Nation: Tercentenary commemoration of ‘Gurta Gaddi,’- appointment of the Adi Granth as the Guru of Sikhs.

Over 3 lakh pilgrims take part in ‘Gurta Gaddi’ in Nanded

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Pithavu is one who ptotects not a gender based noun

Recently, I was watching Malayalam TV and in a play the word "Pithaavu' (Father) came up. In the play a boy describes his benefactress as his "pithaavu" (father). Others deride him and ask him how a woman can be his father (achan). The boy says, I said Pithaavu and not achan and quotes a Sanskrit sloka where the word pithaavu is defined. I do not remember all, but a pithaavu is one who bestows 'arivu'(Wisdom) give shelter/protection, (abhayam) sutains (paalikkuka) etc (5 traits of pithaavu)


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The serial she refers to is Guruvayoorappan in Surya TV channel. It is the boy Guruvyaoorappan who speaks of Kurroramma and later defend the usage with reference to a woman as right to a Brahmin pundit who chided the boy for the usage. Jt

GOD REVEALED TO MOSES: 

JEHOVAH RAPHA, JEHOVAH NISSI, JEHOVAH MEKADESH

http://islam-heart.blogspot.com/2008/09/info-about-islam.html

Interfaith marriages

Interfaith marriage: acid attack on Muslim TV anchor

Submitted by admin3 on 14 October 2008 - 5:33pm. 

• Crime/Terrorism
 
• Indian Muslim

By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,

Hyderabad: A senior journalist and anchor person of Telugu news channel of TV5 Abdul Kareem was today seriously injured when unknown assailants threw acids at him and attacked him with a hammer on his head. His face was badly burnt in the acid attack and he has been admitted to Apollo hospital in a critical condition.

The attack is being seen as a fallout of discord over interfaith marriage as he had married Srisha another anchor person of the same channel. The girl from Brahmin community reportedly had love affair with Karim before they tied the knot. The police are questioning the relatives of the girl including her father and brother in connection with the incident. Shrisha was also injured in the attack. Earlier first wife of Karim and the parents of Shrisha had lodged a complaint with the human rights in connection with his second marriage.

While Karim hails from Ongole in Prakasham district, Shrisha belongs to Vijaywada.
Karim had earlier reported another girl working for another Telugu news channel where the two had worked.

In view of the nature of the case, the journalists' unions were staying clear of the controversy.

Karim is the second TV personality to be in the news in connection with the marital discord. Jhansi, another popular anchor, had married a Muslim boy and converted to Islam. But later she walked out of the marriage saying he was being forced to wear a veil.  read 

HMm ... Heavenly City..Rapture!

The Size of the City

The incredible size means the city would stretch from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic coast of America to Colorado. It would also extend 1,500 miles into the atmosphere.

This tremendous extension of the city vertically into the air is a clue that the new earth may be considerably larger than the current earth. Otherwise, the city would not be proportional to its surroundings.

Would such a city be able to adequately accommodate all the Redeemed? That's a good question. The best answer I have ever run across is the one provided by Dr. Henry Morris in his book The Revelation Record.

Dr. Morris postulates the total number of Redeemed might be as many as 20 billion. He further guesses that approximately 75 percent of the new Jerusalem might be devoted to streets, parks and public buildings. Can 20 billion people be squeezed into only 25 percent of the space of this city?

The answer is yes! In fact, it can be done easily. Each person would have a cubical block with about 75 acres of surface on each face. We are talking about an immense city!

This assumes, of course, that our new glorified bodies will be immune to the current law of gravity, as are the bodies of angels. This is a safe assumption, for Philippians 3:2 says that our glorified bodies will be like the body of Jesus after His resurrection, and His body was not subject to gravity, as evidenced by His ascension into Heaven.

This is the reason the city will be so tall. We will be able to utilize and enjoy all levels of it. There will be vertical streets as well as horizontal ones.  R

Was Miriam Hebrew?

MIRIAM THE PROPHETESS

The song tells us nothing in particular about this person "Miriam" and verse 20 of the text only informs us that she was "a prophetess," that she was the "sister of Aaron" (oddly enough, Moses himself is not mentioned), and that she took up the leadership of many women, who in sang and danced, accompanied by the distinctive sound of the timbrel. From the place of this scene in context of the exodus-wilderness narrative we can guess that Miriam was among the "mixed multitude" that had recently come out of Egypt and fled into the desert of Sinai. Other biblical passages inform us that she was the sister of Moses and Aaron, ostensibly all members of the Hebrew speaking, Israelite tribe of Levi. However, strangely enough, none of these three people have a Hebrew name. Moses (properly "Mose") is a common element in Egyptian nomenclature -- even some kings had the syllable attached to their names (i. e. "Tutmose," etc.). Like that of her supposed brother, Moses, Miriam's non-Hebrew name appears to have come from the Egyptian language. The syllable "Meri" (loved one) was generally joined with that of some god to form a name such as "Meri-aten" (beloved of the god Aten) or "Meri-amun" (beloved of the god Amun).
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Participatory Bible Study Blog

a very good blog

Names of God

In christian tradition from 300 a.d. and on theologians began with N.T. about Father, Son and Holy Spirit to a teaching about God called the Triunity or sadly simplified to Trinity. They were well meaning, but lacked the foundation of the O.T. So let us start there. Then in almost no translation you can differentiate clearly between the names. So it is necessary to use the names in hebrew. You have good help of the COMPANION BIBLE and the Concordant Literal Version. The main names of God in the O.T are
1) Elohim. This is distincly the Creator God. He/She is both masculine and feminine. Man was created in the image of Elohim, male and female. All creation, all nations and all humans have a relationship with Elohim.
2) JHVH, the tetragrammaton (four-letter) name, that the jews dare not pronounce. It was wrongly translittered Jehovah in the reformation, but was probably pronounced Jahveh or Yahweh. He is male and the Covnant God of Israel. He is the God of OLAM, falsely translated eternity, Correctly THE AGE.Ex 3:15 Concordant version "And Elohim said further to Moses: Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel, Yahweh, the Elohim of your fathers,the Elohim of Abraham,the Elohim of Isaac and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name for THE EON, and this the remembrance of me for generation after generation.
3) Shaddai. This name comes from hebr. SHAD meaning a woman´s nurturing breast, so Shaddai is feminine,giving, sharing. In Ex 6:2-3 C.V. " Elohim spoke to Moses and said to him: I am Yahweh, and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as the El-Who-Suffices ( El Shaddai); as to my name Yahweh I was not fully realised by them. So from Abram until Moses the young nation Israel was under his Mother. With Moses Israel came to "BAR-MITZVAH" and came under JHVH as a Father with new laws and rules. Shaddai is often used together with EL as El Shaddai. There is no difference from the single Shaddai.
4) ELYON or EL ELYON, meaning the HIGHEST. Melchizedec was a priest to Elyon Gen 14:18-24. ELYON is the possessor of the Heavens and the Earth. While JHVH is the God of Israel, ELYON is the God of all nations. Deut 32:8 C.V. When the SUPREME gave the nations allotments, when he parted the sons of Adam, He stationed the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of EL (Qumran) ISRAEL (Massorete). When God manifests to gentile kings in Daniel He is ELYON. The saints of ELYON shall possess the kingdom of God. Dan 7:18-22. Elyon is translated Hypsistos in N.T. The gergasene demoniac (a gentile) in Mark 5:7 C.V. is saying: "What is it to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of EL ELYON! I am adjuring Thee by God" Even Luke 8:28. In Luke 1:32 Jesus "shall be great, and Son of ELYON shall He be called." Luke 1:35 the messenger said to Miriam: "Holy spirit shall be coming on you, and the power of ELYON shall be overshadowing you". In Luke 1:76 John the Baptiser is called "Prophet of Elyon" He is greater than all O.T. prophets. Jesus is NEVER called "Son of the Lord" in N.T. NEVER Son of JHVH. Always Son of ELYON. This means that ELYON, not JHVH, is the FATHER of the Lord Jesus Christ. ELYON is the God of mercy; JHVH is the God of Justice. "AND NO ONE IS RECOGNIZING THE SON EXCEPT THE FATHER; NEITHER IS ANYONE RECOGNIZING THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON AND HE TO WHOM THE SON SHOULD BE INTENDING TO UNVEIL HIM". Matth 11:28

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Translated Bible rocks Jharkhand assembly

Translated bible rocks Jharkhand assembly

Posted October 5, 2008


September 23, 2008
DNA India
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RANCHI: Controversial lines in a translated version of the Bible in Jharkhand rocked the state assembly on Tuesday, leading to an assurance by the government that the book would be recalled.



Chandresh Oraon, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, moved the motion to stop work in the assembly on Tuesday and demanded a debate on the lines in the translated Bible that call for destroying tribals' places of worship.

The book in Kuduk language, one of the main tribal languages in Jharkhand, has been brought out by the Bible Society of India (BSI).

The translated version reportedly says: "Destroy the trees and Sarna (tribals' worship places)."

"BSI has done a criminal act by publishing such derogatory remarks in the translated Bible. This is a conspiracy against the tribal society.

"We seek a probe and action against the society for publishing the book which hurt the sentiments of the tribal," said Oraon.

The BJP tribal legislators came in the well of the house and shouted slogans like "Stop hurting tribal sentiments".

Inder Singh Namdhari, former assembly speaker and independent legislator, said: "No one has the right to hurt the sentiment of any religion. Government should take suitable action on the issue."

Deputy Chief Minister Stephen Marandi said: "We admit the fault. Wrong translation of Bible has been done by BSI.

"The state government will recall the translated version of the book and take suitable action against the publisher," he added.

Marandi, however, did not clarify what action would be taken against the publishers. 

The BJP legislators were not satisfied with the reply and they shouted slogans. They demanded action against the publisher. 

The Congress legislators alleged that the BJP was politicising the issue.

A deep resentment is prevailing among the tribal scholars on the issue.

Tribal scholars demanded suitable action against the publishers. "The Christian missionaries have no right to hurt the sentiment of the tribal people. The issue could take a volatile shape if such things take place," said Karma Oraon, a tribal scholar.

On Monday, 11 tribals were arrested in Ranchi for trying to burn the copies of the Bible.

Less than a year back, another book published by the society had  insulted a local freedom fighter. The issue was also raised in the state assembly.   read

Marathon Bible Reading on Italian TV

Pope kicks off 7-day marathon Bible reading
Sun, Oct 5 11:16 PM
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Sunday kicked off a seven-day, non-stop Bible reading marathon on Italian television.

The pope read for several minutes from the start of the Book of Genesis live from his apartments in the Vatican while other speakers read in the Basilica of Holy Cross in Rome.

In the next seven days and six nights, more than 1,200 people will read from the Bible until all 73 books of the Catholic edition is finished.

The second reader was from the Russian Orthodox Church and the third was an Italian protestant leader. Others on the first night included Italian politicians and artists, among them Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto Benigni.

Tenor Andrea Bocelli sang between readings.

Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo di Segni, had originally agreed to read immediately after the pope but pulled out of the event last month, saying it had become "too Catholic". more