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More Earthquakes for Christchurch NZ - spare a thought for Sizemik and others

by Broken Promises in

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13 years ago

earthquakes continued unrelentingly in christchurch on saturday, including one measuring 5.l at 6.37am (0437 aedt), as residents of the city prepared for a christmas overshadowed by an ongoing natural disaster.. quakes measuring 5.8 and 6.0 on friday left dozens of people with minor injuries, while damage echoed previous quakes that had rattled the city since september last year.. saturday's morning quake was located 10km east of akaroa at a depth of 9km, gns science said.. there were also two magnitude 4.2 quakes and two magnitude 4.3 quakes overnight and many other smaller shakes.. there are still about 400 residents without power on the eastern side of the city and aftershocks have cut water supply to the suburbs of sumner, redcliffs, moncks bay, balmoral hill, richmond hill, clifton and scarborough, parts of st andrews hill and mt pleasant.. the palms shopping mall, which serves the eastern suburbs, is not opening on saturday.. however, public transport is operating and a carols by candlelight concert is going ahead at hagley park north on saturday night.. "liquefaction, rockfalls and water supply are the main areas of concern following yesterday's cluster of aftershocks in christchurch," the ministry of civil defence and emergency management said on saturday.. on friday belongings fell from shelves in homes, others were swamped by liquefaction, windows smashed and once again stock was destroyed in stores where business as usual had only just resumed for the pre-christmas rush.. malls were evacuated, as was christchurch airport, disrupting travel for holidaymakers and those heading home for the festive season.. power was knocked out to 26,000 customers and phone lines became jammed, but key infrastructure, including water and sewerage, were largely unaffected.. some quake-weary residents once again left their homes.. denise and max ferris, who live in the eastern hill suburb of mt pleasant, packed up their young daughter, her new kitten and their car and headed to leeston, 40 minutes drive southwest of christchurch, for a reprieve.. their home was too damaged again to stay in overnight.. "we would be lucky if there are six people left in our street," mrs ferris said.. the family plan to return home for christmas day but expect to have a picnic outdoors, not trusting it will be safe indoors.. "like most people, we have to try and make it as normal as possible under very trying conditions," she told nz newswire.. deputy mayor ngaire button was adamant the quakes would not set back the city's recovery.. "we believe that this event will pass quickly and that we'll all be able to enjoy christmas on sunday.".

geonet project director ken gledhill told aap the quakes are part of a pattern that has been seen repeatedly since september 2010, with aftershocks petering off ahead of quakes last boxing day, and in february and june.. .

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/quake/8394590/more-quakes-rattle-christchurch .

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finallysomepride 13 years ago

Lyttleton harbour is one large volcano

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why can't we get shows like star trek anymore?

by cptkirk in

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13 years ago

seems like the original star trek was almost universally enjoyed.

from the kooky music theme 'space.....ahhhhh ahhhh ahhh ahhhhhhhh ahhh', the upbeat message, the deep subject matter...the chemistry of the characters.

you remember being much younger almost felt like not a care in the world?

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finallysomepride 13 years ago

this is for you cptkirk

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How would you have explained this scripture as a JW or even as a Christian?

by StoneWall in

13 years ago

exodus 32:14 [nwt] " and jehovah began to feel regret over the evil that he had spoken of doing to his people".

this is taken from the new world translation but it is worded very closely the same in american standard, king james version and a couple other translations.

why do they refer to the "evil he had spoken of doing to his people"?

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finallysomepride 13 years ago

it just reinforces that fact that it is all a trailor load of BS

Fudge i've run out of posts again

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Was the Bible written for two opposite audiences?

by Fernando in

13 years ago

it seems the bible can be interpreted using either a religious or a spiritual framework with opposite results.. i have been pondering if this was by design, to effect a separation between the sheep (wheat) and weeds (goats).. does this mean that the bible is effectively booby-trapped against spiritually blind (physical, natural, carnal, legalistic, moralistic, ethnocentric and gnostic) supremacist religionists who would get the wrong end of the stick and show themselves to be children of the "god of religion" and not children of the "god of abraham"?.

it would seem a religious framework results in blindness and (supremacist) behaviour common to the ruling religious watchtower hierarchy and clergy.

essentially "christless christianity".. it would seem that a spiritual framework results in the opposite - social justice, open mindedness, liberal and generous orientation, inclusivity .

13 years ago

finallysomepride 13 years ago

good comment there size

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why can't we get shows like star trek anymore?

by cptkirk in

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13 years ago

seems like the original star trek was almost universally enjoyed.

from the kooky music theme 'space.....ahhhhh ahhhh ahhh ahhhhhhhh ahhh', the upbeat message, the deep subject matter...the chemistry of the characters.

you remember being much younger almost felt like not a care in the world?

13 years ago

finallysomepride 13 years ago

take up reading the books

many many more good trek stories available, I'm currently reading the Star Trek Titan series

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Is this true? We're not and never have been JW's??

by Muddy Waters in

13 years ago

(i posted this on another forum, but am reposting here to see what you all think!

thank you for bearing with me.

.... in one book, "the watchtower's coming crisis" by daniel rodriguez (amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/watchtowers-comin ... 606&sr=1-4 ).

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finallysomepride 13 years ago

This is one of the many jw things that originally got me thinking many years ago, it's very much along the same lines as "the ones who were to do the witnessing/door to door work" it was the annointed, not the other flock.

There's that much BS in "The Truth" that it's so hard to actually find any truth at all.

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