Posts by THE GLADIATOR

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Talesin - R U Still Here?

by truthlover in

havent seen you post recently - enjoy them are you not well?.

anybody know.

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THE GLADIATOR

Glad to hear that you are on the mend talesin and getting about again. Life has its ups and downs.

Perhaps experiencing difficult times helps us to appreciate the good times more and not take our health for granted.

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Talesin - R U Still Here?

by truthlover in

havent seen you post recently - enjoy them are you not well?.

anybody know.

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THE GLADIATOR

talesin Yes I too had missed you. Hope you are not in so much pain now. Onwards and upwards in the battle of life.

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There are witnesses knocking my door right now

by not bitter in

they know i'm here and have just knocked a 2nd time but i'm in my pyjamas and its saturday morning so i'm not answering.

THE GLADIATOR

Go on you could pop out for a moment and scare them away.

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The Oh-my-God Particle

by EntirelyPossible in

i thought this was really interesting and wanted to share.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oh-my-god_particle.

the oh-my-god particle was an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (most likely a proton) detected on the evening of 15 october 1991 over dugway proving ground, utah.

its observation was a shock to astrophysicists, who estimated its energy to be approximately 31020 ev (50 j)[1]in other words, a subatomic particle with kinetic energy equal to that of a 5-ounce (142 g) baseball traveling at about 100 kilometers per hour (60 mph).. the particle was traveling very close to the speed of light - assuming the particle was a proton, its speed was only about 1.5 femtometers (quadrillionths of a meter) per second less than the speed of light, translating to a speed of approximately 0.9999999999999999999999951c.

THE GLADIATOR

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The hunt for the Higgs boson witnessed what you would call an arms race between Chicago (Fermilab) and Geneva (CERN), that lasted for generations. Larger, bigger, crazier machines were built, reaching energies that were seen only once before in the whole history of the Universe: at the very moment of the Big Bang, and never again.

But the Higgs boson was nowhere to be found. This particle was so elusive that the Nobel Laureate and Higgs hunter Leon Lederman wrote a book to tell the story of this continuing failure. The original title for the book was That goddamn particle since there was no way to get your hand on it… But the editor decided to change it at the last moment into The God particle, without consulting with the author. Still, not even the Pope could figure this out.

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GENESIS- Adam, Eve, Noah, etc. and Original Sin

by Band on the Run in

there was a distressing thread concerning this topic recently.

there is no way i can believe these stories as literal truth or even use them as any signpost to the nt jesus/god.

these scriptures make judaism and christianity look silly.

THE GLADIATOR

Yes tec - metaphor is another word that is used in regard to the Bible. As a Jehovah's Witness I was reared to view the Bible as literal and inerrant, which led to me becoming increasingly cynical about its value. Now I take a more poetical approach to holy books.

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GENESIS- Adam, Eve, Noah, etc. and Original Sin

by Band on the Run in

there was a distressing thread concerning this topic recently.

there is no way i can believe these stories as literal truth or even use them as any signpost to the nt jesus/god.

these scriptures make judaism and christianity look silly.

THE GLADIATOR

jgnat "...regardless of the glittering exceptions, women were not equal under the law."

You should try living in the UK. Women have taken over and rule this island. We even have a queen - and I don't mean Elton John.

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Re: the topic of this thread. Most people now view these stories as analogical.

Just to make sure I knew what that means I looked it up, so all the hard work has been done for you.

Analogical - expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy; "the use of a metaphor" figurative, non-literal (used of the meanings of words or text)

not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language."

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If Jehovah Can Read Hearts Then WHY

by BlindersOff1 in

if jehovah can read hearts then why did he test abraham by ordering him to kill his son ?.

THE GLADIATOR

No - metal as in sword steel.

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If Jehovah Can Read Hearts Then WHY

by BlindersOff1 in

if jehovah can read hearts then why did he test abraham by ordering him to kill his son ?.

THE GLADIATOR

PSac. you are the trained killer in real life, I am just a pretender - we have another word for it in the UK.

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If Jehovah Can Read Hearts Then WHY

by BlindersOff1 in

if jehovah can read hearts then why did he test abraham by ordering him to kill his son ?.

THE GLADIATOR

EntirelyPossible I did take the liberty of altering your spelling in the quote box, rather than point it out directly. To continue to use a mispellt signature could prove costly in your next bout with Christians. In the arena a slip can be deadly. You must remember I am a retired gladiator who now chills out in Caesars podium. So we should call that a draw and save our metal.

Thanks for you confidence in me PSac.

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If Jehovah Can Read Hearts Then WHY

by BlindersOff1 in

if jehovah can read hearts then why did he test abraham by ordering him to kill his son ?.

THE GLADIATOR

EntirelyPossible I was referring to your post “… " there is literally no way for me to get away from God and Jesus.

EP, a slave under the opression of Jesus”

If I were you I would check the spelling of oppression in that dictionary.