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tanyev's JournalIt's true that mankind's ability to destroy has far outpaced the ability
to restrain those destructive urges, and thats legit scary. But if things get really, really bad it wont be because some zealous adherent of an emerging sect wrote 22 obscure chapters that accurately predicted events that would happen 1900 years later.
Have you read Armageddon by Bart Ehrman?
It puts the Book of Revelation in its proper historical context and analyzes how religious and political leaders have used it to create fear for their own benefit, for centuries. Here are a couple reviews from Amazon:
Just as Dr. Ehrman has challenged conventional Christian beliefs in his previous books through his extensive biblical scholarship, in Armageddon he reveals the actual message of Revelation. Ehrman explains that the author of Revelation was writing in apocalyptic style about the destruction of the Roman empire and his belief in its replacement by a Christian empire of domination, revenge and destruction. Maybe most importantly, Ehrman shows how the message of Revelations author contradicts Jesuss message as described in the four Gospels. Once again, through his extensive scholarship and expertise, Dr. Ehrman illustrates the very human nature of the Bible, a collection of writings often by anonymous authors and some even forgeries that often contradict each other.
Here's a link to the transcript of an interview with Ehrman for Fresh Air on NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/03/1167715957/armageddon-shows-how-literal-readings-of-the-bibles-end-times-affect-modern-time
Considering how often Russian images "accidentally" end up in GOP ads,
one wonders how much GOP money is being paid to those companies? The first few hits on a Google search:
Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com now gop-unveils-commitme...
Sep 23, 2022 We celebrate the rich heritage of the American story, a narrator says, over footage of a drilling rig in Russia's Volgograd region.
GOP unveils 'Commitment to America' platform, passing off ...
Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com Politics News
Sep 23, 2022 After a year of workshopping, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled the new GOP platform, featuring Russian stock images and a fake Abe ...
GOP Releases 'Commitment to America' Promo Using ...
The Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com republicans-release-c...
At least, that must've been the thinking of some Republican congressmen who released a video Friday that features a Russian oil rig and Ukrainian field workers ...
Republican's 'commitment' video is filled stock images and ...
Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk news article-11246503
Sep 24, 2022 GOP House members released its a video on Friday. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 57, released the video, claiming that the 'Democrats ...
GOP Can't Seem to Stop Using Russian Stock Vid for Their ...
Medium
https://medium.com bouncin-and-behavin-blogs g...
Sep 24, 2022 The GOP released their Commitment to America (cough, Committing Crimes in America is a better title these days, cough) (committed to ...
GOP Senate candidate touts military support with image of ...
Roll Call
https://rollcall.com 2022/04/22 gop-senate-candida...
Apr 22, 2022 Jets in Colorado GOP Senate candidate Joe O'Dea's campaign ad touting his support for the military were Russian, experts said.
I can't believe even Trump's biggest fans in the House would want to sit there and listen to him
air grievances every day for several hours a day. Because that is the only thing Donny would do if he were Speaker of the House. He'd demand that all the Republican House members be in their seats to fervently cheer him on whenever he went on one of his rants. He'd demand several of them give up their offices so he could have a luxury office suite (remodel paid for by taxpayers, natch). And he'd hand over all the actual presiding work to someone else so he could retire to his luxury office for TV and fast food.
This has got to be mostly an exercise in trying to prove who loves Donny the mostest.
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