Posts by Galileo

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Holy Moses! PBS documentary suggests Exodus not real

by ICBehindtheCurtain in

this will be very interesting, i only wish it would make the rounds on the jw emails the same way "knocking" did, fat chance!

we can only hope that pbs and nova will jump on this bandwagon as well, sooner than later.

holy moses!

Galileo

I take that back about a "quick" google search, as I just did one and, as I should have known, I was bombarded by Christian Apologist sites. It may take some sifting to find a reputable site on such a potentially heated topic.

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Holy Moses! PBS documentary suggests Exodus not real

by ICBehindtheCurtain in

this will be very interesting, i only wish it would make the rounds on the jw emails the same way "knocking" did, fat chance!

we can only hope that pbs and nova will jump on this bandwagon as well, sooner than later.

holy moses!

Galileo

Can these statements be proven?

Which statements? These are well known facts in archaeology. I came across them in a college course I was listening to on tape about the history of Egypt. I then verified it in multiple archaeology books and various resources on the internet. This was many years ago, but a quick google seach should turn up the same info.

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I'm thinking of that WATER4GAS offer -- you tried it on your vehicle?

by Fatfreek in

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i first got this utube video showing a news report on a $1,200 device add-on to your vehicle.

basically, it injects a small quantity of hydrogen into your fuel intake port which reportedly increases your fuel efficiency -- some 60% and more.

the florida tv station set up its own testing of the device (hydro4000.com) on one of their vehicles and reported before and after economy results.

Galileo

James Woods is exactly right about this. If it were possible for a few hundred dollars to get 60% better fuel economy, don't you think GM would be retrofitting all their SUV's and trucks that are sitting unsold on dealerships with this technology? Their stock price is in the toilet because of bad fuel economy. UPS uses a computer program to map routes to eliminate as many left turns as possible (in the US, opposite I'm sure in the UK), so that they can save fuel by not sitting in traffic waiting to make a turn across oncoming traffic. Wouldn't a company that goes to such extremes to save gasoline be all over a technology like this? Common sense should tell you it can't possibly work.

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Holy Moses! PBS documentary suggests Exodus not real

by ICBehindtheCurtain in

this will be very interesting, i only wish it would make the rounds on the jw emails the same way "knocking" did, fat chance!

we can only hope that pbs and nova will jump on this bandwagon as well, sooner than later.

holy moses!

Galileo

Learning that their was no archaeological evidence for the Exodus was one of the turning points of my belief in the bible. If the Exodus happened the way it was described in the bible, there would be literally trainloads of evidence all over the desert they were wandering in. There is not one scrap. That is as close as you can get to proving a negative. In a very real way, it is one of the greatest smoking guns, eclipsed only perhaps by the evidence agaist the flood story, that the entire bible is fiction.

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Nothing but the Blood - Chapter Nine

by daniel-p in

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[to all those who followed the first eight chapters of my story, thank you.

it's very healing for me to write all this.

i had fooled myself that my story was done after chapter 8, but it really wasn't.

Galileo

Wow! What a fantastic surprise! I'm so glad you decided to continue on with your story. I have thoroughly enjoyed every chapter. Your gift for writing is obvious. Keep it up.

Reading books on critical thinking helped me recognize their nonsense for what it was as well.

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Please Share Your Demon Experiences, Hearsay or Incredible Stories

by minimus in

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this thread is dedicated to anything demon related.. go for it..

Galileo

Ahh, the life of a demon;

"Hey, Demon Bill, I'm gonna float over to the Victoria's Secret and watch the women changing clothes. You want to come?"

"Wow, that sounds awesome, but I can't. I gotta hover around this book in Goodwill until somebody buys it."

"That sounds really boring! How long have you been doing that?"

"Twenty six years. I guess there isn't a lot of demand for the Cheryl Ladd workout these days. But sooner or later, somebody's gonna buy it, and boy, that will be sweet!"

"Oh yeah? Well after twenty six years of plotting, I imagine you have some terrifyingly ghoulish horrors in store for that unfortunate soul! I'm getting chills just thinking about it!"

"You aren't kidding Bob! First I thought I'd make some noises in the attic that sound vaguely like footsteps. Then I'm gonna wake them from a deep sleep by whispering!"

"Uh, OK... I'm not sure I follow. What will that accomplish?"

"They will be mildly put out!! Can you imagine?! They're trying to put in a full days work, but they can't concentrate, because they didn't get a full night's sleep! Ooh, I'M SO EVIL!"

"Well, OK, I guess that's pretty evil. Well, I'm gonna take off. Say, have you seen Frank lately?"

"Last I heard he's been hovering over a sweater in The Salvation Army since Nineteen Fifty-Three."

"Oh yeah, that's right. Well, good luck. Hey, just out of curiosity, why don't you just pick someone at random instead of hanging around this book?"

"We can do that? I thought we couldn't go into someone's home unless we were invited."

"No, Bill, you're thinking of vampires. You dummy! Vampires aren't even real..."

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Please Share Your Demon Experiences, Hearsay or Incredible Stories

by minimus in

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this thread is dedicated to anything demon related.. go for it..

Galileo

I hope you post it back. It was amusing and insightful.
// my phone doesn't allow formatting (even carriage returns) regardless of what I select in the posting menu either. Whatever, I still let it fly. Worst case, no one reads what I say. Boo hoo.

Thank you! Wow, it was only posted for around a minute or so. I'm glad someone shares my sense of humor. I cracked myself up writing it. I'm tempted to expand it into a full blown short story. I'm home now, so I'll repost it.

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Please Share Your Demon Experiences, Hearsay or Incredible Stories

by minimus in

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this thread is dedicated to anything demon related.. go for it..

Galileo

(Deleted post, sorry. posted from my phone & this site won't keep correct formatting. I'll post again when I get to my computer)

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Good vs Evil.....does the existence of God prove the existence of Satan?

by wings in

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does not believing in god bring evil down to a simple explanation of the conflict that is within every human being.

seems to me the "force" is at work in the world, and the "force" is both good and evil.

sometimes it is easier for me to believe in the existence of satan than the existence of god.

Galileo

The good vs evil duality in western society originated w zerostrianism. Jews returning from babylon after persia conquored it brought it back w them.

You beat me to it. I was going to point this out as well. Initially, the Jews didn't have a concept of the devil the way we do today. The Adam & Eve story never even hints that the talking snake is anything but a talking snake, nor does the rest of the Old Testament for that matter. Pre- Babylonian exile books attributed both good and evil deeds to Jehovah, whereas post exile books attribute good deeds to Jehovah and evil deeds to the devil. The name Satan is never mentioned in the Old Testament.

Eventually the Jews adopted the Zoroastrian concept of a good God and an evil God. Ahura-Mazda vs. Angra Mainyu became Jehovah vs. Satan after the jews returned from the Babylonian exile, where they were exposed to Zoroastrian beliefs. Note the parallel accounts of King David recorded in 2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles21:1. The pre-exile 2 Samuel attributes the event to Jehovah, while the post-exile 1 Chronicles attributes the same event to Satan.

Personally, I think knowing where the concept of Satan comes from makes it much easier to decide whether or not Satan exists.