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I prefer the Brothers Comatose cover of this song

Belle de Jour was made in 1967. I had never heard of it before I saw it about 12 years ago. It’s definitely one of my favorite films.

I also like Cocker’s version of the Beatles song ‘She Came In Through The Bathroom Window’.

My understatement for the day: Dylan has never been known for having a great singing voice.

My Twentieth Century (1989). A Hungarian film about twin sisters who were separated when they were young. The bulk of the story takes place when they were in their early 20s (in 1900). One of the twins has become a ‘high end’ con-artist and party girl, the other twin is an idealistic...

This is pretty much what I believe. I was raised an Episcopalian and became a born again type Christian when I was 17. The number 1 thing that eventually led me to reject Christianity was the realization that religious faith was a horrible method for: determining what is-or-isn’t real, and...

The Lincoln Lawyer (2022, 10 episodes, Netflix). 5/10. It’s a law & crime series that follows a defense attorney who does much of his work while being chauffeured around in his Lincoln Continental. After watching the first 5 episodes, I read a review of the series in which the reviewer...

In the news… For decades, Southern Baptist leadership covered up sex abuse by their clergy. https://apnews.com/article/baptist-religion-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-southern-convention-bfdbe64389790630488f854c3dae3fd5

I haven’t heard #10 in a while…. If I remember correctly this comes from a Christian psychology professor in New York. The idea is that atheism comes from having a father who is too strict (too much of a disciplinarian) or from having a father who is too soft (not enough of a disciplinarian)...

I would think that most religions have the potential to help people stop some of their destructive habits. That's part of the reason religious beliefs have so much appeal. Many things can be used to induce an epiphany (e.g. Sensory deprivation, fasting, EST, Scientology, LSD). A...

Midnight Mass -- 8/10 Netflix, miniseries, 7 hours total. A supernatural horror story that takes place in a small U.S. island community. Great dialog and plot. It's an interesting use of a horror genre that's been used over and over again. A couple of the lead characters quote the...

I wasn’t really a big fan of it when it came out. I thought it was an okay movie. I think the inclusion of the song ‘Raindrops keep falling on head’ ended up being a smart move. It eventually became a big hit song and helped with the film’s popularity, the first couple years it was out.

Back when this forum was FRDB, Mountainman constantly pushed this theory in the Biblical Criticism & History section. And he would sometimes try to hijack topics which didn't directly deal with his ludicrous theory. I found it disruptive. Seems like it went on for a couple years. I wish...

Trump has now fired the head of homeland security’s cybersecurity dept., most likely over his analysis of the election https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/17/trump-says-us-cybersecurity-chief-chris-krebs-has-been-terminated.html

Not to mention that Trump has always made claims of voter fraud throughout his term as president, none of which has ever panned-out to anything close to being significant. e.g. Including: Claiming that he won the popular vote in 2016. Claiming significant voter fraud would probably...