Monday, February 4, 2013

If I Were the devil

If I Were the devil
By Paul Harvey
(1965)
 
If I were the devil
If I were the prince of darkness
I'd want to engulf the whole world in darkness.
And I'd have a thrid of it's real estate and four fifths of it's population,
but I wouldn't be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree.
Thee!
 
So I'd set about however necessary to take over the United States.
I'd subvert the churches first,
I'd begin with a campaign of whispers.
With the wisdom of a serpent I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve:
"Do as you please."
 
To the young I would whisper that "The Bible is a myth."
I would convince them that man created God,
instead of the other way around.
I would confide that what's bad is good
and what's good is, square.
And the old I would teach to pray, after me:
"Our father, which art in Washington..."
 
And then I'd get organized,
I'd educate the authors in how to make the lurid literature exciting,
so that anything else would appear dull and uninteresting.
I'd threaten T.V. with dirtier movies, and vice versa.
I'd peddle narcotics to whom I could,
I'd sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction,
I'd tranquilize the rest with pills.
 
If I were the devil
I'd soon have families at war with themselves,
churches at war with themselves,
and nations at war with themselves,
until each in it's turn was consumed.
And with promises of higher ratings
I'd have mesmerizing media
fanning the flames.
 
If I were the devil
I would encourage schools to refine young intellects,
but neglest to dicipline emotions,
just let those run wild.
Until before you knew it,
you'd have drug-sniffing dogs
and metal detectors
at every school house door.
 
Withing a decade
I'd have prisons overflowing.
I'd have judges promoting pornography. 
Soon I could evict God from the courthouse,
then from the schoolhouse,
and then from the Houses of Congress.
 
And in His own churches
I would substitute psychology
for religion and deify science.
I would lure priests and pastors
into misusing boys and girls,
and church money.
 
If I were the devil
I'd make the symbol of easter an egg,
and the symbol of Christmas a bottle.
 
If I were the devil
I'd take from those who have
and give to those who wanted,
until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious.
What'll you bet,
I couldn't get whole States to promote gambling
as the way to get rich.
 
I would caution against extremes:
in hard work,
in patriotism,
in moral conduct.
 
I would convince the young
that marriage is old-fashioned.
That swinging is more fun.
That what you see on T.V. is the way to be,
and thus I could undress ou in public
and I could lure you into bed,
with diseases
for which there is no cure.
 
In other words
If I were the devil
I'd keep right on
doing what he's doing.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Differences in the Two Creation Events

In Genesis Chapter 1
1. They (plural) all were CREATED.
Created in Hebrew is #1254 bara'.
Genesis 1:27 ... male and female created he them.
 
2. Male and female are created at the same time here.
 
3. They were created simple, human and mortal.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement:
 
4. They are told to multiple.
Genesis 1:28 .., Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,..
 
5. Mankind was given dominion over the wild animals and fish.
Genesis 1:26 ..: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,..
 
6. The animals and plants were wild, no names given.
 
7. There was no rain yet.
 
8. Creation was completed. The various races were created.
 
 
In Genesis Chapter 2
1. Adam is FORMED.
Formed is Hebrew is #3335 yatsar.
Genesis 2:8 ... in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
 
2. Adam is formed before Eve. She is later MADE from him.
 
3. Adam became a living soul, and was given the breath of life.
Genesis 6:3 .., for that he also is flesh:..
Ask yourself who, "also", as in who else?
 
4. God did not command Adam and Eve to multiply.
Adam's family was told to multiply after the flood.
 
5. Adam was a farmer.
 
6. There were domestic animals and crop plants, which Adam named.
 
7. Genesis 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
 
8. After the sixth day, God formed Adam because he did not have a man to till the ground.
Genesis 2:5 .., and there was not a man to till the ground.
There was not a farmer yet, so God fromed Adam
 
 
*Important Order of Creation*
1st Chapter: wild animals created, then mankind.
2nd Chapter: Adam formed, then domestic animals, THEN Eve.