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Thousands. You realize he HAS to be counting people who have fled from him, CES, STFI, TTYL, LOL and whatever other acronyms they've conjured up since then, right? He's counting me. I'm an atheist now. He's probably counting Steve L. He's probably counting Tzaia. He's counting the thanks, and ignoring what happened later. You know, the results. In my view, the inability of TWI offshoots, all taught the same principles at the same time by the same people using the same source material, to cohere on doctrine after leaving TWI is evidence that the task itself is flawed. Either the principles are no good or the source material isn't. (Or both, as I see it). You can't cohere on doctrine after TWI anymore than hundreds of denominations had been able to before TWI. At some point you have to realize there IS no baby in the bathwater. Thousands. You realize he HAS to be counting people who have fled from him, CES, STFI, TTYL, LOL and whatever other acronyms they've conjured up since then, right? He's counting me. I'm an atheist now. He's probably counting Steve L. He's probably counting Tzaia. He's counting the thanks, and ignoring what happened later. You know, the results. In my view, the inability of TWI offshoots, all taught the same principles at the same time by the same people using the same source material, to cohere on doctrine after leaving TWI is evidence that the task itself is flawed. Either the principles are no good or the source material isn't. (Or both, as I see it). You can't cohere on doctrine after TWI anymore than hundreds of denominations had been able to before TWI. At some point you have to realize there IS no baby in the bathwater.

Thousands. You realize he HAS to be counting people who have fled from him, CES, STFI, TTYL, LOL and whatever other acronyms they've conjured up since then, right? He's counting me. I'm an atheist now. He's probably counting Steve L. He's probably counting Tzaia. He's counting the thanks, and ignoring what happened later. You know, the results. In my view, the inability of TWI offshoots, all taught the same principles at the same time by the same people using the same source material, to cohere on doctrine after leaving TWI is evidence that the task itself is flawed. Either the principles are no good or the source material isn't. (Or both, as I see it). You can't cohere on doctrine after TWI anymore than hundreds of denominations had been able to before TWI. At some point you have to realize there IS no baby in the bathwater.

Greta Scacchi Emma Alan Cumming [Note: You probably figured, but I've abandoned the game threads due to lack of time. This is the only one I'll come back to regularly, as it does not require me to check back in after contributing.]

I like how they're setting up Captain Cold to be a hero on Legends of Tomorrow. And always a treat to see Ham Tyler, I mean Michael Ironside, in action.

DWBH: Mind if I go into your post and add some paragraph breaks for easier reading?

Clash of the Titans. Sorry, couldn't resist. I once admired both these men for the same reasons (JALvis and DWBH), and seeing them interact this way is fascinating. I pass judgment on neither, on DWBH because there is none to pass, or on JALvis because my opinion is both irrelevant and altered by my newfound, profound worldview disagreement. Fascinating discussion and thread.

I'm glad to see the quality of the show has not diminished in the second season. Last week's premiere was on target, and the Flash of Two Worlds did not disappoint.

This sounds like 12 Monkeys

Mostly a guess.

The Lost Boys In the Band of Brothers

Oh, and the last one was Ghostbusters

I'm still laughing at the thought of Terrence Mann helping a show get ratings. Like he's a draw. Maybe I would have tuned in had I known at the time, but I don't think one viewer budges ratings points. He was great in three roles: Chauvelin in the Scarlet Pimpernel Javert in Les Miserables Beast in Beauty and the Beast. All on Broadway. Oh, lest I forget, Rum Tum Tugger in Cats (I didn't see him in that, or in Les Miz, though he's on the Broadway soundtrack). Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes... The Dresden Files

Good. Because Richard Kimble, Indiana Jones and Han Solo were giveaways

But if you DID, it would not demonstrate that such deities exist! That's the point. "There are no atheists in foxholes" fits the thesis that religion is not born of logic and understanding but of FEAR. Fear of the unknown. Fear of being powerless to change the (apparently) inevitable. Fear of death. It doesn't demonstrate that gods exist. It demonstrates that people in fear hope for rescue. Well, NO DUH! I'm sure the people on the four 9/11 planes hoped for rescue too. I'm certain nine church members in South Carolina hoped for rescue too. I'm certain the passengers and crew of the plane that a suicidal maniac smashed into the side of a mountain hoped for rescue too. Begged for it. Pleaded for it. Fear does that. But praying in a foxhole does not prove God exists, just like the fact that every person I cited in the previous paragraph is dead right now doesn't prove there is no God.

That's good to hear. The problem is, a lot of Christians project: Because they believe we are serving the devil by not worshiping God, they presume (unreasonably) that we ARE in fact worshiping the devil, which is ludicrous. There is no devil. On what basis do you conclude that atheists (please check your spelling) are less moral than God fearing folk? I'm sure you have stats to back this up. As stated already, there ARE atheists in foxholes. But the fact that someone in a perceivably helpless situation looks to God, Allah, The Universe or whatever to intervene in defiance of that such a person actually believes to be true reveals nothing substantive except that they're going through something pretty heavy. On a plane ride recently we experienced turbulence, and I got nervous. I shut my eyes. But I fought off decades of conditioned behavior that would normally have had me praying in such a situation. I told myself to relax, that the pilots had been through this before, dozens of times, and that they knew what they were doing. The plane landed safely. Not because I prayed. Not because someone else did. But because every single day, most planes, the overwhelming majority, land safely. Sometimes they don't, despite prayers. Yes, there are atheists in foxholes. You know where there are no atheists? The Klan. ISIS. No atheists there. Can't speak for him, but I am. Thanks for asking. What would I say to Jesus at the bema? Probably the same thing you would say to Thor at Valhalla, I suppose. I work in court daily. I've never seen anyone swear on a Bible, and only about 5% of the time do I hear "so help me God" as part of the oath taken before testimony.

Bernadette Peters Annie Albert Finney

Linus Larabee James Marshall Allie Fox Searching for the actor

Trying to think of a woman named Alex. And that led me to Fatal Attraction. Ok, coming up...

Glenn Close ?

Elizabeth Mitchell The Santa Clause 3 Martin Short

Sissy Spacek Carrie John Travolta

Technically.

It's not really a spy movie. That's just incidental. That's like calling The Wizard of Oz a weather movie.

A very serious movie "What's all this top secret business I've been hearing about over at the Pentagon?" "Here's what we do have. CID is running a phone check. They're looking for all calls placed to a Susan Atwell." "Who's she?" "Well, she's in the morgue at Fort Meade. She was murdered last night." "We know anything about it?" "Get ready for this. We think she's either David Brice's or Scott Pritchard's mistress. Well she was seen with both of them. It didn't seem a high priority matter, so my people have been a little lax in following it up." "Well, spilt milk. And you can forget about Pritchard. He's homosexual. "I'll be damned." "Ah, so will he, if you believe the Old Testament."

WW: The subtitle of Prince of Persia was not really used here in the States