On this day:
1279 BC
Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
526
A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
526
A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
1162
Happy Birthday, Genghis Khan, Khagan of the Mongol Empire
1678
The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
1889
Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1921
Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
1935
A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
1941
A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives.
1678
The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
1889
Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1921
Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
1935
A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
1941
A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives.
1962
Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
1970
The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
Sunday/Trinity
Today is Trinity Sunday, and its gospel is the gospel of John 3:16--18, made famous by baseball caps and signs held up in endzones by strange, bearded men with rainbow hair. It is also famous in the seminary. No one wants to give a sermon on this gospel; it always risks heresy.
John's lines summarize the two great difficulties in Christianity: the Trinity and Christ's motive. Muhammad was so bewildered by the Trinity that he solved it with polytheism. The Old Testament scholars expected a leader in the messiah. Conflict and victory.
But the New Testament offers neither. Rather, it creates an incomprehensible spiritual circular genealogy and the Christ who promises no justice, no judgment.
Mystery. And a mercy.
1970
The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
***
The Flat Earth Facebook group has more than 100,000 members. They vote.
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Biblioclasm: the destruction of books, especially the Bible. — biblioclast.***
Sunday/Trinity
Today is Trinity Sunday, and its gospel is the gospel of John 3:16--18, made famous by baseball caps and signs held up in endzones by strange, bearded men with rainbow hair. It is also famous in the seminary. No one wants to give a sermon on this gospel; it always risks heresy.
John's lines summarize the two great difficulties in Christianity: the Trinity and Christ's motive. Muhammad was so bewildered by the Trinity that he solved it with polytheism. The Old Testament scholars expected a leader in the messiah. Conflict and victory.
But the New Testament offers neither. Rather, it creates an incomprehensible spiritual circular genealogy and the Christ who promises no justice, no judgment.
Mystery. And a mercy.
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