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June 2024

Flash Mob: Jesus Loves You (from around the world)

June 19, 2024 … this song, this tune, this video just lit up! It stayed in my mind … the song, the tune, the video through the night and still there the next morning! It reminded me of how (over five decades ago) I used to have music running in my head all day long… I used to walk to the beat of the music during the day!

What struck me is how well done the Flash Mob was. It was not simply dance moves. It was more like a performance (and even the video itself got into the act showing the world upside down at one point). Then it struck me (again) that the video came from a former USSR state (now the country of Georgia). Wonderful to see it coming from there.

Then I looked to see if others had also done Flash Mobs for the tune … and YES! There were more… from places that I might not have expected (and none that I found from the USA).

Here is the first one that I found (actually, IT found ME):

The same video is viewable from two other sources: Wolarmenia and Journey of the Heart

=> Jump To See The Lyrics and Choreography Notes

Next is the first Christian flash mob in Kuwait:

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Twisted Blessings

Over a year ago (February 2023) I wrote a book of 40 blessings for the coffee shop we were going to… Twisted Grounds. I called the book… Twisted Blessings! Here it is as an EBook (aka PDF):

=> Twisted Blessings (eBook PDF)

See the story behind this book (and a short YouTube flipping through the pages) on my personal Accepted Not Rejected website here:

=> Twisted Blessings Book

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Waka Waka (for Africa) Flash Mobs

The good flash Mobs PRACTICE a lot … and then PRACTICE some more! They PREPARE. They have PATIENCE waiting for the right moment! (ie, don’t let too many people know what they are planning).

For DANCE flash Mobs, those participating in them need to learn the dance steps and often someone has to be the choreographer of the whole thing. Take a look at a playlist I made:

=> Waka Waka Flash Mobs

Today (June 13, 2024) it seemed to me that we could have an online Flash Mob (flash posts) on May 4 with the theme of the posts “May The Fourth Be With You) … yes, this is using the phrase spelled right and is not the altered phrase for Star Wars.  I have collected some images that people can use to create their own posts to prepare for May 4 (but NOT to post them before May 3). See the resources here=> May The Fourth

And now … on to Waka Waka which is a good example of getting a message across via MANY people all doing the “same” thing so that it catches the eye of others. The OFFICIAL video is presented after the Flash Mob videos and then I present some tutorials to the dance moves!

If you want to join in … practice! Here is the practice video (with nearly 20 Million views)

Tutorial
For and early flash mob
Two months after the 2010 World Cup

My Favorite Flash Mob (Netherlands)

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Earth: what is required for life to exist

  1. Book: =>Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe (Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee)
  2. Book: =>Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique (John Gribbin)
  3. Book: =>The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery (Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards)
  4. DVD box set: =>The Intelligent Design Collection – Excellent! Includes the three DVDs listed here (each DVD linked to buy separately):
  5. Book: =>The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God (Hugh Ross)
  6. Book: =>Thousands not Billions: Challenging the Icon of Evolution, Questioning the Age of the Earth (Donald DeYoung)
    • Includes Chapter 10: Extremely detailed analysis of the Hebrew language and how to tell if word usage is primarily historical (narrative) or allegorical (poetic) [13 pages] – Here are three charts from this chapter that are interesting and informative:
99.99% sure Genesis 1 & 2 is Narrative
Preterite verbs typically are narrative – that is the front gray bar – note that Genesis 1 & 2 is very high for narrative and very low for poetic
Scatter Plots definitely show Genesis 1 & 2 as Narrative and not Poetic

Where to find resources on the various perspectives? (I am leaning towards #1 and #4… there are valid reasons for each view and there are issues with each view as well)

  1. Young Earth Creationism
    1. Answers in Genesis
    2. Got Questions
    3. Book: Thousands not Billions: Challenging the Icon of Evolution, Questioning the Age of the Earth (Donald DeYoung)
    4. Creation Science / Creation Museum in Kentucky
  2. Theistic Evolution (God got everything started and let it just happen)
    1. C.S. Lewis
    2. Catholic Church (the church has no official position other than people are created with souls)
    3. Intervarsity Press’s book (Language of God)
  3. Day/Age Theory (God sized days aka “ages”, but not “evolution”)
  4. Gap Theory (Genesis 1:1 is an actual event that happened, not just an introduction)
  5. Still Working On This (need more time:)

Here are just a few of the books that I have (not saying they are the best, just that I chose to buy them):

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