Theology Homework

Why would I bother to study theology at all and now? I feel it is a missing part of my own experience in life. I have not spent a lot time as a student of any one religion. I wanted to learn about people in general.

Some of the content I will likely write about may be very strong as religions touch upon all things of a life good and bad.

Tammuz, the Cross and Shepherd

I am a beginner in Theology. I am writing out what I am learning and discovering. This writing is subject to future editing and updating.

Tammuz is the both the name of the Cross in Christian literature and culture as well as the name of an ancient deity in Babylon that was a shepherd. Centuries later, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, the Tammuz was a symbol to be feared not embraced.

The story of Jesus Christ as written is about a man who actually sinned in the eyes of the government of his time, and he was violently bound to Tammuz, the Cross as a shepherd of people… a false leader to the formal, organized government of the peoples he was born of.

Was Jesus Christ holy himself? Is he a deity? A human being to be worshiped and followed?

The message Jesus Christ told his followers and general public is that he was dying for the sins of all people. What is not spoken of enough, is that he was labeled a sinner, a real criminal to a whole region of people, beyond his cities and nation. All leaderships (including some of his own followers) voted and insisted he needed to pass away violently and publicly. That is disturbing! As he carried a heavy cross–one of the biggest and heaviest ever through the town he was jeered at, yelled at, spat upon and people turned away from him.

What did we not understand of the message of he, this Jesus of Nazareth? His daily life was to beg for money, food and places to sleep at night. He was NOT known to ask for work. He was also shown to create great miracles to impress and scare people. He worked to turn people away from the local and state government laws and follow his own way of doing things. He essentially created a cult following and performed what in those days was considered witchcraft and black magic–both condemned by high authorities as near as Israel and far as Egypt and across the Ottoman Empire.

What were called miracles in the time of Jesus of Nazareth were known also as black magic and witchcraft. In Egypt, only very educated high officials were allowed by government to perform these extraordinary acts.

Certainly his mother cried for him. He was her son. In today’s world it could be interpreted that he was a creation of her, though The Bible that has his story says, he was NOT her real son, just a son of God. (I wonder now, did he ever pray to the cross or Tammuz for help instead of the One God of the Jews or Egyptians who mostly prayed to the Sun God?)

“Immaculate conception.” Clear creation? Was Jesus Christ an invention of the government to teach people in person what they do not want people to do? Is it possible he and his story is propaganda?

I wonder openly about Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth… if he never performed black magic or something that looked like witchcraft in his time he would have lived to an old age instead of a violent death bound to Tammuz before he was middle aged? He appears to have died for his sins, sacrificed for his sins as leader in activism.

Would Jesus Christ have been so named if he were not most shamefully bound to Tammuz in death? Would he have been such an important figure in religious literature if he hadn’t gone to the maximum sentencing by the government of his time?

If Jesus did live, do we need him back again? Do we all need someone new to live on planet Earth and “die for all our sins” as they and we “pray to god”?

(0d3 to Live By, Is it a Religion?

This is a very opinionated piece of writing. You don’t need to believe in it at all.

“(0d3” = code.

Been watching people from all kinds of places in geography and mind my whole life. I realize even those with a committed religion, most people have an individual code they live by.

Why do I bring this up? I feel people are not as committed to it as they should be. They may deviate hourly, even by the minute to sway with the winds and tides of life. Is it reasonable to float your will and mind to accommodate peace or contest with others?

Everything upon the Earth is moving all the time, should where you stand also? Should you be shifting your feet all the time? Is every person around you that different and not-in-sync with what you are? I found myself this way over and over again in my life. I was always different, very individual.

Looking back at my own history and things witnessed… when will all people of Earth know each other without seeing each other? Will there ever be a world-round complete balance of all minds?

Until then, most of us try to be a person that can get along with many others. Fitting in, being a participant and not an observer.

“the Houston Water Pull”

(repost from Twitter/X)

Boosting this in a regular way for people to refer to. I’m not looking for money on this. This is goodwill during a time of crises. Actually, stood with adults a long time ago, perhaps even in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. after a big rainstorm and witnessed the waters everywhere. Told as a child, too much trouble to develop a system even though we tossed around legitimate ideas. Realize now, I was with people NOT ENTIRELY WELCOME THERE. Since that time I have visited Houston, mostly flying or driving through. It is a beautiful city!

Openly bringing this up for all to think about, maybe develop a better idea than me!

The Houston Water Pull

brief digital sketch illustration showing source water, pullpump tower and direction of flow to a new reservoir.

This idea is to use a very tall tower with a pump to pull water from a source area and up high enough to create a siphon effect on the other side such that once started, the pull of the water can continue without the pump running. This could be built in a series of pump towers to pull water across a long distance. There is an opportunity to even utilize the reservoirs as a source for a water purifier system. There is also a possibility the high pressure flow of the downhill water could be partially used for hydropower generation or other machinery–even creating a push-pump to increase speed and pressure of the water flow to help it go further.

I cannot make money off this system. I don’t think the idea is original. Just bringing it up for conversation. As I write this, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. is very flooded from Hurrican Beryl. If this system is created elsewhere, it could move water out of a flooded areas to dry areas that do not have a connection to a river.

The reference of “Thanks Houston for not mrdring me,” in the illustration above comes from one of my first visits in life to the city. I was mis-identified as a dangerous gang member!

Adding: Turbulent has a small system for hydropower–in mind. I have no verification they actually produce these units and sell them. Just another idea to chat about?

https://www.thecivilengineer.org/news/special-hydropower-plant-can-be-deployed-in-a-week-and-could-power-up-to-60-homes

“Foreign policy” in the U.S.A. that is non-governmental. It can look very negatively mental.

Here is an example I want to write about. It is based on observations of more than one group of people. It is an illustration of what went on not pointing at a specific individual or group of people. This problem could be happening all over the world, not just the United States obviously.

A foreigner comes to the U.S. and gets good work. It could cause jealousy from their home country so much they send hit people to mess them up HERE… in the U.S.A. Then the hit men need enough work to stay. They may leave and if that original person stays, they may struggle their whole life because they got so damaged. They may have come on their own, may have been trafficked with the plan to mess them up. Or trafficked to get them away from their own country–like banishing them.

What if the original foreigner stays, not wealthy even ruined AND the hit people stay also? What if the original foreigner was supposed to be a leadership person for a gang or group of people in the U.S.A. and they are ruined, the hit people never leave…or the hit people are the gang or group who hit their leader over and over and more people within their group who make some money, but not enough for their own family? This example began with ONE PERSON coming to the U.S.A. Over time, this could involve thousands of people daily.

Taking Care of Planet Earth – a “Fish Cannon”

Helping the planet is such a big topic, I am going to make it real small right now by writing about this little invention. A “fish cannon” shows many wins. Simply: The fish that needed to get upstream are given a man-made device to do it, and humans get regular work assisting.

It is the job of the human race globally to help care for animals on planet Earth. In this example humans are overseeing, attending to a species that is also used as food. Food is important, isn’t it? And developing “live food” that is healthy helps us all… and it actually helps the waters it grows in too. So many wins!

Here is one system I am familiar with. Visited a future site when I was a youth and talked about it with other youths and adults. I didn’t realize how far it had come until today. Showing a video about it.

Presented by the U.S. Department of Energy, this is one of the many videos online.

The Big Chair

a repost from X.com/former Twitter.com

I keep referring to “my [professional] identity” having been stolen, bought and sold, used by others. THINK OF IT… like a seat at an exclusive business club.

Alone I could not get the chair in the first place, it existed because of people bigger than me. I got to visit and sit in it briefly in life while very defamed and discredited. Personally, I couldn’t afford to keep the seat funded, nor did I have enough friends to tell others to leave it in place. I did help each person who sat in the chair in big or small ways with what I did have. Sure it happens to other small people. It is why I can’t do much in society. Big people sit in that chair all the time.

What is the seat labeled? I’m not certain what the name is these days for the paperwork. It could be under “Steven” or “Mike/Michael/Miguel” or “Donna” or “Sarah” and other possibilities.

The Small Town Soap Box

fictional mini story

There in the middle of a small town square of a few hundred people… was a very practical wooden box about a meter square or three feet at every dimension. Every Friday afternoon before everyone went home for dinner one person stood on the box and spoke of the week’s currents. Another may stand up on it and give some advice, yet another may tell a short story or some jokes and that’s it every week. Who gets to stand on the soapbox? Well it could be the same people, or the whole town could take turns. What if the whole town did take turns and certain people were “always unavailable” when it was their turn?

One day a youth went looking for an older woman who was never taking her turn. He went to her home on the outskirts of town and knocked on the door. “Ma’am? Why haven’t you taken your turn on the box during my whole life? No one even wants to talk about you.”

The old woman was slow to begin then replied, “I stood on the soapbox for an hour in my youth. I was shaking from injuries and malnutrition and told the story about the sister town twenty miles away that was raided and burned to the ground. This town doesn’t even want to look at me because it reminds them of what happened.”

Invasive Rose-Ringed Parakeets in Kauai, Hawaii

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/04/invasive-parakeets-are-threatening-hawaii-farms-is-killing-them-the-answer/

I just read today that the population of Rose-Ringed Parakeets on the small island of Kauai appears to have doubled in less than a decade! What has gone wrong for humans has gone right for the birds? The humans though are losing income for themselves and products for their communities and beyond. The birds have a thriving flock.

What I humbly suggest is a capture program and sponsor big cages(aviaries) of small populations of the birds throughout the U.S. and perhaps other countries. These cages could be at places in public such as parks and zoos, even potentially at large shopping centers, big offices buildings too? Perhaps if done correctly, they can be used as part of an education program that talks about wild birds, farming, humanity’s responsibilities, being a pet owner and more. Maybe the youngest of birds can be domesticated and sold to private owners to help sponsor them all?

Are they good pets? Looks like if you spend enough time and attention with them. More information on Spruce Pets website Indian Ringneck Parakeet (Rose-Ringed Parakeet): Bird Species Profile (thesprucepets.com)

If you are daring group, you could even sponsor a small sized aviary at a local school, college, hospital with these birds. Perhaps hire junior zoo keepers, youth zoologists to care for them?

An example of a backyard at home aviary.
Buy online for your home, school or business and adopt some wild parakeets from Hawaii? Here is a small one I found on AMAZON.COM. An alternative is have one built on site.

What is an Oral Agreement?

To make it very simple: It is an agreement between two people or groups that is spoken not written. The only way to keep it together is to stay in touch. Over time a spoken agreement can be forgotten even if people didn’t mean to. To stay in touch means to speak about it again. If you don’t “keep it alive” in memories of all involved it will fade away.

The human race has learned to rely more on written agreements so that people have the documents to stay in touch with as reminders. The documents allow more complicated agreements. Written agreements that are signed and witnessed help people outside of the agreements(such as helpers, assistants, other contacts) understand what is going on, including law professionals and courts of law.