Language is my sacrament

I am a Joshua following monolater who prefers to use an atheistic scientific dialect, because my thoughts on theology, mythology, and science seems to scare most. In hopes for conversation, I’m using this as my journal.

I think they call this deconstructing

I have assumed today’s religious and political leaders are different than the ones who killed past voices for good… Now, I cannot unsee how wrong I have been. Religious Nationalism is exposed as the primary identity of the most vocal white American Evangelical churches. Fox News has replaced Jesus’ teaching…Continue reading “I think they call this deconstructing”

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

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5. Siddhartha at the Temple THEY pleased Suddhodana at first, these words of Asita's, and he pondered them. "So my son will live, and live gloriously," he thought, but then…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

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4. Asita's Prediction THE great hermit Asita, whose austerities were pleasing to the Gods, heard of the birth of him who was to save mankind from the torment of rebirth.…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

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3. The Birth of Siddhartha MONTHS passed. Then, one day, the queen knew that the time was approaching for her son to be born. She went to King Suddhodana, and…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

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2. Maya's Dream THE same hour that spring was born, a dream came to Maya as she slept. She saw a young elephant descending from the sky. It had six…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

1 Buddha 1 [PART ONE]

PART ONE 1. King Suddhodana And Queen Maya SERENE and magnificent was this city where once had dwelt the great hermit Kapila. It seemed to be built out…

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Glossary from World English Bible

Glossary for Bible Base Source text The following words used in the World English Bible (WEB) are not very common, either because they refer to ancient weights, measures, or money,…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

Revelation 22

1 He showed me a* river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 in the middle of its street. On this side…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

Revelation 21

1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. 2 I saw the holy city,…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

Revelation 20

1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is…

Choice #4 = Mythology: allowing our fight/flight instinct be triggered

Revelation 19

1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God; 2 for his judgments are true…