the_classicist
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Some Sort of 10th Century BC Structure Found in Jerusalem
by the_classicist inhttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/05/international/middleeast/05jerusalem.html?ex=1280894400&en=3c435bc7bd0cd531&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
a fellow, a biblical researcher, was on the radio (adler online, for those who tune into it) a few weeks ago saying that king david never existed and at that time, jerusalem only had mud huts.
apparently, he was wrong.
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Personality Defect Quiz
by the_classicist inhere's the quiz: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=4741219933576750506.
robot.
you are 71% rational, 0% extroverted, 42% brutal, and 42% arrogant.
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Questions for God
by the_classicist in.
let's say that a being appears to you claiming to be god.
what questions would you ask it, or what miracles do you tell it to preform in order to determine whether this being is god?
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Were the Dinosaurs killed off by Volcanic Activity?
by the_classicist in.
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this is the first time i've heard of this hypothesis as i was always taught that meteors, and only meteors, did it.
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There Goes the Environment!
by the_classicist inhttp://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428109912&rem=15318&red=80110923apbiny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm
squamish/cknw(am980) -- fish are dying along the cheakamus river, after a train derailment north of squamish.
the environment ministry estimates 41,000 litres of the chemical caustic soda has spilled into the river.
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Amazing Apostafind
by the_classicist ini just got my hands on a book from 1959: jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose.. here's a little snippet from chapter 9, which is entitled "end of all kingdoms in 1914": .
tom: when 1914 finally arrived and the first world war began, i suppose jehovah's witnesses really came into their own, didn't they?.
john: not exactly.
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Last Surviving Canadian Victoria Cross Winner Dies
by the_classicist in.
http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/view?filename=bc_smokey-smith20050803 the story's just coming in.. here's something about him: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=feature/85vimy/vimymedia/vimy_smokey
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By Jove!
by the_classicist inremember witnesses pointing out all that time that "by jove" meant "by jehovah.".
just to set the record straight: it's not "by jehovah" it's "by jupitor.
" you see in latin, jupitor is spelled thus: iuppitor.
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What Temperature Do You Have Your A/C Set At?
by the_classicist in.
me, 25 degrees celsius.
but usually around 24.