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Chapter Two The question then becomes: what kind of strange distortion, what incomprehensible corruption takes place in the minds of human beings, so that they can so completely separate their academic knowledge from what they hear preached at them from the pulpit? How does this happen? It is literally staggering to a logical, intelligent human being, that the fairy tale of the Bible - as God’s word - has endured so long. There is nothing to which we can compare this in the entire seven thousand years of human history of which we are aware. Calling it all a “pack of lies” seems rather harsh, but it is increasingly evident that it is certainly intentionally misleading. And, in that case, what shall we call it? When researching religious matters, one always comes across prophecy and miracles. It seems that those who are to be kept in fear of the Lord need an unequivocal sign from time to time. Miracles and visions can sway whole armies. We can think of the battle cry “Great is Allah!” and the claim of the salvific blood of Christ that was held up as a shield against the Saracens. We should also be reminded of the mandate of Yahweh to “utterly destroy” just about everybody who Such “visions” go back into our primeval past. Around 5,000 BC, the divine Ishtar was said to have appeared to Enme-Kar, the ruler of Uruk, telling him to overthrow the city of Aratta. But, at the moment, we are mostly concerned with visions in the context of the Bible since it is the Bible that underpins the beliefs of a staggering number of human beings on planet earth at the present time, including their “revised forms” in the New Age and Human Potential movement, and most particularly George Bush and the Gang. That alone should give us pause to consider the company we keep! Additionally, when we step back from the situation, the one thing that we see is that prophecy is at the center of the Judeo-Christian- Islamic tradition. The prophets of these religions claimed to be in direct contact with the Creator of the Universe, and this creator seems to have been singularly “personal” in the sense of having personal traits, whims, likes and dislikes. His prophets are, naturally, privileged messengers, receiving his divine revelations and these revelations divide mankind into those who believe them and those who don’t. Naturally, those who don’t are damned depending on who has the upper hand. 180 What kind of brainwashing can so effectively cause the simplest of facts to be forgotten? How about COINTELPRO? wasn’t hanging out with Joshua and his gang.