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drawn by a finger… spinning near the temple… forever…
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I rather like the insanity. And Jesus wasn’t black, he was a bloke from Oxford. ~ so sayeth the scribe Eddie Izzard.
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In the words of Cathal Couglan… “for he walks the earth again/ but not in Mecca or Jerusalem/ no, he sells papers and beer/ in a shop in Crouch End…/For he walks the earth again…”
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I’m pro-madness, it’s sometimes nice to have a bit of high weirdness endlessly cycling (and sometimes less so). At the same time, it’s cathartic to note the endless cycle of insanity and beg it to stop, knowing that it can’t really happen. It’s like Kafka’s Before the Law, except the struggle is not to get in, but to escape.
Also Jesus was definitely not black or white, but probably was a dark beige-ish brown.
added: Oh, I also always like to to hear what @cah has to say about things, since the often note things that are new and interesting to me.
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My escape is to move to an island in the North Atlantic. I will build false stone circles, raise tomatoes, and snuggle dogs.
Why am I in silicon valley when all I want is this??
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Late stage capitalism?
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The name of the mythical god Amen has been used and reworked into several world religions; it is used to end prayers in Christianity and Judaism, as well as affirmations during sermons. These religions are paying homage to an African-Kemetic/Anu god, but most followers of these religions are unaware of it.
What the author is unaware of is that AMeN is the 3 letter root of the verb to believe, or have faith in, in Hebrew. It is conjugated in a number of ways and pronunciations. Making a vague connection of one to the other and then make a silly statement about one language paying homage to another by simply not knowing the meaning of the word amen is sloppy and discreditable.
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Why are you quoting the Bible as if it was a meaningful guide to history?
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My parents have The Lake Isle of Inisfree illustrated in a frame in their lounge - thanks for reminding me! I have to get back to Ireland sometime soon, even if it’s just for a short visit. (I’ve also got to spend more time learning Irish and reading or hearing the mythology).
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I feel like I could use a holiday in Tanelorn these days.
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The flight into Egypt story was a clear fabrication, probably in a clumsy effort to make Jesus a Mosaic character to appeal to Jews. Even if we were to accept it we’d be talking about Roman Egypt in the beginning of the 1st century. At that point Egypt had not only been Hellenized by the Greeks for centuries, but also Romanized after the defeat of Cleopatra. The Ptolemaic cities served as Greek colonies, and once the Romans took over they also immigrated. So the people in Egypt at that point were a mix of whatever the natives had looked like with various Greek and Roman peoples, along with Arabs, Jews, Syrians, Berbers, Phoenicians, and other ethnic groups who had been immigrating into Egypt for centuries. Being a very important Roman province with a fair amount of wealth and being home to Alexandria, the largest and most important Greek-speaking city on the Mediterranean and a major trade center, the place was a strong draw for many groups, and was a major mix of ethnicities. So a baby Jesus would have blended in, but the reason would be that there were already Jews there and the place was multi-ethnic.
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I didn’t know they sold pony-sized dog costumes.
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You mean ‘Turing Test’, right?
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