Trump: “The fight between Israel and Hamas is between civilization and savagery, between good and evil. There is no comparison between a group that worships death and a group that cherishes life. Every single life lost in this conflict is on the shoulders of Hamas, Hamas alone.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH8d7UJNmaA
Why does the US gov’t support Israel no matter what?
Hint: it has to do with imperialism.
BT’s Kei Pritsker explains the crucial role Israel plays in US domination of the Middle East and
Joe Rogan Experience: Taken from JRE #1949 w/Russell Brand. Russell Brand is a comedian, actor, author, activist, and host of the podcast "Stay Free with Russell Brand."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4LRHJlijVU
Consider this, optimists. All the societies in the world can collapse simultaneously. It has happened before.
In the 12th century BCE the great Bronze Age civilizations of the Mediterranean—all of them—suddenly fell apart. Their empires evaporated, their cities emptied out, their technologies disappeared, and famine ruled. Mycenae, Minos, Assyria, Hittites, Canaan, Cyprus—all gone. Even Egypt fell into a steep decline. The Bronze Age was over.
The event should live in history as one of the great cautionary tales, but it hasn’t because its causes were considered a mystery. How can we know what to be cautious of? Eric Cline has taken on on the mystery. An archaeologist-historian at George Washington University, he is the author of "1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed." The failure, he suggests, was systemic. The highly complex, richly interconnected system of the world tipped all at once into chaos.
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June 11, 2024 - Daniel Horowitz: "These guys have built dozens of factories throughout the world to mass produce mRNA. They weren't just gonna go home after Covid...they were obviously gonna go on to the next things and the problem is when you do not disincentivize bad behavior and in fact it's incentivized by the government offering them endless free subsidies and marketing, they're gonna do it again..." Source: One America News Network (YouTube)
A photographer has captured some impressive footage beneath a field in Shropshire showing a cave network once used by the Knights Templar. The caves can only be accessed through a tiny entrance, which resembles a rabbit hole. It is believed the caves date back 700 years and were used by the Knights Templar as a place of pilgrimage and worship. The Knights Templar were a medieval religious order that fought in the Crusades. Watch this video to see the impressive detail inside the caves.
During an Arkansas Senate hearing, Republican Sen. Matt McKee asked pharmacist Dr. Gwendolyn Herzig about her genitalia, while Herzig was testifying about transgender rights and gender-affirming care. Herzig identified herself as a trans female.
Episode 5: Joshua and the Miracle of the Sun
The text of Joshua 10 describes the sun standing still at Gibeon as the greatest miracle in history. Analysis of this chapter reveals a complicated composition history, and the archaeological evidence suggests that a very different historical situation underlies the narrative. To theologians, reconciling the story with modern science has been a challenge for centuries.
Contents
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Prologue
1:48 The battle at Gibeon
4:31 The miracle of the sun (and moon)
10:49 The campaign continues southward
12:46 The archaeology of Joshua’s conquest
17:51 The conflict between religious worldviews and science
21:53 Credits
Works cited
⦾ Baruch Margalit. “The Day the Sun Did Not Stand Still: A New Look at Joshua X 8–15”. Vetus Testamentum, 42/4. 1992.
⦾ Theodore Hiebert. “The Use of Inclusion in Habakkuk 3”. Directions in Biblical Hebrew Poetry, edited by Elaine R. Follis. 1987.
⦾ Thomas Dozeman. Joshua 1–12: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Yale Bible Commentary series). 2015.
⦾ J. Briend, “Josué 10: Une conquête en morceau”, Foi et Vie 97/4, 1998.
⦾ Yigal Levin. “The Wars of Joshua: Weaning Away from the Divine”. War and Peace in Jewish Tradition, 2011.
⦾ Yigal Levin. “Conquered and Unconquered: Reality and Historiography in the Geography of Joshua”. The Book of Joshua, edited by Edward Noort. 2012.
⦾ Nadav Na’aman. “The ‘Conquest of Canaan’ in the Book of Joshua and in History”, Canaan in the Second Millennium BCE. 1994.
⦾ K. Lawson Younger, Jr. Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing. 1990.
⦾ Edward Noort. “Joshua and Copernicus: Josh 10:12–15 and the History of Reception”. Flores Florentino: Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Early Jewish Studies in Honour of Florentino García Martínez. 2007.
⦾ Harry Rimmer. Science and the Long Day of Joshua. 1927.
⦾ E. Walter Maunder. The Astronomy of the Bible. 1908.
⦾ John Walton. “Biblical Credibility and Joshua 10: What Does the Text Really Claim?”. BioLogos, October 15, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b-oCG4NpGs