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a test of your movie knowledge:.
from what movie did the line "klaatu barada nikto" come from, and who was it addressed to?
As awful as Star Trek V was (it pretty much cured me of watching any more Star Trek Movies.. JEsus, couldnt someone have told the Actress that played Uhura she was too old to be doing a nude fan dance? The horror.. the horror..) it did have a great quote:
Kirk, "What does God need with a Starship?"
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a test of your movie knowledge:.
from what movie did the line "klaatu barada nikto" come from, and who was it addressed to?
favorite sci fi movie would probably be Enemy Mine. That or quite possibly the Day The Earth Stood Still.
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a test of your movie knowledge:.
from what movie did the line "klaatu barada nikto" come from, and who was it addressed to?
favorite sci fi movie would probably be Enemy Mine. That or quite possibly the Day The Earth Stood Still.
we have all heard the cliche' "what goes around comes around" but do you really believe it?.
i know this person that for many years has been unkind, devious and vengeful and then over more recent years has had bad luck everywhere they turned around.
i mean one thing after another.
Mercurious you are playing with the net down, and it shows. More then one definition and you used the ones that you felt justified your argument. Now I will be more objective about it.
mys·ti·cism n.
Don't try to bull$it an XJW
we have all heard the cliche' "what goes around comes around" but do you really believe it?.
i know this person that for many years has been unkind, devious and vengeful and then over more recent years has had bad luck everywhere they turned around.
i mean one thing after another.
"Near Mystical" as in "A Little Pregnant"
-Gita
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a test of your movie knowledge:.
from what movie did the line "klaatu barada nikto" come from, and who was it addressed to?
The broad said it to Gort the robot in the Day the Earth Stood Still after Carpenter (not his real name) told her what to say earlier in the film.
q: what do you get when you cross a jw with an octopus?.
a: i don't know but it sure can clean homes for a living!.
how to get rid of a jehovah's witness .
q: What do you get when you cross a JW with an Octopus?
a: I don't know but it sure can clean homes for a living!
HOW TO GET RID OF A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS
When they ask, "Can I talk to you about God?" Reply, "Sure, what would you like to know?"
Answer the door with a bloody knife and say, "I'm sorry, could you come back in a half hour? We're not done with the virgin yet."
Answer the door with an automatic weapon and say 'Allah be Praised!
Ask them for their address. When they ask why you want it, claim that you want to appear on their doorstop univited so that you can peddle your own beliefs.
Look smug and tell them that your God can beat up their God.
Tell them you already have your own religion. When they ask what it is, wince a little before confessing, "er, I'm not sure if it's legal in this country
A chalk outline of a human body on the pavement, and a few copies of "The Watchtower" scattered around...
On the first day for new Bethelites, Dan Sydlik points out some of the rules.
"The female residences will be out-of-bounds for all male Bethelites, so too the male residences to any female Bethelites. Anybody caught breaking this rule will be fined $20 from your allowance the first time. Anybody caught breaking this rule the second time will be fined $60. Being caught a third time will incur a hefty fine of $180."
"Are there any questions?"
At this, a Bethelite in the crowd inquires, "How much for a season pass?"
Sister Annie Righteous was engaged to Brother Bill Faithful. The'd both grown up in the truth together, at the same congregation, and marriage seemed to be the next logical step. There weren't many fish in this sea, anyway. However, unbeknownst to Bill, Annie was in fact far from being a virgin, having lived a double life. The night before the wedding she called her best friend Ruth Thankful. She explained the problem to Sister "Thankful". "Oh that happens to us all, Sister Righteous. Here's what to do. First, go to the grocery store.."
After wedding rehearsal she went home and stopped at Kroger's, buying a package of fresh liver. The next morning she got ready and slid all of the liver into her box hoping for the best.
After a loveley wedding and alchohol free reception, Bill took Annie away for the honeymoon. That night in a roadside motel they rendered each other the marital due at least four times, in various positions and places.
Annie wakes up the next morning and Bill is nowhere to be seen. She smiles and thinks, "Oh he must have went out to get breakfast for us." Then she finds a letter on the nightstand..
"Dear Annie,
It pains my heart to say this, but I think we must both admit that despite our love for each other, and despite making vows to remain married before Jehovah, we are simply too different. I don't see how it could work out. I wish you all the best, but I am going back to live with my mother.
Love Forever,
Bill Faithful
(P.S. Your vagina is in the sink)
has anyone or do you know anyone who has been attacked viciously by a witness because you told them that you thought there religion was a cult or other derogatory remarks against there faith?
Jgant,
A real man is never afraid of a lil' beaver.
(I just had to)
we have all heard the cliche' "what goes around comes around" but do you really believe it?.
i know this person that for many years has been unkind, devious and vengeful and then over more recent years has had bad luck everywhere they turned around.
i mean one thing after another.
I think sometimes persons who want to be seen as "rational" try to sweep mysticism away, not realizing that some of the greatest known rational minds. (Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon etc) were well known mystics, and that some of our more demanding sciences, (such as Clinical Psychology, Cosmology, Particle Physics) are at near mystic levels, themselves, at times.
we have all heard the cliche' "what goes around comes around" but do you really believe it?.
i know this person that for many years has been unkind, devious and vengeful and then over more recent years has had bad luck everywhere they turned around.
i mean one thing after another.
Many variations on the same idea. Some thoughts:
Karma means "Action" in sanskrit (or as close as it is translatable). In the Buddhist Pali cannon it's called Kama. In Hinduism (and lately the rest of the world) it is Karma. So actually Karma means "to do". You are always generating action, even when you sleep (or, like that great song by Rush, "If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice." The idea of "Bad Karma" is a bit of a neologism. Everything affects you in some method or another, but not just you, but rather everything around you, because of the interconnectedness of living. There is no room for softening the blow, but the affects might be felt in the next life, unknown to the person who is experiencing it, because of the necessary ignorance we have of our past lives. People get what they deserve. Inscruitable, maybe.
Of course this is where the smirking Cartesean-type will try to disprove the rebirth concept by saying. "I think, therefore I AM. I forgot, therefore I'm NOT." Maybe. Can't prove it. Still the concept works on the most athiestic inimaginative plane imaginable, because karma is not religious at all. Not even remotely spiritual. Well? Maybe. For example:
The Vedantic ideal of the soul is that it is ultimately untarnishable. Only there is the illusion of reaping what you sow. Yes, you might take more rebirths over some action rather then get realization earlier, but in the end this was the path you had to take. An example might be the fable of the criminal crucified next to Jesus. He would not have been able to get blessed by the Christ unless he first commited the crime. So was it bad karma to do whatever he did to get nailed up to the cross? Was it bad Karma for the Roman's to nail him up? Was it good? For that matter, should those Christians who believe in literal ransom sacrifice say a prayer of thanks to the soldiers who also crucified Jesus? He couldn't exactly kill himself, could he? In the end good and bad are just more illusory stuff in the Maya, and have nothing to do with karma.
Yes I would say there is Action (Karma), but I also believe in Grace. Grace being the sum of love which can transcend the weight of the results of one's actions. Grace is a leap of faith, Karma is a face of life. Not much fun to have the latter without the former, maybe.
-Gita
