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Anonymous Coward User ID: 6214978 United States 12/22/2013 07:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Know this, God takes what man considers to be nothing, and makes him everything. God has done this more than once, and this time so much hangs in the balance. For the people that are not in the loop, well you won't even know something extraordinary happened. Quoting: 13 960594 When this issue gets cleared up the doom comes. For those who believe, no explanation is necessary, for those who do not believe, no explanation is possible. |
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Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 5684988 United States 12/22/2013 07:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well, I hope this has been informative for some of you. Quoting: The Impaler Over the upcoming time, always keep in mind that I have already told you the way it is all going to shake out. Not even that concealed really. Now that everything is going full speed in the intended direction, I'm going to attempt to become more scarce. It's not that my heart isn't in it, it's just that my heart isn't in anything. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves... Or so the saying goes. I hope you don't make yourself too scarce. I enjoy what you have to say when you are around. You will be missed. Just as every time you leave. I remember the first time well to my sense. In Luna's vortex thread... Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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pi User ID: 20063747 Canada 12/22/2013 08:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well, I hope this has been informative for some of you. Quoting: The Impaler Over the upcoming time, always keep in mind that I have already told you the way it is all going to shake out. Not even that concealed really. Now that everything is going full speed in the intended direction, I'm going to attempt to become more scarce. It's not that my heart isn't in it, it's just that my heart isn't in anything. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves... Or so the saying goes. I hope you don't make yourself too scarce. I enjoy what you have to say when you are around. You will be missed. Just as every time you leave. I remember the first time well to my sense. In Luna's vortex thread... [link to youtu.be] /\/\/\ Yeah that'll do |
aether (OP) User ID: 51864981 United Kingdom 12/22/2013 08:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Access to the Gutenberg Bible and other rare, fragile ancient manuscripts has just gotten easier. Quoting: The Fourth Horseman The Vatican Library and Oxford University's Bodleian Library put the first of 1.5 million pages of their precious manuscripts online Tuesday, bringing their collections to a global audience for the first time. SOURCE: [link to www.cbc.ca] Thread: Vatican, Oxford put ancient manuscripts online Google, Israel post Dead Sea Scrolls online More than six decades since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls — and thousands of years after they were written — Israel and Google have partnered to put 5,000 images of the ancient biblical artifacts online. Quoting: observationPosted Tuesday, the digital library contains the Book of Deuteronomy, which includes the second listing of the Ten Commandments, and a portion of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, dated to the first century BC. Israeli officials said this is part of an attempt by the custodians of the celebrated manuscripts — often criticized for allowing them to be monopolized by small circles of scholars — to make them broadly available......... [link to www.cbc.ca] |
aether (OP) User ID: 51864981 United Kingdom 12/22/2013 08:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | DEUTERONOMY 5, 8:5-10 [42.642-2 {941}] Including The Ten Commandments 9 a land where you shall eat food without scarcity, in which you shall not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills {spelled differently} you can dig copper. ........... Quoting: scrolls[link to www.drbill.net] is that stone tools to metal tools |
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aether (OP) User ID: 51864981 United Kingdom 12/22/2013 08:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Matthew 10:16 Quoting: Seer777 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves... matthew 10:17 but beware of men.......... Last Edited by aether on 12/22/2013 08:54 PM |
Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 5684988 United States 12/22/2013 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Matthew 10:16 Quoting: Seer777 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves... matthew 10:16 but beware of men.......... Man. Not 'men' specifically. But I believe that is implied in the verse. Holiday Market is about over. Out for a bit. Hopefully the Internet will work better tomorrow. :) Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
pi User ID: 20063747 Canada 12/22/2013 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Psalm 23:4 And though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Last Edited by pi on 12/22/2013 08:56 PM |
aether (OP) User ID: 51864981 United Kingdom 12/22/2013 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Matthew 10:16 Quoting: Seer777 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves... matthew 10:16 but beware of men.......... Man. Not 'men' specifically. But I believe that is implied in the verse. Holiday Market is about over. Out for a bit. Hopefully the Internet will work better tomorrow. :) it is men in the king james |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51877968 Australia 12/22/2013 09:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well, I hope this has been informative for some of you. Quoting: The Impaler Over the upcoming time, always keep in mind that I have already told you the way it is all going to shake out. Not even that concealed really. Now that everything is going full speed in the intended direction, I'm going to attempt to become more scarce. It's not that my heart isn't in it, it's just that my heart isn't in anything. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11591337 United States 12/22/2013 09:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Matthew 10:16 Quoting: Seer777 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves... :HighHopes: matthew 10:16 but beware of men.......... Man. Not 'men' specifically. But I believe that is implied in the verse. Holiday Market is about over. Out for a bit. Hopefully the Internet will work better tomorrow. :) This song came to mind |
aether (OP) User ID: 51864981 United Kingdom 12/22/2013 09:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the state, and mankind. The West had always emphasized the individual and the state. Individual development is extolled, and the single human being is regarded as central and as an atom of society. Over-emphasis on the function of the individual has led to deterioration of the family. Unlike Westerners, the Chinese have given greater weight to family and mankind. The consciousness of the individual is contained in the family, and since traditional China considered itself the world, Chinese considered themselves responsible for humankind rather than for the state.” Quoting: observation“It is no accident that, of the early Jesuit scholars who were pioneers in making China's culture known in Europe, those who concerned themselves with the Book of Changes were all later declared to be insane or heretic. Indeed, to the Chinese themselves the study of the I Ching is not to be taken lightly. By an unwritten law, only those advanced in years regard themselves as ready to learn from it. Confucius is said to have been seventy years old when he first took up the Book of Changes.” Quoting: observation[link to www.goodreads.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51880407 Ireland 12/22/2013 09:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The reason I asked is that page has a lot of talk of GOGO and the smurfs is all lol. Quoting: <<orbs>> I understand that. It's just old shat from ones who quote their own ignorance. :munch: ok... so who is orbs? and why is orbs bringing up my name and why is someone saying It's just old shat from ones who quote their own ignorance. 'are you accusing me of guoting something? explain to me since im to stupid to understand |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11591337 United States 12/22/2013 09:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the state, and mankind. The West had always emphasized the individual and the state. Individual development is extolled, and the single human being is regarded as central and as an atom of society. Over-emphasis on the function of the individual has led to deterioration of the family. Unlike Westerners, the Chinese have given greater weight to family and mankind. The consciousness of the individual is contained in the family, and since traditional China considered itself the world, Chinese considered themselves responsible for humankind rather than for the state.” Quoting: observation“It is no accident that, of the early Jesuit scholars who were pioneers in making China's culture known in Europe, those who concerned themselves with the Book of Changes were all later declared to be insane or heretic. Indeed, to the Chinese themselves the study of the I Ching is not to be taken lightly. By an unwritten law, only those advanced in years regard themselves as ready to learn from it. Confucius is said to have been seventy years old when he first took up the Book of Changes.” Quoting: observation[link to www.goodreads.com] Is the bold reason because it is considered to be divination? |
aether (OP) User ID: 51864981 United Kingdom 12/22/2013 09:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the state, and mankind. The West had always emphasized the individual and the state. Individual development is extolled, and the single human being is regarded as central and as an atom of society. Over-emphasis on the function of the individual has led to deterioration of the family. Unlike Westerners, the Chinese have given greater weight to family and mankind. The consciousness of the individual is contained in the family, and since traditional China considered itself the world, Chinese considered themselves responsible for humankind rather than for the state.” Quoting: observation“It is no accident that, of the early Jesuit scholars who were pioneers in making China's culture known in Europe, those who concerned themselves with the Book of Changes were all later declared to be insane or heretic. Indeed, to the Chinese themselves the study of the I Ching is not to be taken lightly. By an unwritten law, only those advanced in years regard themselves as ready to learn from it. Confucius is said to have been seventy years old when he first took up the Book of Changes.” Quoting: observation[link to www.goodreads.com] Is the bold reason because it is considered to be divination? Figurism Since Matteo Ricci's pioneering work in China in 1583-1610, the Jesuit missionaries in China worked on a program of integrating Christianity with the Chinese traditions. Ricci and his followers identified three "sects" present in China - Confuciansim, Buddhism, and Taoism. While viewing Buddhism and Taoism as "pagan" religions inimical to Christianity, Ricci's approach - predominant with the Jesuits in China throughout most of the 17th century - viewed Confucianism as, essentially, a moral teaching that was compatible with, rather than contradictory to, the Christian beliefs.......... Quoting: observation[link to en.wikipedia.org] we don`t know much detail of this |
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Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 30007386 United States 12/22/2013 09:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Matthew 10:16 Quoting: Seer777 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves... matthew 10:16 but beware of men.......... Man. Not 'men' specifically. But I believe that is implied in the verse. Holiday Market is about over. Out for a bit. Hopefully the Internet will work better tomorrow. :) it is men in the king james Yes well...the Word stands. To imply that only men can be wolves, is misleading in the very least. As some women can be just as ruthless. Service to self or service to others. Each chooses for ones own. ... 'Ruthless'...what a funny word. Who was Ruth in the Bible? I forget. I'll go look. Last Edited by Seer777 on 12/22/2013 09:44 PM Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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aether (OP) User ID: 51864981 United Kingdom 12/22/2013 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Man. Not 'men' specifically. But I believe that is implied in the verse. Holiday Market is about over. Out for a bit. Hopefully the Internet will work better tomorrow. :) it is men in the king james Yes well...the Word stands. To imply that only men can be wolves, is misleading in the very least. As some women can be just as ruthless. Service to self or service to others. Each chooses for ones own. ... 'Ruthless'...what a funny word. Who was Ruth in the Bible? I forget. I'll go look. i agree and there are always different versions of every word/verse As of November 2012 the full Bible has been translated into 518 languages, and 2,798 languages have at least some portion of the Bible. Quoting: observation[link to en.wikipedia.org] |
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Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 30007386 United States 12/22/2013 09:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I see. Makes sense now. Ruth is a model of loving-kindness: she acts in ways that promote the well-being of others... [link to en.wikipedia.org] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 30007386 United States 12/22/2013 09:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Holiday Market is about over. Out for a bit. Hopefully the Internet will work better tomorrow. :) how fast did you drive I am staying with friends tonight. I have Holiday Market again in the morning. Remember it goes until Christmas Eve... :) Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11591337 United States 12/22/2013 09:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the state, and mankind. The West had always emphasized the individual and the state. Individual development is extolled, and the single human being is regarded as central and as an atom of society. Over-emphasis on the function of the individual has led to deterioration of the family. Unlike Westerners, the Chinese have given greater weight to family and mankind. The consciousness of the individual is contained in the family, and since traditional China considered itself the world, Chinese considered themselves responsible for humankind rather than for the state.” Quoting: observation“It is no accident that, of the early Jesuit scholars who were pioneers in making China's culture known in Europe, those who concerned themselves with the Book of Changes were all later declared to be insane or heretic. Indeed, to the Chinese themselves the study of the I Ching is not to be taken lightly. By an unwritten law, only those advanced in years regard themselves as ready to learn from it. Confucius is said to have been seventy years old when he first took up the Book of Changes.” Quoting: observation[link to www.goodreads.com] Is the bold reason because it is considered to be divination? Figurism Since Matteo Ricci's pioneering work in China in 1583-1610, the Jesuit missionaries in China worked on a program of integrating Christianity with the Chinese traditions. Ricci and his followers identified three "sects" present in China - Confuciansim, Buddhism, and Taoism. While viewing Buddhism and Taoism as "pagan" religions inimical to Christianity, Ricci's approach - predominant with the Jesuits in China throughout most of the 17th century - viewed Confucianism as, essentially, a moral teaching that was compatible with, rather than contradictory to, the Christian beliefs.......... Quoting: observation[link to en.wikipedia.org] we don`t know much detail of this I noticed in the link Fu Xi is holding the square and that it looks similar to the adze. I found this: which says "he is said to have invented adzes for splitting wood" [link to books.google.com] [link to www.templestudy.com] The phrase kuci chü is used by modern Chinese to signify “the way things should be, the moral standard”; it literally means the compass and the square. [link to en.wikipedia.org] I've been seeing jade everywhere [link to en.wikipedia.org] The Jade Emperor (Chinese: 玉皇; pinyin: Yù Huáng or 玉帝, Yù Dì) in Chinese folk culture is the ruler of Heaven and all realms of existence below including that of Man and Hell, according to a version of Taoist mythology. He is one of the most important gods of the Chinese traditional religion pantheon. In actual Taoism, the Jade Emperor governs all of the mortals' realm and below, but ranks below the Three Pure Ones. |