I didn't even know people watched that movie.  Didn't everyone vomit during the preview like I did?

That would be a shame, since we all know it should be entitled Thicke as a Brick(e)

Thicke's defense is that his fake Marvin Gaye song ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.

You'll get a shot and a beer and you'll like it.

I actually find that more attractive than Kendrick.  Does that make me gay?

Yes, Emilio Koyama, the man with the very confusing ethnic makeup.

They invented chewing gum there.  So that's something.

It's really beautiful.  A musician friend of mine worked at a resort there. The crime rate is really high, unfortunately, which limits tourism.

I thought he was a badass intellectual property attorney.  I know a few of those.

Anyone know who the redhead telling the story was?  She was very cute.

Never read the Quran myself.  I don't doubt I would get more out of it if I had, but if you know the broad strokes history of the early days of Islam (a Wikipedia article would probably do it) then you should be fine.

Maybe not, but he's the only one of them that started a major religion.

If I didn't already have a great username, changing it to Lord also Dick would be tempting.

Well, it fictionalizes Muhammed's life with stories that aren't in the scriptures, and basically has him making up doctrine on the fly to suit political purposes.  Might not seem like a big deal to you or me, but fundies have never actually been the most easygoing types when it comes to stuff like this.

I realize not everyone follows all of the rules.  I have a lot of muslim clients and many of them drink, eat bacon, etc.  But the rules are still there.

Yeah, the ripe old age of 9.

I'm genuinely interested in what the appeal of islam was to you.  I don't see myself becoming religious, but if I did islam is the last one I would pick.  No offense intended to anyone; it just has too many rules for me.

@avclub-e19801f9caf39bff8afc5e4548f2942d:disqus There's also the whole "in the beginning was the word" bit at the beginning of John, which sounds suspiciously like some brand of Platonism.

8 year olds, dude.

Most of the pre-islamic relgion was destroyed, but as far as we can tell it was a polytheistic religion not unlike a lot of traditional semitic religions.  A lot of Islamic beliefs and practices, including the pilgrimage to Mecca, are survivals from the old religions.  There were also tribes that practiced judaism and…