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The Mystery Of Epiphany And The Star Of Bethlehem

...er, these signs might have suggested the birth of a royal figure in Israel. Compelled by this celestial message, the Magi embarked on their long journey, seeking the child born to be King. Following the Star The journey of the Magi culminates in Bethlehem, where the star appears to “stop” over the place where the child was. This detail aligns with the phenomenon of retrograde motion, where planets appear stationary in the night sky due to their orbits. Could Jupiter have been this “star,” guiding the Magi at just the right moment? In December, 2 BC, the Magi arrived and visited Jesus in Bethlehem. At this point, Jesus may have been about a year or tw...

"Thinking Occurs" Is Not The Same As "I Think": On AI And The Question Of Personhood

...e, but as signs pointing to something deeper. Continuity A person does not merely process information in sequence. A person endures. You do not simply register time — you live through it. You wait. You anticipate tomorrow. You remember not only facts but having been there. You experience boredom. You feel the drag of grief and the quickening of joy. Even when you are doing nothing at all, you remain present in the here and now. Artificial systems process sequentially, but they do not experience the passage of time. When an interaction ends, there is no waiting. No sense of duration. No anticipation of the next exchange. Processing may resume later,...

Armageddon Is Not A Battle Plan: What Revelation Actually Says — And Why It Matters Right Now

...performs signs to deceive, enforces the mark, and compels worship of the first beast (Rev. 13:11–17) functioning, in essence, as what we might today call a propaganda machine: the imperial cult apparatus of priests, temples, public ceremonies, and coins bearing the Emperor’s divine titles. It is later explicitly named the “false prophet” (Rev. 16:13; 19:20). It conquers not by force but by manufactured consent. Revelation is a theological critique of empire, written to encourage persecuted believers that Rome, for all its apparent invincibility, is not ultimate. Its violence is not divine. Its claims to eternal dominion are a parody of the real thing....