Do you remember Joseph? His coat of many colors? Made for him by Rachel, His mother? Jesus had a tunic Made without a single seam Woven from top to bottom, By Mary. I recall, that it was His Most prized possession; A tunic. Which, having coats Myself, I Know the pride of a warm coat, How it keeps warm in the Bitterest of colds, if a tunic also lie Underneath. There is a pride to what keeps warm Which Jesus referred to his Tunic An awful lot. Being His most prized possession. Love was stitched Into this innocent thing; it was the source Of many of His most difficult sayings, Where we say, "That's not true," Lo, it is. And that same thing was stolen from Him On the day of His death, His only comfort; The thing which was worn, made by His mother, And he died As was prophesied, with the garment Cast lots over by the Centurion who killed Him. Woe to that man's theft, for how can it be forgiven? Yet it can.
The Saint and the Punished
The joys he'll enter into, in Zion, are beyond compare. Mansions, cities of gemstones raised the height of the earth to the moon, countrysides, rivers, mountains, valleys, lakes, the trees of the Fruit of Life, lush fertile plains, beautifully woven courts within the City itself likened to the most beautiful State Parks imaginable within its decadent cube; with flowing rivers and waterfalls; even all the animals of the Saints will be there, and all of our precious creatures we loved. Streets paved with gold, and Pearl gates. Decadent food and drinks, with no hunger or thirst. And he'll be married to Zion, and call the Land Beulah. If you do not accept Jesus, you'll be imprisoned in a cell of sandstone, licked with flame, and if you were really bad, will be tormented by a demon as your cellmate. You'll descend the tunnel of hell, into the grave, and appear in the caverns of hell, and meet the Satyrs, Dragons, Imps and Cockatrices, and they'll take you to your abode, where you will rot with worms in your wounds, being wounded, and have no thought, no wisdom, no activity, and have all your love stolen from you. You'll feel like a rolled up ball, being tossed around, and never at rest. And your only peace will be that you are where you ought.
A Body of Evidence
Amenhotep Amenhotep, you Fly with your chariots, yon That Nuweiba beach. Yet, the walls of water crash Down upon you, and the Jews, They flee to Sinai. The Wandering Israelites Oh, you wandering Apiru, in the desert So long: Estsablish Yourselves! And break the Hittite Empire You "Sea People!" Historicity of Genesis; Flood, Nimrod and Battle of Siddom Mid-24th Century Anomaly, It collapses all civilizations; Almost like a global flood? Then The Earth divides during the life of Peleg, and then Sargon that Nimrod, built His empire, And three hundred years later, would, Ride, Abraham! and pursue those Elamite foes. Make haste to avenge Ur, to impose that Amorite King Melchizedek, king of Salem, to instill Babylonian rule. The Gospels as Witness Mathew, if first written in Aramaic, Papias says John Son of Thunder Said Matthew was written by Matthew in Hebrew, Does this not prove Matthew was written by Matthew? Papias XX says John the Elder is John Son of Thunder, and that John dictated his Gospel to Papias. Luke is also considered a premier Historian. Evidence that Demands a Verdict, 86. And Mark is written by memory, On the testimony of Peter. And would Q not most likely be the man Jesus Himself? Pi Ramses Pi Ramses, You are named Right when the Prophet, good Moses, lived. You are proof Exodus Was written Nigh the year One thousand Three hundred Before Christ. Right before Moses would See the land That our God Promised him. Twenty years Is within A margin Of error. King Tut Anubis sits atop a vessel In the pattern of the Ark of the Covenant. How the LORD God freed Israel From idolatry, and gave them a pure law. For, instead of Anubis, It is the Law of God Between the Cherubim. The Curtains of the Tabernacle Cry out that Exodus was real. So does the Ark of the Covenant. So does all evidence prove the LORD Jehovah Jireh. How also the Covenants between Egypt and the Hittites Prove Moses, for a learned man of Egyptian Royalty Wrote the Torah. Only one of such education could. Evidence in a Timeline A Biblical Timeline of Evidence Corroborating Scripture: 24th Century BC – Flood myths appear on every continent and in every ancient civilization, including the Americas, which would be impossible, had not the Flood actually happened. There is also the 24th century Anomaly, which wipes out all civilizations on Earth, and leaves evidence in Ireland with tree rings. The Genealogical Records in scripture also helped me find this event. 1950bc - The Lipit-Ishtar, which has a law on it, number 27, that Abraham followed with Hagar, that God told him to ignore. Abraham corresponds to this in the Genealogical record. 1800bc - Wadi el-Hol, found in Egypt, shows the earliest alphabet resembling that of proto-hebrew. 1750bc - We see the influence of Abraham on the laws of Mesopotamia, in the Hammurabi's Code, where some of the Hebrew laws in the Torah are first found. Which is likely, also, the reason Sumerian Legends contain Biblical material, was an original source penned by Abraham. 1420bc - The Temple of Soleb has the name of Yahweh inscribed in Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and shows Bound Hebrew Slaves on the Pillars, making mention of the fact that the Israelites were wanderers in the land of Egypt before they were enslaved. 1330bc - The Cult of Aten begins, which corresponds with Moses in the Genealogies. The Cult of Aten was an unexpected conversion to Monotheism by the Pharaoh of Egypt, which likely occurred as a result of the miracles performed by Moses. Also, Moses' genealogical record lines up right with it. 18th Egyptian Dynasty – Egyptian Chariot spokes are found off the coast of Nuweiba beach, and many more like pieces remain under the Red Sea. 1250bc - Joshua's Altar. In Joshua's Altar there are Kosher animal ashes, along with the lead tablet described by the book of Joshua, and it is situated at the rear face of mount Ebal. It is even in the pattern of a Jewish Altar, with ramps instead of steps. Also found at the same dig site are mentions of King Hezekiah (Circa 790bc) and Jeremiah (Circa 600bc). The tablet has both El and Yah in it. 1050bc - A fragmented clay artifact is found in Khirbet Qeiyafa, containing Hebrew Mnemonic verses and the name of God (El), of interpretive transcriptions of the law. On the pot, it talks about being charitable to slaves, and judging them mercifully, and a rebuke against idolatry. 840bc - Tel Dan Stele records the death of King Jehoram, and reveals that he is from the HouseDavid---a Portmanteau of the Dynasty's Heraldry. 597bc - The Nebuchadnezzar Chronicles are a direct reference to the Jewish Captivity, of Babylon sacking Jerusalem. Ezekiel had already been taken captive, along with Israel, therefore, the captivity had already begun. Ezekiel records the Sack of Jerusalem and how bad it will be. As well as Jeremiah the Prophet. 537bc - Edict of Cyrus, which records the restoration of the Jews back to Israel. 100bc – The Great Isaiah scroll was transcribed, and still has the prophecy of Isaiah 53, detailing how a man's soul must be offered as a sin offering. Predating Christ by at least 130 years. 31ad – Christ sweats blood, and dies of a heart attack. The Gospel record shows Christ sweating blood, a condition called hematohidrosis, which happens because of severe stress, and also a heart attack, when His side was punctured with the spear, water flowed from the wound. Which is from a pustule sack developed around the heart during Pre-Cardiac Arrest. 31ad – Under the Emperor Guangwu, of the Latter Han Dynasty, there is record of the Darkening of the Sun which happened for three hours during the Crucifixion. In the records, twice it is declared, “A man has died for the sins of all the people. Man from heaven died.” The Bible's Reliability, As Supported by The Evidence So, to begin, the Bible is the only surviving document of any great length from before 1000bc. It was first written—and we know this—at about 1300bc. Which is when the Exodus took place, if you study the Genealogical records of the kings dating back from Persian restoration. And that’s important because if the Bible were written at 1300bc—it was started then—it’s pretty much what the Bible claims. And the religion was formed by Moses, when they were out in the desert. And there’s actually several pieces of evidence that suggest this happened. The first, is a temple in Soleb, which has the name of Yahweh inscribed on it, and also a depiction of bound slaves. That’s actually in an Egyptian ruin, and I’ve seen it on a video. Which, is important because on that pillar, it says the Jews were a wandering people. Which is also what the Bible says. And when the slavery was initiated, it doesn’t say that. Only that the Jews were indeed enslaved, and they worshiped Yahweh. So, another piece of evidence was found off the coast of Nuweiba beach. They found thousands of scattered Chariot spokes and wheels and other such things. And they recovered one, which dated exactly to the 18th Egyptian Dynasty. Which, was again, around 1300bc. So, you’d think if this happened, there’d have to be some great revival in Egypt. The overwhelming evidence that God showed Himself to Pharaoh would have to have some impact on society. And it did. Akhenaten, a famous pharaoh, commissioned his state to be Monotheistic, and worship Aten. And, this is exactly dated at the Exodus. So, around 1340 is when Akhenaten lived. Forty years in the wilderness, there’s then going to be the conquest of Canaan. Which, you’d think there’d be historical evidence, and there is. Every siege the Bible mentions, there’s archaeological evidence supporting it. The conquests of the Jews is supported in the Late Bronze Age Collapse. There were diseases proceeding forth from God to help the Israelites win. And there’s a sharp reduction of populations during the thirteenth century. So, all of that lines up with the Biblical record. But, you’d think if the Jews existed, they would have left evidence. Well, they did. There’s a structure that is patterned off of the biblical pattern of an altar. It was found on Mt. Ebal. There was Kosher animal ashes discovered at the site. The best records of the site date to about 1250bc. They found the lead tablet talked about in Joshua. They found the Tetragrammaton on that tablet. They found references to Jeremiah and Hezekiah—who visited the altar. And so, this is evidence yet again of the Jews right after the Exodus. Then, there’s more evidence. Can you believe it? There’s a stele called the Merneptah stele, dated to around 1210bc, which names Israel, and Pharaoh boasts of having destroyed the Seed of Israel. Which, means he likely went through and burned all the records pertaining to them. As, Pharaoh and ancient civilizations were very keen on the records they kept. But, it mentions Israel by name. Obviously Israel wasn’t destroyed, as it’s still a people today. So, likely, this is just a fabrication of Pharaoh’s who would prefer them not to be in the Canaan strip, where they ensconced themselves, and also practiced their worship of God through the Law. “But wait! The Bible wasn’t written until 400BC!” Nope. The Bible, because of something called Loan Words, was written in the thirteenth century. It was written in the Late Bronze age, due to Egyptian Words being used that didn’t exist at any other time. So, for that transference of data, the Bible would have had to be written around 1300bc and continued until, well, today actually. There’s still a record kept of the Jewish people, dating from this time of Moses to now. And, you might say, “Well the Bible plagiarized Ancient Near East Myths.” Nope. Those myths are found in Assyrian libraries. The Bible does predate that. And, not to mention, there’s indirect references in the story of Abraham to a law found in Mesopotamian culture around 1950bc. It was on a law called the “Lipit-Ishtar”. And this was a law with regard to a prostitute—a concubine—and the person had to keep them like a wife. But, Abraham was told not to do this. Which shows, for that detail to exist into modern day, a continual transference of information dating back to at least 1950bc, but I would argue earlier. So, there’s two different accounts in Genesis, and two different traditions being outlined. One of El (God) and the other of Yahweh. I believe these were both the same tradition, the one of El coming from Abraham, and the one of Yahweh coming from Jacob. And these two traditions, and the Law of God, came from the first instances of Monotheism in the world. So, the stories in Genesis were originated by the Jews, that’s what this evidence shows. And not only that, there’s two separate traditions—that’s why the Bible repeats itself sometimes, which I’ll get to later—and these two separate traditions were likely composed by witnesses of the events themselves. The slight differences are what we’d expect from witness testimony. It’s just a matter of fact, that this is what witness testimony looks like. Which gets us to the prophets and the chroniclers of the Kings of Judah and Israel, that they were written down by witnesses, and transferred, as I’ve proven, at the time those events were taking place. So, the Old Testament, the entirety of it, were written by eye witness, and that I’ve just proven. “Ah, but what about the New!” Here we actually have even more evidence to support. For one thing, Jesus actually existed. There’s about half a dozen references outside of the Bible to Jesus, some by famous historians. There’s internal evidence in the scripture saying Jesus lived, being that He sweat blood, a condition called hematohidrosis which the writers couldn’t have forged. And also He died, because the water flowing from His wound is consistent with a Heart Attack. This heart attack, what happens is a pustule sac develops beneath the rib cage, in pre cardiac arrest, and when it ruptures, it creates what looks like water. And when the centurion punctured Jesus, that pus flowed from His wound. Which could only be consistent with an actual death. Jesus could not have survived that. So, also, how do we know the Gospels are true? Well, again, people as early as 90ad, were quoting copious amounts of information from the Gospels, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, and it was already established at least then. What we do have is Papais saying who wrote two gospels. Matthew and Mark. Matthew was composed in Hebrew and later translated into Greek by Matthew. And Mark was given by Peter, who spoke it to him, and he wrote it down. Luke accompanied Paul, and therefore Paul, we know, met with James and Peter, being given the first creed of the faith, “He is God who died and raised”, and not only this, Luke would have known witnesses of the Gospel, too. So Acts and Luke were written through the testimony of first hand witnesses, so was Mark and Matthew. The only one really difficult to believe based on evidence is John’s gospel. But, it was written at about 100ad to 120ad. Which if John were even 30 years old at Christ’s death, he could conceivably live to 120. That’s not out of the realm of possibility. Especially since Rome was a pretty hearty civilization. So, the Gospels were being written about 60ad, about thirty years after Christ’s death. Because they were copiously quoted by the Church Fathers at 90ad. I just showed that their origins are documented. And John could have lived to be 120, and if he were even an eleven year old when Christ died—who knows, right?—he could have been even younger when that Gospel was written. Which, we’re not talking about a lifespan outside of the reach of a human life. We’re talking thirty to seventy years after Christ died, that’s when the Gospels were written. Within the span of a human life. Not to mention, Papais' source for who wrote Matthew and Mark was St. John, proving he was indeed alive at 90ad, only a decade before the Gospel of John was written at the earliest. And again, it’s important to understand that historians documented some of these disciple’s deaths. Some of these men knew Jesus, or were related to Jesus, and they died on the testimony that Christ raised, and ate and broke bread with them. They were willing to sometimes die unspeakable deaths just for this testimony. Which, is important because a person doesn’t die willingly for what they know isn’t true. It’s one thing if the faith is far removed, and it’s a story. But these people lived it… and they would be the first to know if it were faked. And, Josephus documents that James, the LORD’s brother, died by stoning for this testimony. So… both Old and New Testament are sufficed in the evidence. And they are witness accounts from the time periods. So, I firmly believe in them. To conclude, there’s clear evidence of Judaism existing prior to Babylonian Captivity. And the evidence puts it at right when Judaism claims to have been founded. So, it’s actually older than most of the sources we have from the ANE. It’s neat, actually. El (God) and Yahweh are probably the original monotheistic faiths. The evidence points to this, too, and I think Genesis was meant to combine the traditions of El and Yahweh into one master tradition. That being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And as for Jesus, there's clear reason to believe the Gospels are eyewitness accounts, and not fabrications. Podcast The Evidence for Jesus Transcription So I'm gonna go over a comprehensive analysis of the evidence that the scripture is true. So the first thing, how do we know the Bible's true? First thing that always comes up is the flood. Couldn't happen? Well, there's actually flood myths in every continent on the Earth, where there's people inhabiting it, and how does that happen? It's not a very good explanation to say that it's because they lived in flood plains; the fact is, it always has the same story of one person surviving on boat or some other object. And that's a common theme throughout all of them, which shows a common origin of the myth, which isn't so much a myth, if you think that had to have actually happened if this is what's dispersed across the entire world. Second thing is the Lipit-Ishtar, and this is a law of Mesopotamia that basically described what Abraham's behavior toward his prostitute Hagar was, and this was in 1950 BC. And it's important that we understand this because in 1950 BC, this is when Abraham would have lived. If you take up all the genealogies, I mean, all the chronologies of the kings and stuff from Persian restoration, which we have an exact date for that it lines up exactly with 1950, etc, because the judges would overlap. And that's just a fact. And so right when Abraham is said to live, we find the Lipit-Ishtar. which shows not only that Abraham lived possibly but also a continual transference of written data because this would have been impossibly hard to forge with bronze age information technology---it would have been impossible to forge a detail like that. And then there is something called the Wadi El Hol, which was a inscription in Egypt of cave scribings of basically ancient Canaanite script (even more ancient than Canaanite script). And for those of you who say that there was no other people who had a different language in Egypt, there actually are words written on the cave wall at Wadi El Hol, and this is dated to around 1850 BC, right around the time when Joseph would be coming to Egypt and his people going there. Which gets to another thing, is in 1450 BC, Pharaoh erected a pillar at the temple of Soleb. It has the name of God Yahweh and also shows bound slaves being led away, and the slaves are called a wandering people. Now this is important because the Jews, they were a wandering people through the land of Egypt, and then they were enslaved and their God was Yahweh. Okay, next 1340BC, we see right at the tip of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, two things actually. One is that there's chariot spokes that an archaeologist, although this is disputed, took out of the Red Sea at Nuweiba beach, and he had it accredited by a prominent artifact historian and they dated it at 18th Egyptian dynasty; and this artifact shows that there was chariots from that time period off the coast of Nuweiba beach, and they found tons of them, but again, this is a disputed artifact. But then you have the cult of Akhenaten's. What could change a Pharaoh so radically, if not witnessing that your slave peoples' God acted on their behalf by helping them cross a sea? What else can cause this? I don't see anything else. It's just randomly Akhenaten up and starts worshipping Aten. Why this is, it's probably because the Jews showed some pretty strange stuff and some strange miracles, and it convinced the Pharaoh to become, now they say it was monotheistic. Some people dispute that but it doesn't matter. There's a change in the religion; that shows us at the very the least something new is added to the Pantheon that wasn't there before. Then you have in 1250 BC, a newly discovered thing is the altar at Mount Ebal, which is exactly where it was supposed to be. And it was patterned off of a Jewish altar, and had ramps instead of steps. They did some scientific analysis on the ashes found at the site. They found only kosher animals, although they did find some deer and some wildlife. But it was all kosher animals showing that there was actually a Jewish altar. They found a lead tablet mentioned in Joshua, and on it, it mentions both El and Yah, but this is important because it's a huge thought up until now in academia that El and Yah were two different traditions that were merged together around 950 BC. This is actually not true because in 1250 BC, we have these two traditions right next to one another. Now while I do believe that there were two traditions, El from Abraham and Yah from Jacob at 1250bc, it's probably around 1300 BC when Joshua would have been conquering Canaan and writing the Bible. This shows that the Bible is being created at this time period it describes, which we'll get to the next thing. This is actually a concurrent proof that they already merged the two traditions of Jacob and Abraham and also that this was an important discovery because they were worshipping the God of Jacob Abraham and Isaac from 1300 BC, which is right when the Bible was said to be written. And we know that the Bible was also written at this time because of concurrent late bronze age phraseology that would have only been found in Egypt in the late bronze age; so we can pin the Bible as being written around 1300 BC. So right at the time period when Moses would have been conquering Canaan. And even more evidence than this--- I know there's a lot isn't there? It's pertinent to understand that right at this time period, there's a late bronze age collapse that can't be explained by anything except plagues, and what does God send before the Israelites? Not to mention, there's about three sieges that are mentioned in Scripture. Every one of them has been archaeologically discovered, including Jericho. There's a site of Jericho; they're all sieges, and this shows that these sites were actually conquered by Israel. And if this isn't enough, there's one more piece of evidence called the Merneptah Stele, which was erected around 1210 BC, which has the name of Israel on it and likely the reason for this is that Pharaoh said he destroyed the seed of Israel completely. What he probably meant was he destroyed any record and censored the Israelites from ever existing. Okay, so now we get into other stuff because this was all the Exodus and before the Exodus--- Now we're after the Exodus and at Khirbet Qeiyafa, they found a tablet, a clay pot that had inscriptions on it from the law of telling you how to treat slaves nicely and praising God; and also, there's Sinai 349, which basically is a censure against Baal worship. Okay, we have lots of evidence here, I'm gonna have to go over it all. Then jump forward about 200 years, you have a Stele called the Tel Dan Stele, which has a battle written on it, basically, exactly what the Bible says. It was king Jehoram who was in the battle and it's exactly what the Bible says. And guess what! It says HouseDavid on it; the house of David, showing that there was indeed a second kingdom of the Davidic bloodline, which is important. So now we've established that the scripture was written in 1300. We're seeing that it's actually being written at the time periods it describes. Okay, fast forward a little bit more. You got the siege of Babylon at Jerusalem. And this is pretty well known, and is really not that disputed, but we'll go over it anyways. The Nebuchadnezzar Chronicles, which chronicles Nebuchadnezzar sacking of Jerusalem. Fast forward about another seventy years, you get the Edict of Cyrus sending them back home, and then you fast forward about another 300 years, in 100 BC, you get the Dead Sea Scrolls, which has Isaiah perfectly preserved. It's exactly within 99% accuracy of what we have today. Very few little things change. But the important thing is that Isaiah 53 is still in the Scripture perfectly preserved. This is exactly what's in our Scripture today, but it's clearly a prophecy of Jesus. And I find that to be one of the most revealing facts that when we have these "quote unquote" scholars saying that there are anachronisms in the Bible, this proves that those anachronisms are not actually anachronisms, but are fulfilled prophecies. Onto the next thing, 31ad. In 31ad we know Christ lived and died because of two particular pieces of evidence. One is a work written by Phlegon of Tralles, which has a reference to the three hours of darkness during the crucifixion. Now, this is secondhand because it's written in someone else's work saying that this had existed previously. But it's pretty much authentic. And the reason why we know this, is because in China, there's another concurrent record from about 31ad talking about the same exact eclipse happening at Passover. And this is the Chronicles of Guangwu, when they even prophesied Christ, it said, "Man from heaven died and covers the sins of all the people. Yin and Yang are reversed." It's amazing stuff, amazing stuff. And this is actually in the Chronicles; you can actually look it up in the original text, it's still in there. It's amazing. I was dumbfounded, I didn't believe it. And I had to go look up the text to see if it was reality. It's actually a really in there. And then you have another thing that proves Jesus existed. So we can't have people saying that Jesus never existed. A couple of things. Actually, one is a Roman historian Tacitus, who basically said Jesus was crucified under Pilate. And we would know that if he had any reason to doubt this, he would have said Jesus didn't exist because Rome wanted to crush Christianity, at this time, and it would have been too easy to go out and lie about it, if they had not kept the records of crucifixions and stuff, which they did back then. It would have been too easy to go down there and see that this was fake, if it were. And he basically must have went down to the records of Rome, and see that Jesus was actually crucified under Pontius Pilate. So Jesus had actually existed. That's Tacitus of Rome. And then though, this was about 50 years after, it's really kind of silly, because you know, there's really no historian that talks of contemporary events that much, especially things like this that are happening among the peasants. This isn't really something that's really big news to people, except for the common people. But after about 50 years later, it's typical that if it's creating enough stir in society, it'll be talked about; but it's only 50 years, people: it's not that much. And then there's Jesus sweating blood in pouring out water from his wound. Now, this is consistent with the heart attack, the water coming out of this wound. There's a pustule sac that develops around the ribcage during pre cardiac arrest. And then there's hematohydrosis, which is a condition of sweating blood, which is a disputed passage right now in the Scripture, but it shouldn't be disputed at all, because basically, Jesus sweat blood. It's what happens when you get really, really, really, really, really, really anxious. You can sometimes sweat blood and this would happen to Jesus, and there had been no way these two things could have been forged. Absolutely no way. It's just impossible. The people don't even today think of it having anything but a mystical significance. We don't realize that this is medical conditions and people back then, they didn't think to add those type of details; they couldn't. They didn't have compendiums upon companions and medical records and Google and things like that, to know that it actually happened, which is also another reason why we can think that the Bible's not myths being put together because that's kind of stupid, because it just seems to be authentically the history of a people. The water is the real point there, that piercing wasn't part of crucifixion, so Jesus had to have been pierced on the cross. Now, lets get into two of the apostles, and their testimonies and how I can pretty much say that their belief is proof of the Bible. One is James the LORD's Brother. Josephus records that James the LORD's brother died by stoning, and this on the testimony that Jesus ate and broke bread with him after He resurrected. And James died for it. The LORD's brother. Now you don't die for something you don't believe in. It's not like a thousand years later, where these people just had faith. They actually touched, lived, ate and broke bread with Jesus. And a common misconception that Jesus actually survived the crucifixion, he couldn't have, as the water flowing from his wound is indicative of certain death. It must have been catastrophic heart failure. And not only that. we know that Jesus actually manifested to these people, because of Doubting Thomas. Doubting Thomas actually touched Jesus. He actually touched Him. And Jesus could have only but died. And doubting Thomas touched Him, and knew that this was His savior. Now this is so important because it's just more proof on the testimony of these men that Jesus actually raised from the Dead. And as a last note, Papias is said to have dictated the book of John from John's word and testimony. And we'd have no doubt, that this were true, because Papias was a martyr of the faith, dying for the testimony of the truth of John's witness. And this is a final testimony, of a martyr, on the testimony that the Gospel is true. There's a lot more than that that I've gone through, but it's just indisputable, based on evidence, that the Bible is true. Anyone who says otherwise is just lying through their teeth.
The Gospels as Witness
Mathew, if first written in Aramaic, Papias says John Son of Thunder Said Matthew was written in Hebrew, Does this not prove Matthew was written by Matthew? Papias XX says John the Elder is John Son of Thunder, and that John dictated his Gospel to Papias. Luke is also considered a premier Historian. Evidence that Demands a Verdict, 86. And Mark is written by memory, On the testimony of Peter. And would Q not most likely be the man Jesus Himself?
The Music
The wise hate the wailing of the harp; They hate the guttural chords, And howling melodies. In the society's decadence, The music turns to emotive phrase, And guttural noise; When at its peak, The music was peace. So also, does the harp and lyre Fill every decadent room, Every ear is held to the shell So they can listen to the sea Of melodies. At their labor, art permeates every corridor. The ubiquitous noise omnipresent So that nowhere can you ever hear again The pleasant noise of people's voices In their bubbly hubbub. Rather, all there is is the music In its guttural noises, And strong, emotive sounds; Filling all who hear it with stirring melancholy. Or, with lusty anger and hot sex. And everywhere it is... You cannot escape it. I had thought I lost this poem, But providence desired it to be sung once more.
Who’s the Wisest Philosopher?
I will do my rating of Philosophers. So, if 1 is the gambling bar fool, 1000 is King Solomon. I will rank philosophers from top to bottom, based on this system. I will simply rate it, based on the wisdom they can instill. And nothing more. I'm only doing philosophers and thinkers I've studied. Leo Tolstoy - 1000 Mozi - 1000 Euclid - 999 Pythagoras - 998 Montaigne - 998 Thomas Aquinas - 989 George Washington - 980 Plutarch - 980 Emerson - 980 Benjamin Franklin - 970 Lucretius - 970 Ptahhotep - 970 Adam Smith - 950 Aristotle - 950 St. Augustine - 950 Oruka - 945 Plato - 940 Mencius - 920 Machiavelli - 910 Sir Thomas Moore - 905 Thomas Sowell - 902 Victor Hugo - 900 Eric Hoffer - 900 Confucius - 800 Herodotus -800 G. K. Chesterton - 800 Bishop Robert Barron - 790 Dostoevsky - 789 C. S. Lewis - 777 Sam Harris - 750 Balthazar Gracian - 700 Lao Tsu - 700 John Green - 600 Guru Nanak - 600 Matt Walsh - 575 Carl Jung - 550 Robert Greene - 525 Hank Green - 500 Thomas Hobbes - 500 George Orwell - 500 Kant - 430 Kierkegaard - 430 John Locke - 410 Freud - 400 Ayn Rand - 320 Jordan Peterson - 300 Albert Einstein - 300 Keanu Reeves - 230 (Just for a Reference) Nietzsche - 230 Karl Marx - 230 Martin Heidegger - 200 Bukowski - 150 Bertrand Russell - 140 Rosseau - 100 Voltaire - 90 Chanakya - 45 David Hume - 30 Siddhartha - 2 Me at 17 - 1 Me at 13 - .5
No Woke; No Bull. A Review of the Woman King 10/10
I came into this, with the lowest expectations. I thought I was going to get a cheesy Hollywood film, with BLM activism, Antifa, LGBT. I did see a historically accurate Eunuch. Which, was a very clever use of a transgender person, which, you can't argue with because it's part of a lot of ancient cultures. Overall, all the characters were very well developed. The story had a very strong plot, and it was well developed. Which is rare for Hollywood these days, to actually put together a coherent script that doesn't suck. The historical accuracy was off the charts, however. I read a lot of reviews of this, that nitpicked, but it really focused on all aspects of the Slave Trade. It had a general truth about it, and some people say it didn't focus enough on the how the Dahomeys enslaved Africans, but I found that to be the entire plot point of the movie, was how Africans enslaved Africans. I found no politics, but rather hard facts. There's a lot of unfair reviews of this movie. But, it's a lot like Spartacus, and if this didn't win an academy award, it should have for best picture, and best set. It reminds me of old Hollywood, and the golden age of film. Just the way it's so immersive, and you really get the sense of home when at Dahomey. Like, I liked the African dance. They were beautiful martial artists, but also great dance choreography---the two often go hand in hand. It's a hidden gem, and don't let your conservative or woke friends betray you. It's a movie beyond politics, and really sticks to basic principles of story. And its historical accuracy was off the charts, even in some strange ways that I hadn't expected. Rejected from IMDb
Boniface VIII
Alain de Lille, he preaches his homilies Against Sodom and Gomorrah. Yet, the peoples still do not listen. Yet, they frolic like in the Garden of Earthly Delights. One in forty thousand googleplex. O, Philip, tax the clergy! Boniface orders his vain bulls. Dungeons, chains, torture, Boniface dies from his wounds. Not a perfect man, A man, who like Odysseus, Used a Trojan Bull to commit pogrom. One in forty thousand googleplex. The Pope's dictum is ignored, though, And the nations, against Papal decree, Enter into One hundred years of war. One in forty thousand googleplex. Is the probability of life originating On this planet through means of evolution.
Meditations on Logos
Meditation 1 Insanity is believing something, which isn't true. Ramanujan went insane because his equations were not feasible. Mathematicians, when they focus on falsehoods, lose their minds. It's the same with Philosophers. We must align our thoughts, behaviors and observations with the Logos---God's immutable Law. If we do not, we lose touch with reality, and become out of sync with the LORD's Will, and will have skewed perceptions about creation. All insanity comes from two sources: Either a misalignment within our understanding of nature and being, or a fault of conscience, where we cannot reconcile our behaviors with our idealized self. All insanity comes from those two purposes. And when one begins to recognize that the two are one in the same, one begins to pull outside of insanity and reclaim all sound mind again. Meditation 2 All cultures and civilizations have accessed Logos---and wherever there was good, and unburdensome society, and wholesome practices, and justice and love and equity, there was the Logos. Malcom X, when converting to Sunni Islam, confronted the Logos at Mecca. However, Logos is one Person of God's Trinity. It is the Son, embodied in the Flesh of God's Word, and all wisdom proceeds from Him. But, Life and Divine Judgment proceed from God, also. The spirit of man, is his life. The judgment of man is in God's hand. And the Spirit of God is eternal life. Yet, it is true, that throughout all of history, poets have found the eternal springs. Meditation 3 As Confucius had said, all justice, all artistic beauty, all aspects of civilization, come through a proper ordering of names. Without which, one has disorder, and men proceed to think thoughts genesised only in their own foolish minds. Therefore, to have ordered society, and ordered life, one proceeds to need definition for things, which align with their innate being. Without which, men are lost to confusion, and nothing, from the arts, to civil courts, to even open discourse upon the streets and the citizen's daily habits, can be done in peace. Meditation 4 The wise sages have found universal attributes in a mother's comfort. The wise writers, too. The wise psychologists. But, it is also true for the paternal instinct, as well. Meditation 5 All readings convey a sense, which becomes universal. Two men, approaching a difficult text, can each equally find as many trivial differences as there are stars in the heavens. But, we can be sure that that which they find in common, is indeed a sense of what the writer had conveyed. Therefore, when interpreting the Bible, listen to what the great sages had said, but first form your own thoughts. If your thoughts are found in those wise Theologians, than indeed, you are an interpreter as well. If not, seek out Pastors and Shepherds to herd you to your proper habitation. Meditation 6 Aristotle noted that the man without Logos is natured as a slave. I do not agree with this sentiment. Rather, I value freedom. The criminal already is a slave, but not the innocent man who merely cannot know a wise thought from a foolish one. However, society must be ordered so that those who have Logos are the Judges, and those without Logos are not. For, too often, people who cannot see the sense of God's creation become instilled in high places, and from there flows all corruption. These, who cannot judge right from wrong inherently, are to follow those who can. Meditation 7 I have seen unintelligent men blessed with wisdom, and I have seen geniuses cursed with folly. The Fear of God is the difference between the two men, and those with no fear of God, cannot know what is right from wrong. Meditation 8 The Logos is what is true. If the number 3.14 and π is the language, the axiom it represents is the Logos. Therefore, in human psychology, the Logos is what would create flourishing, and admonishes what would create harm. In Philosophy, the Logos is what is true, able to distinguish from what is false. In Math the Logos is the aspect of being and nature which the algebra, calculus and numerals describe. When reading a story, it is often the Logos which we discover in it. And if we are not wise enough, we do not enjoy the work. For, we say, "What sense does this have?" It is also true, that disorderly thought, and disorderly belief creates fractures of Logos, and diverge species upon species which have no right definition. Meditation 9 I am writing a philosophy text. Not a religious text. Make no mistake: Any religious notion made canon comes from God's authority, and is accepted as canon by all the Church, not just one part of it. The ordination of the Scripture has a tone of Logos which only it has. It can be found in ancient forms of poetry, where the LORD had not revealed Himself yet. And this is what creates confusion. But, as Paul had said, "God winked through the Poets." Which, God spoke to civilizations through men like Virgil and Ptahhotep; and echoes of God's word have been placed in the scriptures of Islam and Hinduism. Yet, what divine source and revelation the Bible has, it is the full revelation of God, unadulterated. For, it is the only Holy Text which can predict its next evolution. Do you feel the tone I speak? It is a wise tone, but can very easily become a Cult. If you see this tone, and it claims to be the Word of God, it is not. It is a lie if it claims to be the Word of God. It is merely the teachings of a man. Meditation 10 The Nazi ideal was a racial motivation to create a social hierarchy, and enslave those beneath them. It was an engine of Socialism as much as Racism. CRT and Inclusivity, have reflections of the same. And I think it will echo throughout history, as one of the vilest forms of fascism the world has ever known. Not for the wars it caused, or the people it killed, but for the unhappy state it left civilization in, which was once felicitous. Meditation 11 Ralph Waldo Emerson and Michel Montaigne, both had spoken wisely on the Logos. That there is a sense to all things we read---even at times a precise meaning, like one were studying a clock and its gears---that guides the human minds to similar destinations. If we decide to stray from this, and interpolate, there is a sense that the reader must confess that they are doing interpolation and not interpretation. For, wisdom can come from interpolation---much. But, the truly wise will seek for the truth of a matter, rather than their own fancy. The fool, however, only seeks out of a text what it will reveal about his own mind. Meditation 12 Do not confuse what I am talking about with Christ. Do not confuse what I am talking about with a religious concept. It is not religion. It is not spiritual. It is rather philosophy. There, shall it be studied, as the word of a man, and not the word of God. When God speaks of Christ as the Logos, it is God's wisdom imbued in the Flesh of a Man. It is God's Word inhabiting, and intertwined, with a man, the man Jesus. In a sense, what I speak reflects that Man, insomuch that He is my teacher. But, do not be deceived: This is mere philosophy. An ordering of concepts so even a lay can understand. Meditation 13 The rebellious scholars call what I am speaking "Metaphysics." There is a great difference between "Metaphysics" and what I speak. Rather, what I'm calling the Logos is more in line with "Physics" than "Metaphysics". It is rather, a corporeal understanding of the world, through chains of Cause and Effect. Not an inspection of the Being of Being. Therefore, do not make what I say redundant, by calling it "Metaphysics." It is no more Metaphysics than an Equation from Mathematics. It is true, that what I speak is difficult to comprehend. So those who do call it "Metaphysics" have yet to understand the concept very well. Meditation 14 An Epicurean's meditation on the nature of Morality is very wise. Its only fault is that it cannot attain to what that morality is, which would create the most amount of benefit and the least amount of harm. Gospel, coupled with the Law, does create such felicity. It has been proven in Western Society, and also in Han China. As the principles of Confucius and Lao Tsu are very similar to that of the Bible's. There does need to be issuance of judgment for crime. But, there also needs to be issuance of forgiveness, for those whom, being punished for their crime, might lose what is good in them. Therefore, the Epicurean, even if he could divine the perfect Game Theory, to maximise Pleasure and reduce Pain, would still be draconian in implementing it, or more precisely, cannot know the Divine Omniscience necessary for judging the right outcomes. That is why Faith triumphs in the end. Meditation 15 Faith in the good, and faith in the evil, is more productive than man trying to discover either principle. One must be a lunatic to not know either exist, yet some men, professing to be wise, will claim that neither exist. Simple observation proves both exist. Ever having been truly in love, or filled with friendship and joy will prove there is good. And ever having suffered unjustly, or done something unjust, will prove that there is evil. Even our conscience declares it to be so. And the natural order of man, is to not be like the animals, and their anarchy. It is to be ordered with accordance to God's law, and that is what makes humanity happy. Meditation 16 Lao Tsu's the Way and Jesus' the way, though in their linguistic expressions different, are the same. Though Lao Tsu says "There is no name" and Jesus is that Name, we must understand the way they express is indeed the Logos. Lao Tsu says, "A way that can be spoken is not the Way", yet the LORD Jesus Spoke that way. We must not get bogged down in literal words. Lao Tsu is saying something very specific. What Lao Tsu is saying, is Jesus, of course as some Christians note, is not the literal name used by Jews in Roman times. But, rather, Jesus is the name used in England and its former territories, to express the Savior. The Logos is the man Jesus Himself. The words we use cannot contain their meaning, but rather, move through context to form a universal language, which is why the same concepts can always be expressed in all other languages. Even the most simplistic vocabulary of an African Bushman, can use its vocabulary of three hundred fifty words to fully express Christ. Meditation 17 One can express an evil thought, which is true for other evildoers. Murder is pleasurable after all; if it weren't, the child would not sit above ant colonies in the spring, and murder the ants. Just like a King can express dissatisfaction with his people's wealth and prosperity, for he is covetousness. Yet, immutably, Coveting is a sin, and rightfully so. King David coveted Bathsheba, and resulted to murder, rape and adultery just to have her. There are two principles here. No matter the depths of our sin, we can still be forgiven. Yet, consequences must be enacted for sin---for David strove his entire life. For a king, who covets the wealth of his people, their wives and children, and their property, it is still theft. Even if that King shrouds it with a noble notion, such as saving the world---what a foolish thought it is, to save the world and at once destroy it by murdering those who comprise it? Meditation 18 If it is not expressly known what Logos is, I will give you a riddle. The tree falls in the forest, and the crazy man considers it had made no sound. A hearer does not make what is sound. The vibrations of air do, which happens independent of whether the perceiver sees or doesn't see it. The tree falls in the forest, and there it lay. So, the Logos is like those same vibrations, which make soundness in the entire cosmos and everything that is feasible. Meditation 19 If I speak in riddles, the riddles have meaning. And that is the Logos. Meditation 20 A fool once said, "The cart going before the horse is proper." And he couldn't understand the phrase, and insisted on it his way. Yet, in space and time, there is a proper answer to the riddle. The cart before the horse is so, that the horse must push it, and this is out of sync with nature. That is how we must understand it. The same fool rejected the reality that corruption exists in all levels of state. And yet, the public forum struck the evidence from the record. It does not make it any less true, that such is happening. That is what Logos is like. Though the fool cannot perceive it, yet it is. Mediation 21 Expressions of simplicity, do not mean something is true. If studying Euclid, the axioms at their simplest, are still very difficult to comprehend, and without a context, some are impossible even for a genius mind. This is why, Malcolm Gladwell's theory, that all thought can be expressed at a Fourth Grader's Comprehension, is flawed. This idea, stated simply, is still taking many words to state at its simplest. For, as Chesterton said, "My conversion wasn't only one thing, but rather a culmination of several thousand." So, also, any full idea is not entertained simply. Mediation 22 At its simplest, Logos is difficult to express. Simply expressed, it is expressed as "What is." And that is a difficult concept, even for a PhD in philosophy. Mediation 23 The madman expresses a notion, which is for himself true, and no other. A leader of a cult expresses a mad thought, and others, supposing to understand it, follow. I often find some cults are pervasive, because they clearly communicate their truth. Such as Islam, which states in simple to understand phrases its annotations of Biblical ideas. Though, why I expect Islam is a faulty religion, is summed up in that simplicity. Simplicity is not the sum of truth. Many of man's simplest ideas, though persuasive, are not true. Such, as a fool thinking that because he reads left to right, he therefore puts the cart before the horse. And adamant in this error, he supposes the philosopher of being a fool, who writes these maxims you read here. Mediation 24 The most difficult expression of Logos is much like a Calculus equation. Having borne a body of proof so substantial---though infinite more exists---one then rationalizes the empirical data, to find the patterns within the infinite sets, to reduce to a limit. And that limit is Christ. Why it does not reduce to, say, Muhammad or Vishnu, is because Christianity is precisely corroborated by all of the evidence. No other religion is. Both textually, and physically, the Bible is the only Holy Book in the world, which has proof of its God's existence. Mediation 25 As one final meditation on Logos, to complete my sayings: If ever there were a wise man, he had communicated something true. If ever there were a fool, he convinced many people of something which wasn't. The order and disorder of both ways, is how we judge the efficacy of an idea. One might cite the Middle Ages, as proof of Christianity's lack---however, one must also understand Christianity was not fully realized, until the Renascence and Enlightenment. The faith was never as robust, as those periods until just recently. Yes, it was challenged by the philosophers of its day, even put into doubt for many---but the moral principles of Christ were followed and adhered during those years more than any other in history. With that, the happy society I knew as a child, was only possible because of Christ and His law. And all disorder, maleficence and chaos came when that happiness was put into question, precisely because unhappy people could not conceive of it. If you cannot understand these principles, then do not teach. Meditation 26 The hearer is more wise than the speaker. The one who integrates what is said, and fully grasps it, is more wise than the one who speaks what is not in another's mouth. So it is, that Grace Salvation is through the blood of Jesus alone. Yet, it is a free gift, requiring no work by us. An effectual simplification of this, is to rationalize, "Well, the simpler concept is that I do good to go to heaven, for if not doing good, I can still enter, what causes me to do good then?" Do you not know, oh foolish one, that the effectual heart that has grace, is passive, and they have righteousness and a desire to do good? Whereas, the wicked have a desire to do what is evil. Meditation 27 Fame leads to many hangers on, and being a King means there are many false friends around you. So, good to be the poor man, so that those whom he loves he knows to be true. Does not the Logos speak to this? The naive believe in the naivety of their own soul. And the innocent believe in the innocency of his own heart. For, they say, "If I were with my friend, the King, I would treat him as my friend." Yet, do not deceive yourself. The King can have no friends, for all are mutually acquainted with him by their own designs. So, you move up with him in his decree: he moves up, and so do you. Therefore, do you see how futile it is? Meditation 28 The LORD Jesus is King. There is no other. And we, do, exercise our faith to be in beneficial graces. For we are rewarded with kindness from the LORD, by our own desire to be like Him... an innocent lamb. Yet, how blessed were those Apostles, whom being impoverished with Him, treated Him as if He were the living God? As if He were the King and Root of Jesse? And for what did they honor him? Crucifixion? Stoning? Accusations? Revilings? Being likened as the scum of the earth, lowlifes, simpletons, rejects of the world? Yet, for the simple fact that Jesus spoke truth, like no man ever had or could, that is why they followed Him. Such it is with the Logos, that we seek it out, though few do understand. They call us, "Metaphysicians" they call us "Wise Men" they call us "Esoteric" and "Mystics". It is not so. The mysteries of the faith are embodied in the Man Jesus Christ, and the spiritual is as much a physical being. For, we couple knowledge with all wisdom, and recognize Spirit is intermingled with the flesh of creation. For, when we eat of the substances, it is our LORD whose Body we consume. Though, we understand it as a symbol, it is the spiritual transubstantiation of the properties of God dwelt in the Flesh. Meditation 29 The fullness of truth indwells the man who sees both the good and the evil. For, one can comprehend both, they can comprehend the right path. Why does a man follow vain passions? Why does Ovid speak to our heart as a sinner, and Virgil speak to our heart as a redeemed man? The Greeks were wise, and worshiped the flesh of man, making both the noble and ignoble into their gods and goddesses. Yet, we, proceed to worship a greater Truth, the Spirit of God, the Word of God, and the Father Almighty. For, by mingling our knowledge, we are reminded of the sacred mysteries of the Faith, that the One God of all Creation, became Man, and died, and raised. And this is fundamental, for no man can know without having tasted of that supper. Even if only the crumbs of the lovefeast. Meditation 30 Herodotus and Plutarch speak wisely, speaking of the miraculous signs and wonders of the world; hidden truths, which to this day remain a mystery. Occult practices are vain. Occult mysteries are unimportant. Though they darken the moon, and darken the sun, it is only the Wrath of God which answers them, and brings upon them hasty rebuke, and storm and tempest. We, we worship health and the prospering of the Soul. We who are mingled with the divine mysteries of Creation. The Son, the Father, the Spirit, Amen, are the fullness of God's Wisdom, Judgment and Life. They are not symbols, but alive. For, the historians, though trying to hide the truth, cannot. The right way is made manifest in what has nakedly been scribed within history. And where God has acted, there has been great distress, but also for the receiver of this message, mercy. Meditation 31 The great sages of the past, have aligned themselves with virtue. It is not simply to align oneself with a hatred for violence, but also a hatred for self. And also a hatred of calumny and a hatred of vain passions. For, what is love ebbs and flows from the Spirit of Grace. Even the most vain, and vile theologian has some understanding of what love is. Yet, in their perversion, they distort the truth, and open it to all vile manner of fleshly desire. This is not what love is, and is not the truth. And the iniquity of his own words were forewarnings of the Prophets before him, that such, being proclaimed as good now, was the very logical conclusion of such wickedness, and must need be abated by godly men, so as to forewarn about worldly sorrow. Meditation 32 It was the idol Sin that caused Babylon to fall to Cyrus the Great. Meditation 33 Zoroastrianism might have similar laws and customs to the Bible---as does the Hammurabi Code and Lipit-Ishtar. So does Ptahhotep and Confucius and Mozi speak of wisdom in the Bible. So does the philosopher like Montaigne speak, and Emerson, and even the writers such as Bradbury, Kant and Freud speak wisdom which perhaps the Bible does not contain. We draw from the wise their words, and then see what they have spoken. Whether it aligns with the truths of scripture. And more often than not, the deeper truths become revealed. "A time for war, a time for peace. A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted." For, if evil wins, and malice, and lust, and greed, and envy, and covetousness, then so does the world suffer eternally. That is why we must believe in a force greater than man---for man is jaded in his wickedness, or naive in his innocence. Meditation 34 God's judgment is necessary to give validity to life's sufferings. Without which, we suffer for vain lives, and all crime and maleficence is allowed. And if allowed, so does the Earth become like hell. And what then? Does not the Swordsman have to come and slay the hordes at Miggedo? In order to preserve hope, God must exist. And since the LORD be necessary in this way, we must believe Him all the more, and wait patiently for His coming. Meditation 35 There is a darkness growing in the world. It comes in two ways. Simplicity of belief, and desire to do sin. With simplicity of belief, we will not understand the words of another man. Thus, we become isolated, and jaded, and have no thought whatsoever toward what another man had said. And even a wise man might confuse a foolish man with his wisdom; and it leads to backsliding--- All the more, that is why we must sometimes remain silent. Yet, with desire to do sin, for the Theologians now praise sin, I listen to them, and I think, "What hellish gospel is this? To deride the Gospel, and its message of hope, in place of a desire for evil and wickedness of heart?” Meditation 36 Faith, hope, love, the greatest is love. Yet, faith and hope are necessary components of the truth. Many Christians, myself included, have walked through life elevating love, and misappropriating that verse of Paul's. Yet, we abandon Hope and Faith! Yet, we require hope and faith. When James said, "Let that man ask wisdom, and he shall receive in abundance." Must we not also ask for Hope, Love and Faith? Exceedingly, the Prince of Tyre is wiser than Daniel. He believes himself to be a god among men. He has taken the doctrine of Theosis, and has made himself god, through means of the occult practices. For, this is the fire they see, is the light of their own lamps. And how foolish it is, that they walk in darkness. Yet, we must also ask for hope, faith and love, and also all the fruit of the spirit. And righteousness. And, even be so bold as to ask for blessing upon the Earth, for some men hope in this life, too. Meditation 37 If one takes a piece of string, and places upon it two circles, one finds that when the string is made into a circle, lo, one can fit four. Yet, the wisest among us, the most intelligent, will not know this, without first being told. Why is this? This is a matter of Logos. For there is what is true, and there is what is apparent. One can, as a matter of principle, think of the concept poetically. For there is actually more space around the circle in its two dimensions, rather than the line in its one. So, also, a simple concept is not always correct. For, we might be tempted through Ockham's Razor to expect the simplest solution to work, but it is not so in every case. In fact, it is not so in most cases. Things are whatever they are, and natured as the like. Meditation 38 The odds are fair, according to consistency. Work consistently, and the odds are that your work will be fruitful. Gain a talent, and work consistently at your skill, you shall gain great talent, and master it. However, there are principles to every talent. There are principles to every degree. And there are principles that work, though are not right, and principles that do not work, though are very right. Remember that God Himself, dwelt as a Man on Earth, and was crucified. And remember, the Devil on Earth, dwelling as a Man will be heralded as a great hero and savior. Do not assume that fortune makes a thing true. But, time will seek out all the folly and wisdom of a man. Meditation 39 There is a man who is exceedingly wise, but does not get remembered. He may be exceedingly skilled, and wise, and fortunate, and blessed. But, he is forgotten. There is also a fool who is exceedingly foolish, who is remembered for all eternity for his foolishness. Even so, better is to be the wise, than the fool. Meditation 40 These sayings are true, yet the unprincipled will say of them, "He spoke nothing." Or, they do not listen, and they receive not the wisdom I have anelled into so many hearts. Even so, what I speak may not be wise, because the man who perceives my words, gains something entirely unheeded from them. He may proclaim that I had spoken folly, and repeat his folly, as if it is my own. This is a truth, even so about the Bible. Many men, though it being the Word of God, had gotten fallacious and barbarous ideas from it. That does not sway the intention nor sense of what is being said, and a true hearkener can divine the knowledge. Meditation 41 As one final meditation on Logos, to complete my saying: The fool seeks out the literal application of a word. They see the contradiction, and they see the literal meaning. Yet, even so, in the most calculated logic, there can be contradictions of thought, where both must be true. In such contradictions, the highest logic embraces the antinomy, and does not reject either. Rather, they accept the one in one circumstance, and the other in another. Meditation 42 The highest good, is to speak the truth in your heart, and with all people. Therefore, a true religion would not allow you to lie, in order to save yourself. Meditation 43 The heart of a man is deceitful, even the one beating beneath this chest. It does not know its own ways. It does not know its own follies. It pries into the folly of the fool it perceives, but it no more knows its own sloth, or vanity, or pride than it does the rotations of the heavens. Though, it aligns itself to know what it can, and it sees the planets where they are, and knows it is in season. So also, the wise man sees himself reflected in the countenance of others, and perceives in them not their own soul, but his. Thus, he knows his own time, and his own seasons, and better reflects the nature of peace. This is even too high of wisdom for me. Meditation 44 The moon moves like a clock, and the planets like a calendar, and the wise do not soothsay by it, but rather keep in season. Meditation 45 The wisest man is not the one who is quick to argue. For, I saw a wise man debate a fool. And in that debate, I saw the wise man and the foolish man's eyes narrow at one another. I saw all fully convinced of themselves, and no reflection. I spoke my peace, but then kept my silence. Meditation 46 The hearer in a debate does more convincing, than the most skilled tongue and orator. For, winning the man in front of you, is not the same as winning the audience. The audience is won by humiliating the oponent. But, the man in front of you, he is won by your own humility to listen to what he says, and to not be offended. Meditation 47 The hard thing is that there is a season to kill entire nations. There is also a season to put to hard labor. Meditation 48 At the end of wisdom, you realize war is fought because men love peace. It is not Orwellian, for War is not Peace. War is the exact opposite of peace. But, rather, when peace no longer can be enjoyed, for the corrupt, and the wicked are at foot, lurking in every corner, violating every joyful thought, corrupting sound minds with weaselly sayings and strange, base things... there is a time to kill. There is a time to let go of peace. I do not say this is that time, though it might very well be approaching one. It is also imperative to know that Orwell was not a pacifist. For Big Brother offers a kind of peace, one which is hellish to live in. Meditation 49 If one law were amended in the Bible, and that be the one pertaining to Homosexuality, I assume still, there'd be surplus amounts of suffering, so it could never be. For, it would increase loneliness exponentially, by taking from one man his mate, and replacing her with another. Meditation 50 David Hume and Bertrand Russell presented good arguments for their time. But, we are seeing the fulfillment of those arguments, are resulting in more suffering, not less. For Hume's sake, the Status Quo does not make a thing right. For Bertrand Russell, there are too many wicked men for there not to be a hell. In his age, almost all men were righteous, so he does not know the depths of suffering that I have. Meditation 51 The principles of the Founding Fathers and Mencius, are one in the same. A government meant to protect the rights of the workers to profit from their work. And a right of the people to have just government provide for them, rather than provide for itself. This is also the beneficial aspect of the Law in Judaism. It was built specifically for this in mind. Even the harder aspects, such as women concubines. For, the Law of Judaism was meant to provide a man with a wife, and a family, and make sure no man was lonely. It was meant to give the worker his due, and the family its own autonomy. This is why communism doesn't suit the Logos, nor does Nihilism. There are laws inherent within government and the way governments are ordered, which are obvious to those reading the principles. Namely, though, the scholars have the duty to keep things in their proper alignment, as if they cannot, there is no justice. Meditation 52 & 53 52 Mozi's Universal Love and Confucius' Filial Hierarchy are not two mutually exclusive concepts. Rather, you find as is true with most trifling philosophies, the philosophers have good ideas, but also mingle into it bad ideas. Which, then, results in war. For Mozi, it was his hatred of Music, and burying the dead. For Confucius it was his elaborate funerals, and some other eccentricities. 53 However, the Scripture brings into light a true way of government that is proven to work. It cultured science, it cultured reason, it even cultured a Law which was irrefutable. For, in days of war, the soldier knows the Torah is upon his heart. He slaughters women and children. So also, the prisoner knows he'd be better working, than being abused by his fellow inmates.
Jesus Christ is Come in the Flesh
I come to this doctrine, found in the Epistle of Saint John. And it's an important doctrine of the faith. That the Spiritual, the Spirit of Man, is as connected, and intertwined with the Physical, or Material, or Body of man. That Jesus did come in the Flesh, that Jesus did take on a Human body, and that the entire fullness of God the Son dwelt and didn't only inhabit Christ, but was intricately woven into His very flesh Being---hence why we eat and drink His flesh and blood in Communion. With this statement, also comes a recognition that the Spiritual, or Metaphysical in a Philosophical sense, is not some esoteric, airy thing, but rather is intricately woven into the Flesh and Material world. Logos, in all of its wisdom, comes embodied in Christ, and through that, the Logos holds the entire world together, as Flesh and Spirit are both working as one within all creation. Demonic and Angelic beings, take on as much a Spiritual, as a Fleshly persona. They are not simply airy metaphors, or concepts or ideas, but are rather, physical beings, too, which inhabit men, cause suffering and doubt, and also cause suffering. Otherwise, Satan could never have stricken Job, or as it were, even manifest himself to cause a whirlwind. So, with this understood, it's important that the Christian realize that Truth is not a matter of simple metaphor, or simple principle. It is the major fault in Western Philosophy, coined by Nietzsche and Kant, to distinguish morality separate from an objective, and tangible force that has physical properties. Obviously, the Epicureans came the closest to discovering the true purpose of Morality, but God, being infinitely wise, chose the Bible to reveal to man the truth of our innate being, and also how to rise above it. With this said, it shouldn't be a surprise to Christians, that Morality isn't merely an idea, or a choice. It is not an existential choice we commit, in the face of uncertainty. Rather, Morality is objective, and a system of morality is objectively quantified by the Books of Moses, and the Gospel. It is spoken throughout the prophets and apostles and saints. This objective world, this objective morality, diminishes suffering, while promoting beneficial aspects of human flourishing. And while we cannot understand it, that is why there is faith. Certainly, men are not capable of understanding the Bible's difficult laws concerning slavery, or concubines, or even in some instances genocide---except that in certain points of history, such things were necessary to keep peace. As there are times for everything under the sun, a time to heal and a time to kill, a time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. Truthfully, on the force of Good, is Peace, Love, Kindness, Hope and Forgiveness. On the side of evil is Strife, Hatred, Selfishness, and Revenge. And rather, even at some points it is necessary to defend what is good militarily, and thereby commit the atrocities of war; that way Peace can reign in the land, and wickedness subsides, and man can find rest. But, truth is not subjective. As true as the Material World proves the things of God, so does the Material World in its morality, prove the things of God, and the nature of His law. The whole world cries out, and it follows in the Pattern of Christ's decorum. The entire world moves to that pattern, so that even when Evil is at its peak, if there are good men, the Evil gets purged. It is as natural to man that this happens, as two colonies of ants striving against one another. And these are the difficult things regarding war. And these are the difficult things regarding faith, that Faith is much like the principles of Algebra or Calculus, in that it is a logic that helps us interpret, make sense of, and order the world to its proper names and alignment. Without which, we cannot hope to even understand our neighbor, as we are left within ourselves, completely isolated from other human beings. In a vacuum of narcissism and egocentricity. As very real are the other minds we encounter, so is our mind. As very real, as those minds are like batteries, and their nerves like wires, and their heart like a well pump, so is the Spiritual enabled through this vessel, to add value to life, and therefore give life purpose. For, without purpose, we are left to anarchy, nihilism, and the things of Satan, so that all there can be is contention and strife, and war, like orc hordes in a camp, striving over stolen property and murdering one another for a pound of flesh. And with that, sometimes there is necessarily war. Sometimes good cannot rest, but must go out, and slaughter the Orc. For if it doesn't, the Orc Hordes move through the lands, raping, pillaging, and spreading their hatred and wicked devices, causing an absolute denial of even the Spiritual Inhibition that governs man and his body, that being the pleasures of life gained from good fortune obtained through good character. Without which, life suits not its purpose.
