#334: Lamentation – “The Wrong Juice”

“Terrific energy is expended—civilisations are built up—excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong. Some fatal flaw always always brings the selfish and cruel people to the top and it all slides back into misery and ruin. In fact, the machine conks. It seems to start up all right and runs a few yards, and then it breaks down. They are trying to run it on the wrong juice. That is what Satan has done to us humans.”

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Lewis, C. S.. Mere Christianity (p. 55). Pomodoro Books. Kindle Edition.C

#327: Lamentation – “The Eleventh Hour”

3 For behold, the field is white already to harvest; and it is the eleventh hour, and the last time that I shall call laborers into my vineyard.
4 And my vineyard has become corrupted every whit; and there is none which doeth good save it be a few; and they err in many instances because of priestcrafts, all having corrupt minds.

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Doctrine and Covenants | Section 33:3-4

#317: Lamentation - Breaking Covenant?

If this was said about God’s people who were chosen to be examples and messengers of His plan of redemption, what do we expect will be the course of most peoples and nations? What do we see all around us? What do we expect will be the consequence?

16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods (Old Testament | Deuteronomy 31:16–18).

#314: Mayday Monday - SCC (et al.) - RE-ED SESSION SEVENTEEN

Further to the Déjà Vu Times post: Open Directive to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)From Their Supervisors¹ and the directive to tune into Mayday – The Human Condition every Monday for re-education vlogs, blogs, books, etc. featuring diverse thinkers: here is Session Seventeen for the SCC, the SCJ- Ontario, the CPO, et al.:

“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom. It is no mere chance that our older universities developed from clerical schools. Both churches and universities — insofar as they live up to their true function — serve the ennoblement of the individual. They seek to fulfill this great task by spreading moral and cultural understanding, renouncing the use of brute force.

“The essential unity of ecclesiastical and secular institutions was lost during the 19th century, to the point of senseless hostility. Yet there was never any doubt as to the striving for culture. No one doubted the sacredness of the goal. It was the approach that was disputed.”*

Re-ed Assignment:

1. Journal your thoughts about the above quote by Albert Einstein.
2. Write a pro and con assessment of why coerced re-education does or does not constitute a form of “brute force.”
3. Explain “by what authority” a person or group can direct another to follow a directive that is contrary to the conscience of that other person.
4. Explain if and how coercion of conscience or thought serves “the ennoblement of the individual.”

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* "Moral Decay" (1937); Later published in Out of My Later Years (1950)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

#307: Mayday Monday - SCC (et al.) - RE-ED SESSION TEN

Further to the Déjà Vu Times post: Open Directive to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) From Their Supervisors¹ and the directive to tune into Mayday – The Human Condition every Monday, beginning August 19, for re-education vlogs, blogs, books, films, etc. featuring diverse thinkers: here is Session Ten for the SCC, the SCJ- Ontario, the CPO, et al.:

1) As a refresher from the last RE-ED session, review the review: A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints found at
(A Moonlighting English Teacher | Nov 26, 2021 | Time 14:35 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8TL6iE8iM

2) Ponder and journal whether you see more of yourself in Franz Jägerstätter or in the propagandists / critics / persecutors / “judge(s).”

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1. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2024/08/open-directive-to-supreme-court-of.html

#297: Mayday Monday - Supreme Court of Canada (et al.) - RE-ED SESSION ONE

Further to the Déjà Vu Times post: Open Directive to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) From Their Supervisors¹ and the (non-coercive) directive to tune into Mayday – The Human Condition every Monday, beginning August 19, for re-education vlogs featuring diverse thinkers: here is the Session One offering for the SCC, the SCJ- Ontario, the CPO, et al.:

Why Nonconformity Cures a Sick Self and a Sick Society
(Academy of Ideas | Aug 22, 2023 | Time 11:47 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UaCOO88oSo

The lie that coercive re-education is acceptable in a free society is to build one lie upon another. Take time also to ponder:

LIVE NOT BY LIES by ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN²

Non-conformity to lies is a moral duty of every citizen.

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1. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2024/08/open-directive-to-supreme-court-of.html
2. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064220408537357

#278: Mayday Monday: Introduction of Carnal, Sensual, and Devilish

Mayday Monday: Where Mayday reprints a scriptural explanation.

Reflection: When has carnal, sensual, and devilish not been the lament of God and His prophets?

12 And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God, and they made all things known unto their sons and their daughters.
13 And Satan came among them, saying: I am also a son of God; and he commanded them, saying: Believe it not; and they believed it not, and they loved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth to be carnal, sensual, and devilish.
14 And the Lord God called upon men by the Holy Ghost everywhere and commanded them that they should repent;
15 And as many as believed in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be saved; and as many as believed not and repented not, should be damned; and the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree; wherefore they must be fulfilled.
16 And Adam and Eve, his wife, ceased not to call upon God. And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare Cain, and said: I have gotten a man from the Lord; wherefore he may not reject his words. But behold, Cain hearkened not, saying: Who is the Lord that I should know him?
17 And she again conceived and bare his brother Abel. And Abel hearkened unto the voice of the Lord. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
18 And Cain loved Satan more than God. And Satan commanded him[*], saying: Make an offering unto the Lord.
19 And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
20 And Abel he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering;
21 But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect. Now Satan knew this, and it pleased him. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
22 And the Lord said unto Cain: Why art thou wroth? Why is thy countenance fallen?
23 If thou doest well, thou shalt be accepted. And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door, and Satan desireth to have thee; and except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will deliver thee up, and it shall be unto thee according to his desire. And thou shalt rule over him;
24 For from this time forth thou shalt be the father of his lies; thou shalt be called Perdition; for thou wast also before the world.
25 And it shall be said in time to come—That these abominations were had from Cain; for he rejected the greater counsel which was had from God; and this is a cursing which I will put upon thee, except thou repent.
26 And Cain was wroth, and listened not any more to the voice of the Lord, neither to Abel, his brother, who walked in holiness before the Lord.
27 And Adam and his wife mourned before the Lord, because of Cain and his brethren.
28 And it came to pass that Cain took one of his brothers' daughters to wife, and they loved Satan more than God.
29 And Satan said unto Cain: Swear unto me by thy throat, and if thou tell it thou shalt die; and swear thy brethren by their heads, and by the living God, that they tell it not; for if they tell it, they shall surely die; and this that thy father may not know it; and this day I will deliver thy brother Abel into thine hands.
30 And Satan sware unto Cain that he would do according to his commands. And all these things were done in secret.
31 And Cain said: Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore Cain was called Master Mahan, and he gloried in his wickedness.
32 And Cain went into the field, and Cain talked with Abel, his brother. And it came to pass that while they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and slew him.
33 And Cain gloried in that which he had done, saying: I am free; surely the flocks of my brother falleth into my hands.*

Observation: Does the bold of verse 18 above help us understand why Cain's sacrifice was rejected? Is this like what Isaiah meant when he asked:

12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? (Old Testament | Isaiah 1:12)

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*Pearl of Great Price | Moses 5:12-33 (Bold emphasis added.)

#276: Mayday Monday – Beguiled From the Beginning

Mayday Monday: Where Mayday reprints a Biblical Event that has been repeated over and over in history.

Self-reflection: Have I ever been beguiled by the serpent?

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.*

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*Old Testament | Genesis 3:9-13

#264: Mayday Monday - The Dispositional Cement that Binds Men

A textbook that should be taught in every grade of High School as a wake-up call to the mechanics of tyranny and the foibles of mankind.

“Tyrannies are perpetuated by diffident men who do not possess the courage to act out their [moral] beliefs. Time and again in the experiment people disvalued what they were doing but could not muster the inner resources to translate their values into action (p. 10).*

“These inhumane policies may have originated in the mind of a single person, but they could only have been carried out on a massive scale if a very large number of people obeyed orders.
“Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority (p. 1).*

“Subjects have learned from childhood that it is a fundamental breach of moral conduct to hurt another person against his will. Yet, almost half the subjects abandon this tenet in following the instructions of an authority who has no special powers to enforce his commands. To disobey would bring no material loss or punishment. It is clear from the remarks and behavior of many participants that in punishing the victim they were often acting against their own values. Subjects often expressed disapproval of shocking a man in the face of his objections, and others denounced it as stupid and senseless. Yet many followed the experimental commands” (p. 41).*

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* Milgram, Stanley. Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View (Perennial Classics) HarperCollins. Kindle Edition (Bold emphasis added.)

#252: Mayday Monday - Harvey’s “A Letter from God”

(Originally aired Nov 22, 1963)

Perhaps this needs to be re-opened weekly; like every Monday!

An Open Letter From God - Paul Harvey
(Brad Dison | Aug 18, 2023 | 8:43 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9YOXm9ihts
Also found here:
(Truth Talk at Verity | Apr 17, 2018 | Time 8:27 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldlcUgBtHMM

#247: “Wickedness Never Was Happiness”

Self-Reflection: What is MY condition; MY state?

10 Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness.
11 And now, my son, all men that are in a state of nature, or I would say, in a carnal state, are in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity; they are without God in the world, and they have gone contrary to the nature of God; therefore, they are in a state contrary to the nature of happiness.
12 And now behold, is the meaning of the word restoration to take a thing of a natural state and place it in an unnatural state, or to place it in a state opposite to its nature?
13 O, my son, this is not the case; but the meaning of the word restoration is to bring back again evil for evil, or carnal for carnal, or devilish for devilish—good for that which is good; righteous for that which is righteous; just for that which is just; merciful for that which is merciful.*

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*Book of Mormon | Alma 41:10-13

#242: “Requisite With the Justice of God”

Self-Reflection: What Justice am I on course for?

3 And it is requisite with the justice of God that men should be judged according to their works; and if their works were good in this life, and the desires of their hearts were good, that they should also, at the last day, be restored unto that which is good.
4 And if their works are evil they shall be restored unto them for evil. Therefore, all things shall be restored to their proper order, every thing to its natural frame—mortality raised to immortality, corruption to incorruption—raised to endless happiness to inherit the kingdom of God, or to endless misery to inherit the kingdom of the devil, the one on one hand, the other on the other—*

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*Book of Mormon | Alma 41:3-4