@averagejoe1 said
Just the facts from AvJoe. There are many sources. (Gallup Poll)

https://twitter.com/AndyPuzder/status/1784360060472398021

Least Popular Pres in 70 Years

Wrong again Joe. Republican George W Bush left office with an approval rating of 34% and a low of 25%. Substantially worse than Bidens current 39%. See both Gallup polls below. You don't win any of these, do you? Just the facts from mchill 😏


Biden

https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx

Bush

https://news.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx

@sonhouse said
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/us/tennessee-governor-signs-school-guns-bill/index.html#:~:text=Tennessee%20Gov.%20Bill%20Lee%20signed,to%20the%20General%20Assembly's%20website.

Yeah, that will stop crazed teenagers from killing kids, give guns to teachers who don't even know how to shoot. Or how about the scenario where some bad kids attack the teacher, steal the gun and ...[text shortened]... eh? Nice putting yet more guns right next to kids who may kill if they could get their hands on one.

Feel good legislation designed to appease the gun nuts. Idiot lawmakers protecting their phone baloney jobs, instead of doing their jobs.

@divegeester said
His bereavement has been well documented in this forum. I’ll pass on your good wishes for his well-being.

Do you agree with the premise in my OP that this forum and the spirituality forum are worse off without his posting?

Sorry about missing the documentation of his bereavement. My reading of the postings here is inconsistent.

Regarding my views on agreeing with the premise in your OP that this forum and the spirituality forum are worse off without his posting; I have no opinion one way or the other. I never knew much about FMF and tend to focus most of my very limited brain power on either work or chess. These forums are just a hazy and occasional endeavor for me.

@greenpawn34 said
HI mchill,

Recently I took a week to finish a jigsaw. One week!
I was so proud. It said on the side of the box 6-8 years.

greenpawn34 - You're a 1900+ rated chess player. You don't need to be a 1900+ jigsaw solver too. 🙂

@averagejoe1 said
We could ask you the same questions. See below. But for me, I do not want answers anymore. My stuff from now will contain the answers in my posts. Very civilized. No posters or screaming.

https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/Biden27s20Broken20Promises20Complete20V.2.1_1640190188.pdf

But for me, I do not want answers anymore.

I understand, those answers can be painful. Biden puts experienced professionals in charge of government departments. Trump - Family members, TV show hosts, ex models and playmates (colorful, but not very effective!) So, I can understand why you don't want answers. 😲

@greenpawn34 said

A mini report on the Candidates to find a challenger for Ding Liren.
A Chess jigsaw I bought from a junk shop that I never quite finished.

Blog Post 602

Playing against a set of blue hands descending from the roof and be somewhat daunting. 😲

@divegeester said
… FMF

It seems pretty clear to me that FMF is gone for good since his bereavement. And whether you loved him or loathed him it is also now clear that he was without doubt one of, if not THE best poster in the two forums he frequented; General and Spirituality.

Thoughts?

I don't know anything about his "bereavement" but I wish him well with whatever he is doing.

@carnivorum said
The anthropic principle is God's signatue in the universe.

https://sites.google.com/view/anthropic-principle/home

I like that avatar of yours. 😏

@pettytalk said
Just to be clear, I tend to favor the idea that Jesus, the man, was well versed with the Greek language.

However, what you have pointed out from scripture hardly does any justice to the suggestion of Jesus having received a better education, and it was the reason for being able to speak Greek. Why would Joseph and Mary be astonished? Were they not aware of their son's b ...[text shortened]... s of those times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_ancient_Israel_and_Judah

However, what you have pointed out from scripture hardly does any justice to the suggestion of Jesus having received a better education, and it was the reason for being able to speak Greek.

Please go back and read my little disclaimer. I said this does not directly answer your questions. In fact, I can find little data to suggest what linguistic skills Jesus had.

@pettytalk said
Anyone reading the Bible will recall that Jesus specifically attributed the possibility of everything to God, using a colorful simile that involved camels and the eye of a needle to illustrate the improbability of the rich entering the Kingdom.

Scholars confirm that Greek was widely used in the region and beyond. It was the language of the learned, alongside Latin. There ...[text shortened]... we are focusing on Jesus, the man, and must set aside the 'speaking in tongues' for this discussion.

But where in Scripture does it suggest that Jesus received a better education? And does Scripture also mention, directly or indirectly, anything related to Jesus' education in linguistics?



Please consider Luke 46-48: 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished.

While this does not directly answer your questions, it may be reasonable to think that spending time with so many educated people may have allowed Jesus to learn at least some of the Greek language and can definitely be of help in educating Jesus to a few levels above that of an ordinary carpenter.

@sonhouse said
Indicted along with some 11 others in the fake elector scheme.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/arizona-election-indictments-giuliani-meadows-trump-00154241

Right wingers can cheer (for now), your god Trump is named co-conspirator UN indicted, that is unless Rudy or Mark flip, since Rudy knows where ALL the bodies are buried.

That is also why Trump has not s ...[text shortened]... es are buried so God Trump does not want to rile Davy. Anyone else is fair game but not buddy Davy.

I still don't understand what his supporters see in him. He's a convicted fraudster, lifelong womanizer who fathered 5 children by 3 different ladies (not including the illegitimate ones) a tax and payroll cheat who doesn't pay his employees and respects only dictators of other countries.

Nikki Haley could easily defeat Joe Biden, yet his supporters stand by him, and believe all his lies as if they were listening to God himself. I don't get it. 🙄

@kellyjay said
https://youtu.be/XBugtbBM8AU

If you played cards this would speak to you.

Agreed, and I posted the same thoughts on this topic (though not as detailed) here before, but that's all one can do. Present the info. and let them make their own decisions about it.

@averagejoe1 said
as a Trump supporter, if he has any downfall, it will be these Comments each day. I expect his lawyers are telling him to be very careful what he says. It is good that he gets out there so America will see this human being, being chased into hell like the pitiful character in the movie elephant man. He turned to the crowd and said I am a human being.
One of you actu ...[text shortened]... more, will be spent on the immigrants. They have taken lives of our citizens, and the list goes on.

I expect his lawyers are telling him to be very careful what he says. It is good that he gets out there so America will see this human being, being chased into hell like the pitiful character in the movie elephant man. He turned to the crowd and said I am a human being.


Boo Hoo Hoo - This man has lived in luxury and been treated like royalty his whole life, and now he has to follow the same rules as the rest of us - it just breaks my heart. -NOT! 😢

@pettytalk said
The question of whether Jesus spoke Greek has been debated among scholars.

Are there any scholars here which can shed light on what the debate was all about?

As a primer, the following was gleaned by Wikipedia:

There exists a consensus among scholars that the language of Jesus and his disciples was Aramaic. Aramaic was the common language of Judea in the first cen ...[text shortened]... ve to Judea. It is reasonable to assume that Jesus was well versed in Hebrew for religious purposes.

Did Jesus speak Greek?

It's quite possible. Scripture would suggest Jesus was better educated than the average Jewish tradesman. In addition, Greek was a respected and widely used language in the region.