Did Christians Invent Jesus’ Teachings?

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Jesus was not mentioned by Greek or Roman sources in the first 100 years. And, his first Greco-Roman reference was a passing reference. Paul also tells us very little about what Jesus specifically said. Our earliest sources are the four gospels. They are not particularly reliable, but that doesn’t mean they are useless. The Gospels are not first-hand testimony, but people reporting hearsay. They couldn’t know Jesus’s exact words.

We can look at which testimony is earlier, whether one seems to be emphasizing a bias or a message rather than just telling us what happened, to what extent different sources agree with each other, and the extent that Jesus is saying something that seems like his followers would not want him to say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dDtefHPTEk

Apple Doubles Down on China as Trump Blinks | China Decode

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The Chinese Communist Party forced Apple to lower prices on the Apple Store for Chinese residents. Trump talks big, but he lets the Chinese Communist Party push around American companies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WARSIG9iq8A

Rise of the KKK: Why the American South Turned to Terror After Defeat | EP 1

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The South left the Union in order to defend slavery and racial supremacy. The Southerners believed it was a scientific truth of the world that blacks were inferior and should be subservient. They didn’t lose these beliefs the moment they lost the war. After the Civil War, White Southerns responded to the loss by organizing in order to persecute, murder, beat, and instill fear in, blacks, in order to keep them down and maintain racial supremacy. White Southerners maintained white supremacy through terrorism.

The Klu Klux Klan, the KKK, started as a kind of social club, almost like a college fraternity. They made up silly-sounding titles and wore fun costumes. The people in it were racists, but they didn’t set up the organization to do racist things.

The Klan became a political organization when members perceived the North’s rule as too aggressive in potentially arming blacks in state militias and giving them the ability to vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7sVUgcD4I

Beyond the Narrative: Why Iran is China’s Eternal “Backup Plan” | Digging into China

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China helped Iran start its nuclear program in the 1980s and continued helping them in the 1990s.

China has a business relationship with Iran. They are not actual friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAY1Po5Ixek

Something Terrible Is Happening in Syria | VisualPolitik EN

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The new Syrian government has allowed and committed murders of multiple ethnic minorities. Syria seems to have replaced one authoritarian state with another. The Kurds were crushed by the government after Trump abandoned them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2lFXfnU4sk

M27 Vs. M7: Why The Marines Aren’t Buying The Army’s New Rifle

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The Marines expect to be fighting where they may be on islands cutoff from resupply and need a weapon easy to maintain. They also expect to be close to the enemy, so a larger mag size is more important than the distance the bullet fires. And thus, the Marines are not adapting the Army’s new rifle. The Marines also don’t want to deal with the growing pains of adopting a new rifle and ammunition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zkiqJsAxj0

Republican and Democratic senators had a deal that would fund all of Homeland Security except ICE, but Trump said no.

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Republican and Democratic senators had a deal that would fund all of Homeland Security except ICE, but Trump said no.

Trump is paying a French company one billion dollars to stop a wind farm project and instead invest in oil and gas projects because Trump has an irrational bias against wind energy. He thinks they are ugly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgbQHKQa7s