-Caveat Lector- You are just as full of it today as you were 4 or 5 years ago or however long its been. Evolution is not a fact and it certainly is not a stated fact except by fools like you
Nurev Ind wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > Whacky Willie is back.. > > I thought we got rid of this asshole> What's up Kris? > > Hey Willie I have some bad news for you. Evolution is not > a theory any more. It's an observable > fact. > > The Bible is mostly mythological fiction. > > Also the Jews will succeed in taking over the universe, > and then YOU will be in deep shit. > > Have a nice day, > Joshua2 > > At 02:51 AM 1/8/03 -0600, you wrote: > > > -Caveat Lector- > > > > W.W. Prescott in his book, "The Spade and the > > Bible" says, > > > > "Not a ruined city has been opened up that has > > given any comfort to unbelieving critics or > > evolutionists. Every find of archaeologists in the Bible > > lands has gone on to confirm and confound its enemies." > > > > Life centered around the temple. The temple > > towers of Babylonia were of the same design, a series of > > vast, almost square platforms, with stairways leading > > up. The shrine for the god was on the top. > > > > Th ziggurats at Ur had three to eight platforms. > > The shrine at the top was in blue glazed brick with a > > golden metal roof. The Babylonian word ziggarat means a > > pinnacle on top of a mountain. The theory is that the > > ancient conquerors of these plains, were mountaineers > > who, either from homesickness or from religious > > conservatism or both, wished to worship their god on the > > high places as they had always done. In Chaldea they had > > to make the high places with their own hands. The > > account of the building the tower of Babel is the record > > of such an event. > > > > In Genesis 11:2-3 we read; > > > > "And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the > > east, that they said one to another, God to, let us make > > brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for > > stone, and asphalt had they for mortar. And they said, > > Go to, let us build a city and a tower whose top may > > reach into heaven." > > > > These temples were not only places of worship. > > Around their courts were store houses for the tithes and > > offerings brought in by the faithful worshipers, or paid > > as rent by tenants. There were living quarters for the > > priests and the temple servants. There were workshops > > and factories where the men and women, attached to the > > temple were employed, spinning and weaving into cloth > > the wool which the farmers brought. There was also > > casting and hammering into art objects the copper and > > silver paid as tithes by the merchants of the city. > > > > Exhaustive accounts were kept of what was > > received and what was disbursed. Immense cattle yards > > were kept where the live stock, given to the temple, > > were cared for. Contracts were found setting forth their > > responsibilities and regulating their profits, documents > > referring to granaries, freight boats, etc. > > > > The temple stood in relation to the people as > > the state does in modern times and the records here are > > of administration. The records show an efficient and > > well organized community. Each person had a cylinder > > seal, which was rolled over the wet clay and used in > > place of a signature. These seals are very small, some > > only 5/8ths of an inch long. It took great skill and > > very tiny tools to carve these. Various semi precious > > stones were used. One of gold was found in the tomb of a > > queen. > > > > About 3750 B.C., the art of the seal reached > > perhaps its highest expression. They carved figures > > whose physical characteristics were emphasized > > realistically. At the center of the composition there > > was a panel containing an inscription. One inscription > > shows a bearded hero watering buffalo from a vase out of > > which flowed two streams, then it shows water and a rock > > border at the bottom. The inscription names Ibnisharrum > > as the owner of the seal and dedicates it to > > Shargalisharri, king of Akkad. He was a grandson of > > Sargon, or Cain as we know him. This whole scene was on > > a cylinder seal less than an inch long and perhaps the > > size of ones little finger. No modern jewel engraver > > could do better. > > > > Because it is difficult to imagine life other > > than in terms of that which they knew, they assumed that > > man's occupations and needs hereafter would be similar > > to what they have been in the past, that the next world > > is a continuation of this world. Whatever a man used in > > this lifetime he will use after death. The woman took > > her spindle, needle, mirror and her cosmetics. The > > carpenter took his saw and chisels, the soldier his > > weapons of war. The king must be provided with a goodly > > sample of his pomp on earth. It is not surprising then > > that the archaeologists derives most of his material > > from the cemeteries of the old world. > > > > What he finds illustrates not only their beliefs > > and burial customs, but also their life style. From the > > royal tombs at Ur, dating about 3000 B.C., come some > > very beautiful things. The famous gold dagger of Ur, a > > weapon whose blade is gold, its hilt of lapis lazuli > > decorated with gold studs, and it sheath of gold > > filigree work. With it was another object scarcely less > > remarkable. It was a cone shaped container of gold, > > ornamented with a spiral pattern and containing a set of > > little toilet instruments, tweezers, lancet and pencil, > > also of gold. > > > > The royal graves all had a harp. The most > > magnificent yet found, has a sounding box bordered with > > a broad edging of mosaic in red, white and blue. The two > > uprights were encrusted with white shell and lapis > > lazuli and red stone arranged in zones separated with > > wide gold bands. Shell plaques engraved with animal > > scenes adorned the front. Above these projected a > > splendid head of a bearded bull wrought in heavy gold, > > with a lapis lazuli beard. > > > > Queen Shubad, on her deathbed, wore an ornate > > headdress of a long gold hair ribbon covered by beaded > > wreaths with gold pendants. She also wore heavy gold > > earrings and a golden Spanish type comb with five points > > ending in lapis centered flowers of gold. By the side of > > the body lay a second headdress. On a diadem, made of > > soft white leather, had been sewn thousands of minute > > lapis lazuli beads. Against this background of solid > > blue, were set a row of exquisitely fashioned gold > > animals, stags, gazelles, bulls and goats. Between them > > there were clusters of pomegranates, three fruits > > hanging together shielded by their leaves. There was a > > helmet of beaten gold made to fit low over the head with > > cheek pieces to protect the face. It was in the form of > > a wig, the locks of hair hammered in relief, the > > individual hairs shown by delicate lines. The ears were > > rendered in high relief and are pierced so as not to > > interfere with hearing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does > > NOT > > mean to stand by the President or any other public > > official > > save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by > > the > > country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he > > efficiently > > serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him > > to the > > exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails > > in his > > duty to stand by the country." 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