hi, i have a foto saved of me in my documents, on my computer.
it's a jpeg format, sqare, 400*400.. how do i get it onto the web???.
what do i put in the url location????.
JW72,
Be aware that the full URL (Universal Resource Locator) of the picture beings with and includes the "http" and, in the case of a JPEG image, ends with the final ".jpg" (no quotes). It has to be complete to work.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
the following is on the back cover of the book the hiram key.. .
are the scrolls containing the secret teachings of jesus buried in scotland?.
the discovery that the most important incantation of freemasonry is spoken in ancient egyptian was the turning point of a six year quest to find the lost roots of the order.
See http://wgate.bibsys.no/gate1/FIND?fo=haugland,+jan+s
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
i remember several years ago, the watchtower through the awake!
magazine tried to tackle the ufo phenomenon and gave a super-watered-down generalization of it.
today the subject got more interesting.
I think this brilliant commentary said it best:
"A group of people who believe in UFOs held a press conference this morning that established beyond the shadow of a doubt -- that reached levels of credibility so high as to constitute actual proof -- that there really do exist people who believe in UFOs.
...
We have to decide, as rational people, which is the more likely scenario:
1. Intelligent creatures have piloted spaceships across trillions of miles in response to our discovery of nuclear weaponry. They hide, except when they decide to show themselves. Secret forces within our government have masterfully covered up the alien presence for half a century, duping the media and the scientific community, although sometimes the cover-up is imperfect, which is why, at Safeway, you can buy Chef Boyardee Flying Saucers & Aliens canned pasta. People like Steven Greer, the crusading emergency room physician, have seen through the lies and are going to help us reach the era of cosmic brotherhood.
2. Some people believe in things that aren't actually true.
You make the call."
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4199-2001May9.html for the excellent article.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
today marks the 21st anniversary of my being disfellowshipped.. i suppose that makes me an adult apostate?
Happy "birthday", Jim. I will not get old as an apostate in many, many years yet. Just a kid, in fact.
Here's for the next 21: Cheers, mate!
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
the following is on the back cover of the book the hiram key.. .
are the scrolls containing the secret teachings of jesus buried in scotland?.
the discovery that the most important incantation of freemasonry is spoken in ancient egyptian was the turning point of a six year quest to find the lost roots of the order.
DC,
a statement as such is laughable without merit
how can you trash something you havent even read??!!!!
First, when you know NOTHING about a whole field of study, you'd do well approaching a discussion with those who do know with a little bit of humility. After all, this is a massive field of study, which thousands have been dedicating their lives to understand, and you haven't even opened a bloody book about it.
If someone comes along and writes a book on astronomy, claiming the earth is flat, a real astronomer doesn't have to read it to say it is laughable. Some ideas can actually be rejected out of hand, once you have sufficient knowledge in the field.
But I have indeed read some articles on this subject written by these authors. It is not even scholarly. It is junk. Which is sad, because they know a bit about the history of the Qumran scrolls, and have some interesting info to give. It's when they start making up the idea that the Vatican has secretly instructed the scroll team (who includes a protestant and an agnostic, btw) to keep these documents hidden because they will be "emberrassing to Christianity", that I say they are so far out to lunch it does not even merit serious discussion. There are far fetched ideas that may merit some investigation. This is not one of them.
Of course, you may keep on claiming I should read every flat earth book out there, because one of them may contain mind-blowing arguments that proves we are indeed living on a disc. I don't care.
When ideas presented in an article are ridiculous, I don't consider reading the whole book. This is the way all scholars work, since reading time is limited and valuable, and there is way too much chaff out there to wade through.
You, of course, being totally ignorant about the whole field, will keep repeating your nonsense, and assert I should not debunk a theory if I had not read every book written to defend it. And I will say this just proves you never were very educated.
It doesn't annoy me that people go along believing those silly conspiracy fantasies. Not even that unscrupulous charlatans write best sellers about theories they can't even really believe themselves. People will keep on believing what they want anyway.
But for the benefit of those readers who actually agrees with me that the best approach to knowledge is skeptical research like what you find in peer reviewed journals and not speculative paperbacks, I informed you all that Uncle Bruce's assertion that these titles were "solid historical work" is nonsense. What you want to believe is up to you.
An astronomer will, upon hearing that astrology is "solid scientific work", be likely to inform his audience it is not. I am an historian of religion. When having one of the countless nutty theories about the Bible or Christianity presented as fact, I will inform you all that it is nonsense. You are all free to believe nonsense. I don't care. But I will tell you what it is.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
hi everyone, i was just thinking that the whole satan going against god is completely unrealistic.. if u find yourself created by god and at his side, the last thing u wanna do is upset him, let alone make an enemy of him!!!!!!!.
does anyone else find this concept absurd?!?!?!!!!.
chris.
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist"
Nope. It was Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy that came up with that trick first.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
inspired by englishman's post, i decided to list a few things that i disagreed with as a jw.. 1) jacob lied.. i disagreed with the wtbs on this even before i was baptised.
it is pretty obvious.
the elders agreed to baptise me if i kept my mouth shut about it.. 2) that jehovah is a loving and just god.. hitler killed 6 million jews and is considered to be one of the most evil men in history.
Great to see you here, my friend Richard. Yes, some old H2Oers here and some interesting new people as well. Seems like a good place to dwell now that Rick has ruined his own board.
Send my best regards and a virtual get well card to Windrider.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
the following is on the back cover of the book the hiram key.. .
are the scrolls containing the secret teachings of jesus buried in scotland?.
the discovery that the most important incantation of freemasonry is spoken in ancient egyptian was the turning point of a six year quest to find the lost roots of the order.
UB,
Jan - The books I have recomended reading are widely accepted as scholarly and historically accurate.
On this you are utterly false. These are pseudoscholarly works without any merit in scholarly circles.
Scholarship is peer-reviewed journals, for one, not mass marketed books.
Having studied under people who actually are involved with the real scholarly work, I can assure you that these works simply are not taken seriously by real scholars. I know this for a fact, since I know the real scholars. The books are journalism, not scholarship.
That does not mean they are utterly wrong. Probably many good ideas there. The main conspiracy theory of the "Death Sea Scroll Deceeption" is just laughable and without merit, though.
I have not read the books, I don't really bother much with these ideas, and you know very well I would like nothing better than ammo to poke fun at the Vatican. But when you say these are scholarly works, you are just as wrong as the WTS in saying "Popular Science" is a "scientific journal". It is NOT. Even though it may contain lots of facts and good articles, it is not a scientific journal. It is journalism.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
just read 1984. i'm sure it's bean beaten to death, but besides being an excellent book, the similarities between the "party" and the witnesses is alarming.
anyways, if you haven't read it you should.
not because of the similarites but because it really is a fantastic book.
Steph,
That is true. Orwell just transposed 1948 to 1984.
The book was essentially about a whole world ruled by 3 large totalitarian communist blocks. Orwell was an ardent anti-communist, and saw what Stalinism was about while many intellectuals in the west were blinded by fact that the Soviet had vanquished Nazism.
Re: Orwell and the JWs. The book "The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses" (1984 (!)) by Gary and Heather Botting points to many remarkable coincidences connecting the JW movement to elements in the book "1984." But I don't think any real connection has been established.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
* http://www.witnessesonline.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/witnessesonline/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=21&t=000024
Wow. Wow! Wow!!
(Offline for a minute to talk to god in the big white telephone.)
Thanks for sharing, Tally. It is properly saved for future documentation.
- Jan
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Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]
