Joel Furches's blog on which he explores, among other things, "necessary world theology" (https://joelfurches.com/new-blog) [JC: For the record, while I find Joel's ideas on NWT very interesting, and his articles stimulating for much helpful thought on God's relation to time, I am as yet unpersuaded. I still tend to towards the kind of position articulated by Dr. William Lane Craig in his book Time and Eternity.)
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Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, UK, Brian attended the Manchester Grammar School, then read Natural Sciences (specializing in experimental physics) at Cambridge University. After graduating, he spent a year at Lancaster University where he gained a second MA in Operational Research, a discipline developed during the Second World War to apply mathematics and probability to warfare and since widely applied to business problem solving. From Lancaster, he joined British Airways, where he formed a new department tasked with developing hi-tech solutions for the airline. His emphasis on innovation led to working with creativity guru Dr. Edward de Bono, and in 1994 he left BA to set up his own creativity consultancy, running courses on the development of ideas and the solution of business problems. His clients include the BBC, the Met Office, Sony, GlaxoSmithKline, the Treasury, Royal Bank of Scotland and many others. Brian now concentrates on writing popular science books, with topics ranging from infinity to 'how to build a time machine.' He has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous magazines and newspapers, including Nature, BBC Focus, BBC History, Good Housekeeping, The Times, The Observer, Playboy, The Wall Street Journal and Physics World. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, and Indonesian. Brian has given sell-out lectures at the Royal Institution in London and has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science. He has also contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools. Most recently he appeared with the BBC's business editor, Robert Peston, teaching him quantum theory, took part in a feature on time travel to accompany the movie Looper and took part in the University Challenge Christmas Special. Brian is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Institute of Physics, was a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Bristol University and is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site.
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David Berg website (https://www.davidberg.org/) [JC: This website maintains a positive view of David Berg's life and mission, and contains audio and visual materials by the man himself. However, it does admit that he retracted his "more radical theological speculations regarding sexuality" in the late 1980s, which writings were then officially renounced by The Family "and removed from circulation." (page accessed 11 May 2019)]
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"The Devil Hates Sex! - But God Loves It!" attributed to "Father David", 20 May 1980 (DFO #999)
"Pre-Release of "Who Said They're Dead?"" via pubs.xfamily.org, page 62, items 3059, 3060 and 3061
"Why Moammar Gadhafi Was So Strange", LiveScience.com (2011) [JC: I include this because it makes mention of some connection between Gaddafi and David Brandt Berg.]
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Patrick M. Wood is an author and lecturer who has studied elite globalisation policies since the late 1970s, when he partnered with the late Antony C. Sutton to co-author Trilaterals Over Washington, Volumes I and II. An economist by education, a financial analyst and writer by profession, and an American Constitutionalist by choice, Wood maintains a biblical worldview and has deep historical insights into modern attacks on sovereignty, property rights and personal freedom. A frequent speaker on radio shows around the U.S., Wood's current work centres in Technocracy, Transhumanism and Scientism, and how these are transforming global economics, politics and religion. As he says, the endgame is scientific dictatorship; we ignore it our peril.
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Mentions of the Ooser and Skimmity Riding by Thomas Hardy
The Ooser mentioned by Thomas Hardy in his The Return of the Native (1878) available at Project Gutenburg (emphasis added):
Mrs. Yeobright spoke to him as one in a mesmeric sleep. " 'Tis a long way home, my child, and we shall not get there till evening."
"I shall," said her small companion. "I am going to play marnels afore supper, and we go to supper at six o'clock, because father comes home. Does your father come home at six too?"
"No, he never comes; nor my son either, nor anybody."
"What have made you so down? Have you seen a ooser?"
"I have seen what's worse—a woman's face looking at me through a window-pane."
"Is that a bad sight?"
"Yes. It is always a bad sight to see a woman looking out at a weary wayfarer and not letting her in."
Skimmity riding mentioned by Thomas Hardy in his The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) available at Project Gutenburg (emphasis added):
" “I say, what a good foundation for a skimmity-ride,” said Nance.
“True,” said Mrs. Cuxsom, reflecting. “'Tis as good a ground for a skimmity-ride as ever I knowed; and it ought not to be wasted. The last one seen in Casterbridge must have been ten years ago, if a day.”
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F. Remy Diederich, Broken Trust: A practical guide to identify and recover from toxic faith, toxic church, and spiritual abuse, LifeChange (September 18, 2017)
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Hyun Jin Preston Moon's Global Peace Foundation (http://www.globalpeace.org/) [JC: I can't seem to get this website to work very well; few of its links seem to work. Maybe you'll do better.]
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For an assessment of the Cooke et al paper and its claim of 97%, see: Andrew Montford, "Consensus? What Consensus?", GWPF Note 5, The Global Warming Policy Foundation (September 2013) [external PDF available via this page at GWPF]
In the Montford piece, there's a revealing quotation by Mike Hulme (Professor of Climate and Culture, Department of Geography, King's College London):
"The "97% consensus" article is poorly conceived, poorly designed and poorly executed. It obscures the complexities of the climate issue and it is a sign of the desperately poor level of public and policy debate in this country that the energy minister should cite it. It offers a similar depiction of the world into categories of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ to that adopted in Anderegg et al.’s 2010 equally poor study in PNAS: dividing publishing climate scientists into ‘believers’ and ‘non-believers’. It seems to me that these people are still living (or wishing to live) in the pre-2009 world of climate change discourse. Haven’t they noticed that public understanding of the climate issue has moved on?" (emphasis added) (The orginal comment can be viewed here: http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2013/07/23/whats-behind-the-battle-of-received-wisdoms/)
Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, Vintage (2000)
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Archive of articles at OffGuardian (https://off-guardian.org/) [Archive link discontinued. Search for "Edward Curtin" in their search box.]
"Educated in the classics, philosophy, literature, theology, and sociology, I teach sociology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. My writing on varied topics has appeared widely over many years. I write as a public intellectual for the general public, not as a specialist for a narrow readership. I believe a non-committal sociology is an impossibility and therefore see all my work as an effort to enhance human freedom through understanding."—Edward Curtin
"9/11 Unmasked is the result of a six-year investigation by an international review panel, which has provided 51 points illustrating the problematic status of all the major claims in the official account of the 9/11 attacks, some of which are obviously false. Most dramatically, the official account of the destruction of the Twin Towers and World Trade Center 7 could not possibly be true, unless the laws of physics were suspended that day. But other claims made by the official account—including the claims that the 9/11 planes were taken over by al-Qaeda hijackers, that one of those hijackers flew his plane into the Pentagon, and that passengers on the planes telephoned people on the ground—are also demonstrably false. The book reports only points about which the panel reached consensus by using the “best-evidence” consensus model employed in medical research. The panel is composed of experts about 9/11 from many disciplines, including physics, chemistry, structural engineering, aeronautical engineering, and jurisprudence."—Interlink Books
James Douglass, JFK and the Unspeakable : Why He Died and Why It Matters, Touchstone (2010)
Rebuilding America's Defenses : Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century : A Report of The Project for the New American Century, PNAC (September 2000).
The PNAC website has terminated. A copy of the report may be available via The Wayback Machine at Archive.org, such as here.
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Andrew Montford, The Hockey Stick Illusion, Anglosphere Books (2015)
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Professor Edgar H. Andrews (BSc, PhD, DSc, FInstP, FIMMM, CEng, CPhys.) is Emeritus Professor of Materials in the University of London and an international expert on the science of large molecules. In 1967 he set up the Department of Materials at Queen Mary College, University of London, and served both as its Head and later as Dean of Engineering. He has published well over 100 scientific research papers and books, together with two Bible commentaries and various works on science and religion and on theology.
JB Phillips, Ring of Truth : A Translator's Testimony, Hodder & Stoughton (4th impression 1967)
Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design, Bantam (reprint 2012)
William Hasker, The Emergent Self, Cornell University Press (1999)
Stephen T Davis, Making Sense of the Resurrection, SPCK (1993)
CS Lewis, The Problem of Pain, Collins (reprint 2012)
The passage containing what I called Paul's historical argument involving the character Adam (Romans 5: 13-14):
"To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come." (NIV)
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Gregory Coles is co-author of Jim Henson's "The Dark Crystal" Author Quest, a collection of short stories. He is a PhD student, part-time English instructor at Penn State University, and a worship leader in his church.
Peter Ford was UK ambassador to Bahrain from 1999 until 2003 and UK ambassador to Syria from 2003-2006. His recent presentation at the Media on Trial event in Leeds can be viewed here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_Ap5LfvL4)
Peter Ford on BBC Radio Scotland (Update 2020: YouTube video removed)
________ on the BBC's Newsnight programme (Update 2020: YouTube video removed)
________ on the BBC's Breakfast programme (Update 2020: YouTube video removed)
________ on Sky News with Adam Boulton (Update 2020: YouTube video removed)
________ on Fox News with Tucker Carlson (Update 2020: YouTube video removed)
A clip from Baroness Cox's interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06543fc) [JC: Notice how the interviewer hardly listens to what she has to say. He has one point to make, clearly designed to undermine her, and he pursues it doggedly.]
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Dr. Krish Kandiah is a former President of the London School of Theology. He is Founding Director of Home for Good, a young charity aimed at making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children. During 2016 Krish’s campaigning through Home for Good led to 3000 refugee children finding secure homes. He is an Ambassador forthe relief charity Tearfund. He has a passion for engaging with contemporary culture theologically and is a prolific writer/blogger. Krish has authored several books, regularly speaks at large conferences and corporate events, and is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. He has degrees in Chemistry, Missiology and Theology, and a PhD from Kings College London. He currently holds faculty positions at Lancaster Bible College, Regents College in Vacouver, and Regents Park College at Oxford University. He is married to Miriam and has seven children, including fostered and adopted children. Krish has a keen interest in movies, photography, rock music and Liverpool FC.
White Helmets'"mannequin challenge" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8bIupYSZeU) [JC: As I said in the conversation, the only thing this demonstrates is that it's not difficult to fake a rescue video.]
Professor Piers Robinson, former Professor of Politics, Society and Political Journalism in the University of Sheffield (https://piersrobinson.wordpress.com/)
Tim Anderson, The Dirty War on Syria, Global Research (2016)
Stephen Gowans, Washington's Long War on Syria, Baraka Books (2017)
Tim Ripley, Operation Aleppo : Russia's War in Syria, Telic-Herrick Publications (2018)
Piers Robinson, Phil Seib & Romy Fröhlich, eds., Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security, Routledge (2016)
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Jonathan Kvanvig, The Problem of Hell, Oxford University Press (1993) [JC: While I highly recommend this book for its analysis and thought-provoking arguments—and its readability, uncommon in a work by an analytical philosopher!—I remain doubtful as to the solution Kvanvig proposes, not least because Hebrews 9:27 seems to teach that death marks the point after which no fundamental spiritual decisions can be made.
"And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment, so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation."—NET Bible
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Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in criminal law and public law at a university in London, UK, and has an academic research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia.
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A segment on George Frost Kennan and the policy of containment (https://soundcloud.com/backstory/americas-diplomat-from-stars) from "Stars and Tsars" by Backstory. The segment contains the following rather prescient 1997 prediction by Kennan of Russia's response to NATO's expansion:"That the Russians will not react wisely and moderately to the decision of NATO to extend its boundaries to the Russian frontiers is clear. They are already reacting differently. I would expect a strong militarisation of their political life, to the tune of a great deal of hysterical exaggeration of the danger and of falling back into the time-honoured vision of Russia as the innocent object of the aggressive lusts of a wicked and heretical world environment … There will be efforts by the Russian leadership to … develop closer relations with the neighbors of the east, notably Iran and China, with a view to forming a strongly anti-Western military bloc as a counter-weight to a NATO pressing for world domination … Thus will develop a wholly and even tragically unnecessary division between East and West and in effect a renewal of the Cold War."—Diaries of George Kennan
Michael Fallon, "Coping with Russia", delivered at St. Andrews University (02 February 2017), via Gov.uk
Craig Murray, "Freedom No More", CraigMurray.org.uk (04 May 2018)
Chris York, "Controversial Event Featuring Pro-Assad Speakers Cancelled By Leeds Council", Huffington Post UK (03 May 2018) [JC: This is the "sneering" article that Craig Murray rightly complains about. If you can bring yourself to read this article by Mr. York, do scroll down to look at the comments by readers.]
"Russia brings witnesses of staged Douma attack to OPCW briefing", RT (April 2018) (https://on.rt.com/9448)
Marshall T. Poe, "Moscow the Third Rome: The Origins and Transformations of a Pivotal Movement" (1997) [External PDF hosted at University of Pittsburgh Center for International Studies]
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For those interested in the Nephilim question, and curious as to why I said what I did about that passage in Genesis 6, please read this very interesting article recommended by Dr. Michael Heiser.
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In addition to having held numerous senior academic positions in universities, Dr. Roberts was an associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and was appointed by President Reagan as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during Reagan's first term in office, following which he served as a consultant to both the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Dr. Roberts is now the Chairman of the The Institute for Political Economy. (https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/)
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Dr. Andreas J. Köstenberger is -- Update: Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology and Director of the Center for Biblical Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary -- former Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at South-eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina. He is Founder and President of Biblical Foundations, an organization devoted to encouraging a return to the biblical foundations in the home, the church, and society. He has authored, edited, or translated nearly fifty books, and is editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
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"T-Rex—who lives in Westlake, Louisiana—specialises in strength demonstrations that evoke the olden-day Strongmen such as Dennis Rogers, The Mighty Atom, WA Pullum, Eugene Sandow and Louis Cyr. After growing up in a broken home and living a life of addiction and dissipation, T-Rex was converted to faith in Jesus Christ and now testifies to the life-changing power of Christ to audiences of all ages. He also uses his unique performance skills to encourage children to be the best persons and students they can be, and is planning to expand into prison ministry in 2018."
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Jonathan McLatchie is a Christian writer, speaker and debater with a BSc in forensic biology, Master's degree (M. Res) in evolutionary biology, and a second Master's in medical and molecular bioscience. He is currently a PhD candidate in cell biology. Jonathan is a contributor to various apologetics websites, including CrossExamined.org, ChristianApologeticsAlliance.com, and AnsweringMuslims.com. He is also a contributor at EvolutionNews.org (the official blog of the Discovery Institute). He is founder of Apologetics Academy, a ministry that aims through weekly online webinars to equip and train people to defend the Christian faith, as well as to assist Christians who are wrestling with doubts. He has been interviewed on many podcasts and radio shows including "Unbelievable?" on Premier Christian Radio, "Line of Fire" radio, "Apologetics315", and has taken part in umpteen moderated debates.
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"The mission of CE4 Research Group is to share with the world the most powerful evidence known that exposes the Alien entities for who they really are. That evidence is in the testimonies of those who have overcome the experience—the oppression, the bondage, the harassment, the control, the lies, the deception that these entities perpetrate—by calling out in the name and authority of Jesus Christ."
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"David Greenockle Jr. is a pastor, teacher and lecturer whose desire is to see people become truly awakened to the world around them. He holds Master’s Degrees in Education (Gratz College, Philadelphia) and Comparative Religion and Hebrew (Hebrew University, Israel). His academic and professional experience enable him to cast new light upon social issues from a biblical perspective. He is passionate in using the humanities to better understand the human condition in modern times and to aid people in restoring their true humanity in a world of commerce and distraction. David lives in the North-East of the United States with his wife and two daughters."
As it turns out, the term "homo technologicus" has been coined: see Kevin Warwick, "Homo Technologicus: Threat or Opportunity?", Philosophies 2016, 1(3), 199-208 (http://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/1/3/199)
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Dissident Prophet is a first-rate Christian indie rock band from Birmingham, England. They have released five albums so far: We're Not Grasshoppers (1996), 21st Century Spin (2002), Modern Man (2005), Weapons of Mass Deception (2012), Red Moon Rising (2015). Their latest album Strange Days (2017) is due to be released in a few weeks from the date of this interview.
Influences: "Lou Reed, Larry Norman, David Bowie, Ramones, 70's Messianic band LAMB, Velvet Underground, The Motels, Television, Blondie, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, The Stooges, and Vince the Milkman."
Alan 'Howling Laud' Hope, now retired, has worked in the entertainment business and as a hotel proprietor. He has, for many years (and always on the OMRLP ticket), served on town councils in various capacities, including a stint as Town Mayor in Ashburton, Devon between 1998-2000. In 2017, the 25th time he has stood for UK Parliament, he ran against Prime Minister Theresa May alongside Lord Buckethead in the Maidenhead Constituency.
Obituary for Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and former OMRLP finance minister (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10525469) [According to Howling Laud Hope, Sir Patrick was also minister for astronomical affairs.]
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Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in criminal law and public law at a university in London, UK, and has an academic research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia.
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Zbigniew Brzezinksi denies that Operation Cyclone was originally aimed at giving the Soviet Union its own "Vietnam", The Real News (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGjAsQJh7OM)
Comments disputed by Brzezinksi: an interview with Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris (15-21 January 1998): “Yes. According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahiddin began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan on December 24, 1979. But the reality, closely guarded until now, is completely otherwise: Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.”
Denial by Brzezinksi on The Real News (YouTube channel): "No, that's not accurate. I don't know what that's based on. There are two different aspects here that are kind of connected. One: Robert Gates revealed in his memoirs, accurately, that before the Soviets staged the formal invasion of Afghanistan -- but they were already in Afghanistan with Special Forces and so forth -- we increased military (no) we increased financial assistance to the Mujahideen. It was mostly for the acquisition, presumably, of weapons. And then after they came in (when the Soviets came in) I did send the President a memo saying "Yes, their entry into Afghanistan -- at a time of turmoil in Iran, and in the whole Persian Gulf region as a consequence potentially -- we have a chance to give the Soviets their Vietnam." "
Ahmed K. al-Rawi of Concordia University Montreal, "John Buchan's British Designed Jihad in Greenmantle" (2016), in Erik-Jan Zurcher, ed., Jihad and Islam in World War I: Studies on the Ottoman Jihad at the Centenary of Snouck Hurgronje's "Holy War Made in Germany", Leiden University Press, pp. 329-345
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Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in criminal law and public law at a university in London, UK, and has an academic research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia.
Rebuilding America's Defenses : Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century : A Report of The Project for the New American Century, PNAC (September 2000). [Update: The PNAC website has terminated. A copy of the report may be available via The Wayback Machine at Archive.org, such as here.]
Sidney Blumenthal email to Hillary Clinton (27 March 2011) [C0578240], "Lots of new intel; Libyan army possibly on verge of collapse" via https://foia.state.gov [Update: PDF no longer available at that website.]
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"Transhumanism is a philosophical and cultural movement concerned with promoting responsible ways of using technology to enhance human capacities and to increase the scope of human flourishing. While not a religion, transhumanism might serve a few of the same functions that people have traditionally sought in religion. It offers a sense of direction and purpose and suggests a vision that humans can achieve something greater than our present condition. Unlike most religious believers, however, transhumanists seek to make their dreams come true in this world, by relying not on supernatural powers or divine intervention but on rational thinking and empiricism, through continued scientific, technological, economic, and human development. Some of the prospects that used to be the exclusive thunder of the religious institutions, such as very long lifespan, unfading bliss, and godlike intelligence, are being discussed by transhumanists as hypothetical future engineering achievements."
This article offers some interesting background to the "e pluribus unum" motto. It was apparently suggested by the committee that US Congress had appointed on 4 July 1776, to design "a seal for the United States of America." The article shows a sketch of the committee's original design, which had six symbols representing "the Countries from which these States have been peopled": a rose symbolising England; a thistle, Scotland; a harp, Ireland; a fleur-de-lis, France; a lion, Holland; and an eagle, Germany. Then, surrounding these symbols, thirteen shields appear, each with an initial of one of the thirteen states. So, this design heavily suggests that the primary meaning of "e pluribus unum" was intended as "out of the many peoples (of other countries), one (American) people." But, as Josh says, this leaves open the question as to whether or not some intended—and indeed intend—that it should have a more universal "double fulfilment".
In this piece, W. Bro. David Barrett says, "you will never find a pyramid being used as a symbol in a Masonic ritual." That may be so. I don't know; I've never witnessed any of their rituals. But even if the pyramid is absent from their rituals, is that a reason to believe that it has no significance within Freemasonry? My understanding is that at least some Freemasonry has been influenced by Rosicrucian thought, and the Great Pyramid at Giza is certainly a fascination for the Rosicrucians. [See Hargrave Jennings, The Rosicrucians : Their Rites and Mysteries, (1870), chapter 25, "The Great Pyramid"; also H. Spencer Lewis, The Symbolic Prophecy of the Great Pyramid, online at Rosicrucian.org.]
2017: "Kyle Greenwood (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Colorado Christian University. He served as an editor for Since the Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1–2 Through the Ages and contributed to books such as The Ancient Near East: Historical Texts in Translation and Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books. He sits on the editorial board for the Journal of the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament and has written for several publications including Catholic Biblical Quarterly and Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions."
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G. Edward Griffin is the Founder of Freedom Force International, and is listed in Who's Who in America. His research has led him into areas such as archaeology, ancient Earth history, the Federal Reserve System, international banking, terrorism, internal subversion, the history of taxation, US foreign policy, the science and politics of cancer therapy, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations. Perhaps his best-known book is The Creature from Jekyll Island.
He has served on the board of directors of The US National Health Federation and The International Association of Cancer Victors and Friends and is Founder and President of The Cancer Cure Foundation. He is the founder of The Coalition for Visible Ballots, a grassroots organisation for the elimination of vote fraud made possible by electronic voting systems.
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"Robert J. Marks II is Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University, USA. His professional awards include a NASA Tech Brief Award and a best paper award from the American Brachytherapy Society for prostate cancer research. He is Fellow of both IEEE and The Optical Society of America. His consulting activities include Microsoft Corporation, DARPA, and Boeing Computer Services. He is listed as one of "The 50 Most Influential Scientists in the World Today" by TheBestSchools.org (2014). His contributions include: the Zhao-Atlas-Marks (ZAM) time-frequency distribution in the field of signal processing, and the Cheung Marks theorem in Shannon sampling theory. Marks’s research has been funded by organizations such as the National Science Foundation, General Electric, Southern California Edison, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Office of Naval Research, the United States Naval Research Laboratory, the Whitaker Foundation, Boeing Defense, the National Institutes of Health, The Jet Propulsion Lab, Army Research Office, and NASA. He has written or contributed to many books, including Handbook of Fourier Analysis and Its Applications (Oxford University Press), Introduction to Shannon Sampling and Interpolation Theory (Springer Verlag), and Neural Smithing: Supervised Learning in Feedforward Artificial Neural Networks (Rus Reed, MIT Press), The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (Michael Arbib, MIT Press, 1996), and Evidence for God (Michael Licona et al., Baker Books, 2010). Marks has edited/co-edited five other volumes in fields such as power engineering, neural networks, and fuzzy logic. He was instrumental in defining the discipline of computational intelligence (CI) and is a co-editor of the first book using CI in the title: Computational Intelligence: Imitating Life (IEEE Press, 1994). Marks has also authored/co-authored hundreds of peer-reviewed conference and journal papers."
C. E. Shannon, "A Mathematical Theory of Cummunication, via Harvard Mathematics Department" [external PDF], (reprinted with corrections from The Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 379–423, 623–656, July, October, 1948)
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