I've been reading about Thera for years. I think this idea is widely accepted as at least plausible. It may also be the source of many other ancient stories including some other strange accounts, including the flood.
Posts by JeffT
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2Archeology: Was the Thera volcano explosion the source of Atlantis myths?
by fulltimestudent inbettany hughes is producing a program on atlantis for the bbc.. here's some of her claims.
is a volcanic explosion that destroyed thera, the basis of plato's story?.
around 1620bc the greek island of thera (now known as santorini) blew sky high.
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RNWT: Has anybody else noticed this:
by TD in--not a big screaming deal, but the heading at the top right of the page is wrong here:.
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JeffT
"One minor thing, I reallty HATE justified text - like in newspapers where they S T R E T C H out words to make the right column flush.
It kills readability."
I've done a lot of reading about manuscript submission formats. Everything says that right justifying your manuscript = a fast trip to the round file.
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Why doesn't the GB come out with specific rules on counting time
by trujw ini think we all know the reason millions of less hours.
when i was in we went to a rv by the kingdom hall then drove 30 minutes out to the country to knock on a door then back to the city for one more door.
god must be so proud!
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JeffT
What do they use as a scriptural basis for this? When I was in I just did it because everybody else did. Later I thought the whole idea was stupid. If somebody told me where the Bible said to count time, I've forgotten about it.
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Armageddon's Prisoners 4 is up on my blog
by JeffT inenjoy.
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http://pathologicallyintellectual.blogspot.com/.
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What color is your bible?
by Faithful Witness inwhat a great way to divide the sheep and goats, both within and outside the great flock!
jehovah has given us new light.
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Invisible.
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A message for Stand For Pure Worship
by SloppyJoe infirst welcome to the board for whatever reason you are here.
if you are here to criticize us, so be it, if you have doubts then look around.
i just want you to do some research on a member who used to be here named "you know".
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JeffT
I will add my .02 here, I just took a look at your thread about unity.
Jehovah's Witnesses are united only by virtue of the tyranical power of the elders and governing body. Unity of thought and speech is easy to obtain if you bully your membership and remove everybody who disagrees. The ones that are left are either incapable of thinking for themselves or terrified to say what they think. This is not unity, or love of God and your brothers in action, ts life with a boot on your neck.
We may be rowdy and disunified in our speech and actions but at the end of the day we actually care about each other. Members of this board have offered encouragement and even financial assistance to those in need. We do so because we care about our friends (even the ones we disagree with), not beacuse we'll get called into the back room if we don't. Here, you will find something never seen in a Kingdom Hall, genuine help and affection for all.
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Comprehensive NWT Comparison Project (calling all technically skilled members)
by Apognophos inis anyone aware if this project is already being done by someone?
if not, perhaps we can brainstorm how to go about this, now that the pdf for the revised nwt is out.
a couple initial impressions:.
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JeffT
If we can get it into a text type document, I'd love to take a stab at comparing some scriptures. I may do that even if we can't convert it. If somebody has the pdf shoot me a pm.
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Comprehensive NWT Comparison Project (calling all technically skilled members)
by Apognophos inis anyone aware if this project is already being done by someone?
if not, perhaps we can brainstorm how to go about this, now that the pdf for the revised nwt is out.
a couple initial impressions:.
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JeffT
Which PDF reader did you use?
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AGM - did anyone miss this?
by Anony Mous inaccording to the live blog: god's will to be completed by the end of the millennium.
very casually said by louche (;-)).
i think this is one of those things that is supposed to rile up the r&f.
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JeffT
The end of the millinium will be in 3001. Not that it makes any difference.
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39 years down the road (pictures)
by JeffT inoctober 6, 1974, outside the kingdom hall in pullman, wa.
good grief, we look like children.
friday afternoon on our way to celebrate on whidbey island.
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JeffT
Thanks to everyone. When I get them out of the camera, I'll post some pictures of the tirp.
Shirley, I was 23, she was 22. We'd only been witnesses about a year. I had done my share of running around in college and I was ready to settle down (not at liberty to speak for the wife).