WordWolf

"Interpret the difficult verses in light of the clear verses" is a rule of thumb, not an etched-in-stone "Thou Shalt." When trying to understand something-especially something like a subject in the Bible, it is important to begin with what is straightforward and obvious, and THEN take a look at what isn't so straightforward. When you have almost everything clearly saying something, and 1 thing that says the opposite, then it's good to take a closer look at the last one, since you may have misread it, or brought a preconceived notion to it, or it may be poorly translated, or it may not even be in the critical texts but was added by someone who meant well. I often found that was handy when trying to study something. And yes, I deconstructed that method to confirm I wasn't just finding what I wanted to find- when I examined the clear verses first, I found there was nothing to find there in terms of changing the meaning, so then I checked the unclear verses and got the same results as before.

People were sold the corps as both an education for life-a definitive one, and the graduation as a sign of "arriving." It's a rude awakening to be in such a program and realize you're spending 4 years and lots of money for things that should take less than a year to cover. (The "college division" did all the classes in 1.) It's a rude awakening to have graduated a program that supposedly trained you for 4 years as a Christian leader, only to discover you don't know how to actually help people when you graduate- except to redefine what they need and how they can be helped. I can "help" anyone as long as I get to define what "help" is and what the conditions for "helping" are.

"Read OR enjoyed?" I guess the PBS viewers (mentioned above) have enjoyed it without reading it, and a manadatory school assignment can mean someone read it without enjoying it. I've owned a copy of "Hero With a Thousand Faces" since the early 1990s. It's an interesting read for fans of "the monomyth". I think people tend to decide where to cut off their horizons- often while claiming they have no such cutoffs. As a student of Psychology or Sociology, I found "A Hero With a Thousand Faces" to be an interesting read, especially the last chapter. Judging from your reaction to a small clip of the Moyers show, I'd recommend sitting down with the actual book or books and seeing if you still like it/them after reading it/them for yourselves. A well-read and well-educated fundamentalist can find such a book as I read enriching without finding it troubling.

"Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard," Paul Simon.

It is "Gilligan's Island." The first cartoon was an adaptation of Gilligan's Island, and added a little monkey. The other cartoon showed the Professor MADE A SPACESHIP FROM WOOD to escape the island- and Gilligan knocked them off course and into space. Then again, with a wooden guidance system, that probably wasn't too hard. That's how they landed on "GILLIGAN'S PLANET." I sh* you not. Fonzie and the Happy Days Gang traveled in TIME. The Brady Kids stayed in the present.

I don't think the difference was the campus, per se. The difference was in the parents and the kids. With responsible and good parents, the kids had a better shot of being healthy and having healthy boundaries. That means they didn't need someone to shove them around to keep from doing the wrong thing- they could avoid it willingly. ========================= Reminds me of how the Bible says leaders are to manage their own homes and families, THEN we consider them for leadership positions after they can handle that competently. So, with the kids of some leaders out of control, what would the Bible say about those leaders who were their parents?

You caught that, eh? With both men falling FAR short of responsible leadership, the way to make geer look good is to compare him to a much crazier "leader" also trained personally by vpw. It's like the idea that an insecure woman can feel better by hanging out with a much uglier friend or thinner friend so she can look better by comparison. It's an illusion, a lie, a deception- but some people sleep better at night deceiving themselves.

This classic sitcom actually spawned two animated series. One of them added a loveable animal companion to the cast. The other sent the characters into space!

It's come up in parts before. If you were a kid on grounds in twi, you were a target for every adult to swat with a wooden ruler for any cause... unless your parents were in the cadre. Then you got away with a lot-and could try to order a few peons around. I don't know how successful the attempts were, however.

I knew enough to guess about "Girl Interrupted" but not about the TV show.

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Bobby was in the shower in the season cliffhanger- the previous season was all a dream! Don't tell that to Falcon Crest, however- they'd interacted with the dream-season. So, the show in question was "DALLAS".

http://www.bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Proton_Resurgence ""The Proton Resurgence" is the twenty-second episode of the sixth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired on May 2, 2013." Bob Newhart played Professor Proton. A long time ago, Professor Proton did a Mr Wizard science TV show. Decades later, Sheldon discovered he was available for children's parties and hires him to socialize.

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Correct. And interesting video.

This bore repeating. All of it.

Here's 2 for the price of 1. "Whoo-ah." "Out of order, I show you out of order. You don't know what out of order is, Mr. Trask. I'd show you, but I'm too old, I'm too tired, I'm too f*in' blind. If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take a FLAMETHROWER to this place!"

"If you are confused, check with the sun. Carry a compass to help you along. Your feet are going to be on the ground. Your head is there to move you around."

Me too. I expect to see it in, say, the next 5 years, however.

If it's the one I'm thinking of, that also caused some continuity problems with a spinoff series having a season that suddenly didn't happen or something.

Ok, now I'm hearing Led Zeppelin doing this, but I don't have a title or most of the song. I could air-guitar the riff, but that's it.

Didn't need QUITE that much in the second clue. Ain't Bobby so cool? This is Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue."

It was said by Uncle (he wasn't MY Uncle) Remus in Disney's "Song of the South."

I found myself explaining why the audience went bananas when the guy appeared. He's been doing TV for a long time-longer than it felt like because I hadn't seen him in anything in recent years, so I pictured him less old than he is now. As "dry wits" go, he's about as good as US actors get.