In the Event of the Apocalypse …

Satan is a Liar and Jesus Christ is the Lord.

I’m limiting the scope of this post to Clinton County, NY. As I’ve said, I’m convinced I’m the antichrist and I am convinced the apocalypse is on the horizon. I’m doing my best to avoid my Satanic “destiny”, but the devil is infinitely smarter than I am, so I’m not convinced I’ll be successful in that. Anyway, as the U.S. election approaches, there has been a lot of chaos and destruction across the country and even some talk of possible civil war, or at the very least, extensive civil unrest. Economic collapse is a distinct possibility just from that. Also, I heard somewhere that the “elites” are out to do a “Great Reset”. The geniuses want to wipe away the old economy and start a new one, fresh, that they can design. Idiots. Personally, I think that’s a task that I think is beyond human ability. But they’ll try. And I suspect, all they’ll achieve will be a collapse of the Western economies and a failed reset, which will in turn collapse the rest of the globe. In light of that, I think food may become a problem. For everybody. So, we all may be forced to farm and forage to survive. I suspect most of us will fail. Still, I feel obliged to help however I can. To that end, here is a list of zip codes (with city/village names) in Clinton County, NY and the respective growing zones each one belongs to:

• 12935…4b  Ellenburg Depot
• 12944…5a  Keeseville
• 12952    4b  Lyon Mountain
• 12955    4b  Lyon Mountain
• 12958    4b  Mooers
• 12959    4b Mooers Forks
• 12962    4b  Morrisonville
• 12972    5a..Peru
• 12978   4b  Redford
• 12979    4b  Rouses Point
• 12981    5a…Saranac
• 12985    4b   Schuyler Falls
• 12901   5a    Plattsburgh
• 12903   5a    Plattsburgh
• 12910   4b…Altona
• 12911    5a… Keeseville
• 12912    4b…Ausable Forks
• 12992    4b   West Chazy
• 12918    4b   Cadyville
• 12919    4b    Champlain
• 12921    4b    Chazy
• 12923    4b   Churubusco
• 12924    4b    Keeseville
• 12929    5a    Dannemora
• 12933    4b   Ellenburg
• 12934    5a   Ellenburg Center

The code in the center of each listing is the Growing Zone. The Growing Zone is used to determine the minimum temperature a region might reach in winter. That is then used to help determine what vegetables and fruits can grow there. So, if apples can grow in both 4b and 5a zones, all of Clinton County could potentially grow apples. There are other considerations, of course, like the type of soil and a thousand other things I don’t understand, but you get the idea. Anyway, there are basically two different Growing Zones in Clinton County:

4b    -25 F to -20 F minimum expected winter temperature

5a     -20 F to -15 F minimum expected winter temperature

What to do with this info? If you live in Clinton County, you might want to print out a few hard copies while you can. If the economy collapses, power supplies may become unreliable and maybe even the whole Internet may collapse. If you are forced to take up gardening/farming to survive you’ll face some very lean years. In fact, you’ll probably starve (I’m cheery, aren’t I?), but I don’t know what else to do except work to keep the economy from collapsing and prepare as if it is destined to.

On the bright side, I don’t have anything like scientific evidence suggesting the Apocalypse is around the corner. I’m just convinced I’m the antichrist so it seems likely the Apocalypse should be here soon.

Oh, and if everything does hit the fan, try to work with others rather than alone. You’ll be more productive and probably happier. Oh, and by the way, dandelions are edible.

Satan is a Liar and Jesus Christ is the Lord.

Satan (Mara)

This is kind of a refresher on my “delusional” belief system. It’s a long one. Also, I started another site at http://https://wordpress.com/home/thetruthmatters735421219.wordpress.com but stopped after only five or so posts because no one was visiting. But if you want to check it out, be my guest; but my intention is to return to this site. Anyway, back to the topic at hand.

No one believes me, but in 1997 I had an encounter with Satan. I came away from that encounter convinced I was the antichrist. I know, most people don’t believe in Satan anymore. For a long time, I didn’t. But ever since March 1997 I’ve alternated between believing and not up until about 2010, after which I’ve pretty consistently believed he was real. So, what is Satan?

Okay, okay, before I get to that, don’t take my word as gospel (not that anybody would). One thing I am absolutely certain of is that I am NOT omniscient (and that constitutes an absolute truth). I am also sure that I am a sinner, a particularly bad sinner (my heart is a sewer of lust, anger, and arrogance among other things). What I’m about to tell you about Satan may make me sound like a super-Christian. But I’m not. I’m the antichrist, for better or worse. I started out Catholic, fell away, converted to Platonism, was significantly influenced by Existentialism, and then had my encounter with Satan. Am I 100% sure of what I believe about Satan? No. But I’m about 99%. I still have a shadow of doubt that gives me pause. In light of that, I defer to Jesus. If I tell you something, and Jesus disagrees, follow Jesus, not me. But I’m convinced that Jesus, alone, knew the truth about Satan until I figured it out as well. At least, that’s the theory.

So, what is Satan? In short, the universe. Have you ever heard the expression “The Devil can lie and tell the truth at the same time?” I heard that somewhere along the way. Compare that statement to the yin and yang symbol. They seem uncomfortably similar. What is the yin and yang symbol representative of? The unification of opposites in nature. Or, the founding principle of the universe. Jesus described Satan as “The Ruler of this World.” Does World mean Earth? Or does it mean cosmos? I’m inclined to think it means cosmos in this context. Further, the Ruler of this World also seems to resonate with death. After all, what rules the cosmos but death? Even the mightiest stars and galaxies will one day die. I guess it’s possible somewhere out there there is an immortal being, but I find it unlikely. Death is Satan’s power. Death rules the universe. And Jesus defeated death.

What can you take away from this? Satan, as the guiding force of the universe, can manifest in many ways. He can take any form he pleases. I don’t just mean an incredibly gorgeous woman who would put Angelina Jolie in her prime to shame. I mean, let’s say, Apollo. Zeus. Athena. Odin. Thor. Or for that matter, Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva … shall I continue? I know it’s insulting to everyone to say that Satan is the preternatural force for the “supernatural” aspects of all of man’s religions, but I am 99% convinced it is true. The real God is a transcendental being that exists above and beyond the universe, Whose belief in free will is so strong He won’t use force to bend Satan to His will, which He surely could do. He let Satan do as he wanted, that is, vainly try to dethrone God using us as the coins of a wager. Basically, Satan was convinced that we would never figure him out. Remember, he’s arrogant (so am I–the antichrist–but that’s another discussion). But Jesus did, gave him the metaphorical finger for all of us, and paid the price for it willingly. What makes more sense? Jesus was crucified to pay for everyone else’s sins to appease an angry God who refuses to forgive anyone without first exacting a terrible punishment? Or, Jesus was crucified by Satan for refusing to kneel to him in the desert three years earlier. Jesus had a choice between supplication and terrible torture and death. He chose the torture and death, taking Satan’s worst because He was the only one who could. And in so doing, He won His victory.

I differ from most Christians because I am convinced that the God of the Old Testament is Satan in disguise, just as he disguised himself as Thor, and Odin, and Quetzacoatl and everyone else. The New Testament consists of Jesus putting His voice over Satan’s. I mean, really, the traditional God of the Bible seems to promulgate prophecies for the purpose of proving he’s smarter than everyone else. Who would you think would want to prove he’s smarter than you? God? Or Satan? God just is smarter than everybody–He’s omniscient. He’s got nothing to prove to anyone. Satan is arrogant, and apparently, a little insecure. Not to mention cowardly, cruel, and thoroughly evil.

My problem is that once I identified Satan as the yin and yang, I started seeing unified opposites (Satan) everywhere. Like, the Dance of Shiva that sustains the whole cosmos through a never-ending process of Creation and Destruction (Creation and Destruction? Yin and yang anyone?)  And since we are on the topic of Shiva, who does the expression “I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds” sound like: God? Or Satan? Particularly if Satan’s ultimate power is death or death is his power … a point made in the New Testament somewhere (Is it Hebrews?). I recently watched a YouTube video where a Christian visited hell and saw a number of damned sinners in the Lake of Fire with big wide-open eyes. He was informed that their eyes were wide open because they had been given eyes by God so they could see heaven. So, from my perspective I have two more opposites: hell and heaven. Does God hate these sinners so much that He is inflicting the agony of the Lake of Fire upon them at the same time that He is showing them heaven from a distance in order to remind them of what they’ve lost? So, He is torturing them even more? Or, is it Satan that is torturing them thusly? I tend to think the one responsible is Satan. Because if God is doing it, I don’t think I want anything to do with God.

So, to sum up, Satan is the god of opposites (yin and yang, lies and truth, creation and destruction, heaven and hell, etc…) that is the first building block of this universe. If you are wondering why heaven is in here, I suspect it’s really a pseudo-heaven which us poor mortals can’t really distinguish from the real Heaven.

I could go on and on about this. If you are interested, I wrote a book about this about fifteen years ago called “Delusions of Grandeur.” It’s available at Smashwords for free (currently). And, for the record, I have been diagnosed schizoaffective because of this stuff. Also, I realize it’s insulting to basically every religion on the planet but I don’t know what else to do except talk about it. Also, since my premise is that I’m the antichrist and, therefore, the last person anyone should trust in these matters do me a favor, and DO NOT believe me UNLESS Jesus of Nazareth Himself backs me up in the matter!