I think I’ve mentioned I’m a bit of a YouTube addict these days. I used to use it sparingly to look up DIY repairs and other tasks with which I thought I needed assistance. Good enough for that and that’s about all. Then a friend told me that there was a lot more than “fix it” videos out there and I began to peruse. My friend understated, I believe.
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UPDATE: The day before this incident, the Israeli PM spoke(on Israeli TV)about a possible attack on Israel by Iran…
Some random thoughts concerning today’s news. What was that, you ask? The attempted terrorist takeover of an airliner with mostly Jewish passengers. No passengers were hurt, the pilot was attacked by the copilot from what I heard and it was some passengers and crew that broke into the flight deck and prevented tragedy. For some reason, I find this entire episode suspicious. Why? Look how close we are to October 7th and how Israel has a massive PR problem with most of the world, and a good portion of the U.S. included. So, wouldn’t it be interesting to attempt to shift the narrative? Just sayin’.
Ever hear people when referring to Jesus, call him Jesus Christ? Not as an epithet, but as if Christ were his last name? I do, and I hear it often. I’ve even seen it written that way. Wasn’t Jesus a Jew? During those times, did people where he lived even have surnames? I was told that, during his time, if he were referred to formally, it would have been as Jesus, son of Joseph, or Jesus bar Joseph. In fact, it’s used in that way in John 6:42.
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I don’t hear or see very much from atheist organizations anymore. There was a time, a few years ago (actually around a decade or so) that there would be some controversy or announcement to “rally the troops” so to speak. Today, they’ve all gone silent or, and this is possible, the networks just aren’t covering them like they did in the Four Horsemen heyday. Maybe I’m just not paying attention as much as I used to in the heyday a few years (Okay, a decade or more) ago.
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As everyone(most?) know, Paul is the most prolific author of the New Testament. Thirteen books(letters, actually) attributed to him, seven of which are deemed by scholars as pseudepigrapha (not written by Paul, but by someone claiming to be him). Nonetheless, they are all looked upon as sacred scripture by around two billion people that identify as Christian. We first learn abut Paul in Acts 7:558 as “Saul”. Most of Acts, after that, is about Saul, his conversion and renaming to Paul and his missionary work. The meeting with the disciples is mentioned in Acts 9:26-28 but more is given to us by Paul himself in Galatians 1:18-19, some three years after his conversion. The question often arises, among believers and non-believers, as to what Paul knew about the Jesus that Peter and the other disciples knew. But more, why Paul never mentions Jesus’ earthly existence. Ever.
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