Been working on not only putting the finishing touches on the book (before ordering the printed editions) but also working on a new website -- which I hope to have up by next month. Therefore, I will most likely be bringing this site to a close in the near future. So the next post will most likely be a link to the new site and the beginning of a great new chapter.
See you there and may the spirit of the Savior be with you.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
What did Jesus Look Like?
A new image of what could be Jesus has been unearthed in Egypt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/29/jesus-inscription-tomb_n_5234109.html
Like other early images, this one depicts him without a beard.
The oldest known depiction of Jesus (235 CE) shows him not only without a beard, but with short hair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dura-europos-paralytic.jpg
Here is another one from around the same era:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Good_shepherd_02b_close.jpg
However, these descriptions were most likely based on images of the Roman gods.
It was not until almost two centuries later, in the late 4th century, that Jesus was depicted with longer hair and a beard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depiction_of_Jesus
It was Jewish law for men to have beards and to not cut the hair on the sides of their head short, and the Pharisees never accused Jesus of not complying with this regulation. However, scholars believe that many people cut their hair short in those days to help prevent lice.
I was recently watching a documentary called "Who Was Jesus?" and a forensics person came up with this image:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/29/jesus-inscription-tomb_n_5234109.html
Like other early images, this one depicts him without a beard.
The oldest known depiction of Jesus (235 CE) shows him not only without a beard, but with short hair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dura-europos-paralytic.jpg
Here is another one from around the same era:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Good_shepherd_02b_close.jpg
However, these descriptions were most likely based on images of the Roman gods.
It was not until almost two centuries later, in the late 4th century, that Jesus was depicted with longer hair and a beard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depiction_of_Jesus
It was Jewish law for men to have beards and to not cut the hair on the sides of their head short, and the Pharisees never accused Jesus of not complying with this regulation. However, scholars believe that many people cut their hair short in those days to help prevent lice.
I was recently watching a documentary called "Who Was Jesus?" and a forensics person came up with this image:
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Greed and Gluttony. 2 of the 7 Deadly Sins
How difficult a thing it will be for those having money
to make their way into the kingdom of God! It is easier, in fact, for
a camel to get through the eye of a sewing needle than for a rich man
to get into the kingdom of God.
—Yeshua, Luke
18.24-25
Please call your representatives office and tell them: No Food Stamp Cuts!
Friday, February 28, 2014
Is It Really About "Religious Freedom"?
The so-called "Religious Freedom Bill" that allows business to go back to the Jim Crow era segregation days and refuse service to homosexual people on the grounds that it is against their religion was defeated in Arizona. However, other "Bible belt" states are also considering passing such discriminatory legislation.
Since we have already covered the subject of homosexuality on this blog (please search for it if you have not read it), let us consider the actions of Jesus himself.
In Mark 2.13-17 Jesus eats with sinners - much to the disapproval of the hard-hearted Pharisees.
Regardless if people who are calling themselves "Christians" or not believe that homosexuality is a sin, I ask you: do you also condemn Jesus for associating with "sinners"?
Since we have already covered the subject of homosexuality on this blog (please search for it if you have not read it), let us consider the actions of Jesus himself.
In Mark 2.13-17 Jesus eats with sinners - much to the disapproval of the hard-hearted Pharisees.
Regardless if people who are calling themselves "Christians" or not believe that homosexuality is a sin, I ask you: do you also condemn Jesus for associating with "sinners"?
Sunday, January 5, 2014
New Cover for the Genesis of Revelation
New cover for the book. The old cover will still be used but on the Full and Esoteric Edition that is still in the works.
Also, paper-back edition of the Judeo-Christian Edition is nearing completion.
Also, paper-back edition of the Judeo-Christian Edition is nearing completion.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Google Goes Evil
I just heard a very troubling thing -- Google has joined ALEC, an organization that tries to pass bills that would oppose fracking disclosure, require public schools to teach climate denial, make reporting animal abuse a crime, and attack our voting rights.
Google should know better! I signed a petition demanding they quit ALEC at once. Will you join me?
Check it out here: https://secure.sierraclub.org/
In February, a Utah slaughterhouse was caught painfully pushing a cow with a forklift. But when the police showed up, they weren't there to shut things down -- they were there to press charges against the citizen filming the cruelty, even though she never left public land. [1]
Many would call Amy Meyer a hero, but Utah called her a criminal. This is due to a new crop of state bills that ban the filming of industrial animal abuse without permission -- and even place whistleblowers on a "terrorism registry." [2]
Shockingly, Google is funding this madness.
Google recently joined ALEC, a shadowy organization that works with state lawmakers to ram through legislation for corporations like Exxon and Philip Morris. [3, 4] Google -- a major investor in clean energy -- should know better than to fund bills that would also require climate denial education in public schools and oppose fracking disclosure.
Thanks to public pressure, 50 corporations have already quit ALEC -- now it's Google's turn.
As an Internet user, Google needs to hear from you. Raise your voice and tell the tech giant: Stop funding climate deniers. Quit ALEC now!
Sign the petition today, and we'll deliver it to Google during ALEC's giant conference next week, which features speakers like Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan. 75,000 names will put Google on the spot!
Funded almost exclusively by major corporations like Koch Industries, ALEC -- or the American Legislative Exchange Council -- writes "model bills" for right-wing lawmakers to introduce as "grassroots" legislation. From Utah's "ag-gag" bill to "Stand Your Ground" laws and attacks on our voting rights, about 200 of these corporate scams pass every year.
One of ALEC's efforts pretends to disclose the chemicals used in fracking. But in reality, the Exxon-backed bill is pure deception, creating new loopholes that would make it even easier to hide the most toxic fracking chemicals. [5]
This agenda is so extreme that, thanks to grassroots pressure, many big-name corporations have already quit ALEC -- including McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson, and Wal-Mart. [6] Even Big Oil's own ConocoPhillips has had enough -- but not Google.
Google's supposed to be one of the good guys. It's up to us to remind them of their old "Don't be evil" motto, and bring the same public pressure that led all those other corporations to see the light.
Tell Google to stop funding climate denial today, and then tell your friends -- that way we can deliver a petition with 75,000 names during the ALEC conference!
Today's petition is just the beginning. SierraRise is teaming up with organizations like Forecast the Facts and the Center for Media and Democracy. We'll use people pressure and digital organizing -- much of it with Google's own tools -- to demand the tech giant do the right thing and leave ALEC behind.
It all starts with this show of force -- sign your name today.
Many would call Amy Meyer a hero, but Utah called her a criminal. This is due to a new crop of state bills that ban the filming of industrial animal abuse without permission -- and even place whistleblowers on a "terrorism registry." [2]
Shockingly, Google is funding this madness.
Google recently joined ALEC, a shadowy organization that works with state lawmakers to ram through legislation for corporations like Exxon and Philip Morris. [3, 4] Google -- a major investor in clean energy -- should know better than to fund bills that would also require climate denial education in public schools and oppose fracking disclosure.
Thanks to public pressure, 50 corporations have already quit ALEC -- now it's Google's turn.
As an Internet user, Google needs to hear from you. Raise your voice and tell the tech giant: Stop funding climate deniers. Quit ALEC now!
Sign the petition today, and we'll deliver it to Google during ALEC's giant conference next week, which features speakers like Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan. 75,000 names will put Google on the spot!
Funded almost exclusively by major corporations like Koch Industries, ALEC -- or the American Legislative Exchange Council -- writes "model bills" for right-wing lawmakers to introduce as "grassroots" legislation. From Utah's "ag-gag" bill to "Stand Your Ground" laws and attacks on our voting rights, about 200 of these corporate scams pass every year.
One of ALEC's efforts pretends to disclose the chemicals used in fracking. But in reality, the Exxon-backed bill is pure deception, creating new loopholes that would make it even easier to hide the most toxic fracking chemicals. [5]
This agenda is so extreme that, thanks to grassroots pressure, many big-name corporations have already quit ALEC -- including McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson, and Wal-Mart. [6] Even Big Oil's own ConocoPhillips has had enough -- but not Google.
Google's supposed to be one of the good guys. It's up to us to remind them of their old "Don't be evil" motto, and bring the same public pressure that led all those other corporations to see the light.
Tell Google to stop funding climate denial today, and then tell your friends -- that way we can deliver a petition with 75,000 names during the ALEC conference!
Today's petition is just the beginning. SierraRise is teaming up with organizations like Forecast the Facts and the Center for Media and Democracy. We'll use people pressure and digital organizing -- much of it with Google's own tools -- to demand the tech giant do the right thing and leave ALEC behind.
It all starts with this show of force -- sign your name today.
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