Posts by glenster

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The day JEHOVAH.....went POP!

by Terry in

think about this.. go way back...far far back in history.. .

go back before the internet.

go back farther.. go back before newspapers, tv and radio.. .

To give credit to early believers and the idea of faith understood as such,
the harshness of a Jehovah representing the earliest drafts of the idea, when
there were tribal disputes and Mosaic law punishment, seems to have already been
taken into account by Christians, who ended it and didn't ask for their religion
to be made law of the land with punishments, and the Jews, with capital punish-
ment being made rhetorical in the 1st two centuries AD by the earliest rabbini-
cal Jews.

"Forty years before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, i.e.
in 30 CE, the Sanhedrin effectively abolished capital punishment, making it a
hypothetical upper limit on the severity of punishment, fitting in finality for
God alone to use, not fallible humans."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_capital_punishment

Some later developments (Theodosius I in 380 AD, Muhammad, etc.) were 'centric
political regressions.

51

MUSIC - Giants of the Past V Wimps of the Present .. are kids losing out ?

by *lost* in

chance encounter with cantleave.

re; led zeppelin, iron maiden ect.. combined with a little chat with my daughters yesterday about drink, drugs and society.

( the herb being harnless v the shrooms ).

glenster

It's always been complained, I suppose because it's easier to remember the
favorites of a past period than wade through the current batch to find them. It
doesn't help that popular music is mostly a youth market which is less experi-
enced.

In the early 1900's, popular music wasn't as serious as classical music. In
the late '50's-60's, mainly more conservative older types and acoustic jazz fans
complained (you used to have to know how to play an instrument). George Martin
once wrote that many older people first heard the melodic sensibility of the
Beatles with "Yesterday" because the instrumentation had the acoustic sounds
they were familiar with.

In the 70's, people complained that music started to seem more produced and
processed--drum machines, etc. The sounds haven't changed much since but that
makes it easy to detect regurgitated formulas. Some new sounds like vocoders
beg for complaint.

At the other extreme are the trendy fans. Sydney Harris once wrote that
they're ironically the most dated: they restrict their favorites to a narrow
band of the latest dates.

31

The day JEHOVAH.....went POP!

by Terry in

think about this.. go way back...far far back in history.. .

go back before the internet.

go back farther.. go back before newspapers, tv and radio.. .

glenster

Nothing among known things or ethics will prove the basic God concept or not,
only to reject added religious or political stipulations that misinform or cause
harm. The ability to hope or not for a possible basic God beyond the known
things will remain.

5

The Hanging Gardens of ..........) cross out Babylon - type in Nineveh.

by fulltimestudent in

oxford university press is publishing the research of dr. stephanie dalley, in which dr. dalley presents her accumulated evidence, demonstrating that the location of the gardens was in nineveh.. .

.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/features/the-biggest-wonder-about-the-hanging-gardens-of-babylon-they-werent-in-babylon-8604649.html .

glenster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC19IrrI9Us
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon#Scholarship_and_controversy

8

Good monitor for gaming--fastest w/good color

by glenster in

viewsonic vp2770 2560 x 1440 semi-glossy pls review:.

http://wecravegamestoo.com/forums/monitor-reviews-discussion/13392-viewsonic-vp2770-review-2560x1440-semi-glossy-pls.html.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1335088/viewsonic-vp2770-2560x1440-semi-glossy-pls-club.

glenster

Me? PC:

http://www.freewebs.com/glenster1/index.htm

8

Good monitor for gaming--fastest w/good color

by glenster in

viewsonic vp2770 2560 x 1440 semi-glossy pls review:.

http://wecravegamestoo.com/forums/monitor-reviews-discussion/13392-viewsonic-vp2770-review-2560x1440-semi-glossy-pls.html.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1335088/viewsonic-vp2770-2560x1440-semi-glossy-pls-club.

glenster

ViewSonic VP2770 2560 x 1440 semi-glossy PLS review:
http://wecravegamestoo.com/forums/monitor-reviews-discussion/13392-viewsonic-vp2770-review-2560x1440-semi-glossy-pls.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/1335088/viewsonic-vp2770-2560x1440-semi-glossy-pls-club
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/viewsonic_vp2770-led.htm

Compare the earlier post "Good gaming monitor" for reviews of
the Asus VG248QE 144hz Monitor (fastest regardless of color).
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/entertainment/250671/1/Good-gaming-monitor

30

Would you pay $600 to see The Stones?

by littlerockguy in

i can't believe the prices of concert tickets these days.

the rolling stones is starting their tour this year in los angeles tonight and some of the floor tickets are as high as $600!!!

they were in little rock back around 2005 or 2006 and the most expensive ticket back then for their show was $300.

glenster

http://blog.sfgate.com/thebigevent/2013/05/02/beggars-banquet-proof-that-it-once-cost-4-to-see-the-rolling-stones/

1969

For $600 I'd like to own stock in the Rolling Stones.

7

Jesus King of Edessa

by mP in

theres an interesting new book out that claims that jesus of the bible shares many similarities with a historical character who was the king of edessa.

his name was izus and manu.

supposedly there is a reference in mt about jesus being called emmanual when this only happens once.

glenster

I'm pretty sure I don't want to go through all the research. I'm just another
shlub who can look these things up and will take it seriously when the ac-
credited historians say them. At least the Hyksos/Exodus idea is debated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyksos

The God concept regards a choice to hope or not for a possible God beyond the
known things. I recommend a liberal stance that includes keeping up with the
known things, not Bible inerrancy, and, since it's a possibility not a proven,
not wanting harm over it. I think Ellis is playing with the known things in a
way that causes harm if you take his conclusions given above as history (Jesus,
Cleopatra's great grandson, was deported by the Romans to England where he be-
came king?). It might be better to think of it as "JFK"--you might like it as a
movie but it's conspiracy theorist stuff. I don't recommend Ellis inerrancy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea#Britain

I remember his idea of Josephus and Paul being the same person--it was brought
up several years ago on the Internet message boards. Some links for it are
below--it went on for pages and included posts by Ralph Ellis. It reminds me of
the Lincoln/Kennedy--more than coincidence?--idea except with belabored persua-
sion to discredit historians for not taking it as history.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread206916/pg1&colorshift=yes
http://vridar.wordpress.com/2007/04/25/the-shipwrecks-of-josephus-and-paul-part-3/

7

Jesus King of Edessa

by mP in

theres an interesting new book out that claims that jesus of the bible shares many similarities with a historical character who was the king of edessa.

his name was izus and manu.

supposedly there is a reference in mt about jesus being called emmanual when this only happens once.

glenster

Ralph claims Jesus was a descendant of Cleopatra
that he was the king of Edessa
that the events of the Gospels take place decades after the time they describe
Josephus was Saul
that all Hyksos pharaohs were Jews, and
Jesus was King Arthur.

I think Ralph is just goofing on these things to sell a book.
Here's another post about it.
http://gilgamesh42.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/ralph-ellis-swings-and-misses-again-more-on-jesus-as-king-arthur-and-other-oddities/

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Homosexuality is an abomination!

by Fernando in

moralism,.

which as ray franz said about legalism, also seems to lead to a "morass of inconsistencies".. ray seemingly even went as far as describing "legalism" (or by extension moralism) as apostasy or "a denial of christian faith" (g79 6/8 pp.

an amusing look at the levitical law.. (from bible house of grace).

glenster

The liberal Christian stance on a possible God requires keeping up with the
known things God is possible beyond, and, since it's a possibility hoped for,
not proven, that there not be harm over it. (MLK, RFK, S.Colbert, etc.).

Research for a liberal Christian stance on homosexuality about 3/4ths down the
page:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/current/230149/18/Chick-fil-A-Fast-Food-AGAINST-Liberty-and-Equality