>>>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/us/pat-robertson-facebook-remark/index.html?hpt=hp_t5
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>>>>>I have wondered for quite a while, why are such idiots so influential? Why do newspapers even quote him, for example? I mean, there must be lots of people talking nonsense, or even their own doubtful interpretation of religion, so why do people like Pat Robertson get all the press?
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>>>>I'm not sure it's possible for someone to be a bigger horses a$$ than Pat Robertson.
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>>>Was it Pat Robertson or one of the other televangelists who did that thing where he asked for donations (in the millions) by a certain date? When the money was not there by the target date the date was moved back. The lord granted him an extension!
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>>Oral Roberts, in the early 80s. I remember because it was on the radio in the morning as I was going to my dentist in San Franscisco. I was ranting about it pretty seriously as I got in the chair. (I was much less shy about telling people what I think in those days <s>) As he was preparing the needle for the novacaine and while I was about halfway into a tank of nitrous he told me he was a graduate of Oral Roberts University, Of course I thought he was kidding. He wasn't.
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>>In fairness, he was a good dentist, but I never was able to go back to having a medical procedure of any kind done by somebody who thought the earth was 6000 years old.
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>I will not make any jokes about the Oral Roberts. I promise I won't.
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>As far as creationism, we think the same way. (Except you think better). It's a little scary that in some parts of the country it is required to be taught alongside biology.
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>Enough politics and religious debates for me. I want to stay away from heaviness for a while.
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>BTW, I saw your comment about "going all Mike Beane with you" when you posted a YouTube link. Point taken. I honestly do get enthusiastic about bands and singers. They have always given me pleasure. But this is really not the right site for it.

I don't know. As long as it is not a sign you're sad I don't see anything wrong with it. It is just became kind of a a warning flag you were getting maudlin. That said, at least you've got pretty good taste in music (well, except for that Cobain thing <s>)