1. You are an archeologist? I want a job to sit and dust and talk.
2. Love your article
3. I know it needs to be discussed and you do a GREAT JOB. I do think there is somehing we are doing to the gospel though - and yes, I include me and no this isn't anything but me typing a note to see what you think.
I woke up in the middle of the night with this thought: The gospel is a gift from God, We humans talk the wonder of a great oak tree as if the tree is in Romans, and remake it into a toothpick. Now I am all for toothpicks. That aside, felt like a shift was needed to get to a better crafting method for our consumption. I began to also see in my minds eye a stack of construction paper, all different colors glued together. Each had a word written on them: Fatih, work, love, grace, mercy...you get the drift - it was a stack! Remember being a kid and trying to pull those papers apart? You can't do it and that was the point. We can't really say one piece works by itself, not once ever because scripture weaves a redemption story that is so far beyond the words we speak it is breathtaking - or it should be and maybe it doesn't get considered like that enough. Systematic Theology falls so short of God's glory. Where the world said "I think therefor I am" the church says "My theology is who God is". OOF!
So while I DO love your work I would be excited to hear something bigger because you know lots and that is pretty wonderful.
What if the carnal Jesus living and being sacrificed for the benefit of humanity is just the latest in a long line of the Cult of the Resurrected God going back millennia to Babylon..What if the Bible was a book of the knowledge of Good and Evil and that discernment was the key to understanding how to read it ? Now ponder this passage from Revelations 18:4 And I heard a voice from Heaven saying come out her my people with her being Babylon hum 🤔 Judaism,Christianity and Islam were all created in Babylon y’all.Become a prodigal son and turn around and face our Father the God of Creation and get to know your first love who knew you in the womb.And kick your little g gods to the curb.🙏
Thank you for your thought-provoking reflection! Your suggestion that the narrative of Jesus’ sacrifice might echo a broader tradition of resurrected deities, stretching back to Babylon, raises a fascinating historical and theological question—one scholars have indeed explored in comparative religion studies. It’s an intriguing lens, especially when paired with your idea that the Bible serves as a repository of both good and evil knowledge, with discernment as the key to unlocking its meaning. Revelation 18:4’s call to “come out of her, my people” certainly invites deep contemplation about disentangling divine truth from human systems, Babylonian or otherwise.
I wonder, though—could Paul’s project align with this in unexpected ways? In my article, I argue he wasn’t rejecting Torah but reorienting covenant identity around faith rather than legal conversion rites, a move that might resonate with your call to return to the Creator, free of “little g gods.” If Judaism, Christianity, and Islam did emerge from a shared Mesopotamian cradle, as you propose, perhaps Paul’s insistence on unity in Messiah (Galatians 3:28) offers a path to transcend those cultural accretions while honoring the Father’s original intent. I’d love to hear more about how you see this “prodigal turn” unfolding—what might it look like to peel back those layers together?
1. You are an archeologist? I want a job to sit and dust and talk.
2. Love your article
3. I know it needs to be discussed and you do a GREAT JOB. I do think there is somehing we are doing to the gospel though - and yes, I include me and no this isn't anything but me typing a note to see what you think.
I woke up in the middle of the night with this thought: The gospel is a gift from God, We humans talk the wonder of a great oak tree as if the tree is in Romans, and remake it into a toothpick. Now I am all for toothpicks. That aside, felt like a shift was needed to get to a better crafting method for our consumption. I began to also see in my minds eye a stack of construction paper, all different colors glued together. Each had a word written on them: Fatih, work, love, grace, mercy...you get the drift - it was a stack! Remember being a kid and trying to pull those papers apart? You can't do it and that was the point. We can't really say one piece works by itself, not once ever because scripture weaves a redemption story that is so far beyond the words we speak it is breathtaking - or it should be and maybe it doesn't get considered like that enough. Systematic Theology falls so short of God's glory. Where the world said "I think therefor I am" the church says "My theology is who God is". OOF!
So while I DO love your work I would be excited to hear something bigger because you know lots and that is pretty wonderful.
4. My request/offer about work stands! HAHA!
Much love!
An article you might find interesting
https://torahresource.com/article/it-is-often-said-2000-years-of-christianity-cannot-be-wrong/
What if the carnal Jesus living and being sacrificed for the benefit of humanity is just the latest in a long line of the Cult of the Resurrected God going back millennia to Babylon..What if the Bible was a book of the knowledge of Good and Evil and that discernment was the key to understanding how to read it ? Now ponder this passage from Revelations 18:4 And I heard a voice from Heaven saying come out her my people with her being Babylon hum 🤔 Judaism,Christianity and Islam were all created in Babylon y’all.Become a prodigal son and turn around and face our Father the God of Creation and get to know your first love who knew you in the womb.And kick your little g gods to the curb.🙏
Thank you for your thought-provoking reflection! Your suggestion that the narrative of Jesus’ sacrifice might echo a broader tradition of resurrected deities, stretching back to Babylon, raises a fascinating historical and theological question—one scholars have indeed explored in comparative religion studies. It’s an intriguing lens, especially when paired with your idea that the Bible serves as a repository of both good and evil knowledge, with discernment as the key to unlocking its meaning. Revelation 18:4’s call to “come out of her, my people” certainly invites deep contemplation about disentangling divine truth from human systems, Babylonian or otherwise.
I wonder, though—could Paul’s project align with this in unexpected ways? In my article, I argue he wasn’t rejecting Torah but reorienting covenant identity around faith rather than legal conversion rites, a move that might resonate with your call to return to the Creator, free of “little g gods.” If Judaism, Christianity, and Islam did emerge from a shared Mesopotamian cradle, as you propose, perhaps Paul’s insistence on unity in Messiah (Galatians 3:28) offers a path to transcend those cultural accretions while honoring the Father’s original intent. I’d love to hear more about how you see this “prodigal turn” unfolding—what might it look like to peel back those layers together?