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# The wait for Jesus assumes biblical proportions in God's own land. (SMH)
"We filled him up so much with the Holy Spirit he could hardly walk,"
laughs Elijah, climbing down from the wall from where he's been preaching
God's word to another doubting tourist in the Old City of Jerusalem. With
a face shrouded in grey hair, looking as biblical as his name suggests,
Elijah, 68, (real name Ernest Moche) has all the symptoms of a religious
psychiatric condition called "Jerusalem Syndrome" (JS), a temporary state
of mind in which someone believes they have become a biblical character.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/9908/07/text/world13.html
: Would you like to be a biblical character? Which? Do you look the part? Do
biblical fantasies drive your life? What's your favorite biblical fantasy??
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# Outlaw the cult! (SMH) Some 4,000 residents demonstrated on Tokyo streets
and rallied in front of a former inn now used by followers including two
children of jailed sect guru Shoko Asahara. Members of the cult spread
Sarin gas on Tokyo's subway in March 1995, killing 12 people and sickening
thousands more. http://www.smh.com.au:80/news/9908/09/text/world9.html
: Which cults would you like to outlaw? Which laws would you like to occult?
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# Falun Gong denounced as dangerous to society - The emergence of a rival
ideology spooks leadership. (IT) When Chinese police stopped a bus at a
checkpoint recently, the driver called out mockingly: "All right, everyone
who is in Falun Gong put up your hands." Passengers laughed. The policeman
didn't. The incident illustrates how the moral authority of the Beijing
gov't has been compromised by its attempted crackdown on the Falun Gong
spiritual movement. No one, not even the police, can tell easily whether a
person is a member of the organisation which practises breathing exercises
and meditates on Buddhism and Taoism, and which Beijing banned as a threat
to public order. http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/1999/0811/wor5.htm
# China boosts drive against outlawed Falun Gong - proof of subversion:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,110002989,00.html (Reuters)
# A DEEPER ROT. (Asiaweek) China must tackle problems exposed by the Falun
gong affair. By the govt's own admission, there were 30,000 in the capital
alone. http://www.pathfinder.com:80/asiaweek/current/issue/ed2.html
: Is your sect dangerous to society, a threat to public order? Is it fun??
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WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 13 Aug 99 Washington, DC
1. EVOLUTION: "TOTO, I'VE A FEELING WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE." Uh, sorry
Dorothy, it's Kansas all right--Oz is not this strange. The tireless foes
of reason employed a new strategy this time. Rather than insisting that
"creationism" be taught, or banning evolution from the classroom, both of
which face constitutional obstacles, the elected state school board simply
deleted any reference to evolution from the curriculum. And it wasn't just
biological evolution; any mention of "big bang" theory was also explicitly
eliminated. The school board chair defended the decision on NBC News last
night: "Where is evidence for that canine-looking creature that somehow
has turned into a porpoise-looking creature," she asked, "or the cow that
somehow has turned into a whale?" How do these folks get on school boards?
Philistines are much better organized than scientists. "I'll get you, my
pretty, and your little dog too." Scary story.
2. ECONOMICS 101: MEANWHILE, MICHIGAN INVESTS IN BIOTECH. Using US$1 billion
of its tobacco settlement money, Michigan aims to become tops in life sci-
ences research, attracting the sort of industries that Kansas seems deter-
mined to drive off. Back in Kansas, today's Topeka Capital-Journal says a
software company has already crossed Topeka off a list of possible loca-
tions for a regional HQ. The firm's CEO says the education board's action
"isolates Kansas and handicaps its children in a competitive & unforgiving
world." Governor Bill Graves expressed disappointment, saying the board's
action has left people worldwide wondering, "What's going on in Kansas?"
3. PALEONTOLOGY 101: EUKARYOTES ARE MUCH OLDER THAN SUPPOSED. On the same
day the Kansas school board put the age of the Earth at less than 10,000
years, scientists in Australia were reporting evidence that eukaryotes
existed 2.7 billion years ago.
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Y2K-O-Rama:
# Y2K - US And Russia Urged To Lower Missile Alert:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/alert.htm
# Y2K - 31% Of Atlanta Residents Plan To Withdraw Their Money From Bank:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/atlanta.htm
# Y2K - China Makes Progress But Many Major Firms Behind:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2kchin.htm
# Y2K - Yardeni Says World Recession Still Likely Despite Progress:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2krecess.htm
# Y2K - Canadian Government Systems 99% Ready Says Ottawa:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/ready.htm
# Y2K - GPS Warning Due Shortly:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2kgps.htm
# Y2K - Warner Bros Kills Big 'Y2K' Film Project - Government Pressure?
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2kbroskills.htm
# YK - 100,000 In London Powerless As Y2K Upgrade Goes 'Horribly Wrong'
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2klondon.htm
# Y2K - 22 US Nuclear Power Plants Unprepared:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2kplants.htm
@ Y2K Culture: http://www.y2kculture.com/
@ Y2K TOOLKIT: Downloads, resources, tests:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/TECHY2KTOOLKIT_Front.asp
: How many ends-of-the-world can you take? Does Y2K paranoia make Armageddon
tedious? Is the Millennium a good opportunity for defrauding suckers? How??
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tongue of the sun still licked the recesses of the bridle path, when
suddenly, an unnatural shriek emanated from the dark throat of the
forest, causing stiff fingers of fear to march firmly down the spine
of the motionless maiden. --Annette O'Neill
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