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That's the largest one day gain I've seen. Nice going ddf.
I agree with you happydog.
3First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
(2 Peter 3 NIV)
17But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." 19These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
(Jude 1 NIV)
for Sunday 3/4
all bets $10
1)1 to win
2)6 to show
3)5 to show
4)3 to show
5)4 to win
6)10 to show
7)1 to win
8)1 to win
9)7 to show
10)3 to show
if any scratches give me #2
I agree excel.
I'll be wishing Weaver and the Mariners the best. Unless they play the Cardinals. lol. Weaver was good in St. Louis last year. Would be nice to have a Seattle - St. Louis World Series in 07.
Your welcome
Got one more on the same subject.
Remains of the Day
Scholars dismiss filmmakers' assertions that Jesus and his family were buried in Jerusalem.
Tabby Yang | posted 2/28/2007 09:09AM
Jesus married Mary Magdalene, had a son named Judah, died, and stayed dead, says Simcha Jacobovici, an award-winning filmmaker. A Discovery Channel documentary on his findings, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, will be televised March 4. Jacobovici, who describes himself as an investigative journalist and a filmmaker, directed and produced the film with Titanic director James Cameron. He claims that statistical, historical, archaeological, and DNA evidence back his position.
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However, scholars are dismissive of the filmmakers' claims. "This is a theory that is so deeply flawed that it deserves to be dismissed reasonably quickly," said Ben Witherington III, professor of New Testament interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Scot McKnight, professor of religious studies at North Park University, says that the filmmakers' theses are based less on scholarship than on The Da Vinci Code novel. "The bigger theme I think is the fraud of Christianity. I think that's what they're trying to demonstrate—that early Christians believed in something that didn't happen."
"This is really a brilliant example of archaeological sensationalism," said Gary Burge, professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. Burge notes that allegations like Jacobovici's are nothing new. "It happens again and again in the Holy Land that people win their 15 minutes of fame by discovering some new burial cave."
The "lost tomb" is nothing new, either. In 1980, a construction team in Talpiot, a suburb of Jerusalem, found the tomb as they started bulldozing the site. At the time, construction projects were turning up a dozen archaeological sites every month, says Jacobovici in The Jesus Family Tomb. The construction team reported the finding to authorities, and a team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority came to examine the site. Archaeologist Amos Kloner, who has called Jacobovici's theory nonsense, wrote the official report in 1980, without making any reference to Jesus of Nazareth.
Excavation of the crypt led to the discovery of 10 ossuaries, which did not contain remains. Six of them were inscribed with names, which have been transcribed as: "Yeshua bar Yosef," "Maria," "Mariamene e Mara" (translated "Mary the Master"), "Matia," "Yose," and "Yehuda bar Yeshua." No one at the time of the discovery found the names very significant, since they were all very common names in Jesus' time.
Jacobovici says he has deduced that these names refer to Jesus' mother, Mary; his supposed wife, Mary Magdalene; and his son, Judah (who, Discovery News bafflingly speculates, "could have been the 'lad' described in the Gospel of John as sleeping in Jesus' lap at the Last Supper"). Matthew is supposed to be a relative of Mary; and Joseph, one of Jesus' brothers.
Jacobovici also says that the James ossuary, now under investigation to determine whether it is a forgery, belongs with these ten ossuaries because it has the same patina. Jacobovici produced a 2002 Discovery Channel documentary on the James ossuary.
The purported DNA evidence lacks credibility, counters Witherington. "In order for them to establish a positive claim that these are Jesus' relatives, you have to have control samples [of Jesus' DNA] to compare it to, but we have no such objective control samples." In addition, the team is testing mitochondrial DNA, which, according to Witherington, does not even allow scientists to "establish XY chromosomes and genetic coding."
Paul Maier, professor of ancient history at Western Michigan University, questions Jacobovici's other claim that it is improbable that the names in the Talpiot tomb, though common, should be found together in one grave. "To say [the odds are] 600 to 1 that this could only be Jesus [Christ] is just ridiculous; it's playing with numbers."
"Your statistics are only as good as the numbers that were given to the statistician," Witherington said. "And from what I can tell, he's not even running the right numbers, so of course he's not coming to the right conclusions."
If what Jacobovici says were true, Jesus' disciples would have stolen his body and buried it in a tomb, let it decompose for a year, and then deposited the bones in an ossuary. As McKnight put it, "It is extremely unlikely that a faith that believed and rooted itself in the resurrection of Jesus would at the same time be building a tomb for the body and bones of Jesus."
It's no surprise that Jacobovici and Cameron have received so much attention despite the implausibility of their claims, says Darrell Bock, professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. "They've basically made it into a huge news conference and leaked that they've found the bones of Jesus, and you know that would draw attention," he said.
While all of this hype may seem to cheapen Christianity, Burge says, it shows that Jesus Christ still commands the world's attention like no other religious figure. "Interest in Jesus doesn't go away. Whenever someone can make a claim that strikes to the heart of Christian truth, then it's sensational."
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March 02, 2007
GotQuestions.org - Question of the Week
Question of the Week
Question: "What is the Jesus Family Tomb? Has the lost tomb of Jesus Christ been discovered?"
Answer: In 1980, in Talpiot (a suburb of Jerusalem), Israel, a construction crew unearthed an ancient tomb. Inside the tomb was discovered ten ossuaries (burial bone boxes). Inscribed on these bone boxes were names. The discovery of the ossuaries was not unusual, as thousands of ancient ossuaries have been discovered in ancient tombs in and around Jerusalem. What was somewhat unusual was the names that were inscribed on the ossuaries: Jesus son of Joseph, Maria, Mariamene, Matthew, Judas son of Jesus, and Jose (likely an abbreviation of Joseph). The similarities of these names to the biblical Jesus and His family has led TV director Simcha Jacobovici and movie producer James Cameron to produce “The Jesus Family Tomb” in both movie and book form. Jacobovici and Cameron are making the claims that the Jesus Family Tomb is indeed the family burial place of Jesus and His family, and that the presence of Jesus’ bones disproves His resurrection. Is there any validity to the claims of the Jesus Family Tomb?
First, before we examine the question biblically, it is important to understand that no influential archaeologist has come forward in agreement with the Jesus Family Tomb project. The curator for anthropology and archeology at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem from 1972 to 1997, Joe Zias, states that the project “makes a mockery of the archaeological profession.” Second, the ossuaries cannot conclusively be dated to the 1st century A.D., although they can likely be dated to that approximate time period. Third, there is evidence that the tomb had been disturbed and vandalized. It cannot be verified what was, or what was not, vandalized or stolen. On an archaeological basis alone, there is serious reason to doubt the authenticity of the Jesus Family Tomb project.
Historically and culturally speaking, there is further reasoning to reject the ideas of the Jesus Family Tomb project. The names “Jesus, Maria, Matthew, Judas, and Joseph” were all very common names in 1st century Israel. Some cultural historians estimate that as many as 25% of 1st century Jewish women were named Mary (Miriam). The New Testament confirms this by mentioning six different women named Mary, including three who were prominent in Jesus’ life (Jesus’ mother, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Bethany). It would not be uncommon for a 1st century Jewish family to have the names Jesus (Yeshua), Mary (Miriam), Joseph, and Judas – as all were very popular Jewish names (due to their background in the Hebrew Scriptures).
Biblically speaking, there are numerous reasons to reject the idea of the Jesus Family Tomb. First, the New Testament consistently states that Jesus’ family was from Nazareth (Matthew 2:13; Luke 2:4,39,51; John 1:45-46). If Jesus’ family had a tomb, it would have very likely been in Nazareth. Second, the Bible describes Jesus and his adopted father Joseph as carpenters (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3), likely making them financially poor and of a lower social status. The tomb discovered in Talpiot is the tomb of a wealthy family. Third, the New Testament states that Jesus’ body was buried in a tomb that belonged to Joseph of Arimathea, and that there were witnesses as to where Jesus was buried (Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:43-47; Luke 23:50-54; John 19:38-42). Without even considering the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, the New Testament account paints an entirely different account of Jesus, His family, and His burial. Even secular historians and archaeologists view the New Testament gospels as the best existing historical record of the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Now, let’s get to the crux of the matter. The true motivation of the Jesus Family Tomb project is to deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The subtitle of the book is given as “The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History.” Cameron, Jacobovici, and co-author Pellegrino have a clear agenda. They do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah, that Jesus was God-incarnate, or that Jesus was resurrected after His crucifixion. The discovery of the “Jesus Family Tomb” is simply a convenient basis for their argument, due to the similarities of the names on the ossuaries to the names of Jesus and His family. If it could be proven that the “Jesus Family Tomb” was indeed the tomb of the biblical Jesus of Nazareth and His family, the resurrection would be disproven, thus destroying the very foundation of the Christian faith (see 1 Corinthians chapter 15).
None of the suppositions of the Jesus Family Tomb project can be proven. In fact, the archaeological community is nearly unanimous in condemning the Jesus Family Tomb as a hoax, with no basis in history or archaeology. There is every reason to doubt the claims of the Jesus Family Tomb – archaeologically, historically, and biblically. The Christian faith has nothing to fear from honest and scientific archaeology.
In regards to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the true heart of this issue, there is much to be considered. Please examine our articles on “Why should I believe in Christ’s resurrection?”, “Biblical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus,” and “Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important?”
Thanks
Your heading in the wrong direction. I'll give you a wave anyway. lol
Good luck and have fun playing golf.
I will be out of town tomorrow. Here are my picks for Friday and Saturday.
3/2
all bets $10 except race 9
1)1 to show
2)6 to show
3)3 to show
4)6 to show
5)5 to win
6)6 to win
7)8 to show
8)1 to win
9)$5 exacta box 3-6
10)6 to win
if any scratches give me #2
3/3
all bets $10 except race 3
1)7 to win
2)2 to show
3)$5 exacta box 1-4
4)1 to show
5)2 to show
6)5 to show
7)7 to win
8)4 to show
9)3 to win
10)5 to show
if any scratches give me #6
I'm heading to Oaklawn in the morning. Should be traveling through Little Rock at 80 mph around 11am. I'll give you a wave when I go through town. :)
Thanks SSKILLZ1
Please change the 10th race to #3 to show.
3/1
all bets $10
1)3 to show
2)5 to show
3)1 to win
4)4 to show
5)3 to win
6)5 to show
7)8 to win
8)8 to win
9)3 to show
10)1 to win
if any scratches give me #2
It came out on DVD about a month ago. I rented it but saw it at Wal-Mart for $18.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809738431/info
That does sound good. I see it has James Garner of "The Rockford Files" in it.
That's good. I looked at Yahoo movies and 538 users gave it an A- rating. That's pretty high.
I saw the movie "Facing The Giants" last week. That was a great movie.
I'd like to see that movie.
Here's the story behind the song "Amazing Grace".
Today's Christian, January/February 2007
Story Behind the Song
"Amazing Grace"
John Newton was a wild, young man lost in darkness. Then he found grace.
By Linda Owen
How sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me.
John Newton described himself as a "wretch" in need of grace. Though his mother taught him to pray, she died when he was 7 and his heart hardened against God. He became a wild, young man who mocked Christianity and drowned himself in drink.
At 23, while a crewman on a slave ship, Newton was jolted awake by a violent storm—so terrifying that he cried out to the Lord. The John Newton who arrived safely in England was a repentant man. For the rest of his life he would refer to March 10, 1748, as the day of his conversion.
Unfortunately, Newton's conversion did not change his views of slavery for many years. He became the captain of his own slave ship. In time, under the influence of famed abolitionist William Wilberforce and Anglican priests John Wesley and George Whitefield, he had another spiritual awakening. In 1760 he became an ordained minister and a powerful foe of slavery.
He eventually settled in the Olney parish where he and his friend William Cowper spent four days a week collaborating on hymns for their prayer meetings. On Jan. 1, 1773, the hymn was "Amazing Grace," which accompanied a text on David's response to God's blessings (1 Chron. 17:16-17). The original title for the song was "Faith's Review and Expectation."
Two earlier forms of the tune were published in the 19th century, but recent scholarship credits William Walker's Southern Harmony (1835) with the marriage of Newton's text to an old plantation melody. Much of the hymn's early popularity was the result of the songbook, which sold 800,000 copies.
In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe added a verse to Newton's text in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)—the now familiar "10,000 years" verse. The revised hymn was published in Dwight L. Moody's songbook and later in hymnals of many denominations. Today, parts of Newton's story are retold in Amazing Grace, a feature film about the life of William Wilberforce. It arrives in theaters in February.
The redeemed sinner who wrote, "I was lost but now I'm found … was blind but now I see" was literally blind when he died—but he had seen clearly the wonder of God's grace.
Linda Owen is a freelance writer and the editor of www.saWorship.com in San Antonio, Texas.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2007/001/9.17.html
2/25
all bets $10
2)4-5 exacta box
3)3 to win
4)7 to show
5)1 to show
6)7 to show
7)4 to win
8)1a to win
9)9 to win
10)7 to show
if any scratches give me #2
Nice pick FA.
Name Todays Winnings
1 FA $260.00
2 Arthritis63 $249.67
It came a flood in Jonesboro around 5pm. I was driving through it.
I see you had a good day Ray.
Name Todays Winnings
1 FA $260.00
2 Arthritis63 $249.67
I would but his picks are in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. I don't get that newspaper. I get the Jonesboro Sun. The Sun never has anything about horse racing in it. :(
Thanks ddf.
for Saturday 2/24
all bets $10
1)1 to show
2)6 to show
3)3 to win
4)1 to show
5)5 to win
6)5 to show
7)7 to show
8)1 to win
9)2 to win
10)2 to show
if any scratches give me #4
Ok, Good picking Rick Lee :)
Don't get that newspaper.
Who's Rick Lee?
2/23
all bets $10
1 & 2)1-5 daily double
2)4 to show
3)2 to show
4)8 to show
5)2 to show
6)2 to show
7)7 to show
8)2 to show
9)7 to show
10)2 to show
if any scratches give me #3
Howdy ddf.
Nice picking yesterday.
Name Todays Winnings
1 DDF $380.50
2 SSKILLZ1 $81.00
3 Arthritis63 $54.36
2/22
all bets $10
1)5 to win
2)8 to win
3)4 to show
4)10 to show
5)2 to show
6)6 to show
7)7 to show
8)4 to win
9)4 to win
10)5 to win
if any scratches give me #1
2/19
all bets $10
1)4 to show
2)10 to show
3)6 to show
4)5 to show
5)6 to win
6)3 to win
7)7 to show
8)7 to win
9)1 to show
10)5 to show
if any scratches give me #2
$554...good pick chief
2/18
all bets $10
1)2 to show
2)9 to win
3)3 to win
4)3 to show
5)1 to show
6)9 to show
7)10 to win
8)5 to win
9)5 to show
10)1 to show
if any scratches give me #4
2/17
all bets $10
1 & 2)5-10 daily double
2)10 to win
3)7 to show
4)5 to show
5)2 to win
6)3 to win
7)1 to show
8)1 to win
9)5 to show
10)10 to show
if any scratches give me #4
2/16
all bets $10
1)7 to show
2)7 to show
3)1 to win
4)2 to win
5)6 to win
6)5 to show
7)3 to win
8)5 to show
9)1 to show
10)10 to win
if any scratches give me #4
Security Experts Warn of Drive-By Pharming Attacks
Jennifer LeClaire, newsfactor.com 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Symantec's Security Response division and the Indiana University School of Informatics are warning of a new hacker tactic called drive-by pharming. In this sinister plot twist on other drive-by hack techniques, attackers use a malicious Web site to remotely reconfigure home broadband routers.
With traditional pharming, an attacker redirects a user from a legitimate Web site to a bogus Web site that contains malicious code. Pharming attacks can be executed by either changing the host file on a victim's PC or manipulating a domain name system (DNS) server.
Drive-by pharming takes this strategy one step further, and, according to Indiana University, up to 50 percent of home broadband users are susceptible to such attacks.
In the new scheme, when a user visits a malicious Web site, an attacker is able to remotely change the DNS settings on the broadband router or wireless access point and reroute requests for legitimate sites -- like online banking sites or financial institutions -- to bogus sites designed to steal login information.
"This new research exposes a problem affecting millions of broadband users worldwide," Oliver Friedrichs, director of Symantec Security Response, said in a statement. "Because of the ease by which drive-by pharming attacks can be launched, it is vital that consumers adequately protect their broadband routers and wireless access points today."
Router Control
According to the study, attackers can only leverage drive-by pharming when a broadband router is not password-protected or an attacker is able to guess the password. Most routers come with well-known default passwords that users don't bother to change.
Professor Markus Jakobsson of the Indiana University School of Informatics said this new strategy shows how important the human factor is in security. "If an attacker can trick you into visiting his page, he can probe your machine," he explained. "Deceit is not new to humankind, but it is fairly recently that security researchers started taking it seriously."
Here's how the drive-by pharming attack works: Once the user clicks on a malicious link, JavaScript code is used to change the DNS settings on the user's router. From that point on, every time the user browses to a Web site, DNS resolution will be performed by the attacker's server.
This gives the attacker complete discretion over which Web sites the victim visits on the Internet. For example, the users might think they are visiting their online banking Web site but in reality they have been redirected to the attacker's site. These fraudulent sites are almost exact replicas of the actual site, so the user will likely not recognize the difference.
Once the user is directed to the pharmer's "bank" site, and enters a username and password, the attacker can steal this information. The attacker will then be able to access the victim's account on the real bank site and transfer funds, create new accounts, write checks, and so forth.
Hitting the Brakes
What's important to remember is that this drive-by pharming scheme is an attack, not a vulnerability, said Michael Sutton, a security evangelist with SPI Dynamics. It relies on social engineering and lack of proper security controls, he explained, but does not take advantage of a security vulnerability.
"JavaScript is a powerful client-side scripting language and if a user can be social engineered into visiting a Web page, JavaScript can be leveraged to conduct a number of attacks," Sutton warned. "This is just of them." He said that other researchers have demonstrated several other kinds of attacks with JavaScript, with the results being scanning internal networks or accessing a user's browsing history.
Because, as Sutton noted, the issue is not a vulnerability, existing security solutions on the market today cannot protect against this type of attack. Drive-by pharming targets the user's router directly, and the existing solutions only protect the user's computer system.
Symantec said its Consumer Business Unit is working on technologies to help address the problem. The company's goal is to automatically impede the attack by using several techniques running on the PC. Until then, Symantec is suggesting that computer users make sure their routers have unique passwords.
Symantec also recommends installing Internet security software and warns against clicking on links that seem suspicious, such as those sent in an e-mail from unfamiliar addresses.
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0330014YJ9YU
2/15
all bets $10
1)3 to win
2)8 to show
3)4 to show
4)8 to win
5)3 to win
6)5 to show
7)4 to show
8)2 to win
9)5 to show
10)4 to show
if any scratches give me #1
Hope Jonesboro wins a lot of races.
2/11
all bets $10
1 & 2)7-6 daily double
1)7 to win
2)8 to show
3)5 to win
4)10 to show
5)3 to show
6)5 to show
7)5 to show
8)8 to win
9)8 to show
if any scratches give me #2
Good evening.
for Saturday 2/10
all bets $10
1)3 to show
2)9 to show
3)1 to win
4)11 to show
5)1 to show
6)5 to win
7)7 to win
8)3 to win
9)9 (Jonesboro; my hometown) to win
10)11 to show
if any scratches give me #2
2/9
all bets $10
1)1 to show
2)6 to win
3)7 to win
4)9 to win
5)2 to win
6)6 to show
7)7 to show
8)5 to show
9) 3 to show
10)7 to show
if any scratches give me #4
2/8
all bets $10
1 & 2)1-8 daily double
1)1 to win
2)6 to show
3)6 to show
4)5 to show
5)7 to show
6)1 to show
7)11 to win
8)1 to win
9)10 to show
if any scratches give me #3
They're called hills where I come from too. I live in Jonesboro. Nothing but flat land up here.
Never heard of Bee Branch. Had to look it up on a map. Anything special there.....besides the missile silos?
Looks like we have to wait till next Thursday for the horses to start racing again. Bummer.
$504...nice picking yesterday Nemer!!