WordWolf

Sorry, George, you can't make 19 guesses at once. Wikipedia puts that at 20 Dracula movies if you count "Nosferatu" as one.

That is not the name of the movie I'm quoting. And the movie I'm quoting is better-known than that.

"I'm no lunatic man. I'm a sane man fighting for his soul." "Our ways are not your ways. And to you there shall be many strange things." "Civilization, and syphilization, have advanced together." "Yet, we may still save her precious soul. But, not on an empty stomach! Jack!" "Yes, sir?" "Ah! I starve! Feed me!" "There is much to be learned from beasts." "Was she in great pain?" "Yes, she was in great pain. Then we cut off her head, and drove a stake through her heart, and burned it, and then she found peace."

I'd like to point out, for those who missed it, that Broken Arrow was speaking of people who included PhDs with Doctorates in relevant fields, and THOSE are the people who use sound reasoning and logic in this instance. I'd add they also use EVIDENCE. Dissent in this, in many cases, is done BY people WITH advanced degrees. ======================= On a different note, I'm familiar with a younger Christian who's getting a more conventional Christian education than any of us did in twi. He's non-judgmental (he's heard me out on many things) and yet has a level of knowledge and UNDERSTANDING of the Bible that puts him among the top echelon in ex-twi'ers. And he's still learning. (I'm judging this largely on his understanding "from the hip", when I would just bring up a passage out of the blue and he already knew all about it, including whatever "clever" point I was going to make.)

It's only easy when you know the answer. (I didn't find it easy.) Ok, next one. =================== "I'm no lunatic man. I'm a sane man fighting for his soul." "Our ways are not your ways. And to you there shall be many strange things." "Civilization, and syphilization, have advanced together."

I prefer to say that "the Theory of Evolution" HAS NOT MADE ITS CASE. If it is true and correct, I have not been presented with sufficient evidence to support the major points that are claimed. Adherents to it tend to make "a leap of faith" and condemn the heretics who don't subscribe to it. One of the more fascinating things about the history of the idea is that it supposedly is based on Darwin's work- and Darwin has been proven WRONG on so many points. Darwin made a lot of suppositions that have been proven wrong- and it's on those suppositions that his entire framework was built! I mean, come on, the man believed in Lamarckianism! That's the thing that says that giraffes stretched their necks a lot, so their children had longer necks when they had kids. This is the same kind of thinking that says Arnold Schwarzenegger's kids should have been born all brawny and bulky. I'm open to dialoguing on what the actual evidence says, but I think it's more accurate to say that all extant theories as to "the origin of species" are as yet unsupported and unproven. I'm ok with someone presenting an argument for "Darwinism" but not ok with the presentation of it as definitive. I'm also aware that science is self-correcting. However, it can take any number of centuries before the establishment accepts one thing when it WANTS to believe something else. We had an amazingly long stretch of scientists who WANTED to believe in Steady-State, even though there was no evidence for it, and all evidence supported "the Big Bang." They found it PHILOSOPHICALLY acceptable, and the idea of an origin in space and time was so repugnant to them that they embraced a speculation with no evidence rather than truly use a scientific approach. We also had many centuries before geocentrism was rejected for heliocentrism. Personally, I think we may face centuries before this one is changed- like geocentrism- and only with kicking and screaming- like Steady State. Too many scientists take this subject PERSONALLY and approach it UNSCIENTIFICALLY as a result of their "faith". ================================ On the other hand, there are some ignorant people who are undereducated, and reject evolution because their pastor says its wrong, and not because they've truly examined the evidence, and wouldn't understand the evidence if they saw it. The earth and the universe APPEAR very old. The claims that the Earth has been around for only a few thousand years are either based on lack of understanding the evidence, or else a faith-based approach that says God made the Earth a few thousand years ago and made it so that it LOOKED very old. (I can't say He did not- the evidence supports either conclusion, but the latter is unable to be proven or disproven, as it's entirely faith-based.) Then there are the amazingly-ignorant. I missed lcm making wild claims about history, and that's a good thing. I can almost hear brain cells shutting down when I look over some of his exposition.

Uh, Meet the Parents?????

Stand and Deliver Andy Garcia the Untouchables

George was right, of course. As I said, I posted 3 different songs from the same artist. In order, they were "We Belong Together", "Donna", and "La Bamba." A lot of old fogies post here so I figured I was in good shape posting old songs since they rarely listen to songs from the 90s or later. :)

Kim Catrall Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parker (I'm presuming they were both in the movie. I've never seen the series OR the movies.)

One episode revolved around him dying, and that was it for Kenny. We didn't see him for at least a season. Parker and Stone pointed out they wanted to work more with the ensemble, which actually was better for the stories. Then we saw him reappear one episode and he wasn't dying any more. And it was as if it never happened. (Almost. And the "almost" was, IMHO. where they should have ended the series, because once they told THAT story, there was no place to go but down.)

Ok, yet another song, same artist. If nobody posts now I know you're either not checking in or are messing with me. "Yo no soy marinero. Yo no soy marinero, soy capitan, soy capitan, soy capitan."

Ok, let's see... Q was taunting Worf. Was this the one where Riker's offered Q-type powers?

"Do you like scary movies?"

Clint Eastwood obviously, but which of his movies that I didn't see was it in? Was it "Sudden Impact"?

Well, I was going to link from Donal Logue to "Blade" but apparently we needed to move faster than that.... I thought he was responding to the movie being a cipher. (I had to look it up myself.)

"Since she left me I've never been the same 'Cause I love my girl" "Now that you're gone, I'm left all alone All by myself To wander and roam 'Cause I love my girl"

I can't post more lyrics, and I won't just drop it. So, same artist, different song. "Since she left me I've never been the same 'Cause I love my girl"

I keep wanting to post hits from the 90s or later, but you won't get them. So I went back instead to something from the '50s. Those of you who listened to music back then definitely heard this one.

"You're mine, your lips belong to me. Yes, they belong to only me for eternity. You're mine, my baby and you'll always be I swear by everything I own You'll always, always be mine."

All rules are mutually-agreed-upon conventions. So, let's try to follow them. (The "no cheating" rule is the most important one, however.) Robin Williams Dead Poets Society Ethan Hawke

Just a friendly reminder..... People aren't perfect and sometimes believe things are "facts" or "historical facts" that are not true. One example is this "everyone believed the world was flat" thing. I can't speak for uneducated peasants in Europe who never went outside of a 40mile radius their entire lives. However, the educated definitely knew the world was round. Look up "Eratosthenes" sometime to see how this was known in THE GREEK EMPIRE in BC years. Sailors all thought it was obvious, too. They see the horizon every day at sea. The horizon curves. So, it keeps curving and means the planet is round. Columbus didn't have to convince anyone the world was round. He had to convince them the round world was small enough he could sail to India by sailing west from Europe and have enough food to make the trip. Of course, he was wrong. If he hadn't stumbled upon an unexpected CONTINENT, he would have run out of food and had to turn back or starved. This hasn't stopped people from teaching errors, making them into cartoons and songs, and so on. People will let you down sooner or later.

"You're mine, your lips belong to me. Yes, they belong to only me for eternity."

Stripes Judge Reinhold Fast Times at Ridgemont High

I think this is excellent. In fact, I'd like to come back to this. I may want to quote this exactly later to other people.