Everything posted by richardmurray
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16 Books Missing From the Bible: Have They Been Published?
Well the problem with the term missing is how the bible was determined in the first place. First, why did Christians need a bible when a bible was not a mandatory part of christian life from the time of jesus, who never used a bible to the Nicean creed? Notice I used the word mandatory. Chrsitian groups used books but none were deemed officials outside the group. In the same way, Mohammed didn't have a quran initially. It was the persians that made the quran mandatory. So when you say missing, I argue no book is missing and any christian is free to use whatever texts they want, including derived from themselves, based on the fact that no literature was deemed associated to all christians initially. One of the tragedies of human history is how so often when a culture grows its genesis doesn't get interpreted in its growth. Jesus at his death was not a jew , if for no other reason, the jewish community had exiled him and his movement. So the old testament which is a variation of the jewish torah, emphasized by jews who became early christian or influenced early christian communities is I argue invalid. Now, the new testament in my view is valid christian literature. It has gospels,[not the gospels because the gospels selected by nicea were few of a much larger set] which as a form of literature is the oldest christian literature, various epistles or letters from early christian groups and lastly the book of revelation, which in my mind is the most fanciful book. But, are any of these books mandatory even though all are christian? no. So I conclude with a simple argument. If anyone who is christian, which I am not, wants to use any literature, including one they wrote themselves, as a basis something to base their religion, to read again, on then do so. The myth is the idea that a book is official in the first place.
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Your thoughts to text to video?
@Troy fair enough, what about my solution being starting off outside the usa you don't concur with or like or see ?
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NBAF Blacklisted! Banned Book Fair
good lluck!:) @Milton please add your coming event and any others to the following calendar https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-calendar/?view=month
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Jeffrey Wright reaction to first Best Actor Oscar Nod
@Troy which is your favorite jeffrey wright performance on camera?
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Your thoughts to text to video?
I concur @Troy but I want to say, like many industries the problem is the usa itself. The usa doesn't have a history of managing inudstries well. They let industries fly as long as they make money and can pay for government protection. Googe is part of the digital six. I argue the only answer is alternative networks outside the usa that will free populaces outside the usa. China shows the way as at least china has its own ecosystem.
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The 4th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter
topic Thirty-sixth of the Cento poetry series If You Made It This Far : AI films, Empire State building photos through time, Robert Forte alps photos, TheWiz multiverse URL https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/2023/09/01/28/2024-rmnewsletter.html The largest non food industry black owned business in harlem is Amsterdam news the most well known black designed building in harlem for me is the Renaissance Ballroom, destroyed now, but financed and designed by black people, a black architecture firm and black money.
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Jeffrey Wright reaction to first Best Actor Oscar Nod
https://www.tumblr.com/blackexcellence/740595272723333120 lovely
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Ruffin's father was a cop
oh no @Pioneer1
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Your thoughts to text to video?
Google has a new software called Lumiere that does text to video, what are your thoughts? you can read more about it here https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2582&type=status
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Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Book Review Request
good I used edelweiss for other reviews and for reviews I am working on so if you still need when the time comes this will be simple:)
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AALBC Mourns the Passing of Viola Plummer
@Troy change the link to the following https://ourtimepress.com/viola-plummer-last-of-original-december-12th-movement-transitions/
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Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Book Review Request
@DeeSiwisa is your book on edelweiss?
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Ruffin's father was a cop
@Pioneer1 a black man who when a teenager was accused of murdering the man who stole from his sister, is now out of prison. https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2579&type=status
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133 Art commission
133art Commissions are Open ya'll! Pin-ups, Covers, and illustration. Commission details: $400.00USD for each full-color, 1-2 character(s), limited background commission piece. Half payment upfront, half payment upon completion. Paypal is the payment method of choice (but if that's not an option we can work it out). If additional characters are needed in the same piece the additional charge for each extra character is $50.00USD. (So in the case of a 3 character piece the charge will be $450.00USD and so on). Procedure: 1st draft pencils will be sent to purchaser for approval, with the option of (1) round of reasonable revisions At the pencil stage of the illustration. Once the final pencils are approved the illustration is sent off for coloring. 1st draft colors will be sent to purchaser for approval, with the option of (1) round of reasonable revisions At the color stage of the illustration. When the final piece is approved/completed the purchaser will receive a 300dpi jpeg. (or tiff.) digital file via Dropbox download. (Note: Both artist(s) must be credited for their work within the publication(s) to the best of the client's ability. Credits as follows: Jason Reeves/133art (Note on further revisions: if after the first round of reasonable revisions, in either stage, further revisions are needed, there will be an added charge a 25% of commission rate fee per round.) What we'll need to get started: The half payment(s), all character descriptions, and reference photos of the characters that apply. If all that is cool, clients can send emails to: 133artpublishing@gmail.com with the relevant materials. Paypal address is: 133artpublishing@gmail.com Thanks for the support! See more examples of our work at the 133art Gallery here: 133art.com/gallery/
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Tim Scott packs it in, drops out of 2024 race
@ProfD Fair enough, i just want to say for the record i have been supporting/advocating a black party of governance in the usa for years to be made from black folk like you and pioneer who are determined americans
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Tim Scott packs it in, drops out of 2024 race
@ProfD you forgot to add the rest of my quote Reparations doesn't fit the party of abraham lincoln position. They feel the black ADOS population isn't on equal footing or empowered in the usa, while the black ados position doesn't need reparations to achieve said equal footing or empowerment. The arty of abraham lincoln believes the usa system is adequate for all individuals in it, from native americans to the wealthiest whites. Second you can't find a consensus among a majority in the black ADOS populace in the usa to define reparations so legislation can't be introduced for something the people it is to be delivered to don't have a consensus on. Plus, you can't find a consensus among a majority in the black populace on what exactly needs to be dismantled in the bureaucracy of the usa. So to that end, ProfD if you live in a black town or live in a black district in a city, why don't you ask Black ados people in the street to explicitly define what reparations legislation will look like, for example 2 million dollars for each black person in the usa, and then also ask what needs to be dismantled in the usa government to lessen or end white supremacy, for example , delete all bequeathed positions in government like deputy mayor. In my mind profd the problem isn't that you don't know what you will like reparations or dismantling the tools of white power in government to look like but you are unwilling or able to get consensus among black people. The black elected officials don't seem interested. But you have the ability to communicate in your local community , so do it yourself and then present to your ocal officials: city council representative or house of representatives member or mayor.
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Tim Scott packs it in, drops out of 2024 race
What do any of you want from a black elephant , policy wise, that will fit the party of abraham lincoln + the desires of a majority of black people in the usa [not a minority but a majority, the majority of black people in the usa, live in poor black towns absent everything by the state governments machinations, poor urban communities suffocated by their city government]?
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Fka taylor commission
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AALBC Mourns the Passing of Dexter Scott King
hwcu:) may he rest in peace, sad he didn't have children
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Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Book Review Request
In march i will see if I can, till then good luck
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Movies that move we 2024 begins
sort of shy , but the nicest guy, no complaining:) 3:04 i love it, we as black people do this for christmas:) 4:14 yes Zenobia, no blackity black, if she doesn't know, educate Nike 5:34 I missed the black santa media issue 10:49 good thoughts on the 2023 color purple 12:!2 for years:) poor danny glover:) 15:46 ghost town movie theater:) good fun, good fun:) 17:15 they can use a black classic films station,Buck and the preacher, paris blues , the longships some gems for me 19:10 regina jackson is her name 21:41 I saw that show advertised 24:00 great point, make family trees for now:) you call him skip gates too, yes i saw the levar burton , kunta got white in him yall, black DOSers, people like lupita nyonga can go far, not just school, in many black homes black adults preached lincoln love to black children
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Ruffin's father was a cop
The media conveniently glossed over that Ruffin's father was a cop in the precinct he was picked up in. His father who was estranged from him at that time. His father who pushed his own son to go against his not guilty plea. https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2579&type=status
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Celebrating the Flickr x Black Women Photographers Grant 2023 Finalists and Recipient
my pleasure @Dee Miller
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GOP Field of Dreamers Thins Out
@ProfD One point, it is not a shame that the USA, the current most powerful government in the college of human governments is being run by anyone who wins the president. The USA is like all governments. It has a system. People who live in it. A set of those powerful. A set of those weak. Whomever sits atop the government is warranted. The argument that Biden + Schrumpf are embarrassing or sad commentary is incorrect. In the same way that Netanyahu or Putin or Zi are all warranted, is the same with Biden or Schrumpf beforehand. The younger elected officials are weak. The female elected officials are weak. The non White elected officials are weak. Any complaint people have toward schrumpf or Biden as being unwarranted or unsuitable is an indictment toward the rest in government who may fit the age/philosophical range many seem to want in the usa.
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The 3rd edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.
topics Thirty-fifth cento poetry series entry Princess Candace New Year IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR: Dredd staring Karl Urban , Danse Macabre from Camille Saint-Saëns, Comics for Autistic kids, How to have an american baby URL https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/2023/09/01/21/2024-rmnewsletter.html