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1 posted on 05/17/2006 1:55:21 PM PDT by NYer
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2 posted on 05/17/2006 1:56:53 PM PDT by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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Well, everyone's entitled to their own incorrect two-bit opinions.


4 posted on 05/17/2006 2:01:45 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
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He is a $3 bill. His opinions are irrelevant.

"Oh, are you saying the opinions of all queers are irrelevant?"

Only when they express them!


7 posted on 05/17/2006 2:22:03 PM PDT by Prost1 (We can build a wall, we can evict - "Si, se puede!")
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To: NYer
He plays a man named "Leah" in the movie? Or is he playing a woman?
8 posted on 05/17/2006 2:27:13 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Knights of Columbus martyrs of Mexico, pray for us! Vivo Cristo Rey!)
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I think McKellan needs have a disclaimer that he's a man.
9 posted on 05/17/2006 2:30:23 PM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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They could put a disclaimer in it. Indeed they could go further. They could burn it, prohibit it, make reading it a crime punishable by prison. It wouldn't make a jot of difference. People would still read and believe.

It's Divine, you see. Outside the ambit of mere human logic.

There's nothing new under the sun they say, and so it is with McKellan's twaddle. The 20th century saw the rise of entire countries and empires which indoctrinated their citizens unceasingly with exactly what McKellan says: the Bible is mere fiction.

The result? Well let's just say that those empires crumbled, faith survived and indeed grew. Just as it now grows in China.

McKellen is to be pitied. Pray for him.

10 posted on 05/17/2006 3:13:12 PM PDT by marshmallow
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It has long been known that those who live in open defiance of God and His expressed will usually denigrate it.


14 posted on 05/17/2006 4:33:26 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God is, and (2) God is good?)
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To: NYer

Hey Ian, please take this up with the Author of the Bible.


16 posted on 05/17/2006 5:02:55 PM PDT by fishtank
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Ian: "I mean, walking on water, it takes an act of faith."

How true. How true.

Peter found out that he could walk on water when he had faith, but sank when he had doubts.

Peter was doing fine until he took his eyes off Jesus.  As long as he had faith, he did impossible things to do without God's help.  He kept his eyes on Jesus and walked on water.  When he looked around at the world, he started believing that the storm was going to defeat him.

He lost faith. He took his eyes off Jesus, and he began to sink.

BTW, Ian. The eyewitnesses, Christ's followers in the boat, were mighty impressed when they saw Jesus and Peter walking on the water.

And Peter gave the eyewitnesses a vivid demonstration of what can happen to people who lose faith.

18 posted on 05/17/2006 5:38:01 PM PDT by syriacus (In WWII , INS "data mined" addresses + opened mail of citizens who communicated with detainees)
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Yeah, this old poofter is such a Bible expert. He claims his hobby is to tear out the "homosexual activity is an abomination" pages from the Gideon Bibles he finds in hotels. Right. This is REALLY going to make an impact. What an infantile person. Onto my prayer list with you, McKellen!


23 posted on 05/17/2006 8:39:35 PM PDT by redhead (Gee, Ricky...I'm sorry your mom blew up.)
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Well, all of the above may be true, but that doesn't change the fact that I am still looking forward to seeing him again as "Magneto" in X-Men3 (coming 5/26/06).
24 posted on 05/17/2006 9:00:12 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (Wearing My 'Jammies Proudly)
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Of course he thinks it's fiction. It doesn't support his queer lifestyle.


25 posted on 05/17/2006 9:01:31 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Native Texan)
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He's a queer, and an atheist, which explains his animus against Christianity.


26 posted on 05/17/2006 9:05:03 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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You mean "Grandolf the Gay"?


27 posted on 05/18/2006 1:08:28 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Build the fence. Sí, Se Puede!)
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Now, now, let's all go easy on Sir Ian McKellan...we need to remember what they will say about him when he is gone...."Died without issue"


29 posted on 05/18/2006 5:36:34 AM PDT by Cheverus
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I mean, walking on water, it takes an act of faith.

Scientists don't always know everything.

Scientists have only very recently discovered why some insects can walk on water.

They'd been believing the wrong scientific explanation for some years.

Walking on Water: Insect's Secret Revealed, By Robert Roy Britt, 03 November, 2004

Until now, scientists thought this seemingly Biblical ability was due to a wax secreted on the insect's legs combined with surface tension, a property of water that makes its boundary behave something like stretched Saran Wrap for small things.

But new research finds the water strider's legs are covered with microscopic hairs that trap tiny air bubbles, allowing the insect to simply float.

At one time, scientists thought planes couldn't break the sound barrier; didn't know that the atom could be split; didn't know that X-rays could be created; etc.

Ian McKellen lacks an open mind, almost as much as he lacks faith.

31 posted on 05/18/2006 9:21:42 AM PDT by syriacus (In WWII , INS "data mined" addresses + opened mail of citizens who communicated with detainees)
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