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10 Failed Doomsday Predictions - Witnesses Did Not Make Top 10 Unless you Count the Millerites
by zarco inwith the upcoming disaster film "2012" and the current hype about mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, it seems like a good time to put such notions in context.
most prophets of doom come from a religious perspective, though the secular crowd has caused its share of scares as well.
one thing the doomsday scenarios tend to share in common: they don't come to pass.. .
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Four Amish bishops charged with not reporting abuse
by zarco infour amish bishops charged with not reporting abusethe associated pressmarshfield, mo.
| four amish men described by a southwest missouri prosecutor as bishops have been charged with failing to report suspected child sexual abuse by a member of their community.the four men, from the town of seymour, were charged tuesday with one misdemeanor count apiece.
they were not arrested and will receive summonses to appear in webster county circuit court.. their attorney, will worsham of springfield, says the men are not paid clergy and its not clear missouris mandatory reporting law applies to the them.. the charges stem from last months arrest of johnny a. schwartz, also of seymour, on six felony counts of sexually abusing children.
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Saturday Mornings
by zarco inthen: get up grumpy, shower, go to starbucks, leave magazine to start time, drive to kingdom hall, hope to be able to work with friends in service so we can do just a few doors and then calls and an early lunch.. .
now: get up when i wake up, make coffee, read the boards, read the wsj and sf chronicle, wait for wife to wake up, take dog on a walk and decide what fun things to do in the bay area this weekend.. i love my weekends now!.
zarco.
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The keister bomb is the newest terror threat
by zarco inal-qaidas new method of delivering a deadly payload in effect a plastic explosive suppository would make security experts nervous, you might think.. it is not easily spotted by conventional detectors.. but it does have some who know their explosives busting a gut.. a month ago in saudi arabia, a terrorist named abdullah hassan tali al-asiri reportedly walked past palace checkpoints with a small bomb inserted in a body cavity.
judging by the al-qaida video featuring him proudly holding a device before committing the deed, it was about 3 inches long.. he wanted to blow up a saudi prince but succeeded only in blowing off his own bottom half and destroying the floor, killing himself in the process.. his intended target, prince mohammed bin nayef, and others in the room were largely unharmed.
a saudi news service quoted the prince saying, understatedly, he surprised me by blowing himself up.. suffice to say al-asiris technique has given rise to the term keister bomb online.. it sounds almost like drunk logic, where an idea sounds great until the next morning and youre sober, going, noooo, that wont work, said paul worsey.
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A Witness Child
by zarco inour daughter is writing down some of her experiences growing up as a witness.
i thought i would share a sample of her writing.
it is fun for us to read, but a little sad to see the guilt she placed upon herself for doing normal kid things....... .
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Garrido was a Witness According to Lawyer
by zarco infrom today's sfgate.
the witness reference is from when he appealed his previous sentence.
it does not mention if he currently is a witness.. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/02/mnns19gu6d.dtl.
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Ruining the Earth
by zarco inan interesting quote from the august 24 newsweek on page 66. .
"over the past three decades america's rivers, lakes and skies have been transformed.
acid rain levels have dropped 60 percent since the early 1990s; air quality has improved 91 percent since 1980 in terms of lead content.
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A little late for most of us - the top 10 reasons not to join a religion
by zarco inhttp://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/05/10-reasons-you-should-never-have-a-religion/.
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Why do some leave and others stay?
by zarco instartfragment.
the following is partly based on comments from the book the gnostic gospels on page 123.. why do some leave and others stay?.
some seek their own interior direction, they reject religious institutions as a hindrance to their progress.