Interesting post Wonderment thanks.
Posts by cofty
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7Colwell’s Rule must die!
by Wonderment incolwell, a trinitarian methodist, was apparently affected by various translators of his time and before, that were translating john 1:1 differently from the norm: "the word was god.
" you had moffatt’s version saying "the word was divine" (1922); a french bible, "a divine being" (1928); belsham, "a god" (1808); benjamin wilson: "a god" (1864); robert young: "a god" in his commentary of 1985. colwell likely knew that various french and german bibles were being published challenging the traditional rendering "god" of john 1:1 as well.. so he set out to prove them wrong.
he began by formulating a "rule" regarding predicate nouns and the greek article, whether they occurred after or before the verb.
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The strange death of Europe
by waton inbbc: polices at airports stop "truant" families .
with millions of irregular migrants drawing illegally on the public purse, many areas even unsafe for the police to enter, police families in their homes threatened by dissenting mobs, .
police give tickets to families who leave early for the vacation, to get empty seats at better prices.
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cofty
Have you read Douglas Murray's excellent book by this title?
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cofty
I think the marketing of violence targeted toward impressionable youth has desensitized children
Violent entertainment is a feature of youth culture in every country. Mass shootings are an American phenomenon.
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cofty
There are bullies and victims of bullying in every school in the world. There are bad parents in every country without exception. There are few if any mass shootings outside the USA.
Bullying might be a proximate causes in some cases but it is not the ultimate cause.
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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
by Earnest intonight (sunday, 13th may) at 20:00 on bbc 2 ... for neanderthal believers, agnostics and deniers.. this first programme in a two-part series investigates what neanderthals looked like and and how they lived in their ice age world.
it turns out that almost everything we thought we knew about them is wrong.
they weren't hunched, grunting, knuckle-dragging ape-men at all.
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cofty
EQV - Is THAT your challenge to the science of genetics? Really?
Home testing for ancestry is bullshit - sorry to all the people above in this thread who shared their 'results'.
It's almost as silly as people reading their horoscopes and then criticising the Hubble telescope because the predictions didn't come true.
Read some actual science books FFS. The pride you take in your wilful ignorance is embarrassing.
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cofty
These sorts of visual/audio stimuli are a recent development in the evolution of the Western Way of Life. Is it really any wonder that some youth choose to "act out" what they've seen? - Old Navy
The evidence shows no such connection between violent entertainment and violence in the real world.
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Judgment Day in Russia
by Tahoe inhttp://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-are-having-their-homes-raided-even-remote-towns-934734.
law enforcement officials in birobidzhan, russia, a small town close to the border with china, raided 20 homes belonging to jehovah’s witnesses, according to members of the religious organization.. the raids were conducted by around 150 police officers, who nicknamed their operation “judgement day,” jarrod lopes, a member of the jehovah’s witnesses, told newsweek.
police confiscated photographs, bank cards, money and electronic devices from the houses they searched, said lopes.. a criminal case was opened against a man named alam aliev, who will be kept in pretrial detention until july, members of the religious group said.
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cofty
Russia is a CoE member state and is under jurisdiction of the ECtHR
It is but it has passed laws allowing it to ignore all judgements by the court that affect human rights. As of a few months ago it was reported to be considering full withdrawal.
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Judgment Day in Russia
by Tahoe inhttp://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-are-having-their-homes-raided-even-remote-towns-934734.
law enforcement officials in birobidzhan, russia, a small town close to the border with china, raided 20 homes belonging to jehovah’s witnesses, according to members of the religious organization.. the raids were conducted by around 150 police officers, who nicknamed their operation “judgement day,” jarrod lopes, a member of the jehovah’s witnesses, told newsweek.
police confiscated photographs, bank cards, money and electronic devices from the houses they searched, said lopes.. a criminal case was opened against a man named alam aliev, who will be kept in pretrial detention until july, members of the religious group said.
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cofty
I know they like to appeal to the european courts
Russia isn't in Europe.
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cofty
Every school in the USA ought to have at least one armed guard.
You put armed guards in all your banks to protect banknotes don't you?
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Meghan Markle Will Omit 'Obey' from Her Wedding Vows to Prince Harry
by AFRIKANMAN inwhen meghan markle says her royal wedding vows to prince harry on saturday, she’ll be following in the footsteps of princess diana and kate middleton by choosing to omit the traditional promise to “obey” her husband, the palace confirms.. during the ceremony, officiated by archbishop of canterbury justin welby, meghan will tell her royal groom: “i meghan, take you, harry, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to god’s holy law.
in the presence of god i make this vow.”.
the decision doesn’t come as a surprise: meghan has long been a vocal feminist, working with organizations like one world vision to learn about the challenges facing women and girls living in dubai and mumbai.
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cofty
The Royal wedding will be all finished before the FA cup final kicks off at 5:15.
Brilliant weather - a good day for the UK.