On Historical Arthur, I'm currently reading Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms by Alistair Moffat. I personally think it's a load of tripe - just a lot of pro-Scottish propaganda really, although he does make some interesting points concerning place names.
Stephanus
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"Mists of Avalon"
by Mulan indid anyone watch this show on tnt this week?
it's another version of the arthur legend.
i finished watching it tonight.
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Dub-in-the-Pub Raided For Fraudulent Claims.
by Englishman ini've just been told that my elder drinking pal, mr dub-in-the-pub, has been raided by the dss.
apparently he's been drawing invalidity benefit for the last 15 years (why?
) and hasn't informed social security that he's also in full time work.
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Stephanus
Didn't it used to be DHSS, Englishman? No surprise if it was; Govts love to reshuffle departments and treat it as real change. The Govt here in Oz merged DSS, the Commonwealth Employment Service and Austudy (student grants) into one unwieldy entity called Centrelink. New Zealand did something similar when they created WINZ (Work and Income New Zealand)
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Funny Moment at Witness Wedding
by metatron inimagine a large well-funded wedding reception for.
an elder's so.
they play music and everybody's.
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Stephanus
Francoise,
What's wrong with skating in Riverdale??? Surely Archie and the gang are wholesome role models!
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Bloody vegetables, Bloody cat food......
by Englishman ini seem to remember that jw's were once forbidden to put this stuff on their vegetable gardens:.
or even to feed their animals with products that might contain blood:.
aren't we going just a little over the top here?.
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Stephanus
Had a wisdom tooth out on Friday. A messy job: it took some bone with it and required stitches - have been on painkillers all weekend. For the first couple of days large lumps of congealed blood were forming over the wound. I managed to get most of them out but I assume some bits went down my throat. I amused myself by imagining how a Dub would handle that problem...
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Expenses for bethelites
by JEMIMAH ini was recently carrying out an audit for our latest s.a.d.
when i came across the travel expenses paid out to our guest speaker from the branch (john wynn).
he was paid 255.00 about 85p a mile, "bit over the top".
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Stephanus
Sheesh! So it's forty pounds for the petrol! Do try to pay attention; there is still a great deal of difference between cost of the trip and compensation provided therefore.
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"Mists of Avalon"
by Mulan indid anyone watch this show on tnt this week?
it's another version of the arthur legend.
i finished watching it tonight.
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Stephanus
Mulan:
On theories as to who the historical Arthur was:
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Red Dwarf and the 'Tower
by Stephanus ini've always been fascinated by the parallel between the concept of holograms on the tv show red dwarf, and the jws' view of the resurrection.
on red dwarf, a crew member has all their thoughts, knowledge and personality recorded by the ship's computers, so that if they die on the trip, a hologram of that crew member can be generated by the ship so that that crew member's knowledge and experience aren't lost.
this reminds me an awful lot of the 'tower's concept of resurrection.
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MD:
When we were buying new furniture and appliances for the house, I wanted to get just one Smeg appliance, even if it was only a microwave oven! LOL (I'm surprised they didn't change their name when Red Dwarf came out!) -
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Red Dwarf and the 'Tower
by Stephanus ini've always been fascinated by the parallel between the concept of holograms on the tv show red dwarf, and the jws' view of the resurrection.
on red dwarf, a crew member has all their thoughts, knowledge and personality recorded by the ship's computers, so that if they die on the trip, a hologram of that crew member can be generated by the ship so that that crew member's knowledge and experience aren't lost.
this reminds me an awful lot of the 'tower's concept of resurrection.
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Stephanus
I tend to like the first and second series, with original Hollie. I like "The End" and "Waiting for God" for the stuff about the Cat People and Lister ("Cloister") as their "God". Kryten is a great addition from later series, as well. Ace Rimmer was a great development, and is a wonderful lesson about what one can do if you stop whingeing about all life's bad breaks and just get off your arse and live it (probably another great lesson for Dubs!)
I'm curious, was anything negative about Red Dwarf said by any Dub in authority? If they don't like Smurfs, they surely couldn't let a study of Life, the Universe and Everything like Red Dwarf past without comment!
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Red Dwarf and the 'Tower
by Stephanus ini've always been fascinated by the parallel between the concept of holograms on the tv show red dwarf, and the jws' view of the resurrection.
on red dwarf, a crew member has all their thoughts, knowledge and personality recorded by the ship's computers, so that if they die on the trip, a hologram of that crew member can be generated by the ship so that that crew member's knowledge and experience aren't lost.
this reminds me an awful lot of the 'tower's concept of resurrection.
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Stephanus
A thought provoking post, Francoise. "Pantheist" is probably the word for the concept you've voiced. Interestingly, Lister on Red Dwarf is supposed to be a pantheist. Your thought is still in oppostion to the 'Tower view, however; if we're projections of the Infinite Spirit, than all that changes at death is our state, not our essence. 'Towerism says that nothing remains in any form and our resurrection depends on God's memory of us. Which creates a paradox: if God is not the "author of evil", then how can he recreate Hitler and a whole bunch of others most of us would not deem "worthy", and yet refuse to rebuild someone who left the 'Tower because he saw too much abuse of "God's people" by the hierarchy?
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Red Dwarf and the 'Tower
by Stephanus ini've always been fascinated by the parallel between the concept of holograms on the tv show red dwarf, and the jws' view of the resurrection.
on red dwarf, a crew member has all their thoughts, knowledge and personality recorded by the ship's computers, so that if they die on the trip, a hologram of that crew member can be generated by the ship so that that crew member's knowledge and experience aren't lost.
this reminds me an awful lot of the 'tower's concept of resurrection.
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Stephanus
I've always been fascinated by the parallel between the concept of holograms on the tv show Red Dwarf, and the JWs' view of the Resurrection. On Red Dwarf, a crew member has all their thoughts, knowledge and personality recorded by the ship's computers, so that if they die on the trip, a hologram of that crew member can be generated by the ship so that that crew member's knowledge and experience aren't lost. This reminds me an awful lot of the 'Tower's concept of resurrection. Since no part of us is immortal, God reconstructs a replica of each person from His own memory in the Resurrection. So like Rimmer in Red Dwarf, the resurrected person is not the original, just a projected memory.
On the subject of Rimmer, why does he remind me so much of the average dub? LOL