May 2, 2004 journal, living in the year 6004, the gospel of Thomas considered consumer advocate advice on buying a car. I have been working with time for some time now and I must say that indeed we are living in 6004 and maybe even 6008. Our present time is said to have been put in place by a Catholic priest in the 12th century. Why did he not calculate time from the year of creation? Yes we may be living in the year 6004 and near the end of this dispensation of grace. People worship money and anything but the true and living God is the newly discovered Gospel of Thomas the inspired Word of God? I do not know for sure, it sounds like it, I thought at first it was until I heard so much criticism of the book. I will say that I much prefer it to the Koran or Kabala or the Talmud. One Saturday night Hustler said it was created for profit. I cannot see that anyone is profiting on it but he is profiting on the established Bible texts. I recently thought that the Book of Thomas was spared editing and translations in history. Goodness only knows what the Catholic Church butchered out of the Bible during the dark ages when it was totally under their control. I have wanted to say that I recommend to people in need of a car that they not buy from an individual because there is no warranty. Be careful in buying a car and wait for at least three days after you locate one. I can only recommend to buy a one owner car from the person only that purchased it new and has owned it ever since. Beware of cars coming out of Georgia because they have emission test and I suspect that if they fail the test they simply sell them into South Carolina. Never pay more than the blue or black book trade-in. Never be rushed into a decision and never buy until you have seen for yourself the car underneath the motor the entire drive train is dry. Never buy a car that has been repainted. Most cars need new tires and alignment to be safe on the road in my opinion / experience. Lightning struck the house at 3:45 a.m. with a terrible explosion and blast of light. I ran upstairs expecting to find fire but thank God there was none. My computer was not on and lightning had run in on the cable connection. This brought back chilling thoughts of my childhood when lightning hit and burned the barn with an animal inside that was killed instantly by the bolt of lightning. I never expected such a violent storm this early in the season. I've always thought that lightning come from God but sometimes it appears that it comes from Satan. I get confused separating the power of each sometimes when thinking that this symbol of a bolt of lightning on the brow of Harry Potter comes from Satan. This is a power we cannot control. Such is life with many dangers but God is our protector. I remember when my daddy died the afternoon he was buried a major storm hit just as we left the graveyard and it blew down the tent over his grave protected the flowers, it ripped off the screen wire from around the front porch of the house where he always was sitting. This event sure appeared more like a visitation from God and aftermath of my daddy's life. Last night Marc said he was standing looking out across the deck here, because he could not sleep, when the lightning hit and he said it blinded him for a while. I called out for his help but got no answer. All things do come from God but the devil is in charge of some. The two new paintings on plywood are now on the floor in my studio room and I can only walk through there by walking on top of them in the isle. I hope to finish them very soon. More on futurism "Between the two they place the Christian dispensation, comprising nearly 2000 years. In order to make this theory seem more plausible, they are told by those who hold this view that prophecy stopped operating at the end of the 69 prophetic weeks and marked time for nearly 2000 years-at the end of which period they assure us it will again resume its onward march, beginning with the events of the 70th week of Daniel.