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Andy Arthur

The more things change, the more they stay the same. 🌸 Maybe the urge for change is not always rational, indeed you would be better to stay the course as long as it's sustainable. Often old and tired ways of doing things are actually the best alternative. Better days ahead as we head into springtime.

2016 Easter Camping Trip at Cotton Hill Lean-To

During the Easter Holiday 🐰 in 2016, I camped at the Lean-to on Cotton Hill.

Waiting for sunset

It was a pretty quiet weekend, 🏠 I saw a few people pass by on the Long Path but other then that I had the whole mountain top to myself.

Saturday night

Carried the heater up the mountain, so I could warm my face in the morning. 🔥 It was mild, but still fairly cold being late March.

Time to get up

The American flag 🇺🇸 I had hung in front of the lean-to.

America

Nice sunset camping 🌆 up there.

Setting sun

On Easter, I hiked over the Middleburgh Cliff. 😰 Nice day but rather hot.

Schoharie Valley

I always like looking the Pitch Pines 🌲 up top there.

Pitch Pine

Map 🗺 of the Cotton Hill Lean-To at Dutch Settlement State Forest.

 Dutch Settlement State Forest

The Rebel Jesus Christ.

This rebel Jesus was a menace to God and mankind …

Or so the Roman court declared, and despite some dissent by members of the court, he was executed via the cross for the the high crime of treason. While our criminal justice system has made some progress over the original Roman system of justice — it’s hard to argue that all that much has changed since the days when the Romans laughed as Jesus died in agony on the cross.

Government, even in so-called representative democracies, is the sovereign with power justified by law. What happened — the lawful murder of Jesus Christ by the state — could happen even in our modern times. Law can not determine whether or not something is moral, only what is justified as force by government actions against the people.

Whether or not Jesus was a menace to God and mankind is debatable, indeed millions honor Christ for his organizing of the working man against the rich man. For confronting the Alderman and politicians, for raising his voice. Jesus, the son of God wasn’t afraid to confront power, with acidic attacks on power, confronting comfortable ideas with truth.

Did Jesus argue for the over-throw of the government, the treasonous acts that the Roman court claimed was supported by evidence? We may never know, as much is lost in history. But we do know that Jesus organized the carpenter, the weaver, the farmer, as a voice against the rich and powerful. His power, through the people, confronted old ways of thinking, put established ways of thinking at risk.