chapter 01

Here, 2 am on a Monday morning, I have a thought that bares recording.

And it is the significance of the passover.

Moses knew his father was his grandfather. He also knew that he was not loved and his mother had been raped. And that his father-grandfather had raped many women. And most of the first born sons of Egypt, okay many, were Moses' half brothers.

This makes the passover a very personal attack on the Pharaoh. Family genocide.

Like the Lion. Moses ruled over the slaves he stole from his father-grandfather.

"It's just a story."

"Yes. But it is better to understand it than make a religion of it."

James sounds like a nice simple fellow. This is nice for a change. I must admit I feel a little beaten from bashing around with Hebrews. And Paul.

vs. 3: for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. EQ

Or, if you climb the stairs, you get to the next floor.

"Or if you go down the street, you come to the store."

vs. 6: Whoever doubts is like a wave in the sea that is driven and blown about by the wind. EQ

vs: 14: But a person is tempted when he is drawn away and trapped by his own evil desires. EQ

vs. 18: By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures. EQ

"You gonna write everything they already said."

Okay. Let's look a 'his own will'. It implies a person. And that is distracting. Because evolution is a mix of her and him. And instinct is sort of like will. And truth is relative and can't be nailed down. And first place among the creatures is new for us and if we want to stay there we must take on the responsibility that comes with it. And we need to love it. And dance in it.

"What responsibility."

"Protect the planet from assholes with Gold Fever. And asteroids."

Or go the way of the dinosaurs.

chapter 02

Oh boy. This ancestor worship nonsense must go. Abraham was not important. Not wise and not very nice. So let's stop pretending it is God's will to burn children.

It ain't.

James tells us not to be nicer to rich people then poor people. 'Cause most rich people actually suck.

vs. 6: ... Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich! EQ

And they use the law to fuck with you. The assholes. They come with a piece of paper with stamps on it and promise you go to jail.

We had some fuckin' prick asshole wanting to sue us because we didn't have a star and a clause beside a box in a formula in an e-mail response on our web site.

Pay or go to jail. And the asshole. That was his way of making money. The prick went through the web looking for little errors. Then demanded money.

"So what did you do."

"We killed him and buried him 26 feet deep."

"Why 26 feet deep."

"Down deep, lawyers ain't too bad."

vs. 16: What good is there in your saying to them, "God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!" - if you don't give them the necessities of life? EQ

chapter 03

Mostly, James just wants us to be nice. And this is not such a bad idea. Friendly people who don't stab one another in the back.

Most raping of children happens in the home.

vs. 6: And the tongue is like a fire. EQ

vs. 8: But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison. EQ

I don't think that is quite true. A tongue is a beautiful thing. Ask a sex organ.

True, there are times when some vile words come out of the mouth. It ain't the tongue's fault. Often it is frustration. Sometimes ignorance.

vs. 16: Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil. EQ

This is pretty damn true.

vs. 18: And goodness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers plant in peace. EQ

I get the feeling we are in the eye of the storm. Mostly because I've read Revelations 20 or 40 times.


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