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Length of a Generation? Ask a governing agency or member of governing board
by kepler inin the saturday/sunday wall street journal for the weekend of april 9-10, 2016, in the us news section there was an article titled, "housing bust lingers for generation x.".
something clicked in my mind when i read.
"the data show an enormous swing in the fortunes of people born between 1965 and 1984, the group defined by the harvard joint center for housing studies as 'generation x'".. hmmm....generation did you say?
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On the Fundamentalist Notion of Babylon Destroyed - Forgot to Tell Ancient World
by kepler inamong puzzlements of sitting down with jw reps with "what the bible really teaches", was the assertion that babylon was destroyed - forever - just like it says in these here chapters and verses.
then the nwt claims that peter i & ii were written from babylon.
but beside that, ancient greek, hebrew and roman writings are full of reference to babylon as an important center.
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By the Rivers of Babylon Exhibit of Yahudu Tablets
by kepler inhas anyone noticed, commented or reported on the exhibit that opened in jerusalem: the yahudu tablets from babylon chronicling the daily life of judean exiles in babylon.
about 100 of them translated.
part of the private david sofer collection.. the announcements indicate that the earliest of the set dates to 572 bc and that they show how exile wasn't so bad.
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Dogma, Fogma or Frogma? What's the best word to describe a concept like FDS or events circa 1914?
by kepler inan official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.
for instance, a fundamental dogma of christianity is the resurrection, but among sects of christianity, dogmas about other details vary.
nonetheless, they are insisted upon in their basic unavoidable, unchanging form - otherwise there would be no basis for the particular sect's belief other than habit.
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Meet Baruch the Scribe of Jeremiah - and Nebuchadnezzar's Son
by kepler ini just found another instance of belshazzar being referred to as the "son of nebuchadnezzar".
it's truly remarkable!
the source, i never would have thought of examining: the book of baruch, included in the septuagint and vulgate - and it is attributed, if taken literally as well, to jeremiah's scribe.
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Another problem with Daniel
by kepler ini know, if i got a name associated with anything beside an early 17th century astronomer, it's from picking apart the book of daniel.
much of fundamentalist & apocalyptic thought (sic) arises from explanations of this book's passages and i protest.
we could review other points, but let me note the following discrepancy: the end of chapter 1 and the beginning of chapter 9.. chapter 1 begins with the 3rd year of jehoiakim's reign with a nebuchadnezzar raid.
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If there are 4 Gospels, then why only 1 book of Revelations
by kepler inone can picture authors with agents submitting canonical manuscripts to a publishing house.
but who is the house?.
how about "athanasius press"?.
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Mr. Geoffrey William Jackson = Humpty Dumpty
by kepler inwhen i use a word, humpty dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, it means just what i choose it to mean neither more nor less.. .
the question is, said alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.. .
the question is, said humpty dumpty, which is to be master thats all.
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PM to Geoffrey Jackson ( with cc-s): Read the NWT, especially Judges Chapter 4 vs. 1-20 or so
by kepler indear sir: .
regarding your recent testimony in australia on the nature of judges and elders in scriptures being male:.
read judges 4, and if you can hang on, chapter 5. it is with regard to a judge who succeeded ehud and performed similar services.
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Letter to Paul ( and to Augustine) from a "Roman" about 2 Cats
by kepler indear paul ( and if he is on the same cc-list, augustine, the one from hippo),.
i have read your epistles to the various cities and christian communities with understandable and overall interest, but while i was contemplating the behavior of our two household felines, i was brought back in particular to your comments in romans 5:11-21.. it is understood that you had written this piece to interpret the meaning of events described in the as yet unwritten accounts given in the gospels.
and also you had written these letters with a sense of urgency in as you sensed the end of this order was imminent, within a few years.