the_classicist
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BC Premier on T-Shirt
by the_classicist inbc's premier is on a t-shirt produced by marvel comics and sold by wal-mart.
apparently the company making it accidentally downloaded it off the internet.
once noticed it was promptly pulled off the shelves.
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Roman Soldiers in Jerusalem
by the_classicist in.
at a lecture at my university given by lawrence keppie, he said that at the time of jesus, there were no roman soldiers in jerusalem or palestine, instead they were locals employed by the romans.
the romans didn't come until 66 ad.. just thought that it was interesting and that little piece shows how our common perceptions, which were believed and still are believed, can easily be wrong (i.e., the passion).
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Wish Me Luck!
by the_classicist init's nine o' clock, and i'm writing a 1500-1800 word research essay on perikles and the fall of the athenian empire.
it's due tommorow, i started yesterday.. wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!!
ps.
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Arrest Warrent for Michael Jackson
by the_classicist in.
well, it seems the judge got pissed off at his hospital antics.
your thoughts.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4337623.stm.
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Diabetes Cured!
by the_classicist in.
well, i though i'd share some actually good news:.
http://www.halifaxlive.com/artman/publish/diabetes_cured_031005_388833.shtml.
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Related to Anyone Famous?
by the_classicist inrwagner's post go me thinking.
are any of your ancestors famous?
the only famous one i can think of is sir robert peel, i'm not too sure what he did.
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What's in your library?
by the_classicist inwhats in your personal bible or religious library?
let's see what i have... cambridge kjv (really nice, calfskin leather), cambridge reb (really nice, not as good as kjv though), 50 year old douay rheims (with annoying jw notes and written-in textual changes inside, courtesy jw great-grandmother), rsv-ce (imitation leather, looks extremely cheap), nab (imitation leather, looks better but sucky confraternity notes in it).
that's my bible collection (i got rid of the nwt).
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Names given to children
by the_classicist inwhat i've noticed, is that there seems to be a lot of recent jw parents who make sure to name their kids by some hebrew/biblical name.
so now you have kids running around w/names like ezekiel, reuben, isaiah, etc.
there were also a few strange names that i'm sure some of these kids would've been made fun of because of it.. have any of you noticed this?
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The Literature Counter
by the_classicist inat your congregation did it ever seem that the literature counter had nothing in stock except for a lot of the basics (armageddon revelation book, evolution book, brochures, cheap nwts, and what's being studied).
what made me think of this was someone saying posting about how the elders wait until the last minute to hand out the kms.
do you think they do the same kind of thing with the literature?.