realmarkeology

Like many of you, one of my earliest fears was that Jesus was a pyromaniac who was going to burn my house down with my cat inside. No? Just me? That's Not unusual because I've been different most of my life. The Bible has a lot of weird and controversial passages that no one has been able to agree to for the past 2000 years. Believers and atheists are able to tell the same basic version of the story that everyone agrees to. Adam & Eve. Noah. Joseph. Women's hair and the angels. The Resurrection and miracles.  Each of us decides to believe what our understanding, interests and personal experiences have been.  If God is "god" and all of this matters, shouldn't he have been a little more clear, literal or forceful so that there wouldn't be all of the conflict and confusion that continues to this day? That's a fair question.  The following thought experiment reflects the 42 years of my own faith, the near loss of that faith, and the search for a non-ri...

I have no clue how this is supposed to start so that people will pay attention to it. Ears to hear and all that.  So, I think it's supposed to be done something like this. (Ahem) "The Word of the Lord came to his bastard son Mark, saying I forgive thee in advance for alliterations or references to Screwtape, Monty Python, or others that may be interpreted as sacrilege by those who seek to find fault. For the real points & messages therein are true and worthy of consideration." Ugh, you know. Why be pretentious, even though it's possible? There's a reason the KJV isn't used very much these days. So, just normal writing - right?  It was earlier tonight while attempting to repair an old radio that the "event" started.  The radio wasn't even plugged in. It didn't have a cord. I had just installed a new power source.  And yet....that AM hiss at night with the atmosphere. That faint static filled signal spoke to me as if by my own name. It kind...