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JOSHUA'S JOURNAL
News
and views from Joshua Books ... making
a difference!
Issue #010 January 11, 2004
E-mail: admin@joshuabooks.com
Website: http://www.joshuabooks.com
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© 2004 Joshua Books
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CONTENTS
1)
10 Good Things about a Bad Year
2) Interesting Links
3) Quick Quotes
4) The secret Update
5) Michael's Story
6) New Releases?
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Hello,
How
did you enjoy the holiday season?
Did you spend it with friends
and family as I did? It certainly
is a lovely time of year to bring
us all together in an atmosphere of
love and friendship.
Did
you have snow? Where I am in my part
of the world, we had lots
of sunshine and surf. Even though
we had 35-degree (Celsius) heat,
the roast turkey was appreciated as
always.
This
is going to be a thrilling year for
us as I hope it will be
for you. We have great plans with
some exciting things in the wings
so expect updates in coming issues
of Joshua's Journal.
Do
you like our format of our newsletter?
Please let me know on
admin@joshuabooks.com
Of course, any ideas to improve the
content
will be appreciated.
A
word about our content. The articles
and information you will
find in our newsletter are provided
for your enjoyment and
enlightenment. You may not agree with
some of the ideas but they
are provided as a source of information
to assist you along your
journey in life. At Joshua Books,
our motto is "making a difference"
and that's what we aim to do. If you
read something you fervently
disagree with, we have done our job.
You should then have the
motivation to do your own investigation
by reading more books or
talking to friends and colleagues
or just doing a search on the net.
Now
on with the first issue for this year
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1)
10 GOOD THINGS ABOUT A BAD YEAR
By Medea Benjamin, AlterNet
January 1, 2004
No
two ways about it, 2003 was a demoralizing
year for those of us
working for peace and justice. With
George Bush in the White House,
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the California
State House, and Paul Bremer
ruling Iraq, it was a chore just to
get out of bed each morning. But
get out of bed we did, and we spent
our days educating, strategizing,
organizing and mobilizing. As we greet
the New Year, let's remember
and celebrate some of our hard-fought
victories in a time of
adversity.
Read
on …. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17471
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2)
INTERESTING LINKS
Again,
I wish to thank those people who have
taken the time to send
me their links. If you have some interesting
links, I may include
them in future editions of Joshua's
Journal. Just let me know at
admin@joshuabooks.com
Neither
Joshua Books nor I necessarily agree
with the content of the
following websites but of course it's
all food for thought.
An
interesting site with lots of info.....
http://www.halexandria.org/
These
sites have very constructive arguments.....
http://www.jovialatheist.com
http://www.vaticanassassins.org/
and
from someone who has done his own
research...
http://www.geocities.com/inexileau/index.html
If
you missed it last time, here is an
excellent way to start &
finish your day ….
http://www.positivepause.com/
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3)
QUICK QUOTES
"The
best way to cheer yourself up is to
try to cheer somebody else
up."
--Mark Twain
"Believe
in yourself in whatever you do, each
challenge that comes
will begin something new."
-- Serena Giselle McRury
"We
can easily forgive a child who is
afraid of the dark. The real
tragedy of life is when men are afraid
of the light."
-- Plato
And finally, some insight from *Flowers
from the Tree of Wisdom* by
Eskandar de Voss
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"If you saw yourself as God sees
you, you would smile a lot."
***
"Worry is like a rocking chair.
It gives you something to do
while it doesn't get you anywhere."
***
"It's nice to be important but
it's more important to be nice."
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4)
THE SECRET UPDATE
We
are proud to see *The Secret in the
Bible* by Tony Bushby at
number nine on Adyar's best selling
list (Adyar is Australia's leading
esoteric book store). This is some
achievement as complemented by the
thousands of copies sold worldwide
since its release less than two
months ago.
Tony Bushby and Joshua Books are really
making a difference by
giving people a reason to question
established belief patterns and
thereby challenging themselves to
grow through enlightened thought.
It all started with *The Bible Fraud*
and now this sensational and
acclaimed follow up book *The Secret
in the Bible*. It is interesting
to note that we have not received
one email or letter about *The
Secret* that does not applaud the
value and importance of the book,
which is the result of almost 20 years
of full time research by the
author.
For
more info, go to http://www.joshuabooks.com
Have
you uncovered the secret in the Bible?
What are your thoughts
on this remarkable book? Do you feel
it complements *The Bible
Fraud*? Let me know at admin@joshuabooks.com
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5)
MICHAEL'S STORY
Here
is the last of our three winners in
our competition "How my life
changed after reading *The Bible Fraud*.
As he says, Michael Symonds
has spent a lifetime searching for
the truth and reading this book
has helped his strengthen his faith
in the truth.
"After
spending a lifetime searching the
gospels and going from
church to church. Listening to the
message from their various points
of view. I felt refreshed and even
vindicated when I read that they
had all been instrumental in a vast
conspiracy to hide the truth in
order to maintain a lifestyle of power
and luxury. At the age of 60
years I was beginning to think that
there was a conspiracy in every
dark corner. Tony Bushby's book "The
Bible Fraud" first frightened
me
and after reading the reviews I thought
to myself, "What could he
have turned up that all the World's
great bible scholars have missed
?" I smirked at it at first but
being a sincere seeker of truth I
had
to settle that enquiring part of my
mind; what I call the Spirit of
Truth. I mulled over it for quite
some time and wondered what he
could tell me that I didn't already
know. But it was no use wondering
about it, it got the better of me
and I had to purchase it for peace
of mind.
As
I read I cross checked with the internet
and found the actual
house in Rome where Jesus stayed with
his family. I checked some
British history on Bran the Blessed
and also the history of the first
church of Rome. I was amazed at how
much information could be gleaned
from the internet after the guiding
hand of Tony Bushby pushed me
into the right direction.
I
was ecstatic in the fact that Bushby
did not set out to prove that
Jesus did not exist, on the contrary
he proved that Jesus was an
actual person. He did what I wished
I could have done long ago. It
excited me that even though a Druid,
Jesus was a revealer of truth
and had a revelation worthy to be
a greater religion than
Christianity itself.
My
life has been changed to the degree
that now when I read the
sayings of Jesus I know where he was
coming from. The secret sayings
of Jesus in the Thomas Gospel make
sense now. Why he was considered a
king and actually was a King in Britain.
I have been a reader of the
Urantia book for many years but found
it too fantastic to gain much
in the way of truth; however after
reading the book "The Bible Fraud"
by Tony Bushby I was drawn to a single
verse in the UB that had made
little sense to me before. It reports
that Jesus held a meeting in
Herod's new Palace. It was for the
whole apostolic party but
strangely put in the hands of Women
who were not allowed to preach in
the synagogue here is the verse:
P.1680
- §3 The Sabbath services of
the apostolic party had been put
in the hands of the women by Andrew,
upon instructions from Jesus.
This meant, of course, that they could
not be held in the new
synagogue. The women selected Joanna
to have charge of this occasion,
and the meeting was held in the banquet
room of Herod's new palace,
Herod being away in residence at Julias
in Perea. Joanna read from
the Scriptures concerning woman's
work in the religious life of
Israel, making reference to Miriam,
Deborah, Esther, and others.
I
am indebted to Tony for his work in
this revelation of truth and
admire his resolve against the fraud
perpetrated by the churches. If
he lived in the middle ages his body
would have burnt at the stake.
Far from turning me into a an Atheist
Tony's book has strengthened my
faith in the truth. I am looking forward
now to reading his new book."
Thank
you Michael for sharing your thoughts
with us and please enjoy
your special copy of *the Secret in
the Bible* with our compliments.
For
more info, see http://www.thebiblefraud.com
and
http://www.thesecret.thebiblefraud.com
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6) NEW RELEASES
As
I mentioned in our last edition of
Joshua's Journal, I was hoping
to give you a brief overview of some
of our new releases but we
decided to wait until our webmaster
posts the new titles
up on our site. This will be done
very shortly so do visit us and
see what we have for you.
Visit
http://www.joshuabooks.com/
for more information
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This is the beginning of a brand new
year. A year with a
clean slate for us all. A year when
we can plan and set goals and
achieve anything we put our minds
to. What are you going to do
differently this year?
In
our next issue, I will be giving you
an update on our latest
books and a hint of what's to come
including more on my Numerology
Profiles.
All
of us at Joshua Books look forwarding
in servicing your needs
and supporting you in your journey
through life.
Do
visit us at www.joshuabooks.com and
if you have some links or
articles that you think our readers
would find interesting, you are
very welcome to pass them on to me
at admin@joshuabooks.com
Happy
reading,
John
Bannister & The Joshua Books Team
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