I’m going to try a topical six-degree separation of absurdity, just for kicks.
Let’s start on January 19, 1983, when Apple released the first computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) – icons, buttons, menus – called (1) Lisa*.
The (2) Mona Lisa*, though lauded by artists, was a relatively unknown and largely uncared about painting for around 400 years. It was only after its theft in 1911 that it piqued people’s consideration. Considering (3) Leonardo Da Vinci* was never paid for it, and it never reached its intended client, the fact that it’s now literally priceless is kind of a slap in the face to the Italian polymath of the High Renaissance.
Almost 100 years after the artwork’s theft, Dan Brown cashed in on the popularity of Ninja Turtle namesake Leonardo’s talent when he released 2003 novel (4) The Da Vinci Code*, which in turn spurred 2006’s film of the same name starring (5) Tom Hanks*, which, when you look into the intricacies – crack the code, as it were – was based on the idea that Jesus had children via prostitute-cum-saint Mary Magdalene, and that the bloodline of the son of God (or simply prophet, depending on your religious upbringing) continues to this day.
Much earlier in life (like two decades earlier) Hanks – who also on this day in 1993 saw the production of Toy Story kick into action – starred in Oscar-nominated Splash with Daryl Hannah, which told the story of a temporarily mute (6) Mermaid* called Madison. Mermaids, of course, have their origins in Greek mythology when the lady-fish was actually a human-headed, bird-bodied siren. Assyrian and Babylonian mythology lends a kinder view, depicting them more as goddesses of the sea, but that’s a story for another day.
So, in essence, Apple Inc., by way of the ancient blood of Christ, is responsible for luring countless seamen to their ship-crushing rocky deaths. Tom Hanks can shoulder some of the blame, too.
Today’s pointless distraction was brought to you by way of me being off work and not focused on work-related topics.
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Biblical teacher, theologian and Reformed theonomist
2wRead the last page - in Christ, we win! The Book of Revelation was not written to satisfy our curiosity. It was not written to provide us with an exact timeline of future events. Jesus even warns us not to seek out the future, for it is the Father's purview alone: "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." Matthew 24:36 The Book of Revelation is for our comfort and as a reminder of our responsibilities in the here and now: "Occupy." Luke 19:13