# forgive my ignorance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgive-my-ignorance/12739>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 14, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgive-my-ignorance/12739 "2000-01-14T17:20:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgive-my-ignorance/12739/1 "2000-01-14T17:20:00Z")

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Could anyone explain to me what the LBMB is?  
it is referenced on several pages, but I cant seem to find any page on the net for it

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John Larrigan

“82.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot”–Vic Reeves

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgive-my-ignorance/12739/2 "2000-01-14T17:23:00Z")

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Left Behind Message Board. [www.leftbehind.com](http://www.leftbehind.com)

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgive-my-ignorance/12739/3 "2000-01-14T17:28:00Z")

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Cheers Uncle Beer…

Things are a little clearer now…

Whats the deal with the site? And why is this site spoken of like something that you scrape off your shoe (by some anyway)?

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John Larrigan

“82.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot”–Vic Reeves

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgive-my-ignorance/12739/4 "2000-01-14T17:36:00Z")

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Fundamental Christians. Need I say more?

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“What do I believe in? Not much that can’t be proven by logic and scientific experiment, and you better believe, I want to see the logic and laboratory equipment.” --P.J. O’Rourke–

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgive-my-ignorance/12739/5 "2000-01-14T17:40:00Z")

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There was a whole “war” between the LBMB and the SDMB.  
If you want to know more details, follow the links below.  
[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000918.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000918.html)[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000850.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000850.html)[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000628.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000628.html)