Ben Jao Ming

The word of God can often be confusing. And sometimes we forget that maybe the good book wasn’t narrated by a genious, but rather put together by pure chance – that somehow a lot of old Jewish texts got mixed together and incidentally ended up being the non-questionable manifest of the worlds biggest religion. But to handle all this: The Sceptic’s Annotated Bible – The whole book with comments, and make no mistake. Some of the critisism is very rough, but it really shows why we shouldn’t just go “hey… this verse is the key to a better understanding of life”. Here’s a hillarious example from Corinthians I:

1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

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“I know not whether I baptized any other.”
Poor Paul is confused. First he says that he baptized no one. Well, except for Crispus and Gaius. And maybe Stephanus and his household. He can’t remember if he did it to anyone else.

This animation contains so much symbolism, and the music is beautiful. I just don’t get how it can be Russian-made from 1983 and emerge through the censorship back then?

I’m starting my blog again. I didn’t blog for a long time, and I didn’t have anything useful to publish, anyway. I used to blog about personal stuff on Xanga, but it became a pointless ramble and only taught me how important good conversation is.. in contrast to the introvert late-night Xanga-rambles. Blogging is supposed to be worth reading for others. My past principle used to be that blogging was to be worth reading for myself, but just like keeping old letters for the sake of future understanding of the past… well, we just don’t want to know about the past. It’s well-enough archived in our minds. And someday Xanga, Blogspot or my own harddrive is gonna seize to exist and that’ll probably happen a lot earlier than any elderly eager to understand the past.

Now, music. This is what I love right now.. with links to reviews and mp3s.

• Built to Spill – Keep It Like A Secret: Wonderful! Reminds me somewhat of Modest Mouse – but a little less silly and more beautilful.
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Broom: Perfect songs, the mood is light and happy. Broken relationships are easy to remember without regrets when listening to this. [Mp3]
• The Thermals – The Body The Blood: Very straightforward. I like the biblical texts. [Mp3]
• American Analog Set – Promise of Love: So beautiful and mellow. I have no words. I love “Set Free” from 2005, but this previous release is even more beautiful. Even though it’s so quiet it really stirs something inside me and the songs keep playing eventhough the stereo is off. [Mp3]