DSM's Comments
This take on the above theory (re: Global Warming) is eerily reminiscent of the Global Cooling theories of the 1970s.
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First, I don't see any mockery made of these laws as presented. Rather, there is an earnest attempt to explain some of these apparently "odd" (to our modern sensibilities) religious laws. (I agree, it would be good to read an explanation of Deut. 25:11.)
Second, there are modern English translations of the OT and NT. Try _The Message_, which is a recent modern translation in contemporary English.
Third, regarding Christians and their lack of observance of these Jewish laws, I point the reader to the Epistle to the Galatians. That letter deals precisely with that topic. Also, there's a portion of Acts (Acts 15) that states the requirements of the law are not to be expected from Gentile believers.
Second, there are modern English translations of the OT and NT. Try _The Message_, which is a recent modern translation in contemporary English.
Third, regarding Christians and their lack of observance of these Jewish laws, I point the reader to the Epistle to the Galatians. That letter deals precisely with that topic. Also, there's a portion of Acts (Acts 15) that states the requirements of the law are not to be expected from Gentile believers.
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It's not _implicitly_ a matter of race; it's a matter of wealth. Those who have money will dispossess those who don't. Those who don't have wealth will likely have to move... and moving to a new home costs money, which many of them don't have. So, you have a bunch of working poor who will very likely become homeless.
Of course, most of the people who have wealth in the U.S. are white, and NYC has a lot of working poor people who happen to be people of color. (Face facts. Most people on the planet _aren't_ white.) Undoubtedly, race issues will also play a part.
The same thing happened in Hoboken, NJ in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Now, public services _should_ already be in those areas (i.e. police, fire dept., health services, etc.) regardless of the relative wealth of those living there, and their lack speaks to a larger, yet different, issue.
Affordable housing is needed, as most people simply can't properly afford housing (such as it is) in NYC. Rent controlled properties can help, to a degree, but that's a small regulation that isn't designed to help the larger issue. Again, that's a topic for another discussion.
Of course, most of the people who have wealth in the U.S. are white, and NYC has a lot of working poor people who happen to be people of color. (Face facts. Most people on the planet _aren't_ white.) Undoubtedly, race issues will also play a part.
The same thing happened in Hoboken, NJ in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Now, public services _should_ already be in those areas (i.e. police, fire dept., health services, etc.) regardless of the relative wealth of those living there, and their lack speaks to a larger, yet different, issue.
Affordable housing is needed, as most people simply can't properly afford housing (such as it is) in NYC. Rent controlled properties can help, to a degree, but that's a small regulation that isn't designed to help the larger issue. Again, that's a topic for another discussion.
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Bear in mind that Sumer's civilization declined a good 2000 years before Pythagoras, who -- through his exploration of ratios -- was considered the inspiration for Western music theory sensibilities. (Pythagoras supposedly lived about 500 BCE.)
Sumer was also about 2800 miles away from Greece, which was a bit of a backwater in those days.
Anyhow, a lot can happen in 2000 years, is all I'm sayin'. The Sumerians had some very different ideas about life, the universe, and everything than the Greeks of Pythagoras' day.