Confirming events
and/or publications which occurred after this document was published
appear in the the
form of dated NOTES may be found at the end of the document.
asked the following question to
seven of its spiritual collaborators - upright individuals of true
faith and without a trace of fanaticism:
Mr. Lee Penn, a Christian Journalist of the West Coast, described
what he believed the effects would be. He graciously accepted that we
publish his communication for all to see.
If this were the case, and the
evidence were as devastating, unprecedented, and persuasively presented
as your scenario indicates, several results would follow:
1. It would undermine the three great
monotheistic, Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. All
derive their traditions and teachings from the Old Testament as a
foundation. Without the Old Testament, neither the New Testament nor
the Koran would stand.
If Islam and traditional Christianity and Judaism wither because
of the "disclosure," the proponents of a secular New
World Order (1)
will claim a double victory - over Christian
"fundamentalism," and also over radical Islam. They could declare
victory in the "war on terror," if the terrorists give up after losing
their faith.
[It should be noted, however,
that rationalists and skeptics and "higher critics" have been trying to
achieve this result since the 1700s - and have not yet succeeded fully.
The "disclosure" would have to be something new, and presented with
overwhelming power, frequency and pervasiveness, to achieve this
result.]
2. The assault on faith would be greater yet if the following
conditions prevail before or at the time of the disclosure of the new
evidence:
(a) Widespread human suffering, disorientation, and despair as a result
of large-scale natural disasters, wars, revolutions, plagues, or
economic depression.
[Such suffering could drive
many to doubt God's existence, goodness, or sovereignty - and a
"disclosure" of the fictitious nature of Scripture would amplify this
reaction. This effect would be greater yet if the "disclosure" were
preceded by a devastating war that could be blamed on the intransigence
and fanaticism of one or more of the monotheistic religions.]
(b) Clear evidence of large-scale
dereliction of duty and immorality on the part of religious leaders (2).
For example, many are already saying that Catholic leaders are acting
as if they have no belief in God and no fear of His judgment.
[A "disclosure" would lead
many to conclude that their suspicions of the religious leaders'
motives was well-founded.]
3. People would react to the disorientation of the "disclosure" in
diverse ways,
all of which would overturn the cultural and
social foundations of the West:
(a) The "disclosure" would leave Buddhism, Hinduism, neo-paganism,
theosophy, and New Age belief unscathed. All of these beliefs might
grow enormously,
rushing into a spiritual void created by the
collapse of monotheism.
(b) Secular atheism would flourish, as would sheer antinomianism
and lawlessness. Marxists could say "I told you so."
(c) As happened in Germany between 1919 and 1933, many in each
nation would seek a Leader to deliver them. Political fanaticism and
strife would flourish.
Globally, with the putative dethroning of the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, the way would be clear for the declaration of a new
earthly 'god' whose existence and acts would be based on visible
evidence, requiring no act of faith.
In his essay on "Religion and Rocketry," C. S. Lewis said:
"What we believe always remains
intellectually possible; it never becomes intellectually compulsive. I
have an idea that when this ceases to be so, the world will be ending.
We have been warned that all but conclusive evidence against
Christianity, evidence that would deceive (if it were possible) the
very elect, will appear with Antichrist. And after that, there will be
wholly conclusive evidence on the other side."
In other words, a devastating and faith-destroying "disclosure"
of the kind described by The M+G+R Foundation could be the
run-up to the Antichrist and the Beast.
EPILOGUE by The
M+G+R Foundation
As we demonstrated in The War
Against Faith (3)
the world population has already been prepared to
believe that God and His miraculous interventions in the world could be
ascribed to the mind. That is: Man needed a God to utilize as a
crutch in difficult moments, therefore, man "created" God to satisfy
such psychological need.
Since such allegation still is in the intangible domain of the
mind (one cannot "get a hold" of the psychological component of a human
being), the enemies of God need something more tangible,
something more concrete like...
+ The archeological remains of the
path of mankind journeying through history with its chronological
records;
+ Newly discovered ancient writings; and
+ Recently (as of 2015) published studies on the functioning of
the human brain.
Archeological Remains
The archeological remains and chronology of the path of man
through history have already proven that, even the events which appear
in the Old Testament, and which may have concrete historical
confirmation, simply do not match chronologically. Many, they can
prove, are hundreds of years off and in reverse sequence.
For example...
According to such ample and scientifically accepted records,
there may have not been an Exodus as we read in the Scriptures. If
there was, it was so unlike the Scriptural story that even most names
associated with it do not match with the historical records.
The argument used is no longer that: "The parting of the Red Sea
is a scientific impossibility." (since many people believe in Miracles,
such argument had to be discounted as an effective Biblical destroyer.)
The argument now used is that Exodus does not match most
historically confirmed records of such times, plus or minus several
hundred years. Now, this argument, to the world, is concrete.
A book (4)
just published for the general
public,
that is, for mass consumption, is brimming with such
references. Drawing from credible, and already professionally published
archeological studies, said book is like cyanide laced chocolate fudge
ice cream: Delicious and exciting, yet delivering a dosage of death. In
this case: Death of the Faith.
Newly Discovered Ancient Writings
The world Biblical scholars and the Catholic Church have given
the green light to publish, to the general public, the translations of
the famous Dead Sea Scrolls (5).
These writings, it is claimed, will "revolutionize" current
Biblical texts. The Vatican has already been quoted as saying that some
portions of the text in the New Testament will have to be changed.
With the very tenuous level of faith in the countries of the
First World - countries which control the media for the rest of the
world - most any theory which would completely explain away the
millennial incoherence of "killing in the Name of God" will be embraced
as the "Truth". The logic utilized will be: Killing and maiming in the
Name of God - such God Who Is allegedly all Love - can only be
explained thus:
(1) God is indeed a product of man's
psyche; and
(2) Man is using such easily wielded psychological tool to
advance his murderous and self satisfying perverted desires.
How the Brain Functions
The National Geographic channel as well as the History channel
have taken upon themselves to destroy what was left of faith with their
respective series Brain
Games (6)
and Your Bleeped
Up Brain (7).
Although neither have directly said the "God was
created by the human mind as the result of a psychosomatic need of the
human being" they have "proven it" over and over again using a
multitude of parallel examples.
Any individual who does not have a well anchored faith - where
"believing" has been upgraded to "knowing" - will lose their faith
after viewing a few of those scientific documentaries. We consider
them, at this point, the greatest threat to real faith.
This last assault on faith fully embodies the explanation of why
Jesus said:
....unless the Lord had shortened
the days, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect which
he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. [Mark 13:20]
We have neither seen nor heard about anything that would more
effectively destroy the little faith left. As a matter of fact, we do
not encourage anyone to view those documentaries. Juts take our word
for it.
"Aha!" the population of the First World countries will
say, "that makes total sense". Then, to
bring such abuses to an end (8)
- religion - as it is known now
- will henceforth cease to exist.
A Universal Religion (9)
will be imposed
under the leadership of an individual whose teachings are against those
of Jesus Christ. He will then be thought as the much awaited
Antichrist.
Of course, as we have written elsewhere
(10), matters
will even get worse because someone else, pretending to
be the real Jesus Christ, will make his appearance to "save the world"
from the Antichrist". This is the one which we will have to truly fear
for he will be satan incarnate.
Now, the faithful, like Peter assuring Our Lord that he would not
deny Him and die for Him, will probably say: "No! I will never fall
for that! I have Faith!"
Like in the case of Peter, the truth is that He will be denied by
the "faithful" who will be running to rally around the "new and
improved" savior. Why can we be sure? Because the true faith is already
practically extinguished.
Do you doubt our words regarding the state of the Faith? If you
do, please consider that, if all those who claim to have a significant
level of faith, had it, the world would not be in the condition it is
in today since Faith can indeed "move mountains" and God is infinitely
more powerful than evil.
So we say to one and all:
Brothers and sisters - Please come
back to the Gospel while there is time, because the Faith you claim to
have and live will not see you through the tests which are already
manifesting themselves in the world.
God, once again, graciously confirms
what we forecast in His Name so that we may share it with the world;
especially with those who may persist in their denial of reality.
This time, the confirmation of the attacks on the Faith manifests
itself in the form of another fortuitous "archeological find": A
container used to hold the bones of the dead and which was recently
found in the Holy Land. Such ossuary, allegedly dating back to the 1st
Century AD, has an inscription which reads: James, son of Joseph,
brother of Jesus.
All experts and a multitude of "Talking Heads" are hailing such
"archeological find". All according to their particular agenda...
Some call it proof that Mary was not a
virgin since She had other children. Others call it proof that Joseph
was married before he married Mary, thus "saving" Mary's virginity (not
to mention the salvaging of teachings of the Church). Yet others call
it an attempt to prove the existence of Jesus, whom they claim never
existed. etc., etc...
Somehow they all fail to see the real consequence...
This man-made charade undermines the
validity/accuracy of the New Testament. There were only two individuals
by the name of James who were very close to Jesus: James, John's
brother and son of Zebedee and James, son of Alpheus [Matthew
10:1-4, Mark 3:13-19]. Neither was the son of Joseph.
We could continue with secondary negative consequences of such
"archeological find" but we feel that the one we have just highlighted
above is probably the most devastating of all.
To the enemies of God who try to undermine the Faith we say: Brethren,
you are not even Good at being Bad. May God have Mercy on you!
God, once again, graciously confirms
what we forecast in His Name so that we may share it with the world;
especially with those who continually persist in their denial of
reality - thus, their inaction.
This time, the confirmation comes from the result of a study
requested by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the pope's Vicar in Rome. He
wanted to ascertain the depth and breadth of the Faith amongst Rome's
teenagers and young adults.
Following are some key excerpts of a recent article published by
the Italian L'ESPRESSO (12)
about said study.
"...the results reveal a sharp
break in the transmission of the Catholic faith to the younger
generations, precisely in that Christian capital that sees crowds of
young people gather around the pope."
"Cardinal Camillo Ruini was flabbergasted when he saw the
first results of a survey on Rome's young people and faith."
"Cardinal Ruini sees the results as sounding a strong alarm
bell... a question that regards not only Rome and Italy but also the
whole world."
"The data that most alarmed Ruini is evidence that the
Christian faith is threatening to go extinct in Catholicism's capital
par excellence, the Rome of the popes.... The vestiges of Christianity
are resisting only within the restricted circle of those who are most
faithful."
"Among the teenagers who belong to church groups, a solid 12
percent doubt even the existence of God. And even among those who
believe in his existence, nearly one in four doubt that he is the
creator of heaven and earth."
"...even the great majority who believe in an afterlife
imagine it in a way that is distant from Catholic tradition. Of heaven,
hell and purgatory, only the first continues to receive a little
credit. Hell is abolished by nearly all of them, including those who
belong to church groups. Purgatory is practically extinct."
"Christian tradition shows itself to be largely worn out.
'Evidently, both catechism and the religion hour have failed,' comments
Pollo (the author of the study)."
As we keep on reminding the Hierarchy, the Clergy and the
Faithful...
Until we acknowledge that the Faith is
almost dead and that unless the Church Administration and Faithful make
the sweeping and necessary corrections and amendments in their
actions/life, much pain will befall the Church and humanity as a whole
since "Pain is the megaphone that God uses for the deaf to hear."
Unfortunately, so far, humanity just keep sticking their collective
heads further down into the sand.
God, once again, graciously confirms what we forecast in His Name so
that we may share it with the world; especially with those who
continually persist in their denial of reality - thus, their inaction.
