[...]The way number works down to the very minute fraction and detail, is a miracle in itself. That all you need to do is find a simpler ratio through geometric principles, develop it into a formula, and you'll have an exact measurement. That's kind of miraculous, and proves God's design over our universe.

Like the way quadratic formulas work is fascinating. The way we solved them, and can solve exponential equations, was by looking at a square, and developing a system of logic that can reduce that to any quadratic principle, back down into a linear solution. That's why you get two answers for [a] quadratic formula. Because it's not linear.

But the fact is, those ratios can describe everything in our world. There's design in our universe through number. And a lot of the great sages felt that was proof of God's existence.

That's also how calculus is solved, is by looking at shapes. Calculus is even more of a miracle, because you have to take a simpler logic, predict the answer, and then shape a formula around that prediction--like you know the logic's sound. But, that's how Calculus is framed, by looking at geometric principles, and then solving a limit through predicting what the answer will be, from a simpler shape.

Gongsun Shu established Wei Qi as King of Shuoning.

On the last day of the year of Guihai (March 31st, 31ad, ChinaSonaFoundation), the sun was eclipsed. He avoided the main hall, put down his guards, and did not attend to affairs for five days. He said in an imperial edict: "My poor virtue has brought disaster upon me, and I am blamed by the sun and the moon. (讁 is a word for blame. It is pronounced as the reverse of 直革. Zuo Zhuan said: "A ruler who does not use good in governing will bring disaster upon himself." ) I am trembling with fear. What can I say? Now I am thinking about my mistakes, so that I can eliminate the guilt. I will order the officials to perform their duties, abide by the laws, and benefit all the people. All the officials should submit their secret reports, without any excuses. Those who submit letters are not allowed to mention the saint. "

On the renwu day of the fourth month of summer, the emperor issued an edict saying: "It is a misunderstanding between the yin and yang, and the sun and moon are eclipsed. If the people have committed a crime, it is my fault. I will grant amnesty to the whole country. The dukes, ministers, secretaries, and governors of the states shall each select one virtuous and upright person and send him to the Gongche. I will examine him there." ( Gongche is the name of a gate. The place where Gongche is located is named after it. The official etiquette of the Han Dynasty said: "Gongche is in charge of the Sima Gate of the Palace. All the affairs of the country and the summons are under its jurisdiction." 

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Julius Africanus writes "Phlegon records that, in the time of Tiberius Cæsar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth..."[4]

Eusebius, in book 2 of Chronicle (Chronicon, quoted by Jerome), refers to Phlegon's 13th book for confirmation of an eclipse and earthquakes in Bythinia and Nicaea. [5]

"In the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, there was a great eclipse of the Sun, greater than had ever been known before, for at the sixth hour the day was changed into night, and the stars were seen in the heavens. An earthquake occurred in Bythinia and overthrew a great part of the city of Nicæa."[6]

Wikipedia. Phlegon of Trelles. 5. 28. 24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegon_of_Tralles

[T]o be frank, we’d still be believing in Magic had [The Roman Catholic Church] not done some of the things they did.

No, I’m actually starting to understand why the Catholic Church proscribed rules against witches and stuff. Like, the entire Enlightenment was derived from Christians expecting to find order in the cosmos and consistency, not only in physics but in ethics. Without which we’re back to magical thinking. Which the enlightenment couldn’t have happened, if people were still running around casting spells like A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

Like what did happen, was the Salem Witch Trials exasperated people’s belief in magic, and they thought it was terror what happened, and felt the whole thing was an atrocity. That was Christian Ethics that did that, because we firmly based our principles in hard science and reason, and not the Law of Attraction or Sorcery, and just simply stopped believing in it.

Like, Christ’s Laws worked. America paralleled exactly what’s in the Bible. Literally, you couldn’t find a better picture of the Prosperity Promised through the Practice of God’s Law than in America. The Ethics of Christianity worked for 200 years, and without them, we’re seeing the whole civilization corrode.

Though I’d rather live under Islam than a completely Atheistic regime. That’s a fact. It wouldn’t get quite as ridiculous.

I mean, my only concern would be paying their tax. That’d be my only concern. But, it wouldn’t be as crazy as what the West is doing right now.

I mean, it’d kind of have echoes of Daniel and Ezekiel going down to Babylon. Because God sent Judah to exile because they’d be safe there, and purified. Believe it or not, the Babylonians—before they venerated Sin—were actually very similar in their laws to Judaism, and Judaism probably had an effect on Cyrus the Great so much that he instituted Zoroastrianism. Which is the origin of Islam, is Zoroastrianism. But the Monotheistic faith of Abraham’s was instituted around 1300bc. Abraham and the Patriarchs believed in one God since the beginning, but the world didn’t get a monotheistic religion until the Jews in 1300bc. It just never was properly followed, and people chose to rebel and worship the Pantheon of Baal-El and Sin.

I also wouldn’t mind living under a Hindu regime, either. But the Caste System can get kind of hairy. But definitely not an atheist regime, with all the gross things they would do.

Just for the record, I’m a 100% Christian, but I’m just speaking in the form of the Bible, that when Judah sinned—like America is right now—it went into captivity. And one reason God chose the place they went to, was that they had more humane laws. There was idolatry, but they had better ways of being, as the Hebrews were having orgies in the mountaintops, and giving birth to children that they would later consume. So, God had to do something with them. America is doing a lot of the same things, with Abortion, and accepting Homosexuality and this Hook Up Culture that makes Marriage nearly impossible; not to mention the Civil Courts are gross, and almost always rule in favor of the aggressor, and not necessarily the one who has the just cause.

It’s not really my favorite verse. I think Jesus is probably true, that “That which is first is last, and that which is last is first.” Because this one verse has been misinterpreted and distorted by so many people.

So, “Whosever shall believe on me, will have eternal life,” Who is it that believes? It’s the one who does what Jesus asks of them. Not of works, that man should boast—of course that’s going to be the rebuttal. But, then what?

So, faith is a walk, and it’s a walk where doing good should produce more rest and relaxation than doing evil. As the work of the conscience is the Holy Spirit. We’re not to “Try” to get better—like if drug addicted, abusive, angry, blasphemous, lazy, etc.—we’re to rest on God’s power alone.

So, to believe on Christ, is to be empowered to do good. And to rest on Him to accomplish the work. Not to try to strive like a hypocrite to be good, but to desire the LORD’s righteousness, until He reigns it down on you.

But, you cannot be saved, and be a sinner. So, our hope is that the LORD gives us a portion of His Peace and Righteousness, and enables us to do good, rather than sin.

As that desire is what saves us, and that hunger and thirst is what’s satisfied.

“A Bruised reed He shall not break, nor a smoldering flax will He extinguish.” Those who desire the LORD’s righteousness, and hate their own sin—be it LGBTQ, Adultery, Drunkenness, Kleptomania, Murder, Oppression, Hatred, Bitterness, whatever habitual sin—the LORD’s who takes it out of you. And He replaces your heart with a clean heart. And He will not make an end with you, if you retain that desire, but He will bring you through the furnace of affliction to purify your heart.

So, that’s what it is to believe on the LORD. It’s to love His law, and have it be your delight, and wait upon Him to rain down upon you righteousness and rest. As Christ is the Sabbath, and breaking the Sabbath is a sin.

I was just reading Leviticus, and was stunned by the Curse. You read the verses, and see the Bible has some very simple laws. It’s not as hard as it seems, but America has trespassed almost every single one of those laws, and celebrates people who do so. The left celebrates LGBTQ, Child Sacrifice and Adultery, while the right celebrates Oppression of the Stranger, Unrest and Inequity.

Until you root out that sin, you’re never going to have peace. I mean, seriously, read the Blessings and Curses, you see it’s exactly paralleled to America. Because God’s law works. We DID have to eat the old store, because of the new. We did have abundant food, and no wild beasts tormenting us. And a pleasant land. We had water in the deserts, and fruit trees growing there.

It’s not from the top down. It’s from all levels of society. I see such blatant sin being celebrated, and people are downright rotten right now. Like, I hear it from everyone. My aunts, my uncles, my parents and siblings, my cousins, my friends,—I see it firsthand on Quora and YouTube—what’s happening in this country. And simply put, the problem is people are wicked, lazy, lustful, slovenly fools, and until they fix that and find Christ again, they won’t be able to have a world that’s like Heaven.

Like another thing to consider, is what’s the fastest growing religion? It’s Heathenism and Paganism and Atheism. Which, Science is culminating into a sort of magical belief system, where men can be women, and people “Attract” and “Manifest” prosperity to themselves through sheer will. That is Wizardry and Familiar Spirits. That has to stop, too.

The Shepherds are idle, and rich and fat. They feed on the portion of our tithes, but they do not feed us. They teach us lies, in exchange for our money, and they stand fervently idle, not seeking out the brethren who are the Spoiled Flock. They devour the outcasts, and call them "Heretics." They do not bind the brokenhearted, they do not seek the sick and wounded, they do not visit the captive, they prey on the widow and orphan. They teach nonsense for their sermons, and wander lightly around, feeding their full bellies with the substance of the poor and needy, and selling them on riches and fame.

I see ovens in your churches, but I see the rich eating from them. I see portions being sold to raise funds, and the freewill offerings published. I see the poor cast from the church because they smell bad, and not bathed. I see the pastor with the sleekest wagons, and finest horses money can buy. Arabian and Clydesdale, while their congregants have a mule and no oxen. I see the pastor preaching, "Believe, and there shall be opened doors." Where are the open doors? The peoples mourn, and are poor, while the rich get rich and join the fields together for themselves and no others. The poor are shamed for having no work, but lo, there is no work for the wicked are among them and the scattered sheep cannot feed or prophesy. For all are leagued against them. They go to work, as the pastors preach them how to prosper and make money--there is no more work for them to do. Yet, they are shamed. The pastors, what the poor do manage to have in their coffers, buy expensive meals, and luxurious clothing, and expensive watches and preach "Do what thou wilt to become rich!"

The prisoner, the sick, the brokenhearted, they say "You are a sinner!" To the cruel and unmerciful who are rich, they say, "Good fellow, you have brought much into your storehouse, and are a kind and decent man, for I see your pockets are deep, and they will pay my children's tuition, so they can go to seminary like me, and feast on the poor's salaries."

Where are the shepherds who wool the flock when it is summer, and grow the wool when it is winter, and milk the sheep when it is their time for milking, and nurture the lamb on their shoulders, at last, they do none of this, but stick them in a pen with cheap grains, and then fatten them and slaughter them, and then eat their meat, and drink their blood. Only one Lamb, the Lamb of God, could we do such things, and I'm afraid the blood and body of your flock is your Eucharist, and it shall damn the idle shepherds who have made a wage from their flocks, and not given them the sustenance they needed.

They promise them work, but then humiliate them. They promise them success, but it is only penury. They promise them hard work, but would not lift up the burdens themselves. Not even to call the man looking for occupation on the phone, to give him work, but then they sit in idle judgment of this fellow. Then the one who comes from a rich family, comes in his bright clothing and status of his wealth, and the pastor takes him, but the scattered sheep he lays a burden on, for he will not touch him, for he is sad.

We have nothing but shame, for you have injured us. Woe to the pastors who spoil the flock.