The Barbarian Bible

by Ianto Watt

  Now an Operating System in a human is the equivalent of a religion. You can call it a set of ethics or a morality or a world-view or a belief system or any other modern term you like but the result is the same; a set of rules that govern the operation of our mind and the knowledge (patterns) we’ve put into them.

  In humans, our mind is the chip where knowledge is stored, but the heart is where the Operating System resides. The mind is simply there to accomplish whatever the heart desires. All of this, by the way, is what Socrates (through the words of Plato) said in ‘The Republic’. All I’ve done is to distill it down and to present it in today’s lingo.

  So, we have to figure out what we desire before we can pick the Operating (belief ) System that will give us the ability to decipher the confusing mass of data known as ‘history’. But the problem, just like in the computer world, is that the marketplace of the various operating belief systems is full of confusing and often contradictory claims. Plus the fact that most elements of most belief systems are wrapped in misleading layers of attractive but meaningless gloss.

  So our first task is to penetrate through the glittery layers of marketing baloney put out by most of the vendors of the competing belief systems, and to decipher just what each one of them will (or will not) allow us to do. Then we have to pick the one that allows us to do what we want to accomplish. And that task, quite simply, is to uncover the truth of ancient history. To uncover who’s lying, and why. And once we’ve figured out this beginning piece of the puzzle, we can focus on the rest of our task. But remember, different Operating Systems will give different answers to the question of ‘what does this mean?’ as we begin to examine the clues strewn through the pages of man’s past.

  Remember too that, while it is important to read the written works of men in order to understand what has gone before us, it is also vitally important to be able to read and decipher the signs and symbols used by the various groups within the civilizations that make up the history of man. So much of what has happened can only be found in the symbols that appear right in front of us every day in a myriad of places. But with the incredible explosion of graphic display in our world today, the eye and the mind become overloaded with input- unless we know what we are looking for. That’s why a good part of this work will deal with the symbols found at the various ‘scenes of the crimes’ we will examine here, and what they mean to those who (deliberately or not) left them there. Look at the Time Warner logo for a good example of this. It is not a new symbol. But it’s very appropriate for that company. Think of Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, the next time you look at your television or your computer screen. Or the next time it looks at you.

  Finally, I also wish to state now that my explanation of The End is not what so many people think it will be. Not Communism, not Materialism, not Atheism, not Islamo-sparked Armageddon, not even the dreaded Multi-Level-Marketing Presentation (the slowest and cruelest of all deaths, hahaha-hah!). No, it won’t be any of those things commonly tossed about by all the vidiot-talking-heads, all the political pundits, all the End-Time kooks. It will be the opposite of all of them. But don’t get me wrong, all these elements, and the prophecies that surround them will be there at the end. But they will all be two-bit players in the final act. Why is that? Well, if those guys known as ‘the experts’ (any of them) were right, instead of me, where would the surprise be? What kind of drama would there be, if the ‘experts’ were right? And more to the point, how can all of them be right when they all disagree?!

  So then, am I, the last of the Brythonic (Welsh) Barbarians, the one who is right? Well, read on and see if I have figured out who the world-class liars are, and what their lies mean, and where they are leading us. See if I haven’t read the symbols and deciphered their meanings, and understood what awaits us all. See if I haven’t got the math right on this equation. Here it is, in simple form:

  Without the right Operating System you can’t accurately process the meaning of history. No Operating System equals no meaningful data. No real data equals no real answers. No real answers equals no ability to choose. No choices equals no bets. No bets equals no winners. No winners equals all losers. It’s simple math, see?

  Pretty simple stuff, eh? Like most things in life, it’s really just a math problem. That’s why Barbarians can win. Like I said, we’re not men of letters, we’re men of numbers, and we’ll be using our math skills to see when things don’t add up. And most of these little calculations we make are pretty simple, really. The hard part is realizing that it actually is a simple math problem we face at almost every fork in the decision road we travel. But once we see that these simple decisions of ‘who’s lying to me’ can usually be answered with simple math, we can make some real progress.

  And once we choose our Operating System we can answer that first question of ‘who made us’? Once we do that, the other question (‘how will it all end?’) will answer itself. And so, this question of who made us is the immediate problem, the puzzle we must solve in order to understand the Prophecy given by Calchas the Seer, as Troy burned. We will examine that prophecy in detail in Part II of this book. But until we know who made us, we cannot decipher this omen. Why is that? It’s because there are a lot of pretenders to the throne of creation, and each has its own agenda. If we make the wrong choice about who made us, we’ll obviously be wrong when we try to answer the question of ‘how will things end?’

  So our immediate problem is that we must figure out who made us before we can interpret Calchas’ prophecy, and we have to reach this decision before we die. Otherwise, we can’t gain the benefit of this huge clue that lies right before us, and has been there for about 3,100 years. And this decision about who made us will be, in the end, a guess (but hopefully a fairly informed one). But this ‘guess’ is really pretty simple, because it’s a math problem. The other problem is, we don’t have a whole lot of time if we want to make any kind of rational choice. That means we have a deadline- and that’s literally what it is, grandson, a drop-dead line.

  That means we have no time to waste in finding out as much as we can about those who preceded us, so that we can better estimate who’s word from the past we can trust as we edge ever closer to the time when we must give ‘our final answer’, as the game show host always says.

  But first, a word of caution; don’t let yourself get confused. This book is going to define the real groupings of mankind, and their counterfeit counterparts. There will be many instances where certain groups seem to have the same or similar names, yet they have opposite purposes. This is all part of a military strategy. And as Genghis Khan and Sun Tzu would tell you, confusion makes exhaustion more likely. And exhaustion makes it easier to conquer someone. I will take great pains to point out these areas of potential confusion (for example, Holy Rome vs. Imperial Rome, the Orthodox and the Ultra-Orthodox and here’s another; the British Israelites vs. the Israelite British) and to show you their real origins and meanings. Once you know the intended tactic (that is, to induce confusion), it is easier to recognize and thus resist their strategy. And what is their strategy? The original one, the best one; divide and conquer.

  Now, having said all this, dear reader, please don’t be put off by the irreverent and conversational tone of this book, because, remember, I’m not talking to you, I’m talking to my grandson. And please note that my apparent outlook of seeming ‘enlightened self-interest’ (often known as selfishness) is not my only consideration in the examination of this grave task (bad pun, but true). But for the purpose of this book the operating presumption is that, until you see that something is good for you in a practical and personal way, you generally won’t look past that consideration to the larger issue of ‘what is good for everyone?’ let alone develop a taste for the answer to that question. And so, I will write as I usually talk, which is to say, as a Barbarian.

  And so, grandson, let us begin. In Part I of this work, we’ll cover the early history of man by looking for the internal contradictions in each Oper
ating System’s story of those who claim to represent The Infinite. And we’ll use the simple tool of reducing most decisions to a simple Math Problem to figure out who’s lying. Then in Part II we will travel back to Troy to solve the meaning of the Prophecy of Calchas. From there we will be able to take the clues of the past and see them in their proper light as we move into the modern era of lies in the final parts of the book.. At that point, the answers will be obvious and our task will become easy enough. And so, let us begin the task of separating the wheat from the chaff…………

  Let us begin our study of the problem with a look at the man who, in my not-so-humble opinion, was the last of the great Philosophers, Blaise Pascal, reputedly the inventor of the first Roulette Wheel. But first, let’s take a short course on Philosophy. Philosophy means ‘lover of truth’. The men who sought truth, at all cost, are the true heroes (and victims) of the ancient pagan world. Socrates sought a thing called ‘The Good’; Plato said it was to be found in ‘Justice’; Aristotle said ‘Rationality’ was the better way to ‘The Good’; and then, after the fall of the pagan world, Aquinas logically proved ‘Love’ was the ultimate source of ‘The Good’; and finally, Pascal showed us that we have to choose who we will love, and further, how we could figure the odds of making the right choice. So, bottom line, it comes down to that old Quicksilver song, ‘Who do you love?’

  Pascal (AD 1623-1662) told us his portion of this intellectual trail in his great work entitled Pensées (e.g. ‘thoughts’). He was a mathematician par excellence and he is the father of Probability and Gaming Theory, among other things. In this work he developed the idea known as Pascal’s Wager. Pascal proposed that if you can bet a finite amount for an infinite payout, then you’d be a fool not to bet. Note that he did not say what to bet on, only that you’d be a fool not to bet. And in this case, the finite amount we can wager is our mortal life, and the infinite payout is an eternal and happy life. First math clue: anything that promises less than this is a bad bet!

  The amazing thing is, so many people today don’t even realize they are in the Big Casino of Life, let alone that they have a free chip with which to bet. The chip is your life, which was freely given to each of us, by some unknown being, the Primal Cause of all life. This life of ours has a finite value now, at a minimum, but one that hopefully can be leveraged into an infinite value later. Quite a trick, if we can do it. But obviously, as finite beings, we can’t do it ourselves. That’s not mathematically possible. And, as we all should know, mathematics is the one language that doesn’t allow us to lie. But as the old saying goes, figures don’t lie, but liars do figure. Now that’s important to know, because the main part of our task is figuring out who the liars are in the Big Casino.

  Now, back to Pascal, as I read him; a human life has a minimum par value. Why? Because of the willpower it can expend on behalf of something, from this point onward in time. You can dedicate your life for or against something. The value of the acts you will or will not commit, from this point onward, is what you are wagering. This casino chip (your life) was freely given to you. But by whom? Well, we’re searching for that answer, right? But for now it should be clear, you’ve got a free chip, so why wouldn’t you make a bet?

  So, assuming you agree that a bet can be made, and assuming you make the bet on the winning slot of the roulette wheel of life, you stand to gain everything. That’s Pascal’s whole point- why wouldn’t you make a free bet, especially if you could actually hit the jackpot?

  And the bet you place, whether you know it or not, will be directly related to the clues left to us by the Casino Operator, who either wants us to bet correctly or, if you think in contrarian terms like me, wants us to bet incorrectly. Therefore, if we want to make the winning bet, we have to decide who has left us these clues, and what they really mean. But remember, Casino Operators generally want you to lose. That’s how they stay in business. Is that the case here? Well, all the casinos I’ve ever been in have been run by other men. And not the kind you’d want your daughter to marry. So, maybe, maybe not. But remember, the current Casino Operator is not necessarily the Developer who built the Casino.

  That’s what this book is about- discovering, through the rational and deductive process, which bet will serve our own ultimate self-interest. That’s what any good, self-respecting Barbarian would do, right? So, now let’s move on to the task of finding the liars.

  Now here’s the rub- figuring out which slot on the roulette wheel is the right one is a task that takes a little work, and most folks are averse to work. Just ask Maynard G. Krebs. So, what is the winning slot? In the game of life the slots on the roulette wheel have names, not numbers. The names are those of ‘the gods’ (if you’re Pagan), or ‘The God’ (if you’re monotheistic). I have a little saying, which I told a gal who was yammering at me once, about religion of course. She was saying Christians were cannibals, because they claim to eat the flesh of their God. I finally told her, ‘Look honey, there’s only 2 religions. Either you eat ‘The God’, or ‘the gods’ eat you’. She turned and left, hallelujah. More on that later on, in Part II. For now though, let’s return to deductive reasoning in our quest.

  This brings us to the first fork in the road of decisions in choosing which Operating System (OS) will correctly interpret the data of ‘history’. Do we bet on ‘the gods’ (plural) or ‘on ‘The God’ (singular)? That’s the first distinction I see in the competing claims of ‘who made us?’ There are numerous competitors in both divisions of this field, and they generally make conflicting claims about reality. But sometimes not, and that makes it even trickier in determining who’s The Real McCoy. And since we have a deadline to meet here in this matter, it behooves us to find a tool to speed up our task of discernment.

  So, if you’re like me, grandson, you can save a lot of time and eliminate one or more of these competitive groups simply by looking for the obvious liars. If you can establish that someone is lying, especially about something important, then you can usually figure out what they really have in store for you. Usually, it’s a bad haircut, as they say on Wall Street. Or worse, if it’s in the area we’re interested in. So let’s talk a little about ‘Liar’s Logic.’

  Liars practice their art because they are afraid of confrontation. They know what they want. They want what’s yours. But generally speaking they don’t want the cost that can come with a confrontation. And since what they want isn’t theirs, they would have to struggle to take it in an outright confrontation. In a word, they are chickens. They know they don’t have the moral power, and they generally fear the physical power of their intended victims, and so they have to rely on deceit to achieve their aims.

  Barbarians on the other hand generally don’t lie. They simply tell you what they want, and then they try and take it from you. It helps to be seven feet tall with a red beard and a sword or some other modern appliance of pain delivery, and a willingness (even eagerness) to use it. And there have been, and still are, some very successful groups that follow this Barbarian pattern. And truth be told, you don’t actually have to be seven feet tall. You just have to act like it, and of course, deliver some pain at the least sign of resistance. Or even if there is no resistance. And of course, a true Barbarian should actually enjoy this.

  Generally speaking, I respect the Barbarian much more so than the Liar, because the Barbarian operates on the principle that he may have to take a few hits to get what he wants. He’s willing to invest something besides his time. He doesn’t insult your intelligence, just your manhood. And he generally lets you know he’s coming. I think that shows a little consideration, don’t you? And occasionally, Barbarians lose, and when they do, they don’t sulk. They do try to get even though, so it’s best to show no mercy when you do defeat them. Kill them before they heal and regroup. Killing them is actually a kindness, so they won’t have to endure the taunts of the other Barbarians down at the lodge.

  Liars on the other hand, tend to be ‘sophisticated’. They affect all manner of superi
ority and intelligence. They make their first move by convincing you of these traits they supposedly possess, and then they proceed to flatter (or fluster) you in some fashion. Finally, they tell you certain things that seem to make a lot of sense. At least to the ‘sophisticated’ or the ‘intelligent’. There’s a word that sums up both of these postures, and it goes by the name of ‘enlightened’. And if they can get you to believe they are truly enlightened in some fashion or another, then they have achieved half of their goal. But not the important half, from their perspective. That comes next. The next step is to convince you that you too are enlightened (or you could be, if only you’d listen to The Liar). That’s when the liar gets what he wants, which is to say, something that belongs to someone like you. So, grandson, let’s see how this works.

  Liar’s Logic is my term for examining the claims of suspect groups and individuals. To examine if someone is probably lying to you, you have to look at his message. He packages his message in one of two ways. Both are effective, but they must be applied properly to each type of person. Everyone, at one time or another, fits either of these two profiles. Therefore the liar must first determine where his ‘mark’ (victim) lies on the psychological map of the moment. He must determine which of these two profiles is dominant in his ‘mark’ at the moment he makes his initial move.

  The first type of mark is proud. Here’s how the really good liar works on them; first, he figures out what these people want to hear, and then he tells them exactly that, no matter how ridiculous it sounds. It’s not at all amazing how many people will respond to it, because these proud people always want to hear how smart, or good looking, or better yet, how virtuous they are. They will then do anything you want, like give you all their money or their lives, as long as you continue to tell them what they want to hear. It’s not hard, which is why there are so many liars. There’s plenty of work to go around when the economy is good.