‘If I were the devil’: the 1965 warning from Paul Harvey that’s chilling........
If I were the prince of darkness, I would want to engulf the whole world in darkness.
I'd have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree — thee.
So, I would set about however necessary to take over the United States. I'd subvert the churches first, and I would 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 the children that man created God instead of the other way around. I'd 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 are in Washington ..."
Then, I'd get organized, I'd educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull and uninteresting.
I threaten TV 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 its 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 intellect but neglect to discipline emotions.
I'd tell teachers to let those students run wild.
And before you knew it, you'd have drug-sniffing dogs and metal detectors at every schoolhouse door.
With a decade, I'd have prisons overflowing and judges promoting pornography.
Soon, I would evict God from the courthouse and the schoolhouse and them from the houses of Congress.
In his own churches, I would substitute psychology for religion and deify science. I'd lure priests and pastors into misusing boys and girls and church money.
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?
If I were the devil I'd make the symbol of Easter and egg and the symbol of Christmas a bottle.
I would caution against extremes, in hard work, and patriotism, in moral conduct.
I'd convince the young that marriage is old-fashioned, that swinging is more fun and that what you see on television is the way to be.
And thus, I could undress you in public and lure you into bed with diseases for which there are no cures. In other words, if I were the devil, I'd just keep right on doing what he's doing.
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This tells them more than you just hanging up on their Calls, use their postage-paid reply to envelopes against them!
more in attached vlog.
A Short Story: A Lasting Legacy?
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FIRST, Pardon, error on my part:
While processing the #SOUNDBITE accidentally put the wrong #episode #information onto the #Player box. This is S3E114 (dropped Sat. Aug. 23rd) not S3EAugSpecial5 (that is dropping Tue. Aug. 26th about #ProLife (ProLifeLeaders.net Founder) Stuart #Kellogg.
CTP S3E114 before Audio edits 22m 50s...
CTP S3E114 SHOW NOTES ( listen (Sat Aug 23 2025 and thereafter) at:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/episodes/17636525-ctp-s3e114-drop-dead-gorgeous-vs-terminally-cute-the-beauty-theory-episode )...
Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, Faith / Religion, Human Nature, Politics, Social Issues, and beyond
See buzzsprout Transcript for fuller/extended Show Notes (inc. related links) and Transcript Bonus
Transcript Bonus: Beauty - Eye Of The Beholder BeforeItsNews piece
CTP (S3E114) Drop-Dead Gorgeous vs. Terminally Cute: The Beauty Theory Episode
Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, ...
#Michigan #Conservative #Constitutionalist Activist (sums it up)
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Love him or hate him, WHATEVER*,
#ThoughtsAndPrayers to the #Cheney family at the passing (and now #Funeral going on) of #DickCheney.
- and, YES, for me I very much BLAME Dick for the election of #obaMAO. WHY? HOW? Simple, everyone on the Planet knew Dick was NOT going to Run for #POTUS (after being #GWBush's VP) due to his Health issues - and I kept saying (nobody listened) that DICK SHOULD HAVE STEPPED DOWN FROM BEING VP in the latter half of GW's 2nd term SO THAT someone could have (even if it would have been John McLAME) been put in to finish out GW's 2nd term as #POTUS as his #VP putting them in better place to run as quasi-Presidential-incumbent (being in the # 2 slot, and GW could have, should have, whomever put in place of Dick; given that VP many visible things to do to put them in position of been VERY ACTIVE in Running the Nation going into the Election to replace GW as #POTUS). But, again, my PERSONAL disdain for the "supposedly so smart and savvy Politico DICK was, didn't step ...
Figuring out just what EXACTLY is going to be most interesting to more and rack up more views (on #video platforms) or listens (across my 25+ #audio platforms) of my Show episodes is rather "INTERESTING" to say the least. Something may HIT, but then something similar be a complete MISS, and vice-versa something a seemingly complete dud first go 'round but a similar follow-up TAKES OFF.
Like my MOST INTERACTED WITH #CTP #EPISODE (views on video, but not necessarily as much a HIT in audio version) being what seemed to me at the time as a bit of a throw-away about "NO, I AM NOT #SHAKESPEARE" (in fact, I often #Joke call me #ShakesJavelun - that in itself a very lamest of my lame #puns a bit of a throw-away #joke itself):
Before this one took off, my highest ranking Show episode was about #Kelce / #Swift engagement ( ) and before that 2 #science related pieces ( ...
