-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991201d - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No earthly paradises were reclaimed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Map The Wars: http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/wars/index.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Doomsday group lives in Bible days, awaiting end. MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank (Reuters) In their handmade linen robes, sandals & cloth head-dresses, the White family look like extras on the set of a film on the Bible. But the family of 7 from Detroit, Michigan, are living the Bible days for real in the Promised Land, readying for what they hope and pray will be the end of the world. "I believe the millennium is Judgment Day and we are going to be judged." http://news.excite.com/news/r/991130/14/millennium-doomsday : Is the Final Judgement upon us? Can I have your car? Will you be real real disappointed if life continues on? Suppose they gave a millennium and nobody came? Do you dress in antique modes? Do you like being different? Really??? @ LESSONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: Wild ride that changed the meaning of visual art: http://calendarlive.com/calendarlive/calendar/19991128/t000108362.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Moon sees a 'new Garden of Eden' in Brazil - But Unification founder's proposal spurs opposition. (NYTimes) JARDIM, Brazil. As far as the eye can see, there is almost nothing here but pasture, with the distant line of the horizon broken only by tall anthills and an occasional tree. But the Rev. Sun Myung Moon envisions this remote and sparsely populated corner of Brazil as what he calls "a kingdom of heaven on earth, a new Garden of Eden." http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,145006904,00.html : Is Rev.Moon really an incarnation of a deity? Aren't we all? Do you need to believe in him? Should he believe in you? Should we all believe in each other? If we're all gods, why haven't we destroyed the universe with our petty bickerings and omnipotence yet? Will we do that soon? Will it be fun? # "THE BLOODLINE, STARFIRE & THE ANUNNAKI" - Jesus Lives, Vampires Never Die: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/2301/starfirea.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Man finds his stolen prayer items on eBay. He figured he'd never again see his prayer shawl, Hebrew prayer set, and other religious goods stolen from his car. Then a friend told him to log into eBay, and there they were. http://www.sunspot.net/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?section=cover &pagename=story&storyid=1150180206024 @ James Fallows loves the free lunch of information on the Web, including an "amazing" site that dramatically shows the medium's power to surprise: http://tap.epn.org/prospect.html/archives/V11-1/fallows.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Robertson Urges Revolt, Tells Viewers: 'Throw Off the Shackles' of the Courts. (PFAW) On his TV "700 Club" broadcast, TV preacher Pat Robertson called on viewers to revolt against the Supreme Court and "throw off the shackles of this dictatorship that's been imposed on us." Insurrection or revolution? http://www.pfaw.org/news/press//show.cgi?article=942113870 : Would you like to wage a violent revolt against the most powerful govt in human history? Wouldn't it be smarter to subvert from within? Are those who follow the call to revolt just being used as pawns in a power game? Really? # Unsecure on bioterrorism - GAO says U.S. medical stockpiles at risk: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991130/pl/antidote_stockpiles_1.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Does the Devil Still Have Hold of the "Son of Sam?" NEW YORK (BizWire) - David Berkowitz says he was Satan's creation when he became the Son of Sam in the 1970s. It's his explanation for having killed 13 people with his .44 & terrorizing New Yorkers for months. Today Berkowitz says he's a new man, saved by Jesus. He is serving a life prison sentence, but that hasn't stopped him from becoming a born-again Christian media star who has found an almost cult-like, worldwide audience of believers among gullible evangelical Christians. http://news.excite.com/news/bw/991130/ny-penthouse : Is "gullible evangelical Christians" oxymoronic? Are you a tool of Satan? Is it fun? Is being a tool of Jesus dull in comparison? Do you miss Satan?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Cops Raid Offices of 'Foot' Cult. TOKYO (Reuters) Japanese police raided offices of a religious cult suspected of swindling 3 women by promising to diagnose their ailments by examining their feet. This little piggie went to Kyoto... http://news.excite.com/news/r/991201/07/odd-foot # Japan Cult Apologizes for Gas Attack - sorry we killed your family: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991201/06/international-japan-cult http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562352046-522 # Israel OKs new door for Al Aqsa Mosque - surprise move stuns opponents: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562351865-41b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # MOZART EFFECT REVISITED: 6 years ago scientists reported that listening to Mozart made folks smarter. But last summer a new study failed to reproduce results of the first, disappointing waves of music fans. But a closer look shows that Mozart's music does have a profound effect on the brain, though no one knows why. Rats raised on Mozart run through mazes faster and more accurately. People with Alzheimer's disease function more normally if they listen to Mozart; the music even reduces the severity of epileptic seizures. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/gam/Arts/19991201/RV1MOZART.html # Starbucks Sued Over Alleged Crushed Penis. NEW YORK (Reuters) A Canadian tourist who claims that his penis was crushed by a faulty toilet seat at a Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) restaurant has sued the giant coffee retailer for $1.5 million: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991201/07/odd-life-penis : Should Mozart be played on the sound systems of all Starbucks? Would it help? Would you run faster? Would you twitch less? Would you need espresso? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Microscope works on computer desktop.(AP) Science has become way cool. And a groovy new science goody is the QX3 Computer Microscope, an affordable, high-tech "toy" that brings the world of things invisible to the naked eye to the PC, making squinting one-eyed through conventional magnification optics as outdated as the slide rule. Far surpassing the capabilities of a regular microscope, the multimedia QX3 seems well worth the price for its educational value alone. It is a fun way to explore the complex wonders of the microscopic world, and seems like an incredible bargain. Besides basic microscope functions, it also takes digital snapshots of any image, which can be stored & printed, sent via e-mail or used in Web site construction. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562354436-6b8 : Would you rather have a desktop scanning electron microscope, or a super-scanner that lets you manipulate atoms? 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