"The Coming Revolution" by Zamir Cohen - Good Laugh

I just received a new book as a gift from my mother. It is a 'scientific' look into how the Bible and Judasim was correct all along. It is written by Zamir Cohen, a prolific writer and Rabbi from Israel.

I started reading this book last night, and I can say that after finishing a couple of chapters I am confident in my analysis of the whole book.

A chapter begins with an incorrect scientific assumption that was prevalent anywhere from a few years ago to a few thousand years ago. This incorrect scientific assumption is then later revealed to be false. The logic from bad science to newly proven good science is backed up with a lot of scientific proof from many different sources in astronomy, chemistry, physics, and many other fields.

Zamir now pulls out a series of quotes from the complete range of Jewish learning, and uses these quotes to prove that Judaism knew the previously stated science, and must have known that from the Jewish God.

At first glance this seems to be really clear proof of how the Jewish God handed over many of the secrets of the world to the Jews, and this proves how Judaism is the one true religion.

There are 2 glaring flaws in all of this. The first flaw is how Zamir ties the quotes to the science.

The first chapter is about the big bang theory. Zamir describes a world where everyone, since the beginning of man's existence, believes that the world had always existed in a steady state. He implies that the Jews were the only group of people to believe that the world didn't always exist as it is today. He then goes on to describe the scientific steps which show a preponderance of proof for a moment of creation (ie the big bang). Now he goes back and shows how the Jews had known this all along.

The scientific community begins to believe in the big bang -> God created the world!

Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch?

The second flaw relates to the astronomical amount of Rabbinical quotes, relating to all areas of life, in the complete range of Jewish learning. The quotes that Zamir chooses are only the ones he can manage to thinly tie to some form of science. Jewish leaders and Rabbis since Judaism began have been passing on knowledge to their students. They would spend their days teaching these students, and much of what they said has been written and passed down. It would be highly unlikely if all of their quotes would be wrong (even the quotes that relate to science). It is much more likely that a few of the things stated would prove to be correct.

Let's take a room full of the insane and write down everything they say. In 10 years, let's see if, of the thousands of jabberings of gibberish, any of them are true. If any of them are true, then I'm converting to Insanism. Clearly they have a window into the truth of the world!

Let's have Zamir Cohen write a book about all of the quotes from even a single book of ancient Jewish learning, and scientifically prove everything in that book. Now that would be a mind-blowing read.

Unlimited voice, text, and a ton of data for less

I have been an AT&T customer since I got my first iPhone late in 2009. I have been paying a $100+ bill every month. I like having unlimited talk (and not just mobile to mobile).

Sadly, my iPhone is locked and jailed. But I still searched for ways to lower my bill.
Go here: http://goredpocket.com

I now have a prepaid account with auto-refill every month. The cost is $60. No additional fees. I have unlimited talk, text, and 2 GB of data. This is half the price of what I used to pay.

NOTE: Auto refill didn't work the first time for me. That wass sad, but I was out phone service for one morning until I noticed and re-ordered. Beware the auto-refill! After this happened, I attempted to re-enable auto-refill one month later just at renewal time. Now 2 months have passed since auto-refill first failed, and this time around auto-refill worked properly. Hopefully it will keep working.

I have a locked iPhone that is working fine on Red Pocket as they are an AT&T MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator).

Before:
Unlimited voice
200 texts
3GB data
~$120

Now:
Unlimited voice
Unlimited texts
2GB data
$60

Unbelievable. Been using Red Pocket for almost 2 months, and it is providing me the same reception as AT&T (as they are using the AT&T network).

The caveats are:
Bad customer support, takes forever to get a hold of a CSR (Customer Support Representative)
No visual voicemail (iPhone voicemail button now calls voicemail instead of displaying it)
No MMS (Group messages will still work if you disable MMS in the iPhone options)

Saving $50+ a month is worth it.