Posts by Lion Cask

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Dexter

by leavingwt in

any fans?

love it.

can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

Lion Cask

I like Judges 19: 23-26 better, NewChapter.

The story of Lot and the Sodomites is eerily echoed in chapter 19 of the book of Judges, where an unnamed Levite (priest) was travelling with his concubine in Gibeah. They spent the night in the house of a hospitable old man. While they were eating their supper, the men of the city came and beat on the door, demanding that the old man should hand over his male guest 'so that we may know him'. In almost exactly the same words as Lot, the old man said: 'Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house do not this folly. Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you; but unto this man do not so vile a thing' (Judges 19: 23-4). Again, the misogynistic ethos comes through, loud and clear. I find the phrase 'humble ye them' particularly chilling. Enjoy yourselves by humiliating and raping my daughter and this priest's concubine, but show a proper respect for my guest who is, after all, male. In spite of the similarity between the two stories, the denouement was less happy for the Levite's concubine than for Lot's daughters.

The Levite handed her over to the mob, who gang-raped her all night: 'They knew her and abused her all the night until the morning: and whenthe day began to spring, they let her go. Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light' (Judges 19: 25-6). In the morning, the Levite found his concubine lying prostrate on the doorstep and said - with what we today might see as callous abruptness - 'Up, and let us be going.' But she didn't move. She was dead. So he 'took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel'. (Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion.)

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Dexter

by leavingwt in

any fans?

love it.

can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

Lion Cask

Lion Cask - Lots daughters get him drunk so they can have sex with him... there is a reason they had to get him drunk first. He would have been unwilling otherwise.

He didn't get so drunk that he didn't get aroused. Twice. Regardless, the morality lesson is dubious at best.

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Dexter

by leavingwt in

any fans?

love it.

can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

Lion Cask

Back to Dexter, Episode 8, Season 5 blows. Cole (Dexter and Lumen's target) breaks down the door to the hotel room they've got all decked out in plastic. The door and door frame shatter and wood splinters fly everywhere - but nobody notices, allowing the dynamic duo to kill and dismember Cole without being disturbed. Bzzzzt. Then they take the body parts out to sea, per usual, and dump them overboard, per usual. Except this time there's this private dick named Liddy who has this super duper telephoto lens that's so powerful that he can get closeup pictures of the dump from shore. Bzzzzt.

The season was not a good one.

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Dexter

by leavingwt in

any fans?

love it.

can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

Lion Cask

Think about Sodom and Gomorrha (sp) All the men, from old man to young boy demanded to have sex with angels. It was pointed out in WT, that the "young boys" was evidence of child molestation, cuz young boys aren't prone to demanding sex with grown men. So their destruction was WARRANTED, this was a horrible place.

yeah, great story. So Lot says to the hoard outside, Hey guys, please don't try to bugger my guests. Gang rape my virgin daughters instead. Luckily, the guests use their magical powers and strike the would-be buggerers blind. That'll teach them. But Lot and his family still have to hightail it out of Dodge because the fire and brimstone's coming. Don't look back, 'though, says God. But Lot's wife, being the curious woman she is, has to sneek a peek and Shazam! God turns her into a hunk of salt. Mess with Me, willya? says God. So, anyway, Lot and what's left of his family - the two virgin girls he was offering up to the horny crowd - camp out in the wilderness, Lot gets into his cups and screws one of his daughters, getting her pregnant. He must have thought that was ok because he does a repeat performance with the other daughter the next night. Such a wonderful, delightful, family-oriented morality lesson. It makes Dexter look righteous by comparison.

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UFO over Jerusalem Temple

by chrisjoel in

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friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry2ffeufsuy&nr=1.

Lion Cask

To borrow a line from Groundhog Day (seems appropriate) .... Hey, morons, your bus is leaving.

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TOP TEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MORMONS AND JEHOVAHS WITNESSES

by r51785 in

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friends

startfragment.

top ten differences between mormons and jehovahs witnesses.

10. mormons abstain from coffee.

Lion Cask

The Mormons are far more generous than the Witnesses. They will welcome you into one of their 4,500 Family History Centers around the world or their Family History Library in Salt Lake City and give you practically unfettered access to the world's largest collection of genealogical microfilms and use of their equipment either free of charge or for the same small amounts they charge their own members. And they will do this without asking you to share the information you've collected or even once trying to get you to see their brand of the truth. Not even a hint of it. Not even a suggestion you take home a pamphlet or two. I have taken advantage of this generosity many times and have never once been put into an obliging position.

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Things that JUST DON'T MATTER . . .

by nicolaou in

don't want this to turn into an irreligous rant, let's try to have a little fun .

things that just don't matter.

your neighbours religion.

Lion Cask

Winning an argument on an Internet message board...

I don't think it's ever been done.

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Dexter

by leavingwt in

any fans?

love it.

can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

Lion Cask

Is our culture headed in the right direction with shows like Dexter? I'm not judging, just thinking out loud.

Dexter is no more a harbinger of the future of society than is Breaking Bad (which is another excellent production that's pushing the envelope). Now some of the video games our kids are playing ...

Season five of Dexter was not up to standard. It was perhaps Michael C. Hall's cancer that took the edge off his performance or maybe it was the writing. Some of the episodes were improbable to the point of being incredulous. I predict Season six will be the last.

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Things that JUST DON'T MATTER . . .

by nicolaou in

don't want this to turn into an irreligous rant, let's try to have a little fun .

things that just don't matter.

your neighbours religion.

Lion Cask

Your neighbours religion. It's all nonsense, merely different flavours - none of it matters.

Unless he is always knocking on your door insisting that his flavour is the only true flavour, then it matters because he is pissing me off.

Sexuality. It just doesn't matter.

What are you, a monk or something?

Knowing which wine goes with which food - give me a break! It doesn't matter.

You got this one wrong, too. Trust me on this one. I've been an unapologetic oenofile and gourmand for years. Wine pairings are absolutely important if you want to achieve the right culinary effect. You would not, for example, have an unoaked chardonnay with prime rib unless your tastebuds are completely out of whack.

Being popular. Why the hell do you want to be invited somewhere the host doesn’t want you? Real friends matter.

Yes and no. Real friends matter, but being poplular with influential people will improve your fortunes (and allow you to collect and enjoy good wine with your good food).

The style of your funeral. Not to be insensitive, but really, do you think it matters
?

Only to the people you leave behind. The funeral is for them, not for you.

Television. Matters not one bit.

Depends what you mean by doesn't matter. From my perspective, any business that generates multiple billions of dollars annually is at least a little bit significant. But that's just me.

Size. Apparently it really doesn't matter!

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Is there a Logical explanation for the spooky things happening at my daughter, Ali's house?!?!!!!

by coffee_black in

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friends

ok.... looking for some logical explainations.... my daughter, ali, who i've been posting about on the forum...who has developed congestive heart failure.... has had some spooky experiences lately in her house.

here are a few of the things that happened:.

about a month ago, ali and her son david, heard noises from the attic above ali's bedroom...that sounded like something was being dragged across the attic floor.

Lion Cask

In that case, the solution is not to match their dogmatical douchebaggery but to do what they can't do - operate without preconceptions and prejudices, and with the belief that you just might be wrong.

Eloquently expressed, Liberty93. I have been wrong many times in my life and certainly make no claims of infallibility. I'll leave that to the Pope and GB. But I'm definitely from Missouri on any subject that proposes the existence of anything supernatural. As to being a dogmatic douchebag, well, I suppose I've been called worse.

Can it all be easily dismissed - I don't think so.

I would have to say in response that coming to a contrarian perspective after several decades does not qualify as easy dismissal. However, in the present context one might well ask Why not? No evidence, no credibility. Case dismissed. If I tell you I have fairies living in my garden but I can't provide even a shred of evidence to your satisfaction, I would fully expect you to reach back into your own experience and knowledge and dismiss what I am telling you. At some point you just need to move on. And, no thank you, I'm not interested in reading a bunch of books or getting into some philosophical debate. Been there, done that, ad nauseum, not interested. Just point me in the direction of the evidence.