Arthur Frederick Ide

Born in Iowa. Raised Lutheran. Became Southern Baptist for one woman. Converted to Roman Catholicism for a different woman. Now, happy having given up childish things, I recognize no religion, no creed, no authority other than intellect and scientific investigation and analysis. Educated nationally and internationally, and still hunger to learn more. My life centers around reading, investigation, research, and translation. The end-purpose, for me, is writing what can be verified without faith or imprimatur.

White Evangelical Christians and their Ancestors

QAnon at the riot

The cult-like conspiracy system and conservative Christianity are influencing one another and creating potentially violent fanatics under the stress of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic fallout.  Both movements are angry and bitter over former president Donald Trump’s election loss — which they believe was fraudulent. “Older members would ignore Black Lives Matter and …

Translation: Problems and Potential

Written for Woody, Loraine and Jolly Besse เพื่อนและที่ปรึกษากว่าหลายปี   Across the seven major languages in this world, common words such as “people”, “individual”, “man”, “nation”, “law”, “faith”, and “family’ had differing levels of importance in relation to other words in the language. While in Arabic the word “man” exhibited high levels of importance in the …

Biblical Plagiarism

The sage, savant, and scholar Paul Pearson, my friend, has a new blog (https://pearsonally.com) that I recently commented on in brief concerning Ben Carson [1. https://pearsonally.com/blog/ben-carson-examined/]. Carson, currently Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and neurosurgeon and devout Seventh Day Adventist is a biblical literalist who has no knowledge of ancient pre-Biblical or biblical languages, …

Fujimoris Fracturing Fragile Peru

A daughter of the notorious, thief, drug pusher, convicted of human rights abuser,[1. “Partido De Keiko Dice Que No Dio Dinero a “Factor K” En Campaña.” El Comercio. March 10, 2016. http://elcomercio.pe/politica/elecciones/partido-keiko-dice-que-no-dio-dinero-factor-k-campana-noticia-1885056.an] former dictator and currently imprisoned Alberto Fujimori, Keiko Fujimori has conducted a political career filled with do-nothing activities and absences. Keiko, as a …

Tea Party & GOP on Obama, Taxes and the USA

Various blogs claim that CNBC ran a story with the headline that read: Canadian’s Version of David Letterman’s Top 10.  CBNC rejects this claim. The account, instead, originally appeared on http://afrafrontpagenews.blogspot.com/2013/07/canadas-top-ten-list-of-americas.html published by a one-man blog that has as its moniker American Family Rights. It is a arm of the one-man, one-state Silent Majority USA …

The men known as Jesus–Part 2, No. 2: Psychology of a dysfunctional family

Dysfunctional Jesus

Jesus, his parents and siblings: Psychology of a dysfunctional family   Contents 1. Definition of a dysfunctional family The Anna Karenina Principle 1b. Religion and dysfunctional families 1c. Lines of separation in dysfunctional families 2. Jesus’ dysfunctional family 2a. Lack of contemporary confirming evidence 2b. Jesus’ family members 2c. Jesus’ parents 2d. Invention of Mary’s …

The men known as Jesus in the New Testament—Part Two: Understanding the Psychology of Jesus

Jesus will train children how to kill.

Understanding the psychology of Jesus Contents 1. Introduction: Psychology and Literature 2. Jesus the glutton and drunkard 2a. Psychology of gluttony 2b. Psychology of drunkenness 3. Psychology of a peaceful Jesus 3a. Psychology of peace 3b. Psychology of denial 3c. Jesus loved little children 4. Psychology of the Warrior Jesus and Violence 4a. Jesus hated …

Discovering Different men called Jesus in the New Testament—Part One, No. 2: Psychology of Jesus–How I lost Jesus and Found Art

How I lost Jesus and found Art 1. Introduction: Learning to fear and love God 2. Psychology of daily Bible reading to find Jesus 3. God’s gift: fear and love 4. Living Biblical Literalism 5. Mistake of questioning god-fearing parents 6. Rebellion 7. Sex and Jesus 7a. Sex, sin, and psychology 7b. Masturbation 7c. Impure …

The men known as Jesus in the New Testament: Part One, No. 1: What the Bible actually says

Jesus chases out money changers.

  The men known as Jesus in the New Testament Part One, No. 1: What the Bible Actually says Contents 1. Background for inquiry and biographical sketches 2. Jesus: Portraits of Warrior and Pacifist 3. Saul’s Warrior Christ 4. Jesus the hedonist 5. Hell and Jesus 6. Sex as a religious rite 7. Jesus birth …