Doesn't matter. Just grates on me sometimes. Maybe because my mom does it: every movie she sees is "the best movie I've ever seen in my life." It's like, how can you... well, nevermind. Doesn't matter.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Doesn't matter. Just grates on me sometimes. Maybe because my mom does it: every movie she sees is "the best movie I've ever seen in my life." It's like, how can you... well, nevermind. Doesn't matter.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
Quoting Milky Joe (view post)
I find it annoying as well, but I blame it (partly) on the way I was taught writing in elementary school.
We were taught to use AS MANY ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE!!!
This is why I use words like "really" a lot, despite it almost never being necessary. After nearly 10 years of never writing a noun or verb without a modifier, it's a hard habit to drop.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Chrisnu, I had come to be convinced you look like Billy-Bob Thornton. I'm very interested in these. Will check out later. Hope to respond with some kind of response that'll avoid the standard pitfalls of Match Cut Religious Discussion.
Here is an example of why the Old Testament/Tanakh should not be read by children:
Quoting Ezekiel 23:19-21
The word of the Lord. Praise be to God.
I should have another video up tonight.
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Holy shit, i never knew it was actually you doing those videos. I thought you were posting videos of some guy going through the bible cuz you found them interesting.
FWIW, I find them interesting too. Quite.
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
It's been so long since I actually believed in Christianity, it might as well be Voodoo now.
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
As promised:
Balaam
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The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
I received a response on FB from a former church acquaintance regarding the second video on the Nephilim, and I can understand the point of view. I expected such:
But, that almost exactly fits the point I was trying to make. I let that go, and tried to rephrase. My response:
*shrugs*
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
I use the KJV of the Bible almost exclusively, and it doesn't appear to use the word "Nephilim," but instead simply defines the word as "giant." So, for fun, I looked up in the LDS study helps what they said about giants.Quoting chrisnu (view post)
There's no discussion of how these giants existed both before and after the flood, or if the word was simply a generic one used to describe very tall persons who may or may not be descended from the same genetic line. Interesting.
By the by, in the tv show Torchwood they have a little memory-erasing pill they slip to people whenever it's convenient to the plot. They call the drug "retcon." Har har har.
...and the milk's in me.
Very intriguing.Quoting chrisnu (view post)
The story of Balaam has always interested me for multiple reasons. Mostly because it's clear we're not getting the full story. Given that he is respected by Balak, and that his name begins with a B and has the double As in it, Balaam is almost assuredly from the people who worshipped Ba'al and not Elohim. There is no evidence that Balaam is an Israelite or a Levite (which would give him the authority to offer sacrifices.)
So, if Balaam has no authority, why is God speaking to him at all? Why the divine manifestations and angels?
Obviously, the story was written down as a faith-promoting anecdote for the Israelites, because it proves that a man cannot curse God's chosen people, even if he tries. So, one would assume that Balaam is a sort of hero figure, since he blesses Israel thrice.
But later mentions of Balaam are not complimentary.
We are informed of Balaam's death in Numbers 31:8 when the Israelites go after the Midianites:
So, they killed all the men. But Moses specifically wants them to kill the women, too:
So there's this whole story that we're missing. At some point, Balaam apparently counseled the women of Midian to tempt the men into sin (presumably sexual sin) which caused a plague among the Israelites.
This story, which we are never told directly, is cited several more times.
Peter has an interesting view of the donkey story in 2:14-15:
Jude cites Balaam's sin as being priestcraft (of prophesying for money) in Jude 1:11:
In Revelations, John talks about the plague story again, so one may assume it still existed in some form in New Testament times, even though it doesn't anymore. He provides a couple more details: (Rev. 2:14)
So many questions.
...and the milk's in me.
That's true. I think that the KJV translated the Hebrew word nephilim as giants because they already read ahead into Numbers and Deuteronomy, as I did, and realized to whom the word was referring. Other translations followed in kind, while others leave the word untranslated. Some folks have tried to say that Genesis 6:4 is referring to the commingling of the descendents of Seth and Cain, but I think that's extrapolation which is not followed by the evidence.Quoting Mara (view post)
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
The only first-hand account of Midianite women enticing the Israelites is in Numbers 25. This confused me because the passage first talks about Israelite men having sex with Moabite women, but that abruptly changes to a Midianite woman in verse 6, and the chapter ends with God commanded the Israelites to exterminate the Midianites.
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
I finished reading Numbers last night. The video on Numbers 31 is going to get animated. Seriously, how is this rationalized?
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Sigh.
Was it something I did?Quoting BuffaloWilder (view post)
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
You're not really bringing anything new to the discussion of the moral worth of these old fables and laws, and that kind of thing - it's just that same kind of self-conscious "gee, aren't these old scientific laws and morals wacky and antiquated?" that you can see all over Youtube, and elsewhere. It's really annoying.Quoting chrisnu (view post)
This goes both ways, too - if you're nonreligious and looking to make a legitimate argument for or against certain doctrines, then something like this isn't going to really help accomplish that.
So, yeah.
Also, on Paul -
- there's a burgeoning movement popping up here and there among theologians that is disregarding Paul entirely; John H. Yoger's stuff seems to be a big reference point.
I apologize that they are annoying. I suppose I've been quite unaware of the sheltered and toxic environment I have been in. I've mostly making these videos from the perspective of asking questions of those who believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God.
Would Christianity even have existed without Paul? Certainly not what's considered to be "orthodox" today.
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
...so, coming from that perspective, what is this going to change, exactly?
I'm sure most educated Christians acknowledge some of the Old School barbarism of the Old Testament; and, there are many, many, many rationalizations for it - ranging from the OT acting mainly as a cultural documentation of fables and laws and all of that good stuff of many groups of people over many, many different periods of time, all the way down to 'well, god mellowed out because he had a kid,' said in all seriousness.
So, what I'm asking is, what's new here?
Probably nothing. I certainly don't claim to have any original thoughts. Maybe I'll be able to find another person who isn't educated about the Bible they believe in (and I probably fall into that group) to look beyond their unquestionable dogma and see what's actually in there.Quoting BuffaloWilder (view post)
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Color me deeply confused.Quoting BuffaloWilder (view post)
Are the film reviews up in FDT bringing new and never-before-seen insight to films that have been watched thousands of times before? Are the reactions to books in this forum bringing up and clarifying points that have baffled scholars for generations? Are we, as Match-Cutters, solving the philosophical and literary problems of our generation?
Chrisnu is posting his reactions to a fascinating and deeply influential literary/philosophical/spiritual work that most people are too lazy to read all the way through. I consider that an admirable endeavor.
Your little comments, on the other hand, aren't enriching the conversation much.
...and the milk's in me.