WordWolf

You might find it interesting to consider that the Bible says that Jesus recommended that for UNBELIEVERS. (Not that helping others and doing good isn't recommended for believers, but I hardly think that qualifies as news by now.)

"This is the fear Christians must deal with every thought. Not only must a Christian be aware of physical sins they have performed, but also must be aware their God keeps track of every nasty thought they think." I have to deal with this? News to me, and I'm confident it would be news to a LOT of Christians. There's a common saying- "Christians aren't perfect- just forgiven!" I'm sure there's SOME Christians SOMEWHERE who think like this, but I'm confident the majority do not- certainly the majority of GSC posters haven't thought that way. On an unrelated note, we all have to "deal with every thought"- or we should. I like to do my own thinking, thank you, whether or not it matches a particular political party, organization, group, etc. Everyone actually IS responsible for their own actions- responsible to their own selves and responsible to society and societies, whether or not there's anyone above that. As for our thoughts, yes, we should take responsibility for our own thoughts, for good or bad. Our actions are based on our thoughts. Sow a bad thought, reap a bad action. Freedoms comes with responsibility- the freedom to think for yourself and act for yourself comes with the responsibility to think and act responsibly.

Another thing to consider is that Christianity didn't begin with a single authority declaring doctrine by fiat. (No Mohammed nor L. Ron Hubbard on board.) So, there was nobody to declare the "official" positions, modern-style, and converts could end up introducing things, intentionally or not. To the Greco-Roman mind, the idea of a mortal starting as a mortal who was the son of a god who was promoted to a man-god later was routine- with Heracles/Hercules being the most obvious example. Add Constantine in a few centuries later, and there's someone with a vested interest in emphasizing similarities to the Roman religion, and manufacturing more connections whenever possible. Add the incentives for those who went along, and the killings of those who didn't, it's surprising anybody was left who was both alive AND refused to dance to Constantine's tune. After that, the only thing missing is accusing the non-believers in a man-god of coming along afterwards and adding their doctrine, calling them all sorts of names.

Jodie Foster Silence of the Lambs Anthony Hopkins

"Your Honor, every one of these letters is addressed to Santa Claus. The Post Office has delivered them. Therefore the Post Office Department, a branch of the Federal Government, recognizes this man Kris Kringle to be the one and only Santa Claus." "Uh, since the United States Government declares this man to be Santa Claus, this court will not dispute it. Case dismissed!"

I don't think that one's "easy" but I know it anyway.... "APOCALYPSE NOW".

Scarlett Johansson Iron Man 2 Robert Downey Jr

That sounds good. It's sometimes tricky to know for sure what goes on in insulated communities. We hear that Amish communities are squeaky-clean and abhor technology. From what I've heard, they avoid "the grid" but don't mind locally generating their own power and using power tools. Also, some of them are definitely not as squeaky-clean as they are meant to be (primarily during their time to consider the outside world instead.) If these Hutterites take care of each other as a community, that's incredibly rare and a very nice thing. I don't mind IMAGINING people without barriers, but it's endemic to the human condition- people form societies and define them by who is "us" and who is "them." Without eliminating that (which isn't possible for us), people will come up with things to kill and die for, some will remain greedy and so on. There are people in society that don't need constant reminders to do the right thing, but most of them DO have the law there to remind them where the lines are in their culture/society. Statistically few people will continue to do the right thing just because it's the right thing without the law defining the lines (5%, IIRC, 1 in 20.)

The show took place in Phoenix, Arizona, and centered around Mel's Diner. Mel was the owner/cook, and was played by Vic Tayback. Star Trek mavens may remember him from "A Piece of the Action", where he played one of the mob bosses. Vera was one of his waitresses. She was a nice person but a little easily confused, so he called her a "dingy broad" (pronounced DING like a bell plus E.) Mel and Flo (another waitress) often were sharp with each other- and with impolite patrons. Flo's go-to phrase to shut people down was "Kiss my grits!". Vera was a tap-dancer and was related to Art Carney. Alice herself was the single mother raising a kid, not the most common character to head a sitcom, but not completely unprecedented.

CORRECT! (Forgot to reply.) The show was "ALICE."

"Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for" "Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world" I've never been a fan of the song. As a thought experiment, to "IMAGINE", it's not bad by itself. When trying to make it happen, it doesn't even work on paper. All previous attempts have failed drastically, all due to human nature. Communism is allegedly based on Karl Marx' ideology- his "philosophy"- and in this context, I consider it no different from any other DOGMA, any religion included. SUPPOSEDLY, people would agree to work together- but every time someone tries to put these ideas into practice, they've failed miserably. Part of that is that Karl Marx never articulated HOW to get there and how to MAINTAIN this society, and human nature runs at cross purposes with this. Allow everyone to work on "the honor system" and there will always be those who try to cheat- who consider themselves above a "fair share". Two countries have allegedly been large "communist" countries- China and Russia, and both countries CLAIM to be communist but are in reality both OLIGARCHIES, where a handful of people have seized all the money and all the power. Humans will organize themselves into societies, and those societies will organize(eventually) into countries. People do that. They also come up with things to kill over, even if it's just "more food" or "the best food" or "the best houses." And that increases as the societies increase- societies where nobody has ANYTHING seem to be the happiest and least jealous. Add ANY resource into the mix, and the party is over. Having no possessions has always appealed to the have-nots. Societies that have allegedly agreed to that have a handful of people at the top who control all the possessions, and pay lip service to the party line. People who actually have some possessions won't agree so loudly to the "we share everything" concept. That's been mentioned over and over in different cultures. In fact, different comedians have outlined why in terms of their own culture. (My favorite was Paul Rodriguez. "Mexico CAN'T be Communist. I'd like to see a Bolshevik go down to el barrio, and explain to some guy named Little Frog, that now, under Communism, The State now owns his CHEVY. 'Let me get this straight, vato...you're saying ANYONE can drive my turbo?' *opens switchblade* I don't think so. Communist Manifesto this.' ") No greed? Seriously? I think there's MORE greed where those claims are made. There's certainly more hoarding and shortages- caused by greed and hoarding at the top. Sharing all the world? The first countries that really dismiss their military over that will probably be the first countries annexed overnight by greedier neighbors who don't want to "share." Hey- in the Jesus People days, there were people who tried this. They had to stop. Many of the hippies were cooperative, but there's always someone who will ruin something nice for everyone. Someone who doesn't want to work and wants a place to stay, free food, etc. That was the undoing of some noble, well-intentioned home experiments. For that matter, those welcoming people welcomed vpw, and that was an even bigger disaster. One doesn't have to look for RELIGIOUS reasons for people to be selfish, greedy, blood-thirsty, self-centered.... these are endemic to the human condition. Josef Stalin wiped out his own farmers to steal their food. The USSR had some amazing bloody pogroms. (For that matter, you don't have to look back in history all the way to Stalin, there's more recent examples.) As a science fiction fan, I can IMAGINE magickal places and wonders of super-technology. I can IMAGINE societies where this works. But these imaginings don't ring true, and even the fiction I read doesn't try to convince me of them.

This was a sitcom. Among the primary cast was someone who appeared in an episode of "Star Trek." (THE ORIGINAL SERIES of "STAR TREK,", aka "TOS.") Also among the primary cast was a character who was related to Art Carney, which led to an appearance BY Art Carney as someone wanted him to endorse a chili for mass production- "Chili Con Carney." The same character once tried to break the Guinness World Record for continuous tap-dancing. We also had a single parent raising a kid. Most sitcoms I'm familiar with tend to either be set in major cities (NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago), but this series was actually set in a smaller city away from both US coasts, and both borders, for that matter. The principal cast (except for the kid) all worked together, in the same location. (Their characters did, that is- obviously the cast were all on-set together.) At least two of the main characters were known for being blunt and up-front with everyone, as well as each other. AFAIK, this show introduced the insult "dingy broad" to the viewing public, among its colorful character-specific phrases.

Yes, that's the only series so far that fairly could be referred to as "Star Trek" in quotes with no other qualifier, since that's its entire name, and no other series so far has that as its entire name.

Blue Beetle Susan Sarandon The Rocky Horror Picture Show(the original)

Ok, next one. This was a sitcom. Among the primary cast was someone who appeared in an episode of "Star Trek." Also among the primary cast was a character who was related to Art Carney, which led to an appearance BY Art Carney as someone wanted him to endorse a chili for mass production- "Chili Con Carney." The same character once tried to break the Guinness World Record for continuous tap-dancing. We also had a single parent raising a kid.

*looks it up* I think I saw these, but I didn't see them OR the Hillbilly Bears on that show. Meanwhile, it's WordWolf's turn again... Oh, that's me! Hang on.....

The rule, established at the beginning of the thread, is identifying the movie. Some of us like to add the name of the character or the scene, but that's not required, that's just us communicating and having a little fun. (It's optional, but often appreciated when it's done.) Feel free to name the actor and/or the character. Just don't forget to name the movie, that was the whole point! :)

For the benefit of the other readers, I'm going to attempt to fairly translate what Oldiesman said. (Whether or not I agree with him.) He said that expression and image- "Father in The Word" was a powerful image and made an impact. As such, he uses a variation of that expression- "mother in Catholicism"- for the woman who encouraged Oldiesman to return to Catholicism. I don't think he meant to be misunderstood- I think I understood him just fine- but he might have been just a little bit clearer in his communication.

The first quote was translated from Cantonese, since Wayne was practicing it to impress Cassandra. He apparently got pretty far since he managed this sentence in Cantonese. Ed ONeill played a guy working at their favorite diner. Apparently, he's led an interesting life- but we'll never find out what he's done before now.... The clip of "Wayne's World" with "amazing discoveries" ended with Garth's head being sucked up by the "suck-cut"- which actually is the same as the real-world invention the flowbee (cutting hair while vacuuming it up.) Wayne considered fame versus artistic integrity. Garth was sneaking and dropped at the wrong angle and fell on his keys (he hurt his thigh.) One scene had Benjamin talking to them about the sponsor's segment in the show. Wayne and Garth repudiated sponsorship- all in between VERY conspicuous product placements- Pizza Hut, Reebok, Nuprin, and Pepsi. George's turn!

It IS the first Wayne's World movie.

"The problem is, I feel responsible for her self-nullifying behavior." "Turn it off, man! Turn it off! It's sucking my will to live!" "I mean, Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that everyone liked. They left that to the Bee Gees." "Guys! Wait up! I fell on my keys!" "I'd never done a crazy thing in my life before that night. Why is it that if a man kills another man in battle it's called heroic, yet if he kills a man in the heat of passion it's called murder?" "Listen, we need to have a talk about Vanderhoff. The fact is, he's the sponsor, and you signed a contract guaranteeing him certain concessions, one of them being a spot on the show." "Well, that's where I see things just a little differently. Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor." "Sorry you feel that way, but basically, it's the nature of the beast." "Maybe I'm wrong on this one, but for me, the beast doesn't include selling out. Garth, you know what I'm talking about, right?" "It's like people only do things because they get paid. And that's just really sad." "I can't talk about it anymore. It's giving me a headache." "Here, take two of these." "Ahh, Nuprin. Little. Yellow. Different." "Look, you can stay here in the big-leagues and play by the rules, or you can go back to the farm club in Aurora. It's your choice. " "Yes, and it's The Choice of a New Generation."

Apparently, I haven't logged in lately. I remember the cartoons well. Uh, oh, chango! Danger Island would ring a bell all by itself. "Flipping like a pancake, popping like a cork, Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork." - right from the theme song of THE BANANA SPLITS. Any idea what happened in the cross-over? (And I never saw "Micro Ventures", can you tell me something about them?)

Seymour Goldfarb Junior! Or ROGER MOORE, who played him, and who Seymour thought he was. If it's me, open it to a FREE POST.

It does seem evident that the sinner's REPENTANCE is a necessary part of the equation. We forgive IF HE REPENTS. If he continues in sin and demands forgiveness regardless, that's nothing at all like we are instructed to do, and we don't have to do it. We are, however, to be wary around anyone who would demand it, or even ask it, for that matter. Now, for those who would SINCERELY wonder about someone trespassing AND REPENTING all day (7 times), I would point out that HYPERBOLE is a legitimate figure of speech people use all the time in English, and others understand them all the time. It's possible to misunderstand hyperbole- as it's possible to misunderstand ALL communications- but it's a lot more common if someone's TRYING to misunderstand it. [/b] [/b] Example of misunderstanding clear communication: William Shatner: " I’ve spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled… y’know… hundreds of miles to be here, I’d just like to say… GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you’re dressed! You’ve turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME! It's just a TV show!" Fan: "Are you saying we should pay more attention to the movies?"

"The problem is, I feel responsible for her self-nullifying behavior." "Turn it off, man! Turn it off! It's sucking my will to live!" "I mean, Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that everyone liked. They left that to the Bee Gees." "Guys! Wait up! I fell on my keys!" "I'd never done a crazy thing in my life before that night. Why is it that if a man kills another man in battle it's called heroic, yet if he kills a man in the heat of passion it's called murder?"