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technology rock!!!! Technology I get tired of people that say technology is straight up bad. It is not. Maybe those kind of people just need to be be removed from the city-life and go live on a farm somewhere. No, wait - even farms have lots of technology. If you think that technology is bad push the little "power" button on your computer, get up and go do something more productive with your time. Technology helps us out a lot more than we know. If we actually took the time to think about it, we would realize that technology has become the norm in society, but we have taken advantage of it. So I guess that maybe we just need a break from the rush of clicking our "mice" and tapping our keyboards at 50wpm. Technology has given a lot of people life. If you go up to those people and say: "Technology is bad". They are most likely going to slap you in the face (with words and maybe even physically) then tell you that your full of poo. It just depends on the person that it viewing the subject: "Technology". Good and bad. It's the same with people. There has to be good and there has to be bad. --- Doran *Dorknob*

Technoloy rox Technology Notice from Velma: Please report this member's feedback so that I can move it to the spiritual department Thank you members and moderators There is a good deal of information outside the Bible to confirm that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. But is there anything relevant in the Gospels today - anything which perhaps the editors missed? Indeed there is. There are seven lists given in the Gospels of the women who were Jesus's regular companions. These lists all include his mother, but in six of these seven lists the first name given (even ahead of Jesus's mother) is that of Mary Magdalene, making it plain that she was, in fact, the First Lady: the Messianic Queen. But is the marriage itself detailed in the Gospels? Actually, it is. Many have suggested that the wedding at Cana was the marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene - but this was not the wedding ceremony as such, being simply the pre-marital betrothal feast. The marriage is defined by the quite separate anointing of Jesus by Mary at Bethany. Chronologically, these anointing (as given in the Gospels) were two- and-a-half years apart. Readers of the 1st century would have been fully conversant with the two-part ritual of the sacred marriage of a dynastic heir. Jesus, as we know, was a Messiah, which means quite simply an 'Anointed One'. In fact, all anointed senior priests and Davidic kings were Messiahs; Jesus was not unique in this regard. Although not an ordained priest, he gained his right to Messiah status by way of descent from King David and the kingly line, but he did not achieve that status until he was ritually anointed by Mary Magdalene in her capacity as a bridal high priestess. The word 'Messiah' comes from the Hebrew verb mashiach: 'to anoint', which derives from the Egyptian messeh: 'the holy crocodile'. It was with the fat of the messeh that the Pharaoh's sister-brides anointed their husbands on marriage, and the Egyptian custom sprang from kingly practice in old Mesopotamia. In the Old Testament's Song of Solomon we learn of the bridal anointing of the king. It is detailed that the oil used in Judah was the fragrant ointment of spikenard (an expensive root oil from the Himalayas) and it is explained that this ritual was performed while the kingly husband sat at the table. In the New Testament, the anointing of Jesus by Mary Magdalene was indeed performed while he sat at the table, and specifically with the bridal ointment of spikenard. Afterwards, Mary wiped Jesus's feet with her hair and, on the first occasion of the two-part ceremony, she wept. All of these things signify the marital anointing of a dynastic heir. Other anointings of Messiahs (whether on coronation or admission to the senior priesthood) were always conducted by men: by the High Zadok or the High Priest. The oil used was olive oil, mixed with cinnamon and other spices, but never spikenard. This oil was the express prerogative of a Messianic bride who had to be a 'Mary' - a sister of a sacred order. Jesus's mother was a Mary; so too would his wife have been a Mary, by title at least if not by baptismal name. Some conventional orders still maintain the tradition by adding the title 'Mary' to the baptismal names of their nuns: Sister Mary Theresa, Sister Mary Louise, for example. Messianic marriages were always conducted in two stages. The first (the anointing in Luke) was the legal commitment to wedlock, while the second (the later anointing in Matthew, Mark and John) was the cementing of the contract. In Jesus and Mary's case the second anointing was of particular significance for, as explained by Flavius Josephus in the 1st-century Antiquities of the Jews, the second part of the marriage ceremony was never conducted until the wife was three months pregnant. Dynastic heirs such as Jesus were expressly required to perpetuate their lines. Marriage was essential, but community law protected the dynasty against marriage to women who proved barren or kept miscarrying. This protection was provided by the three-month pregnancy rule. Miscarriages would not often happen after that term, subsequent to which it was considered safe enough to complete the marriage contract. When anointing her husband at that stage, the Messianic bride was said to be anointing him for burial, as confirmed in the Gospels. From that day she would carry a vial of spikenard around her neck, throughout her husband's life, to be used again on his entombment. It was for this very purpose that Mary Magdalene would have gone to Jesus's tomb, as she did on the Sabbath after the Crucifixion. After the second Bethany anointing, the Gospels relate that Jesus said: 'Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her'. But did the Christian Church authorities honor Mary Magdalene and speak of this act as a memorial? No they did not; they completely ignored Jesus's own directive and denounced Mary as a *****. To the esoteric Grail Church and the Knights Templars, however, Mary Magdalene was always regarded as a saint. She is still revered as such by many today, but the interesting fact of this sainthood is that Mary is the recognized patron saint of wine-growers: the guardian of the Vine. Hence, she is the guardian of the sacred Bloodline of the Holy Grail. There is much in the Gospels that we do not presume to be there because we are never encouraged to look beyond a superficial level. However, we have been aided greatly in this regard in recent years by the Dead Sea Scrolls and by the extraordinary research of Australian theologian Dr Barbara Thiering. The Scrolls not only explain the offices of the Messiah of Israel; they tell about the council of twelve delegate apostles appointed to preside over specific aspects of government and ritual. In turn, this leads to a greater awareness of the apostles themselves through understanding their duties and community standing. We now know that there are allegories within the Gospels: the use of words that have hitherto been misunderstood. We know that baptismal priests were called 'fishers', while those who aided them by hauling the baptismal candidates into the boats in large nets were called 'fishermen', with the candidates themselves being called 'fishes'. The apostles James and John were both ordained 'fishers', but the brothers Peter and Andrew were lay 'fishermen', to whom Jesus promised ministerial status, saying, 'I will make you two become fishers of men'. Also, we now know there was a particular jargon of the Gospel era, a jargon that would have been readily understood by readers of the time, embodying words that have been lost to later interpretation. Today, for example, we call our theater investors 'angels' and our top entertainers 'stars', but what would a reader from some distant culture in two thousand years' time make of a statement such as 'The angel went to talk to the stars'? The Gospels are full of such jargonistic words: the 'poor', the 'lepers', the 'multitude', the 'blind' - but none of these was what we presume it to mean today. Definitions such as 'clouds', 'sheep', 'fishes', 'loaves' and a variety of others were all related (just like our modern 'stars') to people. When the Gospels were written in the 1st century they were issued into a Roman-controlled environment and their content had to be disguised against Imperial scrutiny. The information was often political, so it was coded and veiled. Where such relevant sections appear, we see them often heralded by the words, 'for those with ears to hear' - for those who understand the code. It was, in practice, no different to the coded information passed between members of oppressed groups throughout history, such as the documentation issued by latter-day Jews in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Through our knowledge of this scribal cryptology, we can now determine dates and locations with very great accuracy. We can uncover many hidden meanings in the Gospels, to the extent that the miracles themselves take on a whole new context. This does not in any way decry the fact that Jesus might have had special powers, but the Gospel 'miracles' were not in themselves supernatural events. They gained prominence because, in the prevailing political arena, they were thoroughly unprecedented actions which successfully flouted the law. Let us consider the water and wine at Cana by following the story as it is told in the Bible, in contrast to its common pulpit portrayal. Of all the four Gospels, only John records the wedding feast at Cana - an event which embodies the said 'miracle' of the water and wine transformation. Actually, if this was such an important miracle (as Church teaching promotes) one would rightly expect the account to appear in the other Gospels as well. However, in the context of this story, Christians are generally taught that the party 'ran out of wine' - even though the Bible text does not say that. What it says is: 'When they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said, They have no wine.' In practice, wine taken at betrothal feasts was only available to priests and celibate Jews, not to married men, novices or any others who were regarded as being unsanctified. They were allowed only water - a purification ritual, as stated in John. When the time came for this ritual, Jesus's mother (clearly not happy about the discrimination and directing Jesus's attention to the unsanctified guests) said: 'They have no wine'. Having not yet been anointed to Messiah status, Jesus responded, 'Mine hour is not yet come', at which Mary forced the issue and Jesus then flouted convention, abandoning the water to provide wine for everyone. The Ruler of the Feast made no comment whatsoever about any miracle; he simply expressed his amazement that the wine had turned up at that stage of the proceedings. I got this from http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ -technologyroxmysoxoff...

This happened on our website bots were program to sign up a bunch accounts a day and they would send spam. Well someone on our website found something called Spam Poison. It keeps them from posting. They can still sign up but you don't have them posting all the time so its great-will

Spoiler Warning: Naruto's Father Spoiler Warning: I've watched every episode and read every manga. The Fourth is his father, and Kushina Uzumaki (from the land of whirlpool) was his mother. The Fourth is confirmed dead, though Kushina Uzumaki has not yet been confirmed status-wise in the show or manga. P.S.: Watch Naruto Episodes on YouTube. -Hitake Takaaki

I tried the same code but its not working Javascript: Text To Texbox And Back To Text Hi All, The tried the same code but tis not working.Please assist me -jeena

um mode... How Do I Improve Wireless Speed? There are a couple things I didn't see mentioned in the first few posts I read before I just stopped reading didn't even read the date but it come sup on google search so I wanted to add the following... If you're using a USB Wireless adapter for your laptop though odd and uncommon if you're using a USB 1.1 it will sometimes only start up in B mode, something else that's common is for the card to actually be set to B mode by default. Go into Device manager and modify that setting to use either both or G only. The call's your's to make but there's some other options dealing with the device specifically. Thanks... Duplex -Duplex

The site Download Free Mobile Thems, Wallpapers Ringtones Hi Niran, I think the site is good, but no good with my Nokia 5700. Care to help? Diva -Diva

Reply to Code query Php Simple Login Tutorial Mysql_select_db($dbUsers); <- Make this lowercase. -Shridhar

Is PSP worth it ? Psp Worth Buying? I think the PSP is not worth it. I am an avid PC gamer and find the range of games on that platform much better. I think PSP is really good if you cannot survive on the road without gaming, and if haven't got another system to game on. But if you do, why spend money on something like that? Believe me I had a PSP ( which I sold) because after a while I thought the games weren't great, regardless of graphics. I had Tekken (fighting game) and the Off Road racing game and bought became boring rather quickly, its just the way these games are designed, there is no challenge or variations, but its very glitzy and more for teens than someone else. So if thats what you are looking for go for it, otherwise if you are heavy into music and like playing games with more depth and challenge , play games on a different system or listen to your music on a video ipod - which is much much better ----think about it for your money you can Video IPOD with 80 GB storage, full video - music capacity, high sound quality and you also got a couple of great challenging games on there which you can play on the go easily. Its much much more portable than the PSP. Up to you. -Jay Crumblebee

waste of time Video Games Are A Complete Waste Of Time, Face It! Video Games are a complete waste of time. I'm not an adult I'm fifteen so please don't think I'm just trying to be a stubborn old fart. I play video games a little bit every now and then but I have hobbies like playing guitar and stuff which is much more rewarding and not to mention fun. Because unless your in Korea where video gaming is huge I honestly don't think that anyone cares how much of a gamer score you have. There are many more productive things you can be doing. And remember your not really accomplishing much your just playing a game that someone else created. Remember People like musicians and game producers are the producers (we make music and games) and people who only play video games are consumers. It is much more fun to be a producer and be creative and use your imagination than to sit down and do the exact same thing that millions of people have already done. And honestly I don't think that most people are obsessed with video gaming I think that a lot of us just need the determination to do something else. It is the easiest thing for our minds to find satisfying when we sit down and play a game. And not all video games help you think. For example halo (which is the most overated game in the universe btw) is just reaction skills. Some games like zelda are much more interactive and using quite a bit of thinking skills. Thats one reason why zelda is one of the few games I still play. -Seabass

I'm in 6th grade and theres this popular girl in the 7th grade that I like. Shes always with her friends, at lunch and stuff, so I hardly can talk to her. The greatest moment I've had with her was when I played her 2 games of (oh I forget; the one with the marble stones and the little holes. In the beginning theres 4 stones in each hole...) she beat me both times. I tried to be relaxed, but I couldn't stop myself from looking around me. I only looked at her like 2 or three times. And they were only glances... I'm lost and I don't know what to do. Theres a dance coming up and if I dance with her(slow dance) should I look into her eyes, or look at everyone else and not even glance at her... Ahhh its just too much! oh well, I guess I'll enjoy the little time we get together... -udontneed2know

analog clock Php Clock I wanna put/make analog clock in my web page. But I don't know how.. Can you give me some tips or guide how to make it? -eney

nothing so good about runescape I Really Hate Runescape Actually there is nothing so good about runescape so geeky lame as junk they just don`t know anything about THE NATURE OF GAMES runescape all you do is take turns hitting in the gameplay and also you click and wait I mean come on!! If they are populer and they like runescape means they have bad grades I mean`t really ever tried halo 3? or world of warcraft? -xelementalist

which site do you learn how to draw Garfield well??? I Which site do you learn how to draw Garfield well??? I really what to draw him so little help please...!! -bubble

No, that's not quite what I'm looking for. They're just animations that loop while it's loading. I need a loading bar that'll progress as it loads.

Telephone number portability Verizon Phone Book Transfer I was in a Verizon store and asked about the portability of my phone number if I signed up for a contract. I was told that since my present number is with a pay-as-you go plan (AT&T GO phone) and not with a contract plan I could not transfer my old number to a new contract-plan (since government regulations concerning the portability of phone numbers do not apply to pay-as-you go plans). This sounds fishy to me. Does anyone know if what I was told is true?

animation assotiated to word Animation? How can I associate animation to a word... For example if m chatting and I write lips and animation or lips appear on screen.. -naresh

dont worry, be happy Low Self-esteem WOW! big changes! I'm really happy that your life has changed a lot, for the positive side. Yes, I believe that that girl changed you a lot. You seem to be so different. 'I still have some mental problems though. Wherever I go, whoever I meet, I still feel like being the lowest class of human being. I'll always step aside for someone to get past me, it's like I don't care about myself, but only about the others ... I'm not important enough dry.Gif . I'm still a bit shy though and I still don't like to make contact with unknown people (I even hate making phonecalls).' After what you have changed, those problems are just so small, you'll keep on changing, and in time, you won't remember that you wrote this

Out of all the clients I have ever tried (on mac and pc), I have never found a faster and more reliable one then Transmission. It is created and regularly upgraded by the same people that brought everyone the dvd ripping software handbrake.The number of features rival azerus. Keep in mind azereus will run slower then most clients because it isn't native and was compiled in java.As for simplicity and speed, I recommend tomato. -peter

php code not working Php Simple Login Tutorial <?// Replace the variable values below// with your specific database information.$host = "localhost";$user = "UserName";$pass = "Password";$db = "dbName";// This part sets up the connection to the // database (so you don't need to reopen the connection// again on the same page).$ms = mysql_pconnect($host, $user, $pass);If ( !$ms ){Echo "Error connecting to database.and";}// Then you need to make sure the database you want// is selected.Mysql_select_db($dbUsers);?>How do I set the variables to my own? EXPLAIN GOOD PLEASE -ryanreese

Getting items from my desktop to my host website? Upload Script To Transfer Files From Laptop To Desktop I have items stored on my desktop that I need to upload to my online site. Is there any easy way to do this as I am not a programmer? Thank You, Renee Talbot -Renee

SHaring music. Is Bittorrent Safe? Your all talking about it being safe if tis a clean file. How can you tell if the file is clean or not? cheers -Jamie

Rpg Maker 2003 Help Rpg Maker 2003 Questions My game will not play when I try to test it, it's just a black screen so what's wrong with it?? -Jeff

Solution for Vista Connection Problems And High Ping Playing Battlefield 2 As far as vista goes.. Set it to run as an administrator. Right click / properties / compatibility / and it's at the bottom. I get the high ping often too. And I have no idea what it's from. In fact.. That's why I'm on here. I see it kicking people for that Reason often while I'm playing. I think a lot of it has to do with. The game servers. As was mentioned earlier. I've even favorited Ones that I havn't been kicked from so that I have a handful to go Back to that I know for sure will keep me in. There's nothing More annoying than being kicked with a high score.

What is the reason that my account was suspended. My Account Is Suspended How can I found out what happened to my account specifically? Knowing how other people lost there account privilege isn't terribly helpful to me. -Kim Hershberger