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Solomon's Private File #188
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 23 in this story, in the Summer of 2049.
Solomon's Private File #188 "Jerking Religion"
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I ported to a meeting with the Pope and Cardinals in the Vatican. I
said, "You wanted to speak with me. Oh, how can I ever guess why?"
Chuckles." Paolo said, "We want to thank you for your round about
support of our institution." I said, "You really mean, not telling them
who he had sex with?" He had to laugh, surprising the Cardinals. He
said, "You and your father love to tease me with that. Tell them,
please." I said to them, "If some of you faint, I hope your neighbors
are feeling charitable in their aid." Chuckles. I said, "He had two
best friends as an adult. While he had er, fun with all his disciples,
it was with those two that he had the most loving sex with, Mary and
Judas." Not much reaction. I said, "So disappointing, your lack of
reaction." Chuckles. I said, "When you live to promote peace and love,
you want a piece often, and love it, a lot." More chuckles. I said,
"1960's California Hippies showed that. It wasn't exactly free love
like the rest of the world understood it, that puts money as the only
value. The free part, was that it was free of guilt. Oh, I see you
hadn't thought of that. I have taught you! Hillel is avenged!"
Laughter.
I said, softly, "Jesus didn't believe in guilt." They nodded. I said
to Paolo, "I should go home. It's no fun here, with no debate. Hmm,
anybody want to debate that?" Silence. I said, "Alright. When are you
going to allow women to be priests? Ha! That got a reaction." Chuckles.
I said, "Still, an answer is waiting." Paolo said, "Is that your
order?" I said, "You know I won't do that. Not even ask you to. Not my
business how you run your religion if it doesn't hurt people. You know
that." He said, "I do. But you did ask." I said, "Mostly innocent
curiosity." He said, "We have no plans for that. What of the Mormons?"
I said, "Same there. Is that relief I see, to be EQUAL to them?" I said
to the Cardinals, "Got him! Took a while." Chuckles.
I said, "So, what are you going to do about the exposure? Your
usual?" He grinned said said, "Yes, just that; nothing." I said, "Your
choice. You might have less converts in some places, but your base will
believe what they want to believe, and you couldn't change that if you
tried your hardest. And now that Priests can marry, they have even less
to complain about, with their kids." He said, "That seems to be true."
I said, "And a lot of your Priests are causing less clothing repairs.
Er, zippers." Laughter. I said, "And seriously, less prostate
problems." He said, "As reported, true." I said, "Another curiosity
thing. Masturbation. Any change on that? Er, I don't mean changing the
sheets." Laughter. He said, "None anticipated. Not thought of,
actually, but our position on sex is that it should be for creating
children, only." I said, "You said you wouldn't manage people's love
lives." He said, "Oops!" Laughter. I said, "And is masturbation actual
sex? No laws about it, or sin, even in the Bible. Animals do it, too,
so it's a natural thing." He said, "Do you want us to approve of it?" I
said, "I'm just making controversial conversation, because YOU are
not." He nodded.
I said in the air, "Mom, they don't want to play with me!" They
laughed, and she said in the air, "You poor little boy! Here, maybe
this will help." She ported in a shower of candy. More laughter. I
said, "Hmm, first time for everything. Still, subject is still open."
He said, "So, how's the weather in the galaxy?" Laughter. I said, "I
wonder what the Mormons would say about it." He said, "Oh, that hurt!"
I said, "I say the same kind of things to them, and to the same kind of
response." Chuckles. I said, "But seriously, there is a problem with
that. Parents are terrorizing kids with the prohibition, with horrible
lies. They won't go blind doing it, well, unless they accidentally poke
their eyes out. The real problem is why parents have to lie. There is
no support for the prohibition in the Bible, so they can't give the
children a reason that makes sense. You know that children will do it
anyway, but why should they have to feel guilty about such a natural
hard, and so did he. I said, "Is it a good thing to force parents to
lie to their children, in the name of their religion, reducing their
trust in their parents and in their religion, for something so
unimportant and completely lacking in harm?"
He said, "I hadn't thought of it that way. You are indeed a teacher
of the quality of Hillel." I said, "Pleasant distraction, for the
moment." Chuckles. I waited. I looked at the Cardinals, and they looked
very hesitant, which made me grin. Chuckles. I said to Paolo, "You
can't use the excuse of sexual thoughts being bad. Children start
masturbating because it feels good, long before they have any awareness
of sexual things." He said, "True." I said, "I'm not even requesting.
I'm only discussing how to improve your Church. I think it will. What
do you think of that?" He sighed. He said, "If it were not apposed, it
would indeed be helpful to our families." I said, "Yes, you have er,
pointed out a problem." Some chuckles. I said, "There are ways to help
with that, and I don't mean lubrication." Good laughter. Paolo said to
me, "I didn't expect this at all." I said, "Oh, I like that!" Chuckles.
I said, "I didn't, either. I had no plans for this meeting, but to show
up. And probably leave later. So, how long do you think we can delay
this?" More chuckles.
I said to the Cardinals, "You know I like debating. What did you
those who dare. As children, who did it?" I raised my hand. They all
did, after looking around at each other. I said, "Such a forest of
hands shows that we have healthy and honest people here." I looked at
Paolo, and he said, "I am NOT going to admit it!" I said to the
Cardinals, "Didn't he just do something like that?" Chuckles. Paolo
said, "You have made your er, position, and validated it. And without
force, if we discount your humor." I acted like my heart hurt, to
chuckles.
I said, "I think there might be some reluctance to invite me here in
the future. A suggestion; do something to manage the visit, such as
plan an agenda." He said, "Would it succeed?" I said, "I hope so! This
was work!" Chuckles. I said, "I like visiting with friends, but that
gets a little awkward if the guest has to provide all the
entertainment. I think you've discovered that." Paolo said, "That we
have!" Chuckles. I said, "Now we have the most difficult thing to
consider. I should be leaving now, before you are made to need medical
attention. How I leave is the question. Last time I did the hugs, and
then the God contact. Is that desired today, and if so, what do you
think He will say in it? Oh, that expression is one for the record
books!" Hard laughter. I said, "You know what Hawk is doing!" More
laughter.
Paolo looked resigned and said, "We'll take the works." I said, "Such
courage is bound to be rewarded." Hawk ported in, and said, "From his
Prophet to God's ears." They looked at him in respect and appreciation.
He helped them to sit after the hugs. I started the love broadcast, and
God joined us, and said, "Solomon is my Senior Prophet. He speaks for
me. Doubt that no longer! You will not be forced to change who you want
to be. All change must come from within. However, you do know that the
truth is all, and will eventually be known to all. I am truth! Go with
my love, and love all." He left, and I stopped the broadcast. They were
stunned. I said, "So, Hawk, was it what you expected?" He said,
"Actually, yes, mostly. You?" I said, "Me, not so much. Considering the
humor here, I thought he might make some reference to that. Hoped,
actually." He said with a smile, "I'm not surprised you would think
that." We poked each other, and hugged. I said to him, "I think they're
still in shock. I have no idea what they will make of what happened. I
think we should escape while we can." He chuckled, and Paolo said,
"Farewell." We said the same, and ported home, after I gave him a
crystal recording of the meeting, including the contact.
Mom said, "I heard. Not the ending you expected." I said, "Yes. I was
planning another joke before leaving. Wasn't right after that." Hawk
said, "I have to know!" I said, "I was going to say, 'Mom, I don't
think they want to play with me anymore.' And I would have coached her
to say, 'That's alright. They can play with themselves. Er, oops!'"
They laughed hard.
The next day a Mormon Apostle called. He said, "Our spies at the
Vatican had something very interesting to report." I said, "Might have
had more, if I could have used some more of the jokes I had ready. Oh,
and you owe me a lot for not exposing your spies and bugs." He said,
"We do, but why haven't you?" I said, "I don't expose government or
religious spies unless what they are doing becomes known and I'm asked
to investigate, or what they are doing is directly causing harm. In my
opinion, it's not so much the spies' responsibility for their basic
mission, but that of their supervisor's." He said, "I see. Interesting.
I hadn't thought of it that way. We don't have an official position on
masturbation at this time, but if asked, which we do NOT anticipate, we
won't rule against it, but stress that it's a very unproductive
voluntary activity, and as such, one's time is better spent in other,
more useful, things." I said, "Well said! I agree. Kids shouldn't stay
er, up all night doing it. Sleep is VERY important for good health and
growth. Well, of that, too." Chuckles. I said, "Mind if I relay your
position and my comment to the Pope if needed? Hey, I can feel your
grin." He laughed and said, "You have my permission."
Pope Paolo asked for a private visit. I said, "I'm sorry for what
happened." He said, "So am I. I can't say we didn't deserve it." I
said, "I could, but I won't. Hmm, did what I say actually mean
anything?" He chuckled and said, "I don't know. We're all still in
shock." I said, "I'm not surprised. But I am in a different way. Hawk
expected that more than I did. A little unnerving." He said, "So I
noticed. You care more for us, which I think is the reason." I said,
"I'm not supposed to be biased." He said, "I don't think it was so much
that, but of your greater love." I said, "I'll accept that, like a
drowning man grabs a life saver." We grinned at each other.
He said, "You haven't asked about your er, topic last discussed." I
said, "It was only a discussion. I had thought that was finished when
we stopped talking." He said, "Trying to give me an escape?" I said,
"That obvious?" He laughed, and said, "Yes, it was. I knew I shouldn't
try to keep this serious." I said, "Right! Got something of interest
for you, that I don't know how to tell you, exactly. Let's start it
this way. Do you have a spy among the Mormons?" He said, "We do. And
they have a spy among us. No, I don't know who, and it would be
pointless to try to discover it. Neither of us means any harm to the
other. Part of the cause of that is concern for what you would do about
it if that happened." I gave him a big evil grin. He laughed. I said,
"They, although they haven't told me in so many words, feel the same,
and I have no intention of causing that fear to be diminished." Grins.
I told him what the Apostle said, and my comment. And I said, "And I
have his permission to tell you. No, I didn't ask for the opinion. He
called me and sprouted it without prompting." He smiled, and said, "A
preemptive strike?" I said, "Seems like it. Not lacking in wisdom,
those people. Same as you, but they have a lot more courage." He said,
"I have to agree about courage." I said, "It would be interesting if
you two got together for a joint announcement on the use of joints."
Laughter.
That's what they actually did, knowing I would approve of it. I was
asked by CNN to comment on it in studio. I ported in and said, "Just a
quick thing." On air, I said, "That two major Christian denominations
want to cooperate with each other on an issue, I think is very good. On
stated position. It's a harmless activity, but it shouldn't be done
when it takes time away from more important things, and that includes
sleep. As it is now, many school age children don't get enough sleep,
and that reduces their health and attention in class. Education is VERY
important to all our futures. Please don't let anything interfere with
that. Actually, it's a bad thing when you combine the two." She said,
"What do you mean?" I said, "In more than one past life, I masturbated
in class, and as boy and a girl. I tell you, it's very er, hard to
concentrate on lessons that way." She laughed hard. I said, "No matter
how you try to conceal it, some there are going to know. Embarrassing.
Except in Sex Ed. NOBODY is going to be watching YOU then." More
laughter. I said, "One more thing. All healthy people who have hands
that work, have masturbated at some time in their lives. Anybody who
says they never did it, is either lying, or they have very selective
memories. It's a natural and normal activity, but a little lonely. And
after you've discovered it, a little boring, too. Reading is a lot more
interesting, in my opinion. That's all I have for this. Too much?" She
said, "Not at all!" I said, "Who didn't think you would say that?"
Chuckles.
That appearance caused quite a storm of comments. Most expressed some
surprise at my admissions. Some appreciated my humor. Some
Conservatives blasted me. I released a statement, saying, "Some
Conservatives have expressed some er, anguish over my statements on the
topic of masturbation. If they can make themselves stop doing that with
their hands long enough to listen, they might learn something useful.
Don't oppose for others, what you do yourself. That is unethical and
hypocritical. God sees all, and knows what you do. Remember that. He
doesn't care that you masturbate, but DOES care that you want to be
hypocritical about it. Oh, and how many of you are adulterers or
viewers of pornography? He knows." They really didn't like that! Most
became quiet, but some increased their rants. I said to that,
"Interesting what a guilty conscience will cause people to do, that
actually makes things worse for themselves." That caused some more to
become quiet. One that made the news was when that statement was read
aloud to a Pastor in church, and he walked off the podium. He was not
asked to return. In Europe, it wasn't controversial at all. I real
nonissue. And that was reported in the States, too.
Then I was asked why I had said all that. I said, "I said all that
about masturbation because there have been too many lies about it. It's
just not FAIR to children to lie to them about such a harmless
activity. No matter what you tell them, they ARE going to do it. To
them, there is no logical reason not to. You lie to try to get them to
not do it, you reduce their trust in you, and their trust in the
reasons you quote. In my opinion, terrorizing your children to get them
to stop doing a natural and harmless thing, is child abuse! In the
Bible, it is not listed as a sin. That's because it isn't. You say it
is, you lie. Simple as that. You know who I speak for, and I do with
authority on the nature of sin."
The Mormon Apostle called and said, "Our President would like to
speak with you." I said, "I didn't know he had stopped his seclusion."
He said, "Unexpected, yes. He had left instructions that we Apostles
were to run the church, and he would choose to comment on what we do
when he was moved to." I said, "So, masturbation got to him?" He said,
"Possible, but I don't know. He might just want a blessing." I said,
"Have you informed him that I don't control what God says? And that the
Catholics really found that out the hard way?" He chuckled and said,
"That I did." I said, "Then set it up. I have no time constraints." He
said, "Yes. I have some questions about that myself. You appear to have
been in more than one place at a time, and not as images." I said, "Is
he aware of that?" He said, "He is." I said, "Then he will tell you of
that, as he chooses, of what I might tell him." He said, "Oh." I said,
I ported to the meeting room set aside for my meeting with the
President of LDS. He was very old, and struggled to rise. I said,
"Please don't." He stopped and sank back down. I said, "Thank you for
your invitation. I've been looking forward to this for a long time." He
said, "Solomon, then why have you not asked?" I said, "I dealt with the
managers of your religion, with what concerned them, as my father did
before me. I didn't know if you had any interest in that, because none
were ever mentioned to me. I prefer not to intrude where it isn't
necessary." He smiled and said, "Some of those intrusions were very er,
interesting." I grinned and said, "To observers, yes." He chuckled. He
said, "I have heard all you and your father have said in public about
the afterlife. Is it all true?" I said, "It is in general. Some
specifics may mean slightly different things through the perceptions
generated by different religions." He said, "Well said. I understand.
One cannot fully understand one's religion, until he can see it from
the perspective of other religions." I said, "Very wise." He felt very
complimented.
I said, "That's valid for all that we know and experience. Eisenberg
and Einstein made that famous in science." He said, holding back a
grin, "There is still some uncertainty about that." I said with my own
grin, "Oh, this is going to be fun!" He laughed. He said, "I didn't
think much of what your father had us do with Scientology, but now I
must admit to being wrong. We have helped them, and doing that helped
us, and we have learned from your father through them." I said, "You
didn't oppose?" He said, "I knew who had the power and who didn't. He
did, and we didn't. I trusted him. I know, one of those mysterious
feelings." I said, "Just when I am about to complain about being
manipulated, I end up, after seeing the good that came of it, saying do
it again." He chuckled and said, "We share that feeling. On the matter
of masturbation, I will NOT admit that I myself did it in school, and I
most definitely will not say that I was caught, too." We chuckled. He
said, "The guilt I felt for that, did not improve me in any way. That's
why I didn't oppose this current action. And that it severely
discomforted the Catholics." We shared our grins.
I said, "Do your people know you like this?" He said, "They do not.
The restrictions of leadership are onerous, but necessary. It's very
liberating that I don't need to observe that constraint with you." I
said, "I am happy to serve. A little annoyed we didn't do this earlier,
though." He said "Same here. What of your activities with Islam?" I
said, "Grand Ayatollah and Saudi King are on the road to friendship.
They are both now progressive, and are more courageous now that they
won't be killed for that. It will take time, but things will improve.
Religious terrorism is an isolated thing now, and will become less so,
the more I personally visit the groups. But other conflicts will take
their place, being then mostly political and ethnic." He said, "I
assumed that. So you will have work, never ending." I said, "More
literally than you might think. I am not allowed to die. Heaven rejects
me. I am condemned to this life until I have earned through good deeds,
permission to join God." He said, "So it's true. A punishment." I said,
"Yes, but of necessity, and with love. God must use other people to do
physical things in this dimension, and I am his most capable tool for
that, in all creation. Why, is that he set up this reality with
consistent physical rules, so it will run itself. If he interferes with
that, it will all come apart. Yes, he is all powerful, but he can't
operate against himself."
He said, "Thank you. I had not heard this stated clearly before." I
said, "First, here. Elsewhere, it would only cause confusion and
doubt." He said, "I am honored! I will not share this." I said, "Thank
you. We aren't being monitored by my people, being that this is a
private religious and therapeutic meeting." He said, "So your people
won't know what you say?" I said, "Not from me. However, some could
read your mind. They shouldn't, and I don't think they will, but future
members of my group doing time research might do that some day." He
said, "They could read your mind, too, looking into the past?" I said,
"Not mine. Blocked. And no, none of them can do that." He said, "Wow!"
I said, "Included." Chuckles.
I said, "You are growing too tired. It would be best if we didn't
cause that to increase today." He said, "I feel you are correct,
unfortunately." I said, "There will be other days. You are not yet
called." He said, "Thank you." I said, "My schedule is always open for
you. Let me know, and I'll be here. For now, I assume you would like
what I usually do in these situations." He grinned and said, "I would,
very much!" I said, "Here is a crystal of this meeting, and of all the
other meetings I and my father have had with your people, and other
things that might interest you, and it has my love. To read the index,
you put it to your forehead. It will only work for you, or for those
who you personally put it to their forehead." I stood and moved to hug
him. I helped him to stand, and have him all my love. I helped him to
sit, and waited for him to recover. He said, "I feel stronger!" I said,
"A little gift. Want to try for contact?" He said, "Oh! Please!" I did
that, and God said, "It pleases Me that My Prophet Solomon and the
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are
friends. May you share all your love and Mine." He left. I said, "That
was different!" He was still in awe. I bowed to him with a big grin,
"Farewell, and keep in touch. Now I'm going to tell your people we are
friends, with your permission." He said, "Please tell them of that
great honor!" I said, "Argh!" He laughed.
Back at the office of the Apostle, I said, "We had a good meeting.
Not only are we friends, God made it official. He might tell you that,
when he recovers from that contact. Any time he wants to see me, tell
me. I'm always available to him." He said, "Even if you are in another
dimension?" I said, "Yes. No, I won't say more about that. Some of what
I can do, I am not allowed to discuss. But one of the most important of
them, is making and being friends." I opened my arms, and we hugged
with love.
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