Thursday, October 30, 2025

The “Good News”

"Evangel” is the English rendering of a koine Greek word “euangelion” (I’ll be honest, I’m not sure my transliteration is correct, but I’m not where I can check it at the moment).  It means “messenger of good news” and I suspect (I don’t have my OED with me, either), it’s also the source of our English word “angel.” We’ve turn that into a winged person with various powers and responsibilities, but the correct rendering is “messenger.”

Anyway…

Over the centuries, the emphasis on “good news” has waxed and waned, and the gospel has been used more like a club than as an offering. So VP Vance is not as far out of line as one might wish; or as I might think he is. Because “good news” is not at all what he’s promoting.

But he’s certainly offensive. I can’t tell if he’s pandering to right wing MAGA Xians, or just distancing himself from his wife for political purposes. Either way, the idea this clown is going to run for POTUS in 2028 in order to put Trump in the ticket, is laughable. Almost as silly as imagining anyone would win the White House and then step down immediately after being sworn in. The people claiming to be in charge really aren’t very bright.
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