Dear Friends,
It seems to me, if you’ve been following a demon, don’t be surprised if you end up in Hell. Because fiends always promise heaven and deliver us to Hades. Imagine the shock of the millions who have followed demons to the promised land, only to find themselves cattle in a slaughterhouse? I might argue that every demon leads us to Hell. Regardless of their rhetoric. The secret then is not to follow demons. That’s not as easy as it might first appear. Since fiends cloak themselves in glitter and frosting. We have to look beneath the surface to their reality. That kernel of truth is always well hid by propaganda, legal protections and ostracism. Which is why the Epstein files are probably destroyed, to protect the facades of the demons that run the world.
The Chinese people loved Mao, just as the German people loved Hitler and the Cambodian people loved Pol Pot. All three of whom led their nations to disaster, carnage and human suffering on an industrial scale. Stalin was as bloodthirsty with his allies as with his enemies. Ask Leon Trotsky. Even as the Mongolian empire crumbled, the fear that held the people in check became hatred, wrath and vengeance. Even Saddam Hussein might still be dictator for life if he hadn’t invaded Kuwait. We all know the price Iraq paid for following that demon. Demons come in ideologies, philosophies and religions as well. Take the example of the Maya. Who had a high level of technology but polluted their wells with the carcasses of their human sacrifices. Other examples are too numerous to detail.
Demons are dangerous even when not followed. Coriolanus of Rome was such a person. He demanded the Senate follow him and eject the people’s tribunes, but he was expelled instead. Enraged he went to Rome’s mortal enemy, Volscia, raised an army and besieged Rome. Slaughtering Latin towns on the way. Picture the disaster his rule would have been for Rome! A parallel life in Plutarch’s Lives was Alcibiades. Who launched Athens on a disastrous campaign in Sicily, then fled to Sparta where he made a cuckold of the Spartan King, went to Persia, created havoc there, and finally back to Athens where, after “heroically” saving the Athenian fleet at the Hellespont… he visited more chaos on Athens. Such men arise throughout history and always present a mortal danger.
Ideologies, religions and philosophies can also be demons in disguise. The bloodthirsty religions of Meso America changed the cultures around them. Historically, Islam has delivered everyone under its influence to poverty, slavery and war. Which are its basic tenets… take from the Dhimmi, submit and expand by Jihad. Ask the Armenians how it is to live under Islamic rule as Dhimmi. Communism, socialism and fascism, three elitist nuts from the same burr, epitomize ideological demons. Then there’s the materialist philosophy that promises godlike enlightenment but delivers nihilism, loneliness and self destruction. Ideologies, religions and philosophies that result in human suffering are by definition, demons. In fact that’s how I define them, pragmatically, by their result, not their intention.
Pragmatism is a post hoc way to identify demons in glittering masks and frosted with sugar though. It can identify ideologies and religions that have led a people to Hell, but not individuals. We can tell some of the bad actors by the ideologies and religions they support and draw support from. Some of the worst people pretend to be good, as a means to power. This is one weakness of democracy… the evil have no scruples, shyness or shame. Giving them an advantage in politics. They’re universally corrupt though. That’s their Achilles heel. If we can get the government to enforce the law on the elite, as well as us, their corruption will be exposed so we can sift the demons from the people. Because, if we stop following demons, we’ll stop ending up in Hell.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
