Saturday, April 04, 2009

Episode 192: Magical Questions, Real Answers



I was contacted by an Australian Christian who found 10 questions on the internet and wanted to publicly write them on my "website" and have me answer them. I don't know what website he was talking about; I suspected it was my Atheist Nexus page, but I'm not certain. I have lots of pages, but my only websites with my email address available are Hellbound Alleee and Insolitology; the former is not set up for a Christian Challenge (and it's really a dead site); the latter is so rarely updated I'm always surprised when someone contacts me about it. It's my first website from back in 2002.

I found myself in an extremely unpleasant conversation with him, because I felt very grumpy about Yet Another Christian coming into my space and baiting me. It's not like I go to churches or even Christian websites and bother people. Although that might be fun.

I ended the conversation, but then, as I was working on my Atheist Nexus site, I thought, "well, I'm doing this because I'm working out some personal issues related to anger and resentment over my past. Maybe if I do a show related to his 10 questions, it'll be like working out my problem." So I looked at Google and found one set of 10 Questions for Atheists. There are a lot of them, but they tend to be pretty similar. I got these questions from Lifeway, some modern churchy website for the nineties--I mean, for the Modern Age. You can find it here.

On with the show.

Norel Pref * Sunday School * from Nightline "Satan Debate"
Alleee 1
Francois Tremblay * Creation * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 1 * Living Jazz * ABC
Nino Ferrer * Le Telefon
Francois Tremblay * Order * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 2 * Andy Loore * A Toute Allure
Christophe * Aline
Francois Tremblay * Abiogenesis * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 3 * Enoch Light * You've Got to Pay the Price
Norel Pref * Does Nightline Exist?
Julien Clerc * Noe

Francois' Lyrics


Tonight is the Flood,
The last, the greatest.
It's the real end of the world,
And we built a boat.
We took the vermin
A bit against our will,
But you save nothing
If you don't save everything...

Noah, Noah, Noah...

We took lentils,
We took jewels.
We loved the ones that shine
In the night and make you crazy.
We took the elephant
And his last two teeth:
Last elephant,
First million toothpicks.

Noah, Noah, Noah...
Why aren't you on the boat?
Noah, Noah,
Why did you make holes in the sail
And the flag?

We took the beavers,
We took the birds...
And all the furs
To make coats.
We thought to ourselves: the fish,
They can stay in the sea.
How can you put a whale
All at the bottom of a boat?

Noah, Noah, Noah...

We took gazelles
And even penguins,
Two swallows,
Skunks, badgers.
It was so cold
All the way down at the bottom of the boat,
That we took liars, too,
To tell us it was warm.

Noah, Noah, Noah...
Why aren't you on the boat?
Noah, Noah,
Why did you make holes in the sail
And the flag?

As we understood that
We'd have no newspapers,
We took mannequins,
Not too thin and very pretty,
A ton of makeup,
Underwear, swimsuits,
To get back on the beach
When the weather's nice again.

Noah, Noah, Noah...

We took thumbtacks
For our posters of God,
Those truckers' dreams
We took to heart.
Tonight is the Flood,
The last, the greatest.
It's the real end of the world,
And we built a boat.

Noah, Noah, Noah...
Why aren't you on the boat?
Noah, Noah,
Why did you make holes in the sail
And the flag?




Francois Tremblay * Transcendent Principles * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 4 * Syd Dale * The Riviera Set
Karl Zero * Rico Vacilon
Francois Tremblay * Morality * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 5 * Harvey Mandel * Poontang
Bill O'Reilly * Cup Your Breasts
Pan's People * You Can Really Rock 'n' Roll Me
Francois Tremblay * Meaning * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 6 * Manfred Minnich * Shopping Centre
Les Poppys * Des Chansons Pop
Francois Tremblay * The Mind * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 7 * Alan Hawkshaw & Keith Mansfield * Picadilly Square
Moron Tabernacle Choir
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra * Get Your Freak On
Francois Tremblay * Supernatural Experiences * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 8 * Neil Richardson * Rio Magic
Toby Deane * Come On-a My House
Francois Tremblay * The Case For Christ * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 9 * The Marty Cooper Clan * Walk, Don't Run
Norel Pref * Evolution Yeah
Drew Dobbs * Your Own Fries
Francois Tremblay * Rational Faith * Kresge Department Store's Shopping Music
Alleee * Answer 10 * Rudy Rosa * You Only Live Twice
Blooper

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