Talent or Farce?

 

This post was inspired by Katie Devenport's, "Time Travel and Shakespeare."  The Bard really did have amazing talent!  I've heard, however, that some people have argued that he was actually someone else (such as Earl Edward de Vere) writing under the pseudonym of "Shakespeare."  They've said that it simply wasn't possible for someone with Shakespeare's background to accomplish all that he did, and that it was more likely that he was some rich, educated nobility instead.  Seeing how great Shakespeare's writings are, I can understand why they'd think that.  But who knows, maybe he really was just some guy from an average income family who was blessed with awesome skills. His writings have definitely influenced the world, often for the better.

FYI: It turns out that there are Old Testament scholars who believe the book of Isaiah was written by multiple authors because it was impossible for one man to have written all of it. They were referring to his prophecies, especially those mentioning King Cyrus by name over a hundred years before his time.  Because they did come to pass just as Isaiah had said, scholars thought they must have been written by at least two different people from different times.

However, if God can do something as impossible as show one man the future, I'm sure he can do something as easy as give someone great talent so that that man's works would have a such a profound effect on the world that they'd still be around centuries after his lifetime--and Shakespeare's writings have definitely influenced the world, often for the better (even when "for the better" simply means that they've given people a chance to challenge their brains or to connect to/gain an understanding of other people or to ponder deeply about problems and situations that have influenced the human race and even directed its history for all the millenia we've been around on this earth).

Even if Shakespeare was simply a genius in his field, he wasn't the only one the world has ever seen; watch this to learn about this young man's road to fame and glory (you don't have to watch the entire thing, just the first 3 minutes are fine):


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By the way, I love how the hosts of Korea's Got Talent build up the performers; it's such a relief to see that nowadays!