Scientist: Terrorists Could Use Insects as Weapons

Zoo, if you are actually zoologist you wouldn't be saying that those crazy locust don't exist (maybe currently to our knowledge they don't BUT they could very well be out there).  They just found a slew of new insects in Thailand in the Northern part near Chaing Mai.

I lived in Chaing Mai and Chaing Rae (which is really close to the border of Myanmar).  That rain forest there has countless of insects that they just classified. There are some that they still haven't mentioned for whatever reason like the cockroach that spits cyanide.  So in other words, they are always finding new insects.

Leauki, I agree with you on some of your points. Not all of them though. It does say pertaining to the Moshiach Melech"And there was given HIM  dominion and glory, and a kingdom that all the peoples, nations and languages should serve HIM; HIS dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and HIS kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."(Daniel 7:14) "Then shall HE be great even unto the ends of the earth" (Micah 5:3).  Eventually the Conquerering King will come back to reclaim.

According to the Sanhedrin 98a "Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi explained that the form in which the Messiah will appear depends on us. "If they merit, HE will come 'on heavenly clouds.  If they do not merit, then HE will be a pauper riding on a donkey."

I'm saying all that to say this.  That G-D does relinquish HIS omnipotence as in HE doesn't always intervene with what's happening on earth, BUT there are times that HE will. According Maimonides 13 foundations for the faith (Judaism) Priniciple X "That G-D knows man's actions and does not remove HIS eye from them.  HIS knowledge is not like someone who says G-D abandoned the land but rather like it says "Great in council and mighty in deed, YOUR eyes are cognizant to all the ways of mankind. Genesis 6 says And G-D saw for the evil man on the land had grown greatly and it says The disgust of Sodom and Amorrah is great."

Rightwinger, an answer to your question is because the name of G-D is sacred.  In the Tanack G-D and L-RD would be written in this manner in order to prevent the desecration of HIS Holy Name.

On my rare ventures into some semblance of religion, this is what I go for.  I believe God has a 'hands-off' policy in the world. 

Not saying I'm right, but that's just my personal opinion. 

I'm familiar with Cracked...it's on my list of daily reads.

I'm all for the discovery of an already existing species...but demon bugs from hell?  I'm skeptical to say the least.

~Zoo

Well, okay....but for the record, God's  name (at least, the Judeo-Christian God) is Yahweh. "Capital-g God" is just a general refernce to Yahweh.

You write of faith, not understanding. I don't believe that Jesus was the "son of G-d" and neither do I believe that he was the Messiah. It has nothing to do with understanding and everything to do with faith.

I have faith but I have faith _in G-d_; no tools, no icons, no symbols, no connecting priests or family members; G-d alone.

Oh, yes. But those times are rare and require human will and "permission".

We are not good enough for G-d to intervene.

Maybe if we were, the Messiah would come. It's up to us to make the world a better place. G-d is not our servant we call upon to solve our problems for us.

It's a Jewish custom related to not writing out the name of the deity.

All statements about G-d are ultimately opinions. It is the fact that something can be true but not provable and the realisation that hence rational well-meaning people can legitimately come to different conclusions without fault of their own that makes it bearable.

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Actually, it's both faith and understanding and more....add common sense since he said he believed this based on Bible study.

Having faith (simple belief) in God is a good first step....now, strengthen that by going on to the next logical step. God revealed something of Himself in Scripture.  Faith is a divine virtue by which we firmly believe the truths which God has revealed. Having belief and understanding of God through Scripture is supernatural faith.

You certainly have the talent and sufficient knowledge to strengthen your faith in God by searching with all your heart what God of Isreal meant when He said "She-ma Yisrael Adoni Elohenu Adonai Ehod"....as this warrants the Christian understanding that the God of Isreal is a Triune God. Translated from the Hebrew, Elohim (the Eternal One) our Gods is a unity....The term Elohim is plural.

It appears 32 times in Genesis 1 and it warrants the conclusion  that the plurality of Persons in God must have been in the mind of Moses. Besides the She-ma, the plural declarations of God is found in Gen. 1:26, "Let us make man in Our image and likeness." In 11:7, "Let us go down and there confuse their language." From this we can equate the Trinitarian God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost with the affirmation of God's unity in the She-ma.

Which scripture? So many scriptures were written, with no word from G-d Himself regarding which one is true.

There is the Avesta, the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon, and so many others. I believe in the one that is actually relevant to my life, the Hebrew Bible. It tells the history of Israel.

The Christian Bible purports to add to it, the Quran retells it, the Book of Mormon adds to it again, and the Avesta exists side-by-side (and I think I should read it).

But there is nothing logical about choosing one or the other of those.

The statement goes "Shema3 Yisrael Adonai Eloheynu Adonai Echad". (What does the dash stand for in your "She-ma"? The vowel between the "sh" and the "m" is a shewa, essentially a very short vowel or no vowel at all. The "3" is an Ayin, a consonant that doesn't exist in English.)

"Echad" means "one", not "unity". "Unity" is "ichod". It's spelt differently (Alef Het Dalet vs Alef Yud Het Vav Dalet). The sentence says "Hear Oh Israel, the lord is our god the lord is one".

No, it isn't. Plus the word "Elohim" doesn't even appear in the sentence. "Eloheynu" is the conjugated (for possession) form of "eloah" which is the Hebrew equivalent of Arabic "ilah", the word for "god". "Elohim" is a name, in singular. "Eloah" is a word that means "god". "Eloheynu" means "our god". There is no plural there, only singular, and no "unity", only "one".

If you replace the odd word, change the grammatical number of others, and add the odd vowel you can get that, yes. But using that method you can read everything into anything.

eloah = god

elohim = gods

Elohim = G-d (a name)

While the second and third are spelt the same (Alef Lamed Hey Yud Mem), they command different verb forms. The second uses plural verbs, the third uses singular verbs, like the first.

Assuming that Moses was very bad at Hebrew grammar.

I have no idea to whom G-d was talking when he said "let us", but specifying the exact number "three" for "us" seems weird to me. Where do you get the exact number from "us"?

Incidentally, Hebrew has two different plurals, one for "normal" plurals (like three cats) and one for inherent plurals (like four legs of a dog). A "trinity" would be an inherent plural, but "elohim" is a normal plural. Grammatically the only thing "elohim" (if we think of it as a plural despite the singular verb it commands) tells us is that it can be any number except a specific, inherent such.

(I think I already told you all this before, didn't I? Anyway, "echad" means "one", not "unity".)

"Mr. Seraf? Mr. Seraf? Where are you? You are never here when I need you!"

"I am here my Lord. Speak."

"Mr. Seraf? How did the campaign go? Do these idiots finally believe that I am One?"

"Well, we deployed the prophet, saved them from Pharao's army, gave them to eat..."

"Did you give them the law?"

"Sir, You did that Yourself, don't You remember?"

"Right, yes. Sorry. And did it help?"

"Well, they have stopped murdering each other and this one guy stopped coveting his neighbour's wife and moved on towards two tents down the path."

"We will have to clarify that point."

"Either way, the message about being One came through. They believe it, but some of them are still not sure."

"Good. Continue helping them and punish them when they lose faith. If in a thousand years they finally get it with the being One, you can explain about the Trinity."

"My Lord, I think at that point they might have had enough."

http://web.mac.com/ajbrehm/Home/Blog/Entries/2008/8/10_When_G-d_Introduced_Monotheism.html

Is there ANY sentence that to you, Lula, could POSSIBLY mean that something is NOT a trinity?

If my car were ONE car, not a trinity of three cars, how could I say it so that you would not read the number three into it?

"My car is one" doesn't seem to do it for you.

KFC WRITES:

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True.... the Apocalypse (or Book of Revelation) is the only prophetical book in the New Testament and symbolism is the essence of apocalyptic literature. The symbols can be actions, physical objects, cities, numbers, etc. In reading further in the chapter verses 7-11, the "locusts" are described...

"In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle, on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lion's teeth; they had sccales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings  was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men lies in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon."

As a result of Adam and Eve's sin, death and evil entered the world...and it was so until God came as Christ and gave the ultimate Sacrifice of Himself. When Christ overcame death, He overcame Satan...from that time on, Satan and his evil minions are bound and chained....that is, they have only a only a short or limited allowance to seek the ruin of men's souls..... At the end of the world, God is going to lift His protection and allow these demons to freely roam over the world. Why? To inflict just punishment on evil people and offer the rest of mankind a chance to repent of their sins. v. 20-21.

KFC,

While we can take this news story about locusts and apply science aspects to it all day long, it just doesn't make sense to apply locusts literally  to chapter 9 of the Book of Revelation.  As you say, that it "aligns with Revelation like never before" is convincing only if we read about locusts in its true symbolic sense.

Rightwinger posts #7

It certainly is true of Christ's first recorded miracle...at the marriage in Cana...He changed the water into the finest wine...

and of the multiplication of loaves and fishes to feed thousands of people...

and how at the Last Supper, He changed the bread into Himself...

and that He popped life into the dead Lazurus...

and that He popped hearing into the deaf and popped sight to the blind

and He also popped things out of existence...like when He spoke and the rough seas and winds were quieted.

Leauki posts:

No.

KFC POSTS:

Absolutely true...why...becasue God is not a God of contradiction...

God is All-loving, All Just and All powerful at the same time.

LEAUKI POSTS:

Becasue God is Infinite Love He asks the freely given love of man, and not a compelled love. Becasue He is All Just, He will not deprive man of free will. This is not against His Omnipotence for even His power does not extend to contradictory things. Man cannot be free to love and serve God without being free to reject Him and rebel against Him. We can't have it both ways. Even God, if He wants men to be free cannot take from them the power to choose evil. It's man's intrinsic dignity that he is master of his own destiny and God even though He wants all men to come unto eternal salvation, loves us so much that it was impossible to give man the gift of freedom and the dignity of being master of his own destiny without risking the permission of such failures.  

Being All Powerful, there is no reason why God ought to do our bidding as if we are all-powerful.

Being All Just, God permits evil even though He forbids it. God is not going to give us a tin horn and let us think we are good when we are not and do evil and get away with it without suffering consequences.

Ok. Let's rephrase it:

My god's gift of free will to us is the ultimate proof for his love for us because it required him to give up or suspend his omnipotence.

Your god doesn't love humanity enough for such an act.

We should not ask G-d to do our bidding, because He is not our servant. But G-d's love for us is every reason for Him to do our bidding, should He find us worthy enough.

When the Messiah comes, G-d will provide everything we want. But He will do it because of His love for us.

I don't know if I would call it "justice". Giving us the ability to act against His law is an act of love, not an act of justice.