THE BIBLE (New Testament this time)

It was written a few hundred years after Christ died by people with an agenda to convert as many into the Christian flock.

Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, etc all had/have agendas too.

The four books contradict themselves in many places (though I'm not an NT scholar), because much of it if not all of it is subjective, not objective.

It has been 60 years since the Holocaust and people with agendas write it didn't happen. And there are millions of papers and thousands of actual pictures and movies that prove it did happen. There are only one or two historical documents written during Jesus' lifetime that even mentions him, or someone like him.

I wonder what word of mouth over 200 years would produce for the bible writers. My wife changes what I said after 10 minutes sometimes.

Also, it wasn't written in English, when translated it got another dose of subjectivity by those with an agenda.

Everyone who wrote the NT and OT believed in a flat earth and that the universe revolved around the earth. Dinosaurs weren't discovered until the early 1800's.

How can anyone take the bible literally. It boggles my mind.

MUSIC TRIVIA TIME

The Billboard 100 historically had been the best selling singles on a per week and a per year basis.
The Beatles broke up in 1970, well really 1969.
In 1970, they had two songs in the top 100; The Long and Winding Road and Hey Jude.
John Lennon made it as a solo artist with Instant Karma. And a McCartney/Lennon song also hit the charts too; Come and Get It performed by Badfinger. It was popular because of the movie The Magic Christian, which was a very creative comedy about greed. Ringo Starr was in that movie along with some dude named Peter Sellers.
OK, I still haven't given my question yet.
In 1971, the Beatles were no more. George Harrison had a hit on the Billboard 100; My Sweet Lord, which incidently later got him into court because the melody was very similar to He's So Fine, a song that came out in 1963 . The court decided it was in fact a plagiarism. George and Ringo got together in It Don't Come Easy and McCartney made the list with Another Day and one of my favorites at the time (I was 10); Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey. The Uncle Albert part wasn't that great, and still isn't.

Here is the question. How many songs performed by ex-Beatles made the Billboard 100 in the year 1972?

WHAT ARE FUTURE HISTORIANS GONNA SAY

About Arab terrorism and suicide bombers to be exact?

Seriously, their culture is so screwed up. They get young people for the most part to blow up in front of innocent people.
I'll guarantee that the masterminds average age is much higher than those who are committing the bombings. It is a matter of brainwashing. And it starts with the culture, one that promotes death and hatred.
I'm sick of hearing about these bombings. Something has to be done. Arabs and Muslims should be speaking up. If they don't, it is a sign that they condone this crap.
Are they scared to speak up or do they condone it? I have to assume they condone it. Human beings have to be touched about innocent lives being taken out like this.

In two thousand years, we could be remembered as being a slight step above the caveman. And it is the Arab culture that makes everyone primitive.

BURNING CD'S

I have stepped into the seedy underworld of stealing music on the internet.
How do I rationalize it? Well, first off, a friend of mine showed me how to do it. If he does it and many other people do it, why shouldn't I do it.
Secondly, I got into buying CD's relatively late. Around late 1999, when I bought a JVC Stereo with the capacity to hold 3 CD's at once.
I started buying CD's at second hand stores, trying to replenish my record and tape collection. I proudly don't have any 8 tracks, and I almost by-passed CD's but caved just before DVD's became the "in" way.
I tried to find Ringo Starr's Blast from Your Past, or any of McCartney and Wings 1970-80 stuff. All I wound up with was a Band on the Run CD and a Wings Greatest CD.
Thanks to my friend, actually it is my brother's friend Jeff, he laughed at me for buying around 100 CD's and proceeded to download two programs that are needed to burn CD's. Heck, my computer came with a burner, so why not use it.
That was 13 days ago. Now I have burned over 100 CD's. My wife says I'm obsessed. But then again, she seems to dislike anything I enjoy doing.
I still can't find Blast from Your Past at the Torrent sites(the content sites) I have visited but I was able to download Ringo and Goodnight Vienna which has most of the good songs that I was looking for, including the No No Song.
I've kind of run out of music I like and I even downloaded Prince's Greatest Hits, so I think my "obsession" is just about over.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

I was listening to my Rubber Soul CD today and then I actually listened to the lyrics of the last song, Run For Your Life.
I'm pretty sure if this song came out today, it might be banned. You decide:



Well I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or I won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl

Well you know that I'm a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life
Trying just to make you toe the line

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl

Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl

I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or you won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
Na, na, na

This is no Obla di Obla da, that's for sure.