{"id":783,"date":"2010-01-12T09:23:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T14:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=783"},"modified":"2010-01-12T09:23:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T14:23:57","slug":"talking-to-a-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Talking to a Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My father used to tell me this old Jewish joke about a Jew praying at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. There was this Jew who came to the Wailing Wall every day for ten years to pray. One day, someone asked him if any of his prayers were every answered. He responded by saying, \u201cNo, it\u2019s like talking to a wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a really lame joke, but it reminds me of two videos that I want to share today. The first is a classic video about prayer by GodIsImaginary.<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jk6ILZAaAMI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jk6ILZAaAMI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The other video that I want to share is the new video by NonStampCollector.<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IBHEsEshhLs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IBHEsEshhLs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>One of the things I noticed in this video and can especially relate too is that no matter how many times I address an issue that a fundamentalist Christian brings up they continue to repeat the same issue over and over again. 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