8. Don't get me started on Messianic Jews. But you have.
I've been to three Messianic temples out of curiosity. I've found the rabbis to be old-fashioned Jews for Jesus, urban Jews (like myself) who at some point bailed, probably in college. Weird, but not much more so than a lot of pulpiteers when you get to know them a little. NO small degree of ego whoredom, very few letting any power of any spirit show through.
Messianic congregations are full of people who'd be as comfortable in a snake-handling environment. Evangelical Christians looking for a way to raise their hands, offer affirmations, writhe a little in the aisles, and go up for healings.
I brought my wife one time, a Methodist/Presbyterian who grew up with southern Jewish friends (and married me), and she could barely keep from laughing.
The other thing: In my work I've read a few Messianic monographs. It's like the first few waves of womanism. Stop justifying yourself and get to the point.
I've only read part of a book that dealt with Messianic theology.
Then again, as they willfully admit, the Catholics are just getting into Bible studies 1700 years later.
It's all job security for me. And that's good. Just like DJT. I'll be reading about him til I die. I hope it's after him, though.
"Earlier this month, a five-man crew from the Irish Army's Cavalry Corps beat six US teams in the operation of the M2 Bradley, a 35-tonne tracked vehicle. Though it bears a strong resemblance to a tank, the M2 Bradley is technically an "armoured fighting vehicle".
What made the achievement even more remarkable was that the Irish Army does not operate any tracked vehicles, much less any Bradleys. None of the crew had even seen a Bradley in real life, meaning they had to learn from scratch how to operate the platform in advance of the competition."