psychoceramics: UNABOMBER=CHRIST

[fortean3 @ easynet.co.uk (Joe McNally)]

A live one from the alt.misc.forteana newsgroup:

> Does anyone else find something messianic about Ted Kaczynski, the alleged
> Unabomber?
>
> His asceticism, his intelligence, his acumen, his demeanor. He truly lived
> the life he proscribed, and while his actions cannot be condoned, the
> method and conviction with which he carried them out-- the loving way he
> hand-crafted his tools of destruction, the mysterious ways he planned and
> prioritized and delivered them to his targets, the conviction behind his
> attacks, the forthright way in which he kept his word conerning his
> attacks, the almost serene expression on his face following arrest--
> merits a grudging respect. How many of us are willing to carry out our
> convictions and beliefs to such a degree?
>
> I don't want to be swamped with proselytizing mail re: this post.  I know
> who Jesus is, thank you very much, and my belief system is secure.  I
> simply wanted to make the point that here is someone with an apocalyptic
> world vision, a manifesto of proscribed behavior, and a degree of
> conviction and righteousness rarely seen in this world of hypocrisy.  I
> don't see in him the power-mongering ego and duplicitous lifestyle of a
> David Koresh or other harbingers of the apocalypse.  Quite the opposite.
> One needn't support the actions of this individual in order to pause for a
> moment to consider the strength of conviction underlying such actions.
>
> Christ, too, was a rabble rouser, a revolutionary, a man who cut against
> the grain of society, a man with controversial ideas at odds with
> society.  Please recall that He was not crucified because He was
> well-loved by the status quo priesthood or Roman government.  Christ was
> caught up in the police state of a "New World Order," a republic that had
> recently found itself to be the sole superpower.  He challenged that
> authority, was condemned by that authority, and was executed by that
> authority.  The parellels are there.
>
> If Christ were to present Himself to the world today, how would He be
> recognized?  How would He and His Authority be received by the powers that
> be?   What message would He bring and how would He illustrate that
> message?  Reading Revelations, I cannot believe His arrival will be met
> with balloons and happy faces.
>
> It is easy to blow off the Unabomber as a crank, a crackpot, a murderer,
> yes, yes.  I don't support him, I don't agree with his thesis.  But this
> man, this Ted Kaczynski, the way he carried out his beliefs, the serene
> expression on his face, his careful articulation, he is not so easy to
> blow off.  He has been on my mind much these past few days.
>
> --
> Tim Johnson
> c--@p--.com

Joe McNally
Staff Writer
"Fortean Times"
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