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After Paul’s death his acolytes wrote their own narratives
That’s why originally there were dozens
In Paul’s epistles he makes no reference to the gospels, only to rival apostles
And for 2,000 years every contradiction between them has either been cynically exploited or studiously ignored
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The sales guides evolved as did the product
The product evolved as did the audience
And by the time John was written the product and the audience had both been completely transformed by the legacy of Paul
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Luke was also written some time after Mark for purposes of tailoring the narrative for a specific audience
None of these gospels were histories
They were sales guides
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Matthew is the first gospel given in the Bible
Not because it was written first but because it was targeted at the original audience
Matthew was written to tailor Mark for that market after some time had passed
Scholars disagree whether Mark was first or the first was lost
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Jesus’ disciples could not have written the gospels
They were lower in social class than his family & could not have written anything else either
As the son of a skilled mechanic Jesus might have learned to read
But if he ever wrote anything it wasn’t preserved
And it certainly wasn’t in Greek
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Paul of Tarsus had more impact on Jesus’ legacy than all 12 of Jesus’ handpicked disciples put together
This shows how much Jesus’ picks were worth
Yet for 2,000 years people have believed Paul was part of Jesus’ plan all along
This shows how much Jesus’ brand is worth
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The careful reader of the New Testament will notice it has less internal consistency than the works of Tolkien
Yet for two thousand years people have believed it was a treasure map
A fountain of immortality
An instruction manual for living happily ever after
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You’re not avoiding head shots by standing up
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Obviously if you’re under fire then you should get to safety but if you’re under fire then you present a larger target standing up
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It obviously depends on the situation
Protests are not always on the move
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On whether to walk away from provocateurs or physically subdue them I have gotten the opposite advice
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Then they won’t be provocateurs anymore
The point is to isolate them by their actions
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Obviously there are situations where you should not sit and make yourself a target but in a situation with an agitator you are already a target
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You’re getting sprayed and gassed and pepper balled no matter what
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Of course if you need to run you should
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It was a myth even when the only one on this list was Rush Limbaugh
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Little doubt
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Yes we do
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Returning the hostages won’t stop Israel from bulldozing Palestinian homes
And you know it
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When Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands, neutral parties will not take David’s side
It’s true I’m not interested in a narrative cherry picked to excuse a holocaust
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Thanks for reading me so long
I’ve been consistent on this issue
Israel has been invading Palestine since 1948
They’ve been committing crimes against humanity the whole time
And currently more than ever
Otherwise obviously they would have let Thunberg in
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I hope so, right now the administration is looking for bad behavior to reward
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Hopefully not everyone who can learn a lesson already has
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He‘s humanized
People just like him think his problem was not being enough like them
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The gaslighting is the point and it was in the Beatitudes as well
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That’s what happens when people believe the universe has a dictator & the dictator has friends & enemies
They become friends to their own ideas of dictatorship
They become enemies to humanity
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He’s declaring martial law so he can perform ethnic cleansing & bring back slavery
That’s what deporting people without a trial means
That’s what deporting 11 million people means
That’s all it ever meant
And for all the decades Republicans have wanted this no one in the press has called it out
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No doubt