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”

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 67 – Predicts own death while still in Galilee

But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, they went out from there and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it. While they were…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 66 – Next day, a stronger spirit

On the next day when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met around him… and scribes questioning them. Immediately all the multitude (when they saw him) were greatly amazed and…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 65 – Five days later; view behind the physical realm

Six days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John (his brother) and went up onto the mountain to pray. He brought them up onto a high mountain privately by…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 64 – “You are the Christ”

Jesus went out with his disciples into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. As he was praying alone on the way, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” They told him, “Some…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 63 – Two step miracle in Bethsaida

He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took hold of the blind man by the hand and brought him…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 62 – Figurative and literal speech talk

He left them, and again entering into the boat… departed. On the other side, the disciples had forgotten to take bread (they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 61 – Jesus with leaders in Magdala

Then he sent away the multitudes. Immediately, he got into the boat (with his disciples) and came into the borders of Magdala (region of Dalmanutha). The Pharisees and Sadducees came out and began to question him……

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 60 – Feeds 4000

In those days (when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat), Jesus summoned his disciples to himself and said to them, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 59 – Back home and through Decapolis

Jesus departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon through the middle of the region of Decapolis, and came near to the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the…

08. The Chosen One (30 AD)

Day 58 – Visit Tyre and Sidon

From there Jesus arose and went away, and withdrew into the borders of the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice. Behold,…