Journey's End Addendum
Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:37 pm
Journey's End Addendum
I hope you enjoyed the story and I hope it was not too graphic for
you but it was written to make a specific point to the LDS
members. Presently they think that they will be protected from a
calamity or economic collapse if they just store up a years supply
of food. I wanted to illustrate to them in a stark way that in their
present situation that their stored food could wind up doing them
more harm than good. Since it is common knowledge that
Mormons store food they will be the ones the mobs seek out if
civilization as we know it were to collapse. Their own teachings,
which they ignore, tells them that the way to avoids this problem
is through the gathering principle and their own scriptures
predict they will abandon it to their peril.
Hopefully this story will wake some up to a possible reality. Let
us hope a real collapse does not happen in our future, but sadly
it is a possibility.
The second reason I wrote this was to illustrate the injustice of
the LDS court system of which Curtis and I went through.
I wasn't concerned for my salvation when facing
excommunication but I told Curtis we should fight it because it
was unjust because we had broken no rules.
This was illustrated with a true experience. Curtis Hartell is, of
course, my Nephew Curtis Harwell. Fred was a fictional
character though Curtis did have a friend who was not on the
high Council with whom he did have similar conversations.
David was me and Wayne as always was Wayne. The dialog
was altered some for the story's sake but quite close to what
happened. It's kind of a composite of both trials for Curtis and I.
I was able to hear all the dialog at Curtis' trial because, even
though they wouldn't let us in for most of it I put my ear on the
door and heard the whole thing.
It is true that when I entered the room to testify that it looked like
most of them were not paying much attention and several looked
like they were about to doze off. I was indeed enraged and did
grab that unabridged dictionary and threw it on the table. That
was indeed a satisfying moment to see them come to attention.
They were probably caught too off guard to think of throwing me
out.
It is also true that Curtis was fired from his job right after the trial.
One thing that might have been good to include was that after my
trial a council member came up to me and told me that it is too
bad that they did not have power to put me to death as would be
the case if the church had full political power.
Of course, after the trial the story of Fred is fiction but hopefully
will lead to an awakening for some.
The most interesting comment I have received from this story
was back in 1979. Apostle Mark E. Peterson got a copy and told
me that it was inspired by the devil himself. Indeed, he did not
like it at all. This story is related at:
http://www.freeread.com/archives/2168.php
JJ
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