Screw the tourists, bring in the archeologists, maybe start by resuming excavations at Eridu. 99% of our history is buried or looted. And the one or two Assyriologists in the world need new material to study.
Unlike other religions, it said a lot of things that have come true:
1. Jerusalem would get destroyed with the temple, the Jews scattered, persecuted, then Israel recreated, big exporter of produce, many trees, survives all its enemies, and yet wouldn't be able to rebuild the temple on one piece of land. All came true and it's the only country to ever re-appear like that.
2. Revelation says they will try to build a world government with one currency. They'll financially cut off, or cancel, dissenters. The elites have been repeatedly trying to do that for decades.
3. Society itself would change. People would be godless, apathetic, focus on money/pleasure, disobedient to their parents (family disintegration), violent, etc. People would listen to whoever tickled their ears, or told them what they wanted to hear. Famous preachers would be false teachers, perform fake miracles, and do it for ego and money.
4. Revelation talks of a new Babylon that was a huge, imperialist nation (or religion) that gets most of the world under its influence, is one of the richest in history, and (strangely) exports sexual immorality to other nations. Aside from imperialisma and capitalism, the U.S. exported sexual immorality worldwide through porn industry, Hollywood movies, and funding LGBT promotion. Whatever it is, God destroys the new Babylon likely via the consequences of its own worldviews.
I'll be glad if Babylon is never raised. It deserved to be destroyed for all the cruel things it did which it never repented of. Over there, they still chase the false religions and practices that tore their country to pieces. If the repent, and turn to Christ, we will see a transformation of the nation like the people of Ninevah saw in Jonah's day.
I upvoted you because I agree with some of the points you've made. With that Jesus Christ thing as such not so much.
Essentially much of what you wrote can be traced to much older sources, countlessly translated, and very probably distorted, because there is always loss in translation.
While from a conspiracy theorist view, Jesus Christ, and what happened to him, can be seen as a later 'invention', made up by whomever, for whichever reasons.
As can be Islam. No matter what they say about the 'holy Qoran' being 'checksummed', and whatnot else.
Why am I even responding to you? Well, because in my younger years (mostly 1982, other place(s) in 1988 & 2004) I did wonders, too.
Impossible things. But with witnesses, sometimes documented by X-Rays directly afterwards. Other times with medical staff watching while I did it(healing about a dozen sick kids in one wing of a child hospital), at other times healing and rejuvenating several female teachers, healing and rejuvenating a very old and sick nun( 90+ years old, eaten up by cancer, to about 25 biological age), leading up to having sex with a bunch of them, in their chapel, on their altar, because the acting chief nun insisted, and I've been like why not? :-)
Leading to a Jesuit trying to exorcise the devil out of me, which ended very bad for him :-) In one of the rather luxurious appartments/condos right below https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godesburg the arrogant snobs lived in, at the times. I've let him live, to be my messenger to the Vatican, or whoever is really pulling the strings there, instead of the sockpuppet/showroom dummy called Pope. With a threat, of destruction, if they don't change their ways. And a claim, that all what is theirs is mine, but I don't even want it, because I consider it spoiled and dirty.
(edit: I've spoken Latin to him, because besides that he could only speak Italian, or so he said to the two other Jesuits present , both not understanding Latin fluently enough, so I made them understand telepathically, in real-time. I couldn't speak Latin at the time, but it came to me, as I wished. Effortless. Just like that. Did that a few days before, to a medical Doctor, because I've been angry with him, because initially 'uncooperative' while healing a girl called Alice from severe (open) brain trauma caused by traffic accident, and Romanian to a Nurse which was present while I 'prepared')
What am I trying to say with this? People rambling about "Jesus Christ" really rub me the wrong way, for obvious reasons. IMO they are either just parroting the stuff because of group pressure, or have experienced something which they can't explain, without resorting to the next best template they have. And missing the real thing.
(edit: Or not even having the required neuroarchitecture to be able to perceive or perform this at all.)
Which is... hard to explain, but possibly there are and were always some of us, which had some of these powers, for whatever reason, if only for a short time, and not always all of them.
This is a pattern, spanning across history, reflected in common themes in all cultures, way before christianity.
Which I consider an especially evil way of dumbing down access to spiritu...
Sounds more like "reconstruction" than "restoration". I appreciate many original parts may be too damaged, but it risks becoming an archeological Disneyland.
The ancient history of this region is fascinating, and the politics of that time were not so different from today. I highly recommend the “Fall of Civilizations Podcast”, episode 8. High quality work.
I was there earlier last year, and it was none too impressive.
Pretty shoddy brick walls (just straight blocks), crumbling at many places, constructed possibly along ancient foundations or maybe not, that you sort of walk through. Interesting things here and there. Couple of other tourists.
Walking through Saddam's palace next to it was much more fascinating; extreme grandeur morphed into a typical lost place with graffiti and empty bottles. The nearby town Al7illa certainly offered more to actually experience, like a mini theme park with the main attraction being (artificial) rain.
Anyways I genuinely wish the committed people all the best in the restoration, but I feel like the article is a tad over-enthusiastic and easily convinced.
There is no way to restore the most precious sites which were destroyed intentionally.
Some a perfectly preserved sites.
It simply gone and will never returned.
Just look at the map in page 7 in the report below:
Their idea of preservation and repair leaves a lot to be desired IMO, although the same is true for some parts of Europe. Sadly Palmyra and so many places have been destroyed in the last decade or so.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 34.7 ms ] thread1. Jerusalem would get destroyed with the temple, the Jews scattered, persecuted, then Israel recreated, big exporter of produce, many trees, survives all its enemies, and yet wouldn't be able to rebuild the temple on one piece of land. All came true and it's the only country to ever re-appear like that.
2. Revelation says they will try to build a world government with one currency. They'll financially cut off, or cancel, dissenters. The elites have been repeatedly trying to do that for decades.
3. Society itself would change. People would be godless, apathetic, focus on money/pleasure, disobedient to their parents (family disintegration), violent, etc. People would listen to whoever tickled their ears, or told them what they wanted to hear. Famous preachers would be false teachers, perform fake miracles, and do it for ego and money.
4. Revelation talks of a new Babylon that was a huge, imperialist nation (or religion) that gets most of the world under its influence, is one of the richest in history, and (strangely) exports sexual immorality to other nations. Aside from imperialisma and capitalism, the U.S. exported sexual immorality worldwide through porn industry, Hollywood movies, and funding LGBT promotion. Whatever it is, God destroys the new Babylon likely via the consequences of its own worldviews.
I put more of these up here:
https://gethisword.com/signsofthetimes.html
I'll be glad if Babylon is never raised. It deserved to be destroyed for all the cruel things it did which it never repented of. Over there, they still chase the false religions and practices that tore their country to pieces. If the repent, and turn to Christ, we will see a transformation of the nation like the people of Ninevah saw in Jonah's day.
Essentially much of what you wrote can be traced to much older sources, countlessly translated, and very probably distorted, because there is always loss in translation.
While from a conspiracy theorist view, Jesus Christ, and what happened to him, can be seen as a later 'invention', made up by whomever, for whichever reasons.
As can be Islam. No matter what they say about the 'holy Qoran' being 'checksummed', and whatnot else.
Why am I even responding to you? Well, because in my younger years (mostly 1982, other place(s) in 1988 & 2004) I did wonders, too.
Impossible things. But with witnesses, sometimes documented by X-Rays directly afterwards. Other times with medical staff watching while I did it(healing about a dozen sick kids in one wing of a child hospital), at other times healing and rejuvenating several female teachers, healing and rejuvenating a very old and sick nun( 90+ years old, eaten up by cancer, to about 25 biological age), leading up to having sex with a bunch of them, in their chapel, on their altar, because the acting chief nun insisted, and I've been like why not? :-)
Leading to a Jesuit trying to exorcise the devil out of me, which ended very bad for him :-) In one of the rather luxurious appartments/condos right below https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godesburg the arrogant snobs lived in, at the times. I've let him live, to be my messenger to the Vatican, or whoever is really pulling the strings there, instead of the sockpuppet/showroom dummy called Pope. With a threat, of destruction, if they don't change their ways. And a claim, that all what is theirs is mine, but I don't even want it, because I consider it spoiled and dirty.
(edit: I've spoken Latin to him, because besides that he could only speak Italian, or so he said to the two other Jesuits present , both not understanding Latin fluently enough, so I made them understand telepathically, in real-time. I couldn't speak Latin at the time, but it came to me, as I wished. Effortless. Just like that. Did that a few days before, to a medical Doctor, because I've been angry with him, because initially 'uncooperative' while healing a girl called Alice from severe (open) brain trauma caused by traffic accident, and Romanian to a Nurse which was present while I 'prepared')
I've written about that here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45191472 and maybe here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44956926 , and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37759103 because for me, in most cases, but not exclusively so, it really IS connected to sex, but of a very special kind.
What am I trying to say with this? People rambling about "Jesus Christ" really rub me the wrong way, for obvious reasons. IMO they are either just parroting the stuff because of group pressure, or have experienced something which they can't explain, without resorting to the next best template they have. And missing the real thing.
(edit: Or not even having the required neuroarchitecture to be able to perceive or perform this at all.)
Which is... hard to explain, but possibly there are and were always some of us, which had some of these powers, for whatever reason, if only for a short time, and not always all of them.
This is a pattern, spanning across history, reflected in common themes in all cultures, way before christianity.
Which I consider an especially evil way of dumbing down access to spiritu...
https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/2019/10/25/episode-8-...
Pretty shoddy brick walls (just straight blocks), crumbling at many places, constructed possibly along ancient foundations or maybe not, that you sort of walk through. Interesting things here and there. Couple of other tourists.
Walking through Saddam's palace next to it was much more fascinating; extreme grandeur morphed into a typical lost place with graffiti and empty bottles. The nearby town Al7illa certainly offered more to actually experience, like a mini theme park with the main attraction being (artificial) rain.
Anyways I genuinely wish the committed people all the best in the restoration, but I feel like the article is a tad over-enthusiastic and easily convinced.
Just look at the map in page 7 in the report below:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/C...
What they are doing here is "rebuilding"