Humanity

$Fish symbol$ What does it mean to be "human"?

2021-10-27: Romans 16: A woman apostle

The parts of this site that have to do with humanity include the following.

(how humans communicate)

Languages
2021-08-16: Everything being equal: To biff a translation
2021-09-27: Greek digamma (a start at consolidating digamma references)
2020-12-20: Calques (updated from 2020-12-01) Examples:
2020-12-20: Calque: The goat that escaped
2020-12-20: Calque: The good news
2021-08-30: Calque: Advocate
2019-05-17: Acronyms: modern and ancient
2019-04-30: John 19:19-22 Languages on the cross
2019-04-30: The ninth hour: finished at noon
2019-05-04: Genesis 5:1-29 Hidden plan of salvation in the generations from Adam to Noah

2022-06-27: A hot time to harvest - now and later
2022-01-03: Matthew 11:6: Idiomatic misinterpretations that offend (updated 2022-06-19)
2022-04-09: Evil training is toilsome work: no pain no gain
2022-04-09: Overly burdened in the cares and concerns of evil
2022-03-21: A peace of the mouth of the sword
2022-02-21: Ephesians 6: Defending the full armor of God
2022-04-04: A wise fool should not be prudish about being prudent
2021-11-29: Matthew 21:42 Rock hard evidence of the key stone of the rejected cornerstone
2022-08-03: A difference of opinion of a heretical group heresy (related, started)
2022-07-18: Not forgetting to remember the forget-me-nots (related)
2021-10-27: Tracking down the scent of apostles and messages
2021-10-21: Do not mention temptations nor attempt to be a pirate
2021-12-18: Catch and release: throwing out some ideas
2022-03-21: 1 Timothy 3:1 Desire to reach out to be a bishop
2022-03-13: A dogmatic opinion about dogmas
2022-03-13: To mock a mocking mock
2022-06-20: Deacon as an administration gopher
2021-08-23: A snare laced by a lasso string (related)
2022-03-21: Expanding on the belly and the womb
2022-03-21: Bitter bitter bits
2022-03-21: Sweet sweet sweets
2022-05-23: Parish the neighborhood thought
2022-05-02: Matthew 23:24 So far as the net gain of a gnat into a canopy
2022-03-07: The prefix anti in place of against
2022-03-07: Taking a vacation on praying without ceasing
2021-11-11: Verily, a true beginning and amen
2021-11-11: Thank you for giving thanks and for Thanksgiving
2022-01-03: Your cup makes me drunk
2021-12-27: Coining a customary distribution law of iniquity
2021-12-27: Seeking a research way to search
2021-12-18: Same as in like or similar
2021-12-19: Some words on ancient old ages
2021-12-19: Some new and fresh young words
2021-12-09: Matthew 16:11-12 Leaven: the yeast of these
2021-12-13: A scatter-brained approach to the sting of a scorpion
2021-09-27: Viral origins of the word virus
2021-09-27: A short course in courses
2021-09-07: Russian and Greek roots of the term Gulag Archipelago
2021-04-19: Speaking evil in a famous way
2021-09-02: Seven days without God makes one weak
2021-07-23: Everything and all things: But wait, there's more
2021-03-08: Standing together for systemic constancy
2021-05-12: Spicing things up with crocuses and saffron
2021-08-30: The Father and Abba
Love is the only way
2021-08-24: Didache: The doctrine of teaching
2021-08-23: A snare laced by a lasso string
2021-08-23: The clergy
2021-08-30: Canons, cannons and canyons
2021-01-23: Initiation into an open and shut mystery

2021-08-30: I went and goed there
2021-07-19: The number five (with new linguistic diagram and Strongs definition)
2021-06-06: John 14:12-14 Asking for anything and everything
2021-04-12: A big breath from a wind bag
2021-02-22: Imitator or impersonator of Christ
2021-02-15: A recent new beginning
2021-02-02: Lower than the angels
2021-01-18: Matthew 5:18 The true reality of jots and tittles
2020-12-13: Sack and sackcloth
2020-12-07: Waltzing out of chains
2020-11-28: Fish as IXTHUS (updated)
2020-11-16: A mania for confusing commotions
2020-11-16: Germanic g to English y
2020-10-20: Greek house and village and city
2020-10-13: All the ecumenical world

Luke 6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. [kjv]

μακαριοι οι πεινωντες νυν οτι χορτασθησεσθε μακαριοι οι κλαιοντες νυν οτι γελασετε [gnt]

A pun is a play on words or double meaning for a word or phrase. Some people love puns. Some people hate puns. There are many puns, or play on words, used in Hebrew (and Greek) in the Bible. Most puns are by sound, some by meaning, etc.

More: Punishment by Spoonerisms: switched consonants

More: Punishment by mondegreens: misheard lyrics

More: Romans 16 A belly-ache pun on useful Christ-like words

More: A pause for rest

More: Punishment by punny puns

(human interaction over time)

Timelines

2022-07-11: Trinitarianism and Modalism
2022-07-04: Progressive revelation: revealing progress over time
2021-11-22: Primitive theology comments (a start)
2021-11-12: Matthew 12:29 Snatching the raptured goods from the strong man
2021-11-05: Crying wolf for the search and seizure of the rapture
2022-05-31: Change what you are doing (which uses the following content)
2022-04-25: Think after what you heard and repent
2022-04-10: Jesus as Messiah and King
2022-04-25: Like a good neighbor, Jesus is there
2022-04-25: Who is my neighbor?
2021-08-23: Religious

2020-11-10: 1 Timothy 3:1 Desire to reach out to be a bishop
2020-11-03: Matthew 22:14 Election callings of the chosen elect
2020-10-27: Teaching and learning sound and healthy doctrine
2019-04-23: Paul: Made sin for us
2019-04-23: Luke: Feminism in Bible times - a start
2019-04-30: Mount Moriah and Golgotha
2019-08-13: Heart and soul
2019-08-13: The just shall live by faith
2019-07-30: Malachi 3 and 4 Tithes and offerings

(human reasoning, humans making decisions)

2022-04-17: Some shallow and yet deep ideas about organizational structure
2022-04-18: Paradox lost: a way to tolerate paradise
2022-04-18: Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 KP2 Parable of the wheat and tares
2022-02-26: A biased view about being unbiased
2022-02-28: Chosen falsehoods of inerrancy and infallibility
2022-02-14: Nothing is something.
2021-10-04: Love is the only way
2022-01-31: Confirmation bias
2022-05-23: Logic: consistent and complete
2022-05-09: Ignorance of agnostic lack of belief
2022-04-25: Bible truth, God and the universe
2022-03-21: The taste of false teaching
Both love your God and love your neighbor as yourself needed
Top-down vs. bottom-up
Psalms 1: Here come the pigs
Critical thinking
Mathematics, science, and informatics
Syntax and semantics
Constraint logic: unification and resolution
Confirmation bias

2020-12-26 Christmas advent season
2020-12-26 The coming of epiphany
2020-12-08: Merry X-mas
2020-12-08: Happy Holidays and the Wassail
2020-12-08: Jolly yuletide tidings
2020-11-24: Matthew 1:23 Emmanuel or Immanuel
2020-12-20: The truth about a lying baby (Christmas)
2020-12-20: The doctrine of Santa Claus
2020-12-20: Luke 2:8-21 Shepherds and Presbyterians (Christmas)

2021-03-20: The mandate of Maundy Thursday (Easter)
2021-02-28: Lent, Ash Wednesday, Fastnacht Day, Mardi Gras (Easter)
2022-04-10: Easter: golden eggs and rabbits and the rising sun
2022-04-10: Easter: golden eggs and rabbits and the rising sun

2021-09-27: Social media post gone viral
2022-08-01: Mythical stories about history (related)
2022-04-03: Caged birds: Hezekiah shows treasure to Babylon
2022-04-25: Exodus 17:8-16 Battle with Amalek
2022-02-21: The battle between Joshua and Jesus
2022-08-01: Tartarus and the bottomless pit (related, started)

2021-05-03: Music: Anacrusis and knocking