SIMMS-CLARKSON: Mr. Vaze’s reaction is typical. It’s difficult for someone who rejects religion to understand how the word “idolatry” applies to science — it means confusing your own concept with the actual reality. Until the twentieth century, scientists believed that the universe had always existed — there was no “starting event.” When Einstein developed his Theory of Relativity, and its equations were applied to cosmology, it was shown that the universe was not static but began from an infinitesimally small point of immense density at a definite time in the distant past. Einstein believed in the eternal universe and at first refused to accept the result...
DOYLE: That’s hard to imagine…
SIMMS-CLARKSON: …until astronomical observations confirmed that the universe is expanding in all directions. Upon extrapolating backwards, one arrives at the cosmological singularity — the beginning. What is remarkable here is that physicists agree before the Big Bang there was nothing — no matter, no energy, and not even space or time. It is science that tells us the universe was created from literally nothing. In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth. There is no conflict here.
DOYLE: But doesn’t science also tell us that things don’t just pop into existence?
SIMMS-CLARKSON: That’s correct. Something must bring them forth. The universe popped into existence with the Big Bang. Therefore, something must have brought it forth. Given all the energy and matter in the universe, whatever brought it forth must be immense — too immense for us to even imagine. This was the very argument posed by theists before Einstein, but they were told their logic had no merit because the universe was eternal, meaning it had no beginning, which we now know is false. Wherever one looks, science points to God.
DOYLE: Convinced, Mr. Vaze?
VAZE: Jesus Christ was made in an alien petri dish, for Christ’s sake! Every reference in the Bible to visitations by angels or flashing lights or burning bushes or virgins having babies is due to Ikato the Impreginator!
SIMMS-CLARKSON: Prior to 2049, skeptics would only acknowledge that the historical Jesus existed, but as for the burning bush seen by Moses, they claimed that never happened. They said the ascensions of Moses and Elijah never happened. The angel who appeared to the shepherds to announce the birth of the Christ never happened. The bright light that rolled the stone away from the tomb never happened. The miracles performed by Jesus never happened, or at most, if someone claimed to be healed, they were never really sick to begin with. And of course, the most common theory pushed by skeptics was that the disciples stole the body of Jesus and made up the story of the Resurrection in order to save face. As soon as Primus D’Hal released Ikato’s log to the public, there was an obvious one-to-one correspondence between his actions and the accounts described in the Bible. The eye witnesses told the truth as they understood it at the time — none of it was made up from whole cloth as was argued by religious detractors before 2049. Jesus was born of a Virgin. John the Baptist was born of an elderly, barren woman. For two thousand years, people had faith that those things were true, and a thousand years ago Ikato’s log was the confirmation of that.
DOYLE: I want shift gears and bring in the president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Reverend Dr. Matthew Wulf. Welcome Reverend Wulf. We know that Kevak was in Europe during the time of Martin Luther. What do you make of the claims that not only did Luther and Kevak meet, but it was Kevak who put forth the suggestion that the Bible is the central religious authority and humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds?
WULF: Thank you for having me, Sybil. Of course, it’s possible that Kevak and Luther could have crossed paths, but I seriously doubt it, and here’s why…
DOYLE: Okay…
WULF: Luther never once mentioned Kevak in any of his extensive published works. As a young Catholic monk, Luther was known to make confession several times a day over what most would agree were the most minuscule infractions. If he had contact with an alien, especially one that had the demonic physical features of Kevak, and they engaged in vigorous religious debates, he would have surely written about it or confided in someone, namely his wife.
DOYLE: The Lutheran Church also adopted Kevak’s Unification Bible.
WULF: And the unified symbol. [demonstrating] The fingers touch the forehead, chest, right shoulder, and then travel to the left shoulder by making a semi-circle above the head. The final gesture ends in the middle of the chest.
DOYLE: How is Ikato regarded?
WULF: As a tool of God rather than a manipulator…
VAZE: [mumbling] He was a tool, alright…
DOYLE: There are, however, Christian sects that shun anything associated with Vambiri. Their liturgies today are identical to what they were before 2049. We tried in vain to get representatives to respond to our calls to take part in this forum. We were even willing to do interviews via wormhole transmission from Earth for those who did not wish to set foot on Vambiri. So my question to you is this: was Kevak the catalyst for a great division among Christians? The thought of sentient, alien life was difficult for many Christians to fathom, and active alien involvement in biblical events proved to be a bridge too far for the puritan sects. Was Christianity stronger before 2049?
WULF: The split of early Christianity and Judaism in the first century AD was attributed to the rejection and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It stands to reason that when the Christ reappeared a thousand years ago today, there would be a further split among Christians. The alien element certainly made the split contentious and ugly, with regard to the xenophobic sentiments of the time. Martin Luther held to the tenet that if something was not specifically addressed in the Bible, it was not for man to speculate about it. The Bible was a book for humans, and before 2049, it was an open question as to whether God created other races in the cosmos. The split was unavoidable, but I believe that the Christian sects who accepted Kevak’s Unification Bible have emerged from the separation stronger. Many people of the twenty-first century who had never been religious gained a newfound love for Christ. Events they had always regarded with skepticism were proven to have actually happened, and that brought them into the arms of the church.
DOYLE: Is the book of Revelation still relevant? The second coming of Christ was not announced by a loud trumpet. Indeed, Jesus did not make an appearance on Earth at all.
WULF: Revelation is an Earth-based book that details how Jesus will return to Earth to conquer the Antichrist. The second coming, with respect to Earth, has not yet occurred.
DOYLE: Let’s switch from religion to politics. Brookings fellow and research director, Ron McClellan, what exactly brought about the resignation of President Romano in the weeks after Kevak’s ascension?
McCLELLAN: In a nutshell, he lost all of his leverage. Once his Vambir ministers were taken out of the equation and Touch Healing technology was made available to the public by Kevak’s adopted son J’Vor and his network, members of Congress no longer feared for their lives or the lives of their families.
DOYLE: You’re getting into conspiracy theory there. What say you, Jorge Nelson, founding member of the Third Millennium Project? Did President Romano threaten congressional members and their families in an attempt to push through his agenda in a branch of government that did not contain one single member of his Faith Party?
NELSON: Congressional members certainly were subjected to bio-terror threats, but they came from Minister Jirza and not Romano.
DOYLE: You contend that Romano knew nothing about what his Vambir ministers were up to, but isn’t a president responsible for who he brings into his inner circle?
NELSON: He is, Sybil, and Romano specifically acknowledged that in his resignation speech. His fault, if you can call it that, was in not recognizing that Jirza and Tolum were acting in their own interests and did not share his Christian faith. Romano believed they were genuine faith healers, when in fact they were using nanobot technology to fool everyone, including him.
McCLELLAN: Rubbis
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NELSON: There’s no proof of that.
McCLELLAN: The specific members he met with were either terminally ill themselves or had a close family member affected. Immediately afterwards, their voting records changed completely.
NELSON: He was informed that certain individuals had serious health issues, and being a man of faith, he offered the services of his ministers to effect a cure through the laying of hands.
McCLELLAN: They had been infected by his ministers to begin with!
NELSON: It wasn’t Romano’s fault that when he offered assistance, it was perceived as a threat.
DOYLE:The Supreme Court ultimately agreed with Romano’s interpretation, Ron McClellan.
McCLELLAN: They didn’t want to end up like Justice Stein.
DOYLE: Now you’re really getting in the weeds.
NELSON: Jirza and her cohorts had no contact with Justice Stein. Her glioblastoma occurred naturally — if such a word is appropriate.
McCLELLAN: Stein was not cured naturally — the Delta-32 mutation was detected in her cells after the initial cancer diagnosis. She received a Vambir infusion.
NELSON: It’s possible some other organization operating in the shadows may have been involved.
DOYLE: We’re up to our eyeballs in weeds! What do you mean by some other organization operating in the shadows, Jorge?
NELSON: Professor Simms-Clarkson acknowledged a few minutes ago that two phials purporting to contain the blood of Christ were confirmed to be genuine. There could very well have been other phials in the hands of private individuals or groups, and if so, that would explain Stein’s recovery.
McCLELLAN: Any groups like that would have been religious conservatives, and as such, they would have relished the chance to replace Justice Stein.
DOYLE: Ron has a point, Jorge. A Romano nominee to replace Stein would have surely been more aligned with the church, don’t you think?
NELSON: If they were fanatics and believed Romano was the Antichrist, then even Stein would have been preferable to a Romano acolyte.
DOYLE: If I can return to Professor Palmer…what is President Romano’s legacy?
PALMER: Well, he ran on a platform of faith healing putting an end to Big Pharma, and by the time he resigned, Big Pharma was well into decline.
McCLELLAN: The decline was due to Kevak undergoing transmutation on Earth and infusing his Terran network with nanobots, thereby enabling them to become Touch Healers.
PALMER: That is certainly true, but the decline began with Romano’s presidential campaign and his ministers’ healing through the laying of hands — people saw first hand that there was an alternative to man-made chemical treatments. For over two centuries they had believed that traditional medicine offered the only viable cure for cancer. This was how the pharmaceutical corporations were able to get away with charging exorbitant amounts for so-called life-saving drugs.
DOYLE: Well, regardless of whether it was Kevak, Ikato, or Romano, the end result was that the nanobots adapted hundreds of different mutations from the original Delta-32 that disrupted cancer receptors. Within a few years after Romano’s resignation, the need for chemotherapy and radiation treatments was completely eliminated. I now want to bring in George Mesurier, professor of neurology at the University of Sydney. Welcome, Professor.
MESURIER: Thank you for having me, Sybil.
DOYLE: Professor, before Kevak’s ascension, people who survived near-death experiences reported seeing a white light, feeling at peace or euphoric, and seeing departed loved ones waiting to welcome them. After Kevak’s ascension, the descriptions contained a new element — in addition to the white light, euphoria, and departed loved-ones making an appearance, survivors reported that they felt extraordinary g-forces acting upon their bodies and watched from a distance as they were rendered into subatomic particles. Does science have an explanation for this phenomenon? What happens to the brain when we die?
MESURIER: It has long been known that when the heart stops, activity in the brain surges, with electrical signatures of consciousness far exceeding levels found in the waking state. This suggests that the brain is capable of well-organized electrical activity during the early stage of clinical death
DOYLE: How long is this early stage?
MESURIER: Thirty seconds after clinical death.
DOYLE: After the heart stops?
MESURIER: Yes. This flurry of electrical activity would explain the bright light descriptions, and the accompanying dizziness could also explain floating or euphoric sensations and even the perception of g-forces acting on the body.
DOYLE: But what about seeing departed loved ones or watching from a distance as your body is rendered into subatomic particles?
MESURIER: Subconscious conditioning, Sybil. Once enough people tell the same story, it creates an expectation of what will happen.
DOYLE: These people aren’t willfully lying, then?
MESURIER: No. I believe the vast majority are telling the truth with regard to genuinely believing what they saw — I’m merely offering a scientific explanation for what they experienced.
DOYLE: Our time is drawing to a close. I’ll be back with final thoughts and comments after the commercial break.
[Commercial Break]
DOYLE: Welcome back. We end tonight’s broadcast with…the end. The images you’re seeing are from Cygnus Station, a popular mortuary where the dead are brought to make their final journey into the black hole, Cygnus X-1. The body is placed in a simple black shroud encased in a circular force field and ejected from the station. Once the event horizon is crossed, the body undergoes the same breakdown into subatomic particles experienced by both Kevak and the Christ. After that, the particles are pulled through the black hole and emerge…who knows? Heaven? Is that where our loved ones who have passed reside? We are no closer to knowing the answers than our distant ancestors were during the dawn of civilization. And that’s as it should be. If we knew it all, there would be nothing left to discover or explore. Instead, we have to make up our own minds. Devout or irreverent, the choice is ours. While we live, we should live well — live as if God exists, regardless of what you believe.
[Music begins: Priests, words and orchestral arrangement by Leonard Cohen, vocals by Judy Collins, recorded 1967]
DOYLE: May the blessings of Iam be upon you. May the Force be with you. May you find your answers in science. And a favorite of my family for generations: May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of His hand. I’m Sybil Doyle. From all of us at UNN, Happy Saint Kevak’s Day.
[Music fades as camera zooms in on a shroud breaking up after crossing the event horizon]
END
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