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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
When I first read Genesis I was pissed because there were no dinosaurs. It was pointed out that they hadn't said they didn't exist, just that they hadn't been mentioned by name. Didn't matter. Dinosaurs were so big, I thought they had to be in there.
Later on a teacher tried to contradict what I'd since learned of evolution, and I went home pissed hoping that my mother would hit him or something. But she just laughed it off.
Max Factor was also a real person -- he was a Hollywood makeup artist.
I recommend the Max Factor Museum in Hollywood. If it's still open, that is. He invented tons of stuff.
Dinosaurs were so big, I thought they had to be in there.
Dinosaurs went extinct when Noah couldn't fit them in the ark. But he felt guilty about it, so he wrote them out of Genesis.
A student excused herself because she said she took the bible literally word for word and couldn't accept that it was being taught otherwise.
A serious question: how do people like this function in a multicultural society? It's got to be awfully difficult, going to work every day and meeting people who are, e.g., different religions or downright atheists. Do they just end every conversation with a mental "You're going to hell, you sinner"? I think probably they have to do a lot of mental gymnastics when they make friend with a Unitarian or something.
Oh, and for Nutty: wasn't it St. Peter who got crucified in Rome?
I think probably they have to do a lot of mental gymnastics when they make friend with a Unitarian or something.
They don't make friends with Unitarians, Nutty. Though they might pray for their soul if they were feeling charitable.
Oh, and for Nutty: wasn't it St. Peter who got crucified in Rome?
Yup. Upside down, even.
When I first read Genesis I was pissed because there were no dinosaurs. It was pointed out that they hadn't said they didn't exist, just that they hadn't been mentioned by name. Didn't matter. Dinosaurs were so big, I thought they had to be in there.
DH works with an actuary who will not let his son play with toy dinosaurs, since they're not in the bible. He thinks the fossils were placed here on Earth to test man's faith.
A serious question: how do people like this function in a multicultural society?
They mostly interract with people like themselves? They are more likely to live in small towns or in the country?
Yup. Upside down, even.
Didn't he ask to be crucified that way, because he was all macho and shit?