10 Commandments of the Anti-Christ

[zengrifter]

10 Commandments of the Anti-Christ:
Mysterious "Guidestones" Madden Conspiracy Theorists
and Christian Fundamentalists

By Joseph Laycock, Religion Dispatches
Posted on July 6, 2009

Back in April, Wired magazine published a story on the history of a strange monument in rural Elberton, Georgia ("granite capital of the world") known as the Georgia Guidestones. The monument consists of four 16-foot-high slabs of granite arranged around a central column and topped with a capstone weighing 25,000 pounds. Carved onto the face of each slab is a list of ten precepts for creating a better society, written in eight modern languages. On the four sides of the capstone are written the words, "Let These Be Guidestones to An Age of Reason" in Sanskrit, Babylonian cuneiform, Classical Greek, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The central column and capstone are also equipped with holes, astronomically aligned so that the Guidestones can serve as a compass and clock.

The popular consensus is that these stones were meant to survive a global apocalypse and aid survivors in creating a new, enlightened society.

Unveiled in 1980, and built by an unknown party, the monument has stood for nearly thirty years outside of town, attracting the curious to Elberton. However, in the last ten years the Guidestones have garnered the attention of conspiracy theorists, who see their message as anti-Christian and a call for a global government. This new reading of the Guidestones ultimately led vandals to deface the monument sometime in December 2008.

The official story of the Guidestones’ origin is that Joe Fendley Sr., president of the Elberton Finishing Company, was contacted in 1979 by one "Robert C. Christian" to commission a monument. Christian was a pseudonym used by someone representing "a small group of loyal Americans who believe in God." Fendley has since died, but Randall Sullivan of Wired interviewed Wyatt Martin, the president of Granite City Bank and the only living man who allegedly met Christian. As the project’s banker, Martin allegedly learned Christian’s true name but will not reveal it. Martin claims he received letters and phone calls from Christian until "around the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks" and assumes Christian is dead; though some believe Christian never existed. While construction was still underway, Martin and Fendley were accused of perpetuating a hoax, either out of amusement or to promote Fendley’s business. Both men took lie detector tests, which they passed. Sullivan suggests that the hoax rumor may have come from rival granite workers.

According to Jim Miles (author of Weird Georgia), shortly after the Guidestones were unveiled, a local minister stated his suspicion that "Mr. Christian is not a Christian" and that the monument was designed for the worship of the sun as well as the devil. Contemporary Pagans, UFO buffs, and New Agers were naturally attracted by the mystery of the site. New myths were created that the monument was built upon a "power-nexus" or a place sacred to Native Americans. One legend holds that visitors who point both arms at the monument (one palm up, one palm down) will receive a psychic message from the stones. Another Guidestone admirer, Yoko Ono, composed a three-movement score entitled "Georgia Stone."

MORE- http://www.alternet.org/story/141107...ndamentalists/

[zengrifter]

Bump for traction. zg

[zengrifter]

WIRED MAGAZINE: 17.05

American Stonehenge:
Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse

By Randall Sullivan 04.20.09



The Georgia Guidestones may be the most enigmatic monument in the US: huge slabs of granite,
inscribed with directions for rebuilding civilization after the apocalypse. Only one man knows
who created them—and he's not talking.
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The strangest monument in America looms over a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia. Five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a star pattern. The rocks are each 16 feet tall, with four of them weighing more than 20 tons apiece. Together they support a 25,000-pound capstone. Approaching the edifice, it's hard not to think immediately of England's Stonehenge or possibly the ominous monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Built in 1980, these pale gray rocks are quietly awaiting the end of the world as we know it.

Called the Georgia Guidestones, the monument is a mystery—nobody knows exactly who commissioned it or why. The only clues to its origin are on a nearby plaque on the ground—which gives the dimensions and explains a series of intricate notches and holes that correspond to the movements of the sun and stars—and the "guides" themselves, directives carved into the rocks. These instructions appear in eight languages ranging from English to Swahili and reflect a peculiar New Age ideology.

Some are vaguely eugenic (guide reproduction wisely—improving fitness and diversity); others prescribe standard-issue hippie mysticism (prize truth—beauty—love—seeking harmony with the infinite).

What's most widely agreed upon—based on the evidence available—is that the Guidestones are meant to instruct the dazed survivors of some impending apocalypse as they attempt to reconstitute civilization. Not everyone is comfortable with this notion.

A few days before I visited, the stones had been splattered with polyurethane and spray-painted with graffiti, including slogans like "Death to the new world order." This defacement was the first serious act of vandalism in the Guidestones' history, but it was hardly the first objection to their existence. In fact, for more than three decades this uncanny structure in the heart of the Bible Belt has been generating responses that range from enchantment to horror. Supporters (notable among them Yoko Ono) have praised the messages as a stirring call to rational thinking, akin to Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason.

Opponents have attacked them as the Ten Commandments of the Antichrist.

MORE- http://www.wired.com/science/discove...ff_guidestones#

[Katweezel]

Inscribed on the guidestones:

LET THESE BE GUIDESTONES TO AN AGE OF REASON

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature. Guide reproduction wisely—improving fitness and diversity. Guide number three instructed readers to: Unite humanity with a living new language.

Guide number four: Rule passion—faith—tradition—and all things with tempered reason—was similarly threatening to Christians committed to the primacy of faith over all.
The last six guides were homiletic by comparison... Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court. Avoid petty laws and useless officials. Balance personal rights with social duties. Prize truth—beauty—love—seeking harmony with the infinite. Be not a cancer on the earth—leave room for nature—leave room for nature.

Now if only these had been handed down by Moses, instead of those unhelpful-to-human-evolution ancient Jewish ten commandments, what difference would that have made in human evolution?

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by Katweezel

those unhelpful-to-human-evolution ancient Jewish ten commandments, what difference would that have made in human evolution?

Which of the 10 are unhelpful to human evolution? zg

[Katweezel]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

Which of the 10 are unhelpful to human evolution? zg

Glad you asked. Answer: All of em. Why?
1 Because the whole idea of some 'god' who allegedly created us and then, gave us 'free will' (and a rule book to follow at the same time) - with lots of thou shalt NOTS - demonstrates the absurdity of it.

2 These 'commandments' are allegedly direct from the supreme symbol for separation (god) and the principle of separation does not exist in the universe. Therefore, these so-called ten commandments from ancient Judaism that were originally presented long ago as the 'word of god' could only have been originally from the word of (an ancient, aged) mere man.

3 Human evolution has been impeded by the idea that a rule book from higher 'authority' was needed so as to maintain order, and some sense of social responsibility. The evolution of law and justice has run parallel with the ten commandments, but has done a far better job in that there are clear rules for punishment set out for the vast numbers of crimes of which humans have proved themselves capable of commiting, down through the ages; for which commandments were obviously irrelevant.

4 These commandments were written in antiquity, by aged male members of a particular race. The dated, quaint manner of expression belonged to another epoch, and has no real relevance in today's modern world.

5 Fear is the underlying motivation for these commandments. Humans may respond in a negative fashion where fear is the underlying motive force; but love has been shown to be infinitely more effective and everlasting.

6 Are the ten commandments really the only things that are stopping adults in the Western world from 'coveting', from 'commiting adultery', from stealing, from murdering, etc etc? Maybe they helped a little in ancient more primitive times, but today?

7 If god is love, then the God of Love could only ever guide from love. Another reason the ten are fake.

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by Katweezel

2 These 'commandments' are allegedly direct from the supreme symbol for separation (god) and the principle of separation does not exist in the universe. Therefore, these so-called ten commandments from ancient Judaism that were originally presented long ago as the 'word of god' could only have been originally from the word of (an ancient, aged) mere man.

Or something in between, perhaps? zg

[Katweezel]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

Or something in between, perhaps? zg

11 Thou shalt definitely stay off the booze.
12 Thou shalt not produce, disseminate nor watch pornography.
13 Thou shalt keep off all drugs.
14 Thou shalt not declare war, nor invade any other.
15 Thou shalt watch no more than one hour of TV per day.
16 Thou shalt not play Blackjack @ 6:5.
17 Thou shalt know that: "I create my reality."
Just to get it a little up to date

[daddybo]

אלוהים הוא כועס איתך.

[tribute]

Originally Posted by Katweezel

2 These 'commandments' are allegedly direct from the supreme symbol for separation (god) and the principle of separation does not exist in the universe. Therefore, these so-called ten commandments from ancient Judaism that were originally presented long ago as the 'word of god' could only have been originally from the word of (an ancient, aged) mere man.

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made...... The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us......