2002-05-09 If I remember right, it was in the late '70s early '80s that end time prophecy was becoming popular and many writers were taking advantage of the popularity of the concept of it happening within our lifetime. Authors like Hal Lindsey, who wrote the Late Great Planet Earth was one to associate the Common Market with the revived Roman Empire spoken of in Revelations and the Old Testament book of Daniel.
It might have been the concept of a United States of Europe that made the interpretation of the prophecies to fit modern day Europe. However, as the number of nations joining the Common Market and now the European Union rose past ten, there were some growing scepticism as to whether or not the prophecies do in fact apply to Europe. One of those authors was on a religious talk show on cable that I happen to come across while surfing the channels sometime last year. I stopped long enough to hear the one speaker attempt to refute the scepticism concerning the number of nations in the EU. He stated quite frankly that if God said there will be 10 nations in the end time revival of the Roman Empire, then there will be 10. Somehow, their will be a realignment of nations and borders and the result will be a 10 nation confederacy. It sure will be interesting to see if all this does in fact come true. And if the end time Biblical prophecies are in fact true, there is one thing certain: The EU will be the most powerful nation on earth, to which all other nations will be subject. It will have the power and authority to boast of its great strength and to make it known that no one will have the power or strength to make war with it. This means the USA as we know it will have to be destroyed. And if it is, guess what will be destroyed with it? ......Yep! You guessed it: FFU. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "JPB Cliveden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-05-09 20:39 Subject: RE: [USMA:19992] Re: Some of you might find this interesting > Quite so, John. Do you remember the fuss made during the '70s when the 10th > country was about to join the Common Market, before Greece joined in 1981? > > Best regards, > Brent > > _____ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of kilopascal > Sent: 9 May 2002 18:28 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:19992] Re: Some of you might find this interesting > > > > 2002-05-09 > > I think we need to clarify something here. Most French clerics, even those > involved in the revolution were Roman Catholics. I'm sure supporters of the > BMWA don't consider highly the opinions of the catholic church. Even some > American Protestants, those of the Baptist and Pentecostal denominations, > and maybe even the group who posted Tony Bennett's comments, consider the > Catholic Religion as a cult or a sect. Roman Catholics are not true > Christians > > I have seen religious tracts put out by these groups depicting the Catholic > Church as the end-time whore of Babylon, and the European Union as the > revived Roman Empire. These groups see any type of globalisation and > standardisation as being in league with the powers of the anti-Christ. And > it is to these sentiments that Tony Bennett is trying to link metric and > metrication to. > > So any attempt to place French religious clerics or groups in with the > reformers of measurements will be greeted by the BWMA and the Tony Bennett's > of the world as a "Look folks, the whore of Babylon is really the source of > the abolishment of imperial measures and enforce metrication. Resist her, > or you will be damned as she is damned". > > And many will agree with his view point! > > John > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-05-08 23:44 > Subject: [USMA:19986] Re: Some of you might find this interesting > > > Dear Joe and All, > > And wasn't Gabriel Mouton an Abb� when he came up with the idea of a decimal > unit system using part of the circumference of the Earth as a standard for > measuring lengths, in 1670. > > Mouton also suggested that Simon Stevin�s, 1585, system of tenths should be > used to divide the units into smaller or larger parts. I don't think that > Simon Stevin was a religious person; he was a quartermaster in the Flemish > army. > > In 1675, an Italian, Tito Livio Burattini, actively promoted the length of a > pendulum that beat seconds as the universal unit of length. He referred to > this unit of length as a 'm�tre catholique' or a 'mesure universelle'. > Burattini was the first person to suggest the name 'metre' as the name for > the common unit of length. > > I don't know of any religious affiliation that Burattini might have had, > however it is curious that he used the word 'catholique' to describe his > idea for a universal system of measures. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin > CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist > - United States Metric Association > ASM - Accredited Speaking Member > - National Speakers Association of Australia > Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers > -- > > > > > on 2002/05/08 00.13, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Further to my USMA 19955 I have found another clue that the metric system > > has Christian roots. > > > > The Bishop of Autun, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P�rigord, on 9 March > > 1790 distributed to all the members of the *Assembl�e Nationale > > Constituante* a proposition on weights and measures. He listed the > chaotic > > mess of measures in use in France and proposed the seconds pendulum as > unit > > of length. He resigned as Bishop of Autun on 21 January 1791 and in March > > was placed under the ban of the church by the pope. > > > > On 8 May 1790 the Assembl�e Nationale Constituante requested the *Academie > > des Sciences* to propose a revision of the weights and measures. This led > > to the production of the metric system > > > > Joseph B.Reid > > 17 Glebe Road West > > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 > > > > >
