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Comet "I, SON"

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This guy is way off. ISON's fragments are not "miles and miles" in size, if there are any left. It was estimated that when it was complete, it was only a couple of kilometers in size. Now that it's basically disintegrated, melted skattered, there is no way that it's pieces are larger than its whole before perihelion.
 
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"Karl Battams, an astrophysicist with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory ... said we have to wait for the Hubble Space Telescope or other telescopes to confirm ISON's fate ... NASA also hinted there may be a bit of hope for ISON in its latest update posted online Wednesday. The agency said it will use space telescopes to monitor ISON for the next several weeks because it's possible that dust is hiding a new, smaller version of it. "Most agree that up to 90% of ISON was destroyed, leaving approximately 10% of the comet intact. If previous sungrazing comets are any guides, there may be a sizeable piece of comet nucleus left. At this point, though, scientists are waiting for a variety of telescopes to make observations before the status of Comet ISON can be confirmed."" - CNN, 12/6
 
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Many are still saying that ISON is still alive and well ...

It's interesting to note that this comet was not named after its discoverers (as is common practice), but after the telescope network!?

Perhaps because the names of the two discoverers could possibly translate into "waters" and "wormwood", and the place where it was discovered translates into "bitter waters"?


I love etymology and especially name meanings. I looked the second one up, the one that is supposed to mean wormwood and found these meanings:

Artyom = "safe"
Artyom = "dedicated to Artemis"
Artyom = Greek form and masculine of ARTEMIS.
Artyom = (Old Greek) follower of Artemis, safe, butcher
Artyom = of Russian origin, it generally means Butcher or Safe
Artyom = Artyom became a city in 1938 and is a center of lignite ( brown coal) production


Strangely the only place I can find it connected to wormwood is on Christian blogs and websites and in relation to ISON.
 
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I love etymology and especially name meanings. I looked the second one up, the one that is supposed to mean wormwood and found these meanings:

Artyom = "safe"
Artyom = "dedicated to Artemis"
Artyom = Greek form and masculine of ARTEMIS.
Artyom = (Old Greek) follower of Artemis, safe, butcher
Artyom = of Russian origin, it generally means Butcher or Safe
Artyom = Artyom became a city in 1938 and is a center of lignite ( brown coal) production


Strangely the only place I can find it connected to wormwood is on Christian blogs and websites and in relation to ISON.
Artyom "is derived from the Ancient Greek name Artemisios" (wiki)
Artemisios means "wormwood" (cf link 1, link 2, link 3)
 
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It's almost certain we will not see much or any of its debris here.


I have often found when the obvious is not seen by the student, there is no way of explaining, and or showing him the truth, he cannot see the truth.

So I am going to tell you what you will not believe.

On December 26th 2013, a great flare will come from the Sun and there will be a 3 day warning before the storm reaches Earth. People all over the world will mourn and be in great fear, and on the 27th of December, the front pages will show the burst.

The fear will turn into gladness on the 30th because the storm will not affect the Earth, and people will think nothing has happened.

When that happens, ask me how I knew, and what is has to do with I Son.



If it doesn't happen, then I am no man of God.

But after it happens, you will say it's coincidence.:p

And then I will tell you.




13He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.
 
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What in the world?

Nobody wants to bite?

^_^

Let's not forget that I am the resident crazy, don't be afraid to engage, maybe I will tell you your future.

If you are so sure that your previous post is prophecy (of G_d), then you have insulted G_d by offering it for debate.

You stand judged by your own words brother - it is either of G_d and you are simply required to speak it regardless of what the world says, or it is not of G_d; it is not for you to offer it as a debatable viewpoint. You cannot have it both ways round
 
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If you are so sure that your previous post is prophecy (of G_d), then you have insulted G_d by offering it for debate.

You stand judged by your own words brother - it is either of G_d and you are simply required to speak it regardless of what the world says, or it is not of G_d; it is not for you to offer it as a debatable viewpoint. You cannot have it both ways round


Meh, Never said it was prophecy from God, but no matter, it would simply mean that I was a false prophet either way.


What would happen if a flare really did come out of the Sun just as I said?


Who in the world would think I was a prophet from God if it came true?

Nobody would.


In fact, if it did happen, people would be sure to believe that I was demon possessed, but I was just giving somebody something to talk about.


I don't read the Tea leaves, I don't look at events and say,'' Oh, I know what is going to happen.''


If there really was a true prophet, he wouldn't read the tea leaves, he would simply pray for an event, and have faith that it would happen.
 
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Meh, Never said it was prophecy from God, but no matter, it would simply mean that I was a false prophet either way.


What would happen if a flare really did come out of the Sun just as I said?


Who in the world would think I was a prophet from God if it came true?

Nobody would.


In fact, if it did happen, people would be sure to believe that I was demon possessed, but I was just giving somebody something to talk about.


I don't read the Tea leaves, I don't look at events and say,'' Oh, I know what is going to happen.''


If there really was a true prophet, he wouldn't read the tea leaves, he would simply pray for an event, and have faith that it would happen.

I never said you said it was - read what I said. I worded what I wrote precisely because you couched it in terms that one would use in making a prophecy - that if it didn't happen as you said you 'would not be a man of G_d'; that is very much claiming it to be a prophecy, but I gave you the benefit of the doubt by saying as my first word 'If'.


If things are of G-d declare them openly and fear not. It is not for us to worry about how people take them, or not.
 
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Artyom "is derived from the Ancient Greek name Artemisios" (wiki)
Artemisios means "wormwood" (cf link 1, link 2, link 3)

Interesting, the genus name derives from the goddess, Artemis, or Diana.

Artemisia arborescens (tree wormwood, or sheeba in Arabic) is a very bitter herb indigenous to the Middle East used in tea, usually with mint.


Artemisia herba-alba is thought to be the plant translated as "wormwood" in English language versions of the Bible (apsinthos in the Greek text). Wormwood is mentioned seven times in the Jewish Bible, always with the implication of bitterness. It is mentioned once in the New Testament.[8] Wormwood is the "name of the star" in the Book of Revelation 8:11 (kai to onoma tou asteros legetai ho Apsinthos) that John of Patmos envisions as cast by the angel and falling into the waters, making them undrinkably bitter.


Absinthe is the Greek, also said to give drinkers of it hallucinations. ;)
 
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I have often found when the obvious is not seen by the student, there is no way of explaining, and or showing him the truth, he cannot see the truth.

So I am going to tell you what you will not believe.

On December 26th 2013, a great flare will come from the Sun and there will be a 3 day warning before the storm reaches Earth. People all over the world will mourn and be in great fear, and on the 27th of December, the front pages will show the burst.

The fear will turn into gladness on the 30th because the storm will not affect the Earth, and people will think nothing has happened.

When that happens, ask me how I knew, and what is has to do with I Son.



If it doesn't happen, then I am no man of God.

But after it happens, you will say it's coincidence.:p

And then I will tell you.




13He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

What in the world?

Nobody wants to bite?

^_^

Let's not forget that I am the resident crazy, don't be afraid to engage, maybe I will tell you your future.


Aww, you been staring at Sherry too long again. :)
 
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