Recent content by Ransom

Yep, Janet Mead was a real nun. A Sister of Mercy in Australia. She was a one-hit wonder as a musician, and didn't like the fame. Spent most of her time helping the homeless. She died just a few years ago.

Hey, Calvinists!

Ekklesian brings Israel or Netanyahu into every thread. He stole my "Jooooos" bit. Then he stole Pierre's image bit. Never met an Israel-hater who was long on original thought. Mostly eating bananas and flinging poop. Monkey-boy see, monkey-boy do.

By the end of the year he'll have renamed the United Kingdom "America Classic."

Nope. Again, though, right era. The hippies claimed Jesus as a counterculture figure and one of them, so there were a few years in the late 60s and early 70s where songs with overtly Christian themes were somewhat popular on radio: "Superstar," "Put Your Hand in the Hand," "Jesus is Just...

And that was Krishna, not Jesus. ;) One more guess, and I'll spill.

I think house churches can be done right--someone mentioned Dr. Bob's church, which maintained ties to their sending church. But I've also seen plenty of house churches that seem to have been started only because of dissatisfaction with another established church. I know of one near my alma...

On the one hand, France flares up every few years for some reason or other. It's their way. On the other, students protesting education quality don't burn down schools. On the third hand, the prevalence of Palestine flags and slogans like "Free Palestine" belies the premise that this is a...

Also the right era, but no. (And "Superstar" never reached the Top 10.)

Jooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos!

And speaking of songs of that era, what's the only Billboard Top 10 hit in which Jesus Christ is the sole lyricist?

And she's right. Conventional wisdom, informed by feminism, says that lust is a male problem. Movements like SlutWalk said that women weren't asking for it, no matter what they wore. Very conservative religion--I'm thinking ultra-fundamentalist Christianity and conservative Islam in...

Ekklesian would rather they just followed his example and licked windows.

The difference being, the Wright Brothers actually built and flew an airplane, whereas the Tesla "flying car" was actually just a purpose-built stunt car, not a true prototype.

You've got a perverted view of the world if the only way you can "relate" to someone is if you make the same money as he does.