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    Just a note about the song


    Sally Walker (Sally Waters) is an old old children’s game of European roots

    An old tradition of a bride stepping over a saucer full of water before she marries


    Sally ends up sitting in the saucers stead of stepping over it

    And is sad because it bodes badly on her future

    She is compelled to stand up and rejoice and find the one she loves best

    A child’s game of a circle of players and “a Sally” sitting in the Middle

    The circle sings the song and claps

    She follows the circles commands to stand

    Then dance (the other children copy her dance moves)

    Then she moves to the east (her right) then to the west (her left) as the lyrics suggest

    Then she stops in front of someone when the lyrics command her to stop in front of the one she loves best

    That person is the new Sally


    Don’t sit are mourn bad situations

    Move on and seek love


    Beautiful

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    I just have a problem with the expression, "believe in."

    If a person who says, "I believe in GOD" actually means, "I cannot know if a GOD exists or not, but my guess (opinion, supposition) is that one does"...

    ...why not say that?

    I suspect the reason people who say, "I believe in GOD" use that term rather than the more truthful and accurate "I guess that GOD (whatever that means) exists", is because they want to demand a greater respect for their guess than it deserves.

    It is much easier to say, "We ought to all be respectful of each other's beliefs" than "We ought to all be respectful of each others guesses."
    They are claiming they are CERTAIN god exists


    Some are even telling you the truth

    Unfortunately some are lying

    Like some are lying about believing in this nations constitution

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    Ah

    my Queen
    If you're going to worship someone, you should be able to get the facts right...At the very least...

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    My mistake


    Aretha didn’t write it

    Spirit in the Dark
    Song by B.B. King and Diane Schuur
    Spirit In The Dark


    Are you getting the spirit in the dark
    Are you getting the spirit in the dark
    People moving, ah, tell me we're grooving
    Just getting the spirit in the dark
    Tell me, sisters, how do you feel
    Tell me, my brothers, my brothers
    How do you feel
    (Do you feel like dancing)
    Get up there and let's start dancing
    (Get up and let's start dancing)
    Start getting in the spirit
    Oh, getting in the dark
    (Spirit in the dark)
    Just like sally walker
    Sitting in a saucer
    That's how you do it
    Just go on, get on up to it
    Ride, sally, ride
    Put your hands on your hips
    Cover your eyes, and move
    (Come on get it)
    Get in the spirit
    (Move with the spirit)
    Come on and move, get in the spirit
    (Darling, move, move with the spirit)
    Oh move, get in the spirit
    Help me move
    (Move)
    With the spirit
    (Spirit)
    Are you getting the spirit
    (Spirit in the dark)
    I wanna know, are you getting the spirit
    (Getting the spirit)
    Getting it in the spirit
    Are you getting the spirit
    (Getting the spirit)
    Keep moving
    Oh hey, we're rocking and grooving
    Just getting in the spirit
    (Getting the spirit)
    Oh in the dark
    We're gonna do it one more time
    It's just like sally walker
    Sitting in that great big flying saucer
    Hey, that's how you do it
    Get down and get on up to it
    (Come on and get it)
    Ride, sally, ride
    Put your hands on your hips
    Cover your eyes, and move
    (Move, move on)
    Move with the spirit
    I'm telling you to groove
    (Groove on)
    Groove with the spirit
    (On and on)
    Go on and move
    (Move)
    With the spirit
    (Spirit)
    Come on and groove
    (Move it)
    Groove with the spirit
    (Move on)
    On and on
    (Yeah)
    Help me, help me, help me
    Help me move, move, move, move
    Move, move, move, move
    Move, move, move, move
    Move, move, move, move
    Give it up, give it up
    Give it up, give it up
    Give it up, give it up
    Give it up, give it up
    (You got it, you got it)
    (You got the spirit)
    Spirit
    Feel it
    I feel it, baby.
    You know what i mean, baby?
    Yes, i do.
    Oh baby. you gotta feel the motivation.
    I feel it, honey, i feel it.
    Feel the spirit
    In the dark
    Get ready


    I find it very interesting BB and Diane Schuur


    Had Sally flying in her saucer

    Truely rising up

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    If you're going to worship someone, you should be able to get the facts right...At the very least...
    I worship all humans


    Try it some time

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    I worship all humans


    Try it some time
    But you clearly do not....
    "If we are truthful, honest and fair—we would have to say that black America has lost its soul.

    “The one thing that black America needs today more than anything else is to come back home to God.”
    ...Pastor Jasper Williams
    RIP Miss Franklin...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    But you clearly do not....
    "If we are truthful, honest and fair—we would have to say that black America has lost its soul.

    “The one thing that black America needs today more than anything else is to come back home to God.”
    ...Pastor Jasper Williams
    RIP Miss Franklin...

    Jesus disapproves of your hate of his creations

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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson


    In the mainstream media, the Higgs boson has often been called the "God particle" from the 1993 book The God Particle by Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman,[10] although the nickname is not endorsed by many physicists.[11][12]

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    Lederman explains in the book why he gave the Higgs boson the nickname "The God Particle":

    This boson is so central to the state of physics today, so crucial to our final understanding of the structure of matter, yet so elusive, that I have given it a nickname: the God Particle. Why God Particle? Two reasons. One, the publisher wouldn't let us call it the Goddamn Particle, though that might be a more appropriate title, given its villainous nature and the expense it is causing. And two, there is a connection, of sorts, to another book, a much older one...

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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis


    The Book of Genesis (Bereishit in Hebrew) [a], also known as the First Book of Moses,[1] is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.[2] In Judeo-Christian traditions it is viewed as an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, Israel's ancestors, and the origins of the Jewish people.[3] Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ("In the beginning").

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    I just have a problem with the expression, "believe in."

    If a person who says, "I believe in GOD" actually means, "I cannot know if a GOD exists or not, but my guess (opinion, supposition) is that one does"...

    ...why not say that?

    I suspect the reason people who say, "I believe in GOD" use that term rather than the more truthful and accurate "I guess that GOD (whatever that means) exists", is because they want to demand a greater respect for their guess than it deserves.

    It is much easier to say, "We ought to all be respectful of each other's beliefs" than "We ought to all be respectful of each others guesses."
    We all believe in a lot of things which cannot be scientifically tested in a mass spectrometer or particle accelerator.

    The Declaration of Independence asserts that all humans are created equal and are endowed with natural rights which supercede any king, secular law, or social convention. The French Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes similar claims.

    There is no laboratory or experimental evidence to support that belief.

    It is a social construct rooted in the philosophical belief in natural law.

    Soren Kierkegaard said that most religious belief is fake and inauthentic. In 19th century Denmark, he felt most people claimed and demostrated belief simply by attending Church once a week and listening to the pastor. Kierkegaard maintained that true belief was far more difficult and complex than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    Jesus disapproves of your hate of his creations
    That makes no sense...I have no hate... Would Jesus approve of you, however? And your hate filled posts?
    Did you know that Miss Franklin chose her pastor to speak at her memorial?Did you not watch it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    But you clearly do not....
    "If we are truthful, honest and fair—we would have to say that black America has lost its soul.

    “The one thing that black America needs today more than anything else is to come back home to God.”
    ...Pastor Jasper Williams
    RIP Miss Franklin...
    You are lying about Americans here out of hate

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