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Thursday, December 30, 2004

Okie Dokie.

Well folks, you're a lot more perceptive than I am, but that's good!



You answered correctly so far. Dad's point is that though Joseph had nothing really to do with Jesus birth, it was his family line that they followed. The reason is, of course, that Father is always head of the household.



I don't exactly know what Derrillynn was talking about, but I'm sure it was meant to be funny. :-



So, latest news is, Tait has offered to provide you with some great information, and I hope yawl enjoy it!



Here are his words to the wise (and those that want to be):



This section is dedicated to bringing you useful, and interesting

information such as, links, quotes, book reviews etc., with a decidedly

Christian perspective. By that I mean I will not parrot evolutionary jargon,

such as, man is evolving and the further back you go the less advanced he

is. In fact many cases it is the opposite, and if we were in our right minds

we would look back on them with wonder. The writers and historians will be

allowed to speak for themselves, and not corrected based on dogma. A common

thing for "modern" historians to do is make liars of, or at least say that

ancient historians were apt to exaggerate. If a ancient historian states

that there were nearly 1,000,000 soldiers in a battle they automatically

reject it, for rightly, if their views are true and man had just managed to

invent the wheel, evolve speech etc., then how could such civilizations

exist? But the thing to ask is, were they there? If not, it must be

distinguished as their religious belief. Hopefully through referencing

outside information I can show that civilizations rise and fall, collapse,

and turn back to primacy, not because of some luck or fate, but in there

denial of eternal laws.




Anyways, feel free to comment.



And now to begin,



Recently I came across (Don't ask how) a very interesting story, or saga to

be exact, on the life of Harald Hardrade. Now I happen to like old Norse

poetry, but, if that is not your cup of tea, just bear through it. It gets

very interesting when Harald under the pay of the Byzantine Empress Zoƫ,

sets out to conquer somewhere around 50 castles (Just a few!!). The methods

that he used are amazing, cunning, etc. This man is genius!!




Then you follow him through the holy land, and, well I won't ruin the story.



The two morals I got out of the story are: 1. In every age and in every area of life the art

of negotiation, is of great importance. In this story it saves life's, and

makes friends of foes.




2. That a basic ability, if everything is taken away

and you have to start back up at square one (as Harald did so many times),

of starting up again and applying principles and inward knowledge is all a

person really has.



Here is the link:



http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Heimskringla/hardrade1.html



Signed,



Poimandoulos
- Tait Zimmerman



Thanks Tait, good work, and that IS interesting!



Well, until later folks, have fun!



John.