this has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?
As far as Christian symbology, wasn't the fish symbol used before the cross as an identifying mark of a Christian?
I agree with the reasoning that using the cross as a symbol of veneration is wrong, but I have to agree that ignoring historical evidence that Romans used crosses and not just upright stakes is pretty silly and ignorant.
according to this article, the end of this particular war was the start of a strong bond, now known as a special relationship between our 2 countries.
http://www.napoleonguide.com/campaign_1812.htm.
and, ever since that date, the special relationship between britain and the usa has been totally fair and balanced with both countries giving and receiving in exactly equal amounts.. .
So the war was fought for nothing. Nothing was gained, nothing was accomplished. Except we got a new White House.
Well, the American Indians lost out big time. Tecumseh had hopes that a British win would help stem the tide of US encroachment of native lands, which is why his people sided with the Brits. And of course, we all know how that sorry story turned out...
according to this article, the end of this particular war was the start of a strong bond, now known as a special relationship between our 2 countries.
http://www.napoleonguide.com/campaign_1812.htm.
and, ever since that date, the special relationship between britain and the usa has been totally fair and balanced with both countries giving and receiving in exactly equal amounts.. .
It also created some great music - the 1812 Overture, complete with cannon..
While I agree that the 1812 Overture is Great Music, it has nothing to do with the US War of 1812.
It was written by Tchaikovsky in 1880 as "a ceremonial overture to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Russia's victory over Napoleon in 1812," and premiered at the 1882 Moscow Expedition. (Hence, the Russian chorus and La Marseillaise are used prominently as motifs.)
However, if you do want a song specifically about the last battle of the war of 1812, get Johnny Horton's rendition of "The Battle of New Orleans". It's got a neat snare drum hook, a catchy verse ("We fired our guns and the British kept on comin' , There wasn't as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began to runnin' , down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.")
Ironically, the Battle of New Orleans was fought AFTER a peace treaty had been signed. Of, course, no telephones back then to let the Generals know.
reading all these 1914 threads lately has made me think a lot more about my own feelings of the jw movement in the early years.
particularly how i feel they got kind of "lucky" that something big happened on whatever numbered prediction 1914 was for them.. we have all seen individuals ride out the rest of their sports, acting, etc.
careers on one big break.
Talking about getting "lucky" with your predictions
Back in the early 1900's, a guy named Edmund Creffield proclaimed himself "Joshua II", and started a cult in (where else?) the West Coast of the US. His followers were mostly women, and church meeting usually involved shedding all clothes and having an orgy.
When the angry husbands took him to trial in San Fransisco, he announced that God would pronounce judgement on the city.
The next day was April 18, 1906, and San Fransisco experienced the Great Earthquake with pretty much destroyed the city.
Of course, this pretty much cemented his power over his followers, this and a failed assassination attempt against him (the pistol repeatedly misfired.)
This is a link that gives more details about his cult :
http://www.pioneer.net/~mchumor/holyrollers_chap_5_pt1.html
I guess timing is everything!
according to this article, the end of this particular war was the start of a strong bond, now known as a special relationship between our 2 countries.
http://www.napoleonguide.com/campaign_1812.htm.
and, ever since that date, the special relationship between britain and the usa has been totally fair and balanced with both countries giving and receiving in exactly equal amounts.. .
I shouldn't rise to the bait, but I always do...
Why does E-Man feel the need to troll with comments critical of the US?
"Please, can't we all just get along?"
according to this article, the end of this particular war was the start of a strong bond, now known as a special relationship between our 2 countries.
http://www.napoleonguide.com/campaign_1812.htm.
and, ever since that date, the special relationship between britain and the usa has been totally fair and balanced with both countries giving and receiving in exactly equal amounts.. .
...And of course, without Lend/Lease, you guys would be drinking tea under pictures of Uncle Adolph....
How often does the sun set on the British Empire these days, anyway?.....
reading all these 1914 threads lately has made me think a lot more about my own feelings of the jw movement in the early years.
particularly how i feel they got kind of "lucky" that something big happened on whatever numbered prediction 1914 was for them.. we have all seen individuals ride out the rest of their sports, acting, etc.
careers on one big break.
"Look! He has left his sandal behind. That is a sign to us that we must all walk about with one sandal!"
"No! Follow the Gourd! That is the message he left behind."
"No, The Sandal!"
"The Gourd!"
"He's not the Messiah. Those were my Juniper berries!"
"Unbeliever! Heretic! Persecute him! Persecute!"
Just an example of enlightened religious debate from "Life of Brian"
reading all these 1914 threads lately has made me think a lot more about my own feelings of the jw movement in the early years.
particularly how i feel they got kind of "lucky" that something big happened on whatever numbered prediction 1914 was for them.. we have all seen individuals ride out the rest of their sports, acting, etc.
careers on one big break.
In the British comedy series, "Blackadder Goes Forth", Rowan Atkinson plays a career soldier stuck in the trenches of World War I. He complains about this war being different than before, when British soldiers had to fight armies that had nothing more to fight back with than dried grass and sharp pieces of fruit.
I think the reason why so many historians of the time and afterwards cried over WWI, or "The Great War", was because it was such an unfair slaughter, ie: both sides suffered incredible losses; it wasn't the usual one-sided affair.
And let's not forget the Boer War, or the Belgians in the Congo, or the US in the Phillipines, or the Spanish-American War,before that. This was a time of relative peace and calm? Says who? Oh, yes, God's Faithful and Discreet Slave (tm).
i've been faded for almost four years now.
i've decided in the last month or so that i would really like to treat myself to a small tattoo.
i'm going the conservative route and plan on getting it on my lower back - so it can be seen when i want it to be, but also easily hidden when necessary .
One of my favorite comic strips is from "Life in Hell" by Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons.
The title is "Old Folks Home, 2060"
It shows two old codgers seated across from each other. Each guy is covered head to toe in tattoos, piercings, with phrases like "Alannis Morissette 4-ever", stuff like that.
One guys says to the other, "So, you were pretty stupid in the '90s, too, huh?"
"Gramma, why do you have a tattoo of an butterfly on your wrinkly old back?"
I like this part:
The agreement also calls for the release of nearly all confidential documents from diocesan personnel files of the accused after a judge's review; attorneys estimated the first records could be released within two months.
