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Posted by Fall Guy from pool0068.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net (216.244.42.68) on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at 2:31pm :

In Reply to: Now you have me at a disadvantage... posted by MK from adsl-63-194-18-73.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net (63.194.18.73) on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at 9:32am :

: ...I have only seen TOD all the way through once and that was at the theatre in '84. I can't stand Kate, Shorty and the less than great script. The only thing I remember that was supernatural was some rocks getting hot. I sure don't remember anything involving a deity. Am I forgetting something?

Don't you remember the open-heart surgery? Who needs a heart to live? How about the Voodoo doll? There is whole bunch of supernatural hocus-pocus in ToD.
As for complaining about the less than great script, at least ToD is not just a remake of Raiders like Last Crusade. ToD is closer to the old serials than either Raiders or LC.
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: As for him being "open to all kinds of possibilities", that sounds very nice and reasonable. I learned the law of gravity a long time ago. I have experienced it and know it to be true. Although I am an open-minded person, I will be very skeptical and it will take extremely compelling evidence to get me to believe the contrary.

Actually, the official name is "Newton's law of gravitation". Let me state it, in case you meant something else:
The force of gravity between two bodies of matter depends on their mass and the square of the distance between them.
You have experienced this? Well, I didn't know you'd been off this planet! What I think you meant is that you have experienced weight. That's just the force of gravity acting on a body of matter, and as far as your experience goes, it's purely empirical.
And why are we debating gravity?
: Our good fictional friend Dr. Jones experienced the hand of God in person. This same God says he is the one true God and that all others are false. Between the ark and the grail, it would seem reasonable that Indy's life would have been changed by those events. He sure wouldn't make snide remarks like he did to Brody "I don't believe in magic, a lot of superstitious hocus pocus. I'm going after a find of incredible historical significance, you're talking about the boogie man."

I don't think Jones was sure what he had experienced. Observation alone (empiricism again) is not enough for a scientist to come to a conclusion.

: As for showing you a religion that is not man-made. Feel free to e-mail me. Talking about Indy's motivation is one thing. If we are going to jump that far off the track we shouldn’t do it here.

Thanks for the generous invite, but I politely decline.
FG
PS: About that crazy fantasy ending of Raiders: maybe everything after going to sleep on the Bantu Wind really WAS Indy's dream (Who came up with that - 3k$?). Or heat stroke made Indy see things. ;)
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Follow Ups:

Mk is no physicist... - Fedora 1:43am 03/16/2002

Neither am I. - Fall Guy 12:25pm 03/16/2002

Ah ha!... - Fedora 7:30pm 03/16/2002

Oh well... - Fall Guy 10:48pm 03/16/2002

Let us hope so... - Fedora 3:12pm 03/17/2002

Now you're getting nasty... - Fall Guy 3:59pm 03/17/2002

Touche!(nm) - Fedora 2:02pm 03/18/2002

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: : ...I have only seen TOD all the way through once and that was at the theatre in '84. I can't stand Kate, Shorty and the less than great script. The only thing I remember that was supernatural was some rocks getting hot. I sure don't remember anything involving a deity. Am I forgetting something? : Don't you remember the open-heart surgery? Who needs a heart to live? How about the Voodoo doll? There is whole bunch of supernatural hocus-pocus in ToD. : As for complaining about the less than great script, at least ToD is not just a remake of Raiders like Last Crusade. ToD is closer to the old serials than either Raiders or LC. : : : : As for him being "open to all kinds of possibilities", that sounds very nice and reasonable. I learned the law of gravity a long time ago. I have experienced it and know it to be true. Although I am an open-minded person, I will be very skeptical and it will take extremely compelling evidence to get me to believe the contrary. : Actually, the official name is "Newton's law of gravitation". Let me state it, in case you meant something else: : The force of gravity between two bodies of matter depends on their mass and the square of the distance between them. : You have experienced this? Well, I didn't know you'd been off this planet! What I think you meant is that you have experienced weight. That's just the force of gravity acting on a body of matter, and as far as your experience goes, it's purely empirical. : And why are we debating gravity?</i? : : : Our good fictional friend Dr. Jones experienced the hand of God in person. This same God says he is the one true God and that all others are false. Between the ark and the grail, it would seem reasonable that Indy's life would have been changed by those events. He sure wouldn't make snide remarks like he did to Brody "I don't believe in magic, a lot of superstitious hocus pocus. I'm going after a find of incredible historical significance, you're talking about the boogie man." : I don't think Jones was sure what he had experienced. Observation alone (empiricism again) is not enough for a scientist to come to a conclusion. : : : As for showing you a religion that is not man-made. Feel free to e-mail me. Talking about Indy's motivation is one thing. If we are going to jump that far off the track we shouldn’t do it here. : Thanks for the generous invite, but I politely decline. : FG : PS: About that crazy fantasy ending of Raiders: maybe everything after going to sleep on the Bantu Wind really WAS Indy's dream (Who came up with that - 3k$?). Or heat stroke made Indy see things. ;) : : : :

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