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  The World's First Website

  by cofty in

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  25 years ago this week tim berners-lee turned on the first ever website on the world wide web.

  basically it was a self-help guide to joining the web.... the first search engine alibweb was launched in '94 and it still functions today.. 4 billion web pages later it could be said the project was a success.. you can read more about the early days here....

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  Diogenesister

  Thank you cofty this will be my family 'study'for today!My boys have also enjoyed the twelve evolution video's for Xmas too BTW. The kids of xtian parents have been turning up the heat on my 10 yr olds for the last couple of weeks...at their school carol service when my son called prayer books useless one of the kids said he would go to hell..whereby my son asked if it was reasonable to punish a kid forever because its parents did not believe "the right" religion. Good lad.
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  The Influence of Hellenism on Early Christianity: Dionysus as a Pattern for the Mythical Aspects of Jesus.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the influence of hellenism on early christianity: dionysus as a pattern for the mythical aspects of jesus..

  the palestine in which the young jesus grew up was strongly influenced by hellenic mythology.

  for some 600 years the jews had been subjects of first the persian empire and then the empires of alexander the great, his hellenic successors (the ptolemies and the xxxx) and eventually the romans.

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  Diogenesister

  And the archetypal "hero" pattern continues up until today...Harry Potter being one of the most recent examples.
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  Waking up with unsung songs...

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  ...trying hard not to forget them .

  ...not knowing how to write them down because i don't know musical notes .... ...postponing recording them .

  ...ending up forgetting them.

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  Diogenesister

  You too huh!Happens to me too...I thought it happens to everyone but obviously not. So frustrating isn't it!
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  Adult Coloring Books

  by littlerockguy in

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  anybody take up coloring?

  i got lost ocean by johanna basford and i got another coloring book mandalas and more.

  i just use crayola colored pencils and some gel pens and thin tipped markers.

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  Diogenesister

  Oppostate LOL!

  I've been giving them as gifts for a while...started getting into it when my boy's were about two, if anyone called and happened to ask what I was up to they'd think I was loopy when I told them. I paint and enjoy cyno printing but I find "colouring in" very therapeutic....there's some real beaut's of adult colouring books in the art shops this Xmas!
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  CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
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  how much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?

  share your horror story!.

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  Diogenesister

  Punk👌👏
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  Can't Understand Why This Is Allowed

  by mariet in

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  i moved to roseburg, oregon.

  the jehovah's witnesses are allowed to set up a display and man it right outside of the local library, and they are there every day and hour the library is open.

  i am [redacted], the director of the douglas county library system and wanted to respond to your website email of december 11, 2015. i have consulted with the county attorneys office about your concern about jehovahs witnesses use of the front porch of the library building in roseburg, and my understanding of the law is as follows.. .

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  Often thought of that. Anti witnessing literature as such.
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  People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"

  by slimboyfat in

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  i am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.

  but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.

  thanks for writing anyway.

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  Diogenesister

  Why can't people be like you and cofty , have your disagreements but still be civil and have a laugh? Bit depressing really. I loved this place at first but I see so many sanctimonious types. Gawd
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  People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"

  by slimboyfat in

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  i am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.

  but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.

  thanks for writing anyway.

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  Diogenesister

  Hey kid don't worry about it, just because you don't fit in with the JW net " orthodoxy" " the firm" give you a work over....or they tried but I think you won the day. How arrogant of them to " ask how you are" . BS.
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  Brave New W0rld of Education - The Regressive Left

  by cofty in

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  i found this to be a thought-provoking film on the trend in higher education.. oubliette drew my attention to a brilliant article recently called "the coddling of the american mind".

  please have a look at the film, click the link and check out the links in the article.

  i would love to hear your thoughts.. ...

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  OK watched it. Pretty poor.. Heavy handed and predictable.

  However we can all complain about this stuff but since my sons just been diagnosed with dyslexia I am probably not the best person to give an opinion...I say thank goodness for readjustment scoring to make things fairer for those with a disability.

  But I get that average people with average backgrounds may be disadvantaged. In my experience its still who you know and how personable or likeable you are that guarantees success. I call it the David Nivan effect.
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  Brave New W0rld of Education - The Regressive Left

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  i found this to be a thought-provoking film on the trend in higher education.. oubliette drew my attention to a brilliant article recently called "the coddling of the american mind".

  please have a look at the film, click the link and check out the links in the article.

  i would love to hear your thoughts.. ...

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  Diogenesister

  Yes I heard a good discussion about this on radio 4. Apparently an academic at a leading American university has written a book about this mind "coddling". One of the triggers for this train of thought was a viral of a colleague being verbally attacked and called a racist by a student.I think the scene was triggered by a discussion over Halloween costumes of all things. The students had put out flyers requesting that costumes be toned down in order not to offend delicate sensibities.

  Anyway basically this coddling has resulted in a kind of thought fascism on American campuses where new or different ideas are stifled by the radical left if I can call it that. I will watch the vid ....funnily enough some sites claim that is the case here..that there is an orthodoxy of thought on JWnet and if it gets broached it results in at least a dressing down and occasionally being banned.