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Taliban take revenge for Koran burning but do nothing for the mosques being shelled in Syria ?

The above video shows shelling taking place in Syria, this and other videos on YouTube clearly show that there is no hesitation in shelling mosques.

I want to understand how the Muslim community cannot be standing up in protest, especially considering the recent events surrounding the U.S. accidental burning of the Koran and the revenge attack taken by the Taliban (clip shown below).

Although I don't abide by the burning of religious books of any sort, surely the lives being wiped out in Syria are much more important don't you think?

Elisha (est.848 - 793)

Elisha the son of Shaphat was anointed to be a prophet by Elijah to be his eventual successor; he was ploughing in a field when Elijah found him.  From there they traveled from Gilgal to Bethel, then to Jericho, then to Jordan where Elijah planned his ascension.

Elisha asks Elijah for 'double portion of thy spirit', and he is told that it will be given if he watches Elijah ascend to heaven.  After that Elisha gained new understanding, instantly able to smite and to part water, and even cursed children who mocked him, causing a bear to attack them

Elisha then traveled to Mount Carmel and then onward to Samaria.  The King came seeking his help, and so a minstrel played music and the hand of the Lord came upon Elisha to tell the king what to do.

A woman later asks for help (supposeldy the wife of a son of a prophet) and Elisha helps her, afterwards he would often pass when in the area to share bread. Elisha eventually predicts that she will have a baby (after previously being barren), later on Elisha revives the boy after he dies.

King of Syria sends Naaman to Israel to be healed by the prophet, and is told to wash in the river seven times before he gets healed, and Elisha refuses payment as a reward, but his servant Gehazi runs after Naaman and takes payment, but in doing so, incurs Elisha's curse which makes him take Naaman's leprosy.  Sons of prophets are moving to Jordan to make a new home and Elisha goes with them.  King of Syria sends an army to besiege Dothan and fetch the prophet, but Elisha made them all blind and took them to Samaria.  Elisha was able to predict the price of food, the death of various people and a seven year famine among other things.  Prophets had the power to anoint a new King, even on his death bed, sick, the King came and grieved and yet Elisha left him with a prediction that he would only defeat the Syrians three times.

Old Document Review 'The Book of Enoch'

The Book of Enoch has survived in various copies, although only exists in complete form in the langauge of Ge'ez. It oldest surviving copy has been dated to have been written somewhere between 300 B.C. and 100 A.D. , although it could be said that it originates from earlier texts (unfortunately there is no proof of such a statement). It was rejected by Judaism and Christianity due to its content, despite the book being refered to by Jude 14-15.

Indeed there are some strange things that are said in the book which could paint a different view on some important issue. The book basically covers the story of Enoch and his family, mentioning his grandfather, his sons and grandsons.

The first strange notion is that mankind was supposed to not step outside nature, and it was the leaving of nature that brought with it a curse. In fact the Adam & Eve story is painted totally different “tree of wisdom...they learnt wisdom...eyes were opened...they knew that they were naked”.

The second strange notion is that it claims the cause of the Great Flood as being something which caused a smell of sulphur, that there was a great melting of ice which re-froze afterwards (a melting of the ice caps?). A third suggestions was that there is amention that they did not eat blood, basically meaning that they were all vegetarians.

The book also contains detailed knowledge of days of the year, varying lengths of the days between winter and summer, with reference to portals (maybe some stone alignment like Stone Henge), carries on to explain the moon cycles in the year and another planetary object (most likely mars), also aware of Solar Storms that work in cycles of varying violence.

Noah (est5590 - 4989)

Many people struggle with the idea that Noah actually existed, and if you are a skeptic, I wish nothing more than you read this article with an open mind, why?  Because the story of the Great Flood is document in over 2000 ancient documents, existing not only in Christian records but many other cultures.

The story of the Great Flood tells us that when Noah was 500 he had three sons Shem, Ham, Japheth.  Noah was given instructions on how to build the ark including size, height, waterproofing (300cubits X 50 cubits X 30 cubits, 3 stories high).  The ark was to hold Noah, his wife, his three sons with their wives, 8 people in all.

(Please note 1cubit=21.88inches)

He was told to gather food for the journey, told to save the animals, and that it will rain for 40 days to cause a flood, the flood happened in his 600th year, the water rose by fifteen cubits? although it states mountains were covered, the waters stayed high for 150 days.

Afterwards, Noah and sons told to replenish the earth, Noah lived 350 years after flood (total 950) and as grandsons and great grandsons were born, they spread out and formed settlements  They are recorded as spreading out to all countries, to the isles, to the east and west.  This links in to an alternative story of Sambethe who is said to have been part of Noah's family, actually rumoured to be Noah's daughter in law, Sambethe moved to Greece and founded the Sibyl sisterhood.  Other documents such as the Book of Enoch tells how Enoch (Noah's grandfather) was the one who was told about the coming flood, and that when Noah was born as an albino, it was seen as a sign that the flood would happen during Noah's lifetime, making him to be the one to survive the Great flood.

Most non-believers call this story nonsense, despite the existence of the Ark being noted during the Greek Empire, in fact scientists are said to have identified sites which could be the Ark, found in Turkey near the border with Afghanistan.  The picture above is from the first site, and I have actually attended a lecture from the discoverer of the site.  His arguments and evidence are surprisingly believable.  The second site was supposedly discovered by a Chinese expedition to the area, the video below is supposed to be what they found.

These claims have been totally rebuked by the scientific community, first claiming that the Chinese built a wooden structure on the mountain and then froze it with ice, how convenient, especially when the site is located on a cliff far above where machinery can go!(at 12000ft)  So when that argument failed, they moved on to other ways to call it into disrepute.  I want to ask why !!  Here is a valid theory and a valid site to investigate, isn't that the job that scientists are supposed to do??

Enoch (7106 - 6741 B.C.)

The story of Enoch the Scribe is only briefly mentioned in the Bible, yet his story is told elsewhere such as the Book of the Giants.  For this article I will refer only to that which is said about Enoch in the Book of Enoch and the Fragment of the Book of Noah.  He was seventh generation from Adam and also the grandfather of Noah.

The story starts as two hundred angels descended from heaven following the one but bound by an agreement to him, the angels took women and taught them secrets of herbology, astrology, forging of metals, how to write and other secrets.  But the women gave birth to giants who could not be sustained by the supplies of the community, so the giants turned against men, making war.

So Enoch was given visions and was told that because of the wickedness the Deluge would come to punish the wicked.  So he was given power over the 200 and the wicked and he took the message to declare the coming destruction to the two hundred, the giants and the wicked.  But they pleaded with him for mercy, and so he promised them to make a petition of their behalf.  But their petition was refused and their fate was decided.

The story carries on, telling how he sought wisdom "I wish to know about everything" and so angels come and start to teach him knowledge about everything., although sometimes the vision become too much for him to bear.  He is shown the places where the 200 will go for imprisonment.  He is shown where souls go after death, the good separated from the bad and is shown how the spirits of the giants will become the evil spirits as they are neither man nor angel (angel as in the 200).

Then he was shown all the secrets of the earth and the universe, the laws of the universe and then a vision of the end of all things.  He is then shown the future, of the one who will be like the Lamb (Jesus) and everything that happens between the deluge and Jesus concerning his descendants.  One prophecy relates to the moon changing orbit and stars changing position suggesting a polar shift.

At the end Enoch spoke to his family in regards to all his knowledge, and his son Methuselah is taught and given Enoch's books of knowledge and from there Noah is taught, books are to be kept safe to ensure safety for future, one book contains a complete doctrine of wisdom.  Then he was taken from the earth and did not die like all other men.

Whitney Houston death fortold in Prophecy?

I just wanted to post these words quoted from Book of Prophecies;

"I see the drain of a bath, water twirling in circles, woman with long hair..." 1(ii)

"A woman in difficulty, devotion of her followers, invade her personal space, she lacks trust in honesty, and problems grow, with an ever growing need for freedom, she needs to do something to make a muffled voice heard, before suffocation" 3 (x)