Wayward

My pending novel The Wayward School for Girls was not meant to be a novel. It was supposed to be a short story. It grew as I wrote it. As of today, March 22, 2024, it is over forty-seven thousand words long. Yet another chapter is necessary to finish the book. Then again, “one more chapter” is how this short story became so long.

Imagine Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and Alice from Alice in Wonderland as best friends. Carrie from Carrie is their age and goes to the same school.

The story is surreal horror as an action-adventure. The principal of the school is a warlock and the teachers his coven. They indoctrinate the students into believing that “learning” is smart and thinking is stupid. The children are brainwashed as their education. Their “school projects” are them used as unpaid servants.

Alice, Dorothy and Carrie are in the “gifted” program. They are being groomed to become witches. Most of the other girls are used as labor or as guards. The “special needs” girls are buried alive and rendered undead, to power arcane devices.

Dorothy is the good girl. She is flattered to be considered gifted… but horrified when put to a test that nearly kills her. She realizes she is expected to become like the adults who put her in such a cruel situation.

Alice is the bad girl. She is already cynical, so is not surprised when put to a test that nearly kills her. She does not mind the horrible things that are expected of her… but resents that they are expected of her. She dislikes people trying to control her.

Carrie is a girl without friends. She submits to the evil of the school to have power over the world that rejects her.

The story is violent. Dorothy and Alice are the heroines. They slay monsters but they also slaughter the brainwashed girls sent against them. Carrie, a lonely girl is one of the villains.

There is a point to the weird novel I am writing. The message is not its social commentary. It is that FRIENDSHIP is the goodness in the world. The heroes are friends. The villains are enemies. The lukewarm many are victims of both.

Did I mention killing? There is a lot of killing.

Wholesome and Perverted Alike

It is assumed Jesus has the views of a prudish old woman. He created breasts and buttocks yet has no interest in breasts and buttocks.

God is the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The Father is God. The Holy Ghost is his Spirit, a thing he breathes for inspiration. The Son is the Word of God, the breath of God as the Holy Spirit.

“And in that hour, this Son of Man was invoked before the Lord of Spirits and his name in the presence of the Ancient of Days. Before the sun and the signs were made, before the stars of the heavens were formed, his name was invoked before the Lord of Spirits.”

TRANSLATION…

“The Son was presented before the Holy Spirit and his name ‘Jesus’ in the presence of the Father. Before Lucifer was created or had a use, before the angels were formed, the name ‘Jesus’ was petitioned before the Holy Spirit.”

IN OTHER WORDS…

The source of everything was what it was before anything that began even existed, or had a reason to exist. The purpose of Creation is not within Creation itself, except as its Creator, Jesus.

AS I WAS SAYING…

The Lord is the lord of good and evil alike. All things wholesome or perverted are of his making. All of it is his.

When Jesus was baptized, he was filled with the Spirit. His thoughts and feelings were overwhelmed with unimaginable thoughts and feelings. The Spirit then led him into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil, to see whether good or evil came of the inspiration.

Thoughts and feelings are not good or evil. What comes of them is one or the other. To fret thoughts and feelings is to be like Peter: You shall sink into the turbulent and murky depths as he did. To make something of them is to be like Jesus: You shall change everything for the better.

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The One True God

Our religions are used to control us… but so is law… and science… and entertainment… and eventually politics.

We are indoctrinated by our institutions. We side with a faction as if the rivalries for control are struggles of good against evil.

Cynicism comes naturally. If allowed to fester, it becomes nihilism.

What to do?

Care about yourself… and act accordingly. Defer gratification if it is detrimental to your well-being. Do what is actually best for you. Consider your talents and make the most of them.

Care about others… and act accordingly. Defer gratification if it is to their detriment, regardless of their consent or not. Do what is actually best for them… without controlling them. Appreciate their talents and support their efforts.

Believe in God. Atheism is nihilism, despite the sophistries to the contrary.

Which god?

Believe in the one true God… or else you are worshipping yourself, one way or another. If your god is the mortal and only human, you have only yourself to blame. Shame on you.

Believe in truth, not yourself. Pride is vanity. Do not live in vain. Humility is thoughtful. Actually think about things.

Have a thought entirely your own. Express it in words. If you cannot, you are mindless. Your thoughts are nothing of the sort: only what you are taught to think. You must think for yourself if you think to know God. You shall learn, with your own eyes and ears, that he is indeed the Truth.