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Gamer Ted Armstrong
SPIAKS OUT!
On Leaping
tQ
Conclusions
What he thought
1
said:
"lt was incredible to hear on your
radio station yesterday evening a
program by one Mr. G. Ted Arm·
strong speak with such hate about
India and the Hindu religion.... In·
stead of coexistence and peace Mr.
Garner Ted Armstrong with his rabid
remarks and naive political acumen
is causing harm to the very cause
which he professes to be speaking
for."
The above letter was sent to a ra–
dio station manager in protest to a
broadcast
1
did on world govern–
ment. "
What 1actual/y stJid:
1
was talking about the many diS·
tinguished presidents, premiers.
prime ministers and educators who
have spoken out so strongly-
on
the
world 's desperate need for some
sort of "world government." some
lorm of supranational management
of this earth as the only possible
method of preventing human ex·
tinction.
•
1
n asking what kind of governor or
ruler could possibly fill the bill .
1
brought up the case of India.
1
said.
"Someone with the power ought to
go tp India and say. 'Look. you've
got more protein running around on
the hoof
over
here than we have in
the entirety of the United States. Yet
you people are protein malnour·
ished. You have your religions, all
these various gods - a polytheistic
belief in lalse gods. But there is just
ONE great God who made the whole
universe, heaven and earth; who set
it all in motion; who sustains it; who
is the designar, the inventor of all
law... .' ..
How would anyone have the
power to correct the stilling prob·
lems o( a nation like India, where
illiteracy (the caste system is still
there to a large degree) and poverty
still abound, where the populace
loves in terribly overcrowded cond•·
t•ons. living '" discarded sewor
pipes. junky. ramshackle, thrown·
together, corrugated tin and card·
board shanties with human ex·
crement and urine visible in trickling
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rivule_ts in the paths? This
1
have
seen with my own eyes; l've been
there. How would such a WÓrld gov·
ernor approach such problems?
Here's the way the United States
has approached it. For n:'any years
we have shipped direct aid, equip·
ment, tools, food. money. military
aid. and even nuclear reactors to In–
dia. We have sent everything lrom
the most complex and highly sophis–
ticated products of modem tech·
nology right on down to the most
basic staple of lile - a bag of
wheat.
Much ' SI it 'we' have givlm' away
free. There were no strings attached .
But even so. wouldn't you think that
once in a while India would at least
vote
with
the United States in the
U.N.? (India traditlonally votes with
the "Airo-Asian bloc" of nations
which votes almost without' excep·
tion contrary to U.S. interests.) Still,
India is the recipient of much help
from the U.S.
You cannot cite alleged internal
disturbances in India caused by the
CIA. but you CAN cite the fact that
both prívate and public agencies
have sought to HELP the lndian
people. We havo striven mightily to
prevent starvation; we have shipped
hundreds of millions of bushels of
wheat, rice and barley to India -
GtVING it away. when we knew the
wheat which found its way into
black marketeers' hands was selling
for
$25
a pound. We also knew that
poor storage methods. shipment
damage, and an enormous number
of rats would contrive to consume
fully fifty percent of the wheat we
tNTENOEO for human consumpuon
- so only hall of what we sent
actually reached starving people.
and some of them ended up buying
the grain
we sent free.
No. We haven't interfered in In·
día. We have not attempted to edu·
cate the peoplo of India into a
different religion which woultl allow
the balanced diet they
so
desper·
ately need.
What kind of a world leader would
it
be- -
one with the powsr to
CHANGE A MAJOR RELIGION -
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solve the problems of hundreds of
millions?
1
said. "Look al this under·
developed world and try to find
some sense ol
overview
of the condt·
tions in the world. lf you were the
president of the world and you were
delivering a 'State of the World '
message, you would be torced to
report that about
90%
of all human·
ity is poorly fed. i ll-clothed, poorly
housed, many of them without
shoes or any of the practica! physical
amenities - living at absoluto pov–
erty level.
" You would have to report that
illiteracy is actually higher now than
at any other time during the indus·
trial revolution -
even into the
space age.
"Here we are, living in a world
reeling from one huge problem to
another, going in no certain direc·
tion, voraciously devouring dwin·
dling nonrenewable resources -
the natural means of survival be·
neath our feet in the soil of our nar·
row ecosphere.
"From time immemorial, from the
tome of the abortiva attempt to buold
the Tower of Babel until today. man
has recognized the need for some
central.
world-goveming authority.
He has wanted world governmentl "
Speak with such "hati'ed'"'ab'out
India and the Hindu religion?
No.
1
was speaking from a feeling
of deep compassion .
1
was trying to
help listeners grasp the monumental
truth that though wor1d govemment
is the ONLY solutio'n
(1
agree with the
leaders who have voiced such an
opinion), any such government
in
the hands
of
mere men
would be
doomed to failure before it s'tarted.
1
used the problems of India as a
case in point.
1
went on to show that
ONLY a world-ruling govemment can
in fact save this world from certain
destruction. but that world govern–
ment will be the rule 'of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth - government of God.
taking the authority out of the hands
of selfish. egotistical. vain human
beings.
The gospel of the kingdom of God
is a message about a coming world
government - but the government
of God, not man.
1
am sorry my lndian listener mts·
understood. My own emot ional
shock and feelings of helplessness
in viewing the incredible. inhuman,
unbelievable squalor in the streets of
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major lndian cily were certainly
anything but hato. They were ol
hurt, empathy, compassion, and a
deep and fervent desire for SOLU·
TtONS to such privation.
My
r.~cho
progrom
~howe<l
lhe im·
possibility of any
human
govern·
ment tnuly bronging solutions to this
sick world. Jesus said we should
pray "thy kingdom come.. .."
1
do.· O
t\ommu~J
fn_,,
pu_t,t'
IJ
They
cry
out:
"Pe•ce/
Peace!"
as
they
prepare for war. But God says. "When
they shall say peace and safety, then
sudden destruction will come upon
them."
t havo told my audiences he
re -
tour
ol them so lar - we are going to have
world
~ce.
But humans and human
leaders witl not brong
it
about. Our gen·
eration ol the human race has-inherited
such colossal problema and evils that
we cannot extricate ourselves.
t
have
told my audiences here in India that t
have noted the great effo<l they are
making to solvo theor problems. But the
poputation and the troubles multoply
lester than the progress. and the
progress
cannot even keep pace We
cannot bnng any pormanent wORlO
PMCE
by human effo<ISI
No, you· who read this are bettong
your lives on the existence of the great
God who soon will intervene and by his
power bring us peace
I.An
me quote the corol!ary ol tho pes–
sage about prep8nng
war:
"But in the last days, it shall come to
pass, that the mountain (l<ingdom -
government] ol the house ol the Lord
shall be established
i~.,
the top of, the
mounrains (Malor'narionsJ
~ .-;~'~'.s--ther
means the kingdom and government ol
God shall
be
ruting over A
U.
NATIONS in a
SuptemeWORlO GOVERNMENT.
Many scientosts havo said the
only
hope of world
peace
is to lorm one su·
per worid govemment with power over
all. But humans can neverdo that.
But continua this prophecy: "and it
shall be exalte'll ebove the hills (smaller
nations]: and people shall flow unto ol
And many natoons shall come, and
58Y.
Come, and let us go up to'the mountaon
(l<ongdom] ol the Lord, and
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tho house
ol the God of Jacob. and he will teach
us ol his ways, and we will walk in his
paths [God's way ol lile): lor the law
shall go lorth of Zion, and the word of
the Lord from Jerusalem. And he
[Christ) shall judge among mony
people, and rebuke strong nations alar
off: and they shall beat their swords onto
plowshares. and theor spears into pru·
ninghooks: natoon shall not lilt up a
sword against nation, neither shalt they
learn war any more" (Micah
4 : 1·3) .
A passage in tsaiah gives one qulck
final glimpse onto that peacefut, happy,
joyous world tomorrow: " Tho whole
earth is at rest, and is quiet:
they
break
lorth into singong"
(1$8.
14:7).
Human nature shall have been
changed - and man cannot do that.
People woll tum from the "get" and
sell-centered way of lile to the God-cen·
tered way. Then we shall have por·
manent and lastong peace.
As
an ambassador for world peace.
1
do not seek. '" any manner. to person..
ally bring aboul
peace.
nor start any
activist movement
wtth
that objeetive 1
seek to proclaom the way to world
peace. whereas. in this world, "the
WAY
of peace
1
hoy know not.. (lsa .
59: 8). CJ
WEEK ENDINO APRIL
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