Posted on 10/19/2006 7:17:27 PM PDT by mathprof
IN her thigh-highs and ruby miniskirt, Little Red Riding Hood does not appear to be en route to her grandmother’s house. And Goldilocks, in a snug bodice and platform heels, gives the impression she has been sleeping in everyone’s bed. There is a witch wearing little more than a Laker Girl uniform, a fairy who appears to shop at Victoria’s Secret and a cowgirl with a skirt the size of a tea towel.
Anyone who has watched the evolution of women’s Halloween costumes in the last several years will not be surprised that these images — culled from the Web sites of some of the largest Halloween costume retailers — are more strip club than storybook. Or that these and other costumes of questionable taste will be barely covering thousands of women who consider them escapist, harmless fun on Halloween.
“It’s a night when even a nice girl can dress like a dominatrix and still hold her head up the next morning,” said Linda M. Scott, the author of “Fresh Lipstick: Redressing Fashion and Feminism” (Palgrave Macmillan) and a professor of marketing at the University of Oxford in England.
The trend is so pervasive it has been written about by college students in campus newspapers, and Carlos Mencia, the comedian, jokes that Halloween should now be called Dress-Like-a-Whore Day.
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The Bible teaches that there are only "saints" (ones sanctified by the blood of Christ) and those unrepentant sinners who will suffer eternal separation from God and His Saints in Hell.
I was speaking of saints and their child raising.
Which translation of which books?
I watched an old scholar once attend a biblical diatribe at MSU - he listened to the lecture for a while, then called BS. "I have a copy, in the original..."
"That word does not mean what you think it means..."
Funny, how words change things.
Let the little kids have fun.
Show me an original Bible.
Wherever they are found, the earliest known manuscripts of each Book of the Bible are notoriously consistent, one to the other.
It makes history, and the most supressed book ever. Banned for 1800 years, the only existing copy was then debated for 40 years, on whether it should be burned, or released.
Look, if you favour the King James, and believe it to be the Word of G_D, I wish you well - go with that. It will help you in this life, and save you in the next, I hope.
But about a million other versions exist, all of which contradict that one - maybe G_D left the whole thing an open question, and wants people to think.
Wheoew! I smell very old red herring!
Let me think. No.
The New Testament Canon was settled way back at the time of Augustine. I could like to it, but you could look it up, for yourself.
That which was found, by rational analysis, prayer and Christian comit, to be the Canon contains no self-contradiction. That was one of the tests, of course, the words of Christ, Himself leading the informed heart and mind.
Better hit the sack.
Please consider that your argument is circular, and I will respond on the morrow.
"The book is consistent, because everything inconsistent was burned. That proves its literal truth."
For your morning, since I may not be here: think of a circular orbit around what is actual.
Here's a riddle for you: why do counterfeits exist?
Also, think of maintaining consistency with the words of actual participants and witnesses. (That will help in your Constitutional interpretation, as well.)
Oh, and the other documents are widely available, to this day. No ashes, only paper, vellum, and competing data.
Sure. I'd just love to get into an irrelevant theological debate on a thread with pics of women in lingerie.
Ready...?
Which of those costumes would you most like to see Lisa Randall dressed in?
Full Disclosure: No fair saying "I'd like to see her *out* of them" ;-)
Cheers!
You could discuss Heavenly Bodies ;-)
Bad...bad kitty!
Cheers!
Heh heh heh...
I'm still trying to figure out why Santa and the cross are both symbols of Christmas, but a crucifed Santa just ticks people off.
Ah, Lisa, penalize me...please!
Slut sells! Thank you MTV...
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