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This is the online Privacy Policy of Fisher-Price, Inc. ("Fisher-Price"), a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. ("Mattel"). Fisher-Price, Mattel, and all members of the Mattel family of companies are committed to protecting your online privacy when visiting a website operated by us. We do not collect and keep any personal information online from you unless you volunteer it and you are 18 or older. Please review the information below to familiarize yourself with our policies on website privacy, so that you can take full advantage of all the valuable information and fun activities available at our sites. The content on our sites may include information on our company and our products, parenting information, surveys, sweepstakes and contests, advertising, entertainment, and games, as well as opportunities to shop online, download music, or to submit, post, upload or display comments, suggestions, photos, videos and product ratings and reviews. We may also offer opportunities to apply for employment. Please note that that the computer network servers that make this site available may be located outside your country of residence. By using this site you agree to the transfer, collection processing and use of data by this site.
It is Fisher-Price's intention to adhere to the requirements of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) guidelines in each of its websites directed to children.
While we make every effort to make your and your child's visit safe and enjoyable, we urge you to follow common sense when disclosing personal information on this site or any other site, and we encourage you to monitor your child's online use and to help us protect your child's privacy by instructing your child never to provide personal information on this site or any other without your permission.
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR ASSENT TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Your use of this site is also subject to our website Terms and Conditions.
1. Does Fisher-Price collect any personal information about me?
2. What ordering information does Fisher-Price collect in our online store?
3. What does Fisher-Price do with the information we collect?
4. Does Fisher-Price share information about me with others?
5. How does Fisher-Price use "cookies" or collect other information automatically?
6. How can I be removed from or update my contact information included in Fisher-Price's print catalog mailing list?
7. How can I update my contact information or opt-out of Fisher-Price's database for e-mail communications?
8. How can I opt-out of a Fisher-Price consumer insight panel?
9. How does Fisher-Price safeguard personal information?
10. California Privacy Notice
11. Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy.
1. Does Fisher-Price collect any personal information about me?
You don't have to register personal information with us in order to enjoy our website. However, some of our sites contain special sections and offer conveniences for visitors who do register personal information with us — for example, if you register a child's age, gender, your relationship to the child and your e-mail address, we'll send you content, promotional offers and product updates that are most relevant to your needs at the child's stage of development. We do not collect any personally identifiable information (such as names, addresses, and e-mail addresses) from you unless you are 18 or older and it is voluntarily provided — for instance, when registering for contests, sweepstakes, community areas, consumer insight panels, downloads, or free demos, completing our online customer surveys, registering for our e-mail newsletter, updates or other e-mail communications or purchasing products. The personal information that we ask for is usually first and last name, mailing address, telephone number and an e-mail address. We may also allow you to register for e-mail and other communications from third-party companies that might be of interest to you. See Question 3 for how we use this information. Remember, only people who are 18 or older may purchase products from our online store.
Most of our areas with content intended for children do not require a child to provide any personal information. We may ask that a child disclose personal information to participate in a game or other activity, but in such event, we do not require a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate, and we do not register or keep this information in our database. For example, we may ask you to provide a child's first name in an activity so that a story can be personalized using the child's name, but the child's name is not registered or kept by us.
2. What ordering information does Fisher-Price collect in our online store?
The Fisher-Price Shop Online Store offers a selection of Fisher-Price products available for purchase online. Customers must be over age 18 with a valid credit card. When you place an order for product online from our online store, we collect information associated with the transaction. This information includes your name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, shipping address, products ordered, and credit card information. We ask for this information so we can fulfill your order. When you place an online order, we will send a confirming e-mail message to the e-mail address you provide when placing the order. Any customer who prefers not to receive an online order confirmation may "opt-out" by indicating this preference on their order form.
While completing an online order, you have the option of registering certain information for use during future orders. If you choose to register, we will capture your login name, password, name and mailing address, alternate ship-to addresses, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit card information. You can access your online account information through the "My Account" feature at our website. When a registered visitor returns to the site to place subsequent orders, they can identify themselves with login name and password.
You may also have the option to include a child's date of birth and gender in your registration profile, and if included, this information will not be shared with outside third parties, but will be used by Fisher-Price and members of the Mattel family of companies to help us provide products and services that meet customer needs.
When a visitor places an order or registers on a site where transactions are handled by a third-party vendor, those transactions are conducted through the vendor's website. You should be sure to review the vendor's website terms and conditions and privacy policy before submitting any personal information or engaging in any transactions through any third-party website, as Fisher-Price is not responsible for any transactions made through third-party websites or for any content, terms and conditions, or privacy policies of such third-party websites.
3. What does Fisher-Price do with the information we collect?
We use the personal information we collect for the purposes indicated at the time you provide such information. For example, if you register in a contest, we will use the registration information to notify contest winners, or if you purchase a product, we will use the information to fulfill the order. If you place an order online, we add your name and address to our print catalog mailing list. With the permission of a visitor who is 18 years of age or over, personal information submitted in connection with a registration or other activity on our websites may be used for marketing and promotional purposes or shared with other Fisher-Price brands or members of the Mattel family of companies.
If you register for any of our e-mail newsletters, updates or other e-mail communications we offer, we will send the e-mail newsletters, updates and other communications requested by you. These communications will announce site upgrades, new product information, promotions and other updates that may be of interest to you. From time to time, we may send an e-mail asking if you'd like to participate in a survey. If you want to stop receiving these communications, you can access your account information through the "E-mail Updates" feature at our Site, contact us at 1-800-432-5437, or e-mail us at email@example.com to opt-out of receiving e-mail newsletters, updates or communications. Our e-mail communications instruct you how to "opt-out," so you can stop receiving our e-mails at any time. If you elect to register for e-mail or other communications from a third-party company, we will share the information you have provided with the applicable third party, and the third-party's use of such information will be subject to such third-party's privacy policy.
If you register to participate in a consumer insight panel, we will use your information and responses for internal business purposes and to improve our products, services and websites. In certain situations we may also use such personal information to contact you directly for the purpose of clarifying a response(s) to a survey or seeking additional responses or information. Our consumer insight panel e-mails and other communications instruct you how to "opt-out" of a consumer insight panel, so you can stop receiving consumer insight panel newsletters, surveys and e-mails at any time.
We may use non-personal information gathered online for internal marketing analysis and to improve our products, services and websites.
4. Does Fisher-Price share information about me with others?
We may give companies outside the Mattel family of companies access to our information databases but only if necessary to allow them to provide database or server maintenance or security, manage transactions, help us process and fulfill orders or requests, help us implement and facilitate surveys or consumer insight panels, or provide other similar services to Fisher-Price, such as technical or fulfillment services. Such disclosures are subject to non-disclosure commitments by third parties.
We occasionally share name and street address information from our print catalog mailing list with carefully selected companies whose offers you may be interested in. However, customers' telephone number(s), e-mail address(es) and credit card information are never shared. You may instruct us not to use your information at any time by e-mailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 1-800-747-8697 or send the mailing label from the catalog to Fisher-Price-Inc., Attn: MOP Dept., P.O. Box 620978, Middleton, WI 53562-0978
If Fisher-Price believes that anyone's behavior on our sites may damage us or our sites or anyone else, we may disclose the relevant personal information in order to prevent this harm. In such a case, we might try to identify the wrongdoer, contact them or bring legal action against them. We may also disclose personal information if we believe that the disclosure is required by law, or in response to a legal request.
5. How does Fisher-Price use "cookies" or collect other information automatically?
Fisher-Price receives and stores certain information automatically whenever you visit our site. Examples of information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version; the operating system and platform you use; and pages viewed and time spent on our site. This information helps us to optimize your experience at our sites. We also use cookies and clear GIFs, sometimes known as pixel tags or web beacons.
A "cookie" is a small file that we save on your computer's hard drive that contains non-personal information. Our cookies help to give you faster access to pages you have already visited, allow you to personalize your pages and us to customize our offerings, and help you to participate in some activities or events on the site. For instance, cookies keep track of items in your shopping cart and wish list. We also use cookies to help us determine how many people visit our sites, which of our web pages they use and how long they stay there. This information helps us evaluate our sites and which of our web features are a success and which might need improvement. You can disable the use of cookies through your Internet browser (like Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator). Check your browser's Help menu to find out how to do so. However, if you disable cookies you may not be able to take advantage of some features of our sites.
We also use other technology, called clear GIFs, to provide us with other important anonymous information, such as when an e-mail has been opened. These tools help us understand features that interest our customers.
For administrative purposes, we also collect IP addresses, which are the automatic numbers assigned to your computer when you surf the web. Your IP address and cookies are not connected to any personally identifiable or online contact information like a name and address unless you place an order at our online store; however, if you place an order, all information we have about you will be associated with your customer file.
We use a third-party advertising technology to serve ads when you visit our website. This technology makes you anonymous to our ad-serving partner. In the course of delivering our advertisements to you, a unique third-party cookie may be placed or recognized on your browser. We also transmit site usage information about site visitors to the servers of a reputable third-party for the purpose of targeting our Internet banner advertisements on this site and other sites and to learn which ads bring users to our website. To do this, we use clear GIFs and cookies provided by our third-party ad server on this site. The information that is collected and logged on our behalf through this technology is not personally identifiable. For more information about our third-party ad server, or to learn your choices about not having this non-personal information used, please click here.
6. How can I be removed from or update my contact information included in Fisher-Price's print catalog mailing list?
If you do not wish to receive our catalogs, send the mailing label from your catalog to the following address, and we will remove your name from that list:
Fisher-Price, Inc.
Attn: Mailing Changes
P.O. Box 620978
Middleton, WI 53562-0978
If you have recently moved or are planning to move in the near future, let us know of your change of address and we'll be sure to update our records. For all catalog mailing questions and changes, please call 1-800-747-8697, or send the information to Fisher-Price at the address shown above.
7. How can I update my contact information or opt-out of Fisher-Price's database for e-mail communications?
You always have the right to change your contact information in or be deleted from our e-mail database. You can access your account through the "E-Mail Updates" feature on our site to change your contact information, child information, or your newsletter, update or correspondence preferences. You can also follow the appropriate instructions at the bottom of any of our e-mail messages to you, call 1-800-432-5437, or e-mail us at email@example.com to change your contact information or to opt-out of receiving e-mail newsletters, updates or communications. Please remember that it may take time for our e-mail database to be updated.
8. How can I opt-out of a Fisher-Price consumer insight panel?
You always have the right to change your contact information in or be deleted from our consumer insight panel database. Follow the appropriate instructions at the bottom of any of our e-mail messages or other communications to you to change your contact information or to opt-out of receiving consumer insight panel e-mail newsletters, surveys or other communications. Please remember that it may take time for our consumer insight panel database to be updated.
9. How does Fisher-Price safeguard personal information?
We and our agents and affiliates use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to protect credit card data during transmission to our website, and adopt careful internal procedures to safeguard this information in our systems. We require our service providers and vendors to safeguard the privacy of any personal information they handle and to adhere to industry-accepted best practices to safeguard personal information. Users are warned, however, that no method is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. When you create a password and log-in name, we recommend that you adopt a unique name, combining letters and numbers that will be difficult for others to duplicate or guess. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished, especially when using a shared computer.
10. California Privacy Notice:
Under California Law SB 27, California residents have the right to receive, once a year, information about third parties with whom we have shared information about you for their marketing purposes during the previous calendar year, and a description of the categories of personal information shared. To make such a request, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com, including the phrase "California Privacy Request" in the subject line, and provide us with your name, address, and e-mail address. We will respond to you within 30 days of receiving such a request.
11. Thanks for reading our Privacy Policy.
We hope you have a better understanding of the activities and information offered on our sites and how we use information to improve our site, our products and services, to understand your needs, and to fulfill your requests. We may change our policy from time to time. When we do make changes, we will notify you of the new policy by posting it on our sites. By using our Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to consent to our then-current Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Fisher-Price, Inc.
636 Girard Avenue
East Aurora, New York 14052
Telephone: 800-432-5437


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DWTS Maksim and Val Chmerkovskiy Attend 1 Oak's Grand Opening In Las Vegas
Looks like this crazy, sibling duo are lighting up Las Vegas in all of their fine form and charm. The picture above was taken at 1 OAK's Grand Opening at The Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. Below is more from the New York Gossip Gal on the two and the night…
It was sibling night with Maksim and Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Paris and Nicky Hilton partying all night at 1 OAK, singing and dancing along to Katy Perry. The brothers enjoyed the night where they were surrounded by an entire table of beauty queens.
Mechad Brooks, Christina Milian, and Michelle Tractenberg were seen dancing with the colorful and flashing 1 OAK light sticks.
You can view more cute photos of Maks and Val at Getty Images. Photographer: David Becker


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Hi John, what a great giveaway.
A question, hmmm - what was your favorite new line debut at quilt market and will you go again?
Hi John! Thanks for sharing your first experience at Quilt Market with us! My big question: So, with three kids, a family, and a full time job, how do you find the time to quilt? When do you do most of your quilting/creating/designing?
Abbie in Durham!


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Posted on August 6, 2012
Today's post comes from Tisa Wenger, an Assistant Professor of American Religious History at Yale Divinity School. Wenger is widely known for her work on the cultural and legal debates surrounding Native American social practices, specifically the ways that the federal government, the American public, and Native Americans themselves determined whether or not these practices were "religious." Her current project looks at religious freedom debates in modern America more broadly, but with a continued focus on the implicit definitions of "religion" embedded in each controversy. Her work fits perfectly with many of the concerns of the Scholl Center's "Out of Many: Religious Pluralism in America" program, and we were lucky that Wenger agreed to lead one of the program's morning seminars. Here, Wenger reflects on her week at the Newberry.
It's hard to believe that it's already been six weeks since my week at the Newberry, where I was privileged to lead one of the sessions for the Scholl Center's "Out of Many: Religious Pluralism in America" program. One highlight of the week for me was Martin Marty's public lecture on the topic. It was a real privilege to hear his reflections, and I found myself very much in awe of his perspective as a leading scholar and public intellectual whose work has informed some of the key debates around religion in the U.S. over the last half-century. There just aren't that many historians around these days who can start a sentence with: "When I was at the Second Vatican Council in Rome…"!
Participants in the program were community college professors from around the country, who applied as teams to support their own curriculum development and research on some dimension of religious pluralism in America. It was a lively group with interests ranging from early Unitarian history to the study of Native American religions and contemporary Islam. All of them were doing research in the Newberry's collections in conjunction with the seminar sessions. The energy of the group was palpable and inspiring: one woman told me at the beginning of my morning with the group that she had been so excited by the readings that she had stayed up all night thinking, reformulating her topic based on the new insights she had already gained. The entire group was so full of enthusiasm and questions that I could hardly make it through the outline I'd prepared. And while I'd wondered how they would make sense of the diversity of topics and approaches on the program—history, religious studies, law—they proved completely up to the task.
My piece of the seminar focused on historical (and some contemporary) barriers to "religious freedom" for Native Americans as a critical challenge to the conversation on religious pluralism. What I hope they got from the session was the sense that the ideals of religious freedom and pluralism, however laudable they might be, are already built on culturally and historically specific conceptions of what counts as "religion." And that this can make a very real difference for how we (both scholars and the larger culture) narrate our histories and understand our differences—and for that matter in what any of us pay attention to under the heading of "religious pluralism."
More immediately for my session, dominant American ideas about what counts as "religion" have clearly worked to the detriment of Native American land claims, and served in many ways to invalidate Native American ways of life. During the few hours we had together, I was a bit surprised at how many of the questions focused on the basic outlines of Native American history. Some participants seemed a bit abashed and apologetic about this, and at one point the conversation turned to the general lack of knowledge in this area within the U.S. population. Several people talked about how important this material is—this is a history that provides unsettling insights into all of the "American" experience, and continues to have tragic repercussions for many Native Americans today—and indeed these unpleasant realities may be precisely why most Americans are unfamiliar with the story. I've been branching out in my own research lately, thinking and writing about how the idea of "religious freedom" has operated across nineteenth and twentieth-century America. So, for me the session served as one more reminder about the value of scholarship and teaching in Native American studies. Kudos to the Newberry for facilitating this program, and for its much broader support for Native American studies as well as the study of American religion over the years.


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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Sharing: Food-flush chimps more generous
Q. Will a wealthy chimp share with a poor chimp? –B. Gates
A. Yes, if wealthy means being given plenty of food compared to a chimp in an adjoining cage who was given none, says psychologist Elliot Aronson in The Social Animal.
Now the foodless chimp begins to beg. Reluctantly, the wealthy chimp hands over some food. In a sense, the very reluctance with which he does so makes the gift all the more significant. "It indicates he likes the food and would dearly enjoy keeping it for himself," says Aronson. "Accordingly, it suggests the urge to share may have deep roots, indeed."
Q. Why do so many of us say, "I never take a good photo"? And a related question: Don't you just love the Eiffel Tower? –J. Fariello
A. When people were shown actual photos of themselves alongside ones that had been reversed left to right in processing, most preferred the mirror image, the way we all see ourselves every day– hair part on the left, etc.– while friends picked the true picture, says psychologist David Myers. "No wonder our photos never look quite right."
Contrary to the old proverb, familiarity breeds not contempt but fondness– true not only with faces, but new brand names, tunes, places, even nonsense words.
To cash in on a South American election campaign, an ad agency used the slogan, "Vote for such-and-such footpowder," and surrounded it with election themes. "The footpowder won the real election as a write-in, in spite of having no face, no platform, nothing to do with politics," reports psychologist Robert Zajonc. Familiarity triumphed.
Then there's the Eiffel Tower, mocked as grotesque upon its completion in 1889, "a blight on the city." But soon, just as Prof. Henry Higgins of My Fair Lady grew accustomed to Eliza Doolittle's face and fell in love, Parisians came to adore their unique architectural creation.
Q. Food for thought: Which eats more, a 5-ton elephant or 50 men weighing 5 tons total? –P.T. Barnum
A. An elephant– like all larger animals– has trouble getting rid of excess body heat, requiring a slower
metabolism and reduced rate of food burnoff, says Chris McGowan in Diatoms to Dinosaurs. So pound for pound, an elephant eats much less than a person. Or put another way, five tons of men will eat many times more than one five-ton elephant (just as five tons of mice, struggling to stay warm, outeat five tons of men). And it's a good thing for the elephant, which, as it is, spends 18 hours a day feeding.
Q. Geologically, how is oil formed, and why is there so precious little of it to be found? –G. Bush
A. Things die, and some sink deep to the bottom of an ocean or swamp– unless they get gobbled on the way by other still living things, says University of Alberta Earth scientist John Waldron. So only a small fraction of these remains find their way to a deep reservoir "source" without oxygen, where decomposition can't occur. Here over millions of years they get compressed by accumulating sediment, heated under pressure and "cooked" to liquid oil. Now, industry must find the stuff and get it to the surface before it is lost (as so much is) to "seeps."
Regarding oil's scarcity, one recent estimate put world reserves at about 1,300 billion barrels (1,300,000,000,000). Yet nearly 30 billion barrels are pumped each year, says geologist Brian Willis of Texas A&M University, enough to fill over 400 cylindrical tanks, each a football field in diameter and a mile high! "So while there's still plenty of oil for the getting," Willis says, "world demand is so great we may well run short of affordable oil before alternative energy sources are developed."
Q. At what point in history did "foul" language become foul? Why is it offensive? –S. Johnson
A. "Don't say that word!" "Why not?" "Because it's dirty." "Why?" "It just is." That's the essence of
swearing– cultural taboo, tongue turf declared off-limits.
When this all started seems unknowable, antedating written records, says Ohio State linguist Mike Geis. Certainly the "foulness" is not in the words themselves, because the exact same sounds in another language but with a different meaning wouldn't offend. It's not the meaning either, because in any language there are neutral non-taboo equivalents, such as feces or urine in English.
Of course, different cultures stress different taboos, often religious (blasphemy), sexual (obscenity), or bodily (scatology). Speakers of English use all three. Interestingly, people who learn a language as an adult rarely find the taboo words of that language offensive.
"This suggests that our response is due simply to conditioning, especially conditioning as children," Geis says. "And it seems to show that word magic– the language of spells and incantations– is alive and well in the human race."
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Hello Hacksden! My name is brandon and I reside in the state of georgia (USA). I am a network technician with a local ISP in my home town. I am excited to be here! I currently own a Wii and a WiiU (<that the vWii is semi bricked) and I have seen how talented this community is on their projects and hope to learn as much as I can!
Thank you!
Nice to meet you, and welcome to the Den! There isn't much that can be done for a vWii, but if you post a topic the Wii U section we may be able to help. Make sure to include the firmware of your Wii U and what led up to the semi-brick.
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What I have concluded is that he flashed Wii versions of IOS58, IOS250, IOS249. When I try to use IOS250 that has NAND access it works until I try to access the SD card then it hard locks.
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Toyota's Avalon is the most pure car in this comparison. It's certainly not pure in the sense of a wonderful driving experience defined by a man-machine connection hard to find in modern automobiles. It's pure in the sense that it successfully meets every expectation you'd have about this car. While our competitors all claim to offer both sport and luxury, the Toyota guarantees pure comfort.
Clean, but anonymous
The Toyota Avalon went through a major redesign in 2005. A mid-cycle refresh for 2008 modified the design with more shapely headlights and a bolder grille, yet the body shape and lines still leave it with fairly anonymous styling. However, it's certainly not unattractive, and even the all-new Genesis seems to mimic the Avalon's general shape and proportions in a slightly stouter package.
Simple luxury and comfort
Our XLS test car was one trim level below the range-topping Limited, but was still well equipped. Leather-trimmed seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, a moonroof, a power driver's seat, a six-disc CD changer, and an auxiliary audio input are all standard. Options on our car included power passenger seat, XM satellite radio, JBL 12-speaker audio system, and heated front seats.
The ivory interior is airy and spacious, with a dash that slopes away from the occupants. Climate controls saddle both sides of the plastic door that hides the radio interface, but steering wheel buttons allow the driver to command both the audio and HVAC systems. The seats are wide and comfortable and rear-seat space is excellent, even inviting, for two adults.
Smooth, and economical
The Avalon is motivated by a 3.5-liter V-6 that makes 268 hp and 248 lb-ft or torque. Power is routed to the front wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission, which replaces last year's five-speed. Shifts are slow, but very smooth. Mashing the gas pedal returns a satisfying and consistent acceleration throughout the entire rev range. The Avalon achieves the best fuel economy in our group, returning 19 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway.
Tuned to isolate you from the road
The strut-type suspension on all four corners of the Avalon is clearly engineered for comfort rather than performance. Mated to a rigid chassis, the car excels at damping out road irregularities of any size. Rolling down smoother roads at highway speeds, the car glides with a refinement that only rarely feels slightly too springy. Our car was optioned with stability control, traction control, and brake assist for $650, but 2009 models will come with stability control as standard.
Softer than an acoustic Coldplay set
Navigating the Michigan back roads between Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, it's clear that the Avalon is the softest sedan in our comparison. The Toyota floats over straights and heels through high-speed turns. The Bridgestone Turanza tires begin screaming long before the other cars start to lose grip, and the featherweight steering makes it difficult to place the car precisely when snaking through curves.
Despite its performance shortcomings and the absence of fun-to-drive traits, the Avalon is a very good car. It's a large cruiser in the classic American style that delivers the comfort, quality, power, and subdued luxury that its buyers expect. The characteristics that make it so soft - the cushy suspension and low-effort steering - create a cabin that isolates the driver from the potholes, noise, and the general cacophony of a crowded highway. It's a package that would make commuting to a stressful job or tackling a long road trip very relaxed.
A fine car for comfortable cruising
The Avalon doesn't belong on an enthusiast's shopping list; the car ardently fights back when driven hard. But for those who want to arrive at point B in comfort, the Avalon's relaxed demeanor makes it great for surviving the suburbs and rush-hour freeways. At a price of $35,013 for our well-equipped test car, the Avalon also makes a great, affordable alternative to a Lexus, Infiniti, or Volvo.
Base Price: $32,035As Tested Price: $35,013
PowertrainEngine: 3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve V-6Horsepower: 268 hp @ 6200 rpmTorque: 248 lb-ft @ 4700 rpmTransmission: 6-speed automaticDrive: Front-wheel
MeasurementsL x W x H: 197.2 x 72.8 x 58.5 inLegroom F/R: 41.3/40.9 inHeadroom F/R: 38.9/37.5 inCargo capacity: 14.4 cu ftCurb weight: 3570 lbEPA rating (city/highway): 19/28 mpg


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Knowledge and truth are precious commodities. As a body of factual information and legitimate principles, knowledge is indispensable in human relationships. Truth, as knowledge justifiably believed, represents a fundamental reality that transcends both the provincial and the temporal. Most people are desirous of obtaining a certain amount of knowledge that they then can put to good use in their everyday lives. And, undoubtedly, most people prefer not be deceived, but instead prefer to be dealt with honestly and truthfully. One of the Ten Commandments, in fact, was based upon such a concept: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor" (Exodus 20:16).
Truthfulness always has been the basis for the moral, legal, and ethical codes of nations. And, an abiding respect for truth has undergirded the legitimacy of those codes. "Buy the truth, and sell it not," said the Proverbs writer (23:23). He who possesses correct knowledge has within him the potential to discern, and then act upon, truth. Knowledge frees from the shackles of ignorance; truth frees from the shackles of error. Indeed, knowledge and truth are precious commodities.
While almost anyone you ask will admit, in theory, that knowledge and truth are indispensable attributes of a sensible, everyday existence, in practice many people live out that daily existence as if knowledge and truth ultimately do not matter. Much of mankind lives according to an abstract, confusing, and largely inconsistent system of personal behavior. This is a bit odd, to say the least. In most matters, a man likely will insist upon complete objectivity. For example, in regard to his eating habits he might say, "I will not eat this food; it contains bacterial toxins that will kill me." In regard to matters of civil law, he might suggest, "That action is illegal; it violates my rights."
Yet when it comes to religion in general, and Christianity in particular, subjectivity rules the day. People can be so certain about their beliefs in the physical realm, but so nebulous about their beliefs in the spiritual realm. For example, on occasion when a person who believes in God is asked if God does, in fact, exist, he may opine: "I believe He exists," or "I hope He exists," or "I think He exists." But rarely do you hear him say boldly, "I know He exists." Or, if a Christian is asked the question, "Do you know you are saved?," the response may go something like this: "I believe that I am," or "I hope that I am," or "I think that I am." But rarely do you hear someone confidently assert, "Yes, I know that I am saved."
This is indeed a sad state of affairs. We now have progressed to the point where in matters as mundane as food choices or legal wrangling, objectivity is an absolute requirement. Meanwhile, in the much more important area of spiritual matters, we not only expect, but in many cases insist upon, a subjectivity that would not be tolerated in any other sphere of our lives. It is as if the pluralistic postmodernism that has affected secular society (the "I'm OK, you're OK" or "Who am I to judge?" concept) finally has made its way into the spiritual community as well. Apparently, some among us either once knew but long since have forgotten, or never understood in the first place, the proper concept of truth. Similarly, we either have forgotten, or no longer care, about the damage that an improper concept of truth can cause.
The time has come for Christians to embolden themselves once again with the same high regard for truth that Jesus expressed when He stated: "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). Christianity is no "I-hope-so-pie-in-the-sky-by-and-by" kind of religion based upon some esoteric, fairy-tale-like concept. Rather, it is rooted and grounded in the provable existence of the one true God, and the verifiable nature of the historical facts surrounding the life, death, and resurrection of His Son. When the apostle John wrote to comfort and reassure first-century Christians who found themselves in the midst of numerous trials and persecutions, he said: "These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God" (1 John 5:13, emp. added). Thus, according to both Jesus and John, a person not only can know something, but he can know that he knows it.
There are certain undeniable, critically important implications standing behind this kind of firm and confident declaration. Consider the following. If a person cannot know (with certainty) that God exists, then he cannot know (with certainty) that the Bible is His inspired Word. If a person cannot know that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, then he cannot know that Jesus is God's Son, for the Bible provides the evidentiary basis for such a claim. If a person cannot know that Christ is God's Son, then he cannot know if he is saved. Yet John specifically stated: "These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life."
The simple fact is—Christians are not agnostics! The agnostic suggests, "I cannot know whether God exists." Christians, on the other hand, know that God exists (cf. Psalm 46:10). Consider the alternative. Do Christians serve a God Who "may" or "may not" exist? Do Christians believe, and ask others to believe, the testimony of a Bible that "may" or "may not" be inspired? Do Christians trust, obey, and place their faith in a Christ Who "may" or "may not" be the Son of God? Hardly!
Even the casual reader will discern the close relationship among each of these vital issues. Knowledge of God's existence is foundational, which is why I have marshaled the evidence for it (Thompson, 1995a, 1995b). Knowledge of Christ's Sonship is pivotal, which is why I have documented the facts that attend it (Thompson, 1997). Knowledge of our salvation is essential, which is why I have assembled the testimony of Scripture that attests to it (Thompson, 1998a; 1998b). But no less important is the evidence that establishes the inspiration of God's Word—the topic to which I now wish to direct your attention.
With the existence of God established, it becomes reasonable to think that such a Creator-God would wish to communicate with His creation. Mankind shows evidence of high intelligence, kindness, goodness, justice, and many other unique characteristics. Since it is inconceivable that the Creator could be inferior to His creation in any fashion, and since the effect never is greater than the cause, it is inevitable that God would exhibit infinite intelligence, kindness, goodness, justice, etc. Therefore, some form of personal communication between the intelligent Creator and His intelligent creature would be expected. Else, how could mankind ever come to know, or appreciate, certain aspects of the Creator, or understand what the Creator might possibly require of the beings He had created? Furthermore, some form of revelation from the Creator would be needed in order to instruct mankind in certain areas, such as the following.
A revelation from God might take almost any form. God could choose to communicate with His creation directly via word-of-mouth, through messengers (e.g., angels), or through dreams and visions. For that matter, He could choose any means that suited the occasion. Seemingly, however, the most appropriate medium for long-term results would be one that ensured permanence. That is to say, it would withstand the test of time and could be passed faithfully from generation to generation throughout human history. One possible way to accomplish such a goal would be to produce the revelation in a written form that could be duplicated and distributed as needed, thus benefiting the whole of mankind across the ages.
The question then becomes: Is there any evidence that mankind possesses such a revelation? And the answer to that question is: Yes, evidence does exist to establish the claim that God has given mankind His revelation in the written form known as the Bible. B.C. Goodpasture, the distinguished editor of the Gospel Advocate for almost forty years (1939-1977), wrote:
The nature and contents of the Bible are such that the rank and file of its readers in all generations have recognized God as its author. Man would not have written such a book, if he could; and could not, if he would. It moves on a superhuman plane in design, in nature, and in teaching. It caters not to worldly desire and ambition. It condemns much which men in the flesh highly prize, and commends much which they despise. Its thought are not the thoughts of men (1970, p. 54).
Harold Lindsell, former editor of Christianity Today, remarked:
Had God chosen not to reveal Himself, man could never have known Him. And man can never know more about God than God chooses to disclose.... Whatever knowledge of God is available exists solely because God has chosen to make it known. This is His self-revelation (1976, p. 28).
God's written revelation makes it clear that in the past He provided that "self-revelation" in a variety of ways. The Maker of the Universe manifested His presence in the works of His creative genius (Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20-21). He spoke to various men and women in a direct, word-of-mouth fashion (Genesis 3:9-16; Numbers 12:8). He revealed Himself through visions and dreams (Genesis 20:3; Numbers 12:6; Isaiah 29:10-11; Ezekiel 1:3-4; Daniel 2:19; Amos 1:1). He addressed His creation through angels (Genesis 16:10-12; 18:13-14; 22:11ff.; 32:1-2; Acts 7:38). On unique occasions, He even made known His presence through such media as "a still, small voice" (1 Kings 19:12), the mouth of a donkey (Numbers 22:28), and a bright cloud (Matthew 17:5). God's greatest revelation of Himself, however, was in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16; 14:9; Colossians 2:9).
Lacking adequate revelation from God, we would have no accurate way of understanding what we needed to know regarding God, His Son, our place in the creation, and many other topics of ultimate importance to humanity. We would have no objective standard upon which to base ethics and morals. We would know little of the ministry and message of Jesus of Nazareth. We would have no information regarding the theological purpose of His crucifixion and resurrection—namely, that they were essential ingredients in God's plan to offer ruined man a way of escape from the devastating consequences of his sin (Matthew 20:28; 26:28). We would know nothing of how to enter that sacred body of saved souls, the church (Ephesians 5:23; 1 Corinthians 12:13), or how, once we had entered, to worship God correctly. Without God's revelation, we would know utterly nothing about these important spiritual matters that impact our eternal destiny. Truly, we should be grateful to God for providing us with a revelation that could be retained in a permanent form, studied faithfully, and used profitably by all of mankind.
The fact that the Bible exists in the first place brings to mind the question: What does the Bible contain? It contains two things: (1) known facts; and (2) revelation. What is the difference in the two?
When we say that the Bible contains "known facts," we mean that it contains information known to the people of that time and place. For example, if the Bible mentions people known as Hittites (Exodus 23:28), then historical records could verify their existence. If the Bible mentions that the Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, commanded that a census be taken at a certain time (Luke 2:1), then we could set about corroborating the truthfulness of that statement.
But to say that the Bible "contains" known facts implies that it also contains something else. That "something else" is revelation. By definition, revelation designates the unveiling of facts and truths to man by God—facts and truths that man, on his own, otherwise could not have known. Revelation has reference to the communication of knowledge. [NOTE: There are two different types of revelation. General (or natural) revelation is the name designating the revelation that God has provided of Himself in nature (cf. Romans 1:20-21, Acts 14:17, Psalm 19:1, et al.). Special (or supernatural) revelation is the name designating the revelation that God has provided within the Bible.]
Compare and contrast the following. When Moses wrote in the Book of Numbers about Israel's wilderness wanderings, he did not need revelation from God to do so. He was their leader during that period, and simply wrote what he observed as an eyewitness. When Luke penned the book in the New Testament that bears his name, he did not need revelation from God to do so. He acknowledged as much when he said: "It seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus" (Luke 1:3, emp. added). Luke had been on certain of the missionary journeys, and thus was able to write from firsthand experience.
On the other hand, notice Moses' statement in Deuteronomy 29:29: "The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law" (emp. added). As an illustration of this fact, we may observe that Moses would have had absolutely no way to know the details of the creation week (Genesis 1:1ff.), unless God Himself had revealed those details to Moses. Nor could the apostle John have described to us in such a beautiful panorama the splendors of heaven (as he did within the book of Revelation), unless God first described to John the splendors of heaven.
On occasion, the various Bible writers could, and did, place into print what they saw, or what they had been told by credible witnesses. When they penned such matters, they had no need of revelation from God, since they wrote from firsthand experience. At times, however, they wrote about things they had neither experienced nor been told by others. When they did so, it was God's revelation that provided them the information they needed (Amos 3:7; Daniel 2:28; Ephesians 3:3-5).
Imagine, if you can, that somehow you could have access to every religious book that has ever been written. Imagine, further, that you could run those books through some sort of a sieve, to winnow out only those volumes that claim to be a creed book, by which you should pattern and live your life. That, admittedly, is a tough test—one, likely, that very few books could pass. Imagine further that you could take the books that passed this test, and run them through a second sieve. This time you would winnow out only those books that claim to be both a creed book to be used in regulating your life, and inspired of God. Interestingly, you could count that number on the fingers of a single hand!
The claim of inspiration at the hand of God is rare indeed. Sadly, misguided devotees of various religions clamor about, defending this book or that book as allegedly being "inspired of God," when, in fact, the books themselves do not even make such a claim. So, the first question that should be asked of any volume for which inspiration is touted is this: Does the book itself claim to be inspired?
When it comes to the Bible, that question can be answered easily in the affirmative. In his second letter to his coworker, Timothy, Paul stated: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Peter wrote: "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:20-21). When he wrote his first epistle to the Christians at Corinth, Paul reminded them:
But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words (1 Corinthians 2:12-13).
Furthermore, statements such as "God said..." or "these are the words of the Lord..." appear thousands of times in both the Old and New Testaments. Moses wrote in Exodus 20:1: "And God spake all these words...." The psalmist wrote in 119:89: "For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven." In Matthew 22:31, the Lord asked: "Have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God?" In fact, "There are 2,700 such statements in the Old Testament alone, all of which make direct claim that the Bible is the Word of God" (Ridenour, 1967, p. 2).
When the Bible claims to be "inspired," what is meant by that term? The English term, "inspiration," derives from the Latin inspirare, which means "to breathe upon or into something." The five English words , "given by inspiration of God," in the King James Version of 1611 actually are translated from the single Greek adjective, theopneustos, which is derived from two Greek root words (theos—God, pneo—to blow or breathe). Theologically, "inspiration" is used for the condition of being directly under divine influence. Thus, Paul's point was that every scripture is "God breathed." [The word "scripture" in 2 Timothy 3:16 refers primarily to the Old Testament Scriptures. However, as the New Testament was written, it, too, was referred to as "scripture." Peter, for example, referred to Paul's epistles as authoritative and "scripture" (2 Peter 3:15-16). Thus, "all scripture" refers to both testaments.]
In addition, when Peter wrote in 2 Peter 1:20-21 that "men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit," he employed the Greek word pheromenoi, which literally means "borne along." His point was that the Bible writers did not speak from themselves, but were "borne along" by God's Holy Spirit to write what they did. The Bible writers never credited their words to mere human reason. Both Old and New Testament passages bear this out. In 2 Samuel 23:2 it is written: "The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon my tongue." In Acts 1:16, Luke observed that "the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David." Likely, however, the best explanatory passage regarding inspiration is Paul's commentary in 1 Corinthians 2:12-13, wherein he affirmed that the information the Bible writers received came not from human wisdom, but directly from God. Further, that wisdom was not expressed in man's choice of words, but via words guided by the Holy Spirit.
But exactly what form does inspiration take? In any discussion of the Bible's inspiration, two words generally are used to amplify the meaning of the term: verbal and plenary. By "verbal," it is meant that every word in the Bible is there because God permitted it by the direction of the Holy Spirit. By "plenary" (from the Latin, plenus—full), it is meant that each and every part of the Bible is inspired, with nothing having been omitted.
In other words, by employing what we today call verbal (word-for-word), plenary (full) inspiration, God ensured that the writings were correct and consistent with His will. This view holds that men wrote exactly what God wanted them to write, without errors or mistakes, yet with their own individual characteristics in evidence in their writings. While the various books of the Bible reflect the writers' personalities as expressed in the human element that often is so evident (type of language used, fears expressed, prayers offered, etc.), it was only by verbal, plenary inspiration that God could convey, objectively and accurately, His Word to mankind.
There is compelling evidence from within the Bible itself about the nature of its own inspiration. In the midst of Jesus' discussion with the Sadducees about their denial of the resurrection of the dead (Matthew 22:23-33), Jesus referred Exodus 3:6 wherein God said to Moses: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." When God spoke these words, Abraham had been dead some 400 years, yet He still said, "I am the God of Abraham." As Jesus correctly pointed out to the Sadducees, "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living" (Matthew 22:32). Thus, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must have been living. The only way they could be living was if their spirits continued to survive the death of their bodies. That kind of conscious existence implies a future ressurection of the body—the very point Christ was attempting to make. Of interest is the fact that His entire argument rested on the tense of the verb!
The same kind of reliance on a single word was expressed by Paul (as he referred to Genesis 22:18) in Galatians 3:16: "Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ" (emp. added). The force of his argument rested on the number of the noun (singular, as opposed to plural). In John 8:58, Jesus said: "I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am." He was attempting to impress upon the Jews His eternal nature, and to do so, He once again based His entire argument on the tense of the verb. This kind of evidence regarding the verbal inspiration of God's Word should not be overlooked.
We should note, however, that this inspiration process applied only to the original autographs of the sacred writings (i.e., the actual document as penned initially by the writer). While Bible writers were inspired, the scribes, translators, and others who followed were not. This does not mean, as some have suggested, that we do not have God's Word in an accurate form today. The text of the Bible we possess can be trusted, and counted as reliable. The modernistic idea which suggests that the copying process through the ages has destroyed the essence of inspiration is a "theological scarecrow to frighten those who are not knowledgeable of the art of transmission of the Bible" (Dickson, 1997, p. 319). The copying process through the centuries was so meticulous, and the number of extant manuscripts available for comparison is so large, that the minute variations which do occur are detected easily. Further, these variations are insignificant in nature, and do not affect points of doctrine. Timothy, from his early years, had known the Old Testament "sacred writings" that were able to make him "wise unto salvation" (2 Timothy 3:15). Interestingly, those "sacred writings" were mere copies of the original Old Testament manuscripts, but had been preserved so faithfully through the centuries that the apostle Paul could affirm that their original design—making men wise unto salvation—remained intact.
Several other points should be clarified as well. First, there is an important difference between revelation and inspiration. Revelation represents the revealing of facts and truths by God to humans. Inspiration is the process by which God guided the writing down of those facts and truths. "Revelation is the body of truth which God desired men to possess; inspiration is the way in which He gave this body of truth to men" (Woods, n.d., p. 6). The whole Bible is the result of inspiration, but not all inspired material was revelatory in nature. Paul could quote pagan poets in Acts 17:28 and Titus 1:12 because he already had access to this information, and did not need revelation to employ it. But God inspired him to record these sayings, and to record them accurately. Thus, whether the Bible writer used information already available to him, his own eyewitness accounts, or revelation from God, inspiration guaranteed that it was placed in print in the form in which God desired.
Second, the fact that a person wrote by inspiration does not mean that he was free from personal sin in his life. Israel's King David penned several Old Testament psalms. The apostle Peter acknowledged that "the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David" (Acts 1:16). Yet this was the same king who committed adultery with Bathsheba, and had her husband, Uriah the Hittite, slain to cover his own sin. Peter himself presented some extremely powerful sermons (e.g., Acts 2:14ff.), and penned two New Testament epistles. Yet he played the hypocrite when he separated himself from the Gentiles to seek favor with the Jews, and received a public rebuke from Paul for it (Galatians 2:11ff.). Thus, while inspiration preserved the integrity of the writer's words as he was "moved by the Holy Spirit," that process did not diminish his freedom of choice or compel him to live a sinful life.
Third, inspiration was not a twenty-four-hour-a-day process. A few months prior to His death, the Lord informed His disciples that He would shortly enter Jerusalem, where He would suffer and eventually die. Peter, however, rebuked the Lord and said: "Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee" (Matthew 16:22). Obviously, that impetuous utterance was not inspired. In Luke, the story is told of how a group of Samaritans refused aid and comfort to the Lord (9:51ff.). James and John bitterly suggested that the Lord enjoin a "heavenly barbecue" to consume these ill-tempered Samaritans. Their attempt at vengeance—for which they drew the Lord's ire—hardly was inspired. The truth of the matter is that inspiration guided the writers in what they wrote and spoke from God as they were "borne along" by God's Spirit—a process that was not active every minute of every day.
Fourth, inspiration extended to a variety of disparate subjects. Today, it is not uncommon to hear liberal theologians, and those sympathetic with them, suggest that the "spiritual" sections of Scripture are inspired, but that all other portions dealing with matters of history, science, geography, medicine, and the like are not. This concept, known as the doctrine of "partial inspiration," is false. Were it true, everyone who reads the text would have the personal responsibility of wading through the biblical documents to decide which matters are "spiritual" (thus, inspired) and which are not (thus, uninspired). On some occasions, therefore, God would have "breathed" truth, while on others He would have "breathed" error. But the question must be asked: If God cannot handle correctly trivial matters (such as geographical directions, or the name of an individual), why would anyone think that they could trust Him with something as critically important as the safety of their eternal soul and expect Him to handle it in a more appropriate fashion? The psalmist stated: "The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever" (Psalm 119:160; emp. added). The concept of partial inspiration impugns the integrity of God, conflicts with the evidences for inspiration, and should be rejected.
Fifth, not only did the Bible writers view each others' works as inspired, but no Bible writer ever criticized another. Today, it is not at all unusual for one religious writer to take issue with another, even when they share the same religious views, or are members of the same religious group. But the Bible writers do not fall into that category—even when one might expect them to do so. For example, as mentioned above, Paul rebuked Peter publicly for his dissimulation (Galatians 2:11ff.). Yet Peter never avenged himself by denigrating Paul's writings. In fact, Peter wrote:
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction (2 Peter 3:15-16, emp. added).
Note especially that Peter referred to Paul's writings as being classified by the same kind of inspiration as the "other scriptures." Additionally, in defending the right of elders to receive remuneration from the church treasury for their work, Paul quoted both Deuteronomy 25:4 and Luke 10:7, classifying them both as "scripture" (1 Timothy 5:18). It is clear that the Bible writers considered each others' works to be inspired—a view we today would do well to entertain.
Evidence to substantiate the Bible's claim for its own inspiration can be drawn from two general sources. External evidences for inspiration include such things as historical documentation of biblical people, places, and events, or archaeological artifacts that corroborate biblical statements or circumstances. Internal evidences are part of the warp and woof of the actual biblical fabric itself. These are self-authenticating phenomena from within the Sacred Volume that bear singular testimony to the fact that the very existence of the Holy Scriptures cannot be explained in any other way except to acknowledge that they are the result of an overriding, superintending, guiding Mind.
Critics, of course, have objected to the use of the Bible as a witness to its own inspiration. Dickson has pointed out correctly, however, that
...this contention is really unjust. One does not have a right to deny the authenticity of a document without considering the document itself. We would not deny Shakespeare's authorship of the Shakespearean plays without first considering their text. The Bible should at least be treated as just another book. Nevertheless, even this right is rejected by the prejudiced minds of some (1997, p. 328).
When the evidences for the Bible's inspiration are allowed to speak for themselves, however, the story they tell is totally in accord with the Bible's claim of inspiration. Consider, for example, the following.
The Bible exhibits a unity that—on purely human terms—is utterly inexplicable. In order to appreciate that unity, one first must come to terms with how The Book was put together. The Bible was written by more than forty different men from practically every walk of life. Nehemiah was a royal cupbearer. Peter was a fisherman. Luke was a physician. Matthew was a tax collector. Solomon was a king. Moses was a shepherd. Paul was a tentmaker. Furthermore, these men wrote from almost every conceivable human condition. David wrote from heights of joy on the rolling, grassy hills of Judea. Paul wrote from pits of despair caused by Roman incarceration. They wrote in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), from at least two continents (Europe and Asia), over a period of time that spanned sixteen centuries (approximately 1500 B.C. to approximately A.D. 100). And they covered topics as diverse as eschatology, soteriology, theology, psychology, geography, history, medicine, and many others.
All this being true, one might expect that so diverse a group of men, writing on so varied a group of subjects, over such a lengthy span of time, would have produced a book that would be a tangled mishmash of subjects more often than not marred by inconsistencies, errors, and incongruities. Yet this hardly is the case. In fact, quite the opposite is true. The Bible exhibits such astounding harmony, such consistent flow, and such unparalleled unity that it defies any purely naturalistic explanation. It is as if the Bible were a magnificent symphony orchestrated by a single Conductor. The "musicians" each may have played a different instrument, in a different place, at a different time. But when the talented Maestro combined the individual efforts, the end-result was a striking masterpiece.
Consider this analogy. Suppose you assembled forty contemporary scholars with the highest academic training possible in a single field of study (e.g., forty academicians with terminal Ph.D. degrees in world history). Suppose, further, that you placed them in a room, and asked them to write a twenty-page paper on a single topic—the causes of World War II. What kind of consensus would be exhibited when all of their treatises were completed? Likely, the forty scholars would be unable to agree on all but a few points; their compositions would be recognized more for the disagreements they contained than for the agreements. The Bible writers, by contrast, generally were not contemporaries. They worked independently, and the majority never even met another biblical writer. Most were not highly trained, and what training they did have certainly was not in the same field of study. Nor were they allowed to write on a single topic in which they already had an interest. Yet they produced a book that is unified from beginning to end. The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles and 1 and 2 Kings corroborate one another in numerous historical events. Joshua 1 verifies Deuteronomy 34. Judges 1:1 verifies Joshua 24:27-33. Jeremiah 52:31-34 verifies 2 Kings 25:25,27-30. Ezra 1 verifies 2 Chronicles 36:22-23. Daniel refers to Jeremiah (Daniel 9:2), and Ezekiel refers to Daniel (Ezekiel 28:3). And so on. This kind of unity, which is in evidence throughout the Sacred Volume, attests to the fact that there was a Superintending Intelligence behind it. So many writers, over so many years, covering so many themes, simply could not have been so harmonious by mere coincidence.
Each book of the Bible complements the others in a single unified theme. From Genesis to Revelation there is a marvelous unfolding of the general theme of man's fall from his holy estate, God's plan for his redemption (as carefully worked out across the centuries), the sinless life and atoning death of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate victory of the Christian system. In essence, the Bible is the story of one problem—sin—with one solution, Jesus Christ. In commenting on the Bible's remarkable unity of theme, Wayne Jackson has noted:
The redemptive thread that runs through the Scriptures is wonderfully illustrated by a comparison between Genesis and Revelation, the first and last books of the holy canon. In Genesis the origin of the heavens and Earth is revealed (1:1), while in Revelation the consummation of earthly affairs is effected, and the old order is replaced by a "new heaven and earth" (i.e., heaven itself), spiritual in nature.... Man, who was originally perfect, but who fell into sin (Genesis 3:6), is, by virtue of his obedience, granted the opportunity to become perfect again (Revelation 7:14; 22:14). All of this is made possible, of course, by the seed of woman (Genesis 3:15), the offspring of David (Revelation 22:16), who, as a consequence of his sacrifice (Genesis 4:4), became an enthroned Lamb (Revelation 21:4). Thus, the sorrow of Eden (Genesis 3:16) will be transformed into the joy of heaven (Revelation 21:4), and that tree of life, from which our early parents were separated (Genesis 3:22-24), will be our glad possession once more (Revelation 22:14) [1991, 11:1].
Each book of the Bible complements the others in a single, unified plan. In Genesis, there is the record of humanity's pristine origin and covenant relationship with God, followed by its tragic fall into a sinful state. But, a specific family line (the Hebrew nation) was selected to provide a remedy for this disaster (Genesis 12:1ff.; 22:18). Man needed to learn precisely what sin is, thus the books of Exodus through Deuteronomy document the giving of the law of God to Moses. Via a set of ordinances, sin would be defined and humanity would be illuminated regarding the price of rebellion against God (Romans 7:7,13; Galatians 3:19). The historical books of the Old Testament revealed mankind's inability to keep perfectly God's law system (Galatians 3:10), and therefore underscored the need for a Justifier—Someone to do for man what he could not do for himself. The prophets of the Old Testament heralded the arrival of that Savior (Luke 24:44); more than 300 prophecies focus on the promised Messiah.
After four silent centuries (the "inter-biblical era"), four Gospel writers described in great detail the arrival, and life's-work, of the Justifier—Jesus of Nazareth. The books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are carefully crafted accounts of the birth, life, death, and ultimate resurrection of the Son of God (John 20:30-31). Each emphasized different parts of Christ's ministry in order to relate the "good news" to Jews or Gentiles. Matthew directed his record primarily to the Jewish nation. Mark stressed the works of Jesus. Luke, being the only Gentile writer of a Bible book (except possibly the author of Job), wrote to Gentiles. John's primary purpose in writing was to produce faith.
The book of Acts was written to convey the means by which mankind was to appropriate God's saving grace. It is a historical record that instructs a person on how to become a Christian. It also teaches about how the church of Christ was established in Jerusalem, and how that same church flourished throughout the Roman Empire of the first century. The various epistles that follow the book of Acts in the English Bible were directions to individuals and churches on how to obtain, and maintain, spiritual maturity. Finally, the book of Revelation predicted (in symbolic fashion) the ultimate triumph of good over evil—acknowledging that Christians would win, and Satan would lose. To the careful reader, the unity of both theme and plan in the Bible are apparent.
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Dickson, Roger E. (1997), The Dawn of Belief (Winona, MS: Choate).
Goodpasture, B.C. (1970), "Inspiration of the Bible," The Church Faces Liberalism, ed. T.B. Warren (Henderson, TN: Freed-Hardeman College).
Jackson, Wayne (1991), "Bible Unity—An Argument for Inspiration," Reason & Revelation, 11:1, January.
Lindsell, Harold (1976), The Battle for the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan).
Ridenour, Fritz (1967), Who Says God Created? (Glendale, CA: Gospel Light).
Thompson, Bert (1997), "In Defense Of... Christ's Deity," Reason & Revelation, 17:89-94, December.
Thompson, Bert (1998a), "In Defense Of... Christ's Church," Reason & Revelation, 18:1-5, January.
Thompson, Bert (1998b), "In Defense Of...God's Plan of Salvation," Reason & Revelation, 18:17-22, March.
Thompson, Bert and Wayne Jackson (1992), A Study Course in Christian Evidences (Montgomery, AL: Apologetics Press).
Thompson, Bert (1995a), "The Case for the Existence of God [Part I]," Reason & Revelation, 15:33-38, May.
Thompson, Bert (1995b), "The Case for the Existence of God [Part II]," Reason & Revelation, 15:41-47, June.
Woods, Guy N. (no date), The Case for Verbal Inspiration (a tract), (Shreveport, LA: Lambert).


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In what looks like great news for Ireland, Zenimax have announced today that will be creating hundreds of jobs over the next few years creating a customer support centre in Galway. Check the full press release below:
March 15, 2011 (London, UK) – – ZeniMax Online Studios, a ZeniMax® Media company, announced today plans to open a customer support center in Galway, Ireland. The Company's new facility will provide customer support for players of their future massively multiplayer online games and is expected to result in the creation of hundreds of jobs over the next several years.
Under the leadership of industry veteran Matt Firor, ZeniMax Online Studios was founded to create online role playing games. Overseeing the global customer service initiative at the studio is Rich Barham, Director of Customer Support, whose leadership will foster the growth of the operation. Prior to joining ZeniMax Online, Barham, formerly with Blizzard Entertainment, was a major contributor to the management of in-game support needs, customer care, and retention for World of Warcraft and was a key team member setting up customer service centers for North America and Europe.
"Today's announcement marks an important step for us," said Matt Firor, president of ZeniMax Online Studios. "We are excited to be building an experienced team, led by Rich, which will focus on providing superior customer support for our games. Galway has world-class educational facilities, is a beautiful place to work and live, and offers a wide variety of benefits for our employees. Our ability to provide superior customer service for our future products is firmly on track."
Support from IDA Ireland, the Irish Government inward investment agency, and other local entities, as well as the country's thriving customer support industry, were critical elements in selecting the Galway location.
Welcoming today's announcement, IDA Ireland's CEO, Barry O'Leary, said "ZeniMax Online Studios' decision to locate its European customer services operations in Galway acknowledges Ireland's delivery of services' excellence in the digital media sphere and its position of strength in the global gaming industry. They are a very welcome addition to a cluster of companies across Ireland in a sector which is witnessing rapid growth. IDA Ireland's strategy blueprint, Horizon 2020 recognizes the global growth in services and today's announcement by ZeniMax Online further embeds Ireland's reputation as a European digital capital."


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Last November, the Telegraph reported that England will become the first country in the world to mandate computer programming in primary and secondary schools. This is set to happen this year.
During my college days, I worked on a project encouraging people to pick up a pen and paper, rather than going to their keyboards. This brought up some interesting design questions, which have since evolved. Are we losing our collective creative instinct as a result of new technologies? Or are these advancements opening opportunities for innovation? Is the creative process changing?
Now that I'm working in the design field, I've been able to come back to these questions. Over the Christmas holidays, I travelled home to see my family. On the train, I saw a child no more than four years old playing gleefully for hours on a tablet. This got me thinking. Understanding and being able to control technology has become as essential as knowing how to read and write. But what if understanding and being able to control technology surpassed the need to know how to handwrite? Has design and technology changed the way we live so much that, in 30 years, children will be taught how to use a keyboard and how to code before they learn to write -- if they learn to write at all?
Those in the education sector will no doubt point out that learning to write is part of the process of learning to read, so children would know how to write. There's no guarantee that technology will grow at the rate it has over the past 15-20 years. However, as technology develops, there's every possibility that children will lack the creative skillset beyond handwriting if they are purely fixated on using technology, rather than the more creatively organic pen-and-paper process.
The act of sitting down at a screen to type and think is incredibly restrictive, creatively speaking. The act of your conscience forcing you to act with your hands on the keyboard, compared to the simple act of writing with pen and paper or sketching something, creates physical boundaries. Interacting with a machine automatically limits the creative thought process.
Will future generations therefore lack creativity as technology and design develops, so that we're in a more controlled and creatively limited environment, or are we simply a species that rolls with the times? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
Alex Peters is the marketing executive for Parallax, a Leeds, UK, digital agency.
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Academic Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified full-time students who remain in good standing. When making scholarship awards to incoming freshmen, university selection committees use standardized test scores, high school grade point average and class standing, and courses completed as the basis for initial consideration. For transfer and continuing students, cumulative collegiate grade point average is the primary basis for award. Secondary factors in selection for all awards include: extracurricular participation, leadership positions held, and honors/awards received.
Academic scholarships may be used to pay for educational expenses and range from $100 to $3200 per semester. Students may apply for academic scholarships by completing the McNeese Academic Scholarship Application found in the application packet or you may download the application. The priority deadline for scholarship applications is December 1 for the upcoming academic year.
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While the majority of academic scholarships are awarded through the Scholarships Office, some academic departments may also select or make recommendations for scholarships. Some departmental scholarships may be available to incoming freshmen, but most of these awards are for upper class students. Students planning to study Engineering, Accounting/Finance, or Family and Consumer Sciences may wish to contact the department regarding scholarship opportunities.


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Pioneers Band set for indoor show
PLAINVIEW – The Wayland Baptist University Pioneer Band will perform its annual indoor show, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1 in Harral Memorial Auditorium.
Thursday's show, entitled "A West Side Portrait" will take place in four distinctive acts, featuring Wayland's marching band on stage. The indoor show has become a regular event for the band and is growing in popularity.
"We are trying to continue to present cutting edge performances for the traditional marching band," said Pioneer band director Tim Kelley. "This is a trend that has been well received by audiences, as evidenced by the sold-out performances of the group BLAST, and is beginning to gain headway across the country.
"We are glad to be part of the movement to provide the power and excitement of a field show in an indoor concert setting."
Each act will feature a different set and style of music. Act I: Pioneering Wayland will include the band's street cadence, the school's fight song and alma mater and the National Anthem. Act II: A Classical Set features recognizable band classics such as the "Battle Hymn Chorale" and "Carmen."
In Act III, the band switches gears for more of a jazz feel as it takes on pieces from south of the border with "El Gato," "Cortez," "Land of Makebelieve," and "Los Gallos." Act IV: A West Side Portrait will have a more contemporary feel. The band will close with its rendition of "People Need the Lord."
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Kevin L brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
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XXL Marketing or XXLMarketing.Com XXL Marketing.Com or XXLMARKETING.COM
I am a professional marketer. I market various products some of which I create myself. I also train others and just love the whole marketing industry and game. Call me crazy but I love infomercials.
My company and brand is XXL Marketing. I plan to launch a few spin off sites from this as well. All under the XXL brand. In short it just means:
- Double Extra Large
- Twice as Big
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I like to Do more for my clients and Offer more. Internet Marketing is a crowded space and I need to stand out. I want to exemplify POWER, Dominance and Prestige at the same time
I am a young family man with 5 kids. I split time between Canada and West Palm Beach FL.
I am trying to sell to Internet Marketers, Network Marketers and Marketers in general. Basically people seeking TRAINING on the many parts of Making Money.
They need to feel at ease with the Seller (me). And to believe that myself and my company are reputable and knowledgeable. They will either be clients seeking my marketing help or Students seeking my training/mentorship.
I think some of the other points kind of explain where I want to go. Maybe bullets will help best from here on in.
- Powerful Logo (maybe like Steel FORD logo in their commercials)
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- You can make a logo including my WHOLE Domain name ... BUT I think I would rather have an XXL logo as I will eventually have other products / domains under this name. example of my other Names - http://www.xxlsuperhost.com http://www.xxlmlm.com (so while xxlmarketing.com is my Primary and most important logo the XXL and the .COM are the only constants)
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Split seals
Where appropriate, insert the spring in the SKF Springlock groove and position the spring connection, so that it is displaced with regard to the seal joint (fig 1). This is standard with all HS8 seals. Put the seal in the correct position on the shaft.
Lightly coat both the seal and counterface surface with a lubricant, preferably the same lubricant that will be used to lubricate the application (fig 2).
Join the ends of the garter spring by using the spring connector (fig 3).
For threaded connectors, back-wind the spring a couple of turns before the ends are brought together and allowed to thread into each other. When using a hook-and-eye connector, draw the ends of the spring together and insert the hook into the eye, taking care not to over-stretch the spring in the process, as this might impair seal performance. When using a control-wire connector, draw the seal ends together and insert the control wire into the centre of the spring coil.
Position the seal joint on the shaft so that it is at the 12 o'clock position and push both ends of the joint into the housing bore (fig 4). Do not push only one joint and then work around the shaft as this will create an excess length, making installation difficult or impossible.
Continue at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions, push the rest of the seal into position (fig 5) and finish simultaneously at the 6 and 12 o'clock positions. For shaft diameters ≥ 1 200 mm (47 in.), it is advisable to fix the seal at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions before locating the remaining sections of the seal.
Use a small block of wood to push the seal in the housing bore until it contacts the housing shoulder (fig 6).
Check the seal condition, particularly at the joint, to make sure that it has been positioned properly.
Install the cover plate on the housing face. Tighten the bolts evenly until the end cover abuts the housing face (fig 7 and fig 8). For detailed information, refer to the section Cover plates.