is. The rest of your post hit the mark, though.

I was reading one of Bart Ehrman's books and he made an interesting point about the verse in John 3 where Jesus tells Nicodemus "you must be born again." The word "again" is anothen, and can mean "from above" or "from the beginning (that is, again)." Because of the double-meaning, Nicodemus is confused and asks if he can return to his mother's womb. Jesus clarifies it for him. According to Ehrman, this conversation could not have taken place as described, and Ehrman gives a compelling reason for it: The conversation relies on the ambiguous meaning of a Greek word -- anothen -- which can be taken one of two ways. The problem, of course, is that our characters are not speaking in Greek. They're speaking in Aramaic. And in Aramaic, there is no word you can place there that carries the same ambiguity. Thus, this was a story written in Greek, best understood in Greek, and highly unlikely to be an account of an actual conversation that took place in Aramaic. Curious to know what others think.

Sorry. If no one jumps in, I'll put one up later today. But FEEL FREE to jump in.

" I'm sorry ma'am, I lied to you. I'm very sorry about that. That man right there is my brother and if he doesn't get to watch 'People's Court' in about 30 seconds, he's gonna throw a fit right here on your porch. Now you can help me or you can stand there and watch it happen."

Johnny Dangerously .... This one's for Word Wolf: "Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?"

Love this movie. Running Scared The 80s comedy, not the more recent drama

Matt Dillon twice on one page? Oh well. Ben Affleck Dogma Salma Hayek

A guess: Fast Times at Ridgemont High Noon

Drugstore Cowboy Matt Dillon Crash

Does anyone seriously think that the story in Genesis about the Tower of Babel chronicles the origin of different human languages? I mean, we know that is not the case, don't we?

Christopher Walken The Dead Zone Martin Sheen

Farrah Fawcett Cannonball Run Dom Deluise

Karl Malden Birdman of Alcatraz Burt Lancaster

The Ring Naomi Watts King Kong

William Fichtner The Perfect Storm Mark Wahlberg

Guy Pearce The Count of Monte Cristo Jim Caveziel

I like that answer better than the one provided by Word Wolf (no offense, old friend). Thanks!

Pierce Brosnan The Thomas Crowne Affair Rene Russo

Wrong track. Wrong train. Wrong vehicle. The only thing "right" is that it's a drama. Other than this one line, homosexuality is not the subject matter of this movie.

"And you can forget about Pritchard. He's homosexual." "I'll be damned." "Ah, so will he, if you believe the Old Testament."

That would make it: The Professional if the actress is Natalie Portman.

Bronson Pinchot Risky Business Rebecca DeMornay

Ben Stiller Tropic Thunder Jack Black

Actually, Steve, a lot of what you're saying jibes with some other stuff I've been reading (and, as I noted earlier, makes a truckload of sense of the anachronisms we find in Genesis and Exodus). If you hold to the "without error or contradiction" interpretation of "God-breathed," you prevent yourself from even considering this information, even though it fits the facts better! It was interesting to realize that nothing in the Torah says that the Torah is written by Moses. The most you can justifiably infer is that the books incorporate what was "written" by Moses previously.

I love it!