#Documentary hypothesis

[mindfulldsliving]

Latter-day Saint Views on the Bible: A Comparative Analysis

Latter-day Saints (LDS) hold the Bible in high regard, recognizing it as the word of God. However, they believe its teachings must be interpreted correctly. This unique perspective is foundational to their faith

Photo by Rachel Strong on Unsplash Words carry immense significance in any discourse, especially when discussing religious beliefs and doctrines. In their latest post, the writer at Life After Ministries blog attempts to utilize 1 Timothy 4:16 to critique what they term the “lies of Mormonism.” The writer emphasizes that Christians should heed not just God’s words, but also be aware of the…

[thisisprettybroken]

Jews have no hell, it's true! Or at least my sect didn't! That shocks me because this seems like the fourth "fun fact" anybody brings up during a game of Cards Against Humanity at a party. Please allow me, a Jewish-only-by-birthright person, to break this way down for anybody interested because the godless theory on the origins of Judaic Law is actually really interesting:

Atheist outsiders have this general idea of Abrahamic Religions which they probably describe as "Christianity and Jews and Islam and stuff." and figure that the differences between them are on the level of technicalities which only their adherents would notice like the difference between Latter Day Saints and J*****'s Witnesses. (Is that name bad to say in Jewish online circles? I honestly don't know! I had a rare bacon cheeseburger with grape soda on passover once as a teenager just because I could, and I left the faith as soon as I left my parents' house so I'm not exactly a religious scholar.) On the outside, Judaism must look like the Penitentes with the sheer number of holidays we have about torturing ourselves and being perfunctorily miserable. This takes form in various ways such as dragging out funerals for a whole week or more, a handful of holidays every year about food restrictions, and the whole No-Machines-Saturday thing when the almighty decreed that thou shalt touch grass. And the Penitentes, like all of the minor sects of Catholicism that look like you let the 13th Century Pope run Nickelodeon's Double Dare, are ABSOLUTELY doing this for some promised reward that those who suffered the most and indulged the least are going to get in the next life. So anyway, my atheist friends, if you think there's a sin vs. virtue meritocracy in Judaism I'm here to tell you that's not the case. It would seem reasonable for an atheist to subscribe to the "Documentary Hypothesis" for the source of the torah, but remember that the sources of that document go back much further. At the core of Abrahamic religion, if you go back past proper Judaism, the J,E, and D sources and after the tribes of Israel stopped fighting the P source (stop snickering, it is not "the balls"), you have just "Hey, let's live like this, because this seems to go the best for everyone involved." Under that context these disparate documents were essentially primary school. "This is everything you gotta know, it's all in here. There's some nebulous force that kills people and makes you crazy if you don't dance this dance." One must assume that these laws came about by trial and error, or just by trying to run a society: "Stop stealing other people's wives, THEODARD, and also stop stabbing each other. This is a society dammit!" This is felt particularly in the Kosher laws which were impressively a couple millennia ahead of their time in understanding *why* they worked. Like, "Elder! Elder! Adalheidis ate one of those sea bugs and died shortly after!" "No shit? Alright, that's three people, I'll make a note of it. "Shrimp Shack" Sigdag isn't gonna be happy..." This approach of "writing stuff down we found out, attributing it to the will of the universe, and then keeping it in one place." is what brought Judaism to such prominence and resiliency that despite several, and I cannot stress this enough, SEVERAL attempts throughout history by well-funded governments to wipe their legacy off the Earth you'd think it was an ancient antifascism playbook if you read it in reverse. Come to think of it, Fascists sure do like destroying large collections of knowledge and research. Anyway, the various forms of the Proto-Torah were just "Things we've figured out that everyone should know and follow to keep the peace and not die early." I must imagine that many biblical characters were notable figures' experiences fashioned into parables for the understanding of later generations. TL;DR: Most Jews don't believe in hell so much as a cosmic meritocracy where the prize is life and happiness. For lack of a better explanation it's attributed to the will of an unknowable, fickle, cosmogonical entity which has always seemed to have a Byzantine will of its own. I think that's fairly relatable to anyone.

Just saw this on one of those “all religions are bad” posts cause of the judaism tag:

And it makes me so mad cause like… Jews don’t even have a concept of hell. Like we literally don’t know what goes on in the afterlife and it’s all a bunch of theories and we admit that. We don’t say that someone will suffer for all eternity in the afterlife for being bad/not loving god, we just tell people that like… you should be a good person in this life because it’s the right thing to do, and then maybe you’ll get a reward in the afterlife, so it just pissed me off that Judaism was included in this cause it literally does not apply to us at all

[petoskeystones]

it really is comical how undatable i am. like not ONLY do i never shut up about the only three things im interested in. you are not getting sex out of this. also i'm not normal or chill about anything ever. especially not religion. and on top of it all my voice is annoying and i cant breathe that well. so yeah who want me

[someone-else-entirely]

Went to another Hanukkah party tonight and a friend showed me a dreidel that had the normal Hebrew letters replaced with the letters J, E, P, and D

I think I have maybe three or four followers who might get that joke, but I chortled

[sabakos]

The oldest parts of the Talmud are in the Torah. It's just layers of commentary piled on top of each other, the idea of a "source text" falls apart as you peel them back. You can notice this even in translation.

But also pretty much ancient text that survived in manuscript tradition from prior to the Hellenistic period seems to work this way if you look at it closely enough.

[alittleworldlywise]

Man, I would love to meet the strawmen athiests that live in some of y’all’s heads.

[now-go-study]

I think my mistake in Jewish study groups is always assuming that everyone else is way more down with the documentary hypothesis of the authorship of the Torah than they actually are, so I’ll say something about something being reinterpreted between Exodus and Deuteronomy because in my head I’m thinking about the Deuteronomic historian, but then my very nice rabbi will go, “Well, I wouldn’t go so far as saying the Torah interprets itself! That’s our job” and I’m just like 🧍🏼‍♀️ duh Kyra this is not a history class

[jellyvibes710]

I dunno what to really say here :p

Here be the character sheets I made for this series, enjoy!

PARASITE COMIC HERE (a fan comic for @abbeyofcyn kraang infection au read it if you haven't yet! :D)

This is all their outfits throughout the series, it's a short series so there isn't a whole lot haha

Unfortunately for Raphs and Donnies gif I had to do a worse quality because the original gifs were too big and I can only add one video, may their high resolution rest in peace

Splinter, April, Casey JR [UNAVAILABLE] soon

Kraang infected characters [UNAVAILABLE]

[CLASSIFIED INFORMATION]

Himato Leonardo, Age 18

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Self modified shell and workings of the parasite may be too gruesome for certain groups, withholding highly sensitive documentary will result in the reader being rendered MISSING due to [REDACTED]

Upon contact of receiving the parasite the host [Leonardo] began experiencing pain beyond reasoning, the speed of the parasite reaching the hosts mind was remarkable. Taking only approximately 3.6 seconds for the parasite to reach the Frontal Lobes as well as parts of the Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe and Limbic System resulting in host going Farel, attacking any other potential hosts within range. Although, upon sudden high temperatures from the family ninpo due to [REDACTED] the parasite noticeably retreated to the hosts shell by accessing the cerebellum then traveling down through the brainstem and spinal cord.

Compared to previous host [Donatello], access to the current host[yours truly] sparked an interesting difference. While the previous host acted [REDACTED], the parasite acts more violently to its current host, spreading across the inside of the shell and swelling, applying roughly 650-660 pounds of force to the shell. Surpassing the pressure it'd take to crush a regular turtle shell, hypothesis states due to mutation our shells are more flexible than average, allowing us to twist and bend in ways that'd be unnatural/harmful to our unmutated counterparts, but causing extreme pain and discomfort for the host, applying pressure not only to the shell but to the internal organs as well. Putting the subject life at high risk, if not acted upon [REDACTED] resulting in life threatening damage and spread of the parasite to any nearby victims.

Immediate surgical action required.

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My additional research collected continues to impress my original beliefs.

With new additions added, the host has not only managed to contain the parasite but even weaponize it.

Self made cracks aided in the surgical process as well as preventing the parasite from destroying the shell worse than it has, leaving a peace of the shell in its original position assistance in leveraging the parasite, it also assist in the closing mechanisms added to the inners of the shell. Additional spinal support was added to prevent risks from having far more flexibly than the current host previously was capable of, as well as aiding in preventing the parasite from spreading and causing more problems with the use of ninpo running through the mechanical parts.

It hurts.

Due to the tech needing a constant flow of ninpo to prevent system failure and allowing the parasite to spread, ninpo will be very limited if in events of a battle. Unfortunately, constant access to regular temperatures leads to flu like symptoms, allowing the parasite to thrive and spread despite the ninpo mechanisms preventing it from swelling, acting more as damage control. The hosts shell is too damaged to be submerged, milkshakes and ice will have to assist in the prevention of spread.

Along in aiding with parasite control, the tech attached to the spine (somehow separated from the shell and is confined within the flesh of the parasite, as if it was carefully peeled off. Remarkably no damage found to anything vital.) Have flexible material that wrap around the bone and were very careful surgically attached to the spinal nerve, spinal cord and vertebrae to act as support and to prevent accidental damage, Acting as a theoretical shell in the meantime.

Flexible but strong material was bolted in along the inside of the host shell, acting as some kind of prosthetic allowing the host to open and close the shell at will. Still causes discomfort unfortunately.

More in depth description shall be provided [REDACTED]

Overall this surgery took approximately 12 hours. Rest is required.

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The log has ended, but pieces can still be found from here out.

Perhaps then you may have the full story

As much as I wanna go more into depth with these details unfortunately it'll risk spoiling parts of the story I'm really looking forward to working on

Till next time! ^-^=

(Sorry if something doesn't make sense or I spelled something wrong, I decided to write this while I'm pretty much half asleep ☠️)

[littledata]

@princington's amazing art brought me back to this fic so have a little extra for them.

There are many, many terrible things about dating Beatrice.

For example: she manages to wake up at six AM every single morning to go jogging and comes home looking sweaty and sexy while Ava is still dealing with bedhead. She's also organised to the point of insanity and remembers every important date, even the ones Ava didn't realise she knew (like the date she opened the coffee shop. They hadn't even met for fuck's sake), and manages to swoop in with a thoughtful gift or kind word to mark the occasion. Meanwhile, Ava is still scribbling DON'T FORGET DENTIST - TUESDAY?? on the back of her hand like a high schooler.

And if all of that wasn't horrible enough, even after almost a year of dating, Beatrice can still roll up the cuffs of her sleeves or adjust her glasses or recite some complicated piece of research, and Ava winds up hopelessly turned on in public on the regular.

It sucks, actually. Ava's life is awful.

None of that is the worst part of it though. The worst part of dating Beatrice, who is sexy and thoughtful and intelligent, is that she's fucking impossible to buy gifts for.

Beatrice doesn't actually want anything is half the problem. She reads a lot of books but she mostly checks them out from the university library. She drinks a lot of tea, but Ava runs a coffee shop. If her girlfriend wants tea, she has a store room full of it. Other than that, she mostly likes crosswords, the gym, her friends, and… well. Ava.

It's making planning for the first birthday Beatrice has had since they've been together exceptionally stressful. Particularly since Ava knows for a fact that Beatrice's parents believed in a "socks and school supplies" style of gift giving which, as far as she's concerned, barely even count.

"What are you getting Bea for her birthday?" she whispers conspiriatorially to Camila one Saturday afternoon in Mary and Shannon's back yard. Beatrice herself is bouncing the baby on her knee and debating some obscure scientific hypothesis - something about mold. Ava is surprised to find she actually has an opinion on the topic. Probably all those mold documentaries.

Camila snorts, "Have you just figured out she's impossible to buy for?"

"Yes," Ava stresses, "C'mon, what are you getting her? And if it's really good I'm stealing your idea."

"Oh no." Camila shakes her head, "It took me all year to think of something. You're on your own."

"Cam." Ava tries her best pleading, puppy dog eyes. They don't work nearly as well on Camila as they do on Beatrice.

"Ava." Camila pats her hand comiseratingly, "Just get her what every self-respecting lesbian wants for their birthday."

Ava frowns, "Power tools?"

Camila smirks, "Strap-on and lingerie."

So that conversation was entirely useless - mostly because Ava already owns more than enough of both those things and they sort of seem like a gift for both of them more than just Beatrice. And more than anything else, Ava wants her girlfriend to feel special. Like she's worth something great that's for her and only her.

Shannon is her next port of call. Ava corners her in the kitchen where she's refilling drinks and, probably pre-warned by Camila, looks entirely unsurprised to be accosted.

"We normally order some of the gross British candy she likes," Shannon informs her. "And before you even try it - she knows that's what we get her every year, so don't try and steal the idea."

Ava groans despondently, "I'm hitting a wall here. What the fuck do you buy for someone who doesn't actually want anything?"

Beatrice does always say that her best friend is unreasonably logical and practical in her advice. For the first time, Ava understands her plight when Shannon shrugs and says, "Have you tried asking her?"

With nothing else to do, Ava tries. Admittedly, she probably picks a bad time to do it: she's shirtless and sitting cross-legged on their bed while Beatrice massages lotion into the new tattoo on her shoulder. Bea's fingers are gentle and thorough and very, extremely distracting.

"Hey," Ava says a little breathlessly, her eyes closed, "What do you want for your birthday?"

Beatrice, because she is Beatrice, says, "You don't have to get me anything."

Typical. This is why dating her is so difficult. "Obviously I do," Ava points out. "For my birthday you took me to a theme park even though it's your idea of actual, literal hell." Bea had even bought and worn a t-shirt that said "I RODE THE BIG ONE". Camila has the photograph framed in her office.

"Not actual, literal hell," Beatrice argues, "I enjoyed that you had fun."

"There's really nothing you want?" Ava asks.

Disappointingly, Beatrice's fingers stop their movement and she puts a cap on the lotion, moving off the bed behind Ava. "Is this what you were whispering with Camila and Shannon about earlier?"

"Maybe. They weren't helpful."

Beatrice's smile is affectionate, "They never are." She leans in to kiss her, her hand landing on Ava's bare shoulder and skirting over her neck, "I'd like to spend my birthday with you. That's all."

Ava wraps her arms aroud her shoulders and sighs, "Dating you is the worst."

"Mm, awful," Beatrice agrees, kissing the corner of her mouth and then her jaw. "Shall we break up?"

"Yep." Ava turns her head to press their lips together again and uses her distraction to lie back, pulling Beatrice down on top of her. "We're over."

(On her birthday, they drink tea in bed and do a crossword puzzle with Ava's head on Beatrice's shoulder. Later, they wander through a museum eating wine gums and holding hands. At Shannon and Mary's place, Beatrice unwraps the cordless drill that Ava bought for her.

"Thank you," she says, "It's just what I wanted.")

(Ava saves the strap-on and lingerie for later.)

[tanadrin]

Guy who thinks scripture is inerrant but only thinks the P source of the documentary hypothesis counts as scripture.

[14dyh]

list of my saved youtube videos that Hange would watch:

A/N: someone watch this nerdy stuff with me pls, i'll go insane. need a hange for myself :') currently watching these videos to feed my nerdy hange delusions :D [i marked my faves with an (*) hehe]

short videos (10-30 minutes)

The Nightmares of Eduardo Valdés-Hevia

The Creatures of Codex Inversus

Nietzsche's Most Dangerous Idea | The Übermensch

Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them | Garry Kasparov

* Decomposing Bodies to Solve Cold Case Murders

Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures | David Gruber

* You Will Never Do Anything Remarkable

* The Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis

* Inspiring the next generation of female engineers | Debbie Sterling | TEDxPSU

The Disturbing Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch

Roko's Basilisk: The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment

The 5 Most Dangerous Chemicals on Earth

Depth Charge Explosion Soaks Dr. Tatiana In Water

Monster Surgeon: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black

The Biology of Giants Explained | The Science of Giants

I Made an Ecosystem With a Mini Pond Inside, Here’s How!

CSI Special Insects Unit: Forensic Entomology

not-so-short but under 1 hr (31-59 minutes)

* The unpredictable tale of The Dead Man's Story by J. Hain Friswell

Planets: The Search for a New World | Space Science | Episode 4 | Free Documentary

* Let's Visit the World of the Future [tw: might be a bit disturbing, it's an interesting scifi horror though]

The Mystery of Matter: “INTO THE ATOM” (Documentary)

* Australia's Deadliest Coast (Full Episode) | When Sharks Attack: There Will Be Blood

* How Leonardo da Vinci Changed the World

long videos (over 1 hr)

Demystifying the Higgs Boson with Leonard Susskind

* The complete FUN TO IMAGINE with Richard Feynman

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) Colorized | Sci-Fi Horror | Cult Classic | Full Movie

* AlphaGo - The Movie | Full award-winning documentary

Particle Fever - Documentary

* Exploring The Underwater World | 4K UHD | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth

What was the Earth like in the Age of Giant Prehistoric Creatures? | Documentary Earth History

[codenamesazanka]

(my translation)

“Police Investigation” - does that mean… Tsukauchi? He's been at the Shigaraki/League investigation from the start, and I don't see why Deku wouldn't tell him about Shigaraki Tomura/Shimura Tenko.

Which makes me wonder - does this mean the police do know about Shimura Tenko? And what happened in the Shimura household? And what All For One did? Which is the core thing - All For One literally reveals that he plotted Tenko’s birth and home life and quirk. Deku was right there for it. He would know. He told Tsukauchi, right? And now, the TV documentary also knows about this “tragic past”?

Does this mean people know that Shigaraki’s tragic past is generational trauma + kidnapping + given a deadly quirk + grooming? Even just a brief overview is pretty gruesome. But it's being dismissed as “sentimental”? Or they think talking about all these horrible things is… sentimental? Literally with the 419 reveal, Shigaraki Tomura/Shimura Tenko has a very strong argument for “never made a choice of his own” and immensely undue influence… but no one cares? They don't want to care? Do Tsukauchi and Deku care?

“It's important to push the causes into the light,” the people say, but are they acting like so? Have they identified the cause of a Hero abandoning her family and leading to a fraught home life even to the next generation? Have they identified the issue of All For One being so sneaky and powerful that he was able to do this, and why did this Villain have so much control and influence? He was able to target Kotarou... because All Might and Gran Torino never checked up on the kid. He was able to have access to orphanages and quirks because he had the Doctor... who was the man society ostracized 70 years ago for pushing a hypothesis about quirks. Are they doing anything about it????

“People inspired by him will appear again and things will repeat” feels like it's directed at Spinner, but the thing is: Spinner was able to be influenced because of his own miserable background that occurred without interference from All For One or knowing Shigaraki’s past. We saw that unfold on page - Spinner was already empty, which allowed him to connect to Shigaraki’s emptiness. The League came to Shigaraki because they were already broken people, and it's not until months afterwards that they even found out his past.

TALK about that fucking tragic past and learn to deal with those holes in your society!

[whencyclopedia]

Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Jewish scriptures and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Genesis takes its name from the opening line in Hebrew – beresit, ("in the beginning") – later translated into Greek as genesis ("origin"). Genesis is the first text of what eventually became designated the Pentateuch, the Jewish Torah ("teachings"): five books of the Laws of Moses.

The Documentary Hypothesis

Genesis consists of a variety of literary details: myth, hymns, prayers, sacrifices, rituals, oracles, folk tales, and historical narratives. Tradition claimed that the first five books were written down by Moses, who passed them to his general Joshua when the Israelites arrived in Canaan from Egypt. In the 19th century, the social science disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, and sociology emerged and were utilized to study ancient civilizations and ancient texts. What is noteworthy in Genesis is that several of the stories are repeated, but with varying details. At times, the God of Israel is referred to as "Lord," but at other times as "God almighty." When this occurs we also find theological differences, as well as indications of changing historical contexts that included politics.

After the period of the united monarchy under King David and his son, Solomon (c. 900 BCE), two separate kingdoms were created: the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the South Kingdom of Judah. A way to explain the formation of the text was proposed by Julius Wellhausen (1844-1918), who taught at the University of Göttingen in Germany, in what became known as the Documentary Hypothesis. As we do not know who actually wrote the biblical texts, the various elements were assigned to a source:

J, the Jahwist, or Jerusalem source The Hebrew name of God (revealed in the book of Exodus) consisted of four consonants, YHWH ("I am that I am"), described as the tetragrammaton. We have the German J, for the pronouncement of the Y sound. The later Masoretic version added vowels, which gives us the English version, Jehovah (which does not appear in the Bible). The J source utilized anthropomorphic portraits of God; "the face of God," "the hand of God." In these texts, God often visits the earth.

E, the Elohim source The E comes from a form of the Canaanite el, pluralized as representing several aspects of the godhead, but also from the tribe of Ephraim, settled in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The E source portrays God as a more abstract being who does not come to earth, but communicates through angels.

P, the Priestly source The P source is a collective term for priestly concerns. This includes the sacrifices, rituals, hymns, prayers, and the begats of Genesis. The Hebrew begat ("brought forth") was the term for procreation. All ancient cultures emphasized bloodlines in detailed genealogies. This validated concepts and practices handed down through the generations. In oral cultures, the repeated lists of the begats may have been a way to memorize oral traditions.

D, the Deuteronomist source This source was named after the last of the five books assigned to Moses (Deuteronomy). It is a collective term for the final form of the traditions that were written down. In 722 BCE, the Neo-Assyrian Empire invaded the Northern Kingdom, and refugees from the North migrated to Judah. This may be when northern traditions were first joined to southern traditions, combining the J and E sources.

In 587 BCE, the Babylonian Empire invaded Judah and destroyed the Temple of Solomon. At that time, some Jews were taken captive to the city of Babylon. This period is known as the Babylonian exile." The theory is that the "Deuteronomist," either a person or school of scribes, completed the final redaction, or editing, of all the combined sources while in Babylon, beginning c. 600 BCE, but with further editing over the next several centuries (in a range from 538-332 BCE).

Jews Mourning the Exile in Babylon

Eduard Bendemann (CC BY-SA)

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[fiftysevenacademics]

Some of you might have seen the Netflix documentary, Unknown Cave of Bones, in which anthropologist Lee Berger advances his belief that the primitive hominin, Homo naledi, deliberately buried their dead deep in South Africa's Rising Star Cave.

The documentary was timed around the release of a paper that had not undergone a conventional peer review process and was not yet published. The paper immediately met with massive pushback by other anthropologists because the extraordinary claims it made, which are also in the Netflix show, require extraordinary proof that, they argue, simply doesn't exist. For more, read this.

A recent paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution (link above) assesses what we know and don't know about H. naledi after a decade of study. To summarize:

1. We're still not sure exactly how old it is, or exactly where it fits in the human lineage. It's not even certain it belongs in genus Homo, though for now it makes sense to keep it there.

2. The evidence presented to support the idea of deliberate burial is easily contradicted. *No clear evidence of fire use. *There is no evidence of the kind of sediment disturbance that would indicate a burial. *Scratches in the rock he says were made by people are in fact made by a natural process and occur in other caves in the region. *The rock found near the hand of the skeleton he claims was buried was simply a rock that fell from the ceiling.

The paper concludes that what Berger has done is a kind of "presentism," evaluating the past through the lens of the present rather than trying to understand the world of H. naledi on its own terms. By publicizing his sensationalistic ideas before they were thoroughly vetted by his peers, he diverted attention that would have been better placed on answering the many questions that remain about this unusual species.

This is a fancy way of saying he's committed anthropological malpractice, and I agree. When the evidence strongly supports the deliberate burial hypothesis, I'll believe it. But for now, it's little more than an unproven hypothesis and his hopeful wish.

[eesirachs]

can you explain more on why scholars think that according to P, god is remote and transcendent meanwhile in J and E, god is anthropomorphic?

the narratives of the hebrew bible repeat and retell; there are several grammars, names, voices here. this has led scholars to see more than one source within and in the text—it is not that moses sat and composed the pentateuch and then the kings composed some writings and then each prophet composed their own book. rather, many sources held together make up the hebrew bible.

the documentary hypothesis suggests four main sources—jahwist, elohist, priestly, and deuteronomist. j and e are the earliest, dated by wellhausen ca. 850-750. then comes d, scrolls 'found' by king josiah to support his reform in 621. finally comes p, a redactionist voice interested in leviticus and law, ca. 450.

the p and d source are simpler to parse-out. p loves genealogies and ritual and blood. near exile, the p authorship finds it important to re-member rites and tradition. d reeks of josiah's reform, of a centralized cult. j and e, however, remain in negotiation. j figures hashem as anthropomorphic; it is folksy, colorful, it feels safe. j is old, syncretic, familiar with gods that move through gardens—here, hashem is still moving in the highlands of canaan with the hebrews. e figures hashem in transcendence, a remote god; it is fearful of apostasy, it has a friction in it. e is closer to the height of monarchy, to the hebrews’ formed identity—here, hashem had to be a ruler, a father. for each, hashem's form meets the needs of the composing hands.

the documentary hypothesis is not infallible and not held by everyone. some scholars suggest different dates, different orders, different corpora (were j and e inherited together, or not? is p written in exile, or not?). others find the rubric of four sources limited and phallic, and move instead to images of composition that include orality, familial faith, phenotext

[yridenergyridenergy]

Just finished Netflix's The John Wayne Gacy tapes...

The guy was as flat, even one-dimensional as it gets. There is a fucking huge contrast between The Devil In Me's lyrics and the killer: John Gacy had zero introspection. In fact, he often denied having killed anyone, which was a complete lie. He had no regrets. Meanwhile, the lyrics paint someone profoundly questioning why they were born that way and wishing to be different.

John Wayne Gacy also didn't kill as a clown, as far as we know. It was just one of his hobbies, which he used to touch people inappropriately. And a father beating him up when he gets drunk doesn't justify or explain what he did.

So anyway, that music video is completely unrelated in a outrageous way and this whole apology and idolatry of killers is stupid. I'm always curious to know how people think and all, but at least get it right and don't do it for sensationalism. More than half of the imagery in the PV has nothing to do with that killer. Leave it to AI to think that a killer necessarily has demons, aliens and pink goo in their mind.

I don't know if there's a book somewhere that reveals more about him than Netflix's documentary and if that documentary was biased, but the tapes speak for themselves.

And even the hypothesis that the lyrics could apply to the person chatting with the AI, there are still so many flaws.