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DP wrote:Dear Yada, I am so sorry to hear you are frustrated, and I am reaching out as a friend to offer what perspective, empathy, and insight I can. We don’t talk much, but though we are worlds apart in our walks of life and station I do consider you a friend and a brother. It is with great personal sadness that I accept my share of the blame for letting you down. I will explain, but first… You mentioned (I’m paraphrasing) that if 90% of your listeners engage in conspiracies then you have failed. No, Yada. You are a man, and you are delivering a message. Since when is the messenger responsible for the actions of the receiver? Did the prophets fail when they brought Yahowah’s message to the cities and the inhabitants rejected it? They did their job (a daunting task to be sure) and they were tsadaq for it. All you can do is deliver. You cannot control the outcome, nor can you control how people go about their lives in conjunction with it. Even Yahowah cannot do this. We each eat our piece alone. If you decide that you cannot in good conscience risk sharing the truth for it to be mishandled, I understand your decision. But it is not your burden to bear the shame. You know what has been done to the Towrah, to Yahowah’s name. Is He to be ashamed for what others have done by obscuring and contaminating His Towrah in a conspiracy against mankind? As for the conspiracies themselves (I hate to beat a dead horse), you are right and don't need me to tell you. Towrah should never be shared part and parcel with confusion. To do so does distract and even detract from the value of the message being shared. Neither should politics be shared in conjunction. As you often say, She’owl will be a very religious and political place. The presence of politics on the show is as offensive to me (and many others) as conspiracy theories are to you. It seems someone has told you that many of the Covenant family engage in, even promote, conspiracy. You mentioned you were going to look into this claim. My aim here is to help you understand what is being said “around the camp” so to speak. I cannot, will not, speak for everyone. This is strictly my opinion. The Covenant family is comprised of many financially oppressed and educationally limited individuals. But we are not idiots. In fact, the most intelligent people currently alive (in Yahowah’s eyes) are listening to your show every weekend. We are reading your books. We are reading your websites. At great personal cost we are rejected by our dearest friends and family, hated by the majority. We support your endeavors and root for you with every new discovery you make. We share in your joy and your excitement when you delight in a new nugget of Yahowah’s treasure. We mourn with you when you suffer. You are dearly loved not because you are great, but because you have done the most loving thing a man can do. You have shared the life saving Towrah with us. I personally can’t wait to watch Yahowah tell you “Well done!”, because in this regard your joy is my joy. With the above in mind perhaps you can see how your disdain of us is hurtful in the extreme. Most of us came to know Yahowah because conspiracies shattered our illusions which in turn jumpstarted us to seek truth. When you call those of us idiots who have considered conspiracy it cuts like a knife. Speaking for myself, I have been an idiot many times over yet I am not a lost cause. There will always be some who cannot take correction. They are not your problem. Our feelings as your listener base are largely irrelevant. We know the truth is what matters in the end. Compassion also matters. Yahowah has shown it to you, to me, and to all of us. Nearly all of us have come out of idiotic conspiracies. This is where I disappoint, because I came out of religion, into conspiracy, and then into the Towrah. The question is, do we perpetuate conspiracies? My answer is largely, no. Do we perpetuate politics? There are occasional posts that people share and question, but largely no. In general it is safe to say that the Covenant family focuses on Yahowah’s Words and conspiracies and politics are rarely shared in conjunction with it. You know the ones who do, they have made their voices clear. It is my personal opinion that it is the goal of some to see you disappear for disagreeing with them. I suspect your frustration (while valid) is a desired reaction. I am not telling you what to do, but again it is not your problem what others do and don’t do. You can only do what Yahowah has asked of you. And when you are done doing it, you don’t have to look back. Mizmowr 19: 3 & 12 - 14 3 Nothing exists without (‘ayn) the Word (‘emer). Nothing exists when and where (wa ‘ayin) the spoken and written message (dabarym) of the voice which calls out (qowl) is corrupted and fails (bely) to be heard, regarded, or understood (shama’). 12 Who has the skill to understand (byn) error (sagi’ah) or acquit and pardon (naqah) me from (min) that which is concealed and unknown (satar)? 13 Indeed (gam), withhold and keep (hasak) your servant (‘ebed) from (min) arrogance and insolence (zed) never (‘al) associating (masal) me (‘any) with (ba) any of these things. Therefore then (‘az) I will be blameless and complete in the end (tamam) and pardoned (naqah) from great rebellion (pesa’). 14 Let the words (‘emere) of my mouth (peh) and the melody and mediation (hig gaywon) of my heart (leb), exist (hayah) so that I am (‘any) found acceptable (ratowm) with regard to (la) Your presence (paneh) Yahowah (Yhwh), My Rock, Enclosure, and Creator (suwr), my Redeemer (ga’al). From a nobody among nobodies, DP Yada wrote:DP,
Thank you for writing and sharing this letter. It was thoughtful, constructive, enlightening, and well written. It was encouraging and disappointing all at the same time.
I'd like to respond to the points you have addressed. First, neither you nor anyone else who is part of the Covenant has let me down. And even if that were true, and it is not, it would be irrelevant.
Second, my reason for translating Yahowah's Word and for sharing what I learned from it, was to encourage others to come to know Yahowah as He really is, to see His testimony as credible and interesting, to understand why He is so opposed to politics and religion, and to know and accept the terms and conditions of the Covenant. To a meaningful extent, that mission has been and continues to be successful and worthwhile. I am committed to continuing to translate and share what I'm learning. That will not change.
Third, you are correct in that my primary responsibility is to share Yahowah's message with those who are willing to listen. And what they do with it is up to them, not me. But Yahowah's message isn't limited to His Way. He invests equal time exposing and condemning man's way - perhaps more. So, therefore, to be an accurate and complete witness regarding His testimony, I must also criticize government, politics, the military, patriotism, academia, and the media - just as Yahowah has done. In fact, that criticism may actually be more important than presenting His alternative. I say that because until and unless we come to see man's way as wrong, as counterproductive and unreliable, we cannot even begin to understand what Yahowah is offering.
Fourth, the first condition of the Covenant requires us to walk away from our country (politics, religion, patriotism, and militarism), our father's house (man's way), and from societal customs in general (and that would include academia, political correctness, Socialist Secular Humanism, and conspiracy). And as a result of what Yahowah has stated and what we have learned, I agree with you, that most everyone who is reading and listening is no longer religious, patriotic, or pro-military, and most are no longer political.
But apparently, a very significant percentage of readers and listeners are prone to believe, and some even promote, conspiracy theories. So evidently, between what Yahowah has written and what I have learned and shared, readers and listeners have seen fit to walk away from politics, religion, patriotism, militarism, and most societal customs, but not conspiracies. So in this regard, I have failed.
Fifth, those who believe conspiracy theories usually show a religious devotion to them. Advocating conspiracies has become a new form of politics, with almost a cult-like following. It is as hard to dissuade someone from even the most ridiculous conspiracy myths as it is to reason with someone about religion. The adherents are devoted to the myths. And this is not a victimless crime. It destroys our credibility with those who matter most, rational agnostics and secular Jews.
Sixth, I realize that this is Yahowah's message, not mine. I'm just an impassioned student of His Teaching who enjoys sharing what I've learned. But I'm not like Yah's prophets. When they shared Yahowah's Words as He conveyed them, those who rejected their message were rejecting Yahowah. The prophets did not seek to translate Yahowah's words or interpret them, just convey them. So in my case, I do incur blame when either my translations or insights fail to resonate with those who are open and committed to listening to what God has to say. While I'm not responsible for those who won't even consider what Yahowah's testimony, I am responsible for what I share with those who are receptive. And in this area, I have failed to effectively convey Yahowah's adversity toward the confusion of conspiracy.
Seventh, I was religious, and yet I've managed to share Yahowah's testimony and my insights against religion effectively enough to encourage most every reader and listener to reject religion. I was political, patriotic, and pro-military, and yet have managed to share Yahowah's witness and my insights against these things effectively enough to encourage most readers and listeners to walk away from them. But when it comes to one of the fastest growing, divisive, and counterproductive societal customs, fake news and conspiracy theory, I'm worse than a failure. I'm attracting a disproportional percentage of society and not convincing them to let go of those deceptions. And some are promoting conspiracy theories in concert with my translations, thereby devaluing them.
Eighth, I was once a student of conspiracy. I read the original religious texts from Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome because I wanted to improve on Hislop's Two Babylons. I read everything that can be known about Wieshaupt, including Barruel's Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism, because I wanted to demonstrate a connection to the present day. I studied Freemasonry and read Pike's Morals and Dogma. I studied Francis Bacon, the secret societies of the elite, including the Illuminati, and the English monarchs. I read scores of books on the Federal Reserve and fiat currency, including Griffin's The Creature from Jekyll Island. I studied Woodrow Wilson and his aid, House, and how they got the US into WWI. I studied Hitler and the Nazis, especially the SS, and read Mein Kampf. And as you know, I became an expert on the Qur'an and Hadith, ultimately writing Prophet of Doom as a result. Then I exposed and condemned the biggest conspiracy of all, Pauline Christianity, in Questioning Paul. I even read Quigly's book, Tragedy and Hope, which sought to prove conspiracy. And truthfully, Observations for Our Time serves as a condemnation of conspiracies, especially religion, politics, patriotism, and militarism. I am doing so in hopes that more people might choose to disassociate from them and embrace Yah.
As I've shared previously, as a result of my exhaustive evaluation of the world's most significant conspiracies and fake news stories, one conclusion has become inescapable: conspiracy is a chaotic cesspool of confusion with few credible connections. The links between Babylon and the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman religions are muddled. There are more dissimilarities than consistencies. And the same is true when tracing Socialist Secular Humanism from Wieshaupt through the Order of the Enlightened, Freemasonry, and the CFR. The connections are too blurred, too tenuous, to difficult to prove to be worth the effort. It is all babel, the mixing together of truth and lies, designed to confuse.
I came to the conclusion that most every conspiracy was deceitful and designed to beguile. There was always a more obvious, more easily proven, and more accurate explanation for the course of history and the conduct of men. As evidence of this, consider the last four chapters of volume seven of Yada Yah. The truth was far more interesting and useful. Evidence and reason led us from Babylon to Persia to Greece to Rome to Roman Catholicism. No conspiracy required, because we were guided by Yahowah through Dany'el and Yahowchanan.
Ninth, I will continue to translate Yahowah's Word to learn what God revealed. I will continue to consider Yahowah's testimony to glean insights which lead to understanding. I will continue to share both, the translations and the insights. But somehow, either because of the broadcasts or my overall approach, it's evident that I've attracted rather than effectively disavowed, conspiracy advocates. I cannot blame this on Yahowah. It's on me. I have done something wrong. I have failed.
Tenth, Yahowah isn't ashamed of what man has done to conspire against His name and Towrah. But He is bluntly condemning of those who have engaged in this conspiracy. I, too, am trying to be bluntly condemning of political and religious conspiracies.
Eleventh, I appreciate you acknowledging that my resolute stand against conspiracies is valid. The Towrah should never be associated with deceit or confusion. But be careful, because while the advocacy of conspiracy should never be promoted or accepted in association with Yahowah, His Covenant, or His Towrah, exposing and condemning religious, political, societal, patriotic, nationalistic, military, racist, academic, and media conspiracies should be included when the Towrah is presented. That is what Yahowah does, and we should follow His example. We should expose and condemn politics, but not advocate on behalf of a political agenda. The same is true with religion and conspiracy.
Twelfth, I have never thought to evaluate the average income or intellect of a Covenant member. Some are really smart and very rich. Dowd comes to mind. Some are not. I don't see either as relevant. Yahowah enriches, and what we inherit from Him makes earthly wealth look like nothing. But earthly wealth can be beneficial for a short while. Dowd had the time and means to study, think, and write. So do I.
As for intellect, it only matters if everything else is right. It does not matter if we are not willing to disengage from and reject man's way. It does not matter if we are not open to Yah's Way. It does not matter if we don't devote our time and energy to seeking Him. It does not matter if we don't look in the right place. It does not matter if we are not observant, closely examining and carefully considering the Towrah, Prophets, and Psalms. It matters not if we are not rational.
I respect the fact that we have all given up a great deal to be with Yahowah. He gave up even more to be with us. It is the same for all of us. But look how much we have gained.
Thirteenth, I concur, there are many in the Covenant family who are excited when I find a new nugget in Yah's treasure house of words and share it. Some are, however, are irritated, even resentful. I sense that there are far more like you, however, who are excited right along with me. It is the way it should be.
Fourteenth, if I could make wishes come true, I would discourage anyone from mourning along with me. I like to share my ups and downs because it's important for people to know that I'm nobody special and that Yah is no more interested or involved in my aches and pains than anyone else's worldly challenges.
Sharing the Towrah is rewarding in and of itself. We do it because we love it.
Fifteenth, I don't so see Yahowah saying "well done," because I've not done the job as well as I could have or should have. I just see Him being happy with us all being there. My hope is that He will share His joy over meeting each of us for the first time with an occasional glace, maybe a smile, just to let us know that He is pleased with His family.
Sixteenth, I do not disdain anyone in the Covenant. I disdain fake news and conspiracy theories, just as I have contempt for religion and politics. And now that I've liberated myself from their grasp and can see them for what they are, I am frustrated that others are still beguiled by them. I'm disappointed that people are fooled by religion and politics too. My criticism is of the conspiracy. My frustration is in the recognition that most of these theories are absurd.
So yes, I am frustrated that so many members of the Covenant family continue to believe things that are so obviously false. Chem Trails is so ridiculous it hurts to think there are those among us who believe that condensation and the byproduct of combustion is actually the government trying to poison the population. The Pizzagate myth is speculation and extrapolation beyond comprehension. The false flag designations of 9/11, Sandy Hook, the Boston Marathon, and Pulse Nightclub defy logic. It breaks my heart to know that those I care about cling to them. And it upsets me that some even promote them.
I'm sorry your feelings were hurt by my blunt and unambiguous criticism of conspiracy theories. It's true, I find them laughable. And yet it remains in everyone's best interest that I continue to do so. I want to reinforce the fact that they do not belong aside Yahowah's Word. They are wrong. They destroy our credibility. And it is way past time that we confront them and reject them.
Don't be mad at me for attacking them, but instead be angry at those who have misled so many with them.
Seventeenth, while I can see how some of those who looked to conspiracy theories for answers may have been attracted to my unrelenting attacks against the most popular conspiracies, Islam, Christianity, politics, patriotism, and the military, my hope, indeed my expectation, is that they would let them go and walk away from the conspiracy theories when confronted by Yahowah's explanations of why man acts badly. But that is not what happened. The babel of conspiracy was commingled with the Towrah.
Eighteenth, if I thought you were either an idiot or a lost cause, I would not have invested so many hours exposing or condemning conspiracy theories, and I would not have responded to your letter this way. The very fact I'm doing this is proof that I think that you are fully capable of thinking your way out of this babel and that you will be better for having done so. Just think of the days I invested exposing the myths behind the conspiracy theories Larry advocated on the last show we did together as well as those which arose in his emails. If I didn't respect his intelligence, if I didn't care about him, if I didn't believe in him and see him ultimately prevailing by walking away from them, I would not have devoted a week of my time to help him.
Nineteenth, I am one of the few people who actually likes to be corrected, so I'm not as sympathetic as I should be to those in need of a little correction. Being correct is far more important to me than feeling good. But, I'll agree with you that I should have addressed some of the conspiracies in the list I reviewed yesterday with a less mocking tone. And in the past, I've devoted considerable time to systematically refuting the notion of Chem Trails, for example. I've presented the reasons that Pizzagate should be rejected, too. But even after several thoughtful and rational condemnations of such nonsense, many continued to embrace the deceptions. What was Yahowsha's response to those who did likewise? What did He say to Shim'own Kepesh when he advocated a different course of action based upon the religious and political conspiracy brewing in Yaruwshalaim?
Twentieth, you are correct, truth is what matters. Compassion matters too, but that hasn't stopped Yahowah from engaging in blistering and personal attacks upon those who embrace and promote harmful deceptions. And He routinely and bluntly criticizes His family for their beliefs, because that is the most compassionate response.
Twenty-first, I came out of religion, which is a conspiracy, into conspiracy theories too. It was one of the last of the lies I came to reject. And like you, I'm disappointed at myself for being religious, for being political, for being patriotic, for being pro-military, and, yes, I am embarrassed about being interested in conspiracies.
Twenty-second, I don't really have an issue with someone in the Covenant family still clinging to a conspiracy or two - so long as they don't share them or promote them, especially in association with Yahowah. It's not healthy, it is not wise, it is not rational, but the Towrah is designed to perfect the imperfect - and we all have our share of dings and dents. It took me a very long time to let go of the notion of a Renewed Covenant. I did not want to condemn Paul. I did not want to give up Easter and Christmas. I did not want to reject the Republican party. But I have and now looking back on it, I'm embarrassed by my prior beliefs and I wish I had rejected them sooner.
Twenty-third, based upon some of the antagonistic emails I've received this past month, I sense that you are correct. There are those who play nice to my face but secretly would like to see me become less vocal. And since I only do this because I enjoy it, if it's no longer fun and becomes irritating, they may get their wish. I don't have to do the shows to enjoy translating and sharing the resulting insights.
Twenty-fourth, I've done what Yahowah asked me to do. Now I'm doing what I want to do. It just so happens that I want to do is what He wants done. It is what He wants all of us to do.
I enjoyed your concluding quote: Mizmowr 19: 3 & 12 - 14:
3 Nothing exists without the Word. Nothing exists when and where the spoken and written message of the voice which calls out is corrupted and fails to be heard, regarded, or understood. 12 Who has the skill to understand error or acquit and pardon me from that which is concealed and unknown? 13 Indeed, withhold and keep your servant from arrogance and insolence never associating me with any of these things. Therefore then I will be blameless and complete in the end and pardoned from great rebellion. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the melody and mediation of my judgment, exist so that I am found acceptable with regard to Your presence Yahowah, My Rock, Enclosure, and Creator, my Redeemer.
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