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Lindsay Clark

‎"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on February 1, 2012 at 12:32pm

(for some reason my response didn't post here)

my response: i think i'd take the elavator.

let's see how many funny comments we can make! (a la Tosh.O)

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Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on February 1, 2012 at 12:33pm

***disclaimer***

Please do not click on her name and disparage her on Facebook. i don't want to start a war.

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on February 1, 2012 at 12:39pm

The concept of looking before leaping comes to mind. Why is that, do you think?

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Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on February 1, 2012 at 12:41pm

this explains why the religious seem to fall on their faces so often.

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Permalink Reply by booklover on February 1, 2012 at 4:10pm

A staircase to nowhere...

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Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on February 1, 2012 at 4:36pm

Haha, nice. Or perhaps a "stairway to heaven".

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on February 1, 2012 at 5:22pm

Well ... there's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold....

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Permalink Reply by Jude Johnson on February 1, 2012 at 6:08pm

Watch out -- that last step is a doozy!

Also... M.C. Escher comes to mind.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Fleming on February 1, 2012 at 8:55pm

David Bowie is faithful...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX917y1Ly8o

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Permalink Reply by Jude Johnson on February 1, 2012 at 9:24pm

Ha! I had that on VHS when I was a teen!

I hadn't seen that scene in over 25 years! That's really cool -- wonder where I can get a place like that?

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Permalink Reply by Starscream on February 1, 2012 at 9:02pm

Funny, it doesn't mention a direction and my mind assumed the steps go down rather than up. I'd imagine most of the 'congregation' would assume the steps go up. I wonder if there is a psychological component more than just a glass half full or half empty kind of thing.