dagblog - Comments for "VASCO DA GAMA &amp; THE OUTHOUSE" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/vasco-da-gama-outhouse-11669 Comments for "VASCO DA GAMA & THE OUTHOUSE" en In my family tree, I have a http://dagblog.com/comment/135177#comment-135177 <a id="comment-135177"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/135157#comment-135157">Well if you think that is</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In my family tree, I have a second, unrelated Smith line on my mother's side, that lived in upstate NY, near where Mormonism has its roots.  I keep hoping we're not somehow related to Joseph Smith.  Unfortunately, I've only been able to trace that line back to a guy named William LeGrand Smith, who died in 1895 and, I'm happy to say, is NOT the same W. L. G. Smith that wrote a pro-slavery response to Uncle Tom's Cabin and ended up as the U.S. Ambassador to Shanghai (He died in 1874.)  Being a Smith is tough when you're doing genealogy research, but sometimes you find out just enough to ease your mind. LOL</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:55:53 +0000 MrSmith1 comment 135177 at http://dagblog.com Well if you think that is http://dagblog.com/comment/135157#comment-135157 <a id="comment-135157"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/135156#comment-135156">A religion called Mahikari</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Well if you think that is something you should talk with Mitt!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Latter_Day_Saints">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Latter_Day_Saints</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I mean talk about latter day saints for chrissakes.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">And what about the waffles?</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:282px;"> <a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virgin_Mary_in_Glass.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="174" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Virgin_Mary_in_Glass.jpg/280px-Virgin_Mary_in_Glass.jpg" width="280" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"> <a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virgin_Mary_in_Glass.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" /></a></div> <p>The Clearwater Virgin on Christmas Day 1996.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:58:55 +0000 Richard Day comment 135157 at http://dagblog.com A religion called Mahikari http://dagblog.com/comment/135156#comment-135156 <a id="comment-135156"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/135080#comment-135080">Just now found that crazy</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A religion called Mahikari (which is supposedly about white light healing) claims that Jesus wasn't crucified, but instead, returned to Japan and lived to be 99 years old. <a href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~skyaxe/tomb.htm">They claim there is a grave which, obviously has become a bit of a tourist attraction.</a></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:32:21 +0000 MrSmith1 comment 135156 at http://dagblog.com Just now found that crazy http://dagblog.com/comment/135080#comment-135080 <a id="comment-135080"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/135055#comment-135055">Now that is interesting. One</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Just now found that crazy <em>Jesus in India</em> film in Netflix looking for the Joseph Campbell stuff.</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:22:49 +0000 Rootman comment 135080 at http://dagblog.com Just so that those damn inner http://dagblog.com/comment/135072#comment-135072 <a id="comment-135072"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/135068#comment-135068">Very enlightening. But I</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Just so that those damn inner confusions are eliminated.</p> <p>THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS!</p> <p>hahahaha</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:50:26 +0000 Richard Day comment 135072 at http://dagblog.com Very enlightening. But I http://dagblog.com/comment/135068#comment-135068 <a id="comment-135068"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/vasco-da-gama-outhouse-11669">VASCO DA GAMA &amp; THE OUTHOUSE</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-size: 14px">Very enlightening.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px">But I thought it was Confucius and not Day or Da Gama who said:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px">"Inner confusions are best eliminated through laughter."</span></p> </div></div></div> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:19:11 +0000 Oxy Mora comment 135068 at http://dagblog.com Now that is interesting. One http://dagblog.com/comment/135055#comment-135055 <a id="comment-135055"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/135037#comment-135037">A neat book caught my eye at</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Now that is interesting.</p> <p>One link has the Christ in India during the '18 year gap'--that is the Fortress of Solitude period.</p> <p>And the other deals with the Post-Crucifiction.</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:27:50 +0000 Richard Day comment 135055 at http://dagblog.com A neat book caught my eye at http://dagblog.com/comment/135037#comment-135037 <a id="comment-135037"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/vasco-da-gama-outhouse-11669">VASCO DA GAMA &amp; THE OUTHOUSE</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A neat book caught my eye at a roadside bookstand in Rajasthan. "Jesus Lived in India."</p> <p>Synopsis <a href="http://www.sol.com.au/kor/7_01.htm">here</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="bodycopy">It is not possible, Kersten asserts, to disprove that Christ went to India.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span class="bodycopy">My kind of scholarship.</span></p> <p><span class="bodycopy">Also: </span><a href="http://www.jesus-in-india-the-movie.com/html/trailer.html">http://www.jesus-in-india-the-movie.com/html/trailer.html</a></p> </div></div></div> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:14:17 +0000 Rootman comment 135037 at http://dagblog.com Thanks Barth. And Merry http://dagblog.com/comment/134966#comment-134966 <a id="comment-134966"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/134963#comment-134963">I keep imagining how this</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Thanks Barth.</p> <p>And Merry Krishna to you also. haha</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:59:04 +0000 Richard Day comment 134966 at http://dagblog.com I keep imagining how this http://dagblog.com/comment/134963#comment-134963 <a id="comment-134963"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/vasco-da-gama-outhouse-11669">VASCO DA GAMA &amp; THE OUTHOUSE</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I keep imagining how this would have all appeared on cable tv were it around then. Well done, Mr. Richard</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:37:03 +0000 Barth comment 134963 at http://dagblog.com