Mark Kellner, a very ethical Christian journalist, brought this forward. It attracted some wonderful comments, Fake news sites. People I know - "friends", etc. are reading these things, yellow journalism, twisted perceptions from semi factual things, opinionated sites, and they believe them.
Mark himself commented how he discerns whether a site is probably fake or not.
A lady posted about the fake news pictures, those slanderous photo shopped things that lead us into incorrect conclusions about people and their connections.
I have a few, but pre-election I was finding that the fake sites were getting way more sophisticated and difficult to identify. For example, the ones that claim to be a city newspaper and seriously look legit.
Mark A. Kellner said: I first look at the name of the alleged "news source." If it sounds off or unfamiliar, I will try to find out more on the website, such as an "about us" page. A disclaimer reading, in effect, "We mix truth and fiction because we think it's funny" might be found there.
Second, I use a common-sense test: It is highly unlikely that Hillary Clinton has a mansion on an island in the Indian Ocean, or that Pope Francis would "endorse" Donald Trump. If a claim seems too outlandish to be true, I try to find that claim on a (generally) reliable website such as The New York Times or Washington Post or BBC News. This isn't perfect, but it's a bit of a safeguard.
Finally, any news site that has ".com.co" in its URL, such as "abcnews.com.co" can generally be assumed to be totally false; someone — or some ones — somewhere have stolen a bunch of identities and set them up as ".com.co," with stories about as genuine as a $3 bill.
Those are my initial thoughts. Hope that helps!
Trudy J. Morgan-Cole said: " I actually teach a lesson on this in my Gr 11 English class -- telling real news from fake news -- although I think with the current spate of stories regarding the prevalence of fake news during the US election campaign, I may need to update it. Sketchy URLs are definitely something to watch for. Applying the test of "this is so incredible, why wouldn't a mainstream news source report it?" is usually good too, as you noted, Mark. Another good one is looking for multiple sources. If you google the news "story" and every hit you get is the same news story word for word, then they're all copied from a single source, which means there's no independent verification of it. And, of course, looking at disclaimers and the other stories carried on a particular site is important too."
Donald Hostetler said: "I apply similar tests when deciding whether to click. That's why I read the Huffington Post's "Bernie Sanders Could Replace President Trump With Little-Known Loophole" - and discovered it was designed to attract readers and expose fake news."
http://www.fakenewswatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/notes/melody-d-snow/spotting-fake-photos/1841504869397134
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/11/16/fake-news-first-casualty-trump-election/PcPpY0tL7t6BqoUWGf5yJL/story.html?s_campaign#comments
Friday, December 23, 2016
Simple Man's Story of Hanukah
This is the simplification, extracted from a couple places.
First, here is a link to a messianic page which provides great detail. The detail is entangled with the issue of the Jews resisting the Hellenization pushed by the Greek-Syrians of the day. I think it's worth reading, although all detail may not be perfectly agreeable. (Most of it should be.)
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Winter_Holidays/Chanukah/Spiritual_Warfare/spiritual_warfare.html
Now for the "simplification".
Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods.
The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,”. It celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple. Also spelled Hanukkah, it is pronounced with a guttural, “kh” sound, kha-nu-kah, not tcha-new-kah.
In the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs.
A small band of faithful Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, engaged in a successful trhee-year guerrilla warfare campaign against their oppressors, reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, culminating in the cleansing and rededication of the temple.
They found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks.
Miraculously, the one-day supply burned for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity.
The influence of the Hellenists (people who accepted idol-worship and the Syrian way of life) was increasing. Yochanan, the High Priest, foresaw the danger to Judaism from the penetration of Syrian-Greek influence into the Holy Land.
Yochanan was therefore opposed to any attempt on the part of the Jewish Hellenists to introduce Greek and Syrian customs into the land. The Hellenists hated him. One of them told the King’s commissioner that in the treasury of the Temple there was a great deal of wealth.
The wealth in the treasury consisted donated operating, maintenance, and orphans’ funds (held until orphans came of age). Seleucus sent his minister Helyodros to take the money from the treasury of the Temple.
As Helyodros entered the gate of the Temple, he became pale with fright, fainted and fell to the ground. After he came to, he did not dare enter again.
Josephus referred to the commemoration of the Maccabees as an eight day "festival of lights". Hillel said we should light one candle on the first night and increase the amount by one every day. Shammai thought we should light eight candles on the first night and reduce one every subsequent night.
Early tradition has it that since the Maccabees were unable to celebrate Sukkot in the fall, they should observe it after the Temple was restored (25th of the month of Kislev -lunar calendar) in the year 164 B.C. Since Sukkot lasts eight days, this became the time frame for Clhanukah.
Immediately after the various festivals of the Jewish year are enumerated in Leviticus 23, the commandment was given to "bring clear oil from hand-crushed olives to keep the menorah burning constantly" (Lev. 24:1-2).
Years after the Maccabean revolt, Yeshua celebrated Chanukah in the same temple.
During the Feast of Dedication (Chanukah) Yeshua was "walking in the Temple in the colonnade of Solomon" (John 10:22-24).
First, here is a link to a messianic page which provides great detail. The detail is entangled with the issue of the Jews resisting the Hellenization pushed by the Greek-Syrians of the day. I think it's worth reading, although all detail may not be perfectly agreeable. (Most of it should be.)
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Winter_Holidays/Chanukah/Spiritual_Warfare/spiritual_warfare.html
Now for the "simplification".
Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods.
The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,”. It celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple. Also spelled Hanukkah, it is pronounced with a guttural, “kh” sound, kha-nu-kah, not tcha-new-kah.
In the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs.
A small band of faithful Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, engaged in a successful trhee-year guerrilla warfare campaign against their oppressors, reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, culminating in the cleansing and rededication of the temple.
They found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks.
Miraculously, the one-day supply burned for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity.
The influence of the Hellenists (people who accepted idol-worship and the Syrian way of life) was increasing. Yochanan, the High Priest, foresaw the danger to Judaism from the penetration of Syrian-Greek influence into the Holy Land.
Yochanan was therefore opposed to any attempt on the part of the Jewish Hellenists to introduce Greek and Syrian customs into the land. The Hellenists hated him. One of them told the King’s commissioner that in the treasury of the Temple there was a great deal of wealth.
The wealth in the treasury consisted donated operating, maintenance, and orphans’ funds (held until orphans came of age). Seleucus sent his minister Helyodros to take the money from the treasury of the Temple.
As Helyodros entered the gate of the Temple, he became pale with fright, fainted and fell to the ground. After he came to, he did not dare enter again.
Josephus referred to the commemoration of the Maccabees as an eight day "festival of lights". Hillel said we should light one candle on the first night and increase the amount by one every day. Shammai thought we should light eight candles on the first night and reduce one every subsequent night.
Early tradition has it that since the Maccabees were unable to celebrate Sukkot in the fall, they should observe it after the Temple was restored (25th of the month of Kislev -lunar calendar) in the year 164 B.C. Since Sukkot lasts eight days, this became the time frame for Clhanukah.
Immediately after the various festivals of the Jewish year are enumerated in Leviticus 23, the commandment was given to "bring clear oil from hand-crushed olives to keep the menorah burning constantly" (Lev. 24:1-2).
Years after the Maccabean revolt, Yeshua celebrated Chanukah in the same temple.
During the Feast of Dedication (Chanukah) Yeshua was "walking in the Temple in the colonnade of Solomon" (John 10:22-24).
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