Ray's X-Blog

Word Twisting Is Mind Bending Followers of Yahweh ben Yahweh know this to be true: the events described in the New Testament didn’t happen around 1900 years ago – they occurred in modern times. The word “new” means refers to something or someone who never existed. If you watch the TV program, The Universe of Yahweh ben Yahweh , you will learn that YbY is the Messiah, that his “judicial crucifixion” was predicted in the New Testament. In her book, Kooks , author Donna Kossy describes many different leaders and thinkers on the fringe. Spotlighted in the chapter Black Messiahs , the rise and fall of Yahweh ben Yahweh (AKA Hulon Mitchell, Jr.) from the late 1970s up to 1995 is detailed. His religious following grew into a financial empire with motels, food markets, and other real estate holdings in the Miami area. While such success exuded positive vibes, there was dark side to the Nation of Yahweh. The Messiah and some of his followers were charged with extortion and even murder. Wh

Of Phlogiston and Aether, Cabbages and Kings Why does wood burn? Simple. It’s rich in phlogiston, that alchemical sulfurous spirit. Ashes are left behind when all of the phlogiston has been used up. Or scientific thinkers used to believe back in the 1700s. In his book, The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments (2008), New York Times science writer George Johnson shows how some scientific theories held sway until researchers empirically proved they were bunk. Through his experiments Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier provided evidence in 1777 to the Academy of Science that oxygen, not phlogiston, made things burn. Before he left the scene he introduced the concept of an invisible substance called caloric, a subtle fluid that acted as the carrier of heat. But James Joule disproved that idea during a presentation at Oxford in 1847. He demonstrated that energy, not caloric, was the force behind a horse pulling a wagon or a steam engine pushing a piston. Another concept that bit the dust was aether.