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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 18, 2013 16:47:36 GMT -5
It is simply been given to man to either accept or reject what Christ has already accomplished in this age of grace. The believer today then, is to be based upon appreciation of what Christ has already done, and the security that we have in him, rather than apprehension based upon a supposition of what God may or may not do in the future for us. Many people involved in religion’s domain are dealing with God on the basis of probation, rather than salvation. Then God must make a decision in their minds, whether or not to save that individual. Their suitability for heaven depends upon their turning away from all of their sins. If they will simply dedicate themselves to no longer to sin, that is the idea. God testing over and over again the validity of that dedication. Then God will know if they are truly devoted to him, then he will be able to finally make a decision as to whether or not they are heaven worthy. That is the idea in and in most people’s minds; it is the idea being promoted by ministers of righteousness. That is probation, not salvation. God is not testing or proving people today, in order to make a final decision as to whether or not to save them, or to keep them saved. All the saving work that God could possibly do, he has already done through Christ. God now holds forth the reconciliation that Christ has accomplished, in his mind, offering man the choice to either accept or reject that gift of salvation. Appreciation based on the reality of salvation, not apprehension based on religion’s message of probation. Christ was about action not about "being accepted" he didn't care and his character profile (if he was real) would even state that. He was a revolutionist of the time against the Empire, people joined him because he was fearless and beleived others' can be too. Even through the biblical texts we see that Christ was never about worship nor did he care for appreciation... if he did then how did he take his word and true self to the grave without surrendering? being completely alone. That's what his story is really about. What was Christ really against and what pushed him to rise? Christians do not ask this question enough. It is clear that Christ was sickened by the worship the "institutions" of the time were attaining from the people.. the complete surrender of man to a fictional man-made "institution". People kneeling before golden chalaces and before their overlords kneatly dressed in beautiful robes of silk and gold-leaf who sit on thrones of diamonds and gems (made and put together by a slave of course). People were afraid and all were being bred like sheep. Notice in the bible Jesus is often regarded as a sheppard it goes without question that Jesus was calling for man to be an individual and independant (Jesus represents the individual). Jesus Christ is one of the most misinterpreted people of all time - I beleive this is because he had influence so he couldn't "disapear" all that can be done is blasphemise, and twist the purpose from the start - Many people in time have accomplished what he has by deeds of selflessness and honor who took their word and self to the grave as did Christ, many time being the worst way possible through torture/pain etc... We see today the Church institutions being no different than what Jesus was against from the start. Jesus was just a man like any other and this is what he was "preaching" constantly in fact that was the foundation of what he was spreading - he being fearless and unsubmissive - beleiving every man has it in them to be so themselves. He is an example, he is not above us.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 17, 2013 16:26:55 GMT -5
Has there been some arm twisting here by the U.S ? Most likely yes. What's Albania doing offering assylum to anyone?
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 17, 2013 16:24:30 GMT -5
shameful for Katidis ............. player of team AEK douche He does look like a douche doing that salute, I hear his explanation was that he was pointing at a fellow teamate in the stands... BS in my view but in all honesty what makes him more wack is the 50cent quote tatooed to his lower abdomen... he's one dumbfuck.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 15, 2013 20:39:52 GMT -5
Thales asserted Water to be the principle of things. For he saw that matter was principally dispensed in moisture, and moisture in water; and it seemed proper to make that the principle of things, in which the virtues and powers of beings, and especially the elements of their generations and restorations, were chiefly found. He saw that the breeding of animals is in moisture ; that the seeds and kernels of plants (as long as they are productive and fresh), are likewise soft and tender; that metals also melt and become fluid, and are as it were concrete juices of the earth, or rather a kind of mineral waters; that the earth itself is fertilised and revived by showers or irrigation, and that earth and mud seem nothing else than the lees and sediment of water; that air most plainly is but the exhalation and expansion of water; nay, that even fire itself cannot be lighted, nor kept in and fed, except with moisture and by means of moisture. He saw, too, that the fatness which belongs to moisture, and which is the support and life of flame and fire, seems a kind of ripeness and concoction of the water.[/font]
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 15, 2013 19:16:41 GMT -5
...thread speaks for itself - please explain your answer.
Consider the following:
- Has the internet made us smarter or did it just give us the perception "that we are more intelligent"?
- Has the internet overtime, saved us time or made us lazier? - Has the internet changed our way of socially interacting positively or negatively?
Define "better" however you like - the main point is to compare [how life was - before and now].
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 15, 2013 18:33:14 GMT -5
Thessaloniki metro: Ancient dilemma for modern Greece Rather than joy and excitement, the unearthing of what an academic called "a Byzantine Pompeii" at the heart of modern day Thessaloniki, Greece's second city, has caused bitter controversy in a country clutching at economic straws. Instead of sealing off the ruins, the backers of a key rail project being built at the same site are threatening to have them removed within weeks. Six metres below ground, archaeologists found what they say exceeded even their wildest dreams: the commercial heart of the ancient city below the commercial heart of the modern one - marked by a crossroads built by Caesar Galerius in the 4th Century and reconstructed two centuries later, when Thessaloniki had become the second city not of a nation-state, but of the multinational Byzantine Empire. Descending the staircase to reach the closed-to-the-public dig site, you can see an incredibly well-preserved marble-paved road, complete with the remains of what used to be shops, workshops and public buildings and spaces. The road is still visibly etched by the passing of carriages, while the accompanying archaeologist even points to a marble block showing the markings of a noughts-and-crosses game, presumably carved by children playing in the open air market 17 centuries earlier. Archaeologists and city authorities dream of a metro station combined with a subterranean museum, that will become a major tourist attraction and a constant reminder of the city's glorious past - a past lamentably hidden today by decades of anarchical construction and disastrous city planning. Engineers with the company implementing the metro project, Attic Metro SA, however, say the two cannot exist together. Keeping the ruins would mean scrapping the central subway station - and jeopardising the entire 3.5bn-euro (£3bn) EU-co-financed project - one of the few major public works under way in Greece's moribund economy.It is scheduled to be complete in 2016, missing the initial target by at least four years. The main 9.6km (six-mile) line is meant to transport 250,000 passengers daily, decreasing traffic congestion and air pollution. Attiko Metro SA is armed with a decision by Greece's Central Archaeological Council, authorising the transfer of the finds to another area. But removing a road complex from its original position is considered by some archaeologists to be tantamount to destroying it. "Moving it would be catastrophic. A road is not a portable monument. It would lose all reason for being," the director of the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum, Polyxeni Veleni, told the BBC. 'Impossible to keep' Stratos Simopoulos, Greece's secretary general for public works, says there is no alternative. "We realise how important the find is, but it is impossible to keep it there. Everything else is hot air. I respect the archaeologists, but I ask them to respect our expertise as well", he told the BBC. Alongside the decumanus are the remains of shops, workshops and public buildings dating from the 6th-9th Centuries AD
Mr Simopoulos adds that he is determined to follow the archaeological council decision and remove the road. "The debate can go on for some weeks, but if a practical alternative is not found by then, we are not willing to wait forever. Politics is not only about consensus, but also about collisions," he said. About 450 workers demonstrated this week after being laid off, because the project is stalling.Any further delay would certainly mean more gloom for the area's shopkeepers, already suffering not only from the country-wide recession, but also from the barricades and noise driving customers away. Mauricio Serra, an Italian who moved to the city in 2004, owns an optics shop at Venizelos Street, a few metres from the main dig site. He is visibly agitated when asked about the issue. "We have been plunged into financial trouble for six years already. The project must be completed as soon as possible," he told the BBC. Despina Makropoulou, the head of the Ninth Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities and of the excavation, insists it would be a crime to remove the antiquities. "It is self-evident that we should preserve and showcase the finds for current and future generations," she says. According to her, this makes even financial sense. "In Greece, we are not in the business of making cars," she told the BBC at her office, housed in the courtyard of the magnificent 306 AD Rotunda of Galerius. "Our heavy industry is culture, the heritage of our ancestors. We must be proud, but also worthy of this heritage." Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris sounds remarkably calm, and confident that human ingenuity will solve the dilemma. "In our age, nothing is technically impossible," he said. "And not everything can be measured by money or time. The city needs the subway, but it also needs its heritage." The City Council, despite having no official say in the matter, will vote on a resolution requesting that the Central Archaeological Council rescinds its decision to remove the finds. The mayor is confident that the scientists at the city's Aristotle University and Technical Chamber will come up with a solution that has escaped the subway project engineers. The fate of a road walked by Roman soldiers, Byzantine merchants and Christian saints, hangs in the balance. Thessaloniki- Founded in 315 BC by King Cassander of Macedon; named after his wife, the sister of Alexander the Great
- Under Romans, became key commercial and military centre, serving briefly as capital of all Greek provinces
- Major early centre of Christianity, which was founded in the city by St Paul the Apostle. Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians, written in AD 52, is the first written book in the New Testament
- It was the second city of the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople, and the most important imperial urban centre in Europe, with a population exceeding 100,000 in the 14th Century - larger than London's
- Following centuries of Ottoman rule, it was annexed to Greece in 1913
Thessaloniki metro
3.5bn euros (£3bn) Completion date: 2016-2017 (slipped from 2012) 13 stations 9.6km (six miles) of line 18 state-of-the-art driverless trains www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21743758
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 13, 2013 19:57:25 GMT -5
agree, not sure how the f**k this happened too. my only guess is dirty politics and dangerous alliances in macedonian politics. oh and btw, Admin can re-instate my senior mod status when he's ready. "Today's Macedonians know who they are. They trace their name to the empire of Alexander the Great in the fourth century B.C. They trace their ethnicity to the Slavs...and their faith to the Byzantine Empire that brought them into the Eastern Orthodox Church."
Bravo Chento, good choice... I knew you'd one day come around. you have my support now X2 just don't fuck it up using Serbs... you Slavic brothers as a pawn to try to manipulate. The Serbs are your only friends you must realize this.... politically speaking of course ... in Balkan lol
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 13, 2013 14:21:47 GMT -5
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 13, 2013 14:09:43 GMT -5
I don't think any of them want to take responsibility in keep the albanians in check... just like how it is in Skopje nowadays...
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 13, 2013 11:56:02 GMT -5
so my fellow Makedonci .... quit lurking these boards... someone step up and be the leader of the pack
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 13, 2013 11:54:33 GMT -5
want to be mod? ... I'll give up my status proudly (not even sure how I got it)... no matter you will have POWER and INFLUENCE.... be weary....
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 13, 2013 11:49:56 GMT -5
You're such an amateur lol yes yes yes and you are professional? What i say is the truth, Serbia is getting smaller and smaller. You need to get to work, Skopje is runned by albanians.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 12, 2013 17:56:25 GMT -5
Yes yes laugh sorb but the only one laughing is the world. You lost montenegro, then kosovo next is vojvodina. and keep your dirty hands off of my beautiful virgin macedonia! You're such an amateur lol
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 12, 2013 17:43:02 GMT -5
I'll say again: 1- you're Skanderbeg is a sham YOU should know this by now 2- Language is insignificant anyone can take that up, we can see this with the Arnautasi 3- your "lahuta" is a variation of the Serbian gusle - FUN-FACT - "Lahuta" comes from the Arabic word "lute" which is a general word for a "stringed instrument" - the Turks got the word from them calling it "Lavta" - and of course the Albanians addopted the word as well changing it to: "lahuta". Bottom line this is not your instrument. It is Balkan IF anything. I personally think it's Slavic but I'll reserve that for some other time - other Slavic nations have their variations as well and you cannot say they took that from you. this is how much of a f**king idiot you are, this right here, there is no need to follow this up with anything, one thing i can always count on is that you self destruct yourself everytime you try to make a point. you never make a point, you rant off baseless accusations and when you're faced with facts and evidence you hit your convulsive stage rattling take your fucking ridalyn rat and try to bring some worth to your disgusting self. You are walking proof the Serbs never went hard enough on you animals.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 11, 2013 20:59:00 GMT -5
LOL !
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 11, 2013 18:44:55 GMT -5
No wonder lol Chento would debate like you, shooting all over the place not hitting anything.
This is why I see these new generations of "ancient pro macs" relating closest to the albanians. You guys argue your own significance the same way by trying to steal others'.
Real Macedonians are Slavic, either Serb descent or Bulgarian... all other claims are BS and embarassing. They're not coming here rex, they know better.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 11, 2013 17:27:23 GMT -5
a large painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David - 1784 The three brothers, all of whom appear willing to sacrifice their lives for the good of Rome, are shown saluting their father who holds their swords out for themby Jacques-Louis David of the Tennis Court Oath. -1792 The Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du jeu de paume) was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution.The Distribution of the Eagle Standards is an 1810 painting by Jacques-Louis David Depicting a ceremony arranged by Napoleon after his assumption of power as emperorOn October 12, 1892, the Bellamy salute was demonstrated as the hand gesture to accompany the Pledge of Allegiance in the United States.Ave Caesar Morituri te Salutant - Jean-Léon Gérôme In this painting, the gladiators are all raising their right or left arms, holding tridents and other weaponsAlso for note, Jacques-Louis David was a neo classical historical painter. His goal was to document ritual, events in realism art. There's still debate as to what it directly meant, I would depend on the context I would assume. According to some the Salute meant, "we bear no arms", in other words we come in peace. In the olden days when the messenger would approach the doors of a majesty he would give the Salute, then the majesty would signal the guards to allow entrance. The more accepted explanation is pledge of allegiance. Instead of cheering, clapping, one would stand up straight and perform the salute to signify allegience, loyalty and unity. Here's a pic of the Olympic Statue which was used prior to the highjacking by the nazis. -1924 ^^^^^Brought back as a friendly reminder^^^^.Even search-engines try to strictly associate the right-arm salute to Nazism. the 1924 Olympics In Los Angeles 1932 George C. Calnan, a member of the team of the United States, pronounces the Olympic oath It's always the right-arm that signifies glory.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 11, 2013 16:34:29 GMT -5
I'll say again:
1- you're Skanderbeg is a sham YOU should know this by now
2- Language is insignificant anyone can take that up, we can see this with the Arnautasi
3- your "lahuta" is a variation of the Serbian gusle - FUN-FACT - "Lahuta" comes from the Arabic word "lute" which is a general word for a "stringed instrument" - the Turks got the word from them calling it "Lavta" - and of course the Albanians addopted the word as well changing it to: "lahuta". Bottom line this is not your instrument. It is Balkan IF anything. I personally think it's Slavic but I'll reserve that for some other time - other Slavic nations have their variations as well and you cannot say they took that from you.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 11, 2013 16:21:45 GMT -5
Where's you besa... have you no honor in defending what you claim to stand for? I use facts/academia to prove you wrong, I don't need to insultive the facts speak for themselves.
Look at yourselves, you are a disgusting breed of what you guys call "human", whenever the news mentions the word "albanian" it's automatically associated to child-prostitution, drug and arms peddling, primitivity, islamic fundamentalists...
You call Serbia isolated? HAHAHAHAHA !! that's laughable compared to Albania (SHOW ME ANYTHING IMPLYING SERBIA IS ISOLATED)... and you guys DIDN"T even get shat on for the past 20 yrs (you have nothing to show for yourselves since ALbania's independance)... LMAO... the more you insult Serbs/Serbia the deeper you're digging your own grave... stop trying to compare and fix your own before pointing at anyone else.
well adt there you go, I just shat on all your points which imply "being an albanian" and you reply with nothing showing nothing but a damaged keyboard from the foam drooling from your mouth.
Next time you quote me, answer to the point- guys with mouths like yours don't get to use them for long - that would be according to besa too.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 11, 2013 13:37:58 GMT -5
Hungarian foreign minister calls re-annexation of Transylvania’s “total nonsense” as Romanian PM urges conciliation
The idea of Transylvania’s re-annexation to Hungary is total nonsense, Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi told the Romanian all-news channel Digi24 on Saturday. “This is such a nonsense that I am unwilling to react to it,” Martonyi said, commenting on Romanian fears that, by supporting autonomy endeavours, Hungary would like to retake Transylvania. He added, however, that recognition of various forms of the autonomy of communities does not weaken but strengthen the state concerned as it increases the community’s sense of being at home, and contributes to the stability of the nation. There are many forms of autonomy, he said, adding that Hungary, for instance, recognises the cultural autonomy of its ethnic minorities. In some countries, there are territorial autonomies. What matters is that the country in question should take the community’s desire into account. Hungary cannot do anything else but support the endeavours of Hungarian communities abroad, Martonyi said. Concerning the dispute over Szekler flags, the minister said that overwrought feelings could endanger bilateral relations. For this reason, he asked for self-constraint and understanding from his Romanian partners. Asked if Hungarian-Romanian relations had deteriorated to such an extent that his visit to Bucharest was only aimed at “preserving the valuable elements of strategic partnership”, Martonyi said he did not want to dramatize the situation but warned that elevated passions may entail dangerous consequences and reverse achievements in bilateral relations. Martonyi called dialogue the only way to dispel doubts and dissipate fear, adding that his visit aimed to restore confidence in bilateral ties. The interview was recorded during Martonyi’s recent visit to Bucharest on Tuesday. Ponta pumps for peaceful coexistence Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta emphasised the importance of the peaceful coexistence of Hungarians and Romanians, addressing a meeting of the opposition Socialist Party in Budapest on Saturday. “Hungarians and Romanians should realise that the two nations are able to live together as friends and work together for their common future,” he said. “The past might have divided the two nations but our presence and future should be in common,” he said. Ponta said that populism, extremism and demagoguery harmed both nations. He stressed that the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Romania and ethnic Romanians in Hungary should be duly respected. www.politics.hu/20130311/hungarian-foreign-minister-calls-re-annexation-of-transylvanias-total-nonsense-as-romanian-pm-urges-conciliation/
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