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We've discussed this before, but I thought I'd resurrect the topic. A friend is working on a podcast that will touch on how cults manipulate language and why. My feeling is that giving people a peculiar vocabulary and jargon helps builds group cohesion at the expense of outsiders who use the same words but don't mean the same thing. Examples, "I'm believing for" instead of "I'm praying or hoping for." "Religious" as an insult. I'd like to give her more examples unique to TWI. Suggestions?
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I don't know the actual name, but I would say "Istanbul" And the only band I know of that sang it was They Might Be Giants
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And this was the answer on another thread like really really recently
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Splinter Cults are WORSE........not better
Raf replied to skyrider's topic in Out of the Way: The Offshoots
Mark agrees with Raf. Put it on your calendar. We will celebrate the anniversary of this next year -
The artist is neither Cleopatra nor Caesar
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Blazing Saddles
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They say around the way you've asked for me There's even talk about you wanting me I must admit that's what I want to hear But that's just talk until you take me there oh If it's true don't leave me all alone out here Wondering if you're ever gonna take me there Tell me what you're feeling cause TITLE Girl you've gotta let me know which way to go CHORUS My every thought is of this being true It's getting harder not to think of you Girl I'm exactly where I want to be The only thing is I need you here with me - oh If it's true don't leave me all alone out here Wondering if you're ever gonna take me there Tell me what you're feeling cause TITLE Girl you've gotta let me know which way to go CHORUS
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New song They say around the way you asked for me There's even talk about you wanting me I must admit that's what I want to hear But that's just talk until you take me there If it's true don't leave me all alone out here Wondering if you're ever gonna take me there
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Splinter Cults are WORSE........not better
Raf replied to skyrider's topic in Out of the Way: The Offshoots
And we are naming/outing her because? -
https://youtu.be/2y1TZXc5DiY
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No, he was in a bond movie. I think... Skyfall Daniel Craig Cowboys and Aliens
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"rev" gerry wrenn raises wierwille from the dead!
Raf replied to DontWorryBeHappy's topic in Out of the Way: The Offshoots
You sound bitter, Grace. Say three Hail Dorothies, two Our Rhodas and go to concession before next service. While at concession, pick me up a beer. -
"rev" gerry wrenn raises wierwille from the dead!
Raf replied to DontWorryBeHappy's topic in Out of the Way: The Offshoots
You know why I come here? To be judged by people who don't know who we are, why we're here, what motivates us. I love being called bitter by a total stranger making a blanket statement in a drive by post. Welcome to Greasespot, Your Honor. -
Cyndi Lauper Roy Orbison Celine Dion
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[Title] to get to you is that all right? [Title], crept in your room Woke you from your sleep to make love to you Is that all right? [Title]
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Are we going to ignore how bleeping awful Legends has gotten?
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Hook Gwyneth Paltrow (a pre-fame cameo, but it counts) Shakespeare in Love
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my mistake. no monitor in flash finale. just an obvious crisis setup
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I had to escape, the city was sticky and cruel Maybe I should have called you first But I was dying to get to you I was dreaming while I drove The long straight road ahead Uh-huh, Yeah Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide This fever for you was just burning me up inside ... What in this world keeps us from falling apart? No matter where I go I hear the beating of our one heart I think about you when the night is cold and dark Uh-huh, yeah No one can move me the way that you do Nothing erases this feeling between me and you... Three artists: One original, two remakes, all iconic performers. The first remake was released after its performer was dead. You'd be forgiven for thinking his was the original, but it was not.
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I haven't started SHIELD yet and don't know if I want to. I think I'm just going to wait for Netflix or the new Disney service for that. I skipped to the finales of all the shows except Flash, and (sad to say) I do not feel like I missed anything. Legends has entered and passed the "Superman: Quest for Peace" phase in terms of quality. I did enjoy the Monitor's cameos, though. Looking forward to Crisis and the end of Arrow. Flash was okay. Not great. But the only show where I actually care about each character.
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This conversation about age becomes different in less than three months. Anywhoo... Lyrics: I had to escape. The city was sticky and cruel. Maybe I should have called you first, but I was dying to get to you.
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Thus Saith Paul
Raf replied to waysider's topic in Atheism, nontheism, skepticism: Questioning Faith
This is not an honest reflection of what I posted and will not be entertained. -
Jessica Alba Awake Hayden Christensen
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Thus Saith Paul
Raf replied to waysider's topic in Atheism, nontheism, skepticism: Questioning Faith
A distinction, yes. A dispensational distinction? No. One instruction is pre crucifixion. The other is post resurrection. You don't need to inject anything to draw that scriptural distinction. Jesus explicitly told the 12, post resurrection, to preach to the Gentiles. They didn't. Paul wasn't uniquely sent to the Gentiles by Jesus. They were ALL sent to the Gentiles. Paul is the only one who took it to heart. Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom. So did the 12. So did Paul. Their audiences and timing were different. Their instructions were different. But the gospel was the same. Nobody reads Matthew 10 and follows it with Matthew 28 and then "gives up in confusion." People are smart enough to see the difference between pre crucifixion and post resurrection without resorting to the unbiblical position that the GOSPEL changed. You've employed a straw man argument with points 1 and 2 and falsely present 3 as the only logical alternative. Your premises are false and your conclusion is falsely presented as the only viable alternative.