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Here's a good 'toon: http://www.zmag.org/cartoons/

Monday, September 30, 2002 Tishrei 24, 5763 Israel Time: 00:06 (GMT+3) Back Home 17:31 29/09/2002 Last update - 17:34 29/09/2002 Refined uranium found in Turkey weighs grams, not kilograms By Yossi Melman, Ha'aretz Correspondent, and Agencies The captured weapons-grade uranium. (Photo: AP) The refined uranium caught by Turkish police Saturday weighed far less than originally thought, an official source in southwestern Turkey said Sunday. It was originally believed that the Turkish paramilitary police had seized over 15 kg of weapons-grade uranium in the operation that also resulted in the detention of two men accused of smuggling the substance. The actual weight of the uranium turned out to be hundreds of grams, a fraction of the initial estimate. The uranium is to be sent for tests to the local Atomic Energy Agency. The two suspects were brought before a judge Saturday night charged with the illegal sale of the material. Officers in the southern province of Sanliurfa, bordering Syria and 250 km from the Iraqi border, were acting on a tip-off when they stopped a taxi cab and discovered the uranium in a lead container hidden beneath the vehicle's seat, the Anatolian news agency said Saturday. The incident came at a time of mounting speculation the U.S. could attack neighboring Iraq for its alleged program of weapons of mass destruction. Officials at Ankara's Atomic Energy Institute would not confirm they had been notified about the material. "Our investigation on whether the uranium was destined for a neighboring country is continuing," a Sanliurfa police official was quoted as saying by Anatolian. Authorities believe the uranium came from an east European country and has a value of about $5 million, Anatolian said. It was not immediately clear when the operation was carried out. Anatolian only gave the first names of the suspects, which appeared to be Turkish. Smugglers use Turkey's porous eastern border to import drugs, and hundreds of thousands of migrants each year illegally cross the rugged frontier on their way to more affluent European Union nations. Police in Istanbul seized more than one kg of weapons-grade uranium last November that had been smuggled into Turkey from an east European state. The smugglers were detained after attempting to sell the material to undercover police.

Wednesday 9/25/02 Baptist open Letter to George Bush Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER: An Open Letter to President George W. Bush The Hon. George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D. C. 20500 September 24, 2002 Dear Mr. President: We write to you today with a simple message: Do not attack Iraq! We do not write as friends of Iraq

Just wanted to let you all know that Dr. David Jeremiah is beginning an in-depth study of the Book of Daniel on his radio program Turning Point, for anyone that gets this show on Chritian Radio on Friday, Sept 27. It will last until sometime in December. He also has a book called "Handwiritng on the Wall" that I imagine the programming will follow.

Yeah, just cause yoga is from India, doesn't mean it's bad.....

I shtere more than one Book of Enoch out there? It seems I've heard some confusion over this.

Thank you, Jesuson, for a good intelligent response to my query. It actually whetted my curiousity even more, I can see that this is a long-debated topic over the centuries. I am very curious about this Nicean council , as I understand that this is where a group of church leaders got together and decided which books could be included and which not. This council occurred after Jesus' time, and I wonder which scriptures were in use during His time on earth. Were some of the Apocryphal scriptures also studied and used in those times and have since been put outside of the Bible?

This is probably a well-hashed topic, but why is it that such scriptures that are not included in the Bible, or were deleted at the council of Nicea are not considered valid or credible? Examples include 'The Book of Enoch' (which was quoted once in the NT) The 5 books of the Apocrypha Certain scrolls that have been recetnly uncovered, like the Gospel of St. Thomas for example. Where in the Bible does it say that the Bible is the ONLY source of truthful revelation? And was God at work among those men at Nicea, even after God had commanded at the end of Revelation that no word be changed? This topic not meant to challenge the Word of God, but need answers as I don't truly understand this.

So if it's not okay to do yoga, how about marital arts--karate, tai chi, judo? And this tae bo, isn't it from the Orient?

Baptism is like a public declaration of your salvation, much like a wedding ceremony publicly declares your private union with your wife and your commitment to her. I don't believe it is a requirement, but I do believe that one will desire a baptism once they are saved. I know I sure did. As for Holy Spirit baptism, I honestly don't know. I know that soon after I invited Jesus into my heart, I also asked the Holy Spirit to come. I don't know if this was necessary, but I know for sure that He's in me too.

I tell my 3 year old that everyone is tryig to touch Jesus :inlove:

Anyone know of any good websites that have good art to help visualize the book of Revelations, Ezekial and Daniel? I visited one today and it made me want to find more. Not sure what to type into the search engine.

I think maybe there is a lot of knowledge hidden in numerical codes in the Bible that have yet to be deciphered, consider things like the dimensions of the Temple and much, much more.