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ARTICLES
Soviets Planning to Win the " Unt hi nkable" War
Is Our Envir onment Dr iving Us " Bananas" ?
Th e Origin of Astrology
25 Years to Dou ble Food Produ ct ion
Sou th West Afr ica - Rac ing Against
Time for Peace
Let ' s Remember the Meaning of
Thanksgiving Day
Two Teen-agers View . . " My Responsi bility
as an American"
Why Does God Hi de Himself?
Bad Deci sions Can Wre ck You r Life
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Here I give you a glimpse i nto
a private " Bibl e study" I had
one day with our little travel -
ing group. It happened to get
i nto a very profound question
tha t has puzzled scholars and
theologians, as well as mil-
lions of people, for many cen-
turies . Yet the answer i s plain
and simple, but of staggering
import ance to humanity.
Personal from...
THE TRUE MEANINGOF
PREDESTINATION
T
oday. I find myse lf back in the
sa me hotel room i n Rome
where I had an inviuor atin a
" Bible studv" with mv Iittl ;
ing group ago. \Ve
reme mber thi ngs by association.
Th is room brought tha t part icular
st udy lesson back to mind .
l ha d selected by chance two sc p
ura te chapte rs in the Bible of whi ch
I was very fond. And it so happen ed
th at they were the vc ry two cha pters
th a t mentioned thi s ve ry di sput ed
a nd almost l':E VER u;-.; n ERS'1DO D
subj ect of " pr edeslinat ion ." But now
I want to devote this " Per sona l" to
makin g clear the true mea ning of
that per plexing question.
DOES this di sputed bibl ica l teach-
ing say that we arc P REJli DGED be-
fore we a re even born? Arc human s
j udged guilty or innoce nt BEFORE
they act?
Most novels . movies. or TV se ries
a re built a rou nd the " 200 d 2UVS"
a nd the " ha d auvs." T hoe a nd
he roine alway; appea r wholesome.
honest . sincere. and upri ght. But the
villai n or th e si nister sed uci ng fe-
ma le ca n be q uickly identified by
the ir ev il expressio n. manner. a nd
att itu de. But a rc a ll hum an s PRE-
J UDG ED by an ang ry God. even
be fore bi rth. to become one of these
"good guys" or "bad guys:'
I ha d chosen on tha t day in this
sa me hotel room to go throu gh a nd
ex pound two favorite ch apters -
Roman s 8 and Ephes ians I. I chose
Roma ns 8 becau se it is the " holy
spirit" cha pter. the cha pte r on the
incredible dest iny o f man . That is
the subject a bo ut which I have wri t-
ten a series of a rti cles a ppea ring for
ov er a yea r in The Plain Truth. I
chose Ephesians I becau se. in the
Moffatt translation. I have felt for
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many ye a rs th at it is one of the most
beauti ful. upl ifting. a nd inspi ring
pieces of lit erat ure I ha ve ever read .
When I sa t down 10 my typewriter
to beg in writing th is " Pe rsona l:' I
di d not have in my bri efcase with
me a copy of the Moffat t trans-
lation. But I did have a copy of this
tra nslation in the bookcase above
my de sk in my G- II j et ai rcra ft . So I
tel eph on ed our plane's stewa rd in
his hotel room a nd aske d him to
ma ke a qu ick. specia l trip to the
a ir po rt a nd bring me th e book. li e
a r rived with it be for e I had wri tten
this far. a lt ho ugh I took out tim e for
lunch.
Listen to this beaut iful bit of lit er-
ature: " Pa ul. by the will of God an
apost le of Jesus Chr ist. to t he sa ints
who are fai thful in Jesus Christ :
grace a nd peace to you from God
o u r Fa th er a nd th e Lord J esu s
Ch rist. Blessed be th e God and
Fat he r of our Lord J esus Christ wh o
in Christ has blessed us with every
sp iri tua l blessin g wit hin the hea v-
en ly sphere! " (Eph. 1: 1-3. Moffat t.)
It is importa nt to not e ca refully to
whom the apostle is speaking. He
includ es himse lf wi t h th ose ad-
d ressed - th e sa ints who a re fa ithful
in J esus Christ. He is not speaki ng of
EVERYBOD Y.
Continue : " He chose us in him
ere the world was founded . ...
(verse 4 ). God did th e choosing.
Jesus sai d to His disciple s that th ey
ha d not chosen Him but that li e
ha d chosen them ! But whom di d
God choose'? Not th e wor ld, not
every body - OSLY those addressed
with'" Paul an d the "sain ts who are
fai thful."
H'hen were the " chose n? " Ere th e
wo rld was - be fore they
were born. But WHY'? To be PRE-
judged and sentenced to a n ete rn ity
of being burned alive - ye t never
burni ng up - in the " he ll tir e" th a t
so me peopl e teach'? NEVER! Then
WHY were they chosen?
Contin ue .' . .. to be con-
secra ted and unbl emi shed in his
sig ht. de st ining us in love to be hi s
sons thro ugh J esus Christ" (vs, 45).
The King James Version has:
" having predestinated us.' In the
KJV th e wo rd "adopt ion " is wronglv
translated a nd should be ren dered
"sons hip" in the Engli sh. for it is
speaking of becoming begotten and
born so ns of God . not adopted so ns.
Real sons ! Noth ing is sa id a bout
predesti na t ing sons to "be lost: '
co nd em ne d or punished. But "des-
tining us in love: ' not in a nge r or
ha te.
Read on . and I shall emphasize
th e words I wa nt you to especia lly
notice: " Such was the purpose of his
(Co ntinued 0 11 page 41)
The Soviet admiralty openly proclaims that its
goal is dominance of the world's oceans. The
U.S.S.R. is also wresting nuclear weapons
superiority from the U.S. despite treaties designed
to halt the arms race. What will the West 's
response be to the growi ng Soviet challenge?
SOVIETS
PLANNING TO
WIN THE
"UNTHINKABLE"
K!t1R
by Gene H. Hog berg
T
he maiden voyage this past
J uly of th e Sovi et Union' s
first airc ra ft ca rr ier. the
40,OOO-to n Kiev, is hut a ha r-
binge r of grea ter th ings to come for
the Soviet na vy. accord ing to lead-
ing Western mili tary expe rts. With
i t s a dve n t. a ne w c ha p te r i n
Moscow' s growing challenge to t he
West has o pe ne d up.
Jane's Fighting Ships. the author-
ita tive refe rence for the wo rld' s
na vies. d ecl ares that th e Sovi et
n a v y' s growi ng " bl u e- wat er "
st re ng th a nd wo rldw ide deployment
a ppear designed for a war ofaggrcs-
sion against the West.
Jane's. in its 1976- [ 977 edit ion.
report s th at the Sovi et Union now
h a s th r e e t i m es a s ma ny s u h-
marines. for exa mple. as the Un ited
St a tes.
The American underwa ter fleet.
on th e other hand. incl ud es 73 a t-
tack subma rines. designed spec ifi-
ca lly to seek ou t a nd destroy enemy
submari nes. The Sov iet s have few. i f
a ny. subma rines designed for this
purpose. But Jane's added tha t th e
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Soviets arc pushing ah ead wi th a
form idable subma rine building pro-
gra m. including more nucl ear-pow-
ere d U- boats armed with low-l evel
cr uise mi ssiles. sho rt -ra ng e balli sti c
mi ssi les. and interconti nent al mi s-
siles wit h a range of 4.20 0 mi les.
a ble to st r ike targets th rou ghou t
North America . China . a nd West ern
Europe from pa tro l a rea s close to
thei r Ar ctic Ocean bases.
T he Uni ted Stat es continues to
ha ve an ov erwhe lming lead in ca r-
r ie rs. a cc o rd ing to Ja ne 's. The
present force consists of 13 Ha t tops.
two of them nuclear power ed . But
wit h the introd uction of the heav ily
armed Kiev. the U. S.S. R. has sta rted
to challeng e Amer ica's years-long
su pre macy in the ca rrier field as
wel L Jane's predi cts a total of si x
Kiev-class ca rr iers will be bui ll.
"The arma ment of the new [So-
viet] ships a nd the introduct ion of
ca rr ier-borne aircr a ft ha s suggested
a n ex te nde d outlook beyond th at 01'
pure defense." June's sa id in a fore-
word to the annual volu me by its
ed ito r. Capta in Joh n E. Moore.
Ca ptain Moor e. who is also a
former deputy ch ief of Br itish Nava l
Int ell igence. added: "When in the
past a co untry wit h few ove rseas fi-
na ncia l or coloni a l inte res ts ha s em-
b a r ke d o n t h e bu i ldi n g of a
co ns ide ra ble fl eet. the tr ue aims of
the ships conce rned ha ve proved to
be not only pro tection of the home-
land a nd the sea lines of comm uni -
ca tions whi ch r un to it. but a lso
aggressi ve act ivi ties design ed to sup-
port na tiona l policy."
Go rshkov' s Bold Outline
The Jane's ass ess ment is wo rriso me
enoug h. Bu t now from high up
wi th i n t he Sovi et mil it ary itse l f
comes a brut a lly fran k ana lysis o r
wha t Mosco w intends to do with its
gro wing naval might.
In a new. 463-pagc boo k. The
Marit ime Power ofthe Stale. Admi -
ra l Se rgei Georgevich Gorsh kov .
co mma nde r-i n-chief of the Soviet
na vy fo r the past 21 years a nd a rc hi-
teet of its remarka ble asce nda ncy.
o utlines not hing ot he r tha n to ta l
gl obal supremacy at sea for th e So-
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viet Un ion. And eve n this soa l is
bu t a means to an end. "Supre macv
at sea:' writes Gorshkov, is a " pr e-
requisite ... for establishing the or-
der we need." if necessary. " b\'
dom ina ting thc wor ld: ' P -
In hi s hook. wh ich now 10ll1S
nin etee nth-centu ry American - Ad-
mind Alfred T. Ma han's The 111 -
[iuence 0/ Sea Power Upon History
as a classic treati se on sca rower.
Gorshkov lea ves no one doubti ns
who the "enemy" is a nd who
" imperialists" are that must be con-
test ed on the high seas. The Un ited
St at es is target number one - de-
rente or no
Th e major points of Gorshkov' s
200.000-word tome as summa rized
by two military analysts a rc:
- It is the task of the Soviet na vy
to achi eve suc h st reng th as to de-
prive the ocea ns of thei r prot ecti ve
ro le which they have. up unt il now.
afforde d the Uni ted Sta tes. The
cmerge nce of a powerful blue-wate r
fleet. says Gorshkov. is the "out-
sta ndi ng eve nt which has sha ttered
th e illusion s of the imperi ali st ag-
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
gressors tha t they had no stro ng op -
pone nt in the sp he re of nava l
warfare."
- The Soviet nm')' must have the
capaci ty for "c utting off the enemy's
sea tr an sport. enforcing a blockad e
of the ene my's port s. bases. and
so me coas ta l a reas. la nd even } se iz-
ing SOIllC territ ories:' Th e Uni ted
States. of co urse. is heavil y dep cn-
dent up on imports for oil a nd cr iti-
ca l minerals for industrv.
- The Soviet navv must be in a
position to play "a very big role in
loca l wars: ' accordi ng to Gorshkov.
"The mobi lity and flexibility" of the
na vv sho uld be uti lized "to exen
impact on coast al countries.' For
s uc h po t e n t i al a c t io n. ai rcr aft
la un ched from carr ier s ar c obv i-
ously indi spensabl e.
- Finall y. Ru ssian scapowcr has
a "cr itical role" in eli mina ti ng impe-
rialists' a ttem pts to control the
world's oceans a nd their natural re-
sources.
U. S. Navv Secreta ry J. \Villia m
Ntiddendor{ in a brief refer ence to
the Gorshkov hook. sa id recent ly:
SOVIET WARSHIP laun ches an SA-3
Goa anti- ai rc raft missile. The sophisti-
ca ted Goa missile is now standard
equipment on many Soviet ships.
" Like Mein Kamp]. which spelled
out Hit ler' s in ten tions. when t he his-
tory of [his age is written. Gorsh-
ko v's The Muritnne Power of the
Stall' may have been the most pro-
phetic statement over the last pa rt
of the twent ieth cent ury..'
Add Nuclear Superiority,
Civil Defense Buildup
Th e Gorshkov book a nd the visible
prcsence of more ships on the high
seas flyin g the hum mer and sickle is.
in turn. onlv on e third of a far more
assertive globa l mi litary pos-
turc. Th e ot he r two pieces of the
pic ture are the clear Soviet bid for
nuclea r supremacy and a n extensive
Russian civi l defense program.
On these two fro nts. the Soviet s
are ma kins great headway. accord-
ing to a issue of A l'i'atiol1 and
Space Technology ma ga zine.
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SOVIET MIG-25 fighter plane, one of the most advan ced warplanes in the
world, was flown to Japan by a defecting Soviet pilot. The opportunit y for
Western specialists to examine the aircraft is considered a major inteJfigence coup.
Great Stresses on Civi l Defense
On the qu estion al so or civil de-
fense. Barnell could nowhere lind
the commo nly held American view
tha t civil defense is an essentially
fruitless endeavor. Inst ead he found
that " Soviet writinss are rich in civil
defense inst ruc tio;s" - showing in
the event of a nucl ear war. the
U.S.S.R. clearly aims to emerge as
un scathed as possible . while being
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
of devoting suffi cient resour ces and
armame nts to it to ensure a Soviet
victory:'
In nearl y every ave nue of ap -
pr oach to mil itary doctrine and
str ategic concepts. Barnett found
th at the views of Soviet authors
were tota lly op posed to commonly
hel d viewpoint s in the West.
He found that Soviet mil itarv
wr iters even from before the days O'f
the first SALT agreeme nt with the
U. S. have rejected Western conc ep ts
such as "deterrence" and " mutually
assured destruct ion" (the bel ief t hat
either side would fear to initi ate at -
tack because retaliation and mutual
de struct ion wou ld be so great).
Soviet ana lyst s. accord ing to
Barnett. find no virtue in the con-
cept of "strate gic sta bility" in the
relati on ship of Soviet nucl ear forces
to those of the U.S. The concept of
"nuclear parity" with the U.S. was
not eve n alluded to in the nearlv
three vears' wort h of literature hWc
perused. In its place he found inn u-
merable references to either the
actua lity of. or the need for. "superi-
ority," Note s Barnett: "Soviet rnili-
turv writers declare that advantages
t o be fo u nd i n s u pe r i o r-
ity. , . . Predom inance on the pa rt of
the impe ri a list s. in t hei r vie w.
mea ns war. But Soviet superiority
sta nds as a bu lwark of peace."
Barnett al so discover ed that the
SALT I agreeme nts - widelv hailed
in the world as the first step
toward halting the arms race - had
little impact on Sovi et milit ar y writ -
ings, "They preci pitated no debat es
in mi lit ary j ournals. nor did they
insp ire widespread comme nt ary."
he found . "The few allusions a p-
pea ring in the source materials . ..
invaria blv inclu ded the reminder
tha t the nature of aggressive impe-
riali sm had not cha nge d. the agree-
ments not withst anding: '
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Russians Don't " Think American"
All th ree pu rsuits of Soviet strategic
pl an ning - naval do mi na nce. nu-
clear superiority, and effective civil
defense measures - add up to one
conclusion : The Soviets are clearly
opting for world dom inance. A lid if
there mu st be a Wor ld War 1Il - a
Ill/clear Wor ld War III - to achieve
such an aim the Soviet Union in-
tends not only to fight and to sur-
vive. but to win.
To nearly all Americans. a nu-
clea r wa r has long bee n held to be
" unthinkable." or. as it has often
been expressed : " In a nucl ear war
th ere wi ll be no winn ers - onl y los-
ers." But it is a da ngerous mistake to
think that the Soviet s view a nucl ear
war in the same light.
In a thorough analysis of Soviet
strategic thinking. publi shed in the
Summer 1975 edit ion of Orb is. ar-
ticle enti tled, "Tran s-Sal t: Soviet
Strat egic Doctrine:' a ut hor Roger
\V. Barnett points out : "There ca n
be no gainsaying that Soviet authors
exh ibit concern about pre vent ing an
all-out nuclear war. Un like some of
the ir West ern counterparts. hO\I/-
e ve r. th eir co nce r n co nt inu es
beyond the point of det er ring a rna -
jo; war. So vie t mil it ary l eade rs
mak e it amp ly clear that should war
break out. they have eve ry intention
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"The Soviet Union is wres ting nu-
clear weapons supe riority fro m the
United States and enda ngering the
effectiveness of th e U.S. ba llistic
mis sile deterrent." the respected
weekly magazine said.
It quoted an unidentified U.S. of-
ficial as complaining: "The treati es
we have signed with the U.S.S.R. for
nuclear detonations. strat egi c arms
limitation . and antiba llistic missile
lim itat ions should be ca lled the
world' s first series of uni later al
agreements. .. ."
A viation Week sai d the Soviet s
are ope rat ing a tr an sportable missile
defense radar known as the X3 sys
tern . If deployed around major pop-
ulation cen ters. the X3 is capabl e.
when used in conjunct ion with
A BM m i ssile s . " o f re n d e r-
ing . . . ineffect ive" U.S. land-based
Minut emen intercontinent al mis-
si les and Pola ris Pose idon sub-
marine-l aunched balli st ic missiles. it
sai d.
At the sa me time. the Soviets arc
beefin g up their civil de fense pro-
gram - spending about 12 times
more per year on it than the U.S. -
and dispersing industrial complexes
and popul ati on s. " Soviet a uthori ties
beli eve that by prope r civil de fense
preparati on s. losses will be as little
as 10% of t he popu lation. " th e
magazine reported.
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America and her a llies will be put

to more and more severe test s of
will , if not of strength.
Only tim e will tell th e react ion of
America to eac h test. If America
con tinually backs down. as in the
cas e of Angola. what wi ll be th e '
reaction among Ameri ca ' s a llies?
The Un ited Stat es is by no mean s
weak - milita ri ly. th at is. But raw
milit ary stre ngth a lone is on ly one
fa ct o r in a ny na tion' s compl ex
power eq ua t ion,
In a review of th e overa ll U. S.-
Soviet ba lance. pub lished in the lat-
est (volume 8-9, 1976) ed it ion of
Ne w Lugano Review. Si r Robert
T hompso n writes: "These arc th e
hard ma teria l fact s in th e rise of
Ru ssia as a mi lita ry power si nce
World War II a nd the declin e of the
United Stat es. Clearly that posit ion
is made much worse when the factor
of will is int rod uced into th e equa-
tion of power.
"No on e wou ld suggest that , in
respect of Russia. the fact or of will
is as high as 100% in any given situ-
at ion, but. on the other ha nd, it ap-
pea rs comparati vely to be much
higher th an t hat of t he Un ited
States. Quite obvious ly the Ameri-
ca n factor of will in Indochina de-
creased over the last two or three
years to less tha n 10%. if not ni l,
th ereby red ucing the influen ce of
America n power to zero, whereas
the Ru ssian wi ll to support North
Vie tnam remained consta nt. It was
close to 100% to ensure the surviva l
of Nort h Viet na m as a sepa ra te
co mmunist sta te and it rose stea dily.
as America n will decl ined. to en sur e
the North's ta keover of the Sou th."
T his noted a uthority on commu-
nist stra tegy an d tactics then adds:
' It has been my thesis for so me tim e
th at we have been in World War II I
for the pa st 25 yea rs and that the
long-range Soviet goa l is to win it
wit ho ut a nuclear exch an ge. Thi s
goa l req uires th at even tua lly th ere
should be a strateg ic su rre nde r by
the United St at es, brought about ei -
th er politica lly or psycho logica lly by
a loss of will and purpose, or politi-
ca lly a nd mil ita rily by maneuverin g
the United States int o a vulnera ble
and unt ena ble global situa tion. or a
bi t of both."
Time and momentum are not in
America ' s favor. 0
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age - th e l e v el o f " ass u re d
dest ruction" th at is cons ide red nec-
ess a ry to deter the Sovi ets from con-
te mplati ng nuclea r wa r,
Barn ett summarized his findings
by saying: "The concl us ion tha t So-
vie t doctrine rema ins esse nti ally
unalt ered by politi cal deten te a nd
by SALT I may be difficult to ac-
cept. The implicat ions of a Sovi et
rej ect ion of Western th eories of de -
terren ce. sta bility. parity, a nd a rms
races a re se rio us and disquie ting,
Far more conge nia l is an adversa ry
crea ted in one' s own image. Con-
seq ue ntly. th e ur ge to treat Soviet
cla ims as unrep resent at ive of ac tual
doctrin e or as merely un soph isti -
ca ted is al most overwhe lmi ng. Rut
rejection of wha t the Soviet s say on
such grounds should not preced e
close exa mina tion of th eir sta te-
ments. Those who wou ld di scoun t
So viet decl a ra tor y pol icy must be ar
the burden of producing ev idence to
su ppo rt thei r cas e."
Challenges Lie Ahead
T he re is no doubt th at th e Sov iet s.
striving for domi na nce on the seas
and going all out for nucl ear supe ri-
ority. all the while comforting th em -
s e lv es wi t h a n e la bo r a te c iv il
de fen se infrastructure a t home. will
be tempted to tak e bolder risks in
worl d ar enas in the mont hs ahead .
able to administe r a fata l counte r-
blow to th e "i mpe ria list bloc:"
Barnett qu otes. as an example of
this reasoning. t he tra ns lat ion of a
rad io broad ca st in Ukrani a : "OUf
goa l is fo r a ll wor ke rs. collective
fa rmers. and employees to be a ble
to bui ld ne w or renovate pr ese nt
refuges a nd she lters. In pa rticu lar.
civil defense sta ffs pay a tte ntio n to
tea chi ng the inha bita nts of villages
and suburbs how to convert base-
ment s a nd cellars into shelte rs.
" Much a tt en tion goes to the tra in-
ing of youths, sch oo l children, tech -
ni cal a nd tra de school pupils. and
students . They a re our yo ung gener-
ations and our future. They must be
ca refull y pre pa red for defense from
ma ss destructive wea po ns.'
From many reports ava ila ble in
th e Sov iet press it is obv ious tha t th e
Sov iets a re shift ing emphasis fro m
mass evacua tion of cities to t he con -
struct ion of she lte rs in ur ban areas
to pr otect key govern ment and in-
dustrial per sonnel in a nucl ea r a t-
tack . If the U.S.S. R.'s est ima ted
billion-dolla r-a-yea r CD pro gra m is
effec tive. Russian stra teg ists ca lcu-
la te that casua lties in the Soviet
Union could be limited to bet ween 7
and 12 mill ion in a nuclear ex-
change with the U. S, That is fa r
be low wh at Am erica n defense plan-
ners de fine as " unacceptable" da m-
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
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SOVIET AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kiev, pictured here on i ts maiden voyage, is the
first of a scheduled six of i ts kind to be deployed. Its appearance has signifi-
cantty botstered the strength 01 the Soviet Medi terranean fteet.
WOBLDWATCH
An Overview of Major News Events and Trends
GIANT QUAKES
END SEISMIC LULL
T he ea rthquake " lull" or recent
years IS over.
The dramati c upsu rge in the
number or "giant" earthquakes thi s
yea r. seismo logists say. could in-
dicate a return to a "more normal"
hi gher level or globa l seismic act iv-
ity than has been the case durin g
the past decade and a half.
"The las t 15 years or so ha ve been
unusually quiet in terms of large
a nd giant earthquakes," says Dr.
Don L. Anderson, d irector or Ca l-
tech 's Seismol ogical Laboratory in
Pasadena, California. He notes th at
during that pe riod there were only
four "giant" (8.0 or high er on the
Ri chter scale) ea rt hqua kes - a n av-
erage of one every three or four
years.
But so far this year. three giants
have already rocked various por-
tions or the earth! " Wha t's happen-
ing: ' explains Dr. Anderson. "is that
we're coming out of a lull in seismic
activity."
The period 1900- 1960 saw a lmost
two giant qu akes each yea r. Ha ving
had three magni tude-S or greater
quakes this year - with still two
months 10 go - it has become clear
to seismologists that, according to
Dr. Anderson, "we a re ge tt ing back
up to th e long- ter m average or
ea rthq uakes, both in magnitude and
in freq uency.'
Aside from the three "g ia nts," ten
"major" (7.0 to 7.9) quakes ha ve oc-
curred thus far in 1976, about par
for the yea rly a verage or 12 during
the 1960-1975 period . By the end or
thi s ye a r. the number could well ex-
ceed that average. But for quakes in
the " maj or" ca tegory. thi s yea r is
still below the annua l average or 18
to 20 in the 1900- 1950 pe riod. But
the trend is clearly upward.
This year' s quakes ha ve attracted
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more attention than usual. however.
because several of them have struck
de nse ly populat ed a reas and ca used
a great deal of death and de stru c-
tion . The de at h toll from qu a kes this
yea r has ta r exce eded that or the
past several years. each of wh ich av-
eraged "only" 20.000 or so deaths.
Tens of thousands. perhaps even
hundreds or thousands died in China
alone this year in a series of wrench-
ing quakes.
Starting in February. a major
quake measuring 7.5 on the Richter
scale virtually tore Guatemal a in
ha lf. killing 23.000 a nd leav ing over
a million homeless.
Dur ing the next few mon ths.
ki ller quakes hit Italy. the Sovie t
Union. Mexi co. Bali. and New
Guinea in rapid succession.
Then. on Ju ly 28. a maj or temblo r
- origi na lly labeled 8. 2 but lat er
revised downward to 7.6 - and a
powerful aftershock devast ated a
wide reg ion or Chi na and level ed
Tangshan. an industrial center with
a populat ion or one million . At first.
Chinese officials would only ad mi t
to "great losses," later to 100.000
killed. bu t many authorities reel the
real toll cou ld be muc h higher.
Less than one month later. in
mid-August, mor e than 8.000 d ied
or were reported missing jn the
worst ea rthq uake to hit the Phili p-
pines in recorded history - a giant
quake registering 8.0. Whole vil-
la ges were sucked out to sea by re-
cedi ng tidal waves. and 175.000
were left homeless.
In addition to t he Ph ili p pine
gia nt, two other giant q ua kes oc-
curred this year. centered. fortu-
nately. in the southwest Pacific
Ocean about 600 miles north or
New Zealand.
One or the bibl icall y prophesied
signs of th e end or the age is "earth-
q uakes in various places" (Matthew
24 :7, RSV). Could the current up-
surge in seismic activity signal the
heginning of a period of more
frequent and increasingly destruc-
tive earthquakes. to culminate in the
greatest earthquake of all history
(Rev. 16: 18)0 0
SELLING
ARMAGEDDON
There is enough nuclear raw ma-
terial outside the United St ates an d
the Sov iet Union to mak e over 1.500
sma ll atomic bombs. Thi s fact has
led many American authorities to
fea r that the spread or nuclear tech-
nology is ge tting out or hand. It ha s
also engendered a controversy ove r
wh at the U.S. can or should do
about it.
When' uranium is used for peace -
ful purposes. such as in generating
electricity, it is not compl etel y used
up . The " unburned" ur an ium. if re-
processed. can be recovered for fur-
ther use. The costliness of nuclear
power makes such "recycling" a t-
tractive. But the catch is that repro-
cessing produces not only usable
uranium. but also plutonium. the
ke y ingredi ent of at om bombs.
By 1985 nearly 40 countries a re
expected to have enough plutonium
to become nuclear powe rs. The key
factor in whether such nations ac-
tuall y do become nucl ea r pow ers is
the efficacy or the va rious legal
"safeguard" agreements which usu-
a lly accompany sa les o r nuclear
reactors and uranium fuel. Such
agreements are intended to account
for a ll nuclear fuel used up. to make
certa in that no plutonium genera ted
is "l ost" or purposely di verted int o
unsa vory proj ect s.
How Safe Are Safeguards?
Since the Eisenhower ad ministra-
tion began the Atoms for Peace pro-
gra m. the re has been a he avy
reliance on treaties and agreements
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
to prevent nuclear proliferation.
The Non- Pro life ra t io n Tr e a ty .
d ra wn up in 1968. was thought to be
the prima ry bulwa rk agai nst the
spread of nuclear wea pons. Those
co untries who ratify the treat y
promise to accept inspection of all
their nu clea r po wer pl ants a nd othe r
nucl ear fac il ities by the Inter-
national At omic Ene rgy Agency
( IAEA ). a Uni led Na tions age ncy.
The main problem with th is a p-
proach is that about 40 countries
sim ply ignore the NPT. incl udi ng
France and China. Among these
non-signat ories are nearly hal f of
the 20 or so countries which could
eas ily develop nucl ear weap ons.
These " threshold" countries include
Argent in a. Bra zil, Egypt. Is ra e l,
Pa kista n. South Africa. and Spai n.
Another shortcoming is that any
countrv can withdraw from the
treaty a fter 90-day's notice.
The only "teeth" in the whole sys-
tem, obvio usly, are the ope n in-
spections of nuclear plants. For
those countries outside the sys tem,
ho we ver , there isn't ev e n thi s
safeguard. Victor Gi linsky. a mem-
ber of th e Nuclea r Regul a tory Co m-
mission. has stated that he doubts
that any such system - eve n with
inspec tion - could ever prevent a
su dden a ppropriatio n of pl ut onium
for weapons-making purposes.
In sho rt. like othe r matters of in-
ternational law. compliance with
nuclea r safeguards ultimately rests
on the voluntary submission of each
indi vidual nation.
In light of t his po tentia l for nu-
clear prol iferation. a controversy
has arisen in the United States
about a na tional poli cy toward the
sale of Ameri can-made nuclear re-
actors ove rseas . At stake is a multi-
billion doll ar market . hotl y pur sued
by America n firms such as West-
inghouse and Ge neral Electric. and
competitors in Canada and Europe.
T he U.S. firms a rgue that the best
way to restrict nuclear proliferation
is to stimulate the market for Amer-
ican manufactures. They point out
that the U.S. government has more
st ringent inspecti on standa rds than
the IAEA and that tbe specia l char-
acteristics of the American " light-
wate r" reactor make it difficult to
produ ce atomic bombs.
U.S. pol icy docs not permit the
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
sa le of reprocessing plants. The
American government prefers that
the "spent " uranium from U.S. re-
ac to rs be sbipped ba ck for repro-
cess ing. The problem is, some buyer
countries do not want to be depen-
dent on the U. S. for their repro-
cessed uranium. They want to be
ab le to reprocess the fuel them-
selves. The net effect is to cause
American firms to lose sales to ex-
porters from competitor countries
who have no qualms about throw-
ing in reprocessing technology to
"sweeten" a reactordeal.
When the gove rnments of major
expo rte rs do not sign the NPT them-
sel ves. the re seems litt le hope that
nucl ear proliferation can be hal ted.
Frighte ningly. a world full of nud ea r
weapons would leave very little room
for diplomatic errors. It would be an
a pocalypt ic tind er box. D
GREECE DRAWS
CLOSER TO COMMON
MARKET MEMBERSHIP
Negotiations are currently under
way a t Europea n Co mmunity he ad-
qua rters in Brussels. Belgium. ai med
at making Greece the tenth Co mmo n
Ma rket member by 1979.
The talks a rc expected to be pro-
longed and complex. as the economic
terms of Greece's membership arc
la bori ously hashed o ut.
The bargai ni ng will probably run
through the summe r of 1977. For-
mal rat ificat ion and acceptance of
the fina l package by Community
members is expected to take an-
other yea r a nd a hal f. Greece's for-
ma l en try into the group wi ll
the refore most likely come in Janu-
a ry 1979.
Greece, with its relatively back-
ward economy and agricultural ori-
entation. would be the EC's poorest
member. Its pcr capita income is
less than ha lf the EC avera ge.
Ori gin a lly. so me Commu nity
members had mui nt a i n ed th at
Greece was not economica lly ready
for full member ship . The conse nsus
now. however. is that the political
and strategic advantages of Greek
member ship wil l o utwe ig h th e
d rawb acks.
G re ece beca me an assoc iate
member of the EC in 1962. but its
a ffi lia tio n was suspe nded in 1967
following a military co up. Wi th the
return of civilian government in
July 1974. Greece's associate status
was resumed. Formal application
for full member ship was made in
June 1975.
Thou gh they know their eco no my
will have a tough lime compe ting
aga inst the indust rial ized nations
of Western Europe. Greek offici al s
hope the Community will provide
both the incenti ve and the financial
assis tance Greece needs to modern-
ize her industry and agriculture.
West Germa oy. for one, has go ne
on record as being willing to shoul-
de r much of the linancial burden
d uring the ea rly yea rs of adj ust-
me nt. Bonn has bee n a maj or
backer of Greek me mbership.
In addi tion. Greek leaders hope
tha i EC me mbe rship will provide a
safeguard agai nst a possible future
retu rn 10 the type of dict a torship
which stifled the Aegean nation for
seven years.
Co inc id ing with the opening of
membership nego tiati ons, so me
Community members have report-
edly been pressuring Greece to re-
sume full participation in NATO's
integrated military command struc-
ture. which G reece left in 1974
whe n NATO failed 10 stop nei gh-
boring Turkey - ano the r NATO
na tion - fro m invading Cy prus. All
Comm unity nations except Ireland
arc members of NATO.
Though Greek Prime Mini ster
Constantine Caramanlis and other
gov ernme ru officials reported ly fa-
vor a return to full NATO pa rticipa-
tion. there is still strong Greek
public opinion against such a move .
The failure of Greece to resu me full
ties with the alliance is not. how-
ever, expected to alfec t the Commu -
ni ty member sbip talks.
It is bel ieved that progre ss toward
full EC member shi p I,,, G reece will
push ri va l Turkey into seeking full
member sta tus as well. Turkey is
a lso an associa te member of the EC.
If G reece is ad mitted as pla nned .
the tenth flagpole in front of the
EC's Brussel s headquarters - va-
ca nt since Norway's last -minute
cha nge of mind abo ut joi ni ng in
1972 - will a t last have a flag to
ny. D
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to men tal problems - such as ner-
vo usness. irritability. depr ession .
and ot her mor e serious di sabili ties.
So me noted researchers have even
specula t ed on the po ssib le con-
nect ion between ai rborne chemicals
like hydrogen sullide and the high
suicide rates of communities ,...hich
have indu stries that produce such
pollutants.
LEA D. Airborne lead - from gaso-
line additives and stationa ry sources
such as smelters - ma y also contrib-
ute to our mental-health problems
to a certain degree. The widely pub-
licized lead poi soning of slum chil-
dren who cat peeling paint is only
part of a frigh ten ing picture. Lead is
a cumulative poi son. and every day
we ta ke in a certain a mount of it
from the air we breathe and the
food we eat.
Pasaden a geoc hemist Dr. Clair
Patter son of the Ca lifornia Inst itut e
of Techno logy says th at
there is a potentia lly dan -
gerous til m of lead coa ting
tbe earth and nearl y every-
th ing on it. He sta ted tha t
" ma n has o ne hu ndred
times more lead in his body
tha n he would if lead tech-
nol o gy had ne ver bee n
used:'
Some resea rchers believe
tha t alt hough most people
do not have clas sic symp-
toms of lead poi soni ng like
irri tability. hallucination. or
brain damage. we ma y be
sufferi ng from subcl inica l
symptoms as yet unrecog-
nized. Symptoms of lead in-
t oxi cati on s uc h as
headache. a ne mia. a nd
lethargy are vague and eas-
ily misdiagnosed . Herbert
L. Needieman. assis ta n t
professo r of nsychiatry at
Ha rva rd Medica l Sebool. a
researcher in lead poi son ing
a nd brain dam age. believes
tha t ma ny cases of lead poi-
soning in chi ldre n arc never
brought to a doctor's a tte ntion. and
man y tha t arc brou ght in are im-
properly diagnosed.
A RTI FICI AL L1GII T. Chemicals
are not the only factors that affect
our ment al well-being. Recent stud-
ies indi cate that eve n something as
innocent looking as a rt ificial ligh t
by Carole Ritt er
It ha s bee n demon st rat ed that
co mpo nents of air poll ution (such as
nitrous d ioxides. hyd roca rbons. car-
bon d ioxide. ca rbon monoxide. oz-
one . lead. and othe r pbot oehemi cal
substa nces) contr ibute in va rying
degrees not only to eye irrit at ion .
pa in. nau sea. and tired ness. bu t also
gases a nd pa rt icul at e ma tte r. But
these new au di tions to our environ-
me nt do mo re tha n wreck o ur
healt h. They al so ca n have qu ite an
effect on our minds.
S ,\10G. Take smog. for instance,
Smog is something most of us big-
city dwellers ha ve lea rned to live
witb. After all. on reall y bad days. it
only actually kills a few empbysema
suffe rers who probably would ha ve
gone soon an ywa y. The rest of us
can put up with occasional eye irri-
tation and face our shortened life
spans with relative equanimity. But
what we don't reali ze is that smog
ca n do a lot more than contribute to
an occa sional case of lung cancer.
Accordi ng to Dr. Leroy Sch ieler. a
biochemist a nd consulta nt to indus-
tr ies on pollution control. smog can
affect the mood of an ent ire geo-
gra phica l a rea over long of
time ,
Mental illnesses, depressions,
runaways, suicides - psychological
problems of all kinds are on the
upswi ng. Is it j ust coincidence that all
this " inability to cope" is
occurring at a time when our
environment is being rendered more
and more unfriendly by both
chemical and
psychological pollutants?
ISOUR
ENVIRONMENT
DRIVINGUS

Our Unhealthy Environment
Whether we reali ze it or
not. most of us live in an
environment seemingly tai-
lor-mad e to drive us ba-
nanas. Each year new and
exciting technological ad-
vances bring with them a
da zzling a ssortment of
known a nd unknown side
effects. man y of which are
ha zardou s to our ment al
healtb.
Eac h day we ingest small
amounts of hund reds of hi ghl y toxic
substa nces , Our food con ta ins carci -
nogenic addit ives and pr eservat ives.
Our wa te r s u pp l ies a rc co n-
ta minated with unremovab le indus-
mal effl ue nt. The air we brea the -
even in rural a reas - conta ins un-
healt hy concentra tions of poison ous
H
ow often do you feel like rip-
ping the phone directory into
litt le pieces . smas hing a few
teacups. or swinging the cat by its
tail?
You say you never feci that way
at all?
Okay. maybe you're the quiet
type who isn't easily irritated. But
how many times lately have you felt
down in the dumps for no apparent
rea son? How many evenings did
you come home from work and
needed a couple of stiff ones before
yo u felt like greeting loved ones in a
civil fashion? How many mornings
d id you look in the mi rror and won-
der if it was wort h going through the
motions one more time?
Maybe you checked " none of the
above." But unless you' re a rare
person indeed. you do feci menta lly
or emot ionally out of sync from
time to time. And whe n you do . per-
haps you bla me your boss
or your mother-in-law for
yo ur sad stale of affa irs. But
more than likely. you bl ame
yourself. You j ust a ren' t
coo king. don't have it all to-
get her. or can' t wo rk it
through.
But maybe a lot of yo ur
emotiona l problems aren't
yoor fa ult - or your boss'
or your rnot hc r-in-Iaw's .
Ma ybe you a rc at times vic-
tim of so me t h ing com-
pletel y outside your control.
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can have a profound effect on o ne's
mood.
John Ott. pre sident of Health and
Light Research. lnc.. in Sa rasota,
Flori da . has found that if art ificia l
light deviates even slightly from
sunlight. the effects can be devas-
tating. He blames standa rd cool
whi te fluorescent lights (which lack
ultraviolet. blue. and red waves
found in sunlight and which also
emit X rays and radio waves as
backgr ound radiat ion) fo r tr iggerin g
hyper activity in vulne ra ble schoo l
child ren. He also found that pink
fluorescent lighti ng can cau se emo-
tio nal ins ta bility. On e St. Petersburg
radio stat ion that installed this type
of lighting soo n discovered tha t
workers wer e exhi bi ting irr ita bil ity,
beh aving poorl y on the j ob , oppos-
ing management decisions. and re-
signing withou t exp lana tion. Wh en
the pink bulbs were removed. thi ngs
ret urned to normal.
Ott also obse rved th at
" male rats. mice and ra b-
bit s kept und er fluorescen t
lights tende d to be irri table
a nd ca nn i ba l ize d th e i r
yo ung. Th ose placed in the
prese nce of na tural sunligh t
or und er fluorescent lights
containi ng long ult raviol et
waves ",'er e docile. friendly
and helped care for their
yo ung" (Joan Arehart -Trei-
che l. "The Good. Healthy
Shining Light ," Human Be-
ha vi or. J an ua r y 19 75.
p. 20) .
NOISE. On e of the wor st
he alth hazards - both
ph ysical a nd mental - is
noi se. No t just loud noises
that shoc k the system. ei-
th er . but ever yday levels of
noi se at horne and at work.
Ro be rt Al ex Baron ex plains
how this occurs: "Noise, at
eve n mod erate levels. for ces
a systemic res ponse from
the tot al orga nism. It is not
only the sense of hearing
that is involved. What is also 111-
volved is what ha ppens after the
. brai n receives the sound signal. The
br a in places the body on a wa r
foo ting. [This occ urs erel)' lime the
body is subjected to noise above a
ce rta in level .] The repetit ion of these
a le rts is ex ha ust ing. It dep let es
energy levels; it can cause cha nges
in the chemistry of the blood . in the
volume of the blood circulation; it
places a strai n on the heart : it pre -
vents restorati ve sleep and rest; it
hinders conva lescence: it can be a
form of torture. It can so weaken the
body' s de fense mechani sms that dis-
eas es can mor e readily tak e hold.
"The organism docs not ad apt to
noi se : it becomes enured and pays a
price. Th e price of thi s 'ada ptation'
is in itself a hazard to hea lth" (The
Tyra nny oj Noise. Harper Co lophon
Books. Ne w York. 1970. p. 85).
As Baron stated. noise pre vent s
sleep, and even low-level noise can
profoundl y intl uence the qu alit y 01"
sleep. Dr. H. R. Richt er. a Swiss
medi cal research er. found that
"sl eep depr ivati on lead s to psychi c
alterations, as irrit abil ity. tiredness.
del iriou s an d eve n par an oic sta tes
mos t pr obabl y t he l ack of
dream state is the main factor for
these psychi c ab normalities" (ibid.,
p. ( 0 ).
And scientists sus pect that the
st ress genera ted by urban man's
constant exposure to noise may be
the ca use of a grea t deal of me ntal
illn ess, It i, proba ble tha t part of the
te nsio n found in the inner city is
due to noise-related sleep inter-
ru ption and resulting insomnia and
ins tability.
But tod a ys city or subur ba n
dweller has more than j ust a few
physica l poll utants to cope with . He
also has to fight a whole host 01"
psychological pr essures brought on
primarily by the \\.'ay our environ-
ment is structu red.
PS l' C IIOLOCI CA L PR ES -
SURES. Fir st 01" al l. overcrowd ing
exa cts its loll. As more of us opt for
city life. we find oursel ves gett ing in
eac h othe r's way mor e often. Ubiq-
ui tous wai ting lines test our pa-
tience. Co mmuting has become a
jangling end ura nce con test. Thin
a partme nt wa lls mak e us privy to
ou r neigh bor' s mos t intimate act ivi-
ties, Even relat ively spacious sub ur-
ban lot s don't really provi de us with
the privacy we'd like to have. Back
yards can be nearl y useless
if every move one's chi ldren
ma ke is ca rried out under
the wa tchful eye of an irr i-
table neighbor be nt on pro-
tecting his adj oining pansy
beds.
But ironically enough all
thi s t ens ion - pr o du cin g
ov crcrowdi nu still lea ves
man y of us ..... with few op-
portuniti es for real intimat e
contact. Not onl y a re reall y
deep. e nd ur i ng, st able
friends hips few and far be-
twee n. but there is a lack of
true co mmu ni ty fee l ing
among city dwe llers. In a
place like New York Ci ty.
peopl e can live in an apa rt-
ment huildi ng for yea rs and
never speak to the ir next -
doo r neighbo rs. This lonel i-
ness and feeling of a lien-
ation exacts a price in terms
of men tal healt h.
Our cit ies also breed fea r.
\Vith cri me at an all-ti me
high an d increasing dail y.
few or us have the cou rage
to ava il ourselves of the peace we
might fi nd on a walk th rough the
park. Par ks are good hiding places
for mu ggers. rapists. and o ther
ha rmful rypes. So we ret reat into
our locked and barred fortresses
and lake in o ur violence vicar iously
on the tube, But eve n t hen we can't
10 The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
win. Studi es ha ve s hown that most
TV shows depicting violence have a
definite nega t ive effect on me ntal
hea lth , ca usi ng a ma rked ten dency
toward aggressive an d a nti soc ial be-
ha vior in viewers.
AND ALL TIl E REST. It wo uld
take rea ms of paper to list and a na-
lyze a ll the many facet s of our mod-
ern society that may be contributi ng
to mental di sorders. A lack of pri-
vacy on a per son al a nd institutional
ba sis may playa role in our psy-
choses. The boredom many of us
fac e on the j oh day after day may
als o have an effect . Accelerated
change (neatly cataloged by Alvin
Tomer in hi s book Future Sh ock)
can a lso get to us. And o ur soc iety's
subtle and not -so-subtle lack o f re-
spect for human dign ity causes each
of us to experience our sha re of
mental a nguish. So it's ob vious ou r
environmen t reall y is di sturbing all
of us mentally as well as
physicall y. But what ca n be
done about it?
Can We Change Anything?
Most o f the prob lems di s-
cussed a bove a rc the d irect
or ind irect resu lt of t he \l,.:ay
our inst itutions a nd our so-
cie ty arc structu red. Indus-
tria l poll utio n is hard to
check because such indus-
t ries arc vital to our wa v of
lire. If we hamstring a ll pol.
luters a nd make them turn
out their pr oduct s in a to-
tallv "clean" fash ion. manv
of "them would he forced
out of business. Their work-
er s would be laid 011'. and
our entire cconom v would
take a ca tas t ro phic nose
dive.
Likewise, it is nearl y im-
possibl e to e limina te or
eve n co ntrol a uto exha usts
wi t hou t completel y up-
se tt ing o ur entire life-style
and eco no my. Our noisy.
ov ercrowded. bli ghted big
cities with thei r suburbs
arc a lso part of this ove ra ll pa tt ern.
All of these di sturbing and upsetting
factors arc intimately interrel a ted.
and to cha nce an ..... one of them is
d ifficult wit hou : upsett ing the ent ire
deli ca te hou se of ca rds ,
Ideall y. to effec tivel y change any
The PLAI N TRUTH Novernber 1976
of th is. we mu st he willin g to make
so me extensive sacrifices a nd
cha nge s in ou r entire way of life. It
a p pears we ma y be fo rced to
"evolve" fro m the complex to the
simple - perha ps even he forced to
wipe cverything out a nd start all
over. from the bottom up .
Some economic t hinkers have
specula ted on \I..'hat ki nd of society
co uld be bui lt if such a thing were
possible. E. F. Schumacher. writing
in Small Is Beauti ful. proposed a
' model society of people with ex-
cellent tool s running sma ll indus-
tries to supply loca l needs with a
minimum expendi ture of cncrgy
a nd a maximum uti lization of the
human hand and brai n. These sma ll
entrepreneurs would function under
a central that preserved
the freedom and responsibility of
local governmen ta l uni ts.
This is a nice dr ea m, but don't
hold your brea th. Man has had
dreams of recapturing a pea ceful.
harmon ious, plenteous utopi a ever
since he was forcefully removed
from the Garden of (den. Ironi-
ca lly. he has even fought with his
fellowmen in effor ts to bri ng it
about. Six thousand yea rs of fail ure
seems to confirm tha t sett ing up a
sa ne society isn' t ea sy, human na -
tu re be ing what it is.
Bu t wha t about isol a ti ng a nd
so lving the mu ltifa ceted pollut ion
problems? Ce rta inly governments.
communi ties, industries. and you
an d I can collectively work together
to help clean up our environment
and s u hs t a n t ia lly reduce o u r
chances of "going bunanus.' But
will we all join hands. cast our se lf-
ish interests as ide, a nd get the j ob
done? Or is thi s a n impossible
dream?
The wor ld's least-understood and
most -argued-about book. the Bible.
devotes'-a maj or portion of its pages
to the explanation of a bibl ica l uto-
pia. Th e Old Testament prophet s
cla imed that just such a society is on
th e way. Befo re thin gs get too much
mo re out o f ha nd - before man kind
actua lly destroys itself - the Bible
indicat es that God is go ing
to s te p direc tly into the
thick of huma nity's strug-
gles a nd solve the problems
his \I.:ay, whet her man likes
it or not.
Chr ist prom ised tha t he
would ret urn to set up a
uto pia n world government
founded upon institut ions
tha t va lue the pro tection of
the enviro nment. that bui ld
a sense of communi ty, and
tha t p ut people a head of
" progress" and profit. In
that era. the entire earth
will he fi lled with the
knowledge of God. Cities
won 't be ove rcro wd e d .
Every man will be able to
own some ground and sit
under his '; ' ine o r his fig
tree.' All of mankind will
Iinally be at peace . There
will be no more frenzied
scra mbling for a living: lei-
sure time will be ava ila ble
to a ll. But more impor-
tantly. peop le will he a t
peace with themsel ves a nd
with God . In that wonderful da y
God promises to pour out his spi rit
on all tlesh, and utopia will finall y
a rrive. (If yo u arc interested in ob -
taining a more in-depth understand-
ing of this vas t subj ect. please write
imm ed iat ely for your free copy of
The Good News magazinc.) 0
11
OMENS? DIVINATION? HOROSCOPES?
THE ORIGIN OF
ASTROLOGY
Polls show that millions of Americans firmly believe that astrology works.
Bu t most have no idea how this ancient practice actually began. Read
here the eye-opening account of the origin of astrology.
by Scott G. Rock ho ld
S
lowly the aged. whit e-haired
Chaldea n priest rai sed the long,
shar p knife abov e his head . He
paused for a moment , re verently ad-
dressing a prayer to th e sun god
Shamash . then swift ly plunged the
blade deep int o the be lly of th e
yo ung she ep tied across the temple
altar. Blood spurt ed from t he in-
cisi on as the priest. as sist ed by ju-
nior temple officia ls. deftly slit the
anima l open. The pri ests expert ly
DOES
ASTROLOGY
WORK?
Does astrology have a rational sci-
enti fic basis? Is there a ny conceiv-
able way t hat the locatio n
of sta rs,' plane ts. a nd ne bul ae at t he
ti me of one 's birt h coul d infl uence
an individua l' s personal ity. health.
marriage, career. and a host of ot her
personal eve nts?
The accompa ny ing a rticle shows
that the o rigin of as trology lies in
pagan superstiuon. But does as trol-
ogy wor k?
Unti l the sixteen th century. t he
earth was believed to be the center
of the un ive rse. wit h t he sun. moon .
planets. and stars revolving arou nd
t his ull-importaru center o f act ivi ty:
But the heliocentri c universe o f
Copernicus ( 1543) de throned the
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examined the now steaming liver,
lungs. and in test ine s of the'-'she ep.
Suddenl y the elderly ch ief priest
gasped with fear and surpr ise as he
sa w a lo ng yellowish mark on on e
sid e of the liver - a ce rtain sign or
co ming dest ruction. '-'
Hasti ly. the old priest scurr ied o ut
of the temple and called tor hi s as-
sista nts to prepare a boat for the trip
up the Euphrates to Babylon. He
had to warn the king at once not to
ea rt h . And si nce th en. the advance
of as tronomical kno wledge ha s re-
lentl essl y pus he d t he eart h far t her
and farther from any pr ivileged po-
sition in th e cosmos. 'T he sun. too.
has been demot ed to a n inconspic-
u ou s s u burb in a ra t h c r
unexceptio na l ga laxy in a re lat ive ly
small group of galaxies in a universe
of uncoun ted billions of sta rs.
In suc h a unive rse. it becomes in-
creasi ng jy di fficult to be lieve the
heavens Were created to have a spe:;'
cific influence 011 th e earth and on
ind ividua l hu mans i n particu lar.
Ho w wou ld s uch an in flue nce occur?
T hrough gravity'! Rad iat io n?
T he immense dista nces encoun-
tered in t he universe - us ually mea-
su red in light years - r ule out any
such influences. The gravitat ional
a tt raction of t he docto r standing at
th e delivery table would be far
greater t han t he gravitational in-
tl uence of any star or galaxy on a
new-bo rn baby. .
And th e radia tion from even the
campai gn against the Elamites in
th e ea st th is year. The gre at god s
had spo ken through th e body of th e
shee p - th e a bnorma l mark on th e
live r meant the king and his army
we re ce rta in to me et d isa st er!
Babylonian Divination
Ceremon ies similar to t he one de-
sc r i bed above were car ri ed ou t
t ho usa nds upon thousands of t imes
du ring th e hi story of ancient Baby-
brig htest sta r wou ld be thousands of
times wea ker than a .single light
bu lb in the del iveryroom .
The co n cl us io n see ms in-
escapa ble: No known force cma nat-
ing from the co nstella tions of the
he avens 'co uld be expected to exert
a unique. life-lon g infl uence On
one.
Even if t he 'sta rs did ex er t a n
ever-so-sub tle influen ce a t th e time
ofan individ ual's birth. can a nyone
seriously believe their influence is
important when compared to th e
mul titude of much stronger e nv iron-
mental forces on eart h that direct ly
affect 'Our lives:
All li fe on earth is affected by
periodic changes in t he environ-
ment. Such cycl ic vari ations are,
often th e basis for natu ra l rhythms
callcd biol ogical clocks. The most
obvious exa mple is t he risi ng and
se tting of the sun, a daily' cycle of
lig ht a nd da rk which dir ectly affe cts
th e activi ties of vi rt ua lly all pl ant s
and a nima ls.
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
Ioni a and Assyria. locat ed in wh a t is
now modern Iraq. As th eir reli gious
document s a nd inscript ions clearly
sho w. the Ba byl oni an s firm ly be-
lieved t hat power ful gods commun i-
ca te d with ma n thro ugh a ll kinds or
natura l eve nts a nd cond itions - th e
markings on the entra ils of a sacri -
ficia l a nima l. the behavior of ani -
ma ls or hu mans in the st reets. the
sha pe of a mi sca rr ied fetus . the pat -
tern formed by smoke fro m an oi l
lamp or by water poured on oil.
a nd. not least. the pos itions or pla n-
ets and sta rs in the sky.
Su ch events. bel ieved to be mes-
sages of the future. arc ca lled omens.
and the art of see king a nd inter -
preting omens is ca lled divi nat ion.
Anci ent societ ies believed omens
were messa ges from t he gods revea l-
ing fut ure events. Ma ny peoples of
th e a ncient wo rld - the Bahyl o-
ni ans, Assyr ian s. Egypt ians. G reeks.
and Romans - practi ced di vina tion .
Pr o ba bly th e most popula r torrn
of divi nat ion in a nci ent Ba byl on
was th e exa minat ion of the entra ils
of a ni ma ls. es pecia lly shee p. tha t
were sacr ificed to th e god. Ju st be-
fore slaying the animal. the divi na-
tion pri est besee ched the go ds to
Theseasons. caused bv the earth' s
revoluti on around the sun, al so hav e
a marked annual influence on living
things. Similarly. th e tides, dri ve n
primaril y by th e gravitational , at-
traction of the moon. affect count-
les s creatures in the sea on roughl ya
12-hour ha sis.
Research 'ha s demonstrated that
man too may be percept ibly in-
tlu cnccd by lunar and solar radi-
ati on and lor g ra v i t a t i o n a l
attraction.
However. such "ce les tia l cycl es"
operate on all men, regardless of
wh en or wh er e th ey were born. In-
deed. the readjustment or on e' s bi o-
logica l clock a ft er a cha nge in
cnvi ronrncuts- as occ urs in "je t lag"
- pro ves th at suc h biologic al cycles
are no t immu ta bly fixed. Rather.
each perso n's bi o-clock ca n be re-
vised and reset numer ou s ti mes
throughout one's lif e as th e env iro n-
ment cha nges.
T here' s no questio n that biologi -
ca l rhythms anti cloc ks a re ofte n
The PLAI N TRUTH Novemb er 1976
write his messa ge on the entra ils of
the shee p. \ V h ~ n th e orga ns were
ex ami ned . any unusu al ma r ks.
lumps. or sha pes we re int erpreted as
th e god's answer; even the normal
configuration o r the orga ns had sig-
nifi cancc. Hu ndreds of clay ta ble ts
ha ve been unearthed fro m the lands
of Babylonia and Assyria bearing
deta iled instru ctions to the priests
on how to interpre t th e ma rks on
ent ra ils of sacr ificia l a ni mals as we ll
as how to interpre t tho usa nds of
ot her ominous events a nd con d i-
tions. Suc h practices we re known fa r
and wide: the Bible even records
that Nebuchad nczznr or Babyl on
" looked in the liver" for guidance
fro m th e gods in his ca.... mpai gn s
aga inst Juda h (Ezekiel 2 1:2 1).
The Stars and Planets
As thc Babylonian creation myth.
the Enur na Etish. clea rly shows. the
stars a nd pla ne ts were believed to
be the signs of the most powerful
gods. a nd in so me cases we re ac-
tu all y gods themselves.
Nat ura lly. since the sta rs a nd
pl anets were viewed as d ivine. or
sy mbols of di vin e action and po wer.
they became th e objec ts or ca reful
linked to the motionsof the sun and
rnonn.But thi s in no way justific,s
the beli ef that astrological signs and
the positi on s or the Sun. moon, pl an-
et s. or s ta rs at the time of birth can
be used to predi ct on e' s future.
The Bible labels th e worship of
the he avens as idolatry : "Take good
he ed to yourselves ... lest yo u lift
lip your, eyes to heaven. and when
you see the sun and the moon a nd
the sta rs. all the host or heaven.
you wo rship th em and ser ve
them '" ( De ut. 4: 15. 19. RSV ).
Of course. astrology buffs can a l-
\vays claim they are not really wor-
sh ipping the heavens. j ust rel ying on
them for cert a in "important" 'infor-
mation. Yet the fact remains that
as t ro logy ha s no sci entific ba sis .
T he prophet Daniel encountered
as t ro logers in Ncbuchadn czzur 's
co urt : " Then came in the ma gici ans.
th e as tro logers. th e Cha ldeans, a nd
th e soothsaye rs : and I told t he
dream before ' them: but thev d id
not muk c known unt o m ~ t he
obse rva ti o n by t he d i vinat ion
pri est s. Event ua lly. deta iled records
of the movement s a nd positions of
the pla net s were kept. Th ese records
and ca lcu lat ions based upon them
became th e fo un dation for not on ly
ast ro no my. but ast ro logy as well,
Because the Bab vlonians a nd As-
sy ria ns bel ieved the hea venl y bodi es
were re presenta tive of th e go ds.
th eir positions and movements wer e
o bv iously of grea t significa nce to life
a nd events on ea rt h. \Ve kn ow th at
by a bout 700 B.C. . the plan et s. in-
cl uding the sun and moon . were
being ca re fully wa tched by th e As-
sy r ians for th eir impact on the life of
the kina. Numerous lett ers a nd state
records tell us of wa rn ings by the
pr iests fo r the king to be ca refu l. or
to have ritu a ls carried o ut to at-
tcmpt to avoid the pr edi cted di -
saste r.
Other ast ronomi ca l ome ns we re
fav ora ble to the king but unfavor-
able to foreign ers. Lan gers' Encyclo-
pedia of World /fiSIO/}' sho ws tha t
the ea rl ies t develo pment of ast rol-
ogy was associa ted wit h Ba byl oni a n
magic a nd d ivination:
The most characteri st ic and in-
fl uential feat ures of Babyloni an
interpret ation th ereof" ( Dan . 4:7).
Daniel found the astrologers to-
tall y ineffective. And so hav.... e mod -
ern-day scientific studies.
" T he astrologer is ofte n better
able to rea d hi s client s wishes than
to predict the all eged destiny im-
plicit in the celestial bodi es: ' says
professor of philosophy. Paul Kurt z.
''' Yct the true believer still insists
that astrology is basicall y true in
so me mvst er ious way."
HT he; c ' are o bv i(;uslv milli ons of
people wh o believe thi s astrology
st uff: ' says Dr. Linus Pa uling. twice
a Nobel Pr ize winne r. "and I th ink it
is worthwhil e to expla in th at it has
nothing wh atever to do wi th sci en-
tifi c fa ct. "
In th e final anal ysis. th e over-
wh elming e vidence is th at as tro logy
is little , more th an a n entert a ining
form of pseudo- so phisti cat ed super-
stition. "T he fa ult. dear Brut us, is
not in the s ta rs . blui n o ur-
se lves' . .. ."
- Robert A. Ginskey
13
religion, asi de from it s myth-
ol ogy, were t he elabor ate sys-
tems o f mag i c al pract ices
(incantat ions) and t he i nter-
pretation of omens (divi nation) ,
par t icu lar ly the movements and
positi on of the heavenly bodies
(astrology). the act ions of ani-
mal s, and the characteristics of
the liver of sacrificial vict ims (p.
26 ) .
The Zodiac
Th e Babylonians were also the in-
venters o ~ f the zodiac. Their astrono-
mers divi ded t he heavens into
sec tions in order to tell time at night
as well as seasons of the year. ....At
fir st there were some 36 sections or
areas. corresponding to various stars
or constellat ions. Lat er this number
was reduced to 12. or one con-
st ella tion for each mont h of the
vea r.
~ So me o f t he Ba bylonian con-
stellat ions or "sig ns" bore the sam e
names as rhev do todav. Thus the
Babvlonian ':bull of Anu " is the
con;tellation (or sign) Taurus: " the
Grea t Twins" ar e the constellation
Gemini: " the lion" Leo: "the scor-
pion" is naturally Scorpi o. Other
signs. however. were given different
names by Greek astrologers some
centuries lat er : the "mode rn" na mes
for the signs of the zodiac arc ac-
tuall y Greek or Lat in.
Most . if not all. of t he con -
stellations of the Babylon ian zodiac
were myth ological figures which we
read about in the grea t Babylonian
myth s and epics. For instance the
"bull of Anu " was sent by the god-
dess Ish tar to punish the hero G ilga-
mesh. Th e planets and the stars as
well were considered divine beings:
the god Shamash was the sun. the
planet Venus (Babylonian Dilbat)
was the "s ta r" of the goddess Isht ar.
By about 450 B.C.. the planets.
sta rs. and zodiac were all put to-
ge ther into one cosmic system of the
gods that supposedly cont rolled or
influe nced an individual' s life here
on ea rt h.
The First Horoscopes
Not coi ncide nta lly. it is just about
this time tha t we have the first
known horoscopes. These horo-
scopes, fou nd inscr ibed on clay tab-
let s i n Babyl oni an cu neifo r m
cha racters. were cast at the moment
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of birth . just as mode rn horoscopes
a re cast. And like modern horo-
scopes. they tell the exact posi tions
of the planets in the zodiac and how
they will infl uence the life of the
newborn indi vidual.
Th e first known horoscope dates
to the year 410 B.C. It is found on a
clay ta-blet now kept at Oxford Uni-
versity. It reads:
Mont h Nis a n. night o f the
14t h ... so n of Shu ma us ur ,
son of Shuma-i ddi na. descen-
dant of Deke. was born . At tha t
time the moon was bel ow the
Horn of the Sco rpion. Jupiter in
Pisces, Venus i n Taur us, Sa-
t urn in Cancer, Mars i n Gemini;
Mer cury, which had set for the
last time was st i l l i nv is-
ible ... Things wi li be good for
yo u ( J o ur n al of Cuneifor m
Studi es. 19 52 . p. 54).
Several other horoscopes. quite sim-
ila r in form to this one. are known
from abou t the same time. It is plain
from the se records that astrological
horoscopes. a pplied to human indi -
viduals at birt h. were a Babyloni an
inve ntion.
The Greek Connecti on
By about 400 B.C.. Greek scientists
and philosophers were tra veling
th rou gh o ut t he Med it e rran ea n
worl d. Especially during and aft er
the time of Alexand er the Great . the
Greeks began to learn of the bel iefs
and science of the Babyloni an s.
Egypt ians. and oth ers. With the
help of the Babylonian priest Ber-
OSSli S. whose treat ise on astrology
reached Greece about 250 B.C..
the y took ove r and modified the
Babyloni an system of astrology. Th e
Greek s eve n ke pt many of the
names for the astrol ogical signs; to
others they gave new names. How-
ever. it was clea rly recognized that
the astr ological predict ions and in-
terpret ati ons were sti ll based on pa-
ga n Babylonian myth ology.
In the lirst century B.C.. the
Greek historian Diodo rus wrote the
following about the astrology of the
Chaldea ns:
Under the course in whi ch the
planets move are sit uated, ac-
co rdi ng to them, t hirty stars,
wh i ch they des ignat e as
" counseling god s" ; of these,
one half oversee the regions
above the ea rth and the other
ha lf those beneath the ear th.
having under their purview t he
aff airs of mankind and likewi se
those of t he heaven s ....
Twelve of these gods . they say ,
hoid ch ief authority. and to
each of these the Chaldaeans
assign a month and one of the
sign of the zodiac, as t hey are
calied. And throug h the midst
01 these sign s. the y say. both
t he sun and moon and the five
planets make thei r course ...
(Diodorus , u. 30. 30) .
The Greek astrologers greatly
modified and embellished the astro -
logical system that the Chal dean
di vination pri ests had devised. They
organized ast rological methods int o
a complex scheme of houses, as-
pects. signs. and plan ets. with doz-
ens. if not hundreds. of rules an d
varia tions.
The greatest of the Greek astrolo-
gers was the Alexandrian astrono-
mer and mathematician Claudius
Ptolemy. His astrological work. The
Tetrubiblos. became the han dbook
upon whi ch all subsequent ast rology
is based. However, even in this "sci-
ent ific" work. impo rtant t races of
Babylonian and Greek mythology
still appear. Notice Ptolemy's com-
ments on the intl uence of the planet
Mar s (in Greek and Roman myth-
ology the god of war):
Mars . . . br i ngs abo ut war s,
civi l facti on , capt ure, enslave-
ment, upri sing, the wrat h of
leaders, and sudden deaths
arising from such cases ..
(Tetrabiblos. II. 8).
Whi le man y of Ptolemy' s inter-
pret ations of the heavens stem from
the (mistaken) astronomical bel iefs
of his day. it is clear that much of
his astrology is ultimately based on
paga n myt hology. which in many
resp ects goes back to the myth s and
beli efs of ancient Babylon. Furth er -
more. the elaborate astrological sys-
tem worked out by Ptolemy act ua lly
forms t he basis of much of modern
ast rology.
This then is the ori gin of a prac-
tice foll owed by milli ons of twen-
tieth-century devotees. Rega rdle ss
of whet her one actually believes in
astrology or not. it is clear that such
beliefs ult imat ely originated in the
magic and superstition of the divi-
nat ion pri ests of ancient Babyloni a
and Assyri a. 0
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
only food shortages of a sporadic
short-term nature, but " chronically
acute shortages as far ahead as we
can see." The warning was given in
the opening address by Dr. Clifton
Wha rton , presiden t of Michigan
Sfate University.
" The challenge of providing food
for hung ry people ... is the great-
est challenge of the last quarter of
the twentieth century, " added Dr.
John A. Hannah, executive director
of the United Nations Worl d Food
Council. " Despite the need for a
system of world food security," he
said, " there has been little progress
since the [ Rome] World Food Con-
ference" of 1974.
Agricultural Experts Only
Unlike the Rome conference, spon-
sored by the United Nations, where
pol iticians and agricul ture ministers
were given center stage, the 1976
conference in Ames, Iowa, was
sponsored by Iowa State University,
a world leader in agricultural re-
search and international food devel-
opment. Food-relafed specialists
16
from over 70 nations - agron-
omists, cattle breeders, plant genet-
i c i st s, nut ritionists, an d food
dist ributors - met to classify and
determine how mankind can best
pool ItS ettorts to overcome the
const raints inhibiting worl d food
production and Improved human
nutri tion. Political figures were de-
liberately excluded so that the facts
presented and the recommenda-
tions made would not be colored by
any poli tical or ideological biases.
Conference participants were
again reminded of the hard realities
of the food-population CriSIS:
- Even with the best populatio n
cont rol ettorts. the four billion
people inhabiting the earth today
will increase to over six billion by
the turn of the century, barring
some intervening disaster.
- Unless birth rates are signifi-
cantly decreased in the developi ng
world, all other efforts wil l be futile
in the long run.
- The ranks of the world' s seri-
ously malnourished and chronically
hungry are already around 500 mil-
Ernst Herb - The Plain Trutti
lion and growing , and another great
portion of mankind is significantly
malno urished. (Estimates vary be-
tween a quarter and a half of hu-
manity, depending on the source .)
- The huge surpluses of grain
which buttered the world are nearly
gone and the concept of a world
reserve could abort due to conf lict-
ing national agricultural polic ies.
Plain Truth correspondents at-
tending the conference, however,
felt that two other staggering chal -
lenges facing modern agriculture
failed to be emphasized suffic iently
during the four -day meeting:
1. In 25 years - or about one
generation - world food produc tion
must more than DOtJBLE to give the
rapidl y increasing world population
just alittle improvement in food quan-
tity, and hopetully. quality.
2. The food deficits of the devel-
oping countries projected by 1985
will, by all indicat ions, amount to a
staggeri ng 80 million tons to over
100 million tons annually - roughly
equal to the enti re annual cereal
product ion of all of Latin America.
ThePLAIN TRUTH November 1976
IN BANGLADESH (above left) old
meets new in field cultivation. The
world 's most overcrowded major na-
tion foreshadows the food-popula-
tion crisis rushing in on many devel-
oping nations. Above right, cadres
in Communist China learn new farm-
ing ideas. New varietie s of wheat and
rice have helped the most populous
nation achieve near food self-
sufficiency.
Such a deficit, in the words of Dr.
Hannah , would be " too high to be
considered manageable ," physl-
cally and financiall y. Yet , in the
years beyond 1985, these shocking
shortfalls will greatly increase!
Who Is Going to Produce All
This Food?
To feed the present yearly increase
in wor ld population of 75 million re-
quires nearly 20 million tons of ad-
ditional grain each year. This is
more than the annual Canadian
wheat crop and about the same as
the crops of Argentina. Australia ,
and Romania combined.
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
Even U.S. wheat prod ucti on staq-
gers before such annual needs. The
total U.S. wheat crop in 1975 was
about 67 million tons.
The answer to food defici ts obvi-
ously lies not in perpetual increases
of exports from tood-rich to tood -
poor count ries. Large increases in
production are desperately needed
in the tood-snort developi ng na-
t ion s the mselves. It is in these
lands, moreover , that over 80% of
the new mouths will be born in the
remainder of this cent ury.
Dangerous Pattern in Third World
The worldwide food shortage did
not occ ur overnight. The supply-
demand scale has been in pre-
carious balance for over a decade.
But this was not readily apparent
because of huge surpluses in the
United States and vast American
acreages held in reserve by being
kept out of producti on.
Today almost all readily tilled
land In North America IS in proouc-
tion, and world food reserves have
pi ummeted from several months to
only a few weeks. Even these r e ~
serves assume an adequate world
food distribution system which is, in
fact. sorely lacking.
During the past two decades, un-
usuall y good weat her and ad-
vanced agricul t ural technol og y
combined to produce record crop
surpluses in the advanced nations.
But in the developing world, a much
more critical pattern emerged.
During the 1950s, food produc -
li on In the developing nations grew
about as rapidly or even more rap-
idly than population. In the 1960s,
however , these nati ons ex pert-
enced an increasingly rapid popu-
l at io n growth coupl ed wi t h a
slowing down i'Ytheir rate of in-
crease in food productio n.
Overlooked by many is the fact
that political upheavals worldwide
during the same period and the end
of the coloni al period in Africa and
elsewher e threw many areas that
were once selt-supportmq aqricul-
turally Into chr onic food det icit pat-
terns from which a good portion
have never recovered.
17
The current state at aftairs in An-
gola again reflects thi s neglected
factor. The civil war there has so
disrupted harvesting that Angola IS
now very dependent on food im-
ports where she was once self-suf-
f icient. Once the dust settles,
Angola is likely to remain chronic-
all y deficient in food If, as expected,
she " revolutionizes" her agriculture
along ineft icient Marxist lines.
By the middle 1960s, toad pro-
duct ion was no longer keeping up
with popu lation growth. Duri ng the
first five years of the 1970s, yearly
increases slipped even more seri-
ously and are still slipping.
As a result , the developi ng na-
tions, as a group. are no longer
able to feed themselves by them-
selves, let alone improve their over-
all level of nutrition.
These developments have sober-
ing implications. In Dr. Hannah's
words: " The developing countries,
which were vi rtually selt-sutticient in
food suppl ies in 1950, were impor-
ting between 15 and 20 million tons
of grain in 1970, half of which was
in the form of food aid. By 1975 the
gross imports of these countries
had reached about 45 million tons.
Every projection of the food situ-
ation for 1985, nine years f rom
now, points to a doubling or tripling
of these cereal imports - 85 to 100
million tons per year or more."
Does Mankind Have the Technology.
the Will, and the Time?
As at Rome in 1974, so many con-
ference speakers at Ames, Iowa,
spoke of their confirmed faith that
mankind still has a reservoir of
available land and resources and
that mankind possesses the basic
technology and skills needed to
wipe hunger oft our hungry planet .
The biggest obstacle, they empha-
sized , was changing the way
human beings act: that is, cutting
through the morass of national, po-
litical, economic, and social con -
strain ts which h i nd er th e
development and application of im-
proved mefhods of growing food.
The past two World Food Confer-
ences have made it clear that al-
though weather caused part of the
global food crisis, a far more critical
factor has been the failure of policy
makers to understand how bad pol-
18
"The challenge of
providing food for hungry
people is the greatest
challenge of the
last quarter of the
twentieth century"
- Dr. John A. Hannah
icies and wrong priorities aftect ag-
ricultur al production.
Some of those policies emascu-
lated or discouraged domestic food
production because governments
supported low food prices and im-
por ted cheap food . Others exported
needed food supplies to obtain for-
eign exchange for developing pet
"glamour " industrial projects, such
as steel mills.
What Needs to Be Done?
In the short term - the next ten or
so years - food-surplus nations Wi ll
have come to the aid of food deficit
nations with large quantities of food
at favorable terms until these na-
tions can gear up thei r farming sec-
tor and increase their own food
production.
In the long term, there is no way
out of the world's food crisis until
food-short nations, in the devel-
opin g world particularly, simulta-
neously produce more of thei r own
food while cutting birth rates. En-
cou ragement of population control
and wide-scale family planning has
occurred far too late. Emphasis on
these two areas - domestic food
production and population control
- must not be neglected.
Next, government policy makers
in many nations need to reorder
thei r priorities. Too much of the
presently developi ng food crisis has
been caused by the failure of many
governments to invest limited eco-
nomic and other national resources
in the agricult ural sector ; instead
the urban, industr ial, and military
sectors have been emphasized out
of proportion to the most basic in-
dustry of all - growing food . The
result is that many starving nations
have the latest steel mills, nuclear
plants, and military hardware, but
can 't teed thei r own people .
Last - but perhaps most impor-
tant of all - farming as an occ upa-
tion must be given more dignity and
honor.
This can only be done by chang-
ing social values and supporti ng
farmers With extension services to
make farming more profitable and
attractive, with more of the ame-
nities of life in rural areas, such as
improved schools, safe water sup-
plies, health services, better roads,
and communications.
At the Ames confere nce, Gelio T.
Castil lo, professor of rural sociol-
ogy at the University of the Philip-
pines, said: "Most Filipino farmers
do not want thei r child ren to be-
come farmers." Not only IS farming
risky and income unstable under
present conditions, she said, but
the prevailing social attitude is that
only the uneducated must be farm-
ers because they have no other
choice.
Unlike industrialized nations that
have been able to aftord the loss of
farmers to cities because of labor-
saving technology , developing na-
tions need to hold their farmers on
the SOil and encourage them to pro-
duce With better methods of farm-
ing suitable to their conditions.
The Right Technology
Next , govern ments in the devel-
oping world must realize the limits
of technology and not depend on it
alone to " quick fix" their dilemma.
Even as the food specialists at
Iowa State University lauded mod-
ern agricultural " successes" -
such as the Green Revolulion -
they spoke of their technology 's
shortcomings and failings.
J. R. Pagot, directo r of Ethiopia's
Livestock Center, summarized a re-
curnng thought at Ames. "When a
new technology is discovered
somewhere in the world , fhere is a
great temptat ion to want to have it
adopted on a worldwide scale. But
very often, transfers of technology
fail utterly ." Technology, confer-
ence participants agreed , must be
adapted to people, not people to
technology.
As it turns out, conference lead-
ers said that mankind needs much
more time and much greater re-
search to adapt new findings and
technologies - such as hybrid
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
grains, ferti lizers, cattle breeds, and
other farming techniques - to the
wide variety at dlft ering cl imates,
soi ls, and social condi tions arou nd
the world.
They poi nted out, too, that the
subsistence tarmer, who produces
much of the agricultural output in
many countries, has been greatly
neglected not only by politicians
but also by science in the rush to
apply mass-oriented technology
that is not suitable to more tradi-
tional farming practices.
Needed: Unprecedented Harmony
and Cooperation
Sartaj Aziz. deputy executive direc-
tor of the U.N. World Food Council.
said at Ames, Iowa, " The toad
problem of the nexf 25 years is es-
sentially manageable, but it will re-
qui re tremendous national and
international effort. "
At this late hour, if mankind is to
have any hope at al l of achieving
such massively focused efto rt to
solve the food crisis, government
leaders and social institutions at all
kind s must do all they can to sub -
mer ge or defuse di visive ancie nt
hatreds, animos ities, and conflicts
wi thin and without their borders.
Only a climate of gene ral wor ld
peace and stabili ty will encourage
governments, bankers, and busi-
nesses to ris k the i mme nse
amounts of aid and technology
needed to help remedy the crisis.
But are the leaders of nations -
the prime ministers, advisers, parlia-
ments, and congresses who decide
life and death issues for other mi l-
lions - getting the message?
Apparently not . As New York
Times chief correspondent C. L.
Sulzberger analyzed recently: " So
tar fhere is little sign that the world
at large and the United States in
particular have yet come to grips
with what will almost certainly be-
come a crucial international prob-
lem during the next U.S. president's
term: the threat of mass starvation
in many lands."
Food Crisis Foretold
The outcome of the food crisis is
prophesied in the Bible. Ultimately
the re wil l be plenty of food for all :
" The plowman shal l overtake the
reaper" (Amos 9:13) . But betore
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
" Ma nkind has ... a kind tl f arro-
ga nt assumption that man.... tech-
no logi cal management of the
plane t exempts him from the lim i-
tat ion s na ture imposes on e\"ery
o t her s pccics." sa i d Harr ison
Br ow n. n red Cultcch scient ist. be-
fo re a recent go\'c rn mcnt sub-
comrniucc.
Another scie ntist and ecologist.
Erik P. Ec kholm. asxert s th at
humans in poor countries as well
as in ad \""lOCCU na tio ns a rc - out
of despera tion. ignorance. short -
vieh tcdncss. a nd arced OCSlfOY-
irT"g t h e ba s is "or th e ir
livelihood as they violate the lim its
of na tural svstcms, He wa rns,
"Wh i!c ccolouica l svsrems a re
supple. they .7a l1 SI1a' p back vt-
cio usly when be nt too far. "
Encroachi ng Crust of Sal t -
A System Pushed Too Far
In va rious publi cation s. Eckholm
is warning that growing soil sa li-
nit y is one of the gravest threats
nlL;jng world food The
cri si s is a legacy of the grea t dam
a nd ir rigati on pr oj ect s of the 1950s
and I %Os,
Now a thin. but lethal white
crus t of salt is spreadi ng rapidly
over milli ons of acres of the ea rth's
most fer ti le la nd.
Eckholrn re por ts that vas t a reas
of th e 30 most irr igated countries
fa ce severe food losses from sa li-
nity. al ka lini ty. a nd waterl ogging.
In a new join t study brought out
by the United Nations Environ-
ment Progra m and the Washing-
this occurs, fhe result of man 's
seeming inability to face his prob-
lems and lus failure to put aside
narrow national ideologies and con-
flicts will be worldwide chaos.
Jesus Christ prophesied that
wars , famines, and disease epidem-
ics wou ld be among the " beginning
of sorrows" suffered by mankind
just befo re he is forced to return to
earth to stop sinni ng nations from
ultimate catast ro phe (Matthew
24:7, 8, 22).
Chapter 6 of the book of Revela-
ton-based Worldwat ch Institu te.
Eckholm repor ts that salt has dam-
aged 20% of th e 25 million acres
on Pak ist an' s Ind us Pl a i n. t he
worl d's largest irrigated region;
one tenth of Ind ia' s 150 million
ir rigated acres: 20?t of Chinu's
ma in irrigated regi on: between
2)'4. and 50% of Syria's Euphrates
Val ko} : l Ye of a new irrigation
project in Jord an' s River Va lle) :
30(/0 of Argentina's Patagonia re-
gion: as much as 5(Y(' of the ir ri-
ga ted land in Bra zil' s crowded
no nheast: plus lar ge- acreages of
nor thweste rn Mexico' s Mcxical i
a nd Yaqu i valleys.
In t he United St a tes, the rising
sa lt con lent of the Colorado
has led to Edli ng crop producti on
in Californi u'< rich Imperial an d
Coach ell a va lleys. T he sa lt prob-
lcrn is pa rticula rly ac ute in Egypt
now that the Aswa n Dam "no
longer permits the Nile's annual
floods to fl ush sa iLdeposit s away.
Today, in so ut hern Ir aq. vast
areas gliste n like fre sh fall en snow
whe re once mi ghty empires pros-
pered in the days or Abraham.
The growt h of irrigat ion is one
or the ma in reasons wo rld food
prod uc tion kept up with or sur-
passed population growt h in the
past two decad es. But with or
o f the ir riga ted land now
t hre at en e d , d a ma g e d . or de-
st royed. the b ig g u e s t io n is
whether or not irrigat ion will ulti-
mately pro\"C to he..... a severe long-
term detriment to world agricul-
i ure,
tion reveals that famine, along with
wars, disease epidemics, and ani-
mal plagues, will kill one quarter of
mankind - over a billion people.
This great--1ragedy could be
avoided. But rnankind as a whole,
with all his divisions and competing
poi nts of view, seemingly can't gen-
erate the necessary wi ll and means
to do so.
As Sartaj Aziz co ncluded at
Ames, "The next five years wil l de-
t ermi ne t he f at e o f the yea r
2000." 0
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DELEGATES from South West
Africa's 11 population groups
assemble in the Turnh all e in
Windhoek to chart the course
toward future naUonhood. Pic-
tured here also are leaders of 4
of 11 delegations represented
at the Constitutional Confer-
ence: the Ovembos and Col-
oured (fett). the Hereros and
whites (right). Pressure is on
the conference to draft in the
shortest possible time a consti-
tution guaranteeing not only
minority rights but also political
responsibility in a free society.

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SOUTH WESTAFRICA-RACINGAG
The Constitutional Confer-
ence i n Windhoek has an-
nounced that an independent
multiracial government is at-
tainabl e for South West Africa
by the end of 1978. The big
question: Will the United Na-
tions and the major powers
let South West African efforts
succeed?
by Herman L. Hoeh
The author recent l v visited South
West Africa fo r afirsthand look
at conditions there. This is the
concl usion ofhis report. begun in
the September issue ofTh e Plain
Truth.
I
t is the most signifi cant news to
have come oot of Windhoek. the
capital of South West Africa, in
30 years. The II population groups
asse mbled at the Co ns ti tu tional
Co nfere nce have a chi eved 'wh at
may be a first in mod ern history. By
consen sus - unanimous ag reement.
not mere majority ap proval - the
20
delegat es have agreed that an inde-
pendent. multiracial government
should be estab lished not lat er than
December 31. 1978. An int er im gov-
er nment is planned for some time in
1977 to facilitate transfer of power
from South Africa 10 an indepen -
dent Sooth West Africa . The maj or
concern now is whe ther terrori sm.
United Nations pressure. and bi g
power poli tics will prevent cmer-
ge nce of a free governme nt.
Further. the South West Africa
People's Or gani zation (SWAPO).
de spit e its terrori st activities and op-
posi tion to the conference. has been
invi ted to be the proposed new gov -
ern ment's political opposition. This
ad roit move is a final effort to en-
co ura ge internat ional recognition
and guarantees for the terr itory of
South West Africa. or Namibia.
The Bitler Altitude 01SWAPO
In contrast to the cons truct ive en-
deavors of the assembled represen-
t at ive s a t the Con stit uti on al
Co nference in Windhoek. the presi-
dent of SWAPO. Mr. Sam Nujoma.
issued a bitt er decl arat ion in Lu-
sa ka. Zambia. in J uly. He an -
nounced that his orga nization has
decl ared " tota l war" aga inst the
"puppet govern ment" of Africa n tri-
ba l chiefs a nd other representa tives
at the Windhoek confe rence. "These
tr ea cherous elements a re busy lob-
by ing a nd putt ing pr essure on
SWAPO to talk: ' Nuj oma decl ar ed.
following an invitation from confer-
ence represent atives. " SWAPO is
the on ly legitimate representati ve of
Namibian peopl e. and the armed
struggle will continue to be waged
seriously until full inde pende nce is
ac hieved:' he warned.
uj orna's SWAPO has never won
a free election. It is. in fact. only one
of 20 polit ically active part ies in eth-
nically divided South West Africa.
The success of the Constitutiona l
Co nference thus far is d ue in no
small degree to subordinating politi-
ca l party d ifferences and focusing
squa rely on the needs and aspir a-
tions of the II population groups
co mprising Sout h West Africa.
The contrast between t\1r. Nu-
jorna 's ac rimo nious denunciat ion s
and the appeal to praye r and reason
by Dr. B. J. Afr ica. for example.
ou ght to corne to the a tt ention of the
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
AINST TIME FOR PEACE
21
Did They Learn From
History?
The peoples of South West Afri ca
a re a complex mo sai c of an cient
tr ibes a nd more recent immigrants.
Their intertribal and internecin e
wars. climaxing at th e be ginning of
(Texl continued an page 26)
it to the crit ical position of the Sinai Pa stor Co r n e l ius
and Israel in the Middle Eas t. Njoba ba s the diffi-
Who are these men guiding the cull task of rep resent-
constitut ional meetings whose faces ing the Ovambos,
ha ve almost never appeared in print whose popu lation is
or o n television? Th ey a re men often almost equa l to
of to La lly divergent views. They de- that of all other
scend from black. brown . white. and groups in Soutb
mixed stoc ks. We st Afri ca .
Ther e is Mr. Dirk Mudge. the Tbere is Mr. Christy of th e Dam-
dipl omat and pe acemaker, unques- aras, a once en slaved pe ople who
tioned guid ing hand in tbc confer- lost their language to th eir former
c n c e . repre sentin g th e white Nama overlords. There is Chief
d elegation. Tbere is warm and Moralaswan i of the Eas t Caprivi del-
charming Mr. Luipcrt , de scen dant egation and Mr. Ma ya vero of th e
of a chiefly line of Namas (Houen- Kavangos. Both their people. to-
tot s). wh o often must explain to gether with the Ovambos, have suf-
ot hers of his de legation the niceties fered len gthy terrorist incursions
of parliament ary procedures. by SWAPO. Not to be for-
who could forget the oratory or Mr. gott en is th e Tswa na del egation.
Kloppers of the Coloured delega- representin g the sma llest population
tion, or the inci sive th ou ght of th e gro up at the Turnhalle confer ence.
Ba ste rs' Dr. Africa? Mr. Geelbo oi of
th e Bushmen delega tion mu st live in
two wo rlds if he is to expo und to his
people the events transp iring in th e
Turnholle. The bu sy Mr. Clemens
Kapuuo is leader of the Herrero. a
vigorous, pa storal peopl e who tradi-
tionall y recognized only two peoples
on ea rth: Herrcros and stra ngers.
The Men and the Peopl es and
Land s They Represent
Seldom ha s so much responsibility
fall en on tbe shoulders of so few
men as now rests on those directing
th e co ns titutiona l meet ings in Wind-
hoek ' s Turnhalle. On th eir co n-
se ns us rest s not only th e fut ure of
South West Africa 's 950.000 people
(a miniscul e fra ction of the world's
population, to be sure ), but also to
la rge measure the future security of
a ll sout hern Africa. South West Af-
rica is stra teg ica lly loca ted . Soviet
newspaper commen taries compare
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
U.N. and the Security Counci l. Dr.
Africa is a leader of the Basler dele-
gation at the Turnhalle meetings. He
courteously sent us a copy of a letter
he had written to promote under-
sta nding of the problems of South
West Afri ca and o f th e Constitu-
tional Confe rence. It is so importa nt
a sta te ment that it deserves world-
wide recogniti on . We therefor e pub-
lish a maj or pan o f it in the
accompanying box. (Sec pa ge 26.)
Most other s in the Turn/wile Consti -
tutional Co nference would ech o Dr.
Afri ca 's se nt ime nts .
Background photo by Elienne Duplessis
22

i
SOUTH WESTAFRICA
THE PEOPLE &THEIR LAND
JL\SPHOTOGRAPrlEDBYALON REININGER
Fort unate lands often lie between two bountiful rivers. South
West Africa , by cont rast, is a land between two frightful
deserts. The shifting dunes of the background scene are in the
western desert, the Namib. It is from the Namib that the
currently fashionable - and possibly future - name of South
West Africa is derived: Namibia. In the sparsely settled central
lateau region the camera of renowned French photogr apher Alon
Reininger captures the colo r and
diversity of the peoples of South
West Africa and their buoyant
cultures. A Herero woman is
representative of one of the
,,- most colorfully dressed of
Ballle<5 26"-
any people anywhere. The
" 'fsl_ 30,,"..
Infusion of European stock
<.. '" among Namas (Hottentots) of
';, southern Africa may be clearly
seen when visiting school chil-
dren in the Baster community
(Continued on next page)
sou th of the capi tal. The Darnara,
third largest popu lation group In
Sout h West Africa (note pie chart
on page 23 showing population
percentages of South West Africa's
various peoples) were once slaves
at Namas and Hereros . The
marvelous pensive faces (nght ) of
an elderly Darnara, a Baster farmer ,
and a young Herero testify to the
concerns of the people of the land
To the left, top, IS a striking view of
the center of government and
culture of South West Africa: ItS
charming capital , Windhoek, built
by the Germans, The first major
community to the south of
Windhoek IS Rehoboth (center left) ,
settled by Basters, a mixed Nama-
white stock. The Basters (their
name means " bastard" In
Afri kaans, but they wear the label
proudly) found marvelous hot
springs in the region , Today,
throughout all the townships in
Sout h West Af rica:Western
met hods of buildinq are graduall y
being utili zed (bottom left), not
without aesthetic loss on occ asion.
Despite inadequate housing, a
neatly groomed mother and
children (cen ter) look with hope to
a future safeguarded from
revol utionary violence - a future in
whi ch multi racial cooperation and
mut ual trust can turn an
inhospitable and and land into an
adeq uate and Inspiring count ry.
SOUTHWEST
AFRICA _ " " " ~ ~
ANAPPEAL
TO PRAYER
ANDREASON
The attitude oj those seriously striv -
ing for II just, peacef ul plan f or or-
ganiz ing an independent SOUfh-
West Africa is exemplified by the
following open leiter appealing for
assistance - and prayer - b.y
Dr. B. J. Africa, head oft he Boster
delegat ion. one of South West Af-
rica \ eleven population groups.
As he writes. there is a "great
need to public ize" the effons ( ~ f
those trying 10 achieve a construc-
tiv e solution.
fYhat () contrast in spiri t 10 those
who would impose their ':')Olu(IO/1"
for South West Africa by [orce. if
necesslJI) '. and who. by clever ma -
nip ula tion, have gained supparl
from those in the outside world who
do not know the real facts.
" The Bib le slates t ha t unl ess th e
Lord bui ld the hou se. they la bour
in vain that build it. The eleven
(Continued [ rom pag e 21)
the twen tieth century. have few par-
allels. Hopefu lly th e te rri ble pena lty
of war and its co nseguences, which
the elders still per son all y remem ber ,
has impressed itsel f sufficiently that
old hatreds can be put into the
background and be forgi ven and
for gotten. This hope expressed itsel f
in th e deci sion. at the very begin-
ning of the Constitutio nal Confer-
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p o pu la t ion g ro u ps o r S. W. A.
[Sout h West Afr ica) th rough t hei r
156 delegates have been a/lorded
the wonde rful opportunity of co m-
ing toget her. discussing thei r prob-
lems. and wo rking ou t a solution
toge ther. This is a task de manding
a great measure of responsibility
and insigh t. In the ' De cla ra tion or
Intent' adopted by th e c.c. [Con -
stitutional Conference ] in Se ptem-
ber 1975 it was stated t ha t th e
re present atives of the d iffer en t
pop ulation groups arc det ermined
to find a peaceful settlement for
the probl ems or S. W. A. . ..
" A nother sig nificant fact of the
'De claration of Intent' is the ac-
cepta nce of th e principle or fun da-
men ta l fre e do ms a nd hu ma n
rights without discrimination on
the gro unds of race. colour. or
creed . . . .
....There are still occasions. how-
ever. when one beco mes aware of
a lack of trust a nd some degree of
prejudice among t he di ffer e nt
groups. But it is equa lly true that a
wonderful spirit of cooperation has
been cultivated among the various
represent ati ves .
"The re is a slight problem with
languages. but it is paradox ical
that Afr ikaans is understood,
spo ke n. a nd pr efer red by most
delegates - unli ke in Soweto [the
b lack Sout h Afr ica n to wns h ip
where riots broke out in June. ini-
tiall y in protest to the mandatory
usc in school s of the Du tch-de-
rived language]. Facilities for si-
mult aneou s translat io n into 7
languages are avai lable.
" G roups opposed to the c.c.
[a n a llusion to the SWAPO orga ni-
zation "recognized" by the Unite d
Nat ions] are tryi ng their best to
encl.'. to ac hieve ag ree ment by
consensus - unan imity, rather than
by majority vote. Without unanim-
ity, old wound s a nd_fears co uld
never be fully healed . And without
the persuasiveness and pat ience of
M r. Dirk Mudge these deep historic
di visions would most certainly have
spelled defea t lor a develo ping free
society wit ho ut traditional parlia-
men tary skills.
create an atmosphere of uncer-
tainty and panic. This is further
encourage d by a world practising
double sta nda rds. Pray that the
leaders at the confe rence might
have the co urage to act in the in-
ter est or thei r people a nd not take
the pa th or least resistan ce by
making popular decis ions.
"There is a great need to pub li-
cize the de liberations at the C.C.
So me thing we can learn from the
co mmunists is that they are master
propaga nd ists. We should make
our stand known - and do it
bo ld ly... .
.... One often hears the stateme nt
that people in S.W.A. do not have
time to solve their probl ems. or
that we should have started years
ago. Whether this is so is an open
qucsti on, but the best timc to act is
NOW. We are sti ll very optimi stic
about reaching a solution. and we
know that if we acknowledgc Him.
He wi ll d irect our pa ths. You' ll no
doubt be interested to learn that
the meetings of the ge nera l assem-
bl y a rc opene d by prayer. This is
also the case with the committee
meet ings....
"At presen t we are discussing
the princi ples to be embodied in a
co nsti tution for S.W.A. Please pray
tha t just ice migh t be done. To do
j ustice and j udgment is more ac-
ce pta ble to th e Lord tha n sacrifice
(Prov. 2 1:3) ....
"There is no doubt that we are
in the process of working out the.
best rules and principles fo r peace
ful coexistence on the co nti nent of
Africa. but these rules and prin-
ciples can best be implemen ted if
there is a change of heart. i.e.. if
th e hea rts of people a re filled by
the spirit a nd love or God. .. ."
Though so much rests upon the
sho ulde rs of the men in attendance
at the Constitutional Conference in
Wind hoek, a n eq ua l respo nsibil ity
rests on the shoulde rs or the United
Nations. the big powers, and ot her
African states. That responsibilit y is
the willi ngness to cooperate with,
rather than undermi ne, the efforts
by Sou th West Africa ns to gi ve birth
to a free and developing nation. 0
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
T
ruly no other nati on in the history of the world
has been so grea tly blessed as the Unit ed States
of America. Consider these fact s:
In 1776 there were on e and a half million people
living in the Thirteen Colonies. Today ther e ar e
215 million. The annua l gross nati on al product
(G NP) of those colon ies was less than $3 bill ion.
whereas the tot al GNP of the U.S. now exceeds
$1,500 bi llion - $1.5 trilli on. And rernember, the
total annual GNP of the entire world is only about
$4 trillion. This means that the U.S. produces a
thi rd of all the world's gross nat ion al product.
LET'S REMEMBER THE MEANING OF
THANKSGIVING DAY
As we prepare to celebrate our Bicentennial Thanksgiving day, do we
Americans realize the real source and the true extent of our many blessings? Have
we Americans carelessly forgotten the real meaning of Thanksgiving day?
by Raymond F. McNai r
T he average America n industrial
worker earns be twee n $4 a nd $5 pcr
hour, and th e med ian family income
is now running a bo ut $ 14.000. Even
though infl ation is picking our pock-
et s a nd high taxes a rc robhing us of
m uch of our income, the typi ca l
America n still ha s a higher sta ndard
of living th a n the ci tize ns of a ny
ot her nation.
The U. S. infl ation rat e (a bout 7'ii )
is consi derably lower than th a t of
most othe r industrial nati on s. whe n:
it is ga lloping a long a t a n a nnua l
rat e of 10% to 25%. Overall . th e av-
erage U. S. citizen is a bout 25% to
35% better oil' tha n hi s counterpart
living in many other ad va nced in-
d ustr ial nat ions. Furt hermore. the
per capita income worldwide is now
approximately SI.OOO - j us t one
sixth of Amer ica' s pe r capita in-
co mc.
America (the "bread ba sket of the
\v'o r l d.. ) has the la rgest tract of fcr-
tile land with the most favo ra ble cli -
mate of a ny nat ion in the enti re
world. Even thoug h Ameri ca pos-
sess es onl y about 6% of the world 's
lan d and 6(Yo of its popula tion. she
possesses 18% of its tota l cropla nd .
America's vas t nat ional resources -
minera ls, wa ter. tim ber. oil. coal -
give her the means to ma intain the
wo rld's hi ghest sta ndard of livi ng
for th e foreseea ble futu re,
America's "Special Circumstances"
Ot her na tion s look at the fant a st ic
bl essings of America wi t h a maze-
me nt. T he Sh ah of Ira n recently
wrote: " In no mor e th an two ce n-
turies. th e U.S. has been a ble to lay
the foundations of ast onish ing tech-
nica l achievement and immense
mat eri al progress. the like of which
no society or nation ha s been a ble to
eq ua l or sur pass. In th is rela tive ly
shor t period. America has succeeded
in tra nsforming a huge co ntinent.
blessed with a lmost unlimite d natu-
ra l resources. fro m th e simplest be -
ginni ngs into the wea lt hiest a nd
most powerful co untry th e world
has seen."
What. ac co rd ing to the Shah. is
the rea l source of Ameri ca' s uni q ue
position in the world today'!
""After 200 years the U. S. ba s ac-
q uired . to the dyn amism of
her peopl e a nd the specia l circum-
sta nces tha t God ha s provided for
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them. a position uniq ue 10 the a n-
nal s of ma nkind....""
The Sha h' s stat e me nt s hou ld
ma ke e ve ry Ameri can sto p a nd
think. At thi s time of yea r. as we
approach our a nnual Than ksgivi ng
day. America ns should trul y giv e
tha nks to God for a ll the ir bound-
less blessings. But tra gicall y. too
many Ameri ca ns today a rc o b-
livi ous to th e rich history and th e
vi tal meaning behind th eir most im-
port ant national holiday.
Brief History of Thanksgiving
In December 1620. tbe Mayfl ower
a nchored a t Plymouth Rock. Massa -
chusetts. A sma ll band of 103 Pil-
gr ims landed on the bleak. wint rv
of present-day
int ending to set up a new colony - a
Ch ristia n commonwealth - wh ere
they co uld worship God accord ing
to the d ictates of th eir conscien ces.
Before lan d ing a t Plymouth. the Pil-
grims drew up th e "Mayflower
Compact" by whi ch they intended
to go ver n themsel ves :
'''':\Ve whose names arc under-
wri tt en . th e loyal subj ects of o ur
drea d So v er e ig n Lor d Kin g
Ja mes . . .. Having undert a ken. fo r
the Gl ory of God a nd advanceme nt
of the Christia n Fa ith a nd Honour
of our King a nd Country. a Voyage
to plant the Fi rst Colony in the
Nort hern Part s of Virgini a. do by
th ese presents solemnly and mu-
tually in the presence of God and
one a not her. Covena nt a nd Com-
bine ourse lves togeth er into a Civil
Body Politic. for our better orderi ng
a nd preserva tion a nd furthe rance of
the ends a foresa id ... : .
That te rr ible wi nte r of 1620-21
took a frightful toll in SIckness a nd
death among the br av e Pilgrims.
Only 56 o ut of the 103 wh o landed
there survived. But with spring. new
ho pe budded. Each Pilgrim family
now had a home. And thev were
blesse d wi th the friendship of a
fri endl y and helpful Indi an na med
Squant o.
During th e spring of 1621. the Pil-
grim sett lers pl anted 20 ac res of
corn. 6 of ba rley. plus some pe as.
All summer lon g th ey anxiously
tended their first cro p in . the New
World - for they knew that their
ve ry lives de pe nd ed upon the suc-
ce ssful maturin g of th at crop. The
cor n a nd ba rley d id we ll. hut th e hot
sun parch ed the peas.
The First Thanksgiving Day
T his ha rdy band of Pilgr ims we re
accus tome d to the English tha nks-
givi ng celebra tions. observed a ftcr
the British had defeated the French
in 1386 and the Spanish in 1588
when their " Invincibl e Armada"
ha d sai led against England.
Furthermore. d uring thei r brief
stay in Holland. the devout Pilgrims
had see n the Dut ch cel ebra te a day
of tha nksgi ving tor their victory
over th e Spaniards in October 1575.
It was quit e na tu ra l. therefor e. for
the Pilgrims to observe a day of
tha nksg ivi ng a fte r a nxious ly wa tch-
ing thei r crops ri pe n durin g the long
summer of 1621. Aft er th e ha rvest-
ing of a bumper crop. their gover-
nor. \Villia m Bradfo rd. set aside a
day fo r specia l feas ti ng a nd thanks-
givi ng.
.... three davs the womenfolk
se rved the mcn Ions tables That
. 0 . .
first thanksgiving fea st incl uded
wil d turkeys. wood pigeons. pa r-
tri dges. d ucks. geese. Indi an pud-
dina, hoeca ke . an d fish .
After d inner. th e Pilgrims enter-
tai ned their Ind ian guests by dem-
ons tra ting thei r firea r ms. whi le the
Ind ia ns di d the sa me wi th the i r
bows. Also th ey parti cipat ed in va ri-
ous at h letic eve n ts. ga mes. a nd
races.
Other Days of Thanksgiving
Ma ny diff erent days of th anksgiving
we re observed by the peopl e of the
Thirt een Colonies for various rea-
sons during th e decades wh ich fol-
lowe d . Various th an ksgivi ng days
we re obse rve d in gr a teful a pprecia-
tion for bo untiful crops. victories.
and del iverance from pest ilence .
In 1742. the 2.ovcrnor of Geo rgia.
J a mes Oglethorpe, issued the fol -
lowing thanksgiving proclamation
as a resu lt of the dramatic victory
which th e Eng lish wo n ove r th e
Spaniards in the southeas tern part
or Am eri ca : "" ... So wonderfully
were we protect ed a nd preserved.
th at in th is great a nd formi da ble
co nflict but few of our men were
taken. and but three killed . Truly
the Lor d ha s done great th ings fo r
us. by rescuing us fro m the power of
a numerous foe. who boa sted that
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
t hey would con qu er a nd di spossess
us. Not our strength or might have
saved us: our salvation is of the
Lord.
"Therefo re it is highly hecomi ng
us to render thank s to God our de-
liverer. .. ."
The Continental Congress also
procl aimed several days ~ f than ks-
gi ving during the American Revol u-
tion - days during which the
coloni st s could rejoice in their
homes and churches for victories
won . In 1778. General George
Washington proclaimed a dav on
which t ~ give thanks for the irnpor-
tanl treaties which the Thirteen Col -
onies had just concluded with
France.
Wash ington's Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation
In 1789. during the li rst yea r of his
preside ncy. George \Vashington is-
sued America's first Thanksgiving
day proclamation. thereby setting a
preceden t for succeedi ng president s
to follow.
In Washin gton's nat ional Thanks-
givin g pr oclam ati on. he said: ... . . . it
is the dut y of all na t ions to acknowl-
edge the Providence of Almi ght y
God, to ob ey His will. to be grateful
for His benefits. and humbly to irn-
plore His protect ion and favor: '
Presiden t Washington . therefore.
set aside Nove mber 26. 1789. " \0 be
devot ed by the people of these
Stat es to the service of that grea t
and s lorious Heino who is the '-ben-
e e
eficent au tho r of all the good that
was. that is. or that wi ll be : that we
may then all unite in rendering unto
Hi m o ur si nce re and humble
tha nks... : '
Washin gt o n asked his fe llow
Am ericans to gi ve thanks for thei r
God-given vic tories during the Rev-
olutionary War. for " tra nqui llity.
union. and plenty ... Ifor) cons ti tu-
tions of governme nt fo r our safe ty
an d ha ppiness, an d part icularl y the
nat ional one . .. for the civil and re-
ligious libert y with which we are
blessed . . . for all the grea t and va ri-
o us favo rs which He has be e n
pleased to confer upon us. . . ."
Lincol n's Thanksgiving
Proclamation
The next Thanksgiving day procla-
ma tion was made by Preside nt
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
A braha m Lin co ln . Dur in g t he
bloody Civil \Var. many Americans
came to look upon that co nfl ict as a
punishme nt from the hand of God.
Abraham Lincoln also believed that
to be so. He iss ued the nation's sec-
on d Thanksg ivi ng day proclamation
on October 3, 1863:
"The year tha t is drawing toward
its close has been filled with the
blessing s of fruitful fields and
healt hful skies. To these bounti es,
which are so constantl y enjoyed that
we are prone to forget the source
from which they com e. others have
been added which are of so extruor-
dinarv a nature that thev cannot fail
to penetrate and soften even the
heart which is habituallv insensib le
to the ever-watchful providence o f
Almighty God....
"No human counsel hath devised
nor hat h an y mo rta l hand worked
out these grea t things. Th ey are the
gracious gifts of the Most High
God. who. while dealing wit h us in
anger for ou r sins. hath nevertheless
remembered mercy. . . : .
Earlier that same year. on March
30. 1863. President Lincoln had des-
ignated a day of tasting and prayer
that God might restore peace and
un ion to the nat ion . In that procl a-
mati on he said:
"We have been the reci pient s of
the choicest bount ies of Heaven: we
have been preserved these many
years in peace and pros peri ty: we
have grown in numbers. wea lth. and
power as no othe r nation has ever
g ro wn. Bu t we have forgo tte n
God. . . ."
President Lincol n, therefor e, pro
cla imed " the 30th day of Apri l,
1863, as a dav of nat ional hu mili-
atio n. fasting.... and prayer" in the
hope th at t he Ame ri ca n peopl e
might be reconciled to God, forgiv-
en, an d healed.
Needed: A Modern-day Lincoln
America today faces far greate r
threats than during our terrible
Civil War. Each year millions die
prematurel y - because we have for-
go tten the laws of God. Ou r fair
land is polluted. The food we ea t,
the wate r we drink. and the very air
mill ion s of li S brea t he is pollut ed.
Viol ence and sex fill our TV scree ns.
and pornography see ms to be every-
where.
Cri me. j uve nile delinquency. and
lawlessness elimb relentl essly. Cor-
ruption a nd bribery are rampant.
Immorality and licentiousnes s fill
o ur lan d. Di vorce and broke n
ho mes arc common.
Truly. America needs anot her
Abraham Lincoln to call the nation
to fasting and prayer - with thanks-
giving to God for our many bless-
inzs - so that we can be delivered
from these things that se riously
threaten to destroy this great nat ion
of o urs.
America need s 10 heed the words
of her first president, given in hi s
farewell address: "Of all the dis-
positions and habits which lead to
political prosperity, rcligion and rno-
ra lity arc indispensable supports. In
vai n wou ld that man claim the tribute
of pat riotism who should la bor to
subvert these great pi llars of human
ha ppiness, these firmest props of the
duti es of men and citi zens." \
Also. we nee d to remember the
ad vice of America's dynamic Presi-
dent Tedd y Roosevel t who encour -
aged "the virtues of co urage. honor.
j ust ice. truth. since rity. and hardi-
hood - the virtues that made Am er-
ica . Th e things that will destroy
America arc prosp erit y-at-any-
pnce. peace- at- any-price. safety-
first instead of duty-first , the love of
soft livin g. and the get- r ich-q uick
theor y of life: '
Gene ral Dougl as MacArthur also
gave America these sobering words
on Decem ber 12, 195I: " . .. It is es-
se ntial that every spiritual force be
mob ilized to defend and preserve
the relig ious base upon which this
nation was founded. For it is that
base which has been the motivating
impulse to our moral and nation al
growth. History fai ls to record a
single precedent in which nations
su bject to mo ral decay have not
passed into political and economic
decline. Th ere has bee n either a
spi ritual reawakenin g to overcome
the moral la pse. or a progressive de-
teri orati on leading to ult imate na-
tio nal di saster. "
As Americans observe the ir up-
comi ng Thanksgiving day, t hey
must remember that it is mea nt to
be a da y of thanksgiving to the ere-
ato r-ruler of the wor ld for the many
blessings he has bestowed upon thi s
great nation. 0
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As we Americans prepare to
celebrate our Bicentennial
Thanksgiving holiday, the
abundant blessings and price-
less privileges we all enjoy
should be especially appreci-
ated. Yet with privileges come
responsibilities.
Last summer, The Plain
Truth sponsored a Bicenten-
nial essay contest f or the
teen-age members of Youth
Opportunities United, a na-
tionwide youth group. The
teen-agers were asked to
write 500 words or less on the
subject " My Responsibility as
an American. " Many well-writ-
ten essays were submitted,
but the judges eventually se-
lected winners from each of
two age brackets: 12-15 and
16-19.
With our Bicentennial
Th anksgiving holiday ap-
proachi ng, The Pl ain Truth
staff has deci ded to reprin t
the winning essays, which we
hope will be a source of i n-
spiration to every American.
My Responsi bility as an American
by Margi John, Age 17
Petaluma, California
I
think I am pretLy lucky to he an
American. This is one of the best
places on earth. Maybe I am a bit
bia sed. but I woul d not trade the
freedoms an d the way of life I ha ve
here for wha t may or may not exist
in another nat ion .
T he topic of my rcsponsi hility as
an American is therefo re an impor-
tant one, For the rights I hold so
highly arc not given without strings
attached . Rights and responsibilities
go hand in han d. lor if rights arc
abused they either are taken away
or cease to exi st. Ta ke a basic right
like freedom of speech as an ex-
ample. If I never used thi s right.
never spo ke out when some thing
needed to be said. an d no one else
did ei ther. the right to speak one's
mind would easily be taken away.
There arc ma ny other examples. In
most cases. the way to preser ve a
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
right is to use it. In the case of my
right to parti cipat e in the governing
of my country. if I do not take an
act ive interest in it. do I have cause
to complain ?
With my right to " life. libert y.
and the pursuit of happiness" comes
the obliga tion not to harm a nyone
else in the process. That may not
see m like much at first. but when I
look closely at that responsibility it
becomes like Esher's "Metarnor-
pose." The initial. obvious respon si-
bi lity is relat ed to the next. This ties
into the next , which blends int o an-
other and another un til the full
circle is compl eted.
To keep my right s is to use them.
and use them well. It is not sittin g in
a dark corner of a pa thy. Nor is it
saying. " I don't care what ha pp ens.
I don ', feel like getting invo lved : ' It
is ca ri ng abou t people. because
peopl e are the reason that the rights
exist in the first place.
Perhaps this docs not sound very
red . white. and blue. striped and
sta rred patrioti c. but this is my
co untry. and I love it. and I wou ld
ne ver t rad e it for any other. I do not
think tha t 1 will ever run for pr es i-
dent. I douht very much if I will
ever make a discovery t ha t will add
to the knowledge of mankind: but I
do inte nd to work for a better futu re
by trying to live up to my responsi-
bility as an American , and as a
human being.
My Respons ibility as an American
by Bekah Seward, Age 15
Temple, Okla homa
M
y Responsihi lity as an Ameri -
ca n" is a large topic. but my
responsibi lity is even lar ger.
Respon sibil ity is often ignored be-
ca use peopl e don't know what thei r
responsibi lity is.
Part of my respon sibility is as a
lead er to my community. to my
country. and to my world. I am to
be concerned wit h the ha ppenings
in my local wor ld and in the outside
wor ld. To be a lead er . I need educa-
tion . expe rience, common sense.
and cou rage. Courage to do some-
t hi ng for ot he rs whe n t hey a re
against me or when the cha nces for
winni ng are very slim. I also need
diplomacy for talking to people.
My responsibility is in the home. I
am to help kee p my fam ily toge rher. t
am to list en to my pa ren ts' point of
view and then tell them mine. I shall
co mp ly with their wishes unl ess the y
arc a bsolutely wrong. I will hel p with
the housework to prevent one per son
being overwor ked. My responsib ility
is to .respect my parents and help
preserve my famil y' s home life.
Anot her part ofmy responsibi lity is
in the comm unity. I am to be someone
people ca n look to for guidance. A
pe rson that is abl e to head com-
mittees or a person that is able to
foll ow others. I need to be a person
that will help when help is needed. I
will get fact s before I act. My respon-
sibili ty in school is to be respectful of
my teachers. I am not to complain and
ca use trouble for others. I need to help
bring standards. especially moral
sta ndards . up.
Part of my responsibili ty is as a
visitor to nations. \Vhen abroad I
should always put the " right foot"
forwa rd. Th e " right \ 1(' 0 1"" is being
mindful of the beliefs and customs
of ot hers. I am not to insult their
int clligence. I say thi s becau se many
Ameri cans seem to think they are
more inte llige nt th an pe opl e of
ot her count ries. Th is isn't t ru c.
These people know ma ny things you
and I don' t know,
My responsibi lity to America is to
hui ld he r. I am to help education by
working as hard as I can at school.
1"01 to hel p stop robbery by putting
things under lock a nd key a nd out
of sight to stop tempt ing criminals
to take it. I am to SlOp drug use and
yo uth crimes by showi ng them that
life ha s better things to offer, My
res ponsibi lity is to be pro ud of
America and show that I am proud.
To sum it up is to say that my
responsibil ity as an American is to
he an example in all as pects of life.
whet her as a leader o r as a follower.
I a m to help keep my family to-
ge ther. to help in the communi ty. to
he mindfu l of othe rs. wheth er
abroad or not. and I am to help
bui ld America by keeping laws and
helping stop crimes.
Thi s isn't half of my responsib ility
I have as an American. Thinking
about this has shown me how much
I have neglected my responsibi lity.
Have you neglect ed yours? 0
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Over 95% of the American
people cla im to believe i n
God. But what kind of a God?
What color i s he? How big i s
he? Is he still alive? Is he
manlike or beastlike? Skepti -
cal philosophers have l ong
wondered about the where-
abouts of this "unknown
God. " Bewildered theologians
ha ve long contrived to excuse
his absence. Why do es God
hide himself from human -
kind?
by Garner Ted Armstr ong
D
o you believe in anything a t
all that you ca n' t sec? I sure ly
hope so because a ir. wind.
and electricity simply ca nno t be
seen. Yet no one who eve r stopped
to th ink a bo ut it would deny t heir
existence.
You explicitly believe in the pre-
cious air you inhal e wit hout eve n
th ink ing about it. Your lungs sort
ou t the gas es and exhal e the ine rt,
unusa bl e types - ret aining the oxy-
gen to fee d the lillie blood cor-
puscles tha t keep all tha t is yo u
alive.
The Marvelous Creation
We firmly beli eve in myri ads of
myst erious marvels exta nt on th e
ea rth. But we ha rd ly ever eq ua te
th ese wonders of ou r environment
wi th the mind of a grea t being wh o
exists in another dimension just
beyond ours.
Yert he unseen God - the God
tha t hides himself - reveals him sel f
through the marvels of the physical
cr eati on . Th e vcry existence of the
whole crea tion is proof positiv e t hat
the re has to be a Creator.
Not so long ago a cou ple of di s-
tingui shed Briti sh ast ronomers were
interviewed on BBC. Unde r di s-
cuss ion were current theories of the
origin of the univer se. Th ey sa id:
" At the moment. we ha ve to confess
that ou r ignorance of the actua l cre -
ation is more or less complet e:'
Wh y s ho u l d sc ie nce b e so
unknowled geable about the origi ns
of this ea rth and the uni verse? Per -
ha ps Dr. Samuel H. Miller. dean o f
Ha rvard's Di vinit y Scho ol unwit-
tingly gave the true a nswer nearly
two decades ago. He stated: "The
modern era [has] abandoned rel i-
gion as a basis of real life. and put s
its confidence in science instead,
even though the word "God' is more
pop ularl y entrenched in Ameri ca
th an eve r" ( Denver Post. June 4.
1960).
T he bibli cal revel a tion has lar gely
bee n ignored by much of t he world's
int elligentsia . Thus the widespread
ign or an ce of where the crea tion
ca me from. Accordin g to the Gallup
Pol l. ther e is wides pread belief in
some kind of a God. but few think
of him as the Creator of a ll they ca n
sec and kn ow.
The Bible itself rather simply de -
scr ibes th e process of this ph en ome-
non . The apos tle Paul wrote: "For
the wrath of God is revealed fro m
hea ven aga inst a ll un god liness and
wickedness of men who by their
wickedness suppress the truth. For
what can be known about God is
plain to them . . . . Eifer since the
cr eati on of the world his invisible
nature, namely, his eterna l power
and deity. has been clearl y perceived
in the th ings tha t hav e been made"
(Rom. I : 18-20. RSV) .
The ancient phi losopher s kn ew
God ' They exa mined the worl d in
wh ich they found themselves and
di sco vered order. ha rmony, syste m.
a nd de sign . God wa s in this sense
revea led t o them! Why? Because the
existence of order. ha rmony. system.
and design a hsolutely demand a
Creator.
Start Wi th t he Creation!
When we sta rt wit h what we can
know through our five senses - the
ph ysical uni ver se - we soon tind
bl unt proof tha t only a supreme
Creator could have fashi on ed it to-
gether int o such a wondrously uni-
fied whol e. From the forces which
bind atomic nuclei to the principl es
tha t run giant galax ies. from the
fu llness of the earth to the rel ati ve
emptiness of space. from the beauty
of cr eation to the human mind that
can comprehe nd it - all a re mute
testimon y to the powe r of God - all
bl a zon forth the concl usi ve evidence
of his exist ence.
Look a t the intri ca cy of nature
a round yo u. Eve ryt hing yo u see is
complex and harmonious - excep t
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for man's depr eda tions and mis-
takes which occas iona lly throw even
nature ou t of balance. The di st an ce
of our eart h from the sun just " ha p-
pens to be" the right di st ance to give
us hea l a nd light in the proper
amounts.
Think a bo ut it for a momen t. If
the moon were a little closer. our
tid es would da ily sweep the conti-
nent s. making t he world unin-
ha bit uble for a ny la nd- d well ing
crea tures. I f the earth we re furt he r
fr om t he s u n. ou r te mpe rat ure
would be bel ow freezing. a nd the
ea rt h would freeze solid. If the ea rt h
were a litt le closer. everything on
this good gree n earth wou ld burn to
a crisp. (Isn' t it int er esting that the
other planets in o ur sola r sys tem all
te nd to ha ve incr ed ible ext remes of
temper at ur es completely un known
to the ea rt h?)
Th e ea rt h's manlie of a ir. like a
ca nopy. shields us fro m the rays of
the sun. pr otects us from the daily
bomba rdment of millions of as tral
bod ies from space. and gives us oxy-
ge n to br ea the. Did that j ust happen
accidenta lly?
The Creatures of the Earth
Why do sa lmo n have the incre d ible
a bi lity to return to the vcry river.
find the sa me tributa ry. swim uner-
rin gly to the sa me br an ch. an d find
th e exact gra vel bed whe re the y
we re spawned' ) Why do mi gratory
wa terfowl Ily thousa nds of mil es
thr ou gh the thickest stor ms and find
a tiny nest with une rring acc uracy
th at defies the finest of man's radar
and navigati on al instrume nts? Isn't
the exi st ence of a grea t. all-knowin g
Crea tor God the only credible an-
swer'?
God is kn own by his hand iwork!
His nature. cha rac ter. a nd person -
a lity a re ind eli bly etched int o thi s
ea rt h a nd di scernibl y inscr ibed
across the length and bread th of his
creation . Everything you see a bout
you rellect s tr emend ou s complexity.
ca reful planning. me ticul ou s detail.
gr ea t beauty and harmon y a nd fol-
lows definit e. unchan geabl e. unshak-
a ble, immuta ble la ws!
Perhaps no living crea tu re is a
better illustra tion of th is grea t pr in-
ciple tha n a bird. These littl e crea-
tures ha ve dozens of different types
of specia lized air frames. wingfoils.
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a nd navigational equipment tha t is
mo re accurate than that on mod ern
jet planes .
A bird had to he created to con-
form to certain aerodyna mic pr in-
ci ples. or it neve r would have go tten
off the ground . We don' t thi nk of
the fact that a bird simply must
ha ve the proper lift-to-dra g ra tio. a n
extreme ly light weight structure, and
a powerful syste m of propulsion .
But there's no need to worry. Th e
anatom y of a bird is superbly de-
signed (by a great design er ) wi th a
streamlined body sha pe, wings pro-
pelled by powerful ches t mu scles,
and a rapid he a rt b e a t and
metabol ic rat e - all essentials for
flight. Bird bon es themsel ves a re not
un like something that came otT an
ai rcr aft designer' s d rawing boa rd.
They a re not only holl ow. hut a lso
interl aced with a sys tem of interna l
st ruts and girders - all very simila r
to some of the designs common in
a ircra ft construction.
Ever wonder why a bi rd doesn' t
"stall auI" in mid-a'ir tligh t? Incr ed-
ibl y its wings come eq uipped with a
litt le device ca lled an "a lula" whi ch
works pr etty much like an anti stall
device in a mod ern a ircra ft. Like
aircra ft. birds have va rying ae rody-
na mic designs in order to meet spe-
cific Ilight req uiremen ts. Th e
a lba tross a nd the vult ure have lon g.
narrow win gs wh ich enable them to
stay a loft for hou rs with a mini mum
of effort. On the other hand. hu m-
mingbirds come equi pped with
swivel win gs tha t a llow them to
hov er like helicopter s.
I co uld go on and on with the
wo nders of de sign in nature. but the
poi nt is that God has indeed re-
vea led himself throug h the int rica te
tapest ry of his physical creat ion .
Grea t scientists a nd sta tesmen
have recogni zed this fac t to one de-
gree or the ot he r. Dr. \Vernhcr vo n
Braun. world renowned German
scient ist. once sa id : "Anything as
we ll ordered a nd perfect ly cr eated
as is our ea rth a nd universe must
ha ve a Maker , a Mast er Designer.
Anything so orderly, so pe rfect, so
pr ecisel y ba lan ced. so maj estic as
th is cr ea tion can only be the product
of a Di vine idea... _Ther e must be
a Ma ker: ther e can be no other
wav.'
Dr. Wa rren Weaver ad ds: " Every
ne w di scovery of science is a further
' revelation' of the order which God
has built into thi s universe."
But even with these grea t men
a nd 01 he rs like the m. th e te rm
" God" is often used 10 symbo lize
something other tha n the Crea tor
revea led in the pages of yo ur Bibl e.
True, "The heavens decl are the
glo ry of God: and the firmament
s he we th hi s handiwork " ( Psa lm
19: I). However . the re arc certain
limits to wha t man ca n find ou t
abou t his God stri ctly through the
kn owled ge of the crea tion. For in-
sta nce. the crea tion itse lf would
ne ver tell you exact ly why the Cre-
ator God hid es himself from his
human crea tures. Only the accep-
ta nce of the bibl ica l accou nt ca n a n-
swer crit ical quest ions about God.
hi s nature, a nd how and why he
dea ls with man.
The Biblical Perspective
Visualizin g the full scope of 6.000
years of human history with mul -
tiple dozens of gene ra tions stru ng
end to end. let 's un derstand. fro m
th e biblical revelat ion, the true pe r-
spective of the relations hip between
man a nd God fro m the very begin -
ning of his crea tion.
The a pos tle Pau l. thou san ds of
yea rs a ft er the fact, affi rme d that
Adam was ind eed the very first
human being - the first man. (See
I Co r. 15:45: Gen. 2:7.) God deal t
ve ry inti ma tely with his prototype
for all ma nk ind. He iiterall v wa lked
and ta lked with Adam a nd Eve in
the Garden of Ede n.
But very shortly. our first parents,
through the influence of Sa ta n the
devil. upsel a nd trampled upon
their privileged relati on ship with
the Creator. You know the sto ry.
Sa tan persuaded Adam a nd Eve 10
tak e wha t was not theirs - thus di-
rectl y di sobeying the spec ific order s
of their Creato r. Immedia tel y a fte r-
wa r d s. th ey r ea ct ed in t yp ica l
huma n fas hion: ". . . Adam and his
wife hid themselves f rom the preselll'e
of the Lord God am ongst the trees of
the garden" (G en . 3: 8).
Origina lly God did reveal himself
to the first man a nd his wife. It was
the y wh o first began to play the
ga me of " hide-a nd-go-seek: ' They
began a patt ern that was to last
throu gh out history. Their firstbo rn
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so n - Cai n - was the fi rst to follow

the pancrn. After brut all y murder-
ing hi s brother. Abel. he began by
denying the crime as if God had no
power to know a bo u t it one wa y or
th e other. (See Gen. 4 :9. ) Foll owing
his ar rest. conviction. a nd sentenc-
ing. th e Bibl e simply records : "And
Ca in went out fro m th e presen ce of
the Lord. and dwelt in th e land of
Nod. on the cast o f Eden" (ve rse
16).
Moses' Incredible Experiences
Over th e first two thousand ye a rs of
human hi story proba bly less than a
dozen individual s had a ny persona l
co ntact wi th God. accordinz to t he
Bible. Abel. Enoc h. Abra -
ham. a nd Lot arc all nu mbered
among th ese few persons to have
wa lked a nd ta lked with God. La ter
God ac tually got down in the dust
of the ea rt h a nd wrestled wi th the
patria rch Jaco b.
Moses came on the scene a bout
1500 B.C. He had an ext remely un -
usu al a nd unique rel at ion shi p wit h
God. " And he [God] sa id. Hear now
my words: If there be i.l prophet
a mong yo u. I th e Lord wi ll ma ke
mvself kn own unto him in a vision.
ari'd will spea k unt o him in a dream.
My serva nt Moses is not so....
With him wi ll I speak mouth to
mout h, even appare nt ly. a nd not in
dark speeches: and the similitude of
the Lord shall he behold . . . .. (Nurn.
12:6- 8) .
Back in the 33rd ch apter of Ex-
odus . there is a very interesting ac-
count of how was overcome
wi t h c ur ios i ty a b ou t God . /I e
wan ted to see Cod. I th ink you ca n
understa nd it. Moses was practi ca lly
dwelling wit h th is personality -
camping out on Mount Sinai wit h
him and continuall y he aring th is
great voice. yet he was only able to
sec a heavy. th ick. misty cloud that
his eyes simply co uld n' t penetra te.
Pick up th e account in verse 9:
" And it ca me to pass. as Moses en-
tered into the tabernacle. th e cloudy
pillar desce nd ed. a nd stood a t th e
door of the tabernacle. a nd the Lord
talk ed wit h Moses.... Alid the Lord
spoke unto Moses f ace to face. as a
man speaketh unto his friend _. ,.
(verse I I ).
The next time Moses tal ked with
God. he ma de a bold request : " And
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he sa id. I beseech thee, shew me thv
glory " (verse 18) . .
God's reply: " I will make a ll my
good ness pa ss be fore thee.... [But]
th ou ca nst not sec my fa ce : fo r th ere
sha ll no man see me a nd live. .
And it shall come to pass. while my
alorv passeih bv. that I wi ll put th ee
i n tl; e cleft [crevice] of the rock. a nd
will cover thee with my hand whitt: I
pa ss by: And I will ta ke away mine
ha nd . an d thou sha lt see my hack
pa rts: but my face sha ll not he seen"
(ve rses 19-23).
Wh at Old Moses See?
The Exodus account leaves it at
th at. But elsewhere th e Bible reveal s
th a t man was formed in the like ness
of God (Gen. I :26). So man mus t
look like God - a nd vice versa.
Dozens of scriptu res show tha t God
ha s hands (Ex. 9:3: Job I : II : etc .).
He has fingers (Ex. 3 1: 18). It is
pla inl y st ated in the Bible that God
has a r ms. a torso. legs. feet. two
eye s. a nose. a mouth . a voice. two
ea rs: in a wo rd . God is forme d a nd
sha ped like a human be ing even
th ou gh composed of spirit (John
4 :24 ).
Pro bably the best desc ripti on of
wha t Moses saw a nd he ard was seen
by th e a postle John ill visi on - not
in the flesh . Of course. Moses saw
th is sa me sce ne fro m the back - not
th e fron t. "And in th e midst of th e
seven can dlesticks 1\\' a51 one like
unto the Son of man. . . . Hi s head
a nd his ha irs were whi te like wool.
as whit e as sno w; a nd hi s eves were
as a fla me of fire: and his "fect like
un to fine br ass. as if they burne d in
a furnace : a nd his voice as th e
sound of many wate rs.... and his-
countenance was as the S UI1 shineth ill
his strellglh [wh ich ex pla ins .....'hy no
human bei ng ca n sec God's face
a nd live !" ( Rev. I: 13- 16).
Moses was not unaffected, even
physica lly. by this incred ible exp eri-
cnce . Noti ce . in the 34th chapter of
Exodus. a nother pr eviously unheard
of ph enomenon. " And it ca me to
pass. whe n Moses ca me down fro m
Mount Si na i with the two tables of
testimony in Moses' hand [th e Ten
Comma nd me n ts} . . . t ha t Mose s
wis t [knew] not that the skin of his
face sho ne wh ile he ta lked with him
[G od ], And when Aa ro n a nd a ll th e
children of Israel saw Moses. be-
ho ld. the skin of hi s face sho ne: a nd
th ey were afra id to come nigh hi m"
(ve rse s 29-30). Moses face wa s
glowing wi th an inca ndescent kind
of radi ance. The people were so
fri ghte ned th at he was forced to put
a veil over his face in order to con-
duct d ail y business.
The Public Reaction
Moses was curious about God . but
as clea rly shown by the above ac-
co unt, not thc peopl e. Th ey wa nted
to stay as far away fro m God as
humanly possible. When God chose
to "come ou t of hiding" a nd finall y
reveal himsel f to the Israeli tes. here
is what happe ned : " And all the
peopl e sa w the t hu nd crin gs. a nd the
lightnings. a nd the noise of the
tr umpet. and the mounta in srno k-
ing : a nd whe n the people saw it.
they removed. and stood far o.U: And
they sa id unto Moses, Spea k thou
wit h us. and we will hea r: but let not
God speak with us. lest we die" (Ex.
20 : 18-19).
T his is the typical manner in
which mankind had been rea ct ing
to the presence of Goo all the way
from th e t ime o f Ad am . In ess ence.
man has to ld God to keep his ( un-
printable) nose out of man's (un-
printabl e ) business. By th e tim e of
Sa muel. God was pret ty we ll to ta lly
co mplying with mankind' s wishes .
Prior to hi s reve lat ion to the yo ung
chil d Sa muel. it is menti oned tha t
.,... the wo rd of the Lord was pre-
cious in those days : there was no
open vision" (I 3: I ).
fi na lly the writing of the Old
Test ament books wa s completed. In
th e t hree - h u nd re d -Ye ar i n tc r-
test ament a l period. m:mkind as a
whole (including Goo's own na tion
in J udaca ) strayed furt her and fur-
th er from God. go ing to evc ry wei rd
reli gio us extre me. God himself was
keeping ha nd s off while his tr uth
was a lmos t hopelessly mongr elized
out of a ll reco gni tion. Then ca me
God's full to hu man kin d
ill 1!Ieflest).
The Full Revelation
"Whereas in the past God spoke
th rough ma ny forms. fas hions an d
fig ures, a nd communica ted by va ri-
ous me an s. method s a nd manners,
He was now rea dy to pour out the
whole sto ry through a Son ( Heb.
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I: 1-2. Phillips ). It was God's time to
conipletely reveal himself. He had
become a hum an being.
As stra nge as it may sound in the
light of much of mo dern theology.
J esus wa s the very God of the Old
Testament. not the Fa ther. He was
the one who directly created th e uni -
verse (John 1:3; Eph. 3:9). wa lked
and talked with Ad am. dined with
Abraham. wrestled with Jacob. spoke
with Moses. and watched over an-
eient lsrael (I Cor. 10:4).
In the book of Hebrews. Jesus is
ca lled " the brightness of his glory.
and th e express image [G'--reck.
karak ter] of his person" ( Heb, 1:3) .
Je su s a nd the Father. th ough two
se pa ra te spiri t bein gs. arc '(me in
perfect cha racter. outlook. purpose.
love toward mankind. et c,
But Jesus is the member of the
Godhead tha t ha s always dealt with
ma nk ind. Je sus Christ sa id of the
Fat her: " No man hath seen God at
allY time . . . "' (John I : 18). " And th e
Fat her himsel f. whic h hat h sent me .
hat h horne wi tness o r me . Yc ha ve
ne ither hea rd his voice a t an y t ime.
nor seen his sha pe" (Jo hn 5:37). Yet
Moses saw th e one tha t ta lked with
him and who called him sel f the self-
exi stent (Y IIYH). cverli ving God .
The only way 10 sq ua re these scri p-
tures is to conclude that Jes us - not
the Father - was t he God of the
Old Testament.
The Rejection Syndrome
But humankind continued to play
" hide- and-go-see k" with the pres-
ence of God - even in the flesh . The
rejecti on of God's own son by his
ow n people (John I: II ) is nowhere
better illus tra ted than in a pa rable
J e su s ga ve in Mut t h e w 21 :
. .' . . . There was a ce rtai n house-
h older. wh ic h pl a nt ed a vine-
ya r d . .. a nd let i t o u t to
hu sb andmen. a nd went int o a fa r
co untry: a nd when the time of the
frui t drew ncar. he se nt his se rva nts
[th e prophe ts in thi s a na logy] to the
hu sbandmen , th at they mi ght re-
ce ive the fruit s of it. And th e hu s-
bandmen took his serva nts, a nd
beat one. a nd killed an other. and
stone d an other. Aga in. he se nt other
se rva nts . . . and the y did un to them
likewise. lJUI last ofall he sent unto
them his son, say ing, They will rev-
ere nce my son.
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Originally God did reveal
himself to the first
man and his wife.
It was they who first
began to play
" hide-and-go-seek."
They began a pattern that
was to last
throughout history.
" But when the hu sbandmen sa w
the son [Jesus Christ]. they sa id
among themsel ves, Thi s is th e heir:
come. let us kill him. and let us se ize
on his inheritance. And they caught
him, a nd cast him out of the vine-
vard. a nd slew him" (ve rses 33-39).
.. Jesu s then went on to expla in in
verse 42: " Did yc never read in the
sc r i p tu res, The sto ne whic h th e
bui lders rejected. the same is be-
co me the head of the co rner ... '1"
A mob of face s flushed with
fre nzy insisted on the Rom an cxccu-
tio n of Jesus. The religi ou s .cstab-
lis hment set it all up in adva nce.
They feared for the ir own pos ition;
they d idn't wa nt to lose the ir follow-
ers; they were used to th e adulat ion
of the people.
In t he more than 1900 vears since
Chr ist ' s death and re surrect ion,
mankind has had ac cess to God
through his written Word. But orga-
ni zed reli gion ha s done a very tho r-
ough job of both mu zzlin g th e Bible
and hiding its God! Myri ad s of
councils, conclaves. and conferences
ha ve interpreted the Bibl e so that it
ha s lost all of its practica lity to a
man' s or woman's day-to-day life :
no more laws, sa bba ths , holy days.
t ithing, pr ophecy, o r co rrec t io n.
Now even the Ten Comma nd me nts
a re " out of dat e: '
If Jesus Christ began his physical
ministry today as something simila r
to the humble carpenter of Naz a-
reth. he wo uld undoub ted ly be ac-
cu sed or being "the grea test th reat
ever to God. Christia nity. and Patri-
ot ism! He would be s umma ri ly
charged with treason and sedition .:.....
and his trial a nd executi on wou ld be
festi vel y ce le bra ted a ro und the
eart h.
Wh y Does God Hid e Himself?
"Verily thou a rt (J God that hidest
th yself . .." wrot e th e prophet Isa ia h
mi llennia ago ( Isa. 45: 15). For the
wo rld as a who le, tha t sta tement is
just as true today as it ever was. This
wor ld couldn' t be more unaware of
the pr esen ce of the true God.
But God still ha s all the power he
needs to reveal himself to yo u per-
sona lly. Your current relation ship to
God may be a good deal like that of
Job's. He t honght he knew a lot
about God. But a fter a long series of
eloquent a rguments with ....his three
fri ends. God stepped int o the pic-
ture and pointed out a few things
Job had never considered before. In
fact. he asked Job about 40 embar-
rassing questions.
Take a look at the vital lesson Job
learned . He sa id to God : " I know
tha t thou canst do every thing, a nd
tha t no thought can be with ho lden
fro m thee. Who is he tha t hideth
co un sel wit hout knowledge? There-
fore have I uttered that I under-
stood not; things too wonderful for
me. whic h I knew not" (Job 42:2-3) .
lie co ntinued : " I have heard of
th ee by t he hea ring of the ca r; but
now mine eye seeth thee" (verse 5).
He saw for the fi rst time the true
picture of the awesome personality
of God. His consciou s mind had
never reall y previously seen this
God of whom he spoke.
li e sa id in essence : " I have heard.
of yo u by the hearing of th e car -
but now I get it, lI(}\t ' I reall v see,
now I understand. now I com-
prehend what it's all a bout. Wh ere-
fore:' he sa id in verse 6. " I abhor
myself. a nd rep ent in dust a nd
as hes:'
Now Job go t th e true perspective.
And he made th at most difficult of
all human ste ps: He admitted that
he ha d b ee n utt erl y wron g -
not part iall y wrong. but totally
wr ong.
Co'Uld yo u ad mit. eve n to yo ur-
se lf. that yo u could be wrong about
yo u r curr ent concepts concer ning
God'? If you co uld. yo u would be on
yo ur way to becoming a Christian -
in th e truest sense of that term. \Ve
ha ve a bookl et on the subj ect. Wh y
do n' t you take one mo re ste p and
wri te for our free hook let entitled
~ V h a t Is a Real Christian? D
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U.S. STATIONS
Eastern Time
AKRON - Channel 23, WAKR-TV, 10:30 p.m.
Sun.
ALBANY - Channel 10. WTENTV, 2:30 p.m.
Sat.
ALPENA - Channel 1" WBKB-TV, 11:30 a. m.
Sun.
ATLANTA - Channel 1" WXIA-TV. 10:30 a.m.
Sun.
BALTIMORE - Channel 45, WBFF-TV. 10:30
p .m. Sun.
BANGOR - ChannelS. WABITV, t1 :oo a.m.
Sun.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Channel 40. WICZ-TV,
11:30 a.m. Su n.
CHARLESTON - Channel 2, We BD-TV, 1:00
p .m. Sun.
CHARLOne - Ch annel 7 WSOC-TV, 12:00
noon Sun.
CINCINNATI - ChannelS. WLWTTV, 11:30
a.m. Sun.
COLUMBIA - Channel 19. WNOK-TV , 4:00
p.rn.Sat.
COLUMBUS - Channel 4, WCMH-TV, 10:30
a.m. Sun.
DAYTON - Channel 2, WOTN-TV, 12:00 noon
Sun .
FLINT - Channel 12, WJRT-TV. 10:30 a m.
Sun.
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Channel 9, WNCT-TV.
10:30 p .m. Sun.
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Channel 4, WFBC-TV ,
12 :00 p .m. Sun.
HUNTI NGTON, W. Y. - Channel 13, WOWK
TV, 12:30 p.m. Sun.
I NDI ANAPOU S - Channel 4, WTTV-T V,
11:30 a.m. Sal.
JACKSONVillE - Channel 12, WTLV-TV,
12:30 p.m. Sal .
JOHNSON CITY - Channel 11 , WJHLTV,
10:'30 I'!. m. Sun.
LANSI NG - Channel 10, WILXTV, 10:00 a.m.
Sun.
LOUISVILLE - Channel 41, WORS-TV, 1:00
p .m. Sal.
NEW YORK - Chann el 9, WQRTV, Rotating
Schedul e
PH ILADELPHIA - Cha nnel 17, WPHL-T V,
11:00 o.m. Sun.
PO RTLAND - Chan nel 8, WMTW-TV , 11:30
a.m. Sun.
PORTSM OUTH - Chann el 10. WAVY TV, 12
noon Sun.
PROVIOEfol CE - Ch annel 12, WPRITV, 1:30
p.mSat.
SALISBURY - Ch ann el 16, WaQe-TV, 11:00
a.m. Sun.
SOUTH BEND - Ch ann el 22, WSBT-TV , 11:00
a.mSun.
SPRI NGFIELD - Channel 40 , WHYN-TV , 1:00
p.m. Sat
STEUBENVILLE - Channel 9, WSTV- TV, 12:00
noon Sun.
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TAMPA - Channel 8. WFLA TV, 12:00 p.m.
Sun.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Channel 7, WMAL-TV ,
10: 00 a.m. Sun.
WILMINGTON - Channel 6, WEeT-TV, 11:30
a.m. Sun .
Central Time
ABILENE - Channel 12, KTXS-TV. 5:30 p. m.
Sun.
ALEXANDRIA - ChannelS, KALB-TV, 10:00
a.m. Sun.
AMARILLO - Channel 10, KFOA-TV, 2:00 p .m.
Sat.
BEAUMONT - Channel 12, KBMT-TV, 12:00
noon Sun.
BISMARCK - ChannelS, KFYR-TV , 12:00
noon Sat.
CHICAGO - Channel 44, WSNS-TV, 9:30 o.m.
Sun.
CORPUS CHRISTI - Channel 3, Kill -TV, 10:00 '
a.m. Sun.
DALLAS - Channel 11, KTVT-TV , 1:30 p.m .
Sun.
DOTHAN - Channel 18, WDHN-TV, 6:30 p.m.
Sat.
EL PASO - Channel 13, KVIA-TV, 2:30 p.m.
Sa t.
EVANSVILLE - Channel 14, WFIE-TV, 11:00
a.rn. Sun.
FARGO - Channel 11, KTH I-TV, 12 noon Su n.
FT, SMITH - ChannelS, KFSMTV, 12:30 p.m.
Sa l .
GARDEN CITY - Channel 11, KGLD-TV , 1:00
p .m. Sun.
GREAT BEND - Channel 2, KCKT-TV, 1:30
p .m. Sun.
HATTIESBURG - Channel 7, WDAM-TV, 4:30
p .m. Sun.
HOUSTON - Channel 39, KHTV-TV, 9:30 a.m.
Sa l.
HUNTSVILLE - Channel 48, WYUR-TV , 5:30
p .m. Sun.
KANSAS CITY - Channel 4, WDAFTV. 12:30
p .rn. Sun.
KEARNEY - Channel 13, KHGI-TV, 11:00 p .m.
Sun.
LUBBOCK - Channel 11, KCBD-TV, 12:00
noon Sun.
LUFKIN - Channel 9, KTR E-TV , 2:00 p.m. Su n.
MCCOOK - Channel 8, KOMe-TV , 1:30 p.m.
Sun.
MERIDIAN - Channel 11 , WTOK-TV, 10:00
a.m. Sun.
MIDLAND - Channel 2, KMIO-TV, 5:00 p.m .
Sat.
MINNEAPOLIS - Channel 11, WTCN-TV, 8:30
a.m. Sun.
MONROE - Channel 10, KTVE-TV , 12:00 p.m.
Su n.
MONTGOMERY - Channel 32, WKABTV, 3:30
p.m . Su n .
NEW ORLEANS - Channel 4, WWL TV, 11:00
a.m. Sun.
NORTH PLAnE - Ct':-'J nr1el 2, KNOPTV, 6:30
p.m. Mon.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Channel S, KOCO-TV,
11 :30 a.m . Sun
OMAHA - Ch ann el 6, WOWT-TV, 3:00 p .m
Sal.
PEORIA - Channel 19, WRAU TV, 10:30 p.m.
Sun.
ROC KFORD - Ch anne l 13, WREXTV, 9:00
a.m. Su n.
SHREVEPORT - Cha nnel 6, KTAL- TV, 12:30
p .m. Sat .
SI OUX CITY - Channel 14, KME G-TV, 5:00
p.m. Sun.
MO. - Ch annel 27 ,
5:30 p.m. Sat.
SPRINGFIELD - Cha nnel 20, WI CS TV, 12:30
p.m. Sat.
TEMPLE - Chan nel 6, KCEN TV, 5:00 p .m.
Sun.
TOPEKA - Channel 27, KTSS-TV, 12:00 noon
Sat .
TUPELO - Channel 9, WTWV TV, 5:00 p.m.
Sat.
TYLER - Channell, KLTV-TV, 10:30 p.m. Sun .
WICHITA - Channel 3, KARD-TV, 1:30 p.m.
Sun.
WICHITA FALLS - Channel 6, KAUZ-TV, 11:00
am. Sun.
Mountain Time
BOISE - Channel 6, KJVI-TV, 11:00 a. m. Sun.
GRAND JUNCTION - ChannelS, KREX-TV,
4:30 p.m. Mon. ,
GREAT FALLS - ChannelS. KFBB-TV, 10: 15
p .m. Sun.
MILES CITY - Channel 3 , KYUSTV, 6:00 p.m.
Sa t.
MITCHelL, S.C. - ChannelS KXON-TV, 8:00
p.m. Sun.
PUEBLO - ChannelS, KOAA-TV, 9:30 a.m.
Sun.
ROSWELL - Channel 40, KBIM-TV, 4:00 p.m.
Sat
SALT LAKE CITY - ChannelS, KSL-TV, 12:30
p.m. Sat.
TUCSON - Channel 9, KGUN-TV , 1:00 p .m.
Sun.
Pacific Time
ANCHORAGE - Channel 13, KI MO-TV , 6:30
p_m. wee
CHICO - Channel 12 KHSL-TV , 10:30 a.m.
Sun.
FAIRBANKS - Ch annel 11 , KTVF-TV, 5: 00
p.m. Sat .
HONOLULU - Channel 2, KHON-TV, 12::' G
p .m. Sat.
LAS VEGAS - Channel 8, KLAS-TV, 3:30 p.m.
Sat.
i OS ANGELES - Channel 9, KHJ-TV , 9:00
p.m. Sun.
PORTLAND - Channel 12, KPTV-TV , 11:00
a.m. Sat.
RENO - Ch annel 2, KTVN-TV, 3: 00 p.m. Sat.
SACRAMENTO - Channel 13, KOVA-TV, 11:00
e.m. Sun .
SALINAS - Channel 8, KSBW TV, 5:00 p.m.
Sun .
SPOKANE - Ch annel 6, KHO-TV, 1:30 p. m.
Sun.
TACOMA - Channel 11, KSTWTV. 11:30 a.m .
Sat.
CANADIAN STATIONS
Atlantic Time
HALIFAX - ChannelS, CJCHTV, 2:30 p.m
Sun.
ST. JOHN - Channel 6, CJON-TV, 1:00 p .m.
Sun.
SYDNEY - Channel 4, CJCB- TV. 2:30 p.m.
Su n.
Eastern Time
BARRIE - Cha nnel 3, CKVRTV, 12:00 p .m.
Su n.
KINGSTON - Channel 1" CKW$ TV, 12:30
p .m. Sat
MONTREAL - Channel 12, CFCF-TV , 5:30 p.m.
Sun.
NORTH BA Y - Channel 4, CHNB-TV, 12:00
noon Sun.
PETERBOROUGH - Channel 12, CHEXTV ,
12:30 p.m. Sal
QUEBEC CITY - Channe lS, CKMI-TV, LOO
p .m. Sun.
SAULT STE. MARIE - Ch annel 2, CJIC-TV,
9:30 a.m. Sal.
SUDBURY - Cha nnel 9, CKNC-TV, 1:00 p. rn.
Sun.
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
THUNDER BA Y - Channe l 4, CHFD*TV, 1:30
p.m. Sun .
TIMMINS - Channel 6, CFCL-TV, 1: 00 p.m.
Sun
Cen tral Ti me
BRANDON - Cha nnel 5, CKX-TV, 4:00 p.m.
Sun.
REGINA - Channel 2, CKCK-TV, 12 noon Sun.
SASKATOON - Ch ann el 8, CFQC-TV, 12 noon
Sun.
SWIFT CURRENT - Ch annel 5, CJFB-TV,
11: 15p.m.Sun.
WI NNI PEG - Ch ann el 7, CKY*TV, 12 noon
Sun.
YORKTON - Ch annel 3, CKOS-TV, 12 noon
Sun.
Mountain Time
CA LGARY - Chan nel 4, CFCN-TY, 4:00 p.m .
Sun.
EDMONTON - Channel 3, CFRN-TV, 10:00
p. m. Sun .
LLOYDMINSTER - Channel 2, CKSATV, 1:00
p.m. Su n.
Paci fic Ti me
DAWSON CREEK - Channel 5, CJDC*TV, 5:30
p.m. Sun.
VANCOUVER - Channel 8, CHAN*TV, 11:30
a.m. Sun.
VICTORIA - Ch annel 6, CHEK-TV, 11:30 a.m.
Sun.
WH ITEHORSE - Channel 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13,
WHTV-TV. 7:00 p.m. Sun .
PLEASE NOTE
Thi s is only a parti al li sting. For a World-
wide Radi o /TV Log please chec k i nsi de
cover and write to the off ice near est you.
Some time per iods subject to occ asional
pre-emptio n. Please check your local
l ist i ng fo r possibl e time or day changes.
*' denot es new stat ions or changes.
RADIO LOG
U.S. STATIONS
Eastern Time
OAKRON _ WSLR, 1350 kc.. 5:00 a.m. Mon .-
Fri . & Sun., 8:30 p.m. Sun., 10:30 p.m. Mon.-
Fr i . & Sun.
ALLENTOWN - WSAN, 1470 kc., 6:30 a. m.
Mon .- Fri .
ASHEVILLE _ WWNC, 570 kc.. 11:00 p. m.
Mon .-Fri. & Sun .
ATHENS - WOOL, 1470 kc . 12:30 p.m . Mon. ,
Fri.
BALTIMORE - WTOW, 1570 kc .. 3:00 p. m.
Mon.- Fri .
BLUEFI ELD _ WKO Y, 1240 kc ., 12:00 noon
Mon .- Fri. , 1: 30 p.m. Sun.
BROCKTON - WBET AM & FM 1460 kc.. 97.7
mc.. 6:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
CAYCE - WC AY, 620 kc., 12:00 noo n Mon .- Fri.
CHARLESTON _ WCHS, 580 kc ., 10:30 p.m.
Mon.- Fri .
CHA TIANOOGA - WDEF, 1370 kc .. 5:00 a,m.
Mon.-Sa t. 6:30 a.m. Sun.
CHESAPEAKE - WCPK, 1600 kc ., 12:30 p.m.
Mon .*Fri.
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
CI NCINNATI _ WCKY, 1530 kc. , 5:06 a.rn.
Mon .-Fri. & Sun.
CINCINNATI - WLW, 700 kc.. 11:00 p.m. Sun.
CINCINNATI - WZIP , 1050 kc., 12:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.
CLEVELAND - WERE, 1300 kc., 11:00 p.m.
Mon-Prt.
COLUMBUS - WWWY*FM, 104.9 mc.. 6:00
p.m. Mon.-Fri.
DAYTON - WONE, 980 kc .. 11:30 p.m. Mon.*
Fr i. , 8:30 p.m. Sun.
DE FUNIAK SPRINGS - WGT X, 1280 kc ..
103 .1 rnc ., 12:15p.m. Mon .-Fri .
DETROIT - WLD M-FM, 95 .5 mc., 7:15 a.m.
Mon.-Fri., 9:00 a.m. Sun.
FAIRFI EL D - WCNW 1560 kc.. 12:30 p.m .
Mon.-Fri.
FLI NT - WKMF, 1470 kc.. 10:00 p.m. Mo n.-Fri.
FORT WAYNE - WGL, 1250 kc.. 6:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.
FRANKLIN - WFTN 1240 c.. 12:15 p.m. Mon .-
Fri .
GAINESVILLE - WAKA, 1390 kc ., 7:00 a.m.
Mon .- Frio
GAY LORD - WATC, 900 kc ., 12:30 p.m . Mon.-
Fri.
GLOVERSVillE - WENT 1340 kc. . 7:00 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.
GREENVl llE - WNC T AM & FM 1070 kc . &
107.7 mc. 6:30 p.m. Mon-Frt.
HAMMONTON - WRDI , 1580 kc., 6:30 p.m.
Mon .-fri .
HARRI SONBURG _ WHP, 580 kc ., 7:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri . & Sun .
HARTFORD - WCNX, 1150 kc.. 12:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.
INDI ANAPO LIS - WBR I, 1500 kc ., 2:00 p.m .
Mon.-Fri
JA CKSONVILLE - WBI X, 1010 kc ., 10:30 a.m.
Mon.- Fri .
JACKSONVILLE, Flo - WCMG, 1090 kc.. 12
noon dai ly.
JACKSONVILLE , N.C. - WlAS, 910 kc.. 7:00
a.m . Mo n.Fri.
JOHNSTOWN - WJAC, 850 kc ., 7:00 p.m.
Mon.- Fri .
KA LAMAZOO - WBUK, 1560 kc., 8:00 p.m.
Mon_-Fri- & Sun .
KI NGSPORT - WKPT, 1400 kc ., 12:30 p. m.
Mon.F ri.
KISSIMMEE - WFIV, 1080 kc.. 12:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fr L
KNOXVillE - WSKT, 1580 kc. , 8:00 a.m.
Mon .-Fri.
LANCASTER - WXRL, 1300 kc.. 6:30 a.m .
Mon .Fri.
LAURINBURG - 96.5 me., 12:30
p.m.
LENOIR - WJRI , 1340 kc.. 6:30 p.m. Mon .-Fr i.
LONDON - WFT G, 1400 kc ., 12:30 p.m. Mon.-
Fri.
LOUISVILLE - WFIA AM & FM, 900 kc ., 103.9
me., 11:30 a.rn. Mon-Prt. AM; 7:00 a.m. Mon .-
Fri. FM
LOUISVILLE - WHAS, 840 kc., 11:30 p.m.
Mon-Pn., 8:00 p.m. Sun.
MIAMI - WIOD, 610 kc.. 8:25 p.m. Mon.-Sat. ,
8:30 p.m. Sun.
MONTPELIER - WSKI, 1240 kc., 6:00 p.m.
Mon .-Fr i.
NEW HAVEN - WEll , 960 kc. , 10:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri ., 9: 00 p.m. Sat. & Su n.
" NEW ROCHEllE - WVOX, 1460 kc ., 12:30
p.m. Mon.- Fri. , 10:00 a.m; Sun .
NEW YORK - WOR, 710 kc., 6:30 a.m. &. 11:30
p.m. Sun. , 10:30 p. m. Mon .-Fr i.
NIAGARA FALLS - WHLD, 1270 kc ., 6:30 a.m.
Mon.-Fri.
PANAMA CITY, Flo - WPCF, 1430 kc.. 6:30
p.m. Mon-rrt.
PHILADEl PHI A - WRCP, 1540 kc.. 12 noon,
Mon.- Fri. , 10:30 a.m. Sun.
PIKEVILLE - WPKE, 1240 kc., 6:00 p.m. Mon .-
Fri.
PITTSBURGH - WPIT, 730 kc ., 12 noon, Mon.-
Sat., 11:00 a. m: Sun.
PITTSBURGH - KOV. 1410 kc ., 10:00 p.m .
Mon.- Fri .
PORTSMOUTH - WIOI , 1010 kc. , 12:35 o.m.
Mon .-Fri.
PROVI DENCE - WJAR, 920 kc., 11:30 p.m.
Mcn-Fr t.
RALEIGH - WPTF, 680 kc ., 1:15 p.m. Mon.-
Fn., 9:30 a.m. Sun .
RICHM OND - WRVA, 1140 kc.. 10:00 p.m.
daily.
ROANOKE - WFIR, 960 kc., 7:00 p.m. Mon .-
Fr i. &. Sun.
ROCHES TER - WHAM, 1180 kc.. 11:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri. , 10:00 a.m. Sun.
ROCHESTER - WWNH , 930 kc ., 6:30 p.m.
Mon_-Fr i.
SAV ANNAH - WSAV, 630 kc ., 7:00 p.m . Mon.-
Fri.
SCRANTON - WGBI , 910 xc.. 12:30 p.rn.
Mon.-Fri. &. Sun.
" SPRI NGF IEL D - WACE, 730 kc., 12 noon
Mon.-Fri. & Sun.
STATESBORO - WWNS, 1240 kc. , WMCD-FM
100 .1 rnc.. 7:05 p.m. Mon .- Fri.
SYRACUSE - WSOO, 1220 kc.. 7:00 a.m.
Mon.- Fri .
TAMPA - WI NO, 1010 kc., 5:00 p.rn. Mon .-Fri.
TOLEDO - WSPD, 1370 kc., 6:30 p.m . daily .
WA LTERBORO - WALD, 1060 kc.. 12:00 noon
Mo n.-Fri .
WATERBURY - WDEV, 550 kc ., 6:30 p.rn .
Mon .- Fr i.
WINTER GARDEN - WHLY-FM, 106.7 mc..
7:00 a. m. Mon.-Fri.
WHEELING - WWV A, 1170 kc. , 5:::10 a.m.
Mon .-Fri., 8:30 p.m. Sun-Fn., 10:30 a.m. &
11:30p. m.Sun.
Centrat Time
APPLETON - WA PL AM & FM, 1570 kc ., 105 .7
mc., 6:00 p.m. Mon-Fn.
ATOKA - KEOR-AM. 1110 kc ., 4:30 p.m. Men-
Fri.
ATO KA - KTEN.FM, 93.3 mc., 6:30 a.m. Mon.-
Fri.
" AUSTIN - KLBJ, 590 kc ., 6:30 p.m. Mon.-f ri. ,
9:30 a.m. Sun.
" BI RMINGHAM - WYDE, 850 kc. , 7:00 p.rn.
Mon.Fri. , 6:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Sun.
BOWLING GREE N - WLBJ, 1410 kc., 5:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fr i.
" CHICAGO - WMAO, 670 kc. , 5:05 a.m. Mon.-
Fri.
COFFEYVILLE - KGGF, 960 kc ., 5:00 a.m.
Mon.- Fri. , 6:00 p.m. Mon.-Fr i.
DALLAS - KRLD, 1080 kc ., 10:30 p.m. Mon.-
Pr!., 11:00 p.m. Su n.
DAVENPORT - KXIC, 800 kc.. 6:05 a.rn. Mon.-
Fr i.
DES MOINES - KWKY, 1150 kc., 12:30 p.m.
& 9:30 p.m. Mon.-Fr i., & Sun.
DULUTH - WDSM, 710 kc.. 6:00 p.m. Mon.-fri.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN. - KRSI , 8:00 p.m. Mo n.*
Sun.
EVANSVILLE - WJPS, 1330 kc ., 10:00 p.m .
Mon.- Fr i.
EVANSVILLE - WVHHM, 105.3 mc., 4:30
p.m. Mon.-frl .
FAYETIEVILlE - KFAY, 1250 kc.. 12:30 p.m.
Mon .- Fri .
" GADSDEN - WAA X 570 kc., 12:30 p. m. Mon .-
Fri. , 12 noon, Sun.
GLADEWATER - KEES, 1430 kc.. 12 noon
Mon.-Fri . & Sun.
GRAND FORKS - KRAD, 1590 kc.. 12:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.
GREEN BA Y - WGEE, 1360 kc ., 6:30 p.m.
Mon.*Fri.
" HOUSTON - KPRC, 950 kc .. 10:30 p.m. Men-
Fr i. & Sun.
JONESBORO - KNEA, 970 kc ., 5:30 p.m.
Mo n.-Fri.
KANSAS CI TY - KMBZ, 980 kc ., 10:30 p.m.
Mo n.- Fri . &. Sun.
LAKE CHARLES - KlCL, 1470 kc. , 10:00 p.m.
Mon .*Fri.
LENOIR CITY - WLl L, 730 kc ., 8:00 a.m. Mon.-
Fri.
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- LI TTLE ROCK - KAAY, 1090 kc .. 7:30 p.m.
daily., 9:30 a.rn. Sun ., 5:15 a.m. Mon.- Fri.
- MEMPHIS - WREC, 600 kc., 11:00 p.m. Mon.-
Fri.
MILWAUKEE - WISN, 1130 kc ., 11:30 p.m.
Mon .-Fri .
MOBILE - WKRG, 710 kc. , & 99 .9 mc . 11:30
a.m. Mon.-Fri ., & 7:30 a m. Sun. 8:00 p.m.
Mon .-Fri . & Su n. ( FM) .
MONROE - KREB-FM , 106.4 mc. 5:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri ,
- MT. VERNON - WMI X, 940 kc ., 7:00 p.m.
Mon.-Fri . & Sun.
NASHVILl E - WSIX , 980 kc ., 8:30 p.m . Mon.-
Fri., 8:00 p.m. Sun.
NEW ORLEANS - WWL . 870 kc . 8:30 p .m.
Mon.- Fri .
OKLAHOMA CITY - KTOK. 1000 kc.. 10:30
p.m. Mon.-Fri . & Sun.
PADUCAH - WDXR. 1560 c.. 12:30 p.m.
Mon.- Fr i.
PAMPA - KGRO, 1230 kc., 6:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri .
PEORI A - WMBD. 1470 kc.. 10:30 p.m . Mon.-
Fri . & Sun.
ROCHES TER - KOLM, 1520 c.. 12:30 p .m.
Mon.-Fr i.
ROLLA - KC LU AM & FM, 1590 kc ., 94.3mc
6:30 a.m. Mon.-Fri .
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Mon .- Fri
ST. JOSEPH - KUSN, 1270 kc.. 12:30 p.m.
Mon.- Fri.
ST. PAUL - KRSI . 950 kc ., 8:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri .
& Sun .
SAN ANT ONIO - WOAI , 1200 kc., 5:00 a.m .
Mon.-Sal., 7:30 o.rn. Sun.
SHERMAN - KTXO, 1500 kc.. 5:00 p.m. Mon .-
Fri.
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12:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
- SIOUX CITY, 10. - KSCJ, 1360 kc.. 6:15 p.m.
Mon .- Fri. & Sun.
TEXARKANA - KOSY, 790 kc ., 5:30 p.m. Mon.-
Fri.
WATERLOO - KXEL, 1540 kc.. 8:3 0 p.m. Mon.-
Sat., 6:00 p. m. Sun., 105.7 mc . FM, 11:30
a.m . Sun .
WATERTOWN - KWAT-FM . 96.1 mc.. 12:00
noon Mo n.-Fri.
Mountain Time
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Mon.-Fri. & Sun.
ARVADA - KOXI. 1550 kc.. 1:30 p.m. Mon.- Fr i.
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Fri.
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Fri. & Sun.
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Fr i.
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11:06 p.m. Mon.-Fr i., 5:30 a.m. & 11:25 p.m.
Sun.
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Fri . & Sun., 6:00 a.m. Mon.-Fri. , 6:30 a.m.
Sun.
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Mon.- Fri.
Pacific Time
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daily.
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AUBURN. WA, - KGRG. 89.9 mc ., 12:00 noon
Sun.
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Fr i.
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12 noon Mon .-Fr i ., 9:00 a. m. Sun.
EUGENE - KATR, 1320 kc.. 7:30a. m. Mon.-Fri.
FRESNO - KBIF. 900 kc.. 1:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
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5:30 p.m. Sun
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Mon.- Fri.
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me., 6:30 a.m. Mon.- Frio& Sun .
- LOS ANG ElES - KLAC. 570 kc .. 10:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fr i ., 6:30 a.m. Sun.
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Mon.- Fri .
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Fri .
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- PASCO - KOTY, 1340 xc.. 12:30 p.m. Mon.-
Fri ., 12:00 p.m. Sun.
PORTLAND - KlIQ, 1290 kc., 7:30 p.m. Mon.-
Fri .
PORTLAND - KWJJ, 1080 kc ., 9:00 p.m. Mon .-
Fri., 9:30 p.m. Sun.
- SACRAMENTO - KRAK. 1140 kc., 8:30 p.m.
Mon.- Fri.
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Fri.
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Mon.Fri . & Sun .
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a.m. Mon.-Fr i.
- SAN FRANCISCO - KNBR. 680 kc.. 11:30
p.m. Mon .-Fri .
SAN FRANCISCO - KKIS, 990 kc., 10:00 p.m .
Mon .-Sal .
SANTA ROSA - KPLS, 1150 kc., 7:00 a. m.
Mon.- Fri.
- SEATTLE - KIRO, 710 kc ., 5:00 a.m . Mon.-
Fri., 11:30 p.rn . Mon.- Fri.
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SEWARD - KRXA, 950 kc.. 12:30 p.m. Mon.-
Fri.
SPOKANE - KICNFM, 99.0 mc.. 12:00 noon
Mon.- Fri.
VISTA, CA , - KMLO. 100 kc . 9:00 a m. Sun.
WAIPAHA, HI. - KAHU, 940 c.. 7:00 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.
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Mon .-Fr i. & Sun.
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Newfoundland Time --
BAIREVEATE. - CK IM, 1240 kc. , 6:00 p.m.
dail y.
CLARENVILLE - CKVO, 710 kc.. 6:00 p .m.
da ily .
GANDER - CKGA, 730 kc .. 6:00 p.m . daily.
GRAND FALLS - CKCM. 620 c.. 6:00 p.m.
daily.
MARYSTOWN - CHC M. 560 c.. 6:00 p .m.
daily
ST. JOHN'S - VOCM , 590 kc ., 6:00 p.m. daily.
Atlantic Time
CAMPBElLTON - CKNB, 950 kc.. 9:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fr i ., 8:30 p.m. Sat
FREDERICTON - CFNB. 550 kc .. 10:05 p.m.
daily.
MONCTON - CKCW, 1220 kc ., 9:30 p.m. Mon.-
Sat.
NEWCASTLE - CFAN, 790 kc ., 9:30 p.m.
Mon.-Sal .
SAINT JOHN - CFBC. AM & FM, 930 kc ., 98 .9
mc ., 9:30 p.m. dai ly.
SYDNEY - CJ CB, 1270 kc ., 6:00 p.m. dai ly.
YARMOUTH - CJLS. 1340 kc ., 7:00 p.m. Mon.-
Sal .
Eastern Time
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BRANTFORD - CK PC, 1380 kc., 6:30 p.m.
daily.
CORNWAll - CJSS. 1220 kc.. 10:30 p.m
dai ly.
ElLI OTT LAKE - CKNR, 1340 kc ., 6:30 p.m.
daily .
HUL L - CKCH, (French) 7:00 am. Su n.
KI NGSTON - CKWS, 960 kc ., 10:30 p. rn. Mon .-
Fri.
KIRKLAND LAKE - CJKL, 560 kc.. 9:30 p.m
Mon.-Sat .
- KITCHENER - CKGL (FM), 96 .7 mc ., 6:30
p .m. Mon.-Fr i.
LEAMINGTON - CHYR, 710 xc.. 5:30 a.m . &
6:30 p.m. daily.
LINDSAY - CKLY, 910 kc ., 10:00 p.m. Mon.-
Fri.
MONTREAL - CFMB, 1410 kc ., 6:30 a.m .
Mon-Sat ., 1:30 p.m. Sun.
MONTREAL (FrenCh) - CFMB. 1410 kc.. 5:00
p.m. Sat . & Sun.
NEW LISKEARD - CJTT, 1230 ec.. 9:30 p.m.
Mort-Sat .
NORTH BAY - CFCH. 600 kc., 9:00 p.m. daily.
PEMBROKE - CHOV. 1350 kc ., 8:00 p.m.
daily.
QUEBEC - CKVC (Frenc h) 1280 kc .. 7:00 a.m.
Sun.
RIMOUSKI - CJBR ( Frenc h) 900 kc ., 7:00 a.m.
Su n.
STE. AGATHE - CJSA (French) 1230 kc ., 6:30
p.m . Mon , Wed ., Fri .
SAULT STE . MARIE - CKCY, 920 kc., 6:30
p.m. dai ly.
SHERBROOKE - CKTS, 900 kc ., 9:30 p .m.
Mon.- Fri.
SHERBROOKE - CHlT, ( French) 630 kc.. 7:00
a.m. Sun.
SMI THS FALLS - CJET, 630 kc.. 7:30 p. m.
Mon .-Th ur . & Sat., 6:30 p .m. Fr i
THETFORD MINES - CKLD, (French) 7:00
a.m. Sun.
THUNDE R BAY - CKPR-FM, 94.3 rnc.. 8:30
p .m. daily.
TI MMINS - CKGB, 680 kc ., 10:30 p. m. Mo n.-
Fri. , 10:00 p.m. Sat.
TROIS RIVIERES - CHLH, (French) 550 kc.,
7:00 a.m . Sun.
Central Time
DAUPHIN - CKDM, 730 kc ., 6:30 p.m. daily.
DRYDEN - CKDR, 900 kc., 7:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri .
FT. FRANCIS - CFOB. 600 kc .. 7:30 p.m. Mon..
Fri.
KENORA - CJRL, 1220 kc.. 7:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - CFRY. 920 kc ., 6:30
p.m. daily.
PRINCE ALBERT - CKBI, 900 kc .. 6:30 p.rn
Mon.- Fri.
- REGI NA - CKRM. 980 kc.. 6:30 p.m. Mon.- Fri.
& Sun.
SASKATOON - CFQC. 600 kc.. 8:30 p.m. daily.
SWIFT CURRENT - CKSW, 1400 kc.. 6:30 p.m.
daily.
WINNIPEG - CKJS, 610 kc.. 8:00 p.m . daily.
YORK TON - CJGX. 940 kc ., 6:30 p.m. daily.
Mountain Time
BROOK - CKBR, 1340 kc.. 6:00 p.m. daily
CALGARY - CFCN , 1060 kc ., 11:00 p.m. Sun.-
Fri.
CAMROSE - CFCW, 790 kc ., 8:30 p.m . Mon.-
Sal.
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The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
BAD
DECISIONS
CAN
WRECK
YOURLIFE
by J eff Ca lkins
"A prudent man [oreseeth the evil,
and lndetb himself: h il l the simple
pa ss Oil, and lire punished" {Prov.
27: 121.
S
ome people don ' I lead life : they
follow it around . Take the case
of J oh n and Martha.
Agai nst t he aggr egate wisdom of
ev erybody th ey kne w, the y sot mar-
Nori'c or .lthc ir frien ds bel ieved
the y were right for each other. Even
th e mini ster almost refused to per-
form the ceremony. Th ey married
anvwav.
ilrcdictably. they didn' t ge t al ong.
John spent a lot o f tim e running
around with "t he boys" wh ose com-
pa ny he prefe rr ed to th at of his wife.
or luxuriat ina in his own mac hismo
wh ile he around th e loca l en -
virons in his multihued van.
Mart ha couldn' t sta nd it. Sh e
even ha ted to get up in the morning.
Their ma rr iage was marked by a r-
guments. fIgh ts. door sla mming. a nd
one pa rt ner or the ot her leaving a nd
vow ing ne ver to return. Stil l. they
co ntin ue d to muddle al on g as (not
qu ite) husband and wife.
John a nd Martha got a good dea l
on their a pa r tment a nd both were
workin g. so th ey we re in good sha pe
financially. But one day John saw
an ad in a ma gazine off ering the
glories a nd sa tisfac tio ns of "owning
'lour own bu siness" a nd " ret iring
b efore you' re forty" by becoming
"dea ler" for a pa rticula r company' s
product s. Two weeks a fter J oh n had
answered the ad, quit his j ob. a nd
become a "dealer:' the company
folded.
Amazing ly enou gh, John co uld
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
ha ve go tt en hi s old j ob back . But he
couldn't accept the offer - pride
would n' t let him. He preferred to
look fo r work with anothe r co m-
pa ny dea ling in the same li ne of
products.
Ma rt ha. in the mea nt ime - a nd
at th e worst co nce ivable tim e - con-
ceived. Thev had been "ca reless: '
Sin ce hers was th e o nly ste ady
so urce of farnilv income a nd she
had to leave work . their formerly
optimistic fina ncia l picture eva po-
ra ted .
J ohn tinal ly took a j ob as a sa les-
man at a loca l car deal ership. The
ow ne r offered him a "speci al dea l"
on his old va n in trade. a nd a di s-
co unt on a vet newe r one, fully
eq ui p ped wit h ste reo. ca r pe t ing
th roughout. a nd utt erly ego-assu ag-
i ng pa d ded lea ther tri m. J ohn
co uld n' t resist this ba rga in. Pav-
rnents were "on lv" S150 a mont h
mor' tha n what ha d been paving.
But more fa mily fight s
.lust a fter their first chil d was born .
thei r marriage broke up . an d eac h
we nt his own wa y. with the chi ld
bein g put up fo r ad option.
T his tale of trau ma which I have
j ust out lined. while fiction al in itself.
is a lto geth er too true in the lives of
th ou si.tnds of peopl e. Ind ividua ls
wi th good hea lth, unafllic tcd hv ca t-
astrophic acc ide nts or disease; . still
manage a lmost by sheer d int of pe r-
vcrs it v to mak e th e mselve s un-
happy.
liVing by Acci dent
Most of us don' t ha ve some pe r-
verse. ma soc hist ic ur ge to make our-
selves unha ppy. We'd rather not go
th rou gh life blindfolded , livin g by
acc ident as it were. bumping into
objects be cause we don' t have th e
good sense to ta ke the bl indfold off.
We don 't co nscious ly desire ou r own
hurt. and there is a "lot we can do to
preve nt it. \Ve ca n think. rea so n.
look a head. ope n our eyes. ma ke
int clligent judgments. a nd othe rwise
use our brai ns. In sho rt. we ca n
lea rn to make wise decisions.
In so me wa vs, life is like ch ess. in
others, like poker. It is like chess in
that we can improve ou r lot by ma k-
ing th e right decision s. We do have
co ntrol over many things. such as
o u r pe rsona l rela t ionships wi t h
othe rs. our careers. our goal s. and
ou r purcha ses, which a re a me nable
to our co nscious wi lls. Life is like
po ker in that there a rc so mc things
ov er whi ch we have no cont rol: wh o
our parents a rc. the sta te of health
wi th whi ch we were born. outside
forces in the world. the sta te o f the
economy.
But eve n whe n life deal s vou a
ba d hand. YOU ca n still come out
prelly well ;,ff by skillfully manag-
ing th e cards vou hold. Or. as is
i n Christ' s famous
parabl e of the talen ts. no mat ter
how few abi lit ies or adva ntages we
sta rt out with in life, we should still
make th e be st oft hem.
Let's look al the princ iples John
and Ma rtha could have appl ied in
order to mak e their lives sorne thina
other th an a n unmitigated string at'
disasters:
- The K,lOU'- Your-Goals Prin-
ciple. If Joh n and Mart ha had ea ch
done so me thinki ng on what life is
all about before thev aot marri ed .
proba bl y they bOl h ha ve
wound up with mat es mor e suited to
thei r person ali ties.
Di d Joh n have a defi nite ca ree r in
mind before he marri ed Martha'?
Did he have some firm idea whe re
marri age a nd family life fit into the
ove ra ll pa ttern of hi s life? Had he
eve r sa t down and con sidered his
ta lent s. int erests, a nd a bil ities. a nd
consciousl v decided wh a t he wanted
to do wit h his life?
Had Ma rt ha reall v thought ou t
what she wanted to f\.t;rria e. e.
ca re e r. ch ildre n. or wh at co 'in-
binati on of the se three? Il ad she
rea llv a na lvzed herself enough to
wha t' ki nd of a hu sbanJ she
wa nted?
- The Trade-Of] Principle. If
Jo hn really wanted to marry Ma rt ha
for her good qualit ies, was he wi ll-
ing to accept her bad tr ait s a lso'? If
Martha rea lly wa nted J ohn . was she
willing to tol er at e th ose personality
and character traits th at she now
finds so annoying? In other words.
John and Mar tha should have rea l-
ized th at no one is pe rfect. th at we
usu a lly can' t have somethi ng we de-
sire wi thout gi ving up so me thing
else in re tu rn .
- 71,e Counsel Principle. " In th e
mul titude of counselors there is
sa fety: ' wr ote Sol omon (Prov, I I:4).
There is a basic law of stat ist ics
39
Solomon'sAdvice
for MakingMajor Decisions
One of the sources mo st often con-
sulted by those seeking wisdom is
th e Prover bs of So lomon . So lo-
mon. known as "the first great
commercial king of Israel." was
no t only a wise ru ler. but also a
skilled dipl omat and direct or of
exte nsive shippi ng. tr ading. a nd
mining ventures. However. Sol o-
mon is most oft en remembered as
one of the wisest me n who ever
lived . His Proverbs contain a rich
vein of pr act ical prin ciples wort h
mining for use in mak ing maj or
decision s.
The key principle for making
wise decision s. echoed th roughou t
Proverbs. is: "Lean o n. trus t a nd be
co nfident in the Lord with a ll yo ur
hea rt and mind . a nd do no t rel y on
yo ur own insight or under stan ding.
In all yo ur ways ... acknowled ge
Hi m. a nd He will d irect a nd
ma ke . .. pla in your paths" (Prov.
3:5-6. The Amplified Bible).
Seek Out Facts
O f co urse. God will not make a ll a
person' s decis io ns for h im th e
minu t e t he words "' Heaven lv
Fat he r, please give me .. ." a re
formed on his lips. As Solomon
expl ain s. God wants us to learn to
a na lyze a nd eva lua te fact s a nd
make pr op er choices ou rselves!
Though God cert ainl y hel ped
Sol omo n to be wiser. Solomon put
fort h most of the effort himsel f. In
fact. Solomon stresses throu ghout
Prover bs that one must
pu rsue wisdom. as well as knowl-
edge (facts) . ios igh t. a nd un d er -
sta nd ing (Prov. 2:3-4: 23: 12).
Solom on dwells on the va lue of
wisdom a t length : " Wisdo m is bet -
ter tha njewel s. and all that yo u may
desi re ca nno t compa re with her"
( Prov. 8: I I. RSV). " Happy is the
man who finds wisdo m. a nd the man
who gets understandi ng. for the gain
from it is be tte r than gain from silver
and its profit be ner tha n gold... .
Long life is in her right ha nd: in he r
left han d are riches and hon or. Her
40
ways a re ways of pleasantness:'
( Prov . 3: 13-17, RSV).
Sol omon recommends one wa y
of embracing wisdom: "He who
wa lks wit h wi se me n becomes
wise ..." (Prov. 13:20. RSV). He
furt her adds that "the mouth of
the righ teou s brings forth wisdom "
(Prov, 10:31. RSV).
However. those who thi nk they
ca n sit around all day prayi ng for
kno wledge. but who are un willing
to dili gently seek it. will find them-
se lves stagnating at their pr esent
mental level.
Counset Open-mindedly
When it comes to the subj ect of
co unsel. Solomon di scusses a num-
ber of vit al principle s to remem-
ber. He point s out that a person 's
life- styl e a lways seems right a nd
pur e in his own eye s ( Prov. 16:2),
but goes on to warn that "he who
trusts in his own mind is a fool : but
he who wa lks in wisdom [trust s in
God and righteou s wise men -
Prov o 3:5-8: 22: 17- 191 will he de-
livered" ( Prov, 28: 26. RSV ).
Solomon urges his reader s to
cons ult a n "abundance of counse l-
ors" ( Prov , II : 14) who will provide
a va riety o f opinions from diverse
viewpoints, He ca ut ions that it is
foolish an d sha meful to ma ke a
de cision ("answer a matt er" ) be-
fo re one hears a number of q ua li-
fied peopl e' s poi nt s of view ( Prov.
18: 13). because the first per son one
co ns ults wit h mi aht sou nd con-
vin ci ng bu t be bi ased or simply
unaware of certain fact s ( Prov,
18: 17). If one seeks counsel. how-
ever. he' d be tter be totall y open-
minded. or a ll his efforts to see k
out tr uth will come to nau ght.
Once a person begins followi ng
So lomo n's practi cal advice. devel-
ops a working relat ion ship with hi s
Creator. a nd see ks wisdom. fac ts.
a nd counsel. he is ready to tackle
the big decision s of life head -on
a nd com e out victorious,
- Jim E. Lea
that when a large pe rcentage of ca-
pable peopl e ag ree on some thi ng. it
should be consi der ed serious ly. In
John and Martha's cas e. the
whelming un an imity of the advice
against their marri age sho uld ha ve
suggested to the m that they ought to
post pone their marr iage for a few
mont hs un til they had more lime to
consider all the fact s,
Gcnerall v. when aeuina advice.
one shoull st rive to ....obtai n qual ity
ad vice from a di vcrsi tv of sources.
Q ual itv advice sho ul l come fro m
people who have no per son al stake
in a given matter. ind ividuals who
a rc fbr eno ug h remo ved from the
deci sion to at it objectivel y. It
should a lso be sought from many
di fferent part ies with different
points of view and outlooks.
Oft en . advice will va rv and eve n
obj ective obse rvers wiil di sagree
a mong th emsel ves on the bes t
co urse of action. When advice is
sp lit. you have to examine addi -
tiona l cr iter ia.
Some decisions. because of their
irnportance and pc rmancm:e. de-
se rve more attention, De cisions con -
cerning marria ge and career. for
exa mple. affe ct us for a longer
peri od of time than most other
choices we ma ke in life.
Did John a nd Martha rea llv take
\hat much time consi dering with
whom they would like to spe nd the
rest of the ir natural lives? Did John
really mull over the decision to qui t
hi s job to sta rt his "own" business?
Were these deliberate. we ll-though t-
out deci sions made onl y aft er con -
suiti ng with severa l bu sinessmen . or
we re the y sp ur-of-the-mo me nt deci-
sions? Impulse decision s may bc tol-
cra ted to a degree when shop pi ng in
a groce ry store where all we are
riski n
o
is a few doll ars bu t they're
. e '-,
certainly not fo r matters which will
a ffect us for yea rs to come.
The Get-the- Facts Principle.
"He that answerct h a matt er befo re
he hear eth it. it is folly and sha me
unto him" (Prov, 18: 13).
This principle seems almost se lf-
evident. Probl ems arc sure to crop
up when yo u don't have or can' t get
alI the fac ts.
Wh e n mak i ng d eci s io ns. we
should ask oursel ves. "What' s the
worst possibl e thing that could hap-
pen if I do suc h-and-s uch?"
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
For example. John could have
reasoned this way : " I don't know
whether this ad really promises a
genuinely advantageous business
venture or not. It might . Then again.
it might noI . Now if this outfit reall y
is on the up-and-up. it st ill might be
years before my end of the business
would get established, and I woul d
be maki ng as muc h as I do now.
Furthermore. since most small busi -
nesses ha ve a very rough time of it
an d ma ny fail. the re is a goo d prob-
a bility tha t even if thi s compan y
were ho nestly see king inde pe nde nt
out lets for their product. I cou ld still
have a lot of financia l problems. On
the other hand. maybe I don' t have
the talent for running my own busi-
ness. Maybe the company will make
demands on me that I don't know
about nov,' , If things don 't work out.
I will lose my job. and possibl y I
could be left 'up a creek: Do the
potential benefi ts of having my own
bu siness outweigh the risks? I' ve got
to examine all the fact s and gel
some more advice."
By a har dheaded calculat ion of
benefit s and costs - the sa me pro-
cess thut Christ alluded to when he
spoke of "counti ng the cos t" - John
would have come out of things
much better off.
Aga in. the Proverbs impart a ju-
dici ou s warning: " T he s i m ple
be lieveth evCfY word : but the pru-
dent man looketh well to his goi ng"
( Prov, 14: 15).
- Tile YOll-Are- Your-OIt'll- ' Vors/ -
Enemy Principle. In order to impress
someo ne else. to assuage one's ego.
or to massa ze one's van itv, we wi ll
often be tempted to pursu e a foo lish
course of ac tion to our 0\\-'11 hurt .
In Jo hn's case. he went out and
bo ught a new van whe n the family
income was a t a low ebb: $ 150 more
a month is. q uite literall y, the price
of pride. John should have asked
himse lf whet her the j oys of cruising
a ro und in his per sonal macho-mo-
bil e were worth the added financial
hardsh ip to his famil y. Had he even
att empted to make a right decision
in a ca lm. clear-headed wav, ther e is
little doubt the outcome wZ,uld ha ve
been different .
The " Pl an Ahead" Principle
Huma n beings are not leaves to be
blown around in the wind . We have
The PLAI N TRUTH Novemb er 1976
been given minds with which to
think. \Ve can plan ahead before we
act . look at what has gone before us.
calculate the benefits' an d the costs.
weigh the risks and the gains. We
can, in short. approach life rat ion-
all y.
The typical negative response to
th is approach is to denounce it as
too cold a nd calculati ng. as rob bing
life of its rich . warm spontanei ty. It
is su mmed up in the " ma na na" ap-
proach to life : live for the momen t.
soa k up the " now:' ba sk in the im-
medi at e. Rat ion alit y. tho ught. a nd
planning sound dull a nd laborious
a nd too much like work.
The problem is. reality isn't so
Personal f'rorn.i.
( Continued fr om page J)
will. redou ndi ng to the praise of his
glorious grace bestowed 0 11 us in the
Belove d, in whom we enjoy ou r re-
demption. the forgive ness of our
tre spasses. by the blood he shed . So
richlv has God lavished upon li S,
gra nting us complete insight and
U:'\ OERSTA:" D! :'\G of the open secret
of hi s will. showing li S how it was
the pllrpose of his clesign so to order
it in the fulness of the ages that a ll
things in heaven and ~ a r t h alike
sho uld be gathered up in Christ - in
the Chri st in whom we have had our
heritage allott ed us (as was decreed
in t he design of him who carries out
cvervthing accordi ng to the counsel
of his will). to m a k ~ us redoun d to
the pra ise of his glory by bein g the
firs t to put our hope in Chr ist" (Ep h.
I:5- 12. Molra tt ).
Let me give you verses II through
12 in the King Ja mes Version: " In
wh om al so wthave obtained an in-
heritance, being predestinat ed ac-
cording to the purpose of him who
worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will : that WEshould be to
the praise of ltis glory . IVIIO Fl RST
trust ed in Christ. "
Our inheritance - true Christians
are right now only HEIRS - was
PREDEST INATED " t hat we sho uld
be to the praise of his glory. who
pliabl e. Today's 1101\' was yes terday's
"manana." The fact that we have to
pick between the lesser of two evi ls
toda y is because we didn't care
about today while it wa s st ill yester-
d a y. The " ma na na" philosophy
makes life even more difficult be-
cause events end up controlling us.
ca using many of our aspirations to
go unreal ized.
In fac t, it is only whe n we a re ab le
to con trol the events around us,
wh en we actually try to guide our
lives accordi ng to some sort of ra-
tion al. coherent pattern - wise deci -
sion ma king, if yo u pl ease - that
we' ll ever have eno ugh freedom to
be spontaneous anyway. 0
first tru sted in Ch rist" (verse 12).
To whom is the passage spea king?
Onl v to the saints who were faithful.
Noie well the se point s . Pre-
destina tion has only to do with
being ca lled to the inheritance of
becomi ng son s of the living God,
and those PR EOESTI S ATED a re sa id
to be the first so CALLED.
Jesus Christ sa id plain ly. "No
f\.l AN CAN COME TO ME, EXCEP r THE
F ATH ER WH IC H H ATH SENT :\IE
DRAW nt xt" (John 6:44). The l l th
hapter of Roma ns explains that
on ly a FEW are called to repenta nce.
fa ith in Christ. and spiritual sa lva-
tion with eternal life NO W
Since none can come to Chris t -
become spiritua lly converted - " EX-
C EP T THE F ATHER DRAW HIM"
("callcd" refe rs to those beinn so
drawn by the Father) - it becomes
PLA I N that those PREDESTI NATED a re
those FEW predesti nat ed to be ca lled
NO IV- the FtRST to be "ca lled" -
to be drawn by the Fat her to Christ
and to the inh erit an ce of beco ming
begott en a nd bo rn sons of God.
O THERS are to be ca lled later.'
Pr edestination refers to those pre-
ca lled - NOT prejudged or pre-
condemned. Nothing in thi s pa ssage
nor in Romans 8 says a nything
about being prejudged o r pre-
condemned . Therefore. it has only
to do with IVHEN some are spe-
ciall v ca lled and onlv to do with
those fi rst called before the world in
general. as exp lained in Ro-
mans I I.
Repeatedly I have said that to try
to und ersta nd the Bible from today's
4t
vantage point is like goi ng into a
movie or turning on a movie on TV
wit h the picturehal f over. Not hav-
ing seen what went before. vou sim-
p ~ ~ don't understand what "'you arc
seeing now!
Let me give you the big picture
from the beginning - vel)' briefly.
Begin with John I. verses 1-3: " In
the...... BEGINNING was the Word. and
the Word was with God. a nd th e
Word was God:' Here were from
eternity two individual beings. one
called th e Word . the othe r. God.
But the Word wa s al so God . Let me
compare it with someone saying. .. ,
saw Ga rner Ted. and Garner Ted
was with Armstrong, and Ga rner
Ted was (also) Armstrong," In the
beginni ng from eternity the Word
was not the son of God as Garner
Ted is the son of "Armstrong" - if
you are referring to myself. But
la ter. ve rse 14. it is sta ted tha t " th e
Word was made flesh , and dwe lt
among us. . . ." At which time. born
of t h ~ virgin Mary. th e Word be-
came Jesus Christ. and at that time
He became the son of God~
But from ete rni tv - which means
AL\VAYS - there wer e the two. and
we arc made in the image and like-
ness of God - His form and shape
- and have been given minds like -
though inferior to - God. and since
we tb ink out a nd pla n the th ings
that we design. the Wo rd and God
first thought out. designed. and
planned wha t wa s to follow.
First they designed and created
ange ls. Apparently that was before
the creation of matter. The fact or
radioactivity proves there has been
no past ete rn ity of matt er. God CRE -
ATED matt er. But He created angels
firs t. The Bible savs " UCHa bouta n_
ge ls. They are ;pirit beings com-
posed of spirit. not matter. Next we
come to Ge nesis I : I - compared to
John I :I : "In the beainnina GOD
[H e b re w Elohim. mt?'anin g...... more
than one person forming one God -
that is th e God family] crea ted th e
heaven ['h ea vens in the Hebrew]
and the earth: ' This was aft er the
creation of angels because God says
(Job 38: 7) the a ngels "s houted for
joy" at the creation.... of th e earth.
Now we read of tbe "angels th at
sin ned" ( II Pet er 2:4 ). and ver ses 5
a nd 6 place th e time of tb is ange lic
sin as prior to the creation of Adam.
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that is. before the span of time from
Adam to the Fl ood . The a ngels were
led into sin (the transgression of
God's law - I John 3:4 ) by their
king Lucifer. Luci fer ( lsa. 14: 12)
was a grea t a rcha ngel. a cherub. the
very most supreme type of being
capa ble or be ing crea ted . He was
PERFECT a nd crea ted lu ll or wisdom.
perfection. a nd beauty (Ezek . 28 : 14-
17). He administered THE GOvERN-
\fEST OF GOD over angel s - over
the earth tha t then wa s. But "i n-
iquity" was found in him ( Ezek.
28: 15). Tbe government of God was
ba sed on the spi ritua l law of God .
Any government is the administra-
tion of a law, and without law there
can be no government. The law of
GOD is spiritual. It is diIJerenl trom
any man-made law. It is A W AY OF
LIFE - in fac t THE way of life that
produces PEACE.
There are only TWO basic. pri-
mary ways of life. God's wav -
God\ spiritua l law - is a way of
love. that is. an outgoing concern
toward others. Toward God it is ac-
tually a return of His love given to
us. expressed in love. adoration.
obedie nce. and worship, Toward fel-
lowman. it is outgoing concern for
the good and welfare of others
equal to self-concern, The other way
of life I simplify by th e wor d "GET:' I
It is toward self It is va nity. lust.
and greed. Toward others it is envy.
jealousy. rivalry. competition. and
strife. It is resentment of any au-
thority - wheth er God's or man's . It
is revengeful. hostile. and violent.
God created minds in angels, He
gave them th e free mora l ag ency to
think. reason. form opi nions, and
make choices. Otherwise there could
have been no personality. individ-
uality. or character.
Lucifer was a supreme archangel.
tr ained at th e ver y th ron e of God .
His wings spread over the throne of
the univer se (Ezek. 28: 14 with Ex.
25 :8. 18-22). He was thoroughly
trained in the administration of the
GOVERNMENTOFGOD,
But Lucifer reasoned - and
fal sel y. He concluded th at GETTISG
was to him more desirable than GIV-
tNG. So whe n he led his angels into
rebellion agai ns t God a nd God's
way. THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD
ceased to function on the earth.
Few know that the government of
God once exis ted on ea rt h. God
coul d creat e. a utomaticall y by fiat.
no great er than Luci fer. This left
God - not limited to one person -
th e onlv being who had set Himself
inexorably never to violate His LAW.
the ON LY heing who would no t , and
therefore could 1101. sin - that is.
violate His GOVERNMENT. The solu-
tio n tba t the Word and God had
planned - undoubted ly long before
- was that God would now repro-
du ce Himsel f. a nd the Word God
wo uld now reproduce Ht'lSEU
'
(All
of this was covered in the series on
the "incredible huma n potentia!"
published in The Plain Truth.;
Angels had been placed here for
creative purposes of improving the
ea rt h. Inst ead the y defiled it.
broug ht it to the stat': of decay. co n-
fusion. waste. and emptiness im-
pl ied by.the Heb rew words 10111I a nd
bohu. which arc translated "without
form an d void" in the King James
Version. "void and vacant" in the
Moffatt translation. "waste and
empry" and "chaotic and in con-
fusion" in other translations, -
Psa lm 104:30 says: "Thou sendest
fort h thy spirit. the y ar e crea ted :
and thou renewesl the lace ofIhe
eart h," In Ge nesis 1:2. the wat erv
surface of the earth was covered
with darkness. God is the author of
LI GHT - Satan of DARK:"' ESS! The
spirit of God "moved upon the face
of the wa ters." And. verse 3. "God
said, LET THERE HE LI GHT:' In six
days God RENEWED THE FACE OF
TilEEARTHfor MAN - for God's pur-
pose of restoring His government on
ea rt h by reproducing II t" SEL F by
creating man in His image to have
th e potentia l of bei ng begott en and
born int o the fa mily of God.
But now Lucifer. whose name
meant "shining star of the dawn" or
"bringer of light: ' becomes Satan
the devil - whose name means "ad-
versary:' He is immortal , as are all
ange ls. He must remain on earth
UNTIL a successor qualities to re-
store the gove rnment of God on
ea rt h and is inducted into office.
In Gene sis I:26. God sa id. " Let
us [not mel make man in our im-
age: ' God crea ted man ma le a nd
female (Gen. I:27). He ins tructed
th em in His WAY to q ua lify to re-
store the GOVERNMENT OF GOD. It
(Continued 0 11 puge 44)
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
IN BRIEF
SOUTH AFRICA:
VIOLENCE
IS NOTTHEANSWER
by Stanley R. Rader
The author accompanies Plain
Truth Edltor-m-Chlef neroen
W. Armst rong on his frequent
VISitS with heads of state and
other leading Internal/anal
dlgmfaTies
About 140 years ago, whites
whose ancestor s had settled in
South Africa about two centuries
earlier began their " Great Trek"
into the rugged interior. Not too
long thereafter, South Africa's
great mineral wealth was discov-
ered.
The finding of a treasure-trove
of diamonds, gold, and other min-
erals vital to the modern world
fueled South Africa's indust rial
revoluti on and created for the first
time a demand tor black labor in
what had previously been a rural,
pastoral society in both the white
and black sector s.
As South Atrica developed dur -
ing the first half of this century, the
mass influx of blacks into urban
areas to work in the factories and
the rnines led to conditions that
have prevailed in other parts of the
world where simi lar "development
and progress" have taken place.
Who, for example, can forget the
poignant and heartrending ac-
counts of Irish, Italian, Jewish, and
Eastern European immigrants who
came to the United States during
the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries and worked and suf -
fered in our new cities where pov-
ert y, disease, and crime, as well
as racial and religious intolerance,
existed side by side with opu-
lence?
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
Yes, South Afnca has been no
exception to the common rule that
governs man's civili zation, a rule
that still exists, but is perhaps
more discreetly applied in its case:
Man exploits man for the benefit of
a few.
From the Cape of Good Hope to
the Mediterranean, armed conflict
or the threat of armed conflic t
drains human and physical re-
sources alike and prevents the po-
litical and economic development
without which fhe qualit y of life for
Afri ca's millions will not be im-
proved.
In South Africa, on the other
hand, its 18 million blacks live bet-
ter and have a brighter promise for
a better life than most anywhere
else on the troubled continent. Of
course, this fact is intolerable to
the commun ists and to the com-
munist-inspired black militants.
Since South Africa's political sys-
tem is not perfect , and because its
system of separate development
for the races has not solved all the
problems at its multiracial society,
the nation has become a target of
criticism f rom the free world as
well - a free world that South Af-
rica helped to defend in two world
wars and still helps to defend
today.
South Africa's detractors would
ignore the government 's many
and costly programs devoted to
the social , educational, and mate-
rial elevation of its own black
people . Because the white popu-
lation has opted not to surrender
its political advantage by extend-
ing to the blacks a voting privilege
on a one- man, one-vote basis,
most of the world chooses to ig-
nore what positive results have
been achieved - as well as to
overlook what is happening al-
most everywhere else on the con-
tinent , whe re leaders such as
Uganda's Idi Amin and others
govern under one-party systems
which have brought to naught all
the promises of democratic free-
doms that were to result from the
po stwar decol onial ization pro-
cess.
Mr . Armstrong and I visi ted
South Africa for five weeks only a
tew months ago, visiting city after
city, meeting with the prime minis-
ter and ordinary citi zens alike -
before and after the first Soweto
riots.
We Visited South West Africa
(Namibi a) where we talked with
the leaders of the consti tutional
convention who are striving to
create an organic document that
will provide an intelligent, pract ical
means for the people of that re-
gion to live together in peace and
prosperity.
We have been appalled at the
con tinuing racial strife that has
spread across South Africa since
our departure two months ago.
We are not unaware, however,
that much at the violence, if not
all, has been provoked by radical
and militant elements desirous of
exploiting for thei r own selfish po-
litical advantage the problems of a
multi racial society which is trying,
albeit not as quickly as desired by
some on the outside, to resolve its
compl ex problems.
Let us hope that the violence
will not polarize even more the ra-
ci al elements at the communi ty.
We know that there are men of
peace and good will on all sides in
South African society who are
trying to achieve a better life for all
its citizens and who oppose with
vigor those who resort to violence ,
on the one hand, and those, on
the other hand, who would use
more force to maintain wit hout
cha nge an exis ting social
order.
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Personal from" ,
(Cont inued f rom page 42)
wa s necessary for Ad am to rej ect
Sa tan' s WAY of GET and prove he
could deve lop the cha racter never to
turn from God's way. God offered
them SPIRITUAL SALVATl ON. Sat an
wa s not allowed to get to Adam and
Eve until God had instructed them.
Then Adam was put to the test to
see whether he would believe wha t
God sai d and choose God's way or
whe ther he would rej ect God's way,
and choose the self-centered way of
hostility to God and His law. ADAM
DID NOT BELI EVE WHAT GOD SAID!
He took to himself the knowledge of
what is GOOD and what is EVIL.
Sin is simply the transgre ssion of
GOD' S LAW (I John 3:4). God's law,
is the way of peace, and whe n
Ad am and Eve took to themsel ves
the decision of what is right and
wh at is wrong, they rej ect ed God 's
WA Yand broke God's LAw.
The 7, OOO-Year PLAN
The first six millennial "days" arc
for ma n to go about decidin g for
himsel f which is the bette r way.
God ado pted a HANDS-OFF policy -
ex ce pt that He interve ned in certain
instances for His purpose. as in the
Flood, in the lives of Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, in the na-
tion Israel. in sendi ng prophet s, in
sending C HRIST. and in raising up
apostles and Hi s church.
What we have. therefore. is a
world of man ' s making. And THI S is
where WE CAME I N - in this true
"movie" of God's purpose and DE
SIGNfrom the very beginning.
Satan is VERY POWERFUL He can
do nothing God does not ALLOW -
bu t to fulfill GOD'S PURPOSE it must
be PROVED by 6,000 yea rs of human
suffering, violence. and death that
Sat an 's WAY is NOT GOOD FOR
Us. We ha ve had 6,000 years dur-
ing which humanity has CIII itself of!
from God, under the invisib le and
unreal ized sway of Satan, trying to
organi ze his OWN SOCIETY. his owx
GOVERNMENT, his OWN RELIGION by
the way that seems right to man.
During this period, God ha s NOT
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tried to save thi s world spiritua lly.
Only Abel. Enoch . and Noah tu rned
to God 's way during the first 1.900
odd years. After the Flood . Abra-
ham obeyed, beli eved, and reli ed on
God. God never promised the na-
tion Israel spiritual salvation. If they
would obey His government. God
promised them nat ion al we alth .
grea tness, and power. but NOT
eternal life.
Through all these millenni a only
the prophets were given God's spirit
- and they on ly in order to carry
out an assignment f rom God.
Jesus came with essent ially the
sa me teach ing God taught Ad am
and Eve. But they did not believe
him. Man y "belie ved on Him" but
did not BELIEVE HI'\. To those who
be lieved ON HtM (Jo hn 8:30) Jesus
said, "But ye seck to kill me, be-
cause my word [His gospel message]
hath no place in you.. , . Because I
tell you the truth, ye believe me 1I0t"
(verses 37. 45).
After 3\\ yea rs of Christ's own
preach ing. only J20 believed him
(Act s I: 15). Aft er 25 yea rs or so.
Chri st's gospel message was sup-
PRESSED (Gal. I :6-7). AND TIlE
WORLD OlD NOT HEAR IT UNTI l. 1933
WH E!" 1 FIRST PROCLAIMED IT OVER
THE AIR!
THI S IS Til E G OD
IS DESPERATELY TRYI NG TO GET THE
WORLD TO BELI EVE HIM. TURN TO
H IM, AND " BE SAVED SPI RITUAI.LY ."
This is NOT the time when God is
sending His ministers on
ING CRUS ADES'" There is no contest
between God and Sat an. Satan is
POWERFUL but he can do
what God Al.LOWS - and for God's
purpose. But today, we are very
ncar the end of the 6,000 years
allowed man to go his own way -
the 6,000 years allotted to Sat an to
deceive the whole WORLD.
Jesus said that WHEN " this gos pel
of the kingdom sha ll be pre ached in
all the world for a witness unto all
nati ons" (Ma tt. 24: 14), then shall
the end of thi s age come. I am pro-
cla iming tha t very gos pel message
all over the wor ld. Sa tan knows it.
a nd he' s ANGRY. He therefore
knows he has but a short time yet
(Re v. 12: 12). But most men do not
know it ! Do you?
Atthe end of this 6,OOO-yea r period
Christ , who qu alified to rest ore the
government of God on earth. shall
return to ea rth in all the supreme
power and glory of the great God to
bring us world peace at last.
Why would God call only a few
now and then call Al.L later on? I
think I have explained. God ha s let
man prov e th at Satan' s way of
"GET" is not good for us.
He called, chose, and gave His
ho ly spirit to the prophets. WHY?
Because He had a jo bf or them to do.
WHY is He calling some FEW today
and openi ng thei r minds to
TUAL TRUTH which seems like so
much FOOLISHNESS (I Cor. 2: 14) to
the world - but "the wisdom of thi s
worl d is fooli shness with God"
(l Cor. 3: 19)?
Those called NOW are called f or
the purpose of getting a job done.
They arc give n the HOLY SPIRIT for
that pu rpose. God has committed to
me His GREAT COMMISSION - to
proclaim Christ's gospel message of
the KINGDOM OF G OD worldwide .
He has called a few thousand to help
me get that job done.
Those predesti ned to be called
now - instead of later when the
whole world sha ll be called - arc
gi ven the job of assisting me by
heart-rending PRAYER. by their en-
couragement (and I need it ), and by
their tithe s and offerings. And THI S
RESPO NSIBiLiTY is God's means of
developing in us His own righteous
character. Christ was requi red to re-
ject Sata n's way and ove rco me
Satan to qualify to restor e the GOV-
ERNM ENT OF GOD and to rai se up
the KIS GOOM Of Goo. So are WE
who are to qu alify to rule with HI".
I' ve said to us - those called NOW
- that to him "that overcometh
[Sat an and his way] will I grant to
sit with me in my throne, even as I
overcame [Satan and his way]. .. ."
" And he th at overcomc th . a nd
keepeth my WORKS unto the end.
him will I give POWER OVER THE
NATIONS [of earth]. and he shall
RUl.E THEM" (Rev. 3:21: 2:26- 27).
Wh en Christ comes, S ATAN SHALL
DE TAKEN AWAY. When Christ sets
out to SAVETHE WORLD (spiritu ally),
there wi ll be no Satan to overcome.
but they sha ll not be qu alifying to
sit with Christ on His throne ruling
and saving during the millennium. '
THAT is the true meaning of "pre-
destination." 0
The PLAIN TRUTH November 1976
"Big Daddy's" DaysAre Numbered
On the lighter side - if indeed
there is one in this tragic state of
affairs - Amin has become noted
for his outrageous observations on
history and world affairs, issued fre-
quently over Radio Uganda. Among
ot her pronouncements, Amin has
expressed admiration for Adolf Hit-
ler ("a great man" ); labeled Presi-
dent Julius Nyerere of Tanzania a
coward, a prostitute, and an old
woman ; called Henry Kissinger un-
intelligent for never having con-
sulted with him; quoted the
blatantly spurious Protocols at the
Elders of Zion as evidence of the
" Jewi sh mena ce" ; asked the
United Nations " to do its best to
unite the Soviet Union and China" ;
and offered to take over the lead-
ership of the British Commonwealth
from Queen Elizabeth.
Amin has also claimed that he is
" capable of command ing not only
the African troops, but also those of
Asia, Europe, and the Arab world."
His chest fu l l of medals, i n-
cidentally, is primarily the result of
the awards he has made to himself.
Accordi ng to Amin, " People like
me very much. All the Arab leaders
love to hear me speak. I am the
most important leader in Africa.
Everybod y listens." The real pic-
ture, needless to say, is much dif-
ferent. A number of African heads
of state have privately let it be
known that they would support a
coup agai nst him. Others have said
they wouldn' t oppose the idea. It is
interesting to note that Amin's pri-
mary foreign support comes from
equally eccent ric dictat or Muammar
Khadaf y of Libya.
The tragic record of Amin's rule
vividly illustrates the truth of an ob-
servation made nearly 3,000 years
ago by King Solomon of ancient
Israel: " When the righteous are in
authority, the people rejoice: but
when the wicked beareth rule, the
people mourn" (Proverbs 29:2).
For the sake of the people of
Uganda, it is hoped that the man
who will eventually succeed Amin
will be able to reverse the nation' s
slide into oblivion and undo some
of the damage wreaked upon its
people by his despotism. 0
total chaos - diplomatically, eco-
nomically, socially, and militarily -
because at Amin's gross misman-
agement. It is believed that only halt
- if that - of the 30,000 police and
soldiers in Uganda remain loyal to
" Field Marshal" Amin, as he styles
himself. (In addition to being field
marshal and president, he is also
Uganda's defense minister and
minister of foreign affairs.)
One Ugandan recently observed:
" No one knows who is at the
roadblocks - the loyal or the dis-
loyal troops. Either side can kill
you. That is why people are trying
to get back to the countryside."
To hear Amin tell it, however, is a
different story. " This is a paradise
count ry," he boasts.
But Ugandans know better. Sup-
port tor Amin among civilians is be-
lieved to be virtually nil. A number
of assassination attempts have al-
ready been made against him. It is
said that the caut ious president
never sleeps in the same bed two
nights in a row.
And now, already waning internal
support has plummeted even fur-
ther in the wake of Arnin's most
recent embarrassment - the suc-
cessful Israeli commando raid on
Entebbe airport last July 4, which
freed 104 hostages on a hijacked
Air France jetliner. Amin is believed
to have aided the hijackers.
True to form, Amin vented his
frustrations by reportedly murder-
ing a number of air traffic control-
lers and other airport personnel for
having failed to prevent the raid.

I
r Gar ner Ted Armstrong
. SPIAKS DUTI
fJt.
ter nearly six years of dictato-
rial rule characterized by mur-
der, torture, and oppression,
Uganda's erratic President Idi " Big
Daddy" Amin at last appears to be
slipping from power. Observers be-
lieve a coup against him is not only
possible, but probable.
That can come only as good
news to the 10 million Ugandans
who have been the victi ms of his
sadistic misrule. Armed with the ab-
/ solute power of life and death, Amin
has put to death a minimum of
50,000 suspected political or tribal
enemies since his violent accession
to power in January 1971. Some
estimates run as high as 250,000.
The stories of brutality and mur-
der filtering out of Uganda are sim-
ply unbelievable. Just a few weeks
ago, for example, an entire univer-
sity was savagely overrun and ter-
rorized - and over 100 students
slaughtered - by Amin' s " goon
squad" because Amin's swagger-
ing, semi-illiterate son had been
shunned by fellow students.
Winston Churchill once called
Uganda the " Jewel of Atrica" - a
beaut iful country, verdant, idyllic,
pro sperou s. Kampa la, Uganda's
capital sitting astride picturesque
Lake Victoria, was once a thriving
city, popular with foreign tour ists.
Today Kampala is rapidly becom-
ing a ghost town. Of its original
100,000 inhabitants, onl y some
40,000 remain, as ci tizens flee to
rural villages where there is less
chance at being killed or brutalized.
The nation itself is in a state of
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