TheLastColdBeer Posted April 17, 2022 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41007 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted April 17, 2022 This is a copy of Paul's speech, written in 1964. I find it to be eerie & spot on for our times, just as he predicted. If I were the Devil, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I’d want to engulf the whole world in darkness and I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I wouldn’t be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, thee. So I would set about however necessary to take over the United States. I’d subvert the churches first. I’d begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please.” To the young, I would whisper that the Bible is a myth. I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good and what is good is “square.” And the old, I would teach to pray after me: “Our Father which art in Washington.” And then I’d get organized. I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull and uninteresting. I’d make TV look worse than movies and then make movies look worse than TV in a vicious cycle that just gets worse and worse. I’d peddle narcotics to whomever [sic] I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. If I were the Devil, I’d soon have families at war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations at war with themselves, until each in its turn was consumed. And with promises of higher ratings, I’d have mesmerizing media fanning the flames. If I were the Devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions; just let those run wild until, before you knew it, you’d have to have drug-sniffing dogs and metal detectors at every schoolhouse door. Within a decade, I’d have prisons overflowing. I’d have judges promoting pornography. Soon I could evict God from the courthouse, and then from the schoolhouse, and then from the houses of Congress. And in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion and deify science. I would lure priests and pastors into misusing boys and girls and church money. If I were the Devil, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg and the symbol of Christmas a bottle. If I were the Devil, I would take from those who have and give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And what will you bet I couldn’t get whole states to promote gambling as the way to get rich. I would caution against extremes in hard work, in patriotism, in moral conduct. I would convince the young that marriage is old-fashioned, that swinging is more fun, that what you see on TV is the way to be and thus I could undress you in public and I could lure you into bed with diseases for which there is no cure. Izumi , Painsponge, Dot80 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
bds1961 Posted April 17, 2022 Member ID: 1213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5349 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 13963 Achievement Points: 47101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 174 Joined: 03/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 43 minutes ago Birthday: 10/11/1961 Device: iPad Share Posted April 17, 2022 I have seen this before. Seems all to familiar in the world we live in today. sad and scary RobMc and TheLastColdBeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Painsponge Posted April 17, 2022 Member ID: 294 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 111 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 966 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 891 Achievement Points: 8645 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/07/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 11:04 PM Birthday: 10/29/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted April 17, 2022 I do miss Paul Harvey. TheLastColdBeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted April 18, 2022 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41007 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 On a lighter note, I was invited to a church breakfast Sunday. Great time, great fellowship, and the sermon gave me a couple new points to ponder. I didn't know what to bring, so early Sunday morning I was peeling apples & rolling out dough. Dot80 and bds1961 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dot80 Posted April 18, 2022 Member ID: 2128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1043 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1069 Achievement Points: 22325 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 01/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 12/06/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted April 18, 2022 This is a really sad world we live in . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
MikeB Posted April 18, 2022 Member ID: 59 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 137 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2107 Content Per Day: 0.40 Reputation: 2314 Achievement Points: 15083 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 minutes ago Device: Windows Share Posted April 18, 2022 This is Paul Harvey, Good Day !!! TheLastColdBeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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