I'd go so far as to say this. The last twenty or thirty JW's I've spoken to don't know 90 per cent of the cringe-worthy history of their own religion.
WT and the GB have gone out of their way to sanitize themselves.
The policy of destroying old "literature" is especially noteworthy. Hillary Clinton would be proud.
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27What went WRONG with the Great Pyramid teachings of Isaac Newton, Piazzi Smyth, Pastor C.T. Russel
by Terry inpyramidology .
of isaac newton, piazzi smyth, pastor c.t.
russell:)what went wrong?let’s keep our investigation simple!where and how was the obsession with the great pyramid begun?
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consciencious objection.
by zeb init seems in some countries brothers subject to military call-up can accept non military service instead but in others as in korea they regularly go to jail.. are they offered alternative service in korea ?.
in the book "i wept by the rivers of babylon" by terry walstrom, the author gives clear insights into the ever changing wts opinions on this matter at least in the us.. can anyone enlighten me.. please?.
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WatchTower reasoning is a self-contradiction. They sometimes give reasons but they're not reasonable.
The organization is a kind of BRAND and the devotion of its members when it comes to persecution
is exploitation as advertising.
Now that I'm much older and the internet exists for purposes of research, I see my previous vulnerability.
Nobody in my congregation gave me proper advice or apprised me of my legal rights as such.
The Overseer and assistant (today it would be presiding Elders, I suppose) took me back into
the back room (library) and carefully cautioned me NOT to say to any law enforcement or legal authority
that I had been given ANY counsel at ALL by them. I was to emphasize I had reached my conclusion on my own. In other words, "Theocratic strategy" otherwise known as lying your ass off.
In 1967, unbeknownst to me, many provisions of the law were open whereby I could have been given alternate service without prosecution. I wrongly believed it was a cut and dried inevitability I would be sentenced to prison no matter what.
To refuse to comply is what makes the JW legally without foundation and open to prosecution.
Those Elders deliberately instructed me to refuse and that was definitely illegal. (Also, immoral.)
To spend two years working in a civilian hospital helping people should be a privilege and a natural Christian action in contrast to wasting away in prison. It makes little sense to appear so unreasonable before a Judge and bull-headed defiance only enrages authorities.
The fact of the matter is this: the law did not require Conscientious Objectors to even believe in God at all!
The C.O. only needed to have firmly held convictions to become exempt from prosecution AS LONG AS the C.O. complied by working in an ALTERNATE venue named by the Federal Authorities (which, I remind you, we are in "subjection" to according to Romans 13.)
From the G.B. point of view (the only POV which matters) it's much to be preferred that young JW boys make an example of themselves as extremely conscience driven and willing to be "martyrs" in a kind of spectacular proof that we have the only true religion.
Holier than Thou is the correct expression, I would declare.
I was only 20 years old and not legally an adult. I was sentenced as a Youth Offender. My sentence was one year longer than the adult sentence maximum. (Adult offenders: up to 5 years, Youth Offenders: up to 6 years.)
Judge Leo Brewster, District Judge, gave me an INDETERMINATE sentence of "from 6 months to 6 years" depending entirely on the prison parole board (which convened every 6 months.)
This is especially scary to a 20 year old!
Why?
The uncertainty!
Being at the mercy and whim of 4 strangers who may well be prejudiced against you is terrifying.
You can't kiss their ass or you are a pathetic sell-out.
I was stone cold when it came to that. Pissed off, really.
After 3 parole denials - I softened my demeanor without compromising. However, I made it clear that it made no sense at all to me to be punished for being conscientious!
Where is the logic of expecting me to REFORM when that reform would mean denying my deeply held beliefs?
I think I was finally able to get that one point across. I was sentenced in 1967 and began serving my indeterminate sentence. I was paroled in 1969. I spent my 20th, 21st, 22nd years in Federal prison.
I was sexually assaulted while praying for help to Jehovah. (**Spoiler Alert**) There was no help!
I never received a single letter or card from my congregation or members.
My best JW friend only visited me 2 times.
My mom and step-dad visited me regularly.
My JW girlfriend and I were engaged to be married and she began dating about six months after I went inside.
My "Brothers" outside pounced.
When I was finally paroled and attended my very first Kingdom Hall meeting in 3 years - not a single JW asked me how it was in prison! This amazed me.
Zero curiosity? Wow!
One Brother called my stint in prison "JW college." That hurt my feelings.
I wasn't inside the Kingdom Hall even 5 minutes before the presiding Elder came to me with a Full Time Pioneer application form -ALL FILLED OUT, and he handed me a pen to sign.
Another kind of coercion! His son was Pioneering and needed somebody to keep him company.
I felt used. Duh.
Anyway ...
All that is a long, long time ago.
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What went WRONG with the Great Pyramid teachings of Isaac Newton, Piazzi Smyth, Pastor C.T. Russel
by Terry inpyramidology .
of isaac newton, piazzi smyth, pastor c.t.
russell:)what went wrong?let’s keep our investigation simple!where and how was the obsession with the great pyramid begun?
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Russell "fudged" the figures in reprints of Studies in the Scriptures in the latter years and that , to me, is proof enough of his intentions.
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ExElder Friend Had To Go To His Former Kingdom Hall and this what he told me!
by minimus inhe was the secretary before he resigned years ago.
he has a business that kept him involved with the kingdom hall.
the hall was sold to another church.
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Most old filing cabinets have alternate means of opening.
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A Play: ALLITERATION (Pastor Russell and his alien hallucination)
by Terry inalliteration (a play by t.e.walstrom)setting: at a manor house somewhere in england.
the year is 1909.lord jack clayton’s servant has finished serving and clearing away the evening meal.
two men are engaged in what appears to be a convivial conversation.
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What went WRONG with the Great Pyramid teachings of Isaac Newton, Piazzi Smyth, Pastor C.T. Russel
by Terry inpyramidology .
of isaac newton, piazzi smyth, pastor c.t.
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PYRAMIDOLOGY
of Isaac Newton, Piazzi Smyth, Pastor C.T. Russell:)
WHAT WENT WRONG?
Let’s keep our investigation simple!
WHERE and HOW was the obsession with THE GREAT PYRAMID begun?
(Historical Fact)
THE TALLEST manmade structure in the world for four thousand years was the Great Pyramid in Egypt.
How impressive is that? Pretty damn interesting!
1. Oxford astronomy professor John Greaves (1602–1652), journeyed to Egypt in 1638 to make measurements of the pyramid. His findings were published in his Pyramidographia (1646)
2. Additional measurements made by French engineers during Napoleon's expedition in Egypt, were studied by John Taylor (1781–1864). Taylor claimed that the measurements indicated that the ancients had used a unit of measure about 1/1000 greater than a modern British inch. This is the origin of what became known as THE PYRAMID INCH or sacred cubit.3. Sir Isaac Newton accepted the human frame as the basis of all ancient measurements and attempted to estimate the length of the sacred cubit based on the lengths of the parts for the body.
Now we have connected our dots and drawn lines toward an investigation of the Great Pyramid fraud. It was based on certain assumptions and analogies in good faith by reasonable, credible, well-educated men of science. There intended no fraud at all. So, how did Pyramidology become the corrupt source of pseudoscience and religious malpractice? Read on!
We start with Tools of measurement and strategies used by pre-scientific thinkers.
In ancient times the easiest way to measure things was to use the most convenient "tools" available that anybody could afford to own: your OWN BODY PARTS!
How so?We all have something at the end of our leg we call a (FOOT.)
We have the length from our elbow to the tip of our middle finger. (CUBIT.)
The distance between your nose and outstretched arm to the tip of your finger would be a (YARD.)
From smaller increments we could use the width of our own thumb. (INCH)
Ingenious, clever, and simple. It was called a RULE OF THUMB for this reason.
The King's body parts using HIS proprietary measurements and making them the fixed STANDARD by which all other things would conform is the reason why the measuring stick is called A RULER. (King = Ruler, Duh!)
(Q’s voice: “Now, pay attention Double 0 seven…”)
Don’t be too quick to admire what appears to be reasoning based on *“1st principles.”
*“reasoning from first principles,” the idea is to break down complicated problems into basic elements and then reassemble them from the ground up. It’s one of the best ways to learn to think for yourself, unlock your creative potential, and move from linear to non-linear results.
The difference between reasoning by first principles and reasoning by analogy is like the difference between being a chef and being a cook. If the cook lost the recipe, he’d be screwed. The chef, on the other hand, understands the flavor profiles and combinations at such a fundamental level that he doesn’t even use a recipe. He has real knowledge as opposed to know-how.
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First off - reasoning by ANALOGY is a kind of copycat analysis.
Early efforts to invent an airplane were based on an analogy of the flight of birds. Years wasted, fortunes lost, bodily injury served to teach a hard lesson:
The flapping of wings just wasn’t going to work!
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If at first you don’t succeed --- keep on sucking till you do succeed!
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FIRST PRINCIPLE REASONING
Start with reality: start with what is True rather than using intuition analogy.
Sir Isaac Newton was a brilliant scientist who gave us modern PHYSICS.
He was a curious man of intellect. His gravitas and reputation was beyond question.
He did have one gaping flaw, however!
He accepted THE HOLY BIBLE as an inerrant source of Divine Wisdom.
A chain of Logic is only as strong as the weakest link.
Sir Isaac Newton became obsessed with the study of Solomon’s Temple.
Newton used Greaves’s measurements of the Great Pyramid and systematically compared them with measurements given by ancient sources such as Herodotus, et al.
(Newton’s private studies were published after his death and became a hot item!)
(False) PREMISE
Newton accepted that the human frame was the basis of all ancient measurements. Man, as created, was perfect. All of man’s buildings were measured by man’s body parts. The Great Pyramid -if God’s inspired message in stone - could be deciphered using knowledge of the exact key: the sacred cubit (Pyramid inch.)
(file:///home/chronos/u-6a71d1d98f06c35db6ea47d2b49e74eadb0c047d/MyFiles/Downloads/Morrison2010_Article_TheBodyTheTempleAndTheNewtonia.pdf)
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One false conclusion after another were each built on the FIRST faulty assumption.
One scholar after another accepted the Authority before them.
Who would dare argue with Sir Isaac Newton?
Martin Gardner noted:It was not until 1859 that Pyramidology was born. This was the year that John Taylor, an eccentric partner in a London publishing firm, issued his The Great Pyramid: Why was it Built? And Who Built it? ... Taylor never visited the Pyramid, but the more he studied its structure, the more he became convinced that its architect was not an Egyptian, but an Israelite acting under divine orders. Perhaps it was Noah himself.
Adopting Joseph Seiss's designation that the Great Pyramid of Giza was "the Bible in stone" Pastor C.T. Russell taught that it played a special part in God's plan during the "last days'' basing his interpretation on Isaiah 19:19-20 which says - "In that day shall there be an altar (pile of stones) to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar (Hebrew matstebah, or monument) at the border thereof to the Lord. And it shall be for a sign, and for a witness unto the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt."
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THE WATCHTOWER magazine, 05/15/1925, page 148:“The great Pyramid of Egypt, standing as a silent and manimate
witness of the Lord, is a messenger; and its testimony speaks
with great eloquence concerning the divine plan (Isaiah 19:19)”
C.T. Russell jumped on the Pyramid bandwagon and his teachings were maintained
Until 1928 when successor J.F.Rutherford flipped the script - calling it of demonic origin.
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I miss old posters!
by Biahi inblondie, flipper, shirley w, where are you?
did this site get too republican for you?
i just take those threads with a grain of salt..
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I've been here since 2006 and I've seen em come and go.
I've started well over 1000 topics and made far more posts.
It becomes too familiar. The same questions, topics, arguments, rebuttals, etc.
I miss the personalities of Golden Age crowd :)
Some of us died off, too. It's to be expected.
The switchover from regular JW-dom to TV GB superstars was the most dramatic change I've seen.
I lived through the 1975 debacle and that incident was a hatchet to the jugular.
But JW's are always convert-fresh up to a point.
The renegades, apostates, and disenfranchised waves of humanity reach the shores of Jehovahs-witness.com eventually.
A HEALTHY mind wakes up and moves on. Count it as progress when folks disappear.
I hardly ever post actual JW-related topics anymore. I'm here socially.
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A Play: ALLITERATION (Pastor Russell and his alien hallucination)
by Terry inalliteration (a play by t.e.walstrom)setting: at a manor house somewhere in england.
the year is 1909.lord jack clayton’s servant has finished serving and clearing away the evening meal.
two men are engaged in what appears to be a convivial conversation.
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ALLITERATION
(A play by T.E.Walstrom)
SETTING: At a Manor house somewhere in England. The year is 1909.
Lord Jack Clayton’s servant has finished serving and clearing away the evening meal.
Two men are engaged in what appears to be a convivial conversation.
The first man is Jack Clayton, the son of a Lord, it is his Manor house. He lives isolated from civilized society.
He is quite well known by only a few intimate friends; one of which has this very day arrived at the Clayton estate to surprise Lord Clayton with a mysterious proposition and presentation.
The second man (visitor and guest) is a world famous explorer, Roald Amundsen.Outside a large window evening’s glow is fading slowly into night.
Lord Jack Clayton dismisses his house servants, while leading Nobile into his library.
Clayton: (To his servant) “Have the chef prepare spumoni and champagne.”
The two men enter a vast library chamber with a sunken floor and vaulted ceiling.
Their conversation is not meant to be taken as dialogue. We are establishing long friendship and camaraderie
Through informal banter (ad libbed.)
The shelves are burgeoned with 3,000 leather bound tomes.Amundsen strolls the perimeter of the library running his hands over the spines of the books commenting on volumes he has owned and read. Clayton speaks of elephants and gorillas and an escarpment in Africa.
Presently, Amundsen turns and formally broaches his purpose just as the spumoni and champagne are served.
Amundsen: “I am mounting an expedition to the North Pole as I believe Umberto Nobile is in trouble and I must investigate. If Nobile (no-bill-ay) is alive—he’ll have military intelligence to offer absolutely vital for our side’s advantage in a possibly inevitable war.”
Jack Clayton jumps to his feet excitedly and begins pacing to and fro in front of the fireplace. His eyes flash as he speaks and he clenches his jaw purposefully.
Clayton: “I’ve intuited this war—but tell me—who is the source of this intelligence? Who is privy to war plans? And exactly which country is this inevitable enemy?”
Amundsen stands casually sipping his drink with a mischievous smirk.
Amundsen: “Now don’t laugh, the source of the warning is a Religious Pastor of pyramidology. President Roosevelt will agree, I’m sure -this dubious source is taken quite seriously.”
Clayton chuckles and then hesitates—Amundsen obviously isn’t joking.
Clayton: “Teddy Roosevelt has boot tops too high to step in that sort of muck. He wouldn’t listen to a lunatic—unless of course, you are holding something back.”Amundsen smiles indulgently. His face seems not built for smiling.
Amundsen: “Many men in power have spiritual advisors and T.R. is no different. Teddy and Pastor Charles Russell, when they were boys, both stood deathwatch beside a mother dying of fever. They have bonded in that shared experience. But—I confess - I probably had the most influence in this matter. I’ve spoken by radio wireless with Umberto. He’s located some kind of mysterious meteorite. A storm interrupted transmission. That was three weeks ago.
All is silent--except for an S.O.S. repeated on and off for the last three days.”Clayton listens with mounting skepticism as a pragmatist.
Clayton: “What are you shoveling in my barn, Amundsen?”Amundsen: “Just quiet that famous practical mind of yours and hear me out. My father used to tell me, ‘Roald, believe half of what you see and nothing you hear.’ I live by that code and it has served me well.”
Clayton nods empathetically.
He relaxes and makes himself comfortable.
Amundsen studies his friend's body language and commences his presentation carefully.
Both men consume champagne and spumoni intermittently.Amundsen: This pyramid peddling Pastor pontificates potentially potent prognostications, Jack!
Clayton laughs out loud.
Clayton: Ha! I’m well aware we share a passion for Beowulf’s 3,182 alliterations concocted by its anonymous author. So you’re saying this Pastor possesses a mysterious means of cunning communication with a mysterious minion in some- as yet- unidentified enemy nation? ”
Jack Clayton stretches out as he speaks - languishing on his leather couch, extending his long limbs and rubbing his chin thoughtfully.Clayton: “I know you well enough to trust your instincts—but, you’re going to have to show me whatever proof there is.”
Amundsen holds up a forefinger with a gesture of “Wait!” He excuses himself exiting the library.
He returns scarcely a minute later with a thick dossier bundled under his arm. He tosses it to Clayton like a medicine ball.Amundsen: “You and I have had occasion to visit the Magic Circle in London. I was there when you and mister down-on-his-luck had your famous confrontation.”
Clayton: “John Maskelyne—yes, I bribed him as I recall.”
Amundsen: “You did bribe him to divulge the secrets of his great illusions. He and that other magician seem to have invented all the great magic tricks—“
Clayton: “George Alfred Cooke, yes—so they claimed. What is your point, Roald?”
Amundsen: “Patience, my friend; you demanded he debunk his own illusions. You were seeking facts to fit your preconceptions. That is confirmation bias. I need to point this out to you so you don’t make a mistake looking this material over. Be neutral, this time. Be open. Let the evidence take you where it will.”
Clayton: “Roald—did you know John Maskelyne invented the pay toilet? My point being this: for money—any clever fellow can make shit appear and disappear.”
Amundsen: “I thought you Brits said shite; it’s Americans who say it that other way.”
Clayton: “I’m a man of many contradictions. Now leave me a quiet study of this evidence that I might flush the turds out of this dossier full of dung.”
Amundsen: “Very well, my good fellow, but—one last thing; I know Maskelyne was a skeptic who made it his mission debunking fraudulent Spiritualists, con men, card sharps and flim-flam. He was no different than you in detesting imposters.”
Clayton: “On the contrary—I admire the cleverness of a poseur. Think about it without your own bias, Roald. People want to believe there is something beyond living and dying. A masterful magician and a cunning clergyman eagerly exploit witless wankers willing to buy bullshit by the barrel.”
Amundsen: “More alliterations! I should never have loaned you my copy of Beowulf.”
Clayton: (Suddenly sitting up quite portentously) “I have my own autographed copy on my library shelf, Roald.”
Amundsen (Aghast) “Why didn’t you tell me? It must be worth a fortune!
Clayton (triumphant) “I’m lying. But see how readily I was able to exploit credulity?”
Amundsen’s hands go up to his cheeks with embarrassment. He chuckles good-naturedly.
Amundsen: “It is that easy, is it? Well, point taken.”
Clayton snatches up the file in hand and leans back on the couch.
Clayton: “Now, good-night; I have work to do reading this without my sorry bias for fact.”
Amundsen: “I’m quite surprised you haven’t pressed me on the matter of identifying who this enemy is, Jack. Are you that sanguine?”
Clayton: “I’m toying with you. I’ve observed your demeanor all evening - you’re bursting at the seams to blurt it out. So -- go ahead - see if you can surprise me. It’s the Germans, is it not?”
Amundsen: (Relishing the moment) “Tsk tsk tsk. Way off the mark, Jack. You disappoint me. Try again.”
Clayton: “The Turks?”
Amundsen: “Not even close. You’re so far off you’re not even wrong.”
Clayton: “Bloody hell. You’re having your fun, aren’t you? I give up -- surprise me. Go ahead, who is about to declare war - and against whom?”
Amundsen: (Soberly) MARS and against EARTH!
Clayton sits up abruptly and opens his mouth to speak - but freezes. He is stifling impetuous urges.
Clayton: “Begin at the beginning, Roald. How did you get involved in this - this -- affair?”
Amundsen pulls up a chair across from Clayton and sits.
Amundsen: “I was summoned to the Oval Office of the President of the United States. I imagined it was a commendation award for my exploits. I was wrong. This is what happened.”
LIGHTS DIM
(What now commences is a play within a play. The flashback to a one on one meeting between Theodore Roosevelt and Roald Amundsen.)
SETTING: the Oval Office of President Teddy Roosevelt
Amundsen (Standing in front of the President’s desk) "I am convinced a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have sometimes made a hero of the same man who - by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning-- would have proved himself a coward."Roosevelt listens with his boots up on the desk as he flashes his best smile.
Teddy: "Well, Bully for you! What do you make of this Mars situation—? Give me your best appraisal. I sent you my files. Everything we know or surmise was in it. I won't ask you if you've cracked it, of course you did!"
Amundsen leans forward and hoists his Gladstone bag off the floor; rummages through it, and extracts a notepad. He thumbs a page or two and assumes the demeanor of a lecturing professor.
Amundsen: “Mr. President - "One fact jumps out at me—Tesla and Edison; men of opposite temperaments are collaborating to create something bizarre: a so-called electric bridge to Mars!”
T.R. removes his legs from the desktop. Walking over to a small table he pours himself and his guest three fingers of Russian vodka. They salute and tossed back the drink. The President sits again facing Amundsen. The two men resembl boys hunkered down in a tree house, hatching secret plans.
Teddy: “Isn’t it obvious--? If they achieve the impossible they become rich and famous.”
Amundsen: "Sir, they’re both those things already. I suspect something more sinister is in play; something connected to your religious mentor, Pastor Russell. ”
Teddy: “Edison and Tesla are egomaniacs, not followers of any religious movement. I don’t see what you’re driving at.”
Amundsen: “What about a coup d’état? Russell says Christ returned invisibly. He’s rallying citizens of a new kind of heavenly government opposed to regimes like yours, sir.”
The Chief Executive rubs his belly and belches, then pardons himself.
Teddy: "I don’t mind competing with invisible insurgencies or invisible rivals."
Amundsen cracks a smile and flips a couple of pages in his notebook.
Amundsen: "There’s more to it than religious delusion, Mister President.”
Teddy: "Call me Teddy, please!"
Amundsen: (Embarrassed) "Thank you, Sir—let’s explore this. What if a Christian leader could produce a theocracy with an invisible Christ and actually convince people he himself was speaking on Christ’s behalf? The Pope won world dominion as the substitute for Christ—his Vicar. A convincing proxy-Christ could misdirect misled Christians; condition them to do as they were commanded—even turn them against you.”
Teddy: "High treason can get you shot in time of war.”
Amundsen: "Martyrdom breeds zealots and it’s seen as proof their faith is real. Besides—if you die a martyr you get an expenses paid vacation on the streets of gold.”
Teddy: "You wrote to me about this Trojan horse idea of yours—how does it work?"
Amundsen: "A true believer’s mind welcomes a certain thing and accepts it loyally on faith. Such a mind is very receptive to control. Think of Bible prophecy as you would a Trojan horse—it contains an unseen power ready to defeat the unwary.”
Teddy: "I'm confused here, Roald. Which power is leading this overthrow and takeover?”
Amundsen: “A Christian figurehead who is a proxy for Christ could convince millions of true believers to refuse to fight for their country and to obey their own substitute theocratic Governing Body instead.”
The President stands up motionless, turning thoughts over in his mind; listening and weighing them.
Teddy: “I’m a quick study, but the more you explain your theory, the more I want to take a snooze! How can one poor misguided man like Russell be harmful to anybody?”
The Norwegian explorer rubs his chin and shifts gears wearily.
Amundsen: “Your good friend, this Pastor Russell is being controlled somehow. His role is to convince others. He thinks god is whispering to him and the man has enough money to spread his ideas. The most dangerous men who have ever lived have thought they were doing god’s bidding. He predicts 1914 is The End. That’s five years away. Thousands of people believe him, you see?”
Teddy: (Rising and pacing) "Tell me in plain and simple English—are Martians coming to Earth with weapons as an invasion force? Convince me and I’m going to give you whatever you need to investigate this theory of yours and get to the bottom of it.”
Amundsen has been waiting for the right question and this one is the key.
Amundsen: (Smacking his palm with his fist) “Mars will leverage surrender through an invasion of susceptible religious minds. When the army of Mars appears—these non-combatant dupes will welcome it! It will be seen as the beginning of the Great Tribulation. Such world events are only considered a bad thing if you are on the losing side—the Teddy Roosevelt side. If my theory holds true—you and all world governments will go down in defeat.”
Roosevelt’s eyes now widen with understanding. He has grasped it!
Teddy: “Voltaire said it best. What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying god rather than men, and he thinks he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat? I know enough about human nature to know I am going to act on this immediately.”
The lighting dims as we switch the attention to our Manor library with Clayton and Amundsen.
Lights up.
Clayton: “I’ve no idea what to make of any of this -- except for the fact it strikes me as irrational nonsense.
How did Umberto Nobile get involved?”
Amundsen: “Umberto had interviewed survivors of a meteor shower who told him contact with those stones from the sky caused hallucinations, voices in the mind, and -- visions of apocalypse. They confessed to feeling a recruitment of treasonous humanity was taking place. Umberto wanted to find these stones. And apparently -- he succeeded. But -- that was the last time he was in contact. I am his friend - and so are you. We need to find him. I need financing - if you’ll excuse my flagrant begging. This situation may be bizarre - but we cannot afford to sit idle - just in case it proves prophetic.”
Clayton: “Of course - any amount required is yours for the asking. I’ll contact my banker first thing in the morning. Do you want me to accompany you to the North Pole?”
Amundsen: “Thank you my friend. No. I will go by dirigible to Umberto’s camp with my crew. I need you to travel by rail to meet my friend, a writer named Wells, Herbert Wells, who lives in Woking, Surrey. He contacted me this morning. Some meteors have landed near him at Horsell Common. Can you do that? Can you confirm or possibly refute this bizarre scenario?”
Lord Clayton: “I’m up for it - although - to be perfectly candid with you…
I am 100% certain this will add up to nothing but hallucinations and fantasy.
Trust me, this is no War of Worlds.”
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Party Poopers (my Radio Play)
by Terry inparty poopers a radio play.
cast of characters.
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A Tale of Revolting Horror!
by Terry innote to readers:at one time i used to hang out at the local starbucks where i did my writing at a table just outside in a large indoor office center - a kind of indoor patio.
the entrance to several other businesses and a bank was accessible only through this spacious public area.every day one particular person became a person of interest.
eventually the oddity - the strangeness of his behavior became a fascination and a puzzle.the following story stems entirely from witnessing the movements and stillness of this eccentric man - and led me to weave the story in the manner of h.p.lovecraft.enjoy!_______________________________________________________________________.
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Thank you, bsmart.
Halloween was a flop this year. I didn't want to add to the misery :)
