THE VIRTUE OF TRUTH CONQUERS
Turning myth into applicable science.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
(New Testament James 1:5 - 8)
The following is a PARABLE of social Darwinism or the survival of the fittest “with reference” to the immemorial discussion of three guards at Darius court in the days of Esdras before the city of Jerusalem and the temple were rebuilt. The discussion begins with a question that reads:
"Which is the greatest, the strength of WINE, the power of the KING, or the influence of WOMAN?"
This is the story of Republika and Demokratia.
There were two beautiful damsels in a province of Babylon in a far away country located in the plain of DURA in the country of Amerika where a terrible an unknown judge that lived in a castle that appeared to be like a horn with an eye that sees all things; and who still judged behind the scenes all important matters among the people of Great Babylon
THUS IN the country of Amerika, two sister grew up, which were fair and appealing to most men. They were born of the same father but of different mothers. One of the Damsels was named Republika and the other was named Demokratia. And in the process of time, when world empires diminished to kingdoms and kingdoms were reduced to nations each one of these women was betrothed, got married and each bore a man child. Republika named her son Kash Kapital and Demokratia named her son LABOR Entitlement.
Kash was a Root Hog or Die Hard freedom lover who was ruddy in all his ways but pleasant to look upon. His ancient father had a kingdom but he was divided and disappeared from man’s existence and even from history, but not from the knowledge of God. Everybody speculated about the terrible fate of that king and most of his children but nobody knew who and where the heirs to the throne really were. Even if he knew, kash Kapital could not prove by conventional means that he was who he said he was so he endeavored to build himself up and roam the mountains, the plains and the valleys hunting wild game and makings ends meet until he and his friends and companions became every rich.
Entitlement was a true Enlightened Realist whose scholarly delicacy, style and robust ideals, culture and tradition appealed to a great many people, especially the poor and the afflicted or the working class. He was down to earth, simple and could trace his roots to the great Egyptian empire; and he was a true descendant from the pharos which he was proudly and amusedly proved by his traits and various other conventional means.
They both competed often for political survival during Special Olympics seasons to see who would be best fit to rule over Amerika and the world in the new age or the next millennium. During the final match or at the down of the seventh millenium of their political campaing, even in the latter days, the son of Demaocratia won the popular contest worldwide by a clear, appealing and undeniable margin. On the other side, Repuiblika won the local contest by electoral judgment or by a lawful technicality. Simply deceptively, it appeared to be a draw but it was not. The fate was to be decided by a terrible judge.
But before the terrible judge was summoned to hear the case, being the match so close to call, both of the sons were satisfied, but uneasy with the final outcome and none dared to concede defeat to the other in fear of reprisal from their fierce and all influencing mothers. After all, according to the immemorial argument, the influence of women is mightier than wine and perhaps mightier than the power of kings also. So they left it arbitrarily to their mothers to contend one another and to decide by appealing to the voice of the people whose son was the winner and best able to rule, lead and unite the country.
Both mothers did rally vigorously and took the streets with their supporters worldwide and claimed each that their son to be the winner. Passions rose, anarchy erupted, Kapital was arrayed against Labor and labor was entrenched against Kapital like two bulls by a net. It was the TEA Party Drunkards against The Royal Night OWLS who claimed to be the 99%.
And the voice of the mainstream wise guys who made their voices herad from the housetops could do not nothing to appease the opposing factions. After all it was Babylon the Great where the babble factor rules.
Before anyone knew or as in the twinkling of an eye, what was already divided in AMERIKA got so fragmented that they were all blood drunk from The North to the South and from East to West. Nation rose against nation, city against city and people against people. And if that was not bad enough, father rose the sword against son and son lifted the hilt against father. Mother was against daughter and daughter against mother. The enemies of one man were those of his own household. They all fought for the right to the throne; or the right to rule as two dogs infected with rabbies would fight in meagerness and wrath for a putrid piece of bread. There was revolution and violence everywhere, property was destroyed and rivers of bloodshed run in the street everywhere among all nations, kindred’s tongues and peoples.
And unless some form of truth or divine intervention made its rightful appearance by the brightnes of his coming, utter destruction or national extinction in almost every country of the world was imminent. Peace was taken from the earth and every heart feared and expected death.
The voice of single men was silenced everywhere. In order to restore the peace and reach some consensus, some religious women convened or gathered together in the halls of government with their children and a truce was made to initiate negotiation and to further discuss the matter. And the people of Amerika chose by referendum that ultimate decision was to be left to the terrible judge for him to decide whose path was right, whose cause was mightier and and whose voice was bravest.
Both Republika and Demokratia contested the lawsuit fiercely; each claiming their right for her son to govern based in the love and passion for the people and country. Demokratia wanted her son to rule; who by reason and strength alone would take from the haves to give it equally to the have nots; and make or satisfy everyone. Not so in equality but as in the ancient world order of babale were all beings had common stock and were the same. Her son said that everybody was entiled to everything and that if you were a succesful enterprise, that you did not build that. Demokratia also claimed that her son was a true Praetorian Demokrat and that he was a descendant of a common realist or a throne resources keeper. And that by reason and strength he was born or best fit to rule. Evidence was presented and it proved to be self evident rational truth.
Republika on the other side did not claim that she was a descendant of kings or rulers of the past, she had lost her jewels and ttitles of nobility and its cepter of power long ago. And if she was Royalty she could not prove it. But that she had worked hard for what she had and that the law of the land favored her. She just wanted every body to defend what they believed in; and that her cause was her beliefs, her freedom, her property and her family. That virtue, truth and even law was in her favor. And her claim was proven to be irrational but nonetheless, undeniable self evident truth.
Both parties further proposed plausible arguments and evidence of their love or passion for the future, welfare of people and country before a Grand Jury. But a unanimous decision could not be reached leaving the matter solely and entirely to the loud whips of the terrible judge.
Now, the terrible judge was a man that did not fear God or man and he fancied himself of being so impartial that he ruled saying that since no agreement or consensus could be reached between the parties after so exhaustive deliberation and across examination; that in his best judgment, it would be unfair for him to chose one at the expense of the other unless more evidence could be presented on the case. But the truth was that the judge was a low degree man named after Jacob, which means an impostor or impersonator. YET, he lawfully and legally represented the real judge who at the time was on vacation in a far away land. In fact he was hired by the judge, but no body knew who he because the Terrible Judge and Jack were twins like Pharez and Zerha. This complicated the matter at hand further and also the peril for all.
Nonetheless, Judge Jack ruled or merely proposed that since all things were apparently on the table that both sons would have to decide if they would peacefully concede to each group or to decide the matter in a an irrevocable duel of mortal combat between the two sons and that the survival of the fittest would rule the nation. And he ruled also that upon the final results the winner takes all support from the opposite party and everybody would have to go home quietly and peacefully to enjoy life, property and the pursuit of happiness to the best of their knowledge, skills and ability.
Demokratia was delighted upon hearing this from the judge, not so Republika. Nevertheless, the supporters of each side with their tongue perched more for the thirst of blood than for water shouted fiercely for war; but the decision was ultimately left to their mothers of Kash and Entitlement respectively who had paramount influence upon their children, friends and companions.
It came to pass that Demokratia counseled with her son and both fueled by fervent and massive support behind them, confident that they will win any and all contests both by reason and with the strength of their popular support said that they were willing to go to war or to resolve in a mortal contest duel for their belief and ideals. And in that way they hoped to prove to the judge and to the people that they were the fittest to rule the nation and the new age.
Republika, proud and arrogant, also confident that her cause was right, brave and undefeated on the other side, was not happy at all. For the first time in her history she was curiously appalled and terrified at the prospect of interminable war and bloodshed and by the proposed solution by the judge. She vouchsafed in her heart that the sole thought of conflict between her sister and next of kin had made her knees feeble. And in fear of losing her son and see their country destroyed in a conflict between hateful cousins she pleaded to her son to concede or to accept defeat without further duel, war or contest. She then publicly and vigorously claimed that knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that her cause was right, but she was more willing to concede the power to the throne and all her riches than to fight in compassion and mercy for the country and people. Therefore, upon counseling together with her son she decided to yield the right to rule the nation to Demnokratia and to her son and she quicly made her decision known to the judge
But Demokratia in abrupt response of wrath towards her sister said that she would not accept a bit of her sister's charity to concede to her son the right to rule as a gift. Peradventure her sister and her son would say and boast later on that her son was ruler because of her good will. And she said also that she rather would go to war and/or settle the matter by a duel or by a mortal combat contest between the two sons just as the judge had proposed. One woman was willing to sacrifice her son for her ambitions and the other was willing to sacrifice her ambitions ofr her son.
Upon this new uncovered and convincing evidence presented before the eyes and ears of the judge and of the people both in heaven and under haven, the judge was now fully empowered and fit for final judgment. Upon brief introspective deliberation, the Terrible Judge did not accept the peaceful offer of Republika to concede defeat, but he rather ruled in her favor view of her compassion and mercy; and he judged that her son Kash Kapital would best rule the nation.
Then for the superb impudence of Demokratia, without resorting to any further plea or argument from anybody, the sovereign judge commanded her own guards to kill Demokratia by throwing her by the window of the Judiciary palace and let her flesh to be eaten by the dogs and the vultures because she never had intention to settle the matter peacefully. She just wanted to see the world burn. Then the Judge commanded his own guards to put her son in prison for a thousand years to see if he would for once learn that truth and virtue conquers rather than strength and reasoning. And this is how the immemorial discussion was settled.
THE IMMEMORIAL DISCUSSION.
”It is recanted in a tale or an apocryphal book that on the morning succeeding the great feast at the capital of the Persian empire, Darius listened to the oratorical contests of the three Guards of the Bed-chamber, in reply to the question, "Which is the greatest, the strength of WINE, the power of the KING, or the influence of WOMAN?"
THE STRENGTH OF WINE.
O ye Princes and Rulers, how exceeding strong is Wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it; it maketh the mind of the King and the beggar to be all one; of the bondman and freeman, of the poor man and the rich; it turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt; it changeth and elevateth the spirits, and enliveneth the heavy hearts of the miserable. It maketh a man forget his brethren and draw his sword against his best friends. O ye Princes and Rulers, is not Wine the strongest, that forceth us to do these things?
THE POWER OF THE KING.
It is beyond dispute, O Princes and Rulers, that God has made man master of all things under the sun; to command them, to make use of them, and to apply them to his service as he pleases; but, whereas men have only dominion over other sublunary creatures, Kings have an authority even over men themselves, and a right of ruling them by will and pleasure.
Now, he that is master of those who are masters of all things else, hath no earthly thing above him.
THE INFLUENCE OF WOMAN.
O Princes and Rulers, the force of wine is not to be denied, neither is that of Kings, that unites so many men in one common bond of allegiance; but, the supereminency of Woman is yet above all this: for Kings are but the gifts of women, and they are also the mothers of those that cultivate our vineyards. Women have power to make us abandon our very country and relations, and many times to forget the best friends we have in the world, and, forsaking all . other comforts, to live and die with them.
But when all is said, neither they, nor Wine, nor Kings are comparable to the almighty force of Truth.
As for all other things, they are mortal and transient, but Truth alone is unchangeable and everlasting; the benefits we receive from it are subject to no variations or vicissitudes of time or fortune. Above wine, women or kingship it is the only virtue that conquers.
In her judgment is no unrighteousness, and she is the strength, wisdom, power, and majesty of all ages.
"Great is TRUTH, and mighty above all things."
"BLESSED BE THE GOD OF TRUTH."
For he is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever; and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that they repent and come unto him. For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.
Therefore remember, O man, for all thy doings thou shalt be brought into judgment. Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation, then ye are found unclean before the judgment–seat of God; and no unclean thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off forever. And the Holy Ghost giveth authority that I should speak these things, and deny them not.
(Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 10:18-22
And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.
And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever.
And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God. And there are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them.
For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God, that he may teach the word of wisdom; And to another, that he may teach the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; And to another, exceedingly great faith; and to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; And again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles; And again, to another, that he may prophesy concerning all things; And again, to another, the beholding of angels and ministering spirits; And again, to another, all kinds of tongues; And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of divers kinds of tongues. And all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto every man severally, according as he will.
And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that every good gift cometh of Christ. And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that all these gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done away, even as long as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief of the children of men.
Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith there must also be hope; and if there must be hope there must also be charity. And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope. And if ye have no hope ye must needs be in despair; and despair cometh because of iniquity. And Christ truly said unto our fathers: If ye have faith ye can do all things which are expedient unto me.
And now I speak unto all the ends of the earth—that if the day cometh that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it shall be because of unbelief. And wo be unto the children of men if this be the case; for there shall be none that doeth good among you, no not one. For if there be one among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of God. And wo unto them who shall do these things away and die, for they die in their sins, and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God; and I speak it according to the words of Christ; and I lie not.
And I exhort you to remember these things; for the time speedily cometh that ye shall know that I lie not, for ye shall see me at the bar of God; and the Lord God will say unto you: Did I not declare my words unto you, which were written by this man, like as one crying from the dead, yea, even as one speaking out of the dust?
I declare these things unto the fulfilling of the prophecies. And behold, they shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the everlasting God; and his word shall hiss forth from generation to generation. And God shall show unto you, that that which I have written is true. And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.
And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled. Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot. And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.
(Book of Mormon Moroni 10:4 - 34)
Anntentively from the witness of the father and of the Son and of all truth, even Ixmiquilipantl
That is to say
Michael the Archangel
Scribe
Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez
