Who is the enemy?
HE who speaks to me has passed HIS judgement against many. I spent nights in prayer seeking his guidance because the list was daunting. In time, after the cleansing, will come reeducation. HE is capable of mercy. We will not be.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will take many forms. HE realizes not all of you are capable of doing the work of a warrior of the TRUTH. Some will create the weapons. Some will feed those who wield them. Some will only be able to provide shelter and money. All are equal in his eyes. Eyes that never close. Eyes that see what was done behind closed doors and in emails that whispered across the distance.
So who is the enemy? Who received a bonus? They are the enemy. That is the first level of Minions and they can never be converted or repent for they have sinned grievously against HIM.
The second level is those who worked at the companies in senior management. The politicians that were paid off. The mortgage brokers who lied. The media manipulators. The industrialists who sold out their companies for more money and destroyed lives in the process. Those that polluted the water chasing the blood we call oil. There is much work to be done.
Hmmm... Ah, yes. Big Brother's Watching...
ReplyDeleteTrue, Chosen's only spot of luck seems to be that he doesn't have anything worth being raped for- yet. But, was he always batshit crazy underneath a veneer of normalcy? Was living in abject poverty the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back, or just the catalyst for kicking it into overdrive? It's been so long since I read the first book I can't remember if that was covered...
So, Chosen clings to the Judeo-Christian "God" while others would look to Freya, whom I took to be an embodiment of the idea that any god is only as powerful as we make him/her; that a shift in the perception of the world as we know it means an invariable shift in our concept of "God(s)". Not a stretch to think that some would cling to whatever remnants left of the world lost to them in a Stockholm Syndrome kind of way. The co-existance of the two on the same plane, tres "Clash of the Titans". Can't wait to see where this goes. Wonder if we'll see Thor again...
K
This reads a lot like current wargamming in the industry.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Drive on.
Jim in MO.
Jim,
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...I bet the private firms who do exec security have something up.
I sent a copy of AA I off to a ret. USMC Col. whose company has trained battalions, yes battalions, for use overseas.
K,
ReplyDeleteHe was a normal guy who was in a car wreck. He had crappy insurance. He may have had a preexisting, but dormant condition, or a predilection towards epilepsy.
I am using Mohammed as an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteMuhammad is reported to have had mysterious seizures at the moments of inspiration. Welch, a scholar of Islamic studies, in the Encyclopedia of Islam states that the graphic descriptions of Muhammad's condition at these moments may be regarded as genuine, since they are unlikely to have been invented by later Muslims. According to Welch, these seizures should have been the most convincing evidence for the superhuman origin of Muhammad's inspirations for people around him. Others adopted alternative explanations for these seizures and claimed that he was possessed, a soothsayer, or a magician. Welch states it remains uncertain whether Muhammad had such experiences before he began to see himself as a prophet and if so how long did he have such experiences.[50]
According to Temkin, the first attribution of epileptic seizures to Muhammad comes from the 8th century Byzantine historian Theophanes who wrote that Muhammad’s wife "was very much grieved that she, being of noble descent, was tied to such a man, who was not only poor but epileptic as well."[51] In the Middle Ages, the general perception of those who suffered epilepsy was an unclean and incurable wretch who might be possessed by the Devil. The political hostility between Islam and Christianity contributed to the continuation of the accusation of epilepsy throughout the Middle Ages.
Thanks, Nova!
ReplyDeleteUnderstanding the character (even if I can't identify) helps me get into the story on a much more enjoyable level.
Beg pardon, but is that covered in the first book, and if not, would you consider working it in?
K
K,
ReplyDeleteYes, it was. This is the book he gave to his people as they dispersed. I am sure it was printed up. I am going to add it to The Chosen I
I loaned, or rather allowed the limited use of, my copy of AA1 to a guy in the office . It sits next to No Second Place Winner and The Art Of War. He said he understood now why unauthorized use of my reference material is not a good idea.
ReplyDeleteI expect he will be going to Amazon soon for his own copy. He already bought The Art Of War but can't seem to find No Second Place Winner.
Jim in MO.
Jim,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to make the right impression.
I got my copy of Jordans at a gun show. Ebay might have it.
I'd tel him but he's not worthy.
ReplyDeleteJim in MO.
Jim,
ReplyDeleteI liked that.