"He's in New York City!" or Why I Left The Mormon Church and Became a Daheshist by Darrick T. Evenson "And he shall be called Wonderful Counselor,...." (Isaiah 9:6) Left: Doctor Dahesh (on a trip to India, 1983) Sections 0~15| 20 minute read-time To the Honest Seeker of Truth...this brief article (20 minute read-time) is going to be the most important thing you've ever read or ever will read! The events described in this article are beyond belief, but all true. MY NAME IS Darrick Evenson. I was born in 1960, in Los Angeles, California. I was raised in Santa Monica, Palm Springs, and Redwoord City, California. I was a Mormon from the ages of 18 to 35. I joined the LDS Church in 1979 when I was 18 years old. I officially resigned from it in 1996. I was only active for 8 years, and, half of that time, I was really "semi-active"; although I'd go to Church every Sunday, I kept no callings. Yet, I remained a True Believing Mormon (TBM) from 1979 until 1989. I was never a "Sunstone" (Liberal) Mormon. I believed that Joseph Smith was a Prophet, and that the Presidents of the Church were "Living Prophets". I believed that in General Conference, they spoke as if Jesus was speaking Himself. That is what I was taught, and that is what I believed. I served an honorable mission to San Jose and San Francisco California (California San Jose Mission 1983-85). I have never violated the Word of Wisdom. I have never committed fornication, nor adultery, nor homosexuality. I am heterosexual. I was never excommunicated. I resigned from the Church in 1996. I went fully inactive in 1989, but did not resign until 1996. I did "try" to come back to the Church several times, but those attempts never "stuck". I knew too much. I never officially requested rebaptism. By the time I'd been a Mormon for 8 years I KNEW that "all was NOT well" in Zion, and, at one time, very naively, I thought I could "clean up" the Church. I was very naive. You can read about that in my online book: Falling Into The Sun!. A link to that online book is below. In this "20 minute read-time account" and in my online book (Falling Into The Sun!...takes 90 minutes to read) I give many accounts of the paranormal and supernatural. These are things that I truly saw and heard and witnessed! I am NOT LYING about any event I describe. Whether these were true visions, or hallucinations that my own mind created, what I write in these accounts is what I truly saw and heard. A few supernatural accounts are below, but my online book contains many of them. I'd had many supernatural events (or "hallucinations" take your pick) since I was 11 years old, when I had a Near-Death Experience. I am now a Daheshist, a follower of Doctor Dahesh, the miracle-working Prophet of Lebanon. Doctor Dahesh (1909-1984) was the miracle-working Prophet of Lebanon. The name "Doctor Dahesh" is as well-known in Lebanon as the name "Abraham Lincoln" is well-known in the United States. The Lebanese consider Him to be either a Prophet, or a miracle-working Saint, or a evil Black Magician, or the greatest illusionist (magician) of all time. He was the most prolific worker of supernatural miracles of all time. A full account of His supernatural miracles are found in "The Daheshist Chronicles"; a series of 13 volumes, about 300 pages each, written in Arabic. The followers of Doctor Dahesh, the Daheshists, believe that He was the incarnation of the Christ-Spirit for the 20th century. More incarnations will come. Another is expected to arise in the 21st century. 1 The Four and Twenty Elders The ancient Nazoreans (a sect of Jewish Christians who lived in Palestine in the first century A.D.) believed that Jesus was a Sinless Prophet "in" Whom the Christ-Spirit (Holy Spirit) dwelt, from His baptism in the Jordan River to the Cross, and this Christ-Spirit left Jesus on the Cross: which is why Jesus cried: "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" The Nazoreans were later declared "heretics" by the Catholic Church: which changed Jesus from being "the Son of God" into "God the Son". Daheshists believe that same Christ-Spirit will also overshadow 23 other Sinless Prophets, Who will be born of women, one per century, from the 1st century to the 24th century. We call them the 24 Sinless Prophets. Some early Christians did believe in reincarnation, as is taught in The Wisdom of Solomon (part of the original New Testament), and in the Secret Book of John. The Christian School of Alexandria, Egypt, founded by St. John Mark (author of the Gospel According to Mark), taught reincarnation. This doctrine was not condemned until the 4th century, when the Roman Emperor Justinian who, using threats and bribes, convinced the assembled Bishops to vote down the doctrine. Christians say that reincarnation is condemned in Hebrews 9:27 ("It is appointed for man to die one time, and then the judgment"), but all Bible scholars know that Hebrews was not written by the Apostle Paul, but by Hermas, the brother of a bishop of Rome, about 150 A.D. It was later "voted into" the New Testament. Daheshists believe the Words of Jesus, when He said: "This soul needs to follow another soul in whom the Spirit of life dwells, because she is saved through the Spirit. Then she will never be thrust into flesh again." (Secret Book of John 14:20) The Christians in Egypt, of the first four centuries, believed that The Secret Book of John contained the actual words of Jesus. It was part of their New Testament canon. Only later was it declared "heretical" by a Church Council; dominated by the Emperor Justinian, who used bribes and threats to condemn the doctrine of reincarnation, and to declare "heretical" the Secret Book of John and also The Wisdom of Solomon which declared: "I was given a healthy body (at birth) to live in, because I was already good." (Wisdom of Solomon 8:19~20) Daheshists would agree that "it is appointed for man to die one time, and then the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27); since, after our current life we are "judged" according to our actions (not our beliefs), and our next mortal life is our "Day of Judgment" for the things we did in this life. We dwell in the Kingdom of Hell-fire, where the Suns "burn" and ages our skin, and where demons (sociopaths) torment us, and where we drink the boiling water of birth, and the ice-cold water of death. We are stranded for eternity on the Wheel of Rebirth, in an endless series of lives and deaths, and our current life is our Day of Judgment for our last life, and our next life will be our Day of Judgment for our current life, and this endless cycle of lives/deaths/judgments in the Kingdom of Hell-fire will continue, until we decide to walk the Straight and Narrow Path that leads to Eternal Life on the Heavenly Planets; where the rays of the Suns does not damage or age our skins, and where there is no famine, or ageing, or violence, or injustice, or disease, or deformity, or death. "Salvation" then, means to escape from the Kingdom of Hell-fire, to be "liberated" from the endless Wheel of Rebirth, and be "born again" into the Kingdom of Heaven. In the Book of Revelations (Apocalypse) John, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, has a vision. In the vision he sees a Slain Lamb on a Throne, surrounded by seven candlesticks, four "beasts" with six wings, covered with eyes, and around them are 24 thrones. On the 24 thrones are "four and twenty elders" who wear crowns. They toss their crowns off and worship the Slain Lamb Who sits on the Throne. Revelation chapter 5 One of these 24 Elders was Giordano Bruno, a "heretical" Catholic priest who lived in Italy in the 16th century. He taught reincarnation, and that the Sun was the center of this system, and the fixed stars were Suns in the centers of their own systems, round which planets revolved. This was contrary to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church: which taught reincarnation was false, and that the Earth was the center of the Cosmos, round which the Sun, Moon, planets, and all the stars of the heavens revolved. It was said Bruno also worked miracles. Because of His "heresies" He was burned at the stake by the Inquisition in the year 1600. Many Christian "heretical sects" believed in reincarnation during the Middle Ages. If they were caught, they were tortured, then burned alive: all in the Name of Jesus. The 24 Sinless Prophets are the real Vicars (Deputies) of Christ. The Christ-Spirit (Logos) lives in them, and speaks and acts through them. That is why they have superhuman knowledge and abilities. But they are subject to death and injury, just like all humans are. The followers of Doctor Dahesh believe that he is Number 20 of these 24 Elders. One "Elder" appears every century, from the 1st century to the 24th century, and Dahesh is "Number 20". These are the true Deputies of Christ. They are not Popes. They are not Patriarchs. They are not theologians. They are 24 Sinless Prophets; workers of supernatural miracles. You've never heard of most of them, but they are the Regents of Christ on Earth. The Christ- Spirit overshadows these men and speaks and acts through them. Dahesh was Elder Number 20 (for the 20th century). Elder Number 21 is due shortly. The 24 Elders are the 24 Sinless Prophets, starting in the 1st century, and concluding in the 24th century. The Christ-Spirit "dwells" in all of these 24 Sinless Prophets The Man called "Jesus Christ" was a Sinless Prophet in Whom the Christ-Spirit dwelt. That is what the Disciples of Jesus believed. That is what earliest Christians (Nazoreans) believed. That is what Daheshists believe. The Bible nowhere says that Jesus will only come "two" times. The words "Second Coming" and "Second Advent" does not appear anywhere in the New Testament. The Apostle John has a vision on the Island of Patmos, off the coast of Turkey, where he "sees" the Throne of God, and "four and twenty elders" sitting around the Throne, wearing crowns. These 24 Elders are the 24 Sinless Prophets. The 24 Sinless Prophets are the true Vicars (Deputies) of Christ; not the Popes, not the Patriarchs, not the "Living Prophets" of the Mormon Church. Not the "Governing Body" of Jehovah's Witnesses. These Men are the Regents of Christ on Earth. The Christ-Spirit speaks and acts through these Sinless Prophets. The First was Jesus of Nazareth. The Last will come in the 24th century (2300s). The 20th Sinless Prophet was Salim Moosa Awshee (Salim Mousa Achi) of Lebanon, Who was born in Jerusalem in 1909, on the Mount of Olives, and died in New York City in April of 1984. He was known as "Doctor Dahesh". You don't know it yet... but this is going to be the most important thing you will ever read! 2 Doctor Dahesh ("Wonderful Counselor") Doctor Dahesh was born in Jerusalem in 1909, with the birth name of Salim Moosa Achi (aw-shee); the son of Assyrian Christians from Mosul, Iraq. They were members of the Alishiyah clan, a clan of Christians who traced their ancestry back to the Prophets Elijah and Elisha. Starting at the age of one year, Salim would work supernatural miracles. He grew up in Bethlehem (Summer months) and Beirut, Lebanon. He spent most of his adult life in Beirut. In 1975, he left Beirut at the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War, and came to New York City. He spent the last 9 years of his life in New York City; although he traveled widely. In 1930 he took the pen name of "Doctor Dahesh" which in Assyrian means "Teacher of Astonishment" or "Wonderful Counselor". He became quite famous in Lebanon as a worker of miracles. Some thought he was the greatest magician of all time. He healed the sick, raised the dead, cast out evil spirits, and caused inanimate objects to become animate. His miracles are in the thousands. Witnesses to his miracles are in the thousands, with hundreds still alive today. Doctor Dahesh wrote 150 books, including five Books of Revelation. He never married. He lived a celibate life. He never claimed to be a medical doctor. The title "Duktur" in Assyrian, and Arabic, is a title of honor, like an honored teacher. He taught reincarnation, and that the Law of Karma is active upon all things: animate and inanimate. He taught that Jesus could come "twenty centuries" after He was born of Mary; that He would come to the village of Nazareth. The advent of the 21st Elder is due soon. Hundreds of people are still alive today who eye-witnessed the miracles of Doctor Dahesh, and many of them wrote books or told what they saw in Lebanese and Egyptian newspapers. A full account of the supernatural miracles of Doctor Dahesh is found in "The Dahesh Chronicles"; a series of 13 volumes, 300 pages each, in the Arabic language. Doctor Dahesh performed thousands of supernatural miracles. Hundreds of people, Daheshist and non-Daheshist alike, testified in first-hand eye-witness accounts of observing one or more of these supernatural miracles; in books or in Lebanese newspaper articles. He founded his own religion in 1943 called "The Noble Spiritual Faith". He taught his disciples to work miracles of healing through something called the "Raamz Rite"; which consists of writing a prayer in Arabic, in a very specific way, burning it, and using the ashes to heal with. Many have claimed instant miraculous healings via the Raamz. In 1984, Doctor Dahesh died in New York City, at the age of 75. There are about 2,000 Daheshists in the world today: mostly in Beirut, Lebanon, and in and around New York City. The Noble Spiritual Faith is not yet organized, and cannot be, until The Book of Daheshism, by the late Dr. Ghazi Brax (the Apostle of Dr. Dahesh who died in 2014), is published. We do not know when that will be. Daheshism teaches that we are not "saved" by going to Church, or belonging to any particular religion or church or caste. We are "judged" solely by our "actions" toward other living beings, and by nothing else. Our next moral life is our Day of Judgment for our previous mortal life. 3 Out of Body (OBE) When I was 11, in 1972, living in Redwood City, California, I had an OBE (out of body experience), when I had a very bad fever. In great pain. My mom wanted to take me to the emergency room, but I dad refused saying I'd "be fine". In those days (1972), people without insurance or up-front money were often turned away from hospitals I remember not being to able to breathe, and then, suddenly, I found myself floating above my body. I looked down, and saw myself. I was fatter than I had thought. Also, my hair was really messed up, and I had a look of PAIN on my face, which was frozen. I wasn't moving. I remember I was wearing a t-shirt with brown horizontal stripes, and it had a root-beer stain from the day before. I started floating up, back first, toward the ceiling and i started going through the ceiling. I then realized that I had died, but I remember yelling: "No, I'm not ready to go yet!" At that point, I felt a "WHOOSH" and I was sent down back to my body. Back to the pain. Since that time, I've had what some people call ESP and also I've had at least two other OBEs (out of body experiences). I've seen ghosts/shadow people numerous times. I've had prophetic dreams that came true. I've had many "paranormal" experiences; a few of which you'll read about here. Many people who have had NDEs have said the same thing: that after their NDE the "veil" between this Seen World and the Unseen World had become "thin". 4 Trip to the LA Zoo I was not raised in any religion, but my Dad believed in reincarnation. A "thought" was always in the back of my head: that Jesus had reincarnated, was living as a man somewhere in the world, with a new name, and I knew him when he was Jesus, and I was supposed to find Him. I had that "thought" ever since I could remember. One day, when I was 16 years old, and living in Santa Monica, California, next to Los Angeles, in January, 1977, I had the overwhelming urge to visit the L.A. Zoo. So, I got on a bus and went to the zoo. The trip took about three hours, because I had to transfer buses twice. I had no car at 16. I lived on the west side of LA. The zoo is north of downtown Los Angeles by about five or six miles, in Griffith Park. At the zoo I saw a group of men speaking Arabic, and this made me curious, so I approached them, and one of them, a bald man of about 60, looked at me and our eyes met, and almost ran over to the others with Arabic speaking men, and he SHOUTED something to the other men, while pointing directly at me. Yelled it...loudly! As he pointed right at me. This scared me, and I walked away as fast as I could. That Man was, I would later find out, a Prophet from Lebanon, and I wound learn much much later in life, a Prophet whose disciples believed he was Jesus reincarnated. 5 Joined the LDS Church When I was 18 years old I join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: commonly known as "the Mormon Church". Mormons refer to it as "The LDS Church" or simply "The Church". I explain my reasons for joining the Church, and later resigning from it, in my online book "Falling Into The Sun!" I was a Member of the LDS Church (aka "Mormon Church") from age 18 until age 35. I served a mission to California. All young Mormon men are expected to go on two year "missions". You're basically a door to door salesman, and your product: Mormonism. I resigned from the Church in 1996. Unlike most ex-Mormons, I did not became an atheist or agnostic after leaving Mormonism.I have a new religion, and I follow a Prophet of Lebanon, who died in 1984. My "testimony" of this Prophet and his religion is not based upon "feelings" but based upon very dramatic events in my life, which I shall describe below. I was NOT raised LDS. I was raised with no religion. Yet, I've always believed growing up that I knew Jesus in a previous life, and that Jesus was alive somewhere on Earth, reincarnated, working miracles, and I was supposed to find him. I believed that, strongly, until I joined the LDS Church when I was 18. While on a mission for the Church that "thought" would come up often, and attributed the thought to Satan. 6 My "Dream" in 1983 ("He is in New York City") I joined the LDS Church at the age of 18, in 1979, and was called to serve a mission in 1983. Before my mission I fasted and prayed as to the return of Jesus, because older Mormons were telling me that Jesus would return "at or before the beginning of the seventh thousand years of the Earth's temporal existence, which means at or before the year 2000". That was the belief of most Mormons, especially older ones, in the early 1980s. They believed that planet Earth was only 6,000 years old, and that "there was no death" before Adam and Eve ate a fig, given to them by a talking snake. They believed that Jesus would come rule the planet for 1000 years; beginning at or around the year 2000. This was based upon what they were taught growing up, and upon the book Mormon Doctrine by Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie. This is what I was taught in Sunday School. That is what they told me. I was worried that I didn't have enough time to serve a mission, go to college, get married, and raise a family. So, I decide to fast and pray, to find out if they were right or not, concerning the second coming of Jesus. During one evening I was fasting and praying, I had a dream/or out of body experience (not sure which) where I left my body, traveled toward the Moon, then "Fell" toward the Sun, entered the Sun, eventually met a being of light. I asked the being of light "When is Jesus coming again?" and was told "He is in New York City". Then I woke up, in a cold sweat. Very vivid "dream". I forget most of my dreams within a few minutes or seconds or waking up, but this dream was so vivid that it was like I had it last night. I remember all of it very vividly. This dream or OBE happened in July of 1983. During this time, the Prophet from Lebanon was living in New York City...I would discover this is 2005. I remembered what the being/angel told me "He is in New York City" and I used to laugh or smirk about it while I was a missionary tracting (going door to door). I thought it was funny that I could have such an outrageous dream. 7 Writing "The Gainsayers" We had a lot of trouble with anti-Mormon literature on my mission, and the anti-Mormon film "The God Makers" was being shown at many Evangelical churches. Evangelicals were slamming their doors on us, and a few of the "fanatics" among them (perhaps 5%) would spit on us, or slap us, or try to run out bikes off the road, or threaten to kill us. So, when I got home, I wrote "The Gainsayers" which was a reply to "The God Makers" film. The book ("The Gainsayers") was written in 1985, but it was not published until 1989. It became a favorite of missionaries serving in the U.S. in the 1990s; because the Church did not give them even "one minute" of instruction on how to "handle anti-Mormon questions". So, many Mormon missionaries in the 1990s bought my book and passed it around from one missionary to another. I sold my royalty rights to the book for $400 so I could fix my car. Today, I realize that while 15% of "The God Makers" film were outrageous lies (some of which inspired the more "fanatical" Evangelicals to threats and even violence), 85% of what is found in "The God Makers" film and books is factual and true. Sad to say that, but that's the truth. The author of "The God Makers" (J. Edward Decker Jr.) was a con-man, and, as a Mormon, had ripped-off hundreds of Mormons in get-rich-quick schemes. He resigned before he could be excommunicated. But he found he could make a LOT OF MONEY preaching against the Mormon Church to Evangelical audiences. And he did. Some anti-Mormon professionals are con-men, no question about it. They are atheists who "pretend" to be Evangelicals, in order to make money: lots of it. However, there "are" honest anti-Mormons too such as Bill McKeever, Shawn McCraney, and some others. Let me state this again: about 5% of fundamentalist Muslims are "fanatics" and will threaten others or even commit violence in the name of God. About 5% of Evangelicals (fundamentalist Christians) are fanatics, and will threaten or even commit violence in the name of Jesus. Mormon missionaries are spit upon, threatened, have their bikes run off the road, and are sometimes "beaten" by the "fanatical" Evangelicals. Tens of thousands of former Mormon missionaries will "testify" of this if you ask them: especially those who went on missions to the Bible Belt (American South and lower Mid-West). As a Mormon missionary we were spat upon several times, assaulted, several men tried to run us off the road, and I was physically assaulted once. We were threatened with death frequently: all by men (usually large men) who called themselves Bible-believing "born again Christians". As a Mormon studying anti-Mormon claims, I once prayed to God and asked Him: "Who is telling the Truth, the Church or the Anti-Mormons?" The answer I got was clear: "Both are liars". I rejected that at the time, because it did not make sense to me, but over the next 35 years, I discovered "that" was the TRUTH! Most Anti-Mormons lied, for money. Church leaders also lied....because they believed that was "for the good" of the Members. A way to keep them "faithful" (i.e. unquestioningly obedient to Church leaders). 8 Letter to a CES Director by Jeremy Runnells I was once a TBM (True-Believing Mormon). Like all TBMs, I believed the following: *The Brethren (Mormon Presidents and Apostles) were the closest men to God on Earth. *The Brethren would NEVER ever "think" about lying to the Members. That is what I believed as a TBM. That is what every TBM believes. But...that is NOT the truth! The TRUTH is this: *The Brethren will "lie" and "with-hold information" if they think it is "for the good of the Members". This has been "documented" that they have done this hundreds upon hundreds of times. Many people call this "Lying for the Lord". The Brethren believe they are doing this "for the good of the Members"; to protect them from information that will hurt their testimonies. *The Brethren claim to be Prophets-Seers-Revelators, but in fact they do NOT "prophesy" nor do they "see" supernatural visions, nor do they receive Thus Saith the Lord "Revelation". They are "prophets-seers-revelators" in NAME ONLY! They know this. This is why when journalists ask them "Have you seen Christ?" and other such questions, the Brethren DO NOT ANSWER THEM but change the subject or answer is a very "obscure" way. This is because they know they are not Prophets, Seers, or Revelators. They know that. But they won't tell the Members that, fearing it would "harm the Members". They are keeping THE TRUTH from you, out of their love and concern for you. The Truth would only "hurt" you, and they don't want you to be "hurt". If you want to see "documents" that prove that the Brethren have been deceitful with the Members, then get a copy of the book Letter to a CES Director by Jeremy Runnells (a former Mormon missionary). A pdf file of the book is online in the links below. You can also order a copy of the book for a little as $10 via the link at the bottom of this page. The "evidence" is all there! If you cannot afford to buy the book, then read the free online pdf file of the book. Free online in English, or Spanish, or Swedish, or Russian, or Finnish, or Portuguese, or Japanese. A link to the book and the free pdf files are in the links at the bottom of this page. The "evidence" is all there. You can either ignore the FACTS, or "deal" with the facts. It's all up to you. Don't be afraid of the TRUTH. Jeremy Runnells served a mission (to the deaf) in New York City. He wrote a letter to a Mormon Institute of Religion. These are men (and some women) who are trained in Mormon history and theology (Mormon bishops are not). They work for the Church Educational System (CES). Jeremy read Anti-Mormon claims on the Internet, and wanted "answers" to them, so he could help his brother, who was leaving the Church. Mormon Bishops don't have such "answers". They just tell you: "Don't worry about it!" So, Jeremy wrote to a Director of an LDS (Mormon) Institute of Religion. These men are full-time employees of the Church. They are, roughly, the equivalent of a Professor of Theology in a Protestant seminary. Anyway, Jeremy wrote a bunch of questions, year ago, but the CES Director (Institute of Religion director) never wrote back. Jeremy finally concluded that there are no answers to his questions. He left the Church, and wrote Letter to a CES Director. I myself (Darrick Evenson) research Anti-Mormon questions for 15 years until I finally resigned from the Church. My research only confirmed most Anti-Mormon claims. Of course, some professional Anti-Mormons are con-men, who will say anything to get Evangelical Christians to give them their money. However, again, Mormon Truth Claims and Anti-Mormon Claims are not decided by personalities, but by FACTS. And the FACTS are clear: Mormonism is a MAN-MADE religion: *The Book of Mormon is not ancient history. *The Nephites never existed. *The Lamanites (American Indians) have no (zero) Jewish or Arabic DNA. *The Book of Abraham is NOT a translation of the Egyptian papyrus that Joseph Smith possessed. *Joseph Smith told farmers that he could see buried pirate treasure on their farms, with his "peepstone", and he charged them money for him and his crew to dig for this buried treasure, but no treasure was ever found (as far as I know) *Joseph Smith was a known "juggler" (con-man) arrested twice. His reputation in his home country, and elsehwere, was extremely bad. *Joseph Smith got Fanny Alger, a 16 year old nanny he hired to care for his children, pregnant, 8 years before he claimed God sent an Angel with Flaming Sword to "force" him to have sex with young girls and the wives of other men. Fanny Alger named her illegitimate child "Orrison Smith". *Joseph Smith publicly said "polygamy" was a "false and damnable doctrine of the devil" but he secretly practiced it. *Brigham Young had people murdered, and owned a whiskey distillery, a beer hall, and tobacco farms; as well as renting many of his houses out in Salt Lake City as brothels (whore-houses). *Brigham Young stole hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from the Tithing Office; never repaying it. *The Church did teach the Curse of Cain Doctrine as "a doctrine of the Church" for 130 years (1848-1978) but now says "it was just some speculation and folklore" (a BIG LIE). *The Church "changed" the Temple Endowment Ceremony numerous times: removing the Penalties in 1990. *The Church "changed" the temple garments several times. *The Church has "changed" and "rewritten" Mormon history, numerous times. *Mormon leaders have LIED (usually by omission) to rank-and-file Members "for their own good" (to keep them"faithful") *Mormon leaders cover-up the gross sins (rapes, child molestations, money-making scams) of their blood relatives, who never see the inside of a Church Court. *Mormon leaders and super-rich Mormons go through a super-secret "Second Anointing" ceremony, where they are told they will become Gods and Goddesses, and "may commit all manner of sin except shedding of innocent blood and denying the Holy Ghost" (i.e. leaving the Church) and still become Gods and Goddesses (i.e. they may lie, cheat, steal, do any sin but the "two" mentioned above and still be Exalted among the Gods) *Most Mormons believe that Mormon "prophets" see and speak to Jesus in the Temple, but this is false, they do not see or speak with Jesus (except in prayer), and they continue to allow rank-and-file Mormons to believe this myth. *The blood relatives of top Mormon leaders make many millions of dollars a year, from for-profit Church-owned businesses; that are established and sustained by the "interest" on tithing money. *The Church built a 1.5 billion dollar "City Creek Mall" next to Temple Square in Salt Lake City. How many orphanages and schools for poor children in India and Africa could have been bought with that 1.5 billion dollars? Who owns the construction companies that build that 1.5 billion dollar shopping Mall? These are NOT "false Anti-Mormon claims". These are ABSOLUTE CONFIRMED FACTS. I wasted my adult life in trying to refute these FACTS. I could not...because THEY ARE TRUE! Mormons leaders have said in the past, in General Conference, that either Mormonism is true or false, and, if false, it should be exposed and known and examined. “Each of us has to face the matter—either the Church is true, or it is a fraud. There is no middle ground. It is the Church and kingdom of God, or it is nothing.” (Mormon Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, LDS General Conference, April 2003). “I will tell you who the real fanatics are: they are they who adopt false principles and ideas as facts, and try to establish a superstructure upon a false foundation… If our religion is of this character we want to know it; we would like to find a philosopher who can prove it to us.” (Mormon Church President Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 13, p. 272) “If we have the truth, it cannot be harmed by investigation. If we have not the truth, it ought to be harmed." (Mormon Apostle J. Reuben Clark, from J. Reuben Clark, The Church Years: Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1983, p. 24) Get the book CES LETTER by Jeremy Runnells. Examine the evidence for yourself. Then give the book to your bishop, or Seminary Teacher, or Institute Instructor, and ask them to "reply to it. They won't. They never will. Instead, your bishop will accuse YOU of "unrepentent sin" that you haven't confessed yet, and "that is the reason why" you have doubts. Yes, some Anti-Mormons "LIE" in order to make money from stupid gullible Evangelicals. Absolutely! No question about it. But, there are honest Anti-Mormons too: *Bill McKeever (Mormonism Researched Ministry) *Shawn McCraney ("Heart of the Matter" YouTube podcasts) *Jeremy Runnells (Letter to a CES Director) *John Dehlin (Mormonstories.org) *John Larson (mormonexpressions.com) *Lee Baker (former Mormon bishop) *Darrick Evenson (Anti-Mormon videos on YouTube) *a few others... All of the Anti-Mormons named above were once TBMs (True Believing Mormons) except for Bill McKeever (who was never a Mormon). All served full-time missions as missionaries for the LDS Church: except for Bill McKeever )who was never a Mormon) and Lee Baker (who converted as a married adult). All the individuals named above are "honest" Anti-Mormons. They are sincere. If they make honest "mistakes" they correct them. Nothing in The CES Letter by Jeremy Runnells is a lie. Nothing in that book is historical inaccurate. 100% of it is based upon confirmed, undisputed, FACTS. And FACTS are stubborn things. If you want to known the TRUTH about Joseph Smith and Mormonism, then read the book (CES Letter), or read the free online pdf version of the book ("Letter to a CES Director"). They are the same. Remember the words of Mormon Apostle J. Reuben Clark: Daheshism teaches that if Mormonism is false, that has absolutely no effect whatsoever on your Afterlife. You shall be punished and rewarding according to how you treat others who can feel joy and sorrow. You will NOT be judged on what church or religion you belong to, nor which doctrines you believe or do not believe. If a man believes the World is flat, and babies come from cabbage patches, yet he helps the widows and orphans, and helps his neighbor in time of need, he shall get a great reward on his Day of Judgment. However, should a man have all the knowledge in the Cosmos, yet if he mistreats others, deceives others, uses others for his own pleasure and gain, thereby causes others to suffer, then, on his Day of Judgment (his next mortal life), he will be born with punishments in body and mind, and shall suffer greatly for as many lifetimes as it takes to "pay the uttermost farthing". Therefore, ultimately, it does not matter if Joseph Smith was a fraud or a true Prophet of God. If Joseph Smith said "Be truthful and treat all others well" and you obey that, then YOU shall be rewarded; NOT because you obeyed Joseph Smith, but because you treated others well. You will not be tossed into Hell-fire for all eternity because you believed that Joseph Smith was a true Prophet or that the Nephites once roamed the Americas with their horses, chariots, cattle, oxen, donkies, goats, and steel swords and helmets. One "goes to Hell" because you have caused the suffering of others, and the Law of Karma is operative upon all things. If you cause suffering, then you shall suffer. If you show mercy to others, then mercy shall be shown unto you. If you are "happy" in the LDS Church, and find that you can lead a life filled with good works in it, then remain in it, and do good. But, if you are Seeker of Truth, and must have Truth no matter what the consequences, then read Jeremy's book, and then you will know the TRUTH about Joseph Smith and Mormonism. If you can't afford to buy CES LETTER (10 dollars), then you are welcome to read the free online pdf version. There are free pdf versions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, and Japanese. An html version of the book is being prepared now. Most Mormons who leave the Church become Atheists or Agnostics. They think like this: "The Church is false, and taught me lies since I was born. It's all lies! The Church taught me that God exists, so that must be a lie. The Church taught me that Jesus was the Son of God, so that too must be a lie. The Church taught me that there was an Afterlife, so that TOO must also be a lie...because the Church is a LIE and taught me nothing but lies!" That's how most Ex-Mormons "think". Since the Church is BOGUS, everything the Church taught (i.e. God lives, Jesus lives, there is an Afterlife, etc.) must also be BOGUS. Since Mormonism is a Man-Made Religion, they reason, ALL religions must be also man-made religions. They assume this without studying all religions. That is what they now "want" to believe...so...they believe it! I never thought that way. I've had too many supernatural experiences to "think" in that manner. A full account of my paranormal experiences is found in my book FALLING INTO THE SUN! online. 9 From Mormon Apologist To Anti-Mormon YouTuber In the mid-1980s I wrote a book and did cassette tapes defending the LDS Church against anti-Mormon attacks. My book was called The Gainsayers (published by Horizon Publishers--a large publisher of Mormon books at the time). My cassette tapes series was called "A Defense of the Faith Tape Series" that was published by Tree of Life Productions (a small Mormon tape cassette publisher out of Las Vegas). I was a "Mormon Apologist" (defender of the Faith). My book The Gainsayers was very popular with Mormon missionaries in the 1990s. They used my book because the LDS Church, which has billions of dollars, did not spend one "dime" trying to help Mormon missionaries who had investigators with "Difficult Gospel Questions" (anti-Mormon questions). Not one thin "dime". Many Mormon missionaries lost all (100%) of their golden investigators (i.e. sincere investigators without Word of Wisdom or moral problems) to Anti-Mormon literature in the 1980s and 1990s. The Church did not lift a "finger" to help their own missionaries! My book did. My book, The Gainsayers, refuted the BIG LIES found in "The God Makers" film by Ed Decker (an ex-Mormon con-man). However, after I wrote that book, I spent many years researching "Mormon Truth Claims". I compared the FACTS with Mormon Church Truth Claims, and the FACTS won! As a Mormon missionary in the early 1980s, we had a saying: "A man convinced against his will...is of the same opinion still!" It means that MOST people believe what they "want" to believe but not necessarily what is "factual". Most African-Americans do not believe you when you tell them that black chiefs sold their ancestors to white slavers. That is factual, but they don't want to believe it; so, they don't. Christians didn't want to believe that Ed Decker was a con-man, and that his film "The God Makers" contained many LIES. So, they didn't. Mormons do not want to believe the FACTS about Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Mormon leaders, and the other FACTS about Mormonism. So....they don't. Simple as that. But..."TRUTH" is not "subject" to our wants, and desires. Truth is not necessarily what we "want" to believe. Truth is independent of our "wants". Most True Believing Mormons who read this will not believe it, because they don't "want" to believe it; even though 100% of what I write her is FACTUAL. By the same token, most Ex-Mormons who read this article will not believe it; because they are now Atheists, who have concluded, without study, that "all Prophets are false and all religions are myths". Without study! They have made that conclusion because that is now what they "want" to believe. So...they do. Evangelicals will not believe this article because it goes contrary to what they "want" to believe. However, 100% of what I write in this article is the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTH! However, again, a man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still. TRUTH is not subject to our "wants" and "desires". TRUTH is simply what "IS" In the late 1980s I had a roommate, a BYU graduate, recently divorced from a Miss Utah runner-up (she divorced him because of his multiple adulteries). Over the course of 18 months I saw him take dozens upon dozens of active Mormon women and girls to his bedroom. He told me he had sex with them; although I never actually "SAW" him having sex with them. But these Mormon girls would call during the day, many times, and ask for my roommate and say: "WHY hasn't he called me?? WHY hasn't he called me??" He was "using" Mormon girls for sex, and then tossing them away, picking up a "new" Mormon girl for sex, and then throwing them away, and this cycle continued. I tried to warn the girls. I said to them: "He does NOT love you! He is only USING you for sex! He does not even respect you!" All of them, 100% of them, called me a "Liar" and or a "Loser". Not one of them believed me, even though I told them the PURE TRUTH. I relate this true story in my YouTube video Mormon SEX Scandals and Cover-ups. These young Mormon women "wanted" him to love them, and marry them in the Temple. But he didn't even respect them. When talking to me, he referred to them as "sluts" and "whores"; yet he continued to use them for sex, and dump them. My warnings were ignored, and they accused ME of being a "liar" when I told them nothing but the Truth. I told the Mormon bishop of the Ward I attended (a Young Adult Ward), that my roommate was "having sex with" dozens of young attractive Mormon women, and girls, and then tossing them to the side. He said: "I find that HARD to believe! Mormon women would NEVER DO what you are accusing them of doing!" Again, just like before, the Bishop did not WANT to believe the Truth, so...he didn't. He married a Mormon woman and later converted. His Mormon wife told him things like "Mormon girls never have sex before marriage" and he believed it. He was like most Mormon bishops I knew: arrogant, self-righteous, and extremely ignorant. He only believed what he "wanted" to believe. Most men are like that. Most women too. The Mormon girls who had sex with my roommate were not "sluts". They were in "love". They believed he "loved" them too. He didn't. He didn't even respect them. He just "used" them and then tossed them away. The women had love and respect for him, but none for me. Because I was poor. I eventually lost all respect for them. They thought they could have sex with my roommate, then be sealed in the Temple with him, have a happy life, then be exalted in yonder heavens as eternal Goddesses: being served day and night by servant-angels. Wow! They thought they could "fool" God, but God "fooled" them. They were utter fools and Hypocrites of the worse possible kind. I kept on "seeing" the same kind of behavior among Mormons, for years to come. Most of them believe that as long as you don't talk about "sex" and don't even say the word "sex", yet have sex in private, that's okay, God does not care, and all is well. Pure hypocrisy! Most (just about all) of the Mormon women and girls who gave my roommate sex (mostly in the form or "oral sex" which most Mormons don't recognize as "sex"), later married active Mormon men in LDS temples, and raised their children in the Church. How many of these women "confessed" to their bishops or their husbands that they had "sinned" with my roommate? I think you'd find that none of them did! Mormons believe that if your Bishop doesn't know about your secret "activities" then God doesn't know either, or He just doesn't care. I discovered that Mormons consider their women "perpetually innocent". If they get pregnant out of wedlock, it is always a case of rape. If they lie, it is because some evil man "forced" them to lie. Mormon women were always presented to me as sinless beings; completely incapable of sin unless "forced to" by some evil male. Any criticism of their behavior was immediately condemned as "misogyny" (hatred of women). Mormon women were sinless beings. That is how the Mormon Church presents them. I remember telling a Mormon Bishop once: "Mormon women lie to me all the time!!" He gave me a bad look and said: "Mormon women DON'T LIE, but...if they lied to you they were justified in doing so!" Most Mormons view material success as a "sign" of righteousness; that one has been "blessed" by God for being a good Mormon. Conversely, they view poverty as a "sign" of UNrighteousness; that one has led a sinful life, and thus been denied the material (here and now) "blessings" of God. That is why my fornicating/dishonest roommate, who was seducing all sorts of Mormon girls and then dumping them, was "judged" by Mormons (including bishops) are being "worthy" (righteous), and I, being poor, was "judged" by them as being UNworthy (unrighteous/sinful). But Jesus never promised His disciples Earthly "blessings" for living the Gospel. He said "in this World ye shall have tribulation" (troubles). But the righteous are promised "treasures in heaven"; not on Earth. Mormons don't "see" it that way. They see wealth/charisma/popularity/earthly-success as "Signs" from God that that person is righteous. That is how all those Mormon women, and Mormon bishops, viewed my fornicating roommate. Most Mormons today, especially affluent Mormons, believe in something called the Prosperity Gospel. It's also called the Gospel of Success and the Gospel of Gain. You do "stuff" for God, and in return God sends you earthly wealth and success. Every pagan religion is based upon this. This is why Mormons are such "suckers" for get-rich-quick schemes. This is why Utah is the "Fraud capital of America" and has been since the 1970s. In the minds of most Mormons "wealth" equal "righteousness and "poverty" equals wickedness. My fornicating roommate was judged "righteous" and I was judged "wicked". In reality (Truth), the very opposite was true. You can listen to the true story of my roommate and what happened on YouTube in the video Mormon Sex Scandals and Cover-Ups. The Mormons I knew (just about all of them) had an amazing ability to "compartmentalize" their lives into "public" and "private" folders. They were good Mormons in "public" but in "private" they did whatever they wanted to do; even if such activity was completely against Church "rules". For most Mormons there are two "sets" of rules: the spoken rules, and the unspoken rules. Public behavior, and private behavior. Chaste and moral in public, "sexual beings" in private. They saw ____ absolutely NO contradiction___ in this. They divided themselves into "Church" "business" and "private" categories, and had different rules for each. They judged themselves, and others, "worthy" or "unworthy" according to their "status" in Church and the World. They shunned the poor, the fat, the unattractive, and those they perceived to be of a "lower class" than they were. As Jesus said: " By their fruits....ye shall know them." Mormons love to think of themselves as the Chosen, the very Elect of God. Yet, by their behavior, they are no different from "The World". They lie as much, they commit adultery just as much, they cheat in business at the same rate, they have sex before marriage at the very same rate, as the general white American public does. Utah is the "Fraud Capital" of the United States, and has been for many decades. Suicide and perscription drug use is higher in Utah than most other states: as is subsription to cable porn. Rates of depression in women is much higher. They are ___no different__ in honesty or morality than is the white American population. I would say that 10% of active Mormons are very honest/moral, and 10% of active Mormons are VERY dishonest and immoral, and 80% fall in-between those extremes: exactly like the general population does. No difference! Most TBMs (True Believing Mormons) won't believe the FACTS I present in this article. Not in a million years! They don't "want" to believe it...so...they don't! Most Mormons are like most people: they will only accept that they "want" to believe as true, as if "TRUTH" is somehow dependent upon our "wants". Everything that I write in this article is the studied, tested, verifiable TRUTH! Whether you "want" to accept that, or not! As a Mormon I would sometimes have a "thought" or a dream that I was going to become an Anti-Mormon. I thought at that time those thoughts were of Satan. However, ironically, many years after leaving the LDS Church, I have produced "anti-Mormon" YouTube videos such as "Mormons & Sex" and "Mormon Secrets". All my YouTube videos are 100% honest and 99% accurate, but, of course, some Mormons accuse me of being an adulterer, liar, Nazi, homosexual, pedophile, or "in it for the money". ALL ___LIES____! I was never any of those things. I've spend thousands doing YouTube videos, and not made a "dime" in return. I'm not doing this to make money. I'm doing this because Mormon leaders are lying (to the public and to the rank-and-file Members) and I feel the "need" to expose their lies. I simply "tell the Truth" about Mormonism and Mormons, which is contrary to how the Church presents itself to the public. I believe people "have the right to know the Truth" and facts. That's all. There are two types of people in this world: 1. People who believe only what they "want" to believe (as if truth is dependent on our "wants") 2. People who compare claims to known facts, and rely on evidence. Most people only believe what they "want" to believe. Most Mormons are that way. Most humans are that way. I spent many years, tens of thousands of hours, comparing Mormon Truth Claims with Anti-Mormon Truth Claims. I "wanted" to believe the Mormon Truth Claims, but the Anti-Mormon Truth Claims turned out to be TRUE (most of them). I had to follow the evidence, even though I didn't "want" to. For a True Believing Mormon (TBM), finding out the TRUTH about Joseph Smith and Mormonism is like discovering your parents are murderous serial killers. It is absolutely DEVASTATING, and something no TBM "wants" to believe. But...I had to go with the overwhelming "evidence"; like it or not. Get the book CESL LETTER by Jeremy Runnells. Read it. If you can't afford the book, read the online pdf version. Look at all the evidence for yourself. Most TBMs will never do that. They will wave their hand and say "It's all lies!" without even looking at the evidence. Like I said, Mormons are like most people: if they don't "want" to believe something, they simply don't; evidence be damned. I list my Anti-Mormon YouTube videos at the bottom of this page. 10 Resigning from the LDS Church I left activity in the LDS Church in late 1989, for 10,000 reasons, mostly because the facts of history and science and Mormon Church "truth" claims don't add up with the facts of history and science. I officially resigned from the LDS Church in 1996. This was before the Internet became popular. I did not leave the Church because of moral (adultery, fornication, homosexuality) or Word of Wisdom (smoking, drinking) issues. I had NONE of those problem. I explain my reasons fully in "Falling Into The Sun!" Most Mormons think that the only reason Mormons leave the Church is "because they want to sin". Because "they want to smoke, drink, commit adultery, and fornication". Some do. Most who leave do not. I did NOT leave the Church for those reasons. I left the Church because the FACTS and Mormon Truth Claims don't add up. Roman Catholicism teaches that all who are not Roman Catholic will burn in Hell forever. Islaam teaches that all who are not Muslims will burn in Hell forever. Evangelical Christianity teaches that all who are not Christians (i.e. Evangelicals) will burn in Hell forever. Mormonism teaches that all but the most Faithful Mormons, will inherit a "lesser Kingdom of Glory" but that the "Sons of Perdition" (interpreted as those who have left the Church or fight against it) will go to Outer Darkness: they will float in pitch- black coldness forever, crying and gnashing their teeth. The Eastern Religion (Buddhism, Hinduism, Cao Dai, Taoism) teaches that there are many Hells, but none of them are eternal, and we "go to Hell" based upon our actions: not our beliefs. Daheshism teaches that we are in Hell-fire now, that any life where there is pain, suffering, deformity, disease, separation of loved ones, violence, pain in childbirth, barrenness, poverty, war, and DEATH, where the rays of the Sun burns and ages the skin is in fact HELL! We go to Hell NOT based upon our "beliefs" but based upon out ACTIONS: how we "treat" other sentient beings (i.e. any being who can feel joy or sorrow). If Dr. Dahesh really was a Sinless Prophet, and if Daheshism is true, and Mormonism is false, it really doesn't matter; because we are judged by our actions not our beliefs. Believing that the Jaredites (a people in The Book of Mormon) built wooden submarines filled with elephants and honeybees will not condemn us to Hell. Our own "actions" (how we trea others) sends us to heaven or hell; not our beliefs. So, even if Mormonism is false, that is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things. We are judged by our "actions" not our beliefs. If a Mormon lives a life of good works, they have nothing to fear in the Afterlife. Believing that Joseph Smith was a Prophet or that The Book of Mormon is history condemns nobody to Hell-fire. Our own actions do. How we "treat" other Sentient Beings condemns us. Sentient beings consists of all people and animals except for fish and insects (who cannot feel joy or sorrow). Whales and dolphin are not fish, but sea-mammals. They can feel joy and sorrow. Dr. Dahesh taught that the Atheist who does more good works than the Christian or the Muslim, will have a better Afterlife than they do; because we are judged by how we treat others; not by our religion, or church, or what rites and rituals we have partaken of. Since about the year 2000, the Internet has created a "faith crisis" for hundreds of thousands of Mormons each year, and many of them are resigning from the Church. The Church is getting smaller in Europe, and only "maintaining" in North America because of Hispanic converts and Mormons having babies. The Church is only growing in Africa and among the poor in Latin America: people who have no access, or no easy access, to the Internet. If you want more information on my "reasons" for resigning from the Church, then read the online book "Falling Into the Sun!". It takes about 90 minutes to 120 minutes (two hours) to read. Many things in it will no doubt "shock" you. A link to the online book is below. 11 I Discover Dr. Dahesh Since I was 12 years old, I have studied religions. Why? I don't know. I always had a "thought" in my head: Jesus has reincarnated, and He is somewhere on the planet, working miracles, and "I" knew Him in a previous life, and "I" am supposed to find Him. So, I studied all the religions of the world, in great detail. Looking back, I should have studied computers, or medicine, or some other "practical" thing. But, I studied religions. I did that because the "URGE" to do that was overpowering. I never owned a computer until 2008. I got on the Internet in 1993, when the Internet consisted of about 2,000 websites, and the websites all consisted of a few paragraphs: yellow letters on a green screen. No color or photos or pictures at all. I would go to the libraries (public ones, college ones, university ones), and I'd read all the books I could about all the religions I could find, and then I'd go on the "Internet". In 2005, I went to the Lakewood Public Library, in Lakewood (near Tacoma) Washington State. I could use the Internet for free, for one hour a day. The computers were in use, so I had to wait. So, I picked up a copy of Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions. I'd read it before, all sections, except the last section: "Unclassified Religion". So, I started reading that section, and found something called "Dahesh Heritage". Dahesh Heritage was a bookstore operated by the Daheshist Publishing Company of New York City. I read, in that section, how Dr. Dahesh worked many supernatural miracles, and how Daheshists, His follower, believed He was the reincarnation of Jesus. [Right: Dr. Dahesh in His study, House of Dahesh, Beirut, Lebanon, c. 1970] When I read the section "Dahesh Heritage" in The Encyclopedia of American Religions I felt extreme excitement and I had another, very brief, out-of-body-experience (OBE). For as long as I could remember, I had a "thought" in my head that I knew Jesus in a previous life, and that He was alive and well and living under another name, somewhere on Earth, working miracles like before. And "I" was supposed to find Him. That is why I spent so much time in libraries, reading books on religion. I was looking for Him. And, NOW, in 2005, I finally found Him! My lifelong "quest" was over! The section "Dahesh Heritage" was very brief, only four paragraphs, and there were no photos. But the section contained contact information. As soon as I got on the computer, I emailed "Dahesh Heritage". In 2005, I came across information about this Prophet from Lebanon in book in a library (Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions), and I contacted his disciples, and was sent a book about 200 pages. And I saw photos of him, and he was the man I saw at the Los Angeles Zoo in January of 1977, the bald man who shouted and pointed at me to the other men, which scared me and caused me to walk away fast. I discoverd that He was alive and well, and living in New York City in 1983, when I had the dream of falling into the Sun, meeting the being of light who said: "He is in New York City!" I discovered that Dr. Dahesh died in New York City in 1984. His followers believe he is the reincarnation of Jesus. He was born in Jerusalem in 1909, and he died in New York City in 1984. He was alive in New York City in 1983, the year I had my dream/OBE. 12 My Visitation in 2005 I had been "fooled" into believing that Joseph Smith was a true Prophet of God. I didn't want to be "fooled" again. This time...I would ask for a "SIGN". A few days after finishing reading the book sent to me by the Daheshist Publishing Company (Lights Upon Dr. Dahesh and Daheshism by Dr. Ghazi Brax), I prayed to the Prophet saying: "Appear to me as Jesus appeared to Thomas and THEN I will believe in you!" I didn't want to be "fooled" again. About a week or so went by, and nothing happened. One day, in the afternoon, I was reading on my bed. I was NOT asleep. I often read on my bed. I was fully clothed. I had gotten plenty of sleep the night before. I had been up and awake since about 8am. It was now about 2:30pm. There was a lightening storm outside. I heard someone in heavy boots walk on my roof. I lived in a duplex, so I assumed the woman next door, who owned the building, was having someone fix the roof. I thought "This guy is gonna get electrocuted" because of the heavy lightening storm. So, I got up to tell him to get off the roof, but then I didn't hear the heavy footsteps. So, I laid back down on the bed, to read again, figuring the guy got down. I then heard my front door open, and the sound of what seemed like a 400 pound man walking in heavy boots across my living room, down my hallway. My dad weighed 160 pounds wet, so I knew it was not him. I thought "burglar" and I thought about holding my door, but I thought if he has a gun he may shoot through the door. My room door was then opening, no time to "think" of a plan. So, I rolled over and pretended to be asleep; thinking the intruder would notice me there, and quickly leave. Not enough time to consider a "Plan B". Long story short: the intruder sat on the corner of my bed, and the corner went down a long way, almost rolled me back over. I waited for what seemed like a LONG time, then looked over. Nobody. I was SO relieved. Then I looked down at the corner where the intruder sat, and noticed that the corner was still in the DOWN position about 11 inches. Impossible! Because...nobody was sitting there. I then saw with my own "natural" eyes, the corner of the bed slowly go up into its normal level position, and I heard the heavy boots walk to my door, open it, and close it gently. I got dizzy, like I was going to faint, but I didn't. The heavy boots walked down my hallway, across my living room, and I heard my front door open and close, again, gently. I was fully awake. On no medications. Plenty of sleep the night before. I had not drank any alcohol since I was 14 years old. I was 44 when this happened. It was about 2:30pm or so in the afternoon. My room was very light. My drapes were open. It was a cloudy day, with lightening, but my room was very light. Dr. Dahesh (c. 1980) NO, I am NOT lying to you! YES...this thing really happened. I really saw it. An invisible man who seemed to weigh 400 pounds, in what sounded like heavy work boots, walked on my roof, through my house, opened and closed doors gently, and sat on the lower-left corner of my bed which went down about a foot! I was not asleep. Not on any medications. No head injuries. This is no "joke". No "gag". No "scam". This is what I saw while I was fully awake. Was I hallucinating? All I know is this: I was NOT asleep, and that is what I saw and heard. Hundreds of other people, still alive today, most of whom knew Doctor Dahesh personally, have testified of very similar events happening to them, or supernatural miracles they witnessed with their own eyes. Even much more dramatic events than what happened to me. None of them are making any "money" from this. Many of them lost jobs, careers, or were shunned by family and friends, in Lebanon, because of their eye-witness accounts, which were published in Lebanese newspapers. In Lebanon, the Maronite Catholic clergy, and the Sunni and Shi'ite imaams and sheikhs, DO NOT DENY that Dahesh performed miracles, because many of them "saw" those miracles themselves, as eye-witnesses. They simply ascribe the miracles to Satan! When Jesus worked miracles, and the Pharisees and Sadduccees SAW it with their own eyes, they said: "He works miracles from the power of the prince of demons!" One last time: YES...what I just wrote here is the absolutely truth. I was not asleep. I was not on drugs (never used illegal drugs) nor medications of any kind. I do not drink alcohol. I got lots of sleep the night before. This visitation happened in the afternoon, when I was wide awake, during a lightening storm (which are quite uncommon in Tacoma, Washington State). It...really...happened. Hundreds of Daheshists have had similar, or even more dramatic, experiences. 13 Many Similar Stories I later read stories of similar things happening to other followers of this Prophet, and things much, much more incredible than this. The people of reported these things were all educated people, and some of them are still alive today. What I saw is "nothing" to what Dr. Furid Suleiman saw over the course of 20 years. He knew Doctor Dahesh personally. Dr. Suleiman was the most famous dermatologist in all of Lebanon in his day. He attended medical school in Paris. Before he met Dr. Dahesh he was a skeptic and denied the possibility of the supernatural. He wrote a book titled In the Company of the Beloved Prophet, and was an eye-witness to literally hundreds of supernatural miracles he personally witnessed. Before meeting Dahesh, Dr. Suleiman was a skeptic and agnostic. Hundreds of others have similar eye-witness accounts. One of them is Hilda Nassib, who was the personal secretary of Doctor Dahesh for 15 years. You can read her brief account of "11 miracles" she witnessed in this website. Doctor Dahesh (left) with Dr. Farid Abu Suleiman at the House of Dahesh in Beirut, Lebanon (c. 1965) Dr. Farid Abu Suleiman wrote a book titled In the Company of the Beloved Prophet in which he relates perhaps a HUNDRED supernatural miracles he witnessed, during the time he knew Dr. Dahesh. Dr. Suleiman was the most prominent dermatologist in all of Lebanon (if not the entire Arabic-speaking world) during most of his adult life. He was trained in Paris. He was an Atheist after living in Paris for many years. After seeing the miracles of Dr. Dahesh, he became a Daheshist and remained so until his death. He lost many patients because of his testimony of the miracles he SAW Dr. Dahesh perform. He didn't care. His book is available via Dahesh Heritage. It is in Arabic only. Some day it will translated into English and other major world languages. Hllda Murad Nassib was the secretary of Doctor Dahesh for 15 years, in Beirut, Lebanon. She describes, in her own writing, eleven miracles she personally witnessed. Read her eye-witness accounts, and ask yourself: "Are these the deeds of a magician?" A link to her account is below. Hilda wrote her account long after Dr. Dahesh had died. She did not receive a "dime" in writing her account. None of us do. We simply write what we saw and heard. Hundreds of us who still alive today. Hilda later worked for the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington D.C. At the time of this writing (2016) she is still alive and living in Virginia. 14 Haleem Dammous Haleem Dammous (1888~1957) was a very well-known and prominent poet in Lebanon. He was as famous in Lebanon in the first half of the 20th century, as "John Lennon" was famous in the U.K. and the U.S. during the second half of the 20th century. In the first half of the 20th century, there were no Lebanese "singers". There were only poets, who recited beautiful, sometimes humorous, poetry in Arabic. Haleem Dammous was, by far, the most famous among the Lebanese poets. In 1941 he heard of Doctor Dahesh, that He was a worker of miracles. Curious, he went to the House of Dahesh and observed supernatural miracles performed by the Man of Miracles. So, Haleem Dammous became the second Disciple of Doctor Dahesh, and began to record the miracles that he personally witnessed, in a series of books called The Daheshist Chronicles. That is a series of 30 books, in Arabic, all about 300 pages each. They contain nothing but accounts of the miracles of Doctor Dahesh, that Haleem (and others) were eye-witnesses to. One such miracle, was the Materialization of Adam, which occurred in 1942. Daheshists accept evolution, that human evolved over time from a one-celled creature. But we also accept that the man"Adam" really existed. He was not the first human, but the first human with a God-Breathed Soul ("Conscience"). All Adamites have a "conscience". Anthropologists who study isolated primitive tribes, notice how primitives (Pre-Adamites) can kill other humans without the slightest remorse. This is because they do not have a God-Breathed Soul ("conscience"). The man we call "Adam" was not the first human being on Earth, but the first human being with a God-Breathed Soul ("conscience"). His children inherited a "conscience" from Him. I would guess that 99.99.99.99.99.99% of all human beings on Earth today, are descendants of "Adam" Who lived 6,000 years ago in Sumeria. The man we call "Adam" actually was a living man, named Ah-dah-pah. He was the first priest of Enki, in the city of Eridu. He lived about 6,000 years ago. He was not a white man, but had red skin; like the Kurds and the Marsh Arabs today. The name Ah-dah-pah is mentioned in the Sumerian texts, as the priest of Enki, in Eridu, during the reign of Ah-loo-lim, the first king of Eridu, the first city of the Sumerians. Ah-dah-pah was a real living man. He was the first man with a God-breathed Soul. His children, the Ah-dah-moo ("those who appear red") inherited a "copy" of that God-breathed Sou. Almost everyone on Earth today, is a descendant of Ah-dah-pah. The Akkadians changed the name of Ah-dah-pah (Sumerian: "Wise Man") to Ah-dah-mah (Akkadian: "Red Soil"). In 1942, Dr. Dahesh "materialized" Ah-dah-pah, in the home of Haleem Dammous, who wrote the following: August 1, 1942 – The First Miracle : The Appearance of the Extra-Terrestrial — A Discussion "We were three at my home in Ras-Beirut: Doctor Dahesh, Brother Yussef El Hajj, and me. It was ten o'clock at night when Doctor Dahesh rose and approached the window ... and here, he gazed at the moon. That's when we heard a subtle murmur reaching our ears. And, lo and behold, a light mist materialized before us and began to shrink, to compress, and to diminish until it revealed a man whose face was red and whose form was amazing and whose face sparkled as if it were the surface of a mirror. His size was similar to ours. He approached us and began to speak to us at a mind-boggling speed, but in a tongue completely foreign to what we were familiar with. And in our turn, we asked him to express himself in Arabic — we asked if he could do so, because we were unable to understand a single word of what he was saying. That's when Doctor Dahesh approached him, put his hand on his mouth ... he immediately began to express himself in Arabic and in a very clear fashion. And he said, "I am the inhabitant of one of these Worlds that are inaccessible to your human eyes. Once, I was an inhabitant of your planet — and that was thousands of years ago. And — what you refer to as — 'Death' befell me … but in reality, death is none other than a passage from one World to another, from one condition into another. For as soon as I permanently closed my eyes in your planet, leaving behind my body as food for earthworms, I found myself in a world of sublime beauty. If you ask the question, 'How come we, the living and the inhabitants of this planet are not capable of seeing you — you, who have abandoned your material body and now wear a transparent Spiritual body?' My answer would be that the explanation would require many volumes and that I would have to remain with you for many long hours — which is not possible because, and already, the hour to leave you is almost upon us. Nevertheless, I will explain a fact and supply you with proof. And here is, then, the explanation: Each human being possesses two bodies: One material and the other Spiritual. As for your Material World, it possesses vibrating waves, similarly to the Spiritual World which also possesses vibrating waves that are unique to it. But the difference — from the point of view of the speed of vibration — between the vibrating waves of the Material World and that of the Spiritual World is huge. The speed of the vibrating waves in your Material World is far lesser than the speed of the vibrating waves in the Spiritual Worlds. When (what is commonly referred to as) death occurs in your world, the spiritual body — which represents the second portion of your personal entity— separates from the material body and rises until it reaches the World whose vibrating waves are identical to its own. That is why it is impossible for you to perceive this spiritual body because the organ of sight is under the influence of your material world whose vibrating waves are too slow by comparison to the Spiritual World — and to the speed of the vibrating waves in this spiritual body, thus the impossibility to see anything whatsoever. As for the proof, and in order to simplify the problem, and so that you are in a position to better understand it, I will give you this following example: Imagine you are standing upright, on any street ... and that a car passes right before you, rolling at great speed. It will pass you without your being able to identify the passengers that were inside the car ... and that is due to its staggering speed. But, if it is given to you to climb inside another car, and follow it until you are able to catch up with it — at which point you would be riding side by side, regardless of speed — you would be able to perceive those who are inside the other car ... just as they would be able to see you — since both your speeds are now identical. Likewise, the same can be said about our ethereal world. You will not be in a position to perceive it with your eyes that remain subject to the laws of matter and with these vibrations that are far slower than the waves of our Spiritual World." We asked him a few questions and received — for each question — an adequate answer. He took leave of us and began to dissipate little by little before us until he disappeared completely. His vanishing was as extraordinary as his appearance had been incredible." (Haleem Dammous,The Daheshist Chronicles, Volume One) The Daheshist Chronicles are still in Arabic, and only brief excerpts have been translated into English. One day, the entire series of 30 volumes will be translated into England and other major world languages. Dr. Dahesh did not used darkened rooms, nor props, nor curtains, when He materialized Adam, in the home of Haleem Dammous, in Beirut, in 1942. Dr. Dahesh performed His supernatural miracles in the light, without any props, or curtains, or darkened rooms. Why? Because He was Sinless Prophet Number 20 among the 24 Sinless Prophets. The British musician John Lennon (co-founder of "The Beatles") once saw a UFO, hovering between two tall buildings, in New York City, about a hundred feet away from him. It was a classic "flying saucer". It hovered between two buildings for a few minutes, and then darted up into the sky: faster than any jet could fly. When he was asked about it, he always confirmed he saw what he saw: a flying saucer. He did not make money with his eyewitness account. He saw what he saw. Dr. Dahesh was the first author I know of, who wrote that "people from other planets" have been visiting planet Earth for millions of years. He wrote about that first in the 1920s. He describes the planets of such visitors, their animals, their government, their technology, their races, their purposes, in detail, in several of His books. Haleem Dammous was the "John Lenon" of Lebanon. He did not make money with his eye-witness accounts of the miracles of Dr. Dahesh. His lost many thousands of adoring fans. He lost many poetry-recital "concerts" after 1942, because the Martonite Catholic priests and the Sunni and Shi'ite Imaams said to their people: "Stay away from Dammous, and do not buy his books...he is under the spell of that Black Magician Dahesh!" And most of the people--like good sheep-- obeyed their religious leaders. Haleem Dammous did not become a Daheshist to "make money". He made nothing being a Daheshist. He lost what would be today the equivalent of millions of dollars, because he became a Daheshist. Like John Lennon, he saw what he saw. He knew it. God knew it. And he could not deny it. The Popes cannot perform miracles. They only say "words". Mormon "prophets" cannot perform miracles. They only say "words". The Patriarchs of Moscow, have no miracles to show you. Nor does the Pope of the Egyptian Coptic Church, nor the Pope of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Nor does the Patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church. Nor does the Archbishop of Canterbury. Nor does the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. Nor does your pastor, or your priest, or your imaam, or your ayatollah, or your rabbi, or your guru, or your satguru. No man or woman in the 20th century could perform supernatural miracles, except for Doctor Dahesh of Lebanon. Where are the miracles (or the prophecies, or the visions) of Thomas S. Monson (the current Mormon "Living Prophet")? Where can they be found? What exactly has he prophesied of? What does he offer except inspiring "stories" and "words" twice a year? What can he tell you about the Kingdom of Heaven, and its government, and its cities, and its species? What can he tell you about the Spirit-World? The miracles and prophecies and visions of Dr. Dahesh are published. He describes the Kingdom of Heaven in minute detail, as well as the lower Hell-worlds. He describes what the Spirit-World is like. He describes, in detail, THE WAY to the Heavenly Planets. Dr. Dahesh (House of Dahesh, Beirut, Lebanon, 1969) Your Pastor studied the Bible in Hebrew and Greek for three years in seminary. Does he know "more" about God, the Cosmos, the Kingdom of Heaven, the nature of Hell-fire, and about "Salvation" than the 24 Sinless Prophets (Rev. 5:5)? Does he know "more" than Jesus of Nazareth (Sinless Prophet Number One), or Dr. Dahesh (Sinless Prophet Number Twenty)? Can he cause the blind to see, the deaf to hear, cure leprosy instantly, and raise the dead? Dr. Dahesh did that, hundreds of times. Is your Pastor GREATER than Dr. Dahesh? Is he closer to God? Does he know "more" about God, Jesus, Heaven, Hell, and Salvation than does Dr. Dahesh? If your Pope or Pastor or Imaam or Rabbi or Guru or "Mormon Prophet" can raise the dead, cause the blind to see, and the deaf to hear, and if he/she can "materialize" dead loved ones or ancient Prophet "at will" then follow them! Dr. Dahesh did all that, thousands of times, in front of many witnesses, and that is why I follow Him Only Joseph Smith "saw" God the Father and Jesus, standing in the air, in a grove of trees near Palmyra, New York, on a beautiful Spring day in 1820. He was the only "witness" to that event. But thousands "saw" Dr. Dahesh "materialize" their dead loved ones, or Prophets, in front of their eyes, in daylight, or in lightened rooms, without props, nor curtains, nor darkened rooms. Multiple witnesses at the same time, for each miracle. He was the 20th Sinless Prophet among the Four and Twenty Elders (Rev. 5:5). He was the Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6). He was the Man of Miracles. And in 1983, He was alive and well and living in New York City. 15 Dr. Ghazi Brax Dr. Ghazi Brax was a Professor of Literature and Psychology at the University of Beirut, in the late 1960s. He was born and raised as Maronite Cathollic (like most Lebanese Christians), but, by the time he got his Ph.D., he was pretty much Agnostic. A friend told him about Dr. Dahesh, and Dr. Brax replied: "Unless I see him perform a miracle with my own eyes--I won't believe it!" So, Dr. Brax went to the House of Dahesh in Beirut, a former Russian Consulate with a 15 foot high parlor ceiling. Dr. Brax writes in his book, THE BOOK OF DAHESHISM, that he sat waiting for Dr. Dahesh to come into the parlor. He looked up, and saw a GIANT walking into the room; about nine feet high. Dr. Brax was in shock, and stood up to run, but froze. They shook hands, and the hand of Dahesh was twice the size of his own hand. The two men sat down, and as soon as Dr. Dahesh at down, He appeared as a "normal" man (Dr. Dahesh was 5 feet 10 inches). Dr. Brax said he knew from that moment on, that God was real, and Dr. Dahesh was a true Prophet. He quit the University of Beirut, and spent the rest of his life editing books by Dr. Dahesh. In 1975 Dr. Brax came to New York City, and ran the Daheshist Publishing Company and the Dahesh Heritage Bookstore, until his death in 2014. THE BOOK OF DAHESHISM is not yet published. In this book, Dr. Brax relates about a hundred more miracles that he saw Dr. Dahesh perform over the years that he knew Him. The "Invisible Man" who walked on my roof, and through my house, and into my room, and sat on my bed, in 2005, "sounded" like a man who weighed about 400 pounds, wearing heavy work boots. I suppose a "9 foot man" would weigh about 400 pounds. I saw no man at all. I saw nobody, but I heard the giant footsteps. My entire house shook when He walked. The corner of my bed went down about a foot.. I saw it slowly raise up, as if a person decided to get up and stand, and immediately after that I heard the heavy boot steps, like a 400 pound man in heavy work boots, walk beside my bed. I saw my bedroom door open wide, then heard the heavy feet walk out, and I saw my bedroom door gently close. I heard the footsteps down my short hallway, then across my living room, and out my door: closing the door gently. I sat on that same corner later that day, and it went down maybe 5 inches. I weighed at the time about 240 pounds. The unseen "being" did not say a word to me. But I saw the corner of my bed s-l-o-w-l-y rise to level, then I heard the heavy boots inside my room, with the door opening and closely by itself: gently. I heard the heavy boots walk out of my house. Daylight. Afternoon. Wide awake. Daheshists who knew Dr. Dahesh, saw much MUCH more dramatic supernatural miracles; right in front of their eyes. Hundreds of people still alive today, doctors, lawyers, university professors (one teaches at Columbia University in New York City), business men, artists, poets, scientists, all TESTIFY that they "saw" with their own eyes, Dr. Dahesh perform supernatural miracles, that no magician could perform. None of us make money on our eye-witness accounts. WHY are you doing this? Are we "all" having the very same "hallucinations"? A full account of the miracles of Dr. Dahesh are contained in The Daheshist Chronicles: 30 volumes, about 300 pages each, in the Arabic language. One day, they will be published in English and other major world languages. Mormons are taught that the man Adam was a white Anglo-Saxon who lived in Missouri 6,000 years ago, and that he was the first man to ever exist on this planet, and that Eve was made from one of his literal ribs in his chest. Christians believe something similar. White Christians believe that Adam was a white European looking man. African Christians believe that Adam was a black African. Chinese Christians believe that Adam was, of course, Chinese. And so on.... In fact, the man called today "Adam" was Adapa of Eridu, a Sumerian. He is listed in the Sumerian Kings List as the first Priest of Enki, in Eridu, the first city of the Sumerians. He looked like other Sumerians. His skin was red; like the natives of southern Iraq (Sumeria). He was not the first man, but the first man with a God-Breathed Soul (i.e. "Conscience"). Almost every man and women on Earth today can claim "Adam" as an ancestor. Haleem Dammous was not lying, when he wrote how Dr. Dahesh manifested "Adam" before their eyes, in 1942. Dr. Brax is not lying, when he wrote that a man "nine feet tall" walked up to him, shook his hand, which was twice the size of a normal man, and when He sat down on a sofa He became normal size. Dr. Abu Suleiman is not lying when he wrote of the over 100 supernatural miracles He personally witnessed Dr. Dahesh perform, in his book In the Company of the Beloved Prophet. I am NOT lying when I tell you that I was fully awake, when an Invisible Man, Who seemed to weigh 400 pounds, walked on my roof, through my house, and sat on the corner of my bed, in the afternoon, in broad daylight, during a lightening storm, in the year 2005. I did indeed have a "dream" in 1983, in which I fell into the Sun, and there saw a being of light who said "He's in New York City!" I did indeed get an irresistible "URGE" to go to the Los Angeles Zoo in January, 1977, during a cold overcast day, taking three buses to get there, where a saw a bald man shouting at those who were with Him, in Arabic, while He pointed directly at me. All of these things, really happened. This trip to the Los Angeles Zoo was NOT a dream! That bald man yelling something in Arabic was Dr. Dahesh, on the only day He was ever in Los Angeles. "He" brought me there that day. I would not realize that until the year 2015: when I first discovered He visited the L.A. Zoo on that cool overcast day in January, 1977: the only day that Dr. Dahesh ever came to Los Angeles. I would not discover His name until the year 2005. *Dr. Farid Abu Suleiman: witnessed hundreds of miracles performed by Dr. Dahesh. *Haleem Damous: sees "Adam" materialize in front of him from whirling fog, in his own home, in Beirut, in 1942.. *Professor Ghazi Brax: sees a 9-foot tall Dahesh come into the room, shakes his massive hand, but Dahesh becomes nomal size as He sits down on a sofa, in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1965. *Darrick Evenson: has an massive "urge" to go to the L.A. Zoo on a cold overcast day in January, 1977, sees a bald Arabic-speaking man shouting and pointing at him, sees a being of light in the Sun saying "He is in New York City" in a dream (?) in 1983, and is visited by a 400 pound Invisible Man in Lakewood, Washington, in 2005, while he is wide awake and reading a book. Many hundreds of Daheshists, still alive today, have seen similar or even more dramatic supernatural events, performed by Dr. Dahesh, with their own natural eyes. All of these things really happened, and we have not told you 1/1000th of the supernatural miracles performed by Doctor Dahesh-the miracle-working Prophet of Lebanon. Continued (Sections 16~30) lllll My Traffic Estimate