[ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Stephen Beecroft
Interesting post on AML Tuesday, which you can read in the AML archives at http://www.xmission.com/pub/lists/aml-list/archive/v01.n839 I know that Steven and a couple others are John Pratt fans. I find his writings to be extreme left-field stuff (except for his puzzles, which are pretty cool,

Re: [ZION] Education

2002-09-26 Thread Grampa Bill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A recession is when it happens to your neighbor. > A depression is when it happens to you. [grin] === Grampa Bill comments: Close but no banana. When our neighbor is out of work it's an economic correction. When you are out

Re: [ZION] Education

2002-09-26 Thread Marc A. Schindler
I hate to wreck the party, which is a lot of fun, but I believe a "depression" is an outmoded word (which in turn replaced financial panic (as in the panic of 1837). A depression is, iirc, defined by two successive quarters of negative growth. The US had a recession; Canada hasn't had one (yet; le

Re: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Marc A. Schindler
No, it's Saturn that's in the telestial kingdom; its rings are composed of all tthe lost singlesods d Stephen Beecroft wrote: > Interesting post on AML Tuesday, which you can read in the AML archives > at > http://www.xmission.com/pub/lists/aml-list/archive/v01.n839 > > I know that Steven and a

[ZION] [Fwd: "Quality of Life"]

2002-09-26 Thread Marc A. Schindler
re; an article in a recent artile in SciAm. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buon

[ZION] An Inquiring Mind Want to Know

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
Does anyone know how to get Microsoft Word to fill a paragraph that has those little short lines between full length lines? --JWR / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.htm

[ZION] Recession or Depression?

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
Recession A recession is defined as a period of two or more successive quarters of decreasing production. Production is measured by a number of variables. Real Gross Domestic Product is one important measure. We will focus mainly on it. The Great Depression was a period of about 10 years, 192

Re: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Mark Gregson
>1) Pratt's wife sang 'Yo Ho, that I were an Angel." Did she really? Or was it "Oh, that I were an Angel"? If it was "Yo Ho" then the weirdness is also twisting into mangling songs. >4) Angels came back and pronounced individual blessings on us. If this was theatre, okay, I guess. If no

RE: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Mark- > >1) Pratt's wife sang 'Yo Ho, that I were an Angel." > > Did she really? Or was it "Oh, that I were an Angel"? She sang it with an eyepatch and a snarl. > >4) Angels came back and pronounced individual blessings on us. > > If this was theatre, okay, I guess. If not, this is definitely

RE: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Mark Gregson
> Oh, that I were a bishop, and could get the inside scoop on all the bizarreness of >the Church membership! On the other hand, maybe not. My experience is that most members don't share that sort of thing with the bishop. Again, being an Edmonton area bishop might be different than a Utah

Re: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Sandy and Melinda Rabinowitz
"Marc A. Schindler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >No, it's Saturn that's in the telestial kingdom; its rings are composed of all >tthe lost singlesods d --- Gosh, I hope I don't resemble that remark. ;-) /Sandy/ at Saturn in Spring Hill, Tenn. A Different Kind of Company. A Different Kind of Car

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread Dan R Allen
m's involvement. I am making an assumption that those actually making the decisions have better, more specific information than those of us who are not. Any war should be approached with extreme caution, but I am willing to accept the US and Britain's word that there is credible evide

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread Dan R Allen
Marc: In any case, do you seriously think this piece of intelligence is sufficient for George III to build invasion plans on, even if it were true? After all, do you have any idea how many intelligence services the *U.S.* has? Just a rough guess Dan: If this is _all_ that they have no, but

RE: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 03:24 AM 9/27/02 +0800 Mark Gregson favored us with: >> Oh, that I were a bishop, and could get the inside scoop on all the bizarreness of >the Church membership! On the other hand, maybe not. > >My experience is that most members don't share that sort of thing with the bishop. >Again, being

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 01:11 PM 9/26/02 -0700 Dan R Allen favored us with: >I'm aware that there is Saudi support for much of the Palestinian >terrorism, but do you have any evidence that they have been supporting >anti-American terrorism? Do you believe that there is any great different between Palestinian terrori

[ZION] Worldnet Daily, Newsmax

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
Is Worldnet Daily or Newsmax a reliable source for information on current events? If not, what sources do you think are reliable? I know that Marc likes The Economist. What about the rest of you? I myself don't think that The Economist pumps out bad data. But I do believe it is quite biase

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread Dan R Allen
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Re: [ZION] Worldnet Daily, Newsmax

2002-09-26 Thread Dan R Allen
Dan: I think that they are probably more reliable than many sources are, although their bias is probably a little too conservative for some. All sources are going to be somewhat biased in what they feel is newsworthy, whether it's due to their focus or editorial bias. I also tend to stay way f

[ZION] Book Talk

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
Since we are doing Isaiah in Gospel Doctrine class, I thought I might get some input from the better read list members here. Here is a short list of authors and titles taken from a FARMS review. Have any of you read any of them? What did you think of it? Would you like to read some of them?

Re: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 01:57 AM 9/26/2002, you wrote: >Interesting post on AML Tuesday, which you can read in the AML archives >at >http://www.xmission.com/pub/lists/aml-list/archive/v01.n839 > >I know that Steven and a couple others are John Pratt fans. I find his >writings to be extreme left-field stuff (except for

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 02:32 PM 9/26/02 -0700 Dan R Allen favored us with: >Enough that I think it should have a lower priority for us to deal with. >Mostly I think that the terrorists use that claim as a propaganda tool >without fully believing it. I believe that their hatred of Israel is much >deeper, and that we a

Re: [ZION] Book Talk

2002-09-26 Thread Steven Montgomery
Imo, the book of Isaiah can not be completely understood without understanding Hebraic literary devices and techniques. The book of Isaiah is full of the "things of the Jews." This is where Gileadi's material on this subject becomes invaluable. There is a lot more to Isaiah than a few metaphor

Re: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 04:08 PM 9/26/02 -0600 Steven Montgomery favored us with: >As you can see, the program was "symbolic" and openly stated that it is based on his >"own interpretation." Beside, I find John Pratt's research and viewpoint that the >stars, planets, constellations and calendar systems act to bear r

Re: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 04:26 PM 9/26/2002, you wrote: >At 04:08 PM 9/26/02 -0600 Steven Montgomery favored us with: > >As you can see, the program was "symbolic" and openly stated that it is > based on his "own interpretation." Beside, I find John Pratt's research > and viewpoint that the stars, planets, constellat

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread Dan R Allen
John: I think that every Arab nation would drive Israel into the sea if they could, and it is the aid of US Jews and other Americans that continue to make that impossible. Were any nation to set up an effective blockade preventing Israel from doing any trade with other nations, it would becom

Re: [ZION] Worldnet Daily, Newsmax

2002-09-26 Thread Geoff Fowler
>For instance, has any English publication given the Taliban side >of the story? I'll bet the answer is no. One Internet site to try is http://www.kavkaz.org/eng . It reports Caucasus and Afghanistan news items that definitely do not make it into the US / North American press. Note the arti

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 03:48 PM 9/26/02 -0700 Dan R Allen favored us with: >Dan: >I would have a problem with the global wording also, except that he also >said that this would be a _long_ war; In other words a war we have no intention of winning. Sounds like pretty tricky language to me. >with the immediate foc

Re: [ZION] Worldnet Daily, Newsmax

2002-09-26 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 04:49 PM 9/26/02 -0700 Geoff Fowler favored us with: >One Internet site to try is http://www.kavkaz.org/eng . It reports >Caucasus and Afghanistan news items that definitely do not make it >into the US / North American press. Note the article "Woman in >Khost kills 2 Americans" - I wonder if

RE: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-26 Thread larry . jackson
Dan Allen: If this is _all_ that they have no, but do you _really_ believe that this it all of it? Most likely what we get is just the stuff that they control the least. ___ It would be important to note that at the very beginning of this exercise in terrorism, it was announced

RE: [ZION] John Pratt performance art

2002-09-26 Thread larry . jackson
Stephen Beecroft: Oh, that I were a bishop, and could get the inside scoop on all the bizarreness of the Church membership! ___ No need to be a bishop. Just ask them outside of Church. (Preferably not in the parking lot and not during Sunday School.) Act interested and they'l