Stephen's Secure Blog #430
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's after
2018, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 23 in this story, in Fall of year 14 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #430 "CNN Jesus"
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On the CNN show after the September 1st love broadcast, Don said,
"You know we have somebody watching you do your love broadcasts." I
said "Sure. Why would I think you wouldn't?" He grinned, and said, "I
don't know. I think we've asked before, but when you grow larger, is
that an illusion?" I said "My growing larger in my love broadcasts is
the same as when I spiked those tanks into the wall in China. Those
were my hands that picked up and crushed the tanks, and held the spike
and jammed it through the tank and into the wall. I think you saw that.
Do you want to see it again?" He said "Actually yes." I projected
against the usual wall. I said "The man I picked up had no doubt it was
me. Individual fingers grabbing him, could have given him a clue. I
don't really know how to explain it. I'm not really the usual me when
it happens, and not just in size. Sure captures the attention, though."
He chuckled, and said, "Yes it does, very effectively. Did you plan
that?" I said "There at that time, I planned to use the spiking of the
tanks if I needed to, but I didn't specify in my thinking how I was
going to do it, which had always been by mind controlled invisible
forcefields." He nodded.
Don said "What was Jesus like?" I said "How do you mean? A picture? A
biography? A personal impression?" He said "Yes. A picture, first." I
said "He was around thirty in this image." He said "Not well trimmed."
I said "It was against custom for men to cut their beards in that
society at that time. Not even to trim. And to tell the truth, he
didn't really care how he looked. That irritated his people, Peter,
mostly, who wanted him to make the best impression possible. Many times
after they went ahead of him, to announce that a great teacher was
coming to see them, Jesus would walk into the meeting, and how he
looked would make some think he was just another beggar, which in fact
he was. They didn't have money in their wandering, and depended on
others for food and lodging. He was a lot like The Buddha. Very
personable and engaging, with a great sense of humor, who treated all
people as his equal, much to the annoyance of the powerful he met, and
to the pleasure and awe of those of low station. He had little patience
for the powerful, and concentrated most of his attention on regular
people, including the poor. He loved everybody, though, and we could
feel it, even when he wasn't intending us to. He was gentle, but could
be very firm when he needed to, and he was always fair. He talked
plainly and simply, so all could understand him, and used stories that
regular people could really relate to, to illustrate his points. Some
of them are misunderstood today, without the proper cultural reference.
Yes, he was a LOT like The Buddha. We loved him like we could love no
other. He knew that, and it humbled him. He was a great teacher, a
great person, and a great hero to all his fellow Jews. I miss him. I
always will." Don said "Let's go to break now." We didn't talk during
it.
Back from break, Don said, "When you talk about those times, you
don't use the word Christian. Why is that?" I said "I didn't use the
word Christian for what happened in the time of Jesus, because there
explain." I said "You knew I was going to. Jesus, who's actual name was
Yeshua, was a VERY devout Jew who lived in what is now Israel. All in
his family were Jews in that nation of Jews. His culture was Jewish.
His Disciples were all Jews, as were his Deacons, of which I was one.
He taught only Jews. He intended to reform the Judaism that was
practiced at that time, much like Martin Luther wanted to reform the
Catholic Church, to make it go back to its basic, uncorrupted by money
and power, roots. He did NOT want to start a new religion. He couldn't
even consider that. He was a Jew, one of the Chosen People. At that
time, and after his death, he was known, back to the familiar name, as
Jesus of Nazareth."
I said, "His followers were called what would be translated as
Nazarenes. And those followers were ALL and ONLY Jews, and thought of
themselves as devout Jews, which they were. That lasted until Paul, and
then Peter, changed that, by baptizing uncircumcised men who were NOT
Jews in other Roman territories, and in Rome, after Jesus died. Well,
they didn't want to get er, chopped up. Remember, no anesthesia or
antibiotics then. Adult circumcision would REALLY hurt. Peter wanted
more people to lord it over in Jesus' name, and he was running out of
available Jews in Rome for that. So he broke God's covenant, and
allowed uncircumcised people to join his religion. They were no longer
Jews then, and had to have a different name. Then he changed more
rules, from what Paul had said and done, and said that Jesus was the
one who did that, such as with eating pork. The Romans just wouldn't
give that up. It was Peter and Paul who created Christianity. Jesus
would NEVER have done that, and did NOT in his lifetime." Don said
"Wow!"
I said "And from then on, the Christian Church deliberately changed
more rules, specifically to be different from Judaism, such as changing
the official calendar to the Roman one, and also changing the holidays,
and even changing the day of the Sabbath. All without care that they
were disobeying their own God, because ruling men was more important to
them than obeying God. In effect, Christians are Jews, but seriously
strayed from what God had commanded, all because Peter wanted more
authority, and more subjects to rule over. That became even more so,
when Roman Emperor Constantine really took over the Church, and built
the Bible to his desire, as it is to today. And don't think the
Catholic Church isn't VERY well aware of all this." After a long pause,
Don said, "Did Jesus create any miracles?" I said "I never saw miracles
then, but that doesn't mean there couldn't have been some. There were a
lot of rumors, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were some
things that looked like miracles. I did some things as Moses that
looked like miracles, but were not. The lions didn't eat me when I was
a very terrified Daniel, and I thought it was a miracle, when I could
start thinking again. The same as Joseph in the snake pit. Now I know
they weren't. Religious believers are very quick to see a miracle that
might not be one. Other explanations don't seem to occur to them. I was
one of them, many times, so I really understand that." We went to
break.
During the break, Don said, "You really took it to the Church.
Calling them lapsed Jews! Wow!" I said with a grin, "I know. Chad is in
er, heaven." He laughed. I said "Well, I couldn't call them lapsed
Buddhists. Oh, that set Hawk off." He laughed some more. Back on air,
Don said, "I just thought of something, but I'm afraid to ask." I said
"Afraid because you already think you know the answer, and don't want
it to be true?" He said "Yes." I said "Then don't ask, and I don't
tell." He said "I'm being asked to ask it anyway. You did DNA testing
for the Innocence Project. Did you do it without an actual sample?" I
said "Yes I did. With my perceptions, I can see down to subatomic
particles, which aren't really particles, so I don't need to grab
samples from people to match DNA." He said "Jesus. His DNA." I said
"Yes. Joseph was his actual father. Come on, did you ever stop to
think, how can in invisible spirit actually father a child? DNA had to
come from somewhere, and the obvious choice is the father. Yes, they
had sex. I would think that their other children would be a little
proof of that. And they LIKED it, too. Take that, you prudes!" Don
laughed loudly.
I said "Before actual science, people believed that the woman was
just the incubator of the male seed. They had no idea that the woman
actually contributed more to the child than the male. Immaculate
conception wasn't an unusual idea for them, because it was a common
manufactured backstory to make heroes larger than life. The
mythological God would take on an animal or man form, and have actual
intercourse with the mother, and from that implanted seed, a special
made to order child was born. Greek mythology is full of it, and those
before them. Actually, its rather insulting to those very real heroes,
and all of humanity, inferring that all the great things they
accomplished happened because they were not really human, but more than
human demigods. All while Jesus was alive, there was NO talk of anybody
but Joseph being his father. No three wise men, either. And he wasn't
born in Bethlehem. All that was deliberately made up later to enhance
his importance, which should be obvious to anybody who really reads the
Bible. That happened a LOT throughout history, this creating a great
back story after the fact, to enhance the greatness of people who were
already great. George Washington and the cherry tree, for example. It
never happened."
Don said "Was Jesus the Messiah?" I said "I believed he was, then. A
lot of people did. Now, I don't know. I don't even know HOW I can know,
for a fact. But there are extra things there. When we asked him, he
always talked around it, and never stated he actually was the Messiah,
and he told us not to tell anybody he was, very strongly." He said "But
why did he do that?" I said "Being called the Messiah, if the Romans
heard it, meant practically instant crucifixion, which they had done to
others." He said "Oh!"
I said "To them, and to a lot of Jews, it meant the leader of a
revolution, a rebellion, which the Romans couldn't tolerate. Jesus
wasn't the first to be called the Messiah. That happened often when the
Jews felt they needed one. I think you can understand the psychology of
that." He nodded, and said, "I do. So that's what killed him in the
end." I said "Yes. The crowds began to call him him that, which his
name actually encouraged, because it was the same as the first
Israelite general, Yeshua, which is Joshua in English. He wasn't a
general, and would never have made war, or wanted any violence at all,
but THEY really wanted a general, and desperately hoped it was him.
When he realized he couldn't avoid being the center of that, he
willingly went to his death to prevent more violence. He was a REAL
hero! He depended on his Disciples to carry on for him, to keep his
message pure. But, as is so often the case in these situations, they
failed him, and twisted and distorted what he said, and lied, to change
who he was, and his message, for their own personal desires. The two
Disciples who meant the most to him are now thought of as a prostitute
and a betrayer, and they were NOT. Don't think that wasn't intentional.
He didn't deserve that. He REALLY didn't!" At my tears, Don called for
a break. Off air, I said, "No more about Jesus, after the one last bit
after we come back." He nodded.
Back on air, I said "Did you know there was a people who did listen
to and follow Jesus' actual basic message?" Don said, "I don't know,
but first, what was his basic message?" I said "What is the message a
powerful Priest MOST doesn't want to hear from a very respected
religious teacher?" He thought a moment, and said, "That Priests aren't
needed?" I said "Exactly! Well done. That was his basic message. You
don't need ANYBODY to come between you and God. You don't need empty
rituals to keep the Priests busy, corrupting them with power and
riches. You have all the power you need within you to know God, and
talk to him. If He's going to answer, it's just as likely to be to a
beggar as a Priest. More likely, actually. His Disciples became
Priests, and copied the Roman hierarchy of bureaucratic power, while
the Jews who had actually listened to Jesus, moved away from the
Priesthood, and toward the independent Rabbinical system they have
today. Rabbis are teachers now, and almost anybody can lead Jewish
worship services, if there isn't a Rabbi available. How ironic is it,
that it's the Jews who follow Jesus as he really was, with his real
message, and not those who call themselves Christians, who have made
themselves into the exact opposite of what he stood for?" He said
"Wow!"
After a few seconds of recovery, Don said, "Something we've heard a
lot doesn't make sense to us now. Why did they have such harsh
punishments then, such as crucifixion, and do it so often?" I said
"That's an excellent question. It does seem to make them unnecessarily
brutal, to our modern sensibilities. You steal, your hand is chopped
mention that one. Millions of male knees slamming together, would make
quite a racket." He chuckled, and said, "If it's what I think it is,
right." I said "Prisons. They didn't have them. They had jails for
storing people prior to judgement, which often included sessions of
torture to extract false confessions, but except for royal hostages and
such, there were almost no prisons. The reason was logical. They cost
much too much, and to waste money and manpower, and most of all, FOOD,
on criminals, was considered to be really stupid. And they were
disgusting incubators of disease, such as leprosy. So, the punishment
was a fine, or chopping off something, or death. And one other thing.
Slavery. Well, what do you do with prisoners of war? They were
honorable soldiers. And why waste workers? It wasn't as if people had
the money to hire servants, not that there were any available. You
stayed with your family and community, and they supported you if you
needed it. If you were cast out, you were without their protection, and
the first person who could capture you, if they didn't kill you, sold
you into slavery. Yes, it was that easy. I know. It happened to me more
than once."
He said "As Joseph." I said "After the snakes didn't do the job, yes.
You know, I was deathly afraid of them the rest of that life." He
chuckled, and said, "I can imagine." I said "It wasn't until societies
became large enough to have a really large financial system, and the
middle class arose, that prisons came into use. And now, overuse. Too
many are in prison who shouldn't be. Addicts should be treated. People
shouldn't have to steal food to survive. Do you know that some
desperate people actually commit crimes just to go to prison, to live
better than they could live outside of them? And prisons, even the best
of them, and NOT pleasure palaces!"
Don said "Have you ever been in a pleasure palace?" I grinned, and
said, "I've lived a lot of lives, and done a lot of things. In some of
them, I did visit what could be called pleasure palaces, mostly doing
construction and art, and some of them might not be what people could
be thinking. Some were, though. I even owned some, but not as my main
business. But those are past lives. I'm a different person now.
Wherever I am with Rose, my wife, is a pleasure palace to me. And I
hope, to her." He cleared his throat. I said "After all those times
you've embarrassed me, well, I don't mind at all turning the tables on
you. Chairs, too." He chuckled, and said "Fortunately for me, we're out
of time. Thank you, Stephen, for being with us today." I said with a
grin, "I'm not sure right now, if I should say it was a pleasure." He
chuckled. Len announced "Off air!"
Len came into the studio, and said to me, "You made Jesus more real
today, than you have before. I think that might actually mean something
this time, to some people." I said "Maybe, but it's not my intent. I'm
just answering questions. A request. No more about Jesus. There really
isn't any more to say. Next show I will have an announcement. I could
have made it today, but it didn't seem to fit in the tone of the show.
It will be of great significance to some, momentous, actually, but
cause some head scratching to most people." Len said "PLEASE tell us!"
I said "Right. At the next show. I don't want it leaked." Don said "Er,
Hey, no violence!" They had to laugh. I said "On air reaction counts.
You do NOT want people to think you have advance knowledge of what we
do, or our credibility will be in question." Len said, "Yes.
Frustrating, though." I said, "Pleasure palaces. Ha!" They laughed.
I said "But I do have an event proposal for you to consider. No,
don't tell me you're all ears, even if you can wiggle them." More
laughter. I said, "Symposium on Social Security, with me as moderator.
There is a serious lack of understanding about what it really is, and a
lot of distorted rhetoric. I think we should clear the air about it,
and both parties are going to be really surprised when they hear my
position on it. Could make a lot of people upset." Len said "We want
that!" At my expression, he hastily said, "I didn't mean it that way."
I grinned. That didn't help him. I said "Not part of my regular after
broadcast show. Separate. Two hours, maybe. And we need not just
politicos, but real experts there, too. And at least one on insurance,
a professor who can talk in regular English, if possible." Looking
thoughtful, Len said, "I see. You mean business with this. Er, yes, I
see the pun."
Don said to him, "If we had the show without him, hardly anybody
said "Right. They would all be waiting on the edge of their sofas to
hear what outrageous thing he might say." I said "You could use that
expected viewership justification to tell those guests why they should
come. And some might just want to view the show to see how well I'm
going to roast some people." Don said with interest, "Will you?" I said
"If they don't leave their stupidity at home, absolutely." They grinned
really hard. I said "Thinking about getting a betting pool going?" They
laughed. I said, "You might consider inviting a radical Libertarian to
the show. I didn't think it was possible for you to grin harder. I hope
you don't strain anything." They had to laugh. I said "Well, that
worked. Your faces owe me." They laughed some more. I said "We all have
some work to do. Let's go do it. Consult with me all you want on that."
I bowed and ported home.
Chad said "Ohboy! You REALLY did it this time! Jews following the
real Jesus! That's too much! I LOVE IT!" I said "I knew you would. As
if comparing Jesus to The Buddha wasn't enough." Rose said, "There is a
problem in that part of the show, which you just made worse for
yourself. Do you realize that when you were describing Jesus, you were
very accurately describing yourself?" They all nodded. I said "Er,
oops?" They laughed and poked me. Hawk said "They've been comparing you
to Jesus for years. You even come out better sometimes. Now with this,
you practically confirmed it." Dan said "Engraved it in stone,
actually." I said "Oh. Been there, done that." Dan didn't get it, so
Cress poked him and said, "Moses, remember?" He laughed. Ichi said "It
might not change anything in the short term. They expect these things
from him now." I said "Maybe. But you two have more important things to
do, than play with words here. Your Wedding!" Cress said, "Mom and Dad
are handling it." Ichi said "My parents wanted the wedding in Japan,
but here we can have a lot more people in it. Important people, even
though we aren't going completely public. And we don't have to go far
for a Buddhist holy man to perform part of the wedding. Stephen?" I
said "Yes." We had shared some tears, and a lot of love.
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