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'Asteroid Impact Could Have Prompted Constantine's Conversion'
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| 6-18-2003
Posted on 06/18/2003 4:45:56 PM PDT by blam
'Asteroid impact could have prompted Constantine's conversion'
An asteroid which exploded like a nuclear bomb may have converted the Roman emperor Constantine to Christianity it is now being claimed.
Scientists have discovered an impact crater dating from the fourth of fifth century in the Italian Apennine mountains.
They believe the crater in the Sirente mountains, which is larger than a football field, could explain the legend of Constantine's conversion.
Accounts from the 4th century describe how barbarians stood at the gates of the Roman empire while a Christian movement threatened its stability from within.
It is said the emperor saw an amazing vision in the sky, converted to Christianity on the spot, and led his army to victory under the sign of the cross.
Swedish geologist Jens Ormo discovered the crater after spotting a photograph of an unusually round lake in Italy's Sirente-Velino Regional Park.
A visit to the site quickly identified several tell-tale features of an impact crater, New Scientist magazine reported.
The seasonal lake, 140 metres across, had a pronounced raised rim and no inlet or outlet, being filled by rainfall.
Ormo's team believe they were made when an asteroid about 10 metres in diameter shattered during entry into the atmosphere.
New Scientist said: "From the crater size, Ormo estimates that the impact had an explosive force of a kiloton - equivalent to a very small nuclear weapon. Indeed, it would have looked like a nuclear blast, with shock waves, earthquakes and a mushroom cloud."
Story filed: 19:21 Wednesday 18th June 2003
TOPICS: News/Current Events
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To: Martin Tell
That volcano causing the plagues was
the sillest bit of twisting things
left and right desperatly trying to reach
an outcome it was pathetic.
By the way, the stuff about the red sea
crossing being at the Sinai Penn. is probably
wrong. At the time of the crossing the
Upper Kingdom was probably ruling Egypt
form Southern Egypt.
So the crossing probably took place in Southern
Egypt crossing the Red Sea.
A major parting of the Sea indeed.
And absolutely ruling out the Volcano
having anything to do with it.
To: pgkdan
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posted on
12/06/2003 6:40:03 PM PST
by
RSA
(Real historical recordings of the impact)
To: Phsstpok
I too have no problem with allowing for God to use what He made...what IS. Some scientists and the so-called creationists seem to forget Einstein's statements, which were well-considered, since he did things that way, and Jesus' statement that the words he said were "spirit," and had to be comprehended that way.
I thank you for your posts, and the way you conduct yourself.
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12/06/2003 6:59:38 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
(DO, or DO NOT. There is no TRY - Yoda)
To: Phsstpok
"Any contradictions are in our failure to understand, not in God's ability to work His will. The cliche is that Einstein described math as the language of God. I believe that this is true of the real, correct, results of the scientific method. When we really understand the universe and the laws it runs by we will better understand what God has in mind for us." Just wanted to express my agreement with your elegantly stated concept.
How can one view the periodic table of the elements and not see God's hand?
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12/06/2003 7:15:57 PM PST
by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: TheCrusader
From Augustine as an historian:
"O Lord make me accurate ... but not just now."
To: blam
"They believe the crater in the Sirente mountains, which is larger than a football field, could explain the legend of Constantine's conversion." Constantine's conversion is no "legend", it is solidly rooted in historical fact. Scientists will use any silly hypothesis to try to dismantle faith and religion. But it really doesn't matter anyway. As I see it, God could have used Mickey Mouse to convert Constantine, the only thing that really matters is that he WAS converted, and he opened the doors to spread Christianity all over the earth.
To: farmfriend
Please put in the GGG files, Thanks.
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12/06/2003 10:58:03 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam; *Gods, Graves, Glyphs; abner; Alas Babylon!; Andyman; annyokie; bd476; BiffWondercat; ...
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12/06/2003 10:59:04 PM PST
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farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: Prof Engineer
ping
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12/07/2003 7:04:34 AM PST
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msdrby
(US Veterans: All give some, but some give all.)
To: Martin Tell
BTTT
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02/06/2004 5:09:58 PM PST
by
carpio
To: blam
It is said the emperor saw an amazing vision in the sky, converted to Christianity on the spot, and led his army to victory under the sign of the cross. Soldier to the emperor; "Chicken Little reporting Sir, the sky is falling in..."
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02/06/2004 5:21:06 PM PST
by
CommandoFrank
(789,456th post Peer into the depths of hell and there is the face of Islam!)
To: Martin Tell
Constantine did not see the sign of the cross. What he heard in Greek was "En Totou Nika" (not Latin) and the symbol he saw was the Greek letters X and P (that is a Gree R not a English P) the first two letters in Greek that spells Xristos.
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11/26/2004 2:45:50 AM PST
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Destro
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To: Martin Tell
http://www.kensmen.com/catholic/letterstyle.html
In hoc signo crucis vinces "In this sign you will conquer." This is the Latin translation of the Greek words, TOUTO NIKA, seen by Constantine in his vision, along with the Chi-Rho.
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11/26/2004 2:48:33 AM PST
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Destro
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To: blam
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Note: this topic is from June 18, 2003. Thanks blam.
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