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We have both discussed Homo Sapiens coming out of North Africa before....Zorro should get current....however, they were a new Species...just appeared.
Touché ...I expect you are more of a Christian in the traditional sense than me. See how that works....give credit where credit is due....Vex never learned that.
It is I studied them.
You expect Society to conform to you....should not happen. So people without kids should not pay school taxes....people without cars should not pay road taxes.....list goes on and on. Not going to happen.....nor should it.
Lol you drag out the Revolutionary War.....then can't name a Battle? Lol I can do better.....I shit hot on the Bible too!
Without Googling it ....can you name 3 battles of the Revolutionary War?
Jesus was a Jew.
Jacques Ellul recounts that at the end of the Book of Judges (Judges 21:25) there was no king in Israel and "everyone did as they saw fit."[6][7][8] Later in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 8) the people of Israel wanted a king to be like other nations.[7][9] God declared that the people had rejected him as their king. He warned that a human king would lead to militarism, conscription and taxation, and that their pleas for mercy from the king's demands would go unanswered. Samuel passed on God's warning to the Israelites but they disregarded him and chose Saul as their king.[7] Much of the subsequent Old Testament chronicles them trying to live with this decision.[10]
[edit]New Testament
Carl Heinrich Bloch's depiction of the Sermon on the Mount.
More than any other Bible source, the Sermon on the Mount is used as the basis for Christian anarchism.[2] Alexandre Christoyannopoulos explains that the Sermon perfectly illustrates Jesus' central teaching of love and forgiveness. Christian anarchists claim that the state, founded on violence, contravenes the Sermon and Jesus' call to love our enemies.[2]
Christian eschatology and various Christian anarchists, such as Jacques Ellul, have identified the state and political power as the Beast in the Book of Revelation.[11][12]
Whether or not anarchism is compatible with the New Testament is a point of contention. Some hold that one cannot consistently be a Christian and anarchist simultaneously: these critics include Christians, anarchists, and those who reject both categories. For example, anarchists often cite the phrase "no gods, no masters" and Christians Romans 13 (see State authority below). Others criticize anarchism and Christianity by arguing that they are one and the same thing. In his last book of philosophy, Der Antichrist, Friedrich Nietzsche discussed the inseparable relationship between Christianity and anarchism:
There is a perfect likeness between Christian and anarchist: their object, their instinct, points only toward destruction…
The Christian and the anarchist: both are decadents; both are incapable of any act that is not disintegrating, poisonous, degenerating, blood-sucking; both have an instinct of mortal hatred of everything that stands up, and is great, and has durability, and promises life a future…[13]
Too damn funny. Edit I thought you were a girl.
Lol Bush won two elections too.
Jesus was an anarchist......no shit....he was.
My bad...he is a he!
This one is my favorite
As you enter the site of the Machu Picchu ruins, you might choose to take the path to the left that heads uphill. Here, the Caretaker's Hut and the Funerary Rock vie for competition with the amazing overhead view of the complex. The surrounding area was dedicated to agriculture, and as such, is aptly named the Agricultural Center. If you are armed with a map of Machu Picchu, you will notice that not far along this route lies the Temple of the Sun. Surely you will find it easy to pick out among the ruins, as its rounded walls make it a very distinctive landmark. Coincidently, these rounded walls best exhibit the masonry skills that the Inca developed. Large granite blocks polished and rounded to fit perfectly with the rocks around them. It truly is something to see up close, and when you consider that the Inca employed no cement or mortar to bind their structures, it's easy to imagine how painstaking the process must have been. Due to the fact that Machu Picchu was never found by the Spanish, it appears much today like it did when it was in use.
The exact purpose that ancient Machu Picchu served is an issue of debate, with a few main theories that seem to be among the most plausible. Some scholars believe that Machu Picchu was a center of administration and a sort of look out post along a major Inca road. Others think that perhaps Machu Picchu was a retreat of sorts for the Inca Pachacutec, who lived in the city with his family clan. When we examine the presence of the Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu, it appears that Machu Picchu may have been first and foremost a sacred center, where the natural land was highly revered and worshiped. The sun was of prime importance to the Inca, especially when it comes to a myth as to the origin of the Inca themselves.
According to Inca mythology, Manco Capac was the first king of the original Kingdom of Cusco , and myth has it that he was born from the sun god Inti. Rising from Lake Titicaca , Manco Capac would establish the Inca civilization in Cusco. Inti was worshiped with fervor, as the Inca placed prime importance in the sun's life giving powers. As any great civilization has and does, the Inca depended highly on agriculture, and this was one reason for which to worship the sun. Given the sun's light and warmth, it figured prominently within the Inca religion, which found its basis in nature. The Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu was dedicated to Inti, whom they wished to keep content.
Depending on whether you took the ascending path upon entry to Machu Picchu, or the descending path to the right, you will either have to climb or go down a series of stairs to get to the Temple of the Sun. Also known as the "Torreón", the Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu is the site's finest example of Inca stonework. Try as you might, you couldn't fit a knife or even a piece of paper between the stones, as they are so seemlessly fitted. The Temple of the Sun served as a solar observatory, and its windows are placed at key points for observing the solstices. If you are standing on the ledge that sits above the temple, you can observe the aligned window that was meant to signal the June winter solstice. There is a stone at the center of the Temple of the Sun, which signaled the solstices according to how it caught the sun's rays. It is believed that the Inca also observed the constellation of Pleiades from this window. This constellation supposedly helped the Inca calculate when the rains would come, helping them pick the right time to plant their crops. Also in the center of the structure is an altar, which was carved from a large boulder. The reigning belief is that this altar was used for animal sacrifices. Priests would use the organs of the animals to aid in their religious predictions.
You can visit the Temple of the Sun by yourself or with a tour. Machu Picchu tours are plentiful, with the high season coming between the months of June and August. If you want the chance to get to the ruins early in the morning before other tourists arrive, you might consider shelling out the big money to stay at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge. Otherwise, you can catch a bus up to the ruins from the base town of Aguas Calientes, where you will find an ample selection of hotels and hostels. Hiking up to the ruins from Aguas Calientes is also a possible means of arrival, but you might save your energy for exploring the ruins and for the climb up Huayna Picchu. Guided tours of Machu Picchu are among the top Peru tours , and a guide can help you better understand the ruins as you wander around them. Unfortunately, the Temple of the Sun Peru is cordoned off, meaning you can not enter it. Of interest near the Temple of the Sun Peru are the Royal Tomb and the Royal Sector. The former sits just below the temple, and it is believed that perhaps elite citizens were mummified there. The latter is found by going down a few more steps. Here, you will see dwellings and a water canal that fed a network of fountains.
Great post!
You look at the big picture not individual brush strokes.
Great topic......everybody has a view.
He is a she....
Within certain boundries. Wall is not one of them. You got booted from the PM Board.... that is hard to do.
This board is about religion specifically Christianity.... this is not about how shitty Wall or myself is. I glad everything in your life is cool.
Yes but looking at the technolgies of Europe...they pale in comparison.
So im a bigot by suggesting Europeans had far more advanced technology? Thats plain crazy.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 1998, it won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction and the Aventis Prize for Best Science Book. A documentary based on the book, and produced by the National Geographic Society, was broadcast on PBS in July 2005.[1]
The book attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations (in which he includes North Africa) have survived and conquered others, while arguing against the idea that Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral or inherent genetic superiority.
Diamond argues that the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate in environmental differences, which are amplified by various positive feedback loops. When cultural or genetic differences have favored Eurasians (for example, written language or the development among Eurasians of resistance to endemic diseases), he asserts that these advantages occurred because of the influence of geography on societies and cultures, and were not inherent in the Eurasian genomes.
Only on your part.... are you saying Europe was not ahead of N America, S. America and Africa?
Archaeological evidence has not revealed metal smelting or alloying of metals by pre-Columbian indigenous peoples north of the Rio Grande River; however, they did use native copper extensively.[10]
As widely accepted as this statement might be it should not be considered synonymous with a lack of metal objects, as it points out native copper was abundant particular in the Great Lakes region and "overlooks the simple fact that there was really very little to be gained by smelting..."[11] The latest glacial period had resulted in the scouring of copper bearing rocks. Once the ice retreated, these were readily available for use in a variety of sizes.[11] Copper was shaped via cold hammering into objects from very early dates (Archaic period in the Great Lakes region: 8000-1000 BCE). There is also evidence of actual mining of copper veins(Old Copper Complex), but disagreement exists as to the dates.[11]
Unlike their Southern counterparts, North American metallurgy had a more utilitarian purpose from very early on, shifting away from primarily attaching prestige to the metal artifacts (knives, fishhooks, bracelets).
Perhaps Wall feels like this.
It is a Biblical expression (2 Corinthians 11:19). In this verse it is used in the positive sense, as the Corinthian Church is prepared to suffer fools gladly. To understand its meaning, one has to be aware of the background. Paul is using irony. The Corinthian Church has turned away from his authoritative teaching and is listening to all kinds of half-baked ideas from ill-informed people. They are, in other words, all too happy to put up with stupid people, while rejecting him.
Nowadays it tends to be used in the negative sense. "I don't suffer fools gladly" means that I am intolerant of people who are stupid, I am irritated by foolishness.
All Is Vanity
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity
You ever wonder why every other continent other than Europe and Asia was in the stone age for so long? Europeans were sailing all over the world, had inventions, weapons, science while N America, S America, and Africa did not even have metal.
Most of his posts dont have a point.
Here God answers you
Job 38
King James Version (KJV)
38 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Why was I left off that list?
You ask the wrong questions.
Never met a poster yet that can hang with me on the Bible
So do you feel better if a SWAT Team does it?
My terms...my you are full of yourself.
I did not ignore anything
DAILY PRACTICE
Hasidim have strict guidelines and rituals that are intertwined with their daily lives. Hasidic Jews believe that the torah, which consists of the first five books of the Bible, is the direct word of God. Therefore, any rules found in these books should be practiced on a daily basis to the extent possible. Most Hasidic Jews count 613 commandments in the torah, involving everything from prayer, to charity and dietary laws. Other important practices include prayers for daily events, attending religious services, regular study, obligations to the community and observance of the Sabbath and other holy days.
Which one....not to eat Shellfish or don't yoke an Ass or Ox together?
Rude but true.
Native Americans get an obscene amount of money...here is yet another example of it
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=indians%20get%20how%20much%20money&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F04%2F14%2Fus%2Fus-to-pay-1-billion-settlement-to-indian-tribes.html&ei=wqE2UZqTIor28wSVkICwCw&usg=AFQjCNF9K4WBNzfyeQmqgJ-eZXYZIMJ8og
The problem with the Bible is.....it justifies everything .......Book of Judges
King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Total Anarchy lol!
Cant make this stuff up
As if we hadn't already seen enough Biblical events this year, a plague of over 30 million locusts swarmed over Egypt's cities and farms just three weeks before Passover begins. But put your apocalyptic fears to rest. This happens every year as part of the locusts' natural migration pattern, though this year's swarm is especially large. That doesn't mean Egyptians aren't freaked the heck out by millions of nasty bugs buzzing through the air at all hours of day and night, possibly descending upon the agriculture fields where they're known to destroy entire crops, just like in the actual Passover story.
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The crops are so far safe, Egyptian officials assured the public. As the plague made its way from the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia at the end of last week and this weekend, though, Egyptian Agricultural Minister Salah Abdel Moamen explained the situation to the country in a calmly worded statement. "The current inspection teams at areas targeted by locusts did not witness swarms damaging a single inch of crop," said Moamen. He added that the locusts are "sexually immature and do not depend on plants for energy since they mainly rely on fat stores."