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POPSWhy Wood fell you can't portray one image while living differently. Our true nature comes out eventually.
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POPSBoondock Saints II: All Saints Day The Boondock Saints 1999 .....It's particularly gory and bloody, but this just makes it all the more realistic. In real life, there is a significant amount of blood when someone is shot in the head. The movie has some Christian subtexts, I think I've heard about five major theories about the whole movie's meaning. This shows, in my opinion, that there was obviously a lot of thought put into the movie. I'd recommend it to anyone who can stand the gore, even if they aren't Christians. 10/10
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POPSGospel we often forget how bad things are and how great God's love.
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POPS Paris Evolving Under the Gaze of Notre Dame’s Gargoyles "Like other medieval gargoyles, those decorating Notre Dame were intended as drainage spouts, with internal passages that carry rainwater from the roof and out through the gargoyles’ mouths. The word gargoyle actually comes from the French gargouille, which originally meant “throat” or “gullet”, and Latin words like gurgulio, from the root gar, “to swallow”, representing the gurgling sound of water." "Of course the monstrous appearance of the gargoyles is no happy coincidence, and many believe they were designed to frighten away evil spirits. Da Vinci Code fanatics and conspiracy theorists will doubtless make some secret symbolic connection between these gargoyles and the minds of medieval masons, and of course such hybrid chimeras have made appearances in popular culture everywhere from The Hunchback of Notre Dame to Ghostbusters. Do they threaten damnation or worse to sinners? Judgment Day awaits in Paris."
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POPSSlick Willie to open clinic for political adulterers Clinton says his clinic will accept sinners of both sexes, both political parties-and both heterosexuals and homosexuals. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a printed statement saying, "That's finally it! I want a divorce! It was just a fake marriage anyway!"
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POPSThai's Hell Garden An unnerving trip throThere’s nothing subtle about the Wang Saen Suk Monastery garden, 90 minutes drive south of Bangkok, apart from its location, hidden down a quiet lane not far from the coastal resort of Bang Saen. At the entrance, a brightly coloured sign proclaims “Welcome To Hell”, while beyond lies a garish, in-your-face morality tale of sawn torsos, boiling vats and devilish figures tormenting worldly sinners.ugh Buddhist Hell
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POPSThe evolutionary roots of morality What makes some of us saints and some of us sinners? Newsweek has an article on human good and evil that trots out the usual Milgram-fuelled moral pondering before morphing into a fascinating piece on the psychology of compassion
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POPS Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism These are all obvious and we have been seeing them allover our faces in the news. Sometimes things are so clearly on our faces that we look past them. Awareness of his fact should bring us to an alert position. Scrutinize the whys and when anything is said and done for our consumption and idea forming tool. We are affected by all that we see and hear and sometimes, if it is repeated enough, people take if for the truth. Unfortunately, we are at a point in this era that we have to pause and question, for most politicians have proven to be liers, traitors, lascivious sinners and have come short of the ideal as role models. It is becoming dangerous trend not only with politicians but sports idols and entertainment people. Are they a reflection of us, we have to ask.. I guess this rant is not only about fascism but fr all that seems to be going wrong in the world.
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POPS"Salvation" By Langston Huges "So I got up. Suddenly the whole room broke into a sea of shouting, as they saw me rise. Waves of rejoicing swept the place. Women leaped in the air. My aunt threw her arms around me. The minister took me by the hand and led me to the platform. When things quieted down, in a hushed silence, punctuated by a few ecstatic "Amens," all the new young lambs were blessed in the name of God. Then joyous singing filled the room." Well worth the time to read in it's entirety
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POPSReligious Right Takeover: The reason the world is facing economic and cultural catastrophies As with all histories, it is best to begin at the beginning. I didn't clip from the home page, but it is best to start there. If I remember correctly, Masbury wondered (paraphrased), why there is such vehemence towards the poor, well the answer is in the second part of this clip. The "divine program," philosophy dates back to the 18h century: a justification for capitalist greed, the wealthy as God's chosen people. If you haven't read The Family by Jeff Sharlet get thee down to your local library or bookstore and read. God save us from His followers. http://www.harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525
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