Friday, October 30, 2009

The Bruce Collins Show. Saturday's Guest: Nick Redfern

Nick Redfern is known as "The Monster Hunter." He is a researcher, a Ufologist, a Crypto-zoologist, and a great writer. He has written many books on UFOs and also books on his expeditions to find Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, chupacabras, Mothmen, Owlmen, Werewolves and other anomalies. Nick has been a frequent guest of Coast to Coast AM. His website is www.nickredfern.com and his books are a must read, in my opinion. His new book is Science Fiction Secrets.
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Topics:
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- The prophetic implications of H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau
- What did Gulliver's Travels know about 150 years before it was discovered?
- Did a comic book predict the face on Mars?
- What happened at the Maury Island UFO incident?
- The strange life of the author who inspired the movie Blade Runner
- Who was Kirk Allen and why does Nick call it the 'weirdest' story he researched for his book?
- The Ray Santelli Alien Autopsy film was found to be fake. Was that the only video of an alien autopsy?
- And much more!
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To Listen "Live" on Saturday at 10am EST/ 7am PST on the radio at WSMN 1590 AM or online at www.wsmnradio.com (click on the 'listen live' tab).


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The Companion Bible Appendix # 54 - The Moabite Stone

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 54 - The Moabite Stone


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Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 53 - The Sieges of Jerusalem

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 53 - The Sieges of Jerusalem


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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 52 - Proper Names: Their Pronunciation

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 52 - Proper Names: Their Pronunciation


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Monday, October 26, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 51 - Money and Coins; Weights and Measures

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 50 - Introduction to the Chronological Charts - Chronological Charts I-VII - Summary of Principal Events. (50. VIII.)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 50
   -  Introduction to the Chronological Charts
   -  Chronological Charts I-VII
   -  Summary of Principal Events. (50. VIII.)

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Friday, October 23, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 49 - "The Man of God" (Deut. 33:1)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 49 - "The Man of God" (Deut. 33:1)

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Bruce Collins Show - Saturday 7am PST/ 10am EST - Guest: Patrick Wood

My guest this Saturday on The Bruce Collins Show is Patrick Wood. Patrick is the editor of http://www.augustreview.com/ and http://www.augustforecast.com/ .
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In addition:
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Patrick M. Wood founded The August Corporation on October 11, 1975. As a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company initially offered portfolio management services to investors in the United States.
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In 1978, Wood commenced publication of The Trilateral Observer (TO), to specifically track and document the activities of The Trilateral Commission, which was then seen to be the very core of elitism and multi-nationalism in the United States and abroad. TO was co-edited by Professor Antony Sutton, formerly a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Peace and Revolution at Stanford University.

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Together, and after encouragement from many TO subscribers, Wood and Professor Sutton re-edited their material and produced two successive book volumes, Trilaterals Over Washington - Volume I and Trilaterals Over Washington - Volume II.

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Trilaterals Over Washington quickly became a best-seller and over the course of about two years, sold over 75,000 copies internationally. The books were very well received for excellent scholarship and original research, and even became a frequently-used textbook in political science classes at many colleges in U.S. universities.

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We tackle a lot of important subjects:
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- the role of The Trilateral Commission in politics, particularly the Executive Branch.

- the role of the banking elite in Washington and their ties to The Trilateral Commission

- Information on Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Rockefeller family, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama

- the imminent shutdown of the internet?

- the future of the US dollar


... and a lot more... things you wouldn't normally hear (but should) on AM radio!
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(and did we dare to approach the elites tie to Occultism- Oh yes, WE DID!)
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Join us, broadcasting over the airwaves in New Hampshire and touching Massachusetts, Saturday at 10am EST (7am PST) at WSMN 1590 AM. You can listen online at http://www.wsmnradio.com/
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I will also have the archive available after the Saturday broadcast.


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The Companion Bible Appendix # 48 - The Use of Various Types in the English Bible: A.V. and R.V.

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 48 - The Use of Various Types in the English Bible: A.V. and R.V.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 47 - "The Book of the Law"

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 47 - "The Book of the Law" 

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 46 - Deuteronomy: References to the Book in New Testament

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

 The Companion Bible Appendix # 46 - Deuteronomy: References to the Book in New Testament

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Monday, October 19, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 45 - The Order and Groupings of the Twelve Tribes

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 45 - The Order and Groupings of the Twelve Tribes 

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 44 - The Synonymous Words for "Sin", "Trespass", "Iniquity", &c.

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 44 - The Synonymous Words for "Sin", "Trespass", "Iniquity", &c.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 43 - The Offerings

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 43 - The Offerings

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Friday, October 16, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 42 - The Asherah

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 42 - The Asherah

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 41 - The Cherubim

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 41 - The Cherubim

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

HARVEY MILK AND JIM JONES KOOL-AID



Koinonia House
from the October 13, 2009 eNews issue

May 22 has officially become "Harvey Milk Day" in California. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Sunday to honor the state's first openly gay politician elected to office by having California school children annually celebrate the man's birthday. Milk is only the 2nd person in The Golden State, after naturalist John Muir, to get a day dedicated to his honor.

Tens of thousands of people from both sides of the issue contacted the governor's staff regarding this controversial bill. Conservative groups had rallied without success to persuade the governor to veto the bill as he did last year. New attention drawn to Harvey Milk by the Oscar-winning movie and plenty of pressure from GLTB activist groups apparently changed Schwarzenegger's mind, however.

Harvey Milk Day will not be a state holiday; banks will be open and the kids will still have to go to school. In their classrooms on that day, according to the new law, teachers will offer lessons "remembering the life of Harvey Milk, recognizing his accomplishments and familiarizing pupils with the contributions he made to this state." In other words, Harvey Milk's homosexual activism gets to be celebrated by an entire day set up in his honor, (while thousands of other historically significant Californians are comparatively ignored).

Geoff Kors, executive director of the huge gay-rights organization Equality California, has said his group would develop curriculum for schools and teachers to use on Milk's birthday.

Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who authored the legislation, said, "This will go a long way to better inform Californians as to the nature of the civil rights struggle in the LGBT community."

Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, was not so jubilant. "Under SB 572, schoolchildren could perform mock gay weddings, have cross-dressing contests, and have gay-pride parades right on campus. Why? Because 'Harvey Milk Gay Day' pressures schools to make children honor and support anything and everything that Milk believed in. The sky is the limit. And there's no parental consent in the bill."

No Hero For Children:
Regardless of what Californians may or may not believe about GLTB rights, Harvey Milk was a painfully poor person to teach unsuspecting school kids to honor. The real Harvey Milk was a guy with a bad temper, who freely had sex with teenagers and, according to his biographer, "had a penchant for young waifs with substance abuse problems." The movie about Harvey Milk also conveniently leaves out the fact that Milk was a big supporter of Jim Jones – that same Jim Jones, leader of Peoples Temple, who led over 900 people to their poisoned Kool-Aid deaths in Guyana merely nine days before Milk was slain.

According to Daniel J Flynn in City Journal:
"Milk occasionally spoke at Jones's San Francisco–based headquarters, promoted Jones through his newspaper columns, and defended the Peoples Temple from its growing legion of critics. Jones provided conscripted 'volunteers' for Milk's campaigns to distribute leaflets by the tens of thousands. Milk returned the favor by abusing his position of public trust on behalf of Jones's criminal endeavors."
Milk also willingly used deceit to move himself forward politically. In his last campaign, Milk's camera store was bombed with low-grade explosives.  Milk blamed the bombing on his political enemies, but biographer Randy Shilts notes that, "Years later friends hinted broadly that Harvey had more than a little foreknowledge that the explosions would happen."  That is, the bombs were a set up. "You gotta realize the campaign was sort of going slow, and, well . . ." one friend told Shilts.

It is also relevant to note that Milk was not shot to death because he was gay. He was not a martyr for the gay rights cause. Milk was shot because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time moments after Dan White shot Mayor George Moscone. In fact, White's own campaign manager was homosexual and White had donated money to support gay rights.

Yet, Sean Penn's Oscar-winning performance has done its job, whether or not that performance truly represented history at all. Harvey Milk Day has been signed into existence, and parents and teachers have a rough job ahead of them. If Harvey Milk is to be commemorated, perhaps the full truth about him should be told. If that's not what was intended, then perhaps the governor should be more picky in signing bills to honor any one man.

In addition to the Milk bill, Schwarzenegger signed a bill that expands funding to domestic violence programs aimed at GLTB communities, as well as another Leno bill that allows same-sex couples married before Prop 8 passed to retain their marriage status.  Same-sex couples wed out of state who move to California will also keep all their marriage rights except for the name "married". 
Related Links:
 • Drinking Harvey Milk’s Kool-Aid - City Journal
 • Governor OKs Harvey Milk Day, Marriage Bill - San Francisco Chronicle
 • Gov. Schwarzenegger Urged to Veto Bill Honoring Homosexual Activist - The Christian Post
 • Schwarzenegger Signs 478 Bills, Harvey Milk Day is Law - The Sacramento Bee


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The Companion Bible Appendix # 40 - The Tabernacle

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 40 - The Tabernacle

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 39 - The Decalogue

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 39 - The Decalogue 

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Monday, October 12, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 38 - "Leaven"

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 38 - "Leaven"

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Pastor Benny Hinn: Charlatan Or Man Of God?

Pastor Benny Hinn is being investigated by the Senate Finance Committee and was recently denied entry into the United Kingdom. The press has been bad, he says, because the media doesn't understand him. But the Texas-based faith healer, whose "Holy Spirit Miracle Crusades" pack sports arenas across the United States, is fielding questions about his controversies nonetheless. He says he needs to voice his concerns over the land of his birth, Israel, and the threat to it posed by a nuclear Iran — which he talks about in his new book “Blood in the Sand.” “[The media] are never going to paint me as I want to be painted," Hinn said in an exclusive interview. "But, really, it doesn’t matter as long as people give me the chance to talk.” 
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Saturday, October 10, 2009

The Bruce Collins Show Premieres Today!


On October 10th, The Bruce Collins Show will premiere on WSMN 1590 AM serving 180,000 households across New Hampshire! The show airs at 10am EST/ 7am PST...and can be accessed outside of New Hampshire, online at www.wsmnradio.com.

My first guest is John Rubino, editor of www.dollarcollapse.com . John's impressive list of books include:

"How To Profit From The Coming Real Estate Bust" in 2003, before the height of the bubble when everyone was saying housing "can only go up from here."

"The Coming Collapse of the Dollar And How To Profit From It" in 2004, when gold was only $300 an ounce (Closed over $1,000 an ounce this week!).

His latest book is "Clean Money" and in it he talks about investing in clean energy technology.

He is a financial genius and I am proud to call him friend and have him as my first guest on The Bruce Collins Show.

To Listen To Today's "The Bruce Collins Show", Click Here: www.smashedmedia.us/media/101009wsmn.mp3






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The Companion Bible Appendix # 37 - The Pharaohs of Genesis and Exodus

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 37 - The Pharaohs of Genesis and Exodus

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Friday, October 09, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 36 - "Thy Salvation" (Gen. 49:18)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 36"Thy Salvation" (Gen. 49:18)

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Thursday, October 08, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 35 - Sheol (Gen. 37:25)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 35 - Sheol (Gen. 37:25)

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WAS ARDI OUR APE ANCESTOR?




Koinonia House 
from the October 06, 2009 eNews issue

A major fossil find has made its splash in the news recently - a primate named "Ardi" who is believed to date to 4.4 million years ago, 1.2 million years earlier than the famous australopithecine Lucy. Paleoanthropologists are making a big to-do about Ardi, just as they have other ancient ape species found in northern Africa. Despite all the fuss, Ardi - like her neighbor Lucy - is still just an extinct species of ape.

For the past 15 years, the delicate remains of a number of Ardipithecus ramidus specimens have been carefully exhumed and studied. When the bones of Ardi and her fellows were discovered in the early 1990's, they had been trampled and smashed into the mud, and getting them back out for scientific purposes proved a difficult, sensitive task. The bones were not laid out in the matrix in a nice, articulated fashion. Instead, they were jumbled and smashed to "smithereens."  Time reports that, along with Ardi's bones, more than 100 fragments from some 35 Ar. ramidus specimens were found at the site, but after putting them together and doing some digital reconstruction, scientists believe they have a good idea of who Ardi was.

Ardi is a unique extinct species, but she's still all ape. She had a small brain and an ape's large opposable toe good for grasping things. She doesn't neatly fit into a spot as humanity's missing link, which paleoanthropologists have expected to look like a cross between a human and a chimpanzee. The current excitement hinges on the fact that those who have studied her argue that Ardi was bipedal – that is, she walked upright. The males of her species also had smaller, gentler teeth than the huge fangs of chimps, and her hands were more dexterous than chimp hands.

"This find is far more important than Lucy," National Geographic quotes Alan Walker, a paleontologist from Pennsylvania State University who was not part of the research. "It shows that the last common ancestor with chimps didn't look like a chimp, or a human, or some funny thing in between."

While the popular news media readily state that Ardi walked upright, some researchers do disagree with that conclusion. First of all, the pelvis bones were seriously crushed, adding to the speculative nature of those bipedal claims. Also, Ardi's feet were nothing like human feet. She had that huge opposable toe and no arch.

Anatomist William Jungers of Stony Brook University is skeptical of the claims that Ardi was bipedal. He told National Geographic News, "This is a fascinating skeleton, but based on what they present, the evidence for bipedality is limited at best. Divergent big toes are associated with grasping, and this has one of the most divergent big toes you can imagine. Why would an animal fully adapted to support its weight on its forelimbs in the trees elect to walk bipedally on the ground?"

Kent State University's Owen Lovejoy believes that Ardi stood upright when she walked, but also acknowledged her comfort in the trees, saying, "She has opposable great toes and she has a pelvis that allows her to negotiate tree branches rather well. So half of her life is spent in the trees; she would have nested in trees and occasionally fed in trees…"

People are also excited about Ardi because she dates 1.2 million years older than Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), who also allegedly walked upright. Yet, there is skepticism about whether even Lucy walked around on two feet. Anatomist Dr. Fred Spoor and his colleagues at University College, London, performed CAT scans on australopithecine inner ear canals, which are responsible for posture and balance, and came to the conclusion that these creatures did not regularly walk around upright as is so frequently claimed (Nature 369(6482):645–648, 1994). Anatomist Dr Charles Oxnard used multivariate analysis to show that Lucy's big toe was opposable, just like in chimpanzees. In fact, B.G. Richmond and D.S. Strait reported in Nature in 2000 that Lucy's wrists demonstrated she was likely a knuckle-walker like other apes.

A major reason Lucy is often portrayed with human feet, standing upright like a human, is that human footprints have been found in the area where Lucy was discovered. The hardened ash the Laetoli footprints walked through was dated to the time of Lucy using K/Ar testing, and since evolutionists have already decided humans and Lucy did not co-exist, they have concluded that Lucy must have made the prints herself.  (According to the Biblical model, humans and apes were created the same day, and would have lived on the earth at the same time.)

While evolutionary writers make confident statements about the place of new skeletal discoveries in the history of human evolution, there is plenty of room for skepticism. The scientific community might assume an evolutionary relationship between humans and ancient primates, but still struggle to show a true relationship exists. It is wise to look closer at the evidence and question claims that our ancestors ever had feet with opposable toes.

Books & DVDs by Dr. Chuck Missler
Related Links:
 • Ardi Is a New Piece for the Evolution Puzzle - Time
 • Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestor Found - National Geographic News
 • Ardipithecus Ramidus - Science
 • Standing (and Walking) Alone: - RAE
 • Meet Ardi - Answers In Genesis
 • New Evidence: Lucy Was a Knuckle-Walker - Creation.com
 • Lucy In The Sky: Case For The Tree-Dweller - True Authority


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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 34 - The Readings called Severin

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 34 - The Readings called Severin

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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

The Companion Bible Appendix # 33 - The Eighteen Emendations of the Sopherim (Gen. 18:22)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

The Companion Bible Appendix # 33 - The Eighteen Emendations of the Sopherim (Gen. 18:22)

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Monday, October 05, 2009

Companion Bible Appendix # 32 - The 134 Places where the Sopherim altered "Jehovah" to "Adonai" (Gen. 18:3)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

Companion Bible Appendix # 32The 134 Places where the Sopherim altered "Jehovah" to "Adonai" (Gen. 18:3)

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Sunday, October 04, 2009

Companion Bible Appendix # 31 - The Fifteen Extraordinary Points of the Sopherim (Gen. 16:5)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

Companion Bible Appendix # 31 - The Fifteen Extraordinary Points of the Sopherim (Gen. 16:5)

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Saturday, October 03, 2009

Watchmen

I just finished 2 hours and 43 minutes of "Watchmen" on DVD, and was amazed at the parallels to what is actually going on in the world today. Of course, most of it is going on behind closed doors, and the world at large is either blind to it or in denial. I wanted to share a link to Derek and Sharon Gilbert's discussion about this movie, in a podcast from P.I.D. Radio in March of 2009. It's fascinating stuff. Please listen, and consider what they have to say.



P.I.D. Radio 3/15/09: Taylor Kent — Who Watches the Watchers?


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Companion Bible Appendix # 30 - The Massorah

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

Companion Bible Appendix # 30 - The Massorah

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Friday, October 02, 2009

Companion Bible Appendix # 29 - The Generations of Terah (including those of Isaac and Jacob)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

Companion Bible Appendix # 29 - The Generations of Terah (including those of Isaac and Jacob)

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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Companion Bible Appendix # 28 - Nimrod (Gen. 10:8,9 1Chron. 1:10)

This is a new feature I have started on my blog. As often as I can, I will be posting one of the 198 Appendices of the Companion Bible. It is an amazing study and reference tool, and I thought that it might be helpful and interesting to preview some of the resources available in it. This Bible was compiled by one of the great scholars of the past, Dr. E.W. Bullinger. I have some of his other books in my Amazon Store that you can check out  here. If you would like to access the entire Companion Bible in an online edition, it is available here. Hope you find this interesting and inspiring.

Companion Bible Appendix # 28 - Nimrod (Gen. 10:8,9 1Chron. 1:10)

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