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@ Goth Babe of the Week: http://www.gothic.net/~cossack/gothbabe.html
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Today in History: 31 Oct 1517, Martin Luther began the Protestant
Reforma-tion by nailing a manifesto to the door of a church in Wittenberg,
Germany.
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# San Diego State U. students say ghosts haunt the corridors of dorm. He was
alone in the bathroom on the 4th floor of Zura Hall. At least he thought
he was. He heard a man's voice rumble through the room. He looked around.
No one was there. Ohhh: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991029/odd-172
# Stories say U. New Hampshire dorms are haunted. When Scott Sinclair first
heard the story of the ghost that haunts the basement of Hetzel Hall, he
didn't believe it. Then, one fateful night, he had an encounter that
turned him into a believer. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991029/odd-329
: Have you been haunted lately? Have you haunted anyone lately? Is your home
/school/workplace/website haunted? Does cosmic evil envelop you? Why not??
# Ghost hunters study hauntings in Ohio. Nicholas Reiter and Lori Schillig
have ghosts and haunted houses on their minds, and not just because it
will soon be Halloween. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991029/odd-196
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# FBI REPORT SAYS THREAT OF MILLENNIUM VIOLENCE 'VERY REAL'. An FBI report
prepared for the nation's law enforcement officials says the threat of
violence by extremists to mark the new millennium is "very real." The
bureau said in a written statement on October 20 that it was preparing
the report, entitled Project Megiddo, and would share it with police
chiefs at their upcoming convention. Report also cites threat of violence
in Israel: http://cnn.com/US/9910/31/fbi.millennium.01.ap/index.html
: Do you intend to commit violence at the millennium? Are you sure of your
date? Will someone commit violence against you? Does it matter, since the
world will end? Will violence help bring about Armageddon? Do you hope so?
@ Why do women spend so much time with the kids, or weeping, or looking out
the window? Why don't they just accept that they're responsible for evil?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a58252-1999oct29.htm
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# NewAge Leaders Call For Millennium Prayers On New Year's Eve. LOS ANGELES
(Reuters) - Leaders of the "New Age" spiritual development movement are
calling for "wave" of prayer around the world on New Year's Eve -- with
prayers spoken, sung, chanted or even typed into the electronic realm of
Cyberspace. The aim of the mass prayer is to do nothing less than "heal
the world." http://news.excite.com/news/r/991029/20/millennium-prayer
: Have you prayed lately? Have you healed any worlds lately? Are worlds hard
to heal? Have you healed anything else lately? Did it work? Are you sure??
# Literature project mistaken for bomb in university building:
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991026/odd-151
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# ARCHAEOLOGY UNDERMINES ZIONISM - Questions Raised in Bible's Accuracy.
JERUSALEM (AP) There was no exodus from Egypt, Joshua didn't bring down
the walls of Jericho, and Solomon's kingdom was a small, tribal dynasty,
an Israeli archaeologist says in a new article. It's all a big mistake:
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991029/aponline013030_000.htm
# Deconstructing the walls of Jericho. (Ha'aretz) Following 70 years of
intensive excavations in the Land of Israel, archaeologists have found
out: The patriarchs' acts are legendary, the Israelites did not sojourn
in Egypt or make an exodus, they did not conquer the land. Neither is
there any mention of the empire of David and Solomon, nor of the source
of belief in the God of Israel. These facts have been known for years,
but Israel is a stubborn people and nobody wants to hear about it. Judeo/
Xian/Muslim faiths bogus: http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/htmls/kat34_1.htm
: What are your favorite biblical texts? Are they accurate? Is accuracy [or
lack thereof] relevant to your belief system? Will one or more deities zap
the infidels who raise questions about their existence? Will you be zapped?
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# WE'RE WATCHING YOU. Pinhole cameras - now being sold over the Internet -
can hide in the smallest cracks; satellite cameras can read the time on
your watch from orbit... Van Eck devices can read what's on your computer
monitor from halfway down the street. You thought you maybe had privacy?
HAH!! http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/29/0832246mode=flat
: D'ya have pinhole cameras in your cracks? D'ya put them in other people's
cracks? D'ya read
