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Yes; No, and Maybe. The first thing to acknowledge is that the ancient Hebrews were nomadic sheep herders. Their culture would have been a simple one which one could fairly equate to cultures like Aborigines, Indigenous Americans (North and South continents). Their religeous philosophy was without doubt an amalgam of those of the more advanced Mesopotamian cultures. In fact, if one compares the Biblical stories of creation with the creation stories of those advanced cultures, one can imagine that a lot of cut and paste took place. So, in respect of religious philosophies, one could conclude that the Scritpture is not factual. Then we move onto the historical content of the Scriptures. Many accounts in the Scripture relate to events which the Hebrews lived through. In recent times, the application of scientific principles in the area of archeology has produced physical and documentary evidence of a lot of the accounts in the Scripture. One can frequently see from that evidence that events did in fact occur, but their causes were misinterpreted by a people whose scientific knowledge of the forces of Nature was not as correct s ours. Therefore, with the recounting of evetns over generations, the fact were coated with additions that made the story more exciting, but still contained a kernel of truth. That is a common thing in cultures that do not have a written literature. I am pretty sure that I have experienced that in a story of the Aborigines of the Wollongong area of NSW. The story explains how some small islands just off the coast came to be. Basically they are supposed to be canoes that some people stole and saild to the Wollongong coast from the east. It is easy to think that the kernel of truth in this story is the inundation of the Eastern Australian coastal plains after the end of the last Ice Age about 12,000 years ago. Aborigines living futher to teh east may well have been forced westwards by rising sea levels flodding those plains. So, are the Scriptures historically factual? Maybe, but there is a lot of padding around the kernel of truth. So what about the Scriptures being the Word of God? They are definitely a blueprint for living a life in a community. All the leaders of the community, those with the power to rule the lives of others, have to do to ensure the masses comply is to set up a system where compliance with the dictates of the rulers means a trouble-free life for the individual. First invent an all-powerful deity whose commands are relayed by the powerful in the group. Then dress the system with ceremony and was to express praise to this deity. After that create a set of rules which have to be followed both to appease the deity and to separate the followers of the deity from non-followers. So, are the Scriptures a statement of religious fact? Yes, if the facts relate to the rules of the particular religion, but NO if one does not believe in the existence of a deity. Are the religous facts of the Scriptures of any use to a non-believer? If a non-believer accepts that rules for social cohesion arising from the Sriptures are sensible and useful to lead a trouble-free life, then the Scripture are of use.

They still have old Tomcats and Phantoms left over from the days of the Shah. I wonder how many of them will be left after this is all over. Iran was the only foreign nation that received Tomcats. Their variant had the same engines as our F-111s. A big part of the reason none of our civilian air museums were allowed to have F-111 engines for display. The Amberley air force museum has a cut-away display engine, but that's under air force control.

It surprised me, I would have guessed half that. It must have big city populations.

They're mostly inbreds. Marrying cousins.

Irans bloody 90 million gees, didn't know that . That'd be a huge population really for one of those countries wouldn't it ?.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince has authorised a full military response from Saudi armed forces if Iran attacks them again.

I only ever rode an old Bonneville once and only for a few k's down the road. I remember the vibration was very noticeable after being used to the isolastic setup on the Commando. I also had a ride on a Norton SS and it was a beautiful handling bike. The only issue was that it had a very annoying vibration that kicked in around 55 to 60mph, right where you would want to sit on the speed limit. To have a comfortable ride, you had to slow down or go over the speed limit.

Not in the footage I saw, there were heaps of women and very few wearing head coverings. But that was footage taken by citizens and posted on social media, so it might have been from a prodominately anti-government suburb and maybe not representative of what you see in other areas.

Maybe the thread title should be" Life OF a Honda 2008 CBF 1000A ..........." .Are all your Mechanics employed by Arthur Daley? Nev

It's an " ILL wind that Blows nobody any good" But Trump is mostly wind and is definitely Mentally ILL. Nev

Plenty of sects out there, making up their OWN version of God's word.. If you want clarity and freedom of thought give it a MISS. No one can handle the GUILT. Nev

Is it possible that Pootin doesn't mind US hitting Iran? After all, according to reports the russian economy is in a bad way. They rely heavily on oil income, which is presently limited by caps on Russian oil prices. Right now, the price of crude is likely to go up bigtime? Would this boost Russian income? I doubt that Donold would do much to enrage his mate Pootin. Just looking for an upside. There always is one but not always obvious.

Whenever I was feeling all alone, stuck in some isolated grubby motel, away from the comforts of home...... I'd rummage through the bedside drawer for anything to read. Alas, the only thing I ever found was a Gideon's Bible. In desperation I'd open it in hope of finding some mental stimulation beyond what the local TV repeater offered. The first pages hold nice, uplifting positive affamations.... then there is The Old Testament. Wow. Lots of heavy rather unscientific stuff about laws controlling what animals shall be sacrificed for what occasions, & when it is time to stone women to death, etc, etc. I guess later on the eight commandments made life easier for the common man (person). All too depressing - small wonder there is so much suicide in the bush. Maybe the book is due for revision again.... Question - is Scripture teaching fact? Whose Scripture? What revision number? Does it come with a change log and was it stored in a code repository so we can track document changes back to confirm the original author(s)?

And Russia.

China has supplied Iran with a modest number of missiles in recent months - but those Chinese shipments have probably been a lot less than Iran lost in the 12 Day War with Israel in June 2025. It's reported that Iran had reserves of around 2500 missiles before the 12 Day War, but lost around 1000 of them to war use and damage from Israeli strikes. There are reports the Iranian missile stockpile has returned to something like 2000 missiles. Sending those missiles off at a decent rate will reduce their stockpile, as they couldn't build them as fast as they fire them off, in a decent punch-up. However, Iran still has a dangerous number of major missile-building facilities, and a refined missile-building capacity, with a number of hardened underground manufacturing facilities. The bottom line is that Iran is dependent on raw supplies of dual-use electronics, sodium perchlorate for rocket fuel, and more than likely, goodly amounts of steel for missile casings - and China is their major and eager supplier. There are agreements in place to keep the missile raw materials flowing from China, but whether they will continue with an Iranian administration and military forces in some level of disarray, remains to be seen. China is accepting payment for all this military support in Iranian crude. Iran is in a bit of a bind as regards blocking the Straits of Hormuz for lengthy periods, because it needs the Straits open to be able to ship crude to China and the rest of the world. Iran will try to seriously disrupt international shipping in the Straits, mainly to drive up oil prices, and make the American war effort more costly to them, and to try and disrupt the U.S. economy by sharply increased oil prices. Of course, sharply increased oil prices only benefit Iran, when it comes to oil income.

Old German joke: a man goes to a newsstand every day and looks at just the front pages of all the newspapers. The guy behind the stand asks him what he's looking for. "An obituary". "But Herr Mien, obituaries aren't on the front page!" "The one I'm looking for will be.""

A couple of things. 1. Who supplied Iran with the ballistic missiles? 2. If you have seen any vision of teh people of Iran celebrating in the streets over the weekend, did you notice that there were no women to be seen?

It appears the U.K. DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) requires specific character heights (64mm), widths (44mm), and font thickness (10mm) on British motorcycle numberplates. Accordingly, the required character size, spacing, and margins results in a standard large size, most commonly 9 inches by 7 inches, or approximately 228mm x 178mm. In addition, the large rear plate holder acts as an extended mudguard, reducing spray and road grime being flung up the riders back, from the rear wheel.

My guess, the yanks have once again just created another new Bin Lardin - however that's spelt - and the world can now look forward to terrorism tripling from here.

er.. specsavers is a UK brand.... My guess is fixed speen cameras have been around a long time and they had to be that size to be read.. Or maybe an EU thing, as German, French, and Italian seem to be similar sizes.

I think the regime change in 2021 worked wonders.. Sadly it reverted in 2025.

Maybe you don't have Specsavers in the UK.

Jerry, I'm curious, what's the deal with those roadsign sized numberplates on bikes in the UK. Here in Queensland we have plates 7&1/2" x 4".

Scuse btw, yet another rant in circles, don't mind me this shyts just doin my head in.

Even so , he won't even touch Putin, it's been pathetic to watch. And so the bully still rings true as he instead tries again and again to blame and push Z and Ukr around yet welcomes Putin like a giggling school girl.