February 28th message from Chapter 5 of Amos. The parallels between the nation Israel at the time of Amos and today are stark and sobering.
Fahrenheit 451: Beatty’s Speech to Montag
Beatty took a full minute to settle himself in and think back for what he wanted to say.
"When did it all start, you ask, this job of ours, how did it come about, where, when? Well, I'd say it really got started
around about a thing called the Civil War. Even though our rule-book claims it was founded earlier. The fact is we
didn't get along well until photography came into its own. Then--motion pictures in the early twentieth century.
Radio. Television. Things began to have mass."
Montag sat in bed, not moving.
"And because they had mass, they became simpler," said Beatty. "Once, books appealed to a few people, here, there,
everywhere. They could afford to be different. The world was roomy. But then the world got full of eyes and elbows
and mouths. Double, triple, quadruple population. Films and radios, magazines, books levelled down to a sort of
paste pudding norm, do you follow me?"
"I think so."
Beatty peered at the smoke pattern he had put out on the air. "Picture it. Nineteenth-century man with his horses,
dogs, carts, slow motion. Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your camera. Books cut shorter. Condensations,
Digests. Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending."
"Snap ending." Mildred nodded.
"Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a
ten- or twelve-line dictionary resume. I exaggerate, of course. The dictionaries were for reference. But many were
those whose sole knowledge of Hamlet (you know the noscript certainly, Montag; it is probably only a faint rumor of a
noscript to you, Mrs. Montag) whose sole knowledge, as I say, of Hamlet was a one-page digest in a book that claimed:
now at least you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbors. Do you see? Out of the nursery into the
college and back to the nursery; there's your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more."
Mildred arose and began to move around the room, picking things up and putting them down. Beatty ignored her
and continued
"Speed up the film, Montag, quick. Click? Pic, Look, Eye, Now, Flick, Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out, Why,
How, Who, What, Where, Eh? Uh! Bang! Smack! Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom! Digest-digests, digest-digest-digests.
Politics? One column, two sentences, a headline! Then, in mid-air, all vanishes! Whirl man's mind around about so
fast under the pumping hands of publishers, exploiters, broadcasters, that the centrifuge flings off all unnecessary,
time-wasting thought!"
Beatty took a full minute to settle himself in and think back for what he wanted to say.
"When did it all start, you ask, this job of ours, how did it come about, where, when? Well, I'd say it really got started
around about a thing called the Civil War. Even though our rule-book claims it was founded earlier. The fact is we
didn't get along well until photography came into its own. Then--motion pictures in the early twentieth century.
Radio. Television. Things began to have mass."
Montag sat in bed, not moving.
"And because they had mass, they became simpler," said Beatty. "Once, books appealed to a few people, here, there,
everywhere. They could afford to be different. The world was roomy. But then the world got full of eyes and elbows
and mouths. Double, triple, quadruple population. Films and radios, magazines, books levelled down to a sort of
paste pudding norm, do you follow me?"
"I think so."
Beatty peered at the smoke pattern he had put out on the air. "Picture it. Nineteenth-century man with his horses,
dogs, carts, slow motion. Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your camera. Books cut shorter. Condensations,
Digests. Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending."
"Snap ending." Mildred nodded.
"Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a
ten- or twelve-line dictionary resume. I exaggerate, of course. The dictionaries were for reference. But many were
those whose sole knowledge of Hamlet (you know the noscript certainly, Montag; it is probably only a faint rumor of a
noscript to you, Mrs. Montag) whose sole knowledge, as I say, of Hamlet was a one-page digest in a book that claimed:
now at least you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbors. Do you see? Out of the nursery into the
college and back to the nursery; there's your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more."
Mildred arose and began to move around the room, picking things up and putting them down. Beatty ignored her
and continued
"Speed up the film, Montag, quick. Click? Pic, Look, Eye, Now, Flick, Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out, Why,
How, Who, What, Where, Eh? Uh! Bang! Smack! Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom! Digest-digests, digest-digest-digests.
Politics? One column, two sentences, a headline! Then, in mid-air, all vanishes! Whirl man's mind around about so
fast under the pumping hands of publishers, exploiters, broadcasters, that the centrifuge flings off all unnecessary,
time-wasting thought!"
"More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun, and you don't have to think, eh? Organize and organize and super
organize super-super sports. More cartoons in books. More pictures. The mind drinks less and less. Impatience.
Highways full of crowds going somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, nowhere. The gasoline refugee. Towns turn into
motels, people in nomadic surges from place to place, following the moon tides, living tonight in the room where you
slept this noon and I the night before."
organize super-super sports. More cartoons in books. More pictures. The mind drinks less and less. Impatience.
Highways full of crowds going somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, nowhere. The gasoline refugee. Towns turn into
motels, people in nomadic surges from place to place, following the moon tides, living tonight in the room where you
slept this noon and I the night before."
"Now let's take up the minorities in our civilization, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step
on the toes of the dog-lovers, the cat-lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians,
second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or
Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters,
cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember
that! All the minor minor minorities with their navels to be kept clean. Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your
typewriters. They did. Magazines became a nice blend of vanilla tapioca.
on the toes of the dog-lovers, the cat-lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians,
second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or
Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters,
cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember
that! All the minor minor minorities with their navels to be kept clean. Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your
typewriters. They did. Magazines became a nice blend of vanilla tapioca.
There you have it, Montag.
It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no!
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Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can
stay happy all the time, you are allowed to read comics, the good old confessions, or trade journals."
It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no!
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Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can
stay happy all the time, you are allowed to read comics, the good old confessions, or trade journals."
Amazing how Ray Bradbury's classic Farenheit 451 predicted the self censorship and book banning of 2021!
Forwarded from Family Bible Fellowship of Ridgeville
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As this donor (and you) may have noticed, we are reaching the capacity of our current facilities. The Matching Fund opportunity will be applied to funds received in the remainder of the 2021 calendar year which are designated as being for “Capital Projects,” such as the building, grounds and facility expansion. In light of the need to expand, we seek to take full advantage of this Matching Fund opportunity, and we urge you to be in prayer as to how the Lord may lead you and your family to give financially above and beyond your regular Tithes & Offerings.
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For every dollar (up to $100,000) given for Capital Projects (such as building and grounds expansion) through the end of 2021, this donor will match that gift.
For example, if you give $25, then your gift will be automatically doubled to $50! If you give $2,500, then your gift will be automatically doubled to $5,000, and so forth, for the first $100,000.
The Elders want to remind you that this is an opportunity to give financially, but it is not meant to take the place of your regular Tithes & Offerings. We also want you to be aware that the FBF leadership is prayerfully considering and researching how to best address the growing pains we are experiencing at FBF, and we will be sharing those plans with you in the coming weeks.
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1. All funds (cash, checks, online) donated towards the Capital Projects must include in their designation on the donation (or the envelope of the donation) the word(s) “Building,” “Building Fund,” or “Capital Projects” in order to be credited towards the Matching Fund and must be received by FBF by December 31, 2021.
2. All donations made (with donor’s contact information) will be sent a statement for tax deduction purposes.
3. Please only give cash in-person in an envelope designated as described above (item 1), and include your name and address on the envelope in order to receive credit towards tax deduction.
4. Checks should include in the memo line the word(s) “Building,” “Building Fund,” or “Capital Projects.”
A benefit of giving by cash and checks is that they do not require additional expense fees of FBF. Cash and checks may be placed in the offering plates at FBF, or they may be mailed to FBF at:
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354 Ridgecut Road
Early Branch, SC
29916
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Once again, we are grateful to the Lord for this opportunity to move towards physical expansion of our FBF campus, as we continue to pursue the greater spiritual expansion of His Kingdom!
Family Bible Fellowship Capital Projects!!!!!!
This past week, a $100,000 Matching Fund donation was pledged towards FBF’s expansion!
As this donor (and you) may have noticed, we are reaching the capacity of our current facilities. The Matching Fund opportunity will be applied to funds received in the remainder of the 2021 calendar year which are designated as being for “Capital Projects,” such as the building, grounds and facility expansion. In light of the need to expand, we seek to take full advantage of this Matching Fund opportunity, and we urge you to be in prayer as to how the Lord may lead you and your family to give financially above and beyond your regular Tithes & Offerings.
How it Works:
For every dollar (up to $100,000) given for Capital Projects (such as building and grounds expansion) through the end of 2021, this donor will match that gift.
For example, if you give $25, then your gift will be automatically doubled to $50! If you give $2,500, then your gift will be automatically doubled to $5,000, and so forth, for the first $100,000.
The Elders want to remind you that this is an opportunity to give financially, but it is not meant to take the place of your regular Tithes & Offerings. We also want you to be aware that the FBF leadership is prayerfully considering and researching how to best address the growing pains we are experiencing at FBF, and we will be sharing those plans with you in the coming weeks.
How to Give:
1. All funds (cash, checks, online) donated towards the Capital Projects must include in their designation on the donation (or the envelope of the donation) the word(s) “Building,” “Building Fund,” or “Capital Projects” in order to be credited towards the Matching Fund and must be received by FBF by December 31, 2021.
2. All donations made (with donor’s contact information) will be sent a statement for tax deduction purposes.
3. Please only give cash in-person in an envelope designated as described above (item 1), and include your name and address on the envelope in order to receive credit towards tax deduction.
4. Checks should include in the memo line the word(s) “Building,” “Building Fund,” or “Capital Projects.”
A benefit of giving by cash and checks is that they do not require additional expense fees of FBF. Cash and checks may be placed in the offering plates at FBF, or they may be mailed to FBF at:
Family Bible Fellowship
354 Ridgecut Road
Early Branch, SC
29916
5. Online (When giving online, you must select “Capital Projects” in the drop-down menu at the link below.)
https://onrealm.org/s80462645281736/-/give/now
Once again, we are grateful to the Lord for this opportunity to move towards physical expansion of our FBF campus, as we continue to pursue the greater spiritual expansion of His Kingdom!
Forwarded from Family Bible Fellowship of Ridgeville
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Supreme court case to watch.
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/a-scotus-case-that-could-shape-property-rights-for-years-to-come/
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/a-scotus-case-that-could-shape-property-rights-for-years-to-come/
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A SCOTUS Case That Could Shape Property Rights for Years to Come | National Review
The Court must determine whether an easement is an easement, no matter how small.