Exhibit at Ringling

After almost 100 years, some of these Cypriot artifacts are now finally displayed in a permanent gallery. Titled Ancient Art from Cyprus and the Mediterranean, the new installation at The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art (the Ringling) contains more than 200 representative objects that the Ringlings acquired from the Met.

 

The foregoing excerpt is from an article on the Biblical Archeology Society Blog. I am sharing for anyone interested in seeing the exhibit. Read the full article at the link below.

  Read Article Here

 

 

Reference:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/exhibits-events/ancient-cyprus-in-florida/

Altering DNA (CRISPR)

The primary and most widely used method for altering DNA is CRISPR gene editing, a precise technology that functions like a molecular "find and replace" tool for the genetic code. [1, 2]

 

How CRISPR Works

 

• Guide RNA: Scientists program a short piece of RNA with the exact "address" or sequence of the target DNA they want to change.
• Cas9 Enzyme: This protein acts as molecular scissors to attach to the target site and cut through the DNA strands.
• Cellular Repair: The cell detects the broken DNA and triggers its natural repair process to fix the gap. [1, 2, 3, 4]

 

Types of DNA Repair and Modification

 

• Disruption (NHEJ): The cell mends the cut without a template, often introducing a small deletion that turns a faulty gene off.
• Insertion or Correction (HDR): Scientists supply a new DNA template alongside the scissors, allowing the cell to copy and paste a healthy sequence into the genome.
• Base Editing: A newer variation chemically changes one single DNA letter to another without cutting the double-stranded helix. [1, 2, 3, 4]

 

Other Methods

 

• Older Nucleases: Tools like Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs) and TALENs were used before CRISPR to make targeted cuts, though they are harder to design and more expensive.
• Viral Vectors: Viruses are often modified and used as delivery trucks to carry healthy genes into human cells during gene therapy. [1, 2]

 

Source and references:

AI Google

Genome editing - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDb8tqgfjY&t=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pp17E4E-O8&t=10

 

Realistic thought on evil

Many often claim "the devil made me do it" after doing something wrong. The reality is that is difficult to prove, and it's often a justification to be unaccountable for one’s own actions. Anyhow, one can blame the devil or Satan for much evil, but the physical perpetration and manifestation of evil has almost always involved humans throughout time 

History shows that humanity has inflicted immense suffering upon itself through systemic violence, war, and atrocities. Major historical catastrophes—such as state-sponsored genocides, total wars, and brutal regimes—were designed, executed, and sustained by human choices and societal structures rather than natural disasters.

Reference:

Google AI Overview 

Visible from invisible

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible (Or was not made out of visible things).

~ Hebrews 11:3, NRSVUE 

Two verses

 As for mortals, their days are like grass;

    they flourish like a flower of the field;

for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

    and its place knows it no more.

- Psalm 103:15-16, NRSVUE 

The people of long ago are not remembered,

 nor will there be any remembrance of people

 yet to come by those who come after them.

- Ecclesiastes 1:11, NRSVUE

God and time

 For a thousand years in your sight

    are like yesterday when it is past

    or like a watch in the night.

- Psalm 90: 4, NRSVUE 

More on celibacy in the Catholic Church

I hope all are doing well. In this post I am simply sharing an article that seems to be related to an article I wrote back on July 15, 2016, that is titled: 877 Years.

The post I am sharing now is titled: Seven popes were legally married and at least 15 had children. The article is by Michael Nordine and was published on History Facts on June 7, 2026. Read the full article at the link below.

Seven popes were legally married and at least 15 had children.

 

 

References:

https://arangoapologeticspage.blogspot.com/2016/07/877-years.html

https://historyfacts.com/famous-figures/fact/popes-married-children/?lctg=50740afb-a549-4b9d-8b74-07b13e9f64bb