Curiously Jesus was never an innocent in the sense that he was unaware of what was going on in other peoples hearts. He was very aware and was not the least bit slow in calling them out for it. In this sense He was never ever a , 'Nice' person. In fact He was probably the most un-nice person you could ever meet.
So true Christ is so direct. It's amazing how the hard sayings of Christ are ignored. I'm trying to find a new testament where the words of Christ are typed in red in the gospels to highlight every word he spoke. I saw one like that years ago but not sure where.
My wife followed him from the start too. She always spoke of his impartiality - and of how he never got emotional, but stuck to the facts. I think she likes him even more now that he has rumbled the cabal and speaks of it plainly.
Yes, I have followed Dr. Campbell right through the pandemic. One of his guests in particular, a Professor from Australia, is very knowledgeable. I'm not sure whether it was that Professor who mentioned something about the boosters. I wouldn't want to pass on misinformation so don't take that as Gospel truth. Trouble is that I take in all the info from the videos, consider myself a near genius until the following day when I do well to remember bits and pieces of what I heard. If memory serves me, Dr. Campbell doesn't seem to narrow down the excess mortalities to particular illness, probably because that information hasn't been revealed by the record keepers. I think the numbers are for all cause mortalities. Like everyone covering covid and vaccines, he has to be very careful only to use peer reviewed studies and info already in the public domain or he runs the risk of being banned from youtube. He can talk about myocarditis because that's an acknowledged side effect.
That they have a name for it makes me wonder how rare it is. A lot of people suffered in all sorts of ways. It was easy for me to give the vaccines a miss because I'm retired and I didn't lose any sleep over not having a vaccine passport. I feel most sorry for front line workers who were pressured to take the vaccine after they had worked right through the early stage of the pandemic when no vaccines were available. What a way to thank them for their service.
As a side note...did anyone here ever hear or use the term "misinformation" before Covid? I know I didn't. I very much dislike this word because it's replaced us saying stuff like "true information" and "false information." It's so creatively sinister because you can call something "misinformation" and the connotation is that it isn't true, but you never actually say it is false. And you avoid truth (and therefore Truth) altogether.
One of the three people who died in March was the same age as me. We made our First Holy Communion on the same day. Back then, boys sat on the left side of the church, girls on the right. I remember him because he was beside me in the line for Communion. We had a few practice sessions leading up to Communion day and the nuns told us to remember which boy would be beside us in the line to make sure we weren't out of place. As far as I know, he was healthy, walked out his front door and dropped dead. Another was a younger man, probably late 40's, early 50's. I don't know the age of the third one but he was out and about when he fell dead. None of the three died at home. May God rest their souls.
Was reading Bible tonight with my Community…. This was what we read from John 8… as you say Christ is very direct and not being “nice”. He speaks these words directly to the Pharisees and others… verse 44 is pretty blunt! and I suppose if I’m honest, I too listen to the voice and lies of the evil one. My need and wan for the upcoming Paschal Tridiuum is very much on my mind. Conversion needed everyday 8:31 To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said: If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples; 8:32 you will come to know the truth, and the truth will set you free. 8:33 They answered, 'We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, "You will be set free?"' 8:34 Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave. 8:35 Now a slave has no permanent standing in the household, but a son belongs to it for ever. 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free. 8:37 I know that you are descended from Abraham; but you want to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 8:38 What I speak of is what I have seen at my Father's side, and you too put into action the lessons you have learnt from your father. 8:39 They repeated, 'Our father is Abraham.' Jesus said to them: If you are Abraham's children, do as Abraham did. 8:40 As it is, you want to kill me, a man who has told you the truth as I have learnt it from God; that is not what Abraham did. 8:41 You are doing your father's work. They replied, 'We were not born illegitimate, the only father we have is God.' 8:42 Jesus answered: If God were your father, you would love me, since I have my origin in God and have come from him; I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me. 8:43 Why do you not understand what I say? Because you cannot bear to listen to my words. 8:44 You are from your father, the devil, and you prefer to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the start; he was never grounded in the truth; there is no truth in him at all. When he lies he is speaking true to his nature, because he is a liar, and the father of lies. 8:45 But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me. 8:46 Can any of you convict me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me? 8:47 Whoever comes from God listens to the words of God; the reason why you do not listen is that you are not from God.
I read a nice commentary on why Jesus cursed the Fig Tree when He entered Jerusalem. It seemed such a nasty and Capricious Act. But a read a lovely commentary on this and it solved it all for me. It is part of the un-nice and direct Jesus in action. https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/why-did-jesus-curse-the-fig-tree 'The interrelation of the clearing of the Temple (vv. 15-19), and the cursing (vv. 12-14) and withering (vv. 20-21) of the fig tree, is established at several points. For one, all the material between Mark 11:1 and 13:37 is oriented around the Temple; this is itself a cue that there is a relationship between the fig tree and Temple. There is also a clear parallel between “his disciples were hearing” (v. 14) and “the chief priests and the scribes heard” (v. 18). Above all, the fig tree is often in the Old Testament a symbol for Israel, and more than once Israel is judged under this symbol, “There will be no figs on the tree, and their leaves will wither,” said Jeremiah (8:13). In connection with this is the intriguing statement that “it was not the season for figs” (v. 13). This statement surely has less to do with horticulture than theology. The word for “season” (kairos) is used at the opening of the Gospel, “‘The time (kairos) has come,’ said Jesus, ‘the kingdom of God is near’” (1:14). Kairos means a special, critical moment. There is no fruit on the tree because its time has passed. The leafy fig tree, with all its promise of fruit, is as deceptive as the Temple, which, with all its bustling activity, is really an outlaw’s hideout (v. 17) (James R. Edwards, “Markan Sandwiches: The Significance of Interpolations in Markan Narratives,” Novum Testamentum XXXI, 3 (1989), 207).'
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The phrases misinformation and disinformation are current and certainly Orwellian. I must be thick as I don't know the difference between them lol.
I can see a day, fast approaching, when the truth will come out, because how ever hard they try to hide it it is to big to hide. When that day dawns a lot of these people will be put up against a wall and summarily executed. If the people concerned can be bothered wasting time to drag them to the nearest wall.
What stuns me is how much of the general population is now using "misinformation" and "disinformation" in their normal vocabulary, just as if they have always been words. The Right and the Left are both using these terms, which has me so puzzled. Has no one stopped to think who exactly coined them and why we should just go ahead and speak in the manner "they" choose? Do we really just parrot what we're told, as reality is renamed and rewritten?
Sadly, most people seem to parrot what they hear, I don't know why. This reminds me of how the expression "fake news" just showed up one day and everyone started using it. There was a time when reporters took different positions but now it's one-thought-fits-all and all else is fake. Independant reporters still think about these things, like Sharyl Attkisson who analyzed "fake news" but sadly, people like this are an exception: www.ted.com/talks/sharyl_attkisson_how_real_is_fake_new
I used it in a post here. You pick it up with the general conversation I guess. "Misinformed" is a perfectly good word. Maybe that's how misinformation got started.
Well, due to diabolical disorientation, it’s difficult to really ascertain the truth. There is so much subterfuge. Take for example, the news today that Roy McGrath, a fugitive, was gunned down in an encounter with police in Knoxville, TN. Do we know why? Will we ever? He was an aide to my former governor in Maryland, Larry Hogan. He never showed up for his trial about three weeks ago. Prayers for him and our country.
