i know what the witness response is to this but what do you say now?.
I'm going to make MD 20/20 shut up about the validity of the example I gave because I am not a "theologian".
Okay crackhead. I don't know how to read. I have never read any books. I did not go to school. My IQ is very low.
I know about the river blindness disease because I lived in an area where it is common.
Now, address minimus' thread topic using the fucking example I gave and stop hiding behind attacks on me personally because I'm not as smart as you.
i know it's difficult to narrow it down to just one song.
between the powerful, kick-ass beat of hangin tough and the hauntingly beautiful melody of i'll be loving you forever, there is such a vast array of musical gold to choose from..
i know what the witness response is to this but what do you say now?.
PS
You ask about river blindeness, well, don't drink the water, God put commone sense into you, use it !
Do me a favor and crack open a book or take some reading comprehension courses prior to lecturing me again. The river blindness disease isn't spread through drinkng water crackhead as has been discussed in this thread at great length multiple times. What does cause river blindness disease is easy enough to discover by doing a little reading.
okay so i try to explain this to 'wordly' people and they just blink but i still do not get this christmas stuff.
at work i have managers and coworkers who got me gifts and i'm trying to think if i should get them gifts as well.
do i get the people who gave me a gift a gift?
YOu need to drink a couple of cold ones or smoke some weed or take some prozac and chill out.
Christmas is about enjoying friendship and family, giving freely and wholeheartedly, putting up beautiful decorations to offset the gloomy winter.
How is giving people you care about gifts "commercialized", what do you want to do make the gifts from scratch yourself. Okay, buy a loom I guess, or build a welding shop in your garage.
I'm not a Christain, I could care less about the Jesus fable. That really has nothing to do with it.
Wintertime is gloomy, if there was no Jesus instead of Christmas we would have something else to brighten up and cheer up the gloom.
Human beings needs reasons to share together, to come together, to celebrate together, we are social animals. If we didn't have "Christmas" we would make something else up.
The best gifts are things that you can only know to give beause you know the person well.
Its not that hard. If you have room put up a real tree and decorate it. If you dont have room get a smaller artificial tree and decorate that. Put up some lights. THINK about your friends, co workers and family in terms of what kind of gifts would they like based on things you know about them. I gave some co workers each a red Swingline stapler one year becaause they were all talking about the movie Office Space. They all LOVED it.
Wrapping presents just takes a little practice, don't be afraid to throw some of the wrapping paper away because you mess up. Just do the best you can. Why do you need to tell anyone you can't wrap a gift?
If you know that people are going to be getting you gifts, then you get them gifts too. Doesn't have to be expensive, the thoughtful gifts are the best. Like refrigerator magnets with their bail bondsman's phone number on them, you know something practical. That way you avoid the whole awkwardness of having to give a lecture when someone was just being thoughtful.
I was in the cult for 22 years and went through all the same things you are, but I came to realize that times for joyousness are precious and we should take part. No one really cares about the pagan origins. I don't think they really care about the Jesus fable. I know I don't. I still LOVE Christmas though.
this is a tough one.
so many to choose from.. i have to go with nib from their self titled first album.. "my name is lucifer, please take my hand...".
what are the ones that sound like fingernails on the blackboard, the ones that make you want to pull the gun out from under the seat and shoot the radio in your car?.
a few of mine:.
spirit in the sky.
just cuz flipper wouldn't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc5oqjfst5g.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrqazcevsy.
this is a tough one.
so many to choose from.. i have to go with nib from their self titled first album.. "my name is lucifer, please take my hand...".
pink floyd in my opinion really kind of fused orchestration with electric guitars in a heavy progressive way which blazed the trail for progressive groups i feel.
here are my all time favs from pink floyd and mr .
gilmour and watters.. 1. comfortably numb.
Dude, you left off their best song.
Echoes from the album Meddle
Who doesn't get mesmerized by these lyrics?
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
An echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine.
And no one called us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's.
Something stirs and something tries
Starts to climb toward the light.
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me.
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand
The best I can.
And no one called us to the land
And no one crosses there alive.
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun....
Almost everyday you fall
Upon my waking eyes,
Inviting and inciting me
To rise.
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning.
And no one sings me lullabyes
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky....