No "Christians" in the Bible? Umm! what about Acts 11:26?
However, the evidence seems to indicate that there was no hard and fast "definition" of Christian beliefs.
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Is the Jehovah's Witness religion Christian?
by Zagor Almanah inis the jehovah's witness religion christian?the answer to the question is, "no.
it is not christian.
" like all non-christian cults, the jehovah's witness organization distorts the essential doctrines of christianity.
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Digital copies of Dead Sea Scrolls now on google
by fulltimestudent ina number of news sources has carried this information: so if you want to see these scrolls first-hand, just google.. .
as i read the news item, google are accessing the israel museum digital copies, which also had a translation facility, so i'm assuming tht the google version will also have a translation facility.. .
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A number of news sources has carried this information: So if you want to see these scrolls first-hand, just google.
As i read the news item, google are accessing the Israel Museum digital copies, which also had a translation facility, so I'm assuming tht the google version will also have a translation facility.
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Freedom of speech in China.
by fulltimestudent intoday's global times (english, internet edition) has an interesting item:.
the immediate question is whether ren jianyu's release is part of the unwinding of the administration of bo xilai in chongqing.
at the time that ren was detained, bo was still the cpc secretary (effectively, the top administrator) in chongqing.
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Under yesterday's date-line, today's edition of China's GlobalTimes (English-web-edition) carries a report headlined:
The Power of the whistle-blower
The report tells of the activities of one Zhou Lubao who devotes his spare times to checking on the activities of local officials who are corrupt and exposing their wrong-doing. Zhou uses the official internet site weibo to publicse the results of his investigations.
The report states that since the recent 18th national Party congress which expressed the government's determination to stamp out corruption there has been a surge in anti-corruption exposures.
It also names six very prominent officials (mainly) in Guangdong who are now being investigated.
the full story is at:
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Knife attack at Chinese school wounds 22 children
by puffthedragon inhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/world/asia/china-knife-attack/index.html.
beijing (cnn) -- twenty-two primary school children were wounded in a knife attack friday in central china, authorities said.. the attack took place at the entrance to the chenpeng village primary school in henan province, according to the public information department of guangshan county, the area where the school is located.
an adult was also wounded, it said.. several of the children are in critical condition, the state-run website chinanews.com said, citing local authorities.. read more: malala is face of global attacks on schools.
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1. A reason has been given for the frenzied knife attack on the school children in China. According to China's Global Times (English web edition), the perpetrator was "driven" by predictions of the 'end of the world.'
www.globaltimes.cn/content/750737.shtml
2. In the west, its claimed that people have a "right" to spread untrue rumours. But that's something to consider carefully. I sometimes wonder what the affect of the constant door-calling by the JWs is on the community, as they are informed over and over, that this is the worst of times (its not) in fulfillment of the "great day of Yahweh" prophecies. It may be mentally unsettling for many who have mental health problems.
The Chinese, who have had many centuries of experience dealing with 'millenium' groups who make proclamations of doom, have limited patience with them. In the 19th C, such a group, the Christian "Taiping" (heavenly peace) church, came near to defeating the Manchu Qing dynasty, who were only saved by the military skill of the British General Charles Gordon (himself a devout christian). That war resulted in the death of sopme 40 million people. So its interesting to note a 'crackdown' on religious nutters in China this week, as the police detained some 100 people "for spreading rumours." According to the UK Independent newspaper, many of those arrested are said to belong to a fringe Christian group, named "Almighty God," reputedly led by a woman claiming to be the returned Jesus.
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Experience Temple life in a Jogye Buddhist Temple in South Korea
by fulltimestudent inthinking of visiting south korea soon?
a vacation with a difference can be experienced through the jogye sect's temple-stay program.
it is said that close to 2,000,000 visitors have chosen to experience the life of a buddhist monk.. .
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Thinking of visiting South Korea soon? A vacation with a difference can be experienced through the Jogye sect's temple-stay program. It is said that close to 2,000,000 visitors have chosen to experience the life of a Buddhist monk.
www.smh.com.au/travel/hard-bed-4am-wakeup-cal--you-call-this-a-holiday-20121218-2bk8v.html
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Is North Korea Changing ?
by fulltimestudent inthere's a good chance that a process of change is occurring in nk, which i'll come back to, as first i'd like to briefly explain how korea became divided.. i've spent a lot of time this past calendar year on the history and development of korea, this last semester focussing on modern korea with all its sadness, commencing with the japanese takeover in 1905, and the full annexation and military occupation in 1910. .
many korean's (naturally) opposed the japanese occupation.
some actively fought the japanese as guerilla's in the mountains.
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After watching more of this video,I think I need to post this warning to anyone deciding to watch the above "Propaganda" video.
For some people some of the scenes may be disturbing. Those who may feel sensitivity toward human hurt, pls be careful at 1:01:04 where a dead infant is shown with its brains spilling out. I have no doubt that such things happen, but .....
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Is North Korea Changing ?
by fulltimestudent inthere's a good chance that a process of change is occurring in nk, which i'll come back to, as first i'd like to briefly explain how korea became divided.. i've spent a lot of time this past calendar year on the history and development of korea, this last semester focussing on modern korea with all its sadness, commencing with the japanese takeover in 1905, and the full annexation and military occupation in 1910. .
many korean's (naturally) opposed the japanese occupation.
some actively fought the japanese as guerilla's in the mountains.
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Next year (in July) the world will remember the 60th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement which brought an end to the actual fighting in the Korean war, even though there is still no peace treaty.
A conference at the Academy of Korean Studies (in Korea) on the theme, "The Memory of War, the War of Memory, examined the lessons that different nations took away from that war. Dr Leonid Petrov, delivered an informative review of the war and its lessons
One (to me) striking piece of information.
The nuclear age had started with the dropping of two bombs on Japan in 1945. These bombs altered the balance of power in the world greatly. But there was a weakness, that although the early 1950's saw the USA with quite a few bombs, they could only be delivered by the Superfortress bombers. In the event of the 'Cold war' becoming hot, was it possible for these bombers to reach the Soviet Union and deliver the bombs.
The Korean war experience showed that it was unlikely - that the Soviet Air-force was superior to the ASAF (at that time). How do we know this? Although officially, the Soviet Union did not enter the Korean war, unofficially Stalin decided to support the NK and Chinese forces in the war by sending the 64th FAC (Fighter Aviation Corps) to China. It was stationed in N.E.China and consisted of 2 or 3 fighter divisions, a radio unit, and 2 anti-aircraft units and support units. Approximately 26,000 servicemen were stationed in China with this force at any one time.
What results did this force achieve? They "killed" 1252 American side aircraft ( mostly Sabre jet fighters and B-29 Superfortresses) against a Soviet side loss of 335 MIG fighters and Lz-11 aircrafts.
This suggests a clear Soviet supremacy. Additionally, the Soviet side were able to capture some newly developed, technologically advanced gear. A clear message must have been sent to the West - the USA could not deliver sufficient nuclear bombs to the vast territories of Russia and China to be decisive in a war.
This must have become a major factor in American military thinking. They had observed the ability of the former USSR to amass huge armies with technically good weapons and with effective military skills (in the Soviet-Japanese war of 1945). They now saw that the Soviet airforce had the skills to prevent A-bombs reaching Russian territories in large numbers. The had also observed the determination of Chinese troops, when China entered the conflict. I suggest that US military realists would have realised from all this, that a 'hot-war' with the Soviet- PRC side was unlikely to succeed.
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Is North Korea Changing ?
by fulltimestudent inthere's a good chance that a process of change is occurring in nk, which i'll come back to, as first i'd like to briefly explain how korea became divided.. i've spent a lot of time this past calendar year on the history and development of korea, this last semester focussing on modern korea with all its sadness, commencing with the japanese takeover in 1905, and the full annexation and military occupation in 1910. .
many korean's (naturally) opposed the japanese occupation.
some actively fought the japanese as guerilla's in the mountains.
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And, also appearing on some of the "NK watch" sites is this book of photographs of north koreans by a Japanese photographer.
Is his selection of images without prejudice? I do not know. Remember this, Japan has a very large Communist Party, even though they don't garner a very high percentage of votes.
A few of his images canbe seen in the December 16 (2012) edition of the Japan Times.
www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20121216x1.html
Through the lens of Ari Hatsuzawa's camera, life in NK looks normal.
On the JWS site (now disappeared), I had a NK thread with many similar images by a person named Joseph Ferrier, who claimed to be an American Naval Officer. Can't find his blog anymore, so if there are any ex-JWS followers here, who have a record of Ferrier's blog, I'd sure appreciate locating it again.
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Is North Korea Changing ?
by fulltimestudent inthere's a good chance that a process of change is occurring in nk, which i'll come back to, as first i'd like to briefly explain how korea became divided.. i've spent a lot of time this past calendar year on the history and development of korea, this last semester focussing on modern korea with all its sadness, commencing with the japanese takeover in 1905, and the full annexation and military occupation in 1910. .
many korean's (naturally) opposed the japanese occupation.
some actively fought the japanese as guerilla's in the mountains.
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The UK Independent newspaper draws attention today to this 'clever' video (below) - the question asked is - is it a hoax, is it satire, or is it clever propaganda? And if it is clever propaganda, is it really peddled by the North Koreans, or by western dissidents?
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6NMr2VrhmF1#!
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What I learned from a cat ...
by fulltimestudent in.
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded?v=q34z5dcmc4m.
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And, remember - don't touch me when/where I do not want to be touched ...