The history of the tallit? Anyone?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallit\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hs=v5k&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=history+tallit&btnG=Search
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schneb, on the contrary, 2500 B.C the cannanites from southeast Arab occupied the area and were said to be the first to occupy the land. They were said to be the first to name the area Urusalem i.e. Jerusalem. The first king and religious leader of the tribe was Sadek. It was said that during the time of Sadek, Abraham (a prophet in Islam as well as few other religions) brought Islam to the area.\n\nIt should be understood that for Muslims, the religions of their forefathers' prophets has always been Islam i.e. Adam is a muslim, Abraham is a muslim, Moses is a muslim, King David is a muslim as well as Solomon and Jesus. Mohammed was sent to redirect the faulty that mankind has created in this initially pure religion by altering and mending the books of God i.e. Torah, Bible and Zabur (sorry not sure of the English translation for this particular book). The Quran is, as believed by the muslims, words of God that corrects the amendments as well as bringing the messege of God's One-ness.\n\n2000 B.C. the Amorites (from the same origin as the Cannanites) joined in with the Cannanites followed by the Phonicians that came from the north.\n\nThen only at around 1300-1200 BC, the Philistines race occupied the south of Jerusalem. It is believed that it was around this time that Moses and his followers left ancient Egypt which was then (believed to be) ruled by Ramses II. His followers were said to be of 6000-8000 people. They occupied East of Jerusalem i.e. East of Dead Sea which did put pressure on the Cannanites, the original occupier of that area.\n\nThe Quran doesn;t mention Jerusalem by Jerusalem or by its arabic name,Baitul Maqdis. The Quran refers it by the name of the Holy Mosque within Jerusalem, Masjid Al-Aqsa.\n\nIt was between 1025-586 BC that the Israelites, followers of a few prophets in Islam (different time span), e.g. King David and Solomon, occupied Jerusalem. It was also within this time that the First Temple was built i.e. around 3000 years ago.\n\n586 BC - King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon conquered the Israelites and brought them to Babylon as prisoners of war. It was between this time that the Old Testament was WRITTEN.\n\n539-331 BC - Persian King, Cyrus defeated the babylonians and conquered Jerusalem. He allowed the Israelites brought to  Babylon (above) to come back to Jerusalem.\n\nThe authorities in Jerusalem changed hands quite a few time after that, starting with Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Maccabean Jews, King Titus of Rome (that completely destroyed the Temple and killed many Jewish people in Jerusalem), Uryanus of Rome (prevent a rebellion from Jews at 117-138 AD and almost wiped out the whole Jewish population in Jerusalem) and finally the Byzantine Empire until 636 AD when Muslims under the leadership of Umar Al-Khattab, the 2nd caliph after the life of Mohammed.\n\nThus, it is almost impossible that Jerusalem been a Jewish capital for 3300 years if there were so many empires taking turns to conquer Jerusalem, what more with the likes of mighty Rome.\n\n363 AD, the muslims take over Jerusalem from Byzantine under the Umariyah Peace Treaty. There was no war on that day, as the Byzantine surrendered peacefully.\n\n7th June 1099, the Crusades army took over Jerusalem. 70,000 people were killed despite seeking refuge in mosques. They remained in charge for 91 years.\n\nBetween then and 1187, battles took place between the muslim army lead by Salahuddin Al-Ayubi (Saladin) and the crusades army. A 3 year ceasefire treaty was signed between the 2 parties. But during the early months of 1187, Arnat, one of the generals in the crusade army broke that treaty by ambushing a muslim trade convoy from Egypt to Damascus. Saladin demanded the convoy to be released but Arnat replied synically, "Tell Mohammed to release you all" At that time, Saladin swore to kill Arnat.\n\nMay 1187, Battle of Shufuriyyah between the muslim army and the Crusade army took place to lure the crusade army out of th
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If you want to know more about the history, you should read "Zero: Biography of a dangerous idea" by Charles Seife.  On the back cover it says "The Babylonians invented [zero], the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it and the Church used it to fend of heretics."  I've only gotten halfway through it, but so far its an interesting read.
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Now there are basically two schools of thoughts concerning the origin, age, and the builder of the Sphinx in Egypt. The established group are Egyptologists who believe that Pharaoh Khafre built the Sphinx around 2500 B.C., which is about the 4th dynasty. This theory makes the Sphinx about 5,000 years old according to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director of Giza Saqqara of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (p. 348) as stated in Graham Hancock’s book Fingerprints of the Gods (© 1995 Crown Trade Paperbacks).\n\nNow the other school of thought does not believe that the Egyptians built the Sphinx, but think that it was built by an advanced civilization 8,000 to 10,000 B.C. This school of thought has been around for hundreds of years, but new findings give it more credibility. Recently, Graham Hancock, John West, an American scholar, Robert Bauval, and others have presented certain evidence that challenges the traditional thoughts about the Sphinx and the whole Giza complex.
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Compare it to other pagan religious sites, or other monolith collections (Easter Island Statues).  It's also keyed in to the Spring Equinox, right?  What other structures around the world are keyed in, and from what period do they date?  Learning about the other sites, especially the ones with recorded purposes, will give you a better idea of what Stonehenge may have been used for.\n\nAnd always remember to double space, have wide margins, and use a large font...
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1.   Wyatt Says:\n      October 14th, 2004 at 1:54 pm\n\n      What is a liturgical kite? Is it the close cousin of a (Tibetan) prayer wheel?\n   2. matthew Says:\n      October 14th, 2004 at 4:41 pm\n\n      i think i may have seen one of these tawdry little devices once. it was a very long flexible pole to the end of which was attached a little plastic bird cut-out. sort of a holy spirit ona stick, i guess. i was nauseated at the sight of it. i presume it was the brain-child of the kind of charismatically inclined christian that thinks anything having even the faintest association with the holy spirit is to be ipso facto affirmed and employed.\n\nLeave a Reply
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www.genesispark.com/genpark/giant/giant.htm \n\nthis site says 14-15 feet tall.\n\ntallest living human(2005) in guinness.\n\nhttp://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record_subcategory.asp?subcategoryid=1\n\nBIBLE:\n\nOG\n \nDeuteronomy 3  \n \n3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.  \n\nCUBIT:  from elbow to fingertips of reining king-avg=18"\nOg: \n \n[ahg] (meaning unknown)-- a king of the Amorites of the land of Bashan, a territory east of the Jordan River and north of the River Jabbok <Num. 21:33; 32:33>. Og was king over 60 fortified cities, including Ashtaroth and Edrei. He was defeated by Moses and the Israelites <Deut. 3:6>. Then his kingdom was given to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.\nOg was the last survivor of the race of giants <Deut. 3:11>. His huge iron bedstead was kept on display in Rabbah Ammon long after his death <Deut. 3:11>.\n(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)\n(Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)\n\n\nnephilium are fallen angels that refused to be born into flesh like everybody else.  they had transport (see Ezekiel) and came to earth and had children with women of Adamic race, trying to destroy the lineage thru which JESUS would be come. they are the reason for the flood of noah.  they brought too much knowledge to earth causing too much wickedness.  there was a second influx, however, goliath and og being of the hybrids. \nmore: :http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#GiantsInTheTimeOfNoah\n\nmy tv church website is:\nhttp://www.shepherdschapel.com
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Regarding chambers beneath the Sphinx - yes, ground penetrating radar studies have revealed several anomalies, none very big, that are probably chambers. It is not clear how many of these reflect natural fissures in the limestone or how many are actual deliberate constructions. It is known that some of these chambers are of fairly recent date - the 1800s, made by explorers and/or in the course of restoration efforts. It is extraordinarily unlikely that there is either a "Chamber of Lost Records" as predicted by Edgar Cayce, nor a "machine" of Atlantean provenance associated with the Sphinx.\nIt is not entirely beyond possibility that there is an ancient chamber dating to the period of the carving/construction of the Sphinx or to later restoration efforts by Tutmose IV and later kings. Such a chamber(s) would likely be a foundation deposit - quite common for constructions of a religious nature in ancient Egypt.\n\n\nSee the following and links therein for a decent summary:\nhttp://www.catchpenny.org/chamber.html...
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OK, you discovered that did you? The next step is for you to notice that the pyramids along the Nile are laid out to mimic the shape of the constellation Orion. I'll wait, go Google that to check. \n\nWhen you are convinced of that, then you must have two more bits of information. Your brain ready for this? \n\nLife on the Nile depended upon the annual flooding to bring life-giving water to the fields. No flooding, not much crops, starvation. Remember Pharaoh's dreams about the fat cows and the lean cows? Right. \n\nPriests need to be able to predict things for their people. It gives people reasons to support their priests. There really are not much as what you can call seasons so near the equator. One thing did show when the flood SHOULD be coming (in otherwords, when it would be raining down south in the mountains of the headwaters of the Nile) and that was when the constellation of Orion, or more properly, the brightest star in the sky (besides the sun) Sirius would rise just a few moments before the sun - the helical rising of Sirius.\n\nThere is a shaft, often called an "air shaft" that goes down the Great Pyramid at Giza, very strictly aligned. When astronomers were able to do computer modeling to take into consideration the procession of the equinoxes and the apparent wobble of the earth on its axis, they were astonished to find out that this air shaft aligned to when Sirius would rise with the Sun. \n\nSirius, as you probably have seen used as the logo for Sirius satellite radio, is called "The Dog Star." \n\nHow does that all go together? And why am I telling you this? One more thing and I will let you go look some more.\n\nLook up the Dogon people of Africa. Remember now that Egypt is on the African continent. They have a story of how they got here (earth). They claim they got here on ships with Gods from another place. That place is Sirius. The gods, they say, had fish tails - looks a lot like the great God Dagon over in the Middle East, Philistines worshipped Him - and at least one of the gods died on the journey. \n\nBut god and dog are English words. None of this is real. This is all just fancy word-play made up to confuse you. Nobody believes this. This is not a story my people tell; this is just something I tell you who read this right now. \n\nDrab as a fool, aloof as a bard!
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I think it is originally a British unit of length, equal to the length of a foot, created by tradesmen so they could record and plan lengths.\n\nThe "Official" foot was the lenght of the foot of the king - which is awkward, since it will change as kings change.\n\nEdit: hmm.. I got most of it right... here is the text from Wikipedia:\nThe foot as a measure was used in almost all cultures. The first known standard foot measure was from Sumeria, where a definition is given in a statue of Gudea of Lagash from around 2575 BC. The imperial foot was adapted from an Egyptian measure by the Greeks, with a subsequent larger foot being adopted by the Romans.\n\nThe popular belief is that original standard was the length of a man's foot. The original measurement was from King Henry I, who had a foot 12 inches long; he wished to standardise the unit of measurement in England. The average foot length is about 9.4 inches (240 mm) for current Europeans. Approximately 996 out of 1000 British men have a foot that is less than 12 inches long. A plausible explanation for the missing inches is that the measure did not refer to a naked foot, but to the length of footwear. This is consistent with the measure being convenient for practical purposes such as on building sites etc. People almost always pace out lengths whilst wearing shoes or boots, rather than removing them and pacing barefoot.
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It's supposedly a creature that lives in the U.S. It walks on two legs like humans but is covered in hair like primates. Some dodgy film footage allegedly showing Big Foot was shot in the 50s(?) but there is as much evidence that he exists as there is of the Loch Ness monster! He is also known as sasquatch but that is almost certainly not how you spell it!
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I have seen those same NASA pictures with those tall things you spoke of blurred out. You have to wonder just what it is they are hiding. It may not necessarily be anything alien, but some secret government project going on up there. However, I do believe there could be alien/ET activity going on also. I have seen some unbelievable footage over the last several months. Some of it is quite scary and makes you wonder just what is really going on in the world. I am convinced that there is major government cover-up when it comes to this stuff.
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Check the Encyclopedia Britannica. It was there last time I looked.
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This has been already asked well over 400 times. There is some great material in those answers. And some of it is even accurate, as opposed to some of the other things you see here. Why do you not look it up?
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Searching for the Ark\n\nSince the 19th century, there have been numerous attempts to find the ark on the mountains of Ararat. These mountains have two prominent peaks, one 16,950 feet  high and the other 12,840 feet. The higher of the two is perpetually covered by snow. Because of the climatic changes that followed the Flood, the ark would soon have been buried by snow. Some investigators firmly believe that the ark is still there, buried deep in a glacier. They claim that there have been periods when the ice melted sufficiently to permit part of the ark to be exposed temporarily.\n\nThe book In Search of Noah’s Ark quotes George Hagopian, an Armenian, who claimed that he climbed Mount Ararat and saw the ark in 1902 and again in 1904. On the first visit, he said, he actually climbed on top of the ark. “I stood up straight and looked all over the ship. It was long. The height was about forty feet [12 m].” Regarding his observation on his subsequent visit, he said: “I didn’t see any real curves. It was unlike any other boat I have ever seen. It looked more like a flat-bottomed barge.”\n\nFrom 1952 to 1969, Fernand Navarra made four efforts to find evidence of the ark. On his third trip to Mount Ararat, he worked his way to the bottom of a crevasse in a glacier, where he found a piece of black wood embedded in the ice. “It must have been very long,” he said, “and perhaps still attached to other parts of the ship’s framework. I could only cut along the grain until I split off a piece about five feet [1.5 m] long.”\n\nProfessor Richard Bliss, one of several experts who examined the wood, said: “The Navarra wood sample is a structural beam and impregnated with bituminous pitch. It has mortise and tenon joints. And it’s definitely hand-hewn and squared.” The estimated age of the wood was set at about four or five thousand years.\n\nAlthough efforts have been made to find the ark on Mount Ararat, the definite proof that it was used to survive a cataclysmic deluge exists in the written record of that event in the Bible book of Genesis. \n\nThe ark had a carrying capacity equal to that of 10 freight trains of about 25 American boxcars each!
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the bloke who designed it, designed the eiffel tower.  I think she was based around the lady of britannia, because britannia had a spiky crown as well. Its an guess.
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There is a great deal of speculation about it, compounded in part by the somewhat odious assumption that this place is so high in its vibrations that it is invisible to ordinary human vision and that only spiritually advanced people can visit/see this place. Still, so much has been written about this place by so many authorities that it is difficult to dismiss the claim (about its existance) out-rightly. Most recently, James Redfield has devoted a whole book to the subject, brilliant as he is. The most recent theory doing the rounds is that this place is located at present not in the Himalayas, as previously speculated, but somewhere in the Gobi Desert. There have also been a substantial number of un-confirmed reports about people being rescued by guardian angels of Shambhala. But we will probably have to wait for some time in future when hopefully more definite evidence emerges to confirm or deny the existence of this place.