Introduction

[Ron406]

Hello All,
 I am Ron and I live in the NW of the US in Tacoma, Wa. I have been interested in archaeology since I was in 2nd grade.... MANY long years ago. There was a time when I wish to be an archaeologist.... Specifically an Egytologist... I have found my interests moving over time to the Holy Lands as well as a speciality in the study of the Minoan culture. I have visited Israel a number of times over the last 20 years as well as Greece and many other countries in my field of study. I am as physicist... with an interest in acoustics and magnetics. I made my living for a time in the space program sending experiments into spce studying low field magnetics on the moon and Mars as well as the other planets.... Today I run a testing and research lab in the field of acoustics.
I find it interesting that so many people point out to us far advanced the ancients were in the field of acoustic.... pointing to the theaters in Ceasarea.. Ephesus, Olympia.... etc.... They always point out the great acoustics and then ask wh we cannot do as well... I always try to point out that all of the bad sounding theaters were torn down and only the good ones are left....Chuckles...
I am always interested in howpeople who have very little expertise in certain areas are willing to jump into an argument (discussion) about areas they know little about.  I find the disagreements about the pomegranate and the ossuary and the comments that do not take into account actual testings by people with more expertise that those that have taken place.
I will look forward to asking questions and hearing other points of view. As a teacher (part time) I have found that listening 75% of the time is more productive to learning that talking 75% of the time ...even to a "teacher"

[Elijah]

Suddenly I feel shame. All these months, about 2 years here, many things I predicted have not come true yet, and as always I look back and see my time spent in wrong ways wasted, regretting the things I could have said or done, that I did not do. In this case what is applicable is my not greeting new comers. This is because I pretty much take a back seat as if being a member not a leader.
     I don't post all these things as if I know everything. I thrive on researching stuff and sharing it. And it just happens to flood and overwhelm. Yes it overwhelms me as much as anyone who listens to me or reads what I try to convey. I do not try to take over the forum, it is my desire to share any NEW thoughts I have, not to mention many old thoughts of mine are still not seen by anyone in the world, and I hate to die without sharing it so it lives on. So please understand that my name scattered all over isn't my concept of me being the Leader here, or trying to be, or thinking I am.
     I find this as a forum whose members share thoughts as Wikipedia does without the thoughts being wiped out constantly by people who think youre far left wing and in need of meds. I enjoy reading much here of others, and recognize it is their right to beleive in some galactic energy in the middle of the Milky Way etc. Yes I will confront it with comment, but I am not a person to think anyone should be WIPED out of here.
     I welcome you here, as I should have welcomed everyone when these announcements pop up saying THIS IS OUR NEW MEMBER. I apologize because my ignoring that is like someone who thinks we are brothers, but doesnt prove it by ignoring a greeting and gesture to please create some topics, we will talk about them.
     In the way of archeology, I am the opposite view beleiving the Bible and then saying lets go prove it without letting those who think science must alter it with every scoffing notion. Many explanations offered are in themselves pretty sci-fi making you wonder how they can prefer their sci-fi to those who say it was miracle. For this reason, again as always I am in the middle where science says I am fantasy Bible, and theists say I hurt the Bible by giving explanations. But I am in the middel not by merging, but by grabbing what I know nature to be out there as God created it. An example being, water skiing is a way to walk on water with speed. But given the right garment for wind to create wings, and a gust under your feet, it is not impossible that what is seen as miracle walking on water was actually a man capable of predicting and seeing a rare science about to occur that would allow this to be done. Yes I believe that Moses saw parting waters starting that he perceived would totally bare the ground and cut right through so that his words of command did not cause it, but rather he was verbally shouting out what he could see and trusted and beleived was happening at the very moment. And he was rewarded with being right. He didnt tuck tail in the worry of feeling shame and embarrassed if wrong.
    This is my stand toward STUDY in this forum. I will value your stand, and I hope you can value mine. Well many of us do venture to comment on what we do not know, but on my part it is to get feedback so that i will then know. My work revises even former things I have claimed. I do not reject the test by fire. It is not a test of my faith in it, as if I should get all hyped up over it, but a test of the material presented itself. (Hmm keep that in mind Rick. Ok I do show some self-defence emotion when labeled as prophet standing against God.)
     I share the 2nd grade influence you mention. Mom bought me books on Mayan jungles, and I loved the Tarzan movies and Bomba, and lost City, and Jungle book. And yes Mom (a JW) threw her bible down when i was 9 and said I cant study with you, you know it all, you know everything (not in a good way). My questions were questions she couldnt answer.
    So your a physicist. I am of the belief C14 in DNA is toxic to longevity of all life from microbial to plant to animal to human, and that this level increased production 12 times higher at 52 miles up on the date Julian 2370 BC Jan 6. I am also of the belief, asteroid impact is about to shoot a funnel of billions of megatons of water right back up there this year to restore it for about 1000 years. What we do during the 1000 years proves whether God's kingdom is within us ruling from above.

Richard Michael Schiller
(believing evidence that I would be the Elijah prophesied about... pretty much letting myself be directed by happen-stance, if God Jehovah knows what he is doing)

BTW I am greatful to this site, it retains what i write. All that I wrote in newsgroups in 1996 has vanished and I google up only as the Kook Of The Month Award for Nov 1996.