Tuesday

I had one of my daughters with me since Sunday. It was nice to spend some time with her. I don't get to spend enough time with my children. I didn't get to spend enough time with my parents, so many things I would like to tell them now.

Family is a funny thing, you are connected to them in a way that cannot be easily described. They are always a part of you, an emotional connection, quantum entanglement if you will.

For Someone Named Gary

A nice young man that I know asked me a question. It was about Jesus. I know more religious stuff, oh well. Hey, this is my second post for the day, read the one before this one it is about climate change lies. During the course of our conversation I mentioned something quite simple, the teachings of Jesus were unlike those of anyone before him, that certainly implies that he existed. In fact there was a Jewish scholar, it turns out, who said the same thing.

I generally take the attitude that one should not ask a question if they are not willing to honestly look at the evidence. While it was not asked by people alive at the time, hundreds of years later people began questioning whether or not Jesus was a real person. It is sort of a weak question.

I will start with the easy stuff. Nope, he didn't exist. A group of fishermen got together and made him up and then told people in Jerusalem that the Jewish leadership had him killed and many believed it and gave away most of their stuff to these fishermen who then went on to build mansions and buy fancy cars. Obviously the Jews of the time were okay with all of this and didn't bother pointing out that he didn't exist. Somehow that answer seems really stupid.

Then we have Paul. Paul was also a real person and he wrote to real churches in real places and his letters were received and cherished by them. Some people will say that the letters of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John were not written by them; but, they ignore the fact that Paul knew these people even though he had not been present when Jesus was alive. Paul's letters have been dated to as early as 12 years after the death of Jesus and Paul was educated. This is the problem, nobody questions that Paul and the apostles were real people. We are left with the possibility that they were all liars or deceived. Okay, but how did they deceive people in Jerusalem into believing that Jesus at least existed?

There are many scholars who have looked at these issues over the last 2,000 years and it wasn't until long after the letters of Paul and the writings of the apostles were hundreds of years old that anyone questioned Jesus' existence. Here is a link to a nice website which goes over this subject.

Yes, I know the next questions, none of this is new. Sincere question come from a sincere quest. There are people who question whether or not the holocaust existed, they are not sincere. There are people who question whether or not we went to the moon, they are ill informed.

More Lies About What is Going On

The Sydney Morning Herald has published an article which says that "Mental Illness Rise Linked to Climate. The article and the document it referenced are just ludicrous. It talks about the increase in brush fires and ignores the fact that the increase is do to the fact that people were setting the fires.

The article claims that climate change causes uncertainty and that uncertainty causes mental problems. Kids, this world has never been safe and we used to be much more at the mercy of the weather. Mental problems are increasing because people have convinced themselves that the world is supposed to be static when in fact it is not, never has been.

Be careful when reading things these fools write. The argument, in the end, is that if we allow our lives to become "safe" and live with restrictive and limited lifestyles that we can save the planet from change. Change is equated with bad, it is not bad it is just nature and nature loves diversity and change. It is folly to believe that we can control the planet.

An Answer for Christians

I will tell a secret. It is not about agreement, it is about love. We will take a second and go over this. God created diversity, our job is to love all of it, even the worst that we perceive, all fulfills his plan, to grow love. Love is the key, the more we only love those that are the most like us, the less we love in total. This may be why forgiveness is the key.

A Surprise for Pimpernel

I have a couple of guests visiting today, sort of a last minute thing. So rather than write anything, I thought I would post a couple of video links and music links.

YouTube - Fleetwood Mac - Beautiful Child

YouTube - Monty Python - Argument Clinic

YouTube - Heart - Love Alive

YouTube - Dan Osman - You have to see this

Have a great week.

I Watched Television, sort of

I don't watch television, the one in my room is not even plugged in. Today I decided to watch a movie and I did, it was called Zombieland. It was amusing enough. Then I rented another movie, "The Adjustment Bureau". After, I watched an actual television show. I don't know the channel, it was a debated in Quatar over whether or not we would see democracy and change in the middle east. After that I watched "Live free or Die Hard", an action film.

Most nights I read and write, I took time for just going on a mental vacation tonight. Take a look at how many posts I have written since beginning this blog and understand how much time it has taken. When I am not sleeping or working, I am working on this blog in one way or another. That's a lot of work.

So, I have allowed the mass media into my thinking tonight. Be well.

A Blank

I got nothing.