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Comment Re:Forgotten Silver (Score 1) 105

Hehe, I first watched Forgotten Silver on TV and missed the start, so I didn't get any hints that it was a hoax, and like many other people I did not pay proper attention to the comical or unreliable parts. Years later I saw a certain DVD on the shelf in a store and thought: "Hey, great, a Peter Jackson movie ... wait a minute, that story seems familiar ..."

Comment Re:Interesting (Score 1) 365

IE7 is an economical burden on the company because they have to spend developing time on making the site work in that particular browser. Can you say the same of, e.g., Firefox 3.6, which is the latest version of Firefox that Tiger users can upgrade to?

Comment Re:Hard to feel bad for them (Score 1) 687

The booth babe is paid to get your attention ("We work to promote products") and yes, she gets your attention by being dressed sexually. Even so, she is still a fellow human being and deserves respect as such – like the nun or cop with whose religion or ticket (respectively) you disagree. Your attention does not necessarily include your comments.

Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 1359

I do not know of any church that adopts new translations as they release; the vast majority of Christian churches adopt one translation and stick with it for years and years.

In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark this is partly true. The latest "authorized version" is adopted almost as soon as it is released, yet, the latest is from 1992 and replaced the 1931 version. Very few people stick the the old one, including the wording of The Lords Prayer (however, the new version merely updated a few archaic words).

As for the memorization, I believe you should make a distinction between memorizing and remembering due to frequent repetition. While memorization does occur in Christianity, I believe most of your list belongs to the latter. You may also may make a distinction between remembering and recognizing. For example, people who attend church will recognize the blessing, but few of them will be able to repeat it, and it's certainly not something that is expected of them.

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