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Post by The Lazy One on Mar 18, 2009 19:32:08 GMT -5
Uh... last time I checked some mainline denominations (Baptist, Methodist, etc) don't always have a cross on them either. There's a Baptist church a few blocks from my school that looks exactly like an office building- no cross. There's a Methodist church that's in what used to be a convenience store. No cross. That's what they're complaining about? That is a new one to me. I can't recall ever seeing a Methodist or Baptist church without a cross. Hell some of them are so big you can see them for miles, as if a bigger one means the are holier. Well, to be more clear, these kinds of churches are very rare. There's a Baptist church near my house that has a big-ass cross that can be seen for miles. Those are two of maybe five that I've seen in my life that don't have a cross.
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Post by ldm on Mar 18, 2009 19:32:44 GMT -5
Similar to the first post, my coworker and I once had had some clients who were from Italy. Afterwards she turned to me and said "Where is Italy? Is it somewhere near Europe?"
To be fair, she was the product of a corrupt, poorly run urban public school system.
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Post by amindfarfaraway on Mar 18, 2009 20:40:18 GMT -5
The funniest thing I've heard about the LDS church is that they believe in a goddess. When asked by their detractors where in their writings this goddess is mentioned, they tell you outright that she's not. When asked where she is mentioned at all, again, no where. When asked how they come about this information, it's always a friend of a friend of a friend who left the church, but with no names or anything else to verify said information.
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Post by malendras on Mar 18, 2009 22:22:51 GMT -5
In economics class, I once heard someone ask "What's a Cuba?"
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Post by Thejebusfire on Mar 18, 2009 22:26:59 GMT -5
"You mean they don't teach Oklahoma history class in Texas?"
My old 9th grade classmate. How can anyone be so stupid?
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Post by Bojangles on Mar 19, 2009 3:25:23 GMT -5
In the one magazine I do we have a diary section which lists important events happening in the next two months. While I am going through them, I see that my designer has put the events in the wrong chronological order, so I assume this is an oversight and go and tell her to just fix the error and make the dates flow chronologically. When I get the article back from layout the dates are moved around but still hopelessly wrong.
So I make a list for her of the events in their right order and take it back. When she sees the list she says "Oh, you mean April comes before May."
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Post by Vypernight on Mar 19, 2009 4:41:36 GMT -5
Another thing about the dreaded Don, in an effort to prove that the Big Bang Theory is false he said, "If the Big Bang Theory was true, it would have happened again!" Who says it won't? The current theories (at least according to Hawking's books) say either things will just continue expanding until there's nothing but dead space, or everything will eventually be sucked back in to a Big Crunch, followed by another Big Bang. When they try to argue the Big Bang with me, I just point out the first line of the Bible, "Let there be light." Sounds like it to me. Take care, Jay
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Post by Star Cluster on Mar 19, 2009 6:59:58 GMT -5
Uh... last time I checked some mainline denominations (Baptist, Methodist, etc) don't always have a cross on them either. There's a Baptist church a few blocks from my school that looks exactly like an office building- no cross. There's a Methodist church that's in what used to be a convenience store. No cross. That's what they're complaining about? That is a new one to me. I can't recall ever seeing a Methodist or Baptist church without a cross. Hell some of them are so big you can see them for miles, as if a bigger one means the are holier. Yeah, me too. I'm not saying they don't exist in my little slice of the earth, just that I've never noticed any. I was rasied Methodist and every church I've ever been in had crosses displayed, inside and out. Edit: I posted this before seeing the Lazy One's reply to M52n's post. Yeah, they are very rare.
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Post by skyfire on Mar 19, 2009 10:10:43 GMT -5
The funniest thing I've heard about the LDS church is that they believe in a goddess. When asked by their detractors where in their writings this goddess is mentioned, they tell you outright that she's not. When asked where she is mentioned at all, again, no where. When asked how they come about this information, it's always a friend of a friend of a friend who left the church, but with no names or anything else to verify said information. The theology holds that everyone is a literal spiritual brother or sister of everyone else, and so it's implied that God has a wife. Thing is, the average critic of the church spends exponentially more time on the point than the average member of the church does. Hence, why the people you've encountered can't pony up any actual information: aside from the odd statement from the early 1800s speculating on the matter, nothing official actually exists; the theology on that point is either ignored or taken for granted.
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Post by Aqualung on Mar 19, 2009 10:18:25 GMT -5
Does it count if it wasn't actually said?
When I was in college, I was going to play a saxophone solo called "Piece in G Minor" by Gabriel Pierne at a student recital (We were supposed to play at one recital each semester). The idiots in the administrative office of the Fine Arts building put on the recital posters "Piece in 6 Minor". OK I admit, my Gs do tend to look like 6s sometimes when I write, but they should've at least known that. At least we all had a good laugh over it. :/
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Post by skyfire on Mar 19, 2009 10:47:31 GMT -5
For one of the RPG groups I'm with, we used to have a player (he since passed away) who had a habit of making his characters over-the-top in some fashion or another; this included characters someone else drew up for him, such as what happened with this group. I handed him a guy who was basically Bruce Lee w/ a degree in computers, and he went from there. Within a few sessions, he'd established the character as being a pyromaniac and someone so socially awkward that he routinely spoke in sexual innuendo without ever realizing it.
One of the last sessions we had together involved his character leading a combined-arms group (his giant robot plus a platoon of mechanized infantry and some hover tanks) in an effort to capture an enemy dropship. Not only did they find the thing, they also spotted the fact that the crew still had one of the hatches open; the crew had gotten word that some enemy forces were retreating and so opened the hatches prematurely. In response, he ordered his APCs to charge right into the ship and start unloading the infantry inside, his idea being that he could catch the crew by surprise and cut down any marines on the ship before they could respond.
In order to let the party know what was going on, he broadcast a radio message as soon as the charge started, giving blow-by-blow details of how the capture attempt was going. Thing is, so that the enemy didn't realize they were about to lose one of their ships, he decided to broadcast it in "code."
Thus, all the other party members heard was him unintentionally giving a blow-by-blow report of two people engaged in homosexual sex. I made the other party members keep constantly doing intelligence checks to see if they could actually figure out what was going on.
What's more, all the players that night were in perfect character. Including the guy with the Rambo-type character, who portrayed his character as one might expect a macho type to do in such a situation.
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Post by qjane on Mar 19, 2009 11:15:15 GMT -5
When they try to argue the Big Bang with me, I just point out the first line of the Bible, "Let there be light." Sounds like it to me. Take care, Jay Actually it's "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." My extremely nit picky side and eight years of hebrew school made me point that out. As for facepalming moments, some of the responses I have gotten when telling people I live in London: Oh my god, I LOVE France! Right right, the capital of France. (to friend) See? I'm good at geography! So you speak French? So what's the capital of London? etc. etc. Also: "But see, all the other religions make you do stuff to get to heaven, like being nice or giving alms or being calm or whatever, and with Christianity you just accept Jesus! Isn't that easy?"
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Post by A. Sapien on Mar 19, 2009 11:40:16 GMT -5
For one of the RPG groups I'm with, we used to have a player (he since passed away) who had a habit of making his characters over-the-top in some fashion or another; this included characters someone else drew up for him, such as what happened with this group. I handed him a guy who was basically Bruce Lee w/ a degree in computers, and he went from there. Within a few sessions, he'd established the character as being a pyromaniac and someone so socially awkward that he routinely spoke in sexual innuendo without ever realizing it. One of the last sessions we had together involved his character leading a combined-arms group (his giant robot plus a platoon of mechanized infantry and some hover tanks) in an effort to capture an enemy dropship. Not only did they find the thing, they also spotted the fact that the crew still had one of the hatches open; the crew had gotten word that some enemy forces were retreating and so opened the hatches prematurely. In response, he ordered his APCs to charge right into the ship and start unloading the infantry inside, his idea being that he could catch the crew by surprise and cut down any marines on the ship before they could respond. In order to let the party know what was going on, he broadcast a radio message as soon as the charge started, giving blow-by-blow details of how the capture attempt was going. Thing is, so that the enemy didn't realize they were about to lose one of their ships, he decided to broadcast it in "code." Thus, all the other party members heard was him unintentionally giving a blow-by-blow report of two people engaged in homosexual sex. I made the other party members keep constantly doing intelligence checks to see if they could actually figure out what was going on. What's more, all the players that night were in perfect character. Including the guy with the Rambo-type character, who portrayed his character as one might expect a macho type to do in such a situation. It sounds like he was trying to give the character(s) more depth and story. Frankly I like the sound of his version(s) more than the template you described. I believe the phrase is, working beyond the source material.
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Post by adoylelb90815 on Mar 19, 2009 15:10:18 GMT -5
I was at some lecture about the Mideast conflict, and a conspiracy theorist started talking during the question period about 9/11 being a controlled demolition. The moderator eventually kicked them out. Not only was it a "facepalm" moment, it was actually pretty funny.
Speaking of big ass crosses, there's a Methodist church that has a huge cross on the roof that can be seen from the freeway for miles. It's also located along the landing path of the airport, so that cross can be seen on planes as they're about to land.
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Post by skyfire on Mar 19, 2009 15:47:22 GMT -5
I was at some lecture about the Mideast conflict, and a conspiracy theorist started talking during the question period about 9/11 being a controlled demolition. The moderator eventually kicked them out. Not only was it a "facepalm" moment, it was actually pretty funny. Speaking of big ass crosses, there's a Methodist church that has a huge cross on the roof that can be seen from the freeway for miles. It's also located along the landing path of the airport, so that cross can be seen on planes as they're about to land. One of the local churches bought a chunk of land atop a hill that is near the western edge of town. Noting that the main highway runs past said chunk of land and that their being atop the hill means a person could see for a good mile or so either direction, they purchased a giant sign complete with a bar that flashes assorted religious messages in neon red. It's gaudy as hell and actually makes me somewhat embarrassed for the town as a whole.
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