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All that effort just to tell people to go visit their local library? Hoppy Dec 2014 #1
Effort ??? SamKnause Dec 2014 #3
Ya think singing like that is easy? Hoppy Dec 2014 #6
Every time I try, a bunch of male water buffalo come pawing at my front yard. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #10
Nostalgia time. okasha Dec 2014 #2
I was just telling my brother SamKnause Dec 2014 #4
I wish I could stand it. Sweeney Dec 2014 #7
Blue Man Group does a version of this song live, with Tracy Bonham on vocals. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #11
That's an interesting cover, I like it Fumesucker Dec 2014 #13
Wow, that was really good. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #16
The Voice That Launched 1000 Trips... likesmountains 52 Dec 2014 #5
Saw her live once, with starship Sweeney Dec 2014 #8
She had gone to Finch College with Nixon's daughter. rug Dec 2014 #14
She had gone to Finch Gollege with Nixon's daughter Sweeney Dec 2014 #21
Wait, you thought it appropriate to lock a thread about Satan in this venue as off topic AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #9
my guess would be to establish a need for hosts. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #15
LOL. Just a goof off post. Thought the theme kinda, sorta fit the group. pinto Dec 2014 #18
My cooking is good for a free trip to the toilet. Sweeney Dec 2014 #22
I thought "feed your head'' was not just about knowledge, but what we use to gain knowledge. YOHABLO Dec 2014 #12
I saw Gracie Slick live only once. It was in Grant Park in Chicago when things cbayer Dec 2014 #17
Never saw her live. Had a chance to once. My aunt and brother were part of the Sausalito scene. pinto Dec 2014 #19
It was a great time in so many ways, particularly the music. cbayer Dec 2014 #20
Did he have extras? Sweeney Dec 2014 #24
Did you walk home rich, or high? Sweeney Dec 2014 #23
Neither rich nor high. cbayer Dec 2014 #30
Been there a few times with wife and children. Sweeney Dec 2014 #40
I find them equally wonderful but very different. cbayer Dec 2014 #41
I am afraid I would. Sweeney Dec 2014 #44
What does this have to do with religion? mr blur Dec 2014 #25
Music and drugs Sweeney Dec 2014 #26
"We would not even have rhymed music with out the influence of Christianity." trotsky Dec 2014 #27
Sorry: Only telling you what did happen. Sweeney Dec 2014 #28
Indeed. trotsky Dec 2014 #29
I can as easily say: Sweeney Dec 2014 #32
Wow, doubling down. trotsky Dec 2014 #33
Consider the percentage in Europe educated by the church. Sweeney Dec 2014 #37
Because, by your "logic," if the church hadn't been there... trotsky Dec 2014 #38
In Europe, and because of Christianity, education languished. Sweeney Dec 2014 #43
Again, you seem very confused about what did happen versus what could have happened. trotsky Dec 2014 #106
It is hard enough to know what happened. Sweeney Dec 2014 #108
That's a lovely piece which does nothing to address what I said. trotsky Dec 2014 #109
Sir; intelligence is insight, and insight is intelligence Sweeney Dec 2014 #114
"if you have it you have it, and if you don't you don't" trotsky Dec 2014 #116
If the conclusion is wrong it should not be hard to disprove. Sweeney Dec 2014 #117
Sorry, that's not how it works. trotsky Dec 2014 #118
I offer evidence and a theory. Sweeney Dec 2014 #119
Your theory is unproven. trotsky Dec 2014 #120
Sir; Atomic theory is unproven. Sweeney Dec 2014 #123
But what atomic theory, evolution, gravity, etc. have that your theory does not... trotsky Dec 2014 #126
Quotation post 102 Sweeney Dec 2014 #127
I am unable to see post 102 on this thread. trotsky Dec 2014 #128
About a third of the way from the bottom? Read me? Sweeney Dec 2014 #129
Interesting. okasha Dec 2014 #131
It is the closest cultural link we have. Sweeney Dec 2014 #132
I have an invisible dragon in my living room. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #122
Who is trying? Sweeney Dec 2014 #124
Even today many are illiterate. Sweeney Dec 2014 #39
Since it seems to be your argument that without Christianity, we'd all be illiterate... trotsky Dec 2014 #42
You miss my point. Sweeney Dec 2014 #47
You'll get no argument from me that it's "the way in which it happened." trotsky Dec 2014 #105
You do know that rhyming goes back to China about 10 centuries before Christ? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #31
Tell me first the influence of China on the West. Sweeney Dec 2014 #34
Well, that's a fascinating backpedal. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #35
"Tell me first the influence of China on the West." THAT'S YOUR ARGUMENT? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #46
It took a long time for any in the West to reach China. Sweeney Dec 2014 #48
I will say this of the Arab Poets. Sweeney Dec 2014 #36
I will say this of the Arab poets: Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #45
You see sir; that I can tell you that effect almost to the letter. Sweeney Dec 2014 #49
Yes, they were. okasha Dec 2014 #51
I believe that Muslim Spain had the greatest influence. Sweeney Dec 2014 #66
I agree that there was Andalusian influence, okasha Dec 2014 #73
Aristophanes. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #57
All totally irrelevant, okasha Dec 2014 #59
You and your buddy are arguing an untenable point Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #64
Sir; it is not just about the rhyme. Sweeney Dec 2014 #68
I have no idea why you and your buddies okasha Dec 2014 #74
LOL. This thread is hilarious. Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #89
Feliz navidad, ST, okasha Dec 2014 #91
You are entirely welcome to your opinion. Sweeney Dec 2014 #60
"We would not even have rhymed music with out the influence of Christianity" Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #61
"Very little that was Greek in origin got into the Latin Church" Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #63
Aristophas' rhymes were few and internal. okasha Dec 2014 #75
The Wasp was written in rhymed verse. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #77
It's The Wasps, not The Wasp. okasha Dec 2014 #80
Oh I forgot an 's' - ouch, my bad. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #84
Ah so there were in fact rhymes, just not the sort your new BFF wants to claim Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #93
Oh Warren! Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #90
Anyone claiming native americans are "savages" is not a person you should Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #92
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #137
out of my league? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #138
The important thing is we are objecting to it. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #139
So where is the knowledge that rhyme wouldn't have happened without Christianity? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #94
I'm glad to know that reading a book is superior to actually doing something for a living Lordquinton Dec 2014 #95
Actually; if You read; The Rhyme is the name of a Druid's curse. Sweeney Dec 2014 #99
But that is only half the argument. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #110
Sir; if you take Poe for an example Sweeney Dec 2014 #112
Hey Tacky, so glad of you to join us! Lordquinton Dec 2014 #96
"Abroad of the subject..." okasha Dec 2014 #97
snicker Sweeney Dec 2014 #100
The transition to Medieval Latin Poetry Sweeney Dec 2014 #102
°So glad of you to join us°? WTF does that mean? Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #136
Glad to know that's the game you are playing. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #140
Never said they are savages, said they were, and it fits the definition they posted. Sweeney Dec 2014 #98
Niceties like verb tense are simply too complicated for some folk. okasha Dec 2014 #101
I have an Angel Sweeney Dec 2014 #103
You said you grew up around Mohawk native americans Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #107
Worked with Mohawks and other six nation Iroquois Sweeney Dec 2014 #111
We were all savages at one time or another. Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #121
This message was self-deleted by its author Sweeney Dec 2014 #125
Now you've done it. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #50
Pointing it's contribution out is fine, and not controversial. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #52
I tend to agree that most any innovation would have come about sooner or later. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #54
Religion is a channel by which humans invest time and effort. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #55
There are a lot of dead lakes in history. Sweeney Dec 2014 #69
You might not personally approve of the current sense AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #79
We have gone through the age of reason and reason has left the stage. Sweeney Dec 2014 #83
That's a lovely wall of text. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #87
The problem my friend Sweeney Dec 2014 #88
No SKP it was the assertion that it "would not have happened without christianity" that is bullshit. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #62
It is after all, only an assertion. If I am wrong; prove it. Sweeney Dec 2014 #70
It has been amply demonstrated that christianity was not required. nt. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #78
What absolute drivel. mr blur Dec 2014 #141
Where? Sweeney Dec 2014 #142
consider post 102 Sweeney Dec 2014 #143
You would have had to be there. To many of us upaloopa Dec 2014 #56
I'd rather eat pure poison than take nostalgia Sweeney Dec 2014 #82
acid indigestion? mitchtv Dec 2014 #53
Electric Hot Tuna!!!!! Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #58
Jorma Kaukonen and Janis Joplin Jim__ Dec 2014 #67
That is the only girl Sweeney Dec 2014 #72
This thread is turning into a bad trip. rug Dec 2014 #65
If its drugs you'll get over it. Sweeney Dec 2014 #71
The music posts are great. okasha Dec 2014 #76
Dancing Queen pinto Dec 2014 #81
"Drugs will get you through times of no money... GliderGuider Dec 2014 #85
Furious Freak Brothers Sweeney Dec 2014 #86
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, actually. mr blur Dec 2014 #113
Only been over forty years since I loaned mine out. Sweeney Dec 2014 #115
love the music. don't give a damn if it's posted in DesertFlower Dec 2014 #104
jefferson airplane - the woodstock experience wilt the stilt Dec 2014 #130
I really liked Janis Joplin Sweeney Dec 2014 #133
I saw Janis three times, and Airplane once. kwassa Dec 2014 #134
I loved that girl. Sweeney Dec 2014 #135
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