David Bottomley's Blog

Having worked in the IT industry for over 30 years, and in my current role managing an IT Managed Service Provider, I’m seeing dramatic changes I’ve never seen before. I’m utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) extensively to automate processes for us and our clients. We obviously still need humans, but the capabilities of AI agents are very real. Don’t take the AI and robotics revolution for granted. The advances we’re seeing are extremely dramatic—this is like the Industrial Revolution, electricity, the personal computer revolution, and the Internet all rolled into one. This technology will change the world dramatically, hopefully for the better, but there is massive and inevitable change coming in the next few years, and it’s going to be a bumpy ride—especially for those who aren’t utilizing it now. If you aren’t currently using AI to become more efficient and as a force multiplier—especially at your job—you will get run over by competitors who are, during this period of transition....

Throughout Christian history, interpretations of the Second Coming have varied widely, but the popular modern idea of a sudden dramatic coming preceded by a “rapture” event is actually a recent development, and not rooted in the Bible. Far older and more consistent with both Scripture and Christian traditions is the view that the Second Coming represents a gradual awakening of Christ’s life within humanity. Rather than expecting a sudden removal of believers or a single cataclysmic event, this view understands the Kingdom of God as unfolding progressively through history, transforming individuals and societies from within. This perspective aligns with Jesus’ own parables, the teachings of the Christian prophet Edgar Cayce, and the testimony of countless near-death experiences that describe a collective spiritual maturation rather than a dramatic escape. This gradual, transformative expectation was also the dominant view of the early Church. For the first 1,800 years of Christian histor...

Nearly half a million Americans (as of 2025) are now afflicted with Alpha Gal Syndrome (AGS) which causes an allergic reaction to mammal meat and dairy products, with symptoms like hives, nausea, breathing difficulties, or anaphylaxis appearing hours after consumption.  It can also be triggered by products derived from mammals (dairy, glycerin, gelatin, etc.) that are contained in household products such as toothpaste, soaps, and even medicines.  Most doctors have never heard of AGS, and of those who have, virtually none offer any kind of cure - their only recommendation being to avoid mammal meat and their derivatives in your diet and on your skin, although people's reactions and sensitivity does vary widely.  Some people can go into anaphylaxis from the mere smell of burgers being cooked. AGS starts when a lone star tick (among some others) bites and injects alpha-gal into the skin, prompting the immune system to produce IgE antibodies against it.  However, we now ...

With the help of advanced AI, combined with my own research regarding translations of the Bible and other narratives, I have compiled a synthesized creation story which integrates the various creation stories from around the world, of which there are many, and the striking commonalities they all share.  I use citations primarily from the Septuagint, as that is the oldest version of the Bible's Old Testament that we have today and its accuracy has been confirmed by the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient versions we have discovered.  The Septuagint is also the version used by Jesus most often, when citing the Old Testament. In the beginning, before time as we know it, lay the Primordial Chaos , almost universally envisioned as vast, dark, Formless Waters or a Void . This state is explicitly described in Genesis (LXX Gen 1:2 – "invisible and unformed," "darkness over the deep [Tehom]"), directly mirroring the boundless waters of Nun in Egyptian cosmology from whic...

I was called to jury duty along with about 45 other people to form a jury of 14 people - 12 jurors and 2 alternate jurors.  The experience reminded me of the importance of understanding our history and our Constitutional rights.  This was a felony criminal case, so the defendant faced substantial punishment, and that person is depending on their fellow citizens to do their civic duty and find not only the truth, but justice .  As you will see, those two are not necessarily one and the same.  It is critically important for us, as citizens, to take jury duty seriously and understand what is being asked of us.  Unfortunately, the judge and the attorneys, during the jury questioning process, not only failed to explain those rights, but they go out of their way to imply that as a juror, you "can only follow the law" in deciding the case.  There were many questions of potential jurors from the attorneys asking "can you follow the law as the judge explains it" and...