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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Lost in translation: Jesus' Aramaic wasn't Greek

(The Unseen Bible) Jesus spoke Aramaic, not Greek: Here's what got lost in translation

Monday, August 17, 2026

Israel Lobby promotes US cancel culture

(The Financial Express) "Trump assaulted minor": Sheldon Whitehouse grills Don Trump

He works for Israel now. - I work for Israel now.

(UK NOW 24) UK journalist humiliates war criminal and propagandist Bibi Netanyahu (CIA groomed, US educated, Chicago-based Zionist Benjamin Mileikowsky) in explosive live interview he loses control of because he gets a little pushback when before interviewers bowed at his every statement in spite of facts contradicting him.

(Matt Cullen) "I believe they are eating babies": Jeffrey Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda (one of his youngest victims) in a disturbing interview

Trump goes mute as American judge threatens him with life imprisonment

Sammy Obeid: ❤️From the bottom of my heart - J. Crow vs. Hegseth: “We are not the enemy, sir”

(Let's Be Clear with Ana Kasparian) Former IDF spokesman paid by Israel Lobby tries to get TYT

Ashkenazi Zionist IDF op J. Conricus

Hasbara central propaganda unit in USA: IDF Spokesperson's Unit (Hebrew דובר צה"ל, Dover Tzahal, abbreviated Dotz) is the unit in the Operations Directorate of Israel's military forces (IDF), responsible for [dis]information policy, spin, cancel culture, PR, hasbara, pysops, Zionist war propaganda, and media relations.

The unit is led by an IDF spokesperson (war propagandist), a brigadier general, and member of the general staff, and by the deputy spokesperson, a colonel. Since March 2025 and as of June 2025, the spokesperson is Effie Defrin.

Zionist IDF Operative Jonathan Conricus promoted, defended, attempted to obscure, and held this position during the heyday of Israel genocide in Gaza

Epstein associate PM Ehud Barak

The International Media Branch of the unit is responsible for the administration of IDF communications with international media outlets, and for shaping the image of the IDF in the foreign public arena. Mission The unit is also a key player in the public diplomacy efforts of the State of Israel [1].

The 2015 IDF military doctrine highlights the strategic importance of using the power of the media.

IDF war criminals of Israel

Media manipulation, economic, legal, and political aspects are considered as much a part of the military approach as much as violent combat [2, 3].

Since 2008, the IDF has increasingly also invested in a strong presence on the most important social media platforms [4].

In the meantime, the English-speaking Facebook page of the IDF is one of the most followed social media representations of armies worldwide [1]. More: IDF Spokesperson's Unit (putting the Dotz together)

US Marine destroys Israel's Jewish Zionist ideology - Jeremy Corbyn: “Protest works”

My hasbara has me running propaganda operations on US through CBS News (Bari Weiss)

Friday, August 14, 2026

The Bible's Christian-Jewish Goddess

VIDEO: The forgotten [erased, deleted, covered up] Goddess pulled from the Bible and hidden from us for centuries: They tried to erase her holy name: Asherah

VIDEO: Did you know the God of the Bible once have a wife? The archaeological evidence for Goddess Asherah | MSN

Queen of Heaven? Virgin coronation

Asherah (Hebrew אֲשֵׁרָה, Romanized ʾĂšērā, Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚, Romanized ʾAṯiratu; Akkadian 𒀀𒅆𒋥, Romanized Aširat [3], Qatabanian 𐩱𐩻𐩧𐩩 ʾṯrt) [4] was the principal Goddess of ancient Semitic religions, appearing in biblical texts but then systematically erased.

Asherah also appears in Hittite writings as Ašerdu(š) or Ašertu(š) (Hittite 𒀀𒊺𒅕𒌈, Romanized a-še-er-tu) [5, 6] and as Athirat in Ugarit as the consort of the main God of the Bible, ʾEl [7], who became Yahweh (YHWH, Jehovah), as He announces in the Bible.

Asherah was the major Goddess in ancient Northwest Semitic cultures, associated with fertility, motherhood, sacred trees [8].

Canaan became Palestine then Israel
The name "Canaan" appears throughout the Bible as the "Promised Land"...an ethnic catch-all term. More
Thereafter Canaan became, for all practical purposes, the Land of Israel...all the tribes of Israel (britannica.com).
The Goddess Asherah played a major and enduring role in the old Canaanite religion of future Israel, with mythical tales and stories influencing neighboring religions. Canaan is an old name for Israel.

If we had a Goddess, religion might be wonderful

What is the modern perception and worship of Asherah? Banned, erased, forgotten. Her influence spanned cultures over many centuries. Asherah began as an ancient Canaanite goddess of love, war, fertility, with priestesses aiding in the worship of the divine feminine.
The Goddess Asherah: Queen of Heaven,
Mother of Creation (medium.com)
She is often portrayed as a nurturing fertility goddess, associated with fecundity and the fertility of the land. She was the consort of the Semitic peoples' God El, where She played a central role in the holy family and divine pantheon. Her worship involved ritual practices that included setting up sacred poles and offering sacrifices. Her significance in Canaanite mythology is evident in the archeological findings of inscriptions and artifacts dedicated to Her, highlighting Her enduring impact on the religious beliefs and practices... legendaryladieshub.com

Asherah hand-carved ash wood figurine of biblical Sea Goddess Figurine | ArtCarving Shop

Asherah was considered the Goddess of the Sea, while "Her husband El" was considered the God of "Heaven" [9] or the sky [apparently making a fallen Lucifer the satanic God of Earth in later interpretations, though Earth has always been conceived of as feminine for receiving rain from the sky that makes seeds grow], making her the Queen of Heaven (long before Mother Mary, the Catholic Queen of Heaven, or Kwan Yin).

Islam also remembers Asherah/Elat (al-Lat)

The El was the original name of the tribal Semitic God is attested to in many words still in use, such as IsraEL, GabriEL, MichaEL, RaphaEL, ELohim, Ba'EL, AzarEL, and so on.
Judaism was never actually a monotheistic religion as many claim. It has always been henotheistic and for a long time quite polytheistic, in some even pantheistic.

Asherah was sometimes called ELat (Elat, like the pre-Islamic Goddess EL-lat or al-Lat), the feminine equivalent of El [10] and held titles such as "holy" (qdš), "lady" (rbt), or "progenitress of the gods" (qnyt ỉlm) [9].

Fertility Mother Goddess Asherah

Asherah's iconography frequently depicted Her with pronounced feminine sexual features, often combined with tree motifs like date palms, highlighting her role as a fertility goddess. Some artifacts, such as the Revadim Asherah figurines, illustrate her breastfeeding children or displaying sexual imagery, emphasizing her maternal and generative symbolism.

Asherah's worship may also be reflected in phallic Asherah poles, "cultic" objects [turned occult ("hidden") by patriarchal priests wishing to erase her from his-story] frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, though scholars try to debate whether these represent the Goddess Herself or sacred symbols of the holy [11, 7].

Phallic buxom Asherah pole figurine

Asherah's influence extended across many regions, including Israel and Judah (then Judea), Philistia (modern Gaza in Palestine), Egypt, Canaan, and Arabia (the Arabian Peninsula later Saudi Arabia), appearing -- like the counterpart male God -- under many different female names with many different roles rolled up into one omnipotent entity.

Asherah was considered the consort of Yahweh in the ancient Levant, as suggested by inscriptions at Kuntillet Ajrud and Khirbet el-Qom. But modern (post erasure) interpretations vary, and some scholars try to argue that these references describe holy objects rather than the Goddess [12, 13, 7].

Asherah bore many similarities with other goddesses -- such as Shapshu, Hathor, and Qetesh -- which strongly suggests her image and attributes influenced surrounding cultures.

What might have been if She were not erased?

Asherah was for millennia also linked to sacred fertility rites, which may have included women of status in ritual activities and priestesses. The denigrating association with temple prostitution, which in ancient times involved males and females, is now debated (and was clearly an attempt to explain Her away in the cover up after she was reduced and erased).

Asherah's worship was suppressed over time due to imposed monotheistic (henotheistic) reforms, and in later texts, references to Asherah were systematically erased by being retranslated as "groves" or "sacred trees" rather than directly as the Goddess. More

Goddess Asherah (legendaryladieshub.com)
Canaanite Goddess Asherah (Stable Diffusion Online)
TOP: "Queen of Heaven" by Fra Angelico (1434–1435)

Lord Jesus Christ studied Buddhism?

(Buddha's Wisdom) Did Jesus study Buddhism in India and Tibet? The untold of his missing years

Jesus was a Buddhist monk (BBC)

Illustration of Jesus/Issa in Ladakh, India/Tibet (Elizabeth.C. Prophet)

BBC: "Jesus was a Buddhist monk" (video and short summary)

(Spinoza Forever) Spinoza's last words: I Spinoza discovered who

Jesus really was, and was poisoned two days later

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Killing for Trump? (Thom Hartmann)

(Adam Mockler) Trump crowd boos at worst time, Don dons hair extensions, corruption at...

(Thom Hartmann) The dark theory about Trump's enemies.

ICE agent said he was Border Patrol, so I did this

The Existentialist Republic with Christopher Armitage (cmarmitage.substack.com)
Experts say blue states can stop paying federal taxes. There’s precedent. If we could use nullification for people to get stoned, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism? (Christopher Armitage)
How will I get out of this one? $$$? Trump?
The walls are closing in on Elon Musk in Wisconsin criminal bribery investigation: A bipartisan commission found probable cause of felony election bribery, and prosecutors in three more states have statutes that fit the same conduct (Aug. 4)
I 💌 Fearless Leader Trump. He made me rich.

Ex-Attorney General Pam Bondi implicated in as much as $5.5 million in insider trading, but what can be done about it [if Trump blocks investigation or prosecution of this corrupt Epstein Files fraudster]? (Aug. 3)
ICE is the new Secret Police, Trump's jackboots
There are now 22,000 ICE Agents. The Supremacy Clause says states can prosecute every one who breaks the law. A condition sitting in the first sentence of the Supremacy Clause decides whether states can prosecute federal agents. Courts have spent decades reading… (Aug. 2)

Why everyone hates Trump (except Bibi)

(MS NOW) Lawrence: Trump proves he's the stupidest negotiator in history of U.S. government

I could've been as big as Rush
Who is Thom Hartmann? Thom Hartmann (Uncle Tom Heartless? No!) He is a progressive radio voice who is so radical he sometimes backs Bernie Sanders but then switches to Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, or anyone else who looks like they might come to power through the Democrat Party Machine. He will talk to investigative journalist Greg Palast about election fraud then just go mute on the subject. He'll criticize Trump's personality but not really do anything structural about it. This makes him more of a political entertainer than a voice for change. On occasion he covers an edgy story, but not usually. He is like the Rush Limbaugh of a bumbling Left looking for its footing, a mouthpiece without much of a cause, a know-it-all intent on keeping the status quo, a failed self-promoter who manages to appear to really be doing something to help with precious little to show for it.

Friday, July 31, 2026

How the Creator God looks: Book of Enoch

(TheBlackParchment) The Book of Enoch finally exposed the Creator God -- and what this God actually looks like

God: An Anatomy

An astonishing and revelatory history that represents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers—with a distinctly male body, and with superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous.

"[A] rollicking journey through every aspect of Yahweh’s body [the Demiurge, Gnostic Yaldabaoth], from top to bottom (yes, that too) and from inside out... Ms. Stavrakopoulou has almost too much fun.” — The Economist

Dr. Fran: Bible, atheism, and God's wife Asherah
Meet the real God of the Christian-Jewish Bible
Does Buddhism have a "creator god"? Yes: Maha Brahma (but he, like all the other divinities and deities, brahmas and devas are not really "Gods" in the ultimate sense, just in a temporary Western Greco-Roman sense, long-lived but temporary light beings who imagine themselves eternal, all powerful, or all knowing when they are no such thing)

(Basically Primitive) Why did ancient humans start believing in God(s)?

Don't laugh at me! I'm your Lord and Master!!

I'm no ET. I'm Baal. Worship me!

The scholarship of theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ.

The Ethiopian Bible: Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon

The portrayal of God as corporeal and masculine is seen as merely metaphorical, figurative, or poetic. But, in this revelatory study, Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vividly corporeal image of God: a human-shaped deity who walks and talks [in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve] and weeps and laughs, who eats, sleeps, feels, and breathes, and who is undeniably male.

Could there be a God, a real God?

(BTC) Atheist explains most convincing argument for God | Alex O'Connor

The Jewish God El

Here is a portrait—arrived at through the author's close examination of and research into the Bible—of a god in ancient myths and rituals who was a product of a particular society, at a particular time, made in the image of the people who lived then, shaped by their own circumstances and experience of the world.

From head to toe—and every part of the body in between [including the penis]—this is a god of stunning surprise and complexity, one we have never encountered before. More: God: An Anatomy (by Francesca Stavrakopoulou)

The Anatomy of the Body of God (Frater Achad)

Thursday, July 30, 2026

The God before God: Jewish-Christian deity

(Pantheon Mythology)

The God prior to God: El

El means "god" or "deity" or as a proper name, El refers to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities.

El ("God") is a Northwest Semitic word. A rarer form, 'ila, represents the predicate form in the Old Akkadian and Amorite languages [8]. The word is derived from the Proto-Semitic *ʔil- [9]. Originally a Canaanite deity known as 'El, 'Al, or 'Il was the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion [10].

It has always been understood that there were many gods, which is clear from teh Bible even as henotheists and monotheists try to obscure that fact.

The Jewish God El

Scholars like Frank Moore Cross and Ignace Gelb speculate El may have also been the supreme god of East Semitic speakers in the Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia (circa 2900–circa 2350 BCE) [11, 12].

Among the Hittites, El was known as Elkunirša (Hittite 𒂖𒆪𒉌𒅕𒊭 Elkunīrša). Although El was given different appearances and meanings in different languages over time, the word continues to exist as El-, -il, or -el in compound proper noun phrases like Isra'el (Hebrew Yīsrāʾēl, Israēl, which means "El [God] persists or rules," Micha'el, Beth'el, and El'izabeth, most of which are theophoric given names. More: El (deity)

The Monad (Gnosticism): the GOD prior to all other gods
(Nerd Robot) Orthodox vs. Catholic vs. Protestant
Creator of the physical world: "The Demiurge" Yaldabaoth (Yahweh, Jehovah, YHWH)

How to call upon GOD (the Monad)

(Gnostic Library) I tried Sophia’s Monad call. What happened shocked me (Stop praying as if prayer were begging God!)

The Elohim: Hebrew word meaning "gods." The word is plural. It can also mean "godhood," which is to say what beings who become gods are called. As an abstract noun it refers to the concept of "divinity." In the Jewish (Hebrew) Bible, it often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement to refer to a single deity, particularly but not always the God of henotheistic and polytheistic Judaism, that later tried to claim itself only monotheistic. In other verses it takes plural agreement and refers to gods in the plural. Who were these other gods? God's wife Asherah was one. She (the Goddess) was well known. The other, El, is less known because it is hidden through the biblical texts, which were chosen for political and Roman imperial purposes.

The Devil before Satan