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the dead. He went to the throne of
the government of the vast universe
to be GLORIFIED, and coronated as
supreme RULER over the entire
earth. When he returns, the world
will know something of the meaníng
of "the power and the glory!"
Hís eyes will flash like flarnes of fue.
His face will not be pale white. It wilJ
be like the sun shiníng in FULL
STRENGTH. He will come with alJ tbe
POWER that crea ted the uníverse! He
is coming to crush every government
What Our
Readers Say
The Energy Crisis
This letter is in regard to an article pub–
lished by your magazine by Jerry Gentry
entitled: "A New Look at the Energy
Crisis" (July-August 1973 edition).
On page 4 of the magazine in the upper
left-hand comer is a picture of the down–
town Las Vegas gambling area, and refer–
ence is made to that ¡icture indicating a
tremendous amount o electrical power is
utilized in lighting up the gambling areas in
Las Vegas.
For the record, you should be apprised
that of the total electricity produced by Ne–
vada Power Company in Clark County
(population 300,000), the hotel industry,
which is our primary industry, uses 9.9%.
Of that figure, it is estimated that less than
1%of all the power used by the hotel indus–
try is directly related to the lighting ofsigns.
1 would hope that you would correct tlús
impression of electrical waste, which in my
opinion, the picture heretofore mentioned
subtly suggested.
Daniel J. Oemers,
Assemblyman
Las Vegas, Nevada
• Thanks Jor the specific percentages. That
one percent spent 10 attract gamblers and
pleasure seekers would surely be apprecimed
by many a sma/1 community around the
world
Creation-Evolution Controversy
The recent contribution to the June 1973
issue of The PLAIN TlluTH entitled, "Why
tbe New Creation-Evolution Controversy?"
was well done. One of the tbings that has
40
of men, as íf to grind them into
powder! He is comíng as the King of
k.ings, ruling over ALL NATIONS.
He is coming to change human
nature! He is comíng to enforce the
w AY of outgoing concern, or love, of
giving, serving, sharing, helping, in–
stead of grasping, tak.ing and self–
centeredness. He is coming to abol–
ish war, competition, strife and vio–
lence. He is comíng to inaugurate a
universal , right education. He is
coming to clean up this fi lthy earth.
He is coming to restore the govern–
ment of God as the all-powerful
world govemment.
Yes, 1 see a very bright future -
just ahead!
lt's the only GOOD NEWS in tbe
world today! O
bugged me over the years is that whenever
there is a science-religion controversy, such
as the one recently before the state board of
education, those representing religíon gen–
erally demonstrate all the characteristics of
juvenile scholarship with a little emotional–
ism thrown in. A recent debate that was
held in severa] locations in the West (CSU,
Sacramento for one) showed the unbeliev–
able shallowness of those purporting to up–
hold creation viewpoints. Furthermore,
those scientific scholars who have deep reli–
gious convictions were not on the scene
when their contributions would have been
most effective.
Thank you for your rational contribution
in the recent issue. You stated things rather
well. One question intrigues me, however.
Why did you omit one of our most pow–
erful arguments- that of the second law of
thermodynamics? If my understanding of
the application of thts law is properly
founded, it says essentiaUy that heat Oows
from a higher concentration to a lower con–
centration, and, by implication, from a
higher organization to a lower. This is the
reverse of evolution. The world is running
down like the sun, not the other way
around. Complex forms deteriorate into
simpler forros by natural process. Only an
intelligence can work it the other way. It
cannot happen by itself.
1 would like to have your views if you
can spare the time. J . Robert M.,
Sacramento, California
• The second law of thermodynamics wi/1 be
dea/t with as a separare artic/e in aJorthcom–
ing issue.
Mt. Pelée's &uption
1 have been interested in many of the
articles published in your magazine. Of
special interest to me was the article con–
cerning the eruption of Mt. Pelée on the
island of Martinique in 1902. 1wondered if
Mr. Dankenbring had no information con-
cerning the celebration which preceded that
eruption by a short time. 1 understand that
the governor of the island was an atheist of
the first degree, one could say of the worst
degree, and that he had a parade staged as
a travesty against the Church, that a sow
was crucified and paraded through the
streets in mockery of the Church. lt was not
long afier this event that M t. Pelée erupted.
lt would seem that there is a real lesson in
that experience for the generation of the
1970's, as Mr. Dankenbring suggests.
C. R. H.,
Upland, California
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is Panama's land, and
should therefore belong to her. The United
States has no right in Panama, on the isth–
mus or anywhere else in Latín America. We
Americans seem to feel that we can buy
anything we wanL But freedom has no
price. Panama for the Panamanians....
Mark B.,
St. Louis, Missouri
1 was a soldier in Panama and rode
through the canal just twenty minutes
ahead ofa large landslide. . . . 1also saw the
first boat through, so l'm a witness to this
great adventure. W d Sar .,
Wayland, Michigan
My first memory of the Panama Canal is
associated with the working scale model at
the zone in the Panama Pacific lnter–
national Exposition in 1915 on the San
Francisco Marina. In the same year, the
National Geographic magazine had many
articles and a special book on the whole
story of the canal, much of my very first
serious reading. 1 also remember square–
rigger sailing ships, Cape Hom "lime-jui–
cers" at Port Costa, which carried Welsh
coa! and Scotch whiskey out-bound, with a
return cargo of California grain to Liver–
pool. These faded away with the com–
pletion of the canal, and the great war to
end wars which made the world safe for
democracy. After the tirst world war, Bri–
tannia again ruled the waves with power–
driven vessels wbich made effective use of
both the Panama and Suez canals. Till
nearly two decades aner the second world
war, there was little improvement in cargo
handling technology - slow wínching in
and out of holds and manual stacking,
piece by piece. hard hand labor by great
gangs of burly longshoremen.
This all changed. You should visit the
Port of Oakland. Containers are taking it
aU, except for bulk cargo, and the tanker
trade. The break bulk general cargo ship
will soon be an anachronism rusting away
on red lead row, thanks to the great Austra–
lian invention, the all-conquering con–
tainer. With containers, you can do
anything in cargo handling: unload and
load ou t once around the clock, transfer to
and from raíl ftat car, truck or barge,
whichever is most convenient and economi–
cal. An old woman or an aborigínal may be
trained to handle the giant cranes or the
securing tackle. Container stuffing is at the
source unloading by consignee at his place
of business and almost complete security
from pilfering in between.
Kendric F.,
Walnut Creek, California
PLAIN TRUTH October 1973