Advancing the Open Conspiracy: H.G. Wells and the World State

JANUARY 16, 2012 http://www.forcingchange.org/

To understand the present, and to contemplate the future, requires that we explore the past.

H.G. Wells was one of the most influential visionaries of the early twentieth century. His many books, both fiction and non-fiction, inspired multitudes of men and women who, like Wells, looked to a “World State” as the savior of humanity. Although he wrote often of a World State, Mr. Wells’ optimism for the future of mankind waned due to the destructiveness of World War II. Nevertheless, his desire for an “Open Conspiracy” – a movement of organizations and people seeking the establishment of a world collective – was forefront in his thinking.

If you want to understand this movement, historically and in its contemporary formats, then read the Forcing Change journal. Forcing Change is entering its 6th year!

Here’s ten kicker quotes from Mr. Wells on advancing the Open Conspiracy and its anticipated outcome: The World State.

 1. “The idea of a world commonweal has to be established as the criterion of political institutions, and also as the criterion of general conduct in hundreds of millions of brains. It has to dominate education everywhere in the world. When that end is achieved, then the world state will be achieved…” – H.G. Wells, The Salvaging of Civilization: The Probable Future of Mankind (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921), p.21.

 2. “We must be prepared to see an Association of Nations in conference growing into an organic system of world controls for world affairs and the keeping of the world’s peace, or we must be prepared for – a continuation of war.” – H.G. Wells, Washington and the Riddle of Peace (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922), pp.215-216

 3. “It [a new world order] needs only that the governments of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Russia should get together in order to set up an effective control of currency, credit, production, and distribution – that is to say, an effective ‘dictatorship of prosperity,’ for the whole world. The other sixty odd States would have to join in or accommodate themselves to the over-ruling decisions of these major Powers.” – H.G. Wells, Journalism and Prophecy, 1893-1946 (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1964, compiled and edited by W. Warren Wagar), p.214. This quote first published in 1931.

 4. “A world revolution to a higher social order, a world order, or utter downfall lies before us all.” – H.G. Wells, Journalism and Prophecy, 1893-1946 (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1964, compiled and edited by W. Warren Wagar), p.252. This quote first published in 1939.

 5. “I am for world-control of production and of trade and transport, for a world coinage, and the confederation of mankind. I am for the super-State…” – H.G. Wells, A Year of Prophesying (Toronto, ON: Tyerson Press, 1924), p.86.

 6. “The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.” – H.G. Wells, The Outline of History, Volume III – Modern History (New York, NY: Triangle Books, 1940 edition), p.1170.

 7. “Now the most comprehensive conception of this new world is of one politically, socially and economically united… To this end a small but increasing body of people in the world set their faces and seek to direct their lives.” – H.G. Wells, The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928), pp.27-28.

 8. “The world state must begin; it can only begin, as a propaganda cult, or as a group of propagandist cults, to which men and women must give themselves and their energies, regardless of the consequence to themselves… The activities of a cult which sets itself to bring about the world-state would at first be propagandist, they would be intellectual and educational, and only as a sufficient mass of opinion and will had accumulated would they become to a predominant extent politically constructive. Such a cult must direct itself particularly to the teaching of the young.” – H.G. Wells, The Salvaging of Civilization: The Probable Future of Mankind (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921), pp.37-38.

 9. “The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement as widespread and evident as socialism or communism. It will largely have taken the place of these movements. It will be more, it will be a world religion.” – H.G. Wells, The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928), p. 163.

 10. “The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price – and who can tell what that price may be? – in toil, suffering and blood.” – H.G. Wells, The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928), p.193.

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Can "Churches" Be Saved if they Don't Teach the Truth?

Short and sweet...

Mattew 15:
 13.  But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
 14.  Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

The false churches teaching doctrines of devils...

1 Tim. 4:
 1.  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
 2.  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
 3.  Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
 4.  For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
 5.  For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

2 John 1:
 9.  Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
 10.  If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine (truth), receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
 11.  For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

The "Churches" listed in the "What Do They Believe" links to the left for, the most part, are what I believe the scriptures are calling plants that "my heavenly Father hath not planted."  Those are devilish "church" plants.

Matthew 13:
 24.  Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
 25.  But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
 26.  But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
 27.  So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
 28.  He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
 29.  But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
 30.  Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Many that start in goofy doctrines, learn from the word of God enough to leave, loving the Word more than the organization.  Our job is to find the wheat, and lead it into good fields by the truth.

John 3:
 16.  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
 17.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
 18.  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
 19.  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
 20.  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
 21.  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Many God fearing/honoring truth lovers living for what they honestly believe is the pure word of God believe different things from the same scriptures.  Those in disagreement aren't necessarily the ones in discussion.

Romans 14:
 1.  Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
 2.  For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
 3.  Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
 4.  Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
 5.  One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
 6.  He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
 7.  For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
 8.  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
 9.  For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
 10.  But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
 11.  For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
 12.  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
 13.  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

The only yardstick for the truth is the word of God, the bible.  The only one I trust is the KJV.  See Gail Riplinger "New Age Bible Versions" here

If you are seriously walking according to the scriptures, the Spirit will lead you into all truth.  If you are trusting something other than the word of God for your salvation map, you will be deceived and end up lost eternally!

OK.  It started to be short and sweet, but kept growing.  Sorry.  May God bless you with a love for the truth!

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Baptism?

How important is it

really?

Maybe more than you think!

Jesus said…
Matt. 28:18-19

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

 Mark 16:16

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned

Peter said…
Acts 2:38

 …repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost.   

1 Peter 3:21
The like figure whereunto baptism  doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)  by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Paul said…
Col .2:12

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who raised him form the dead.

How did the church respond?

Acts 2:41
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added about unto them about three thousand souls.

Acts 8:12

But when thy believed Philip preaching concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.

Acts 10:48

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.

Acts 19:4-5

Then said Paul,, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.  When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

But aren’t we saved by grace, and not by works?

Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the holy ghost.

Titus 3:5    * washing of regeneration is baptism

So, what exactly is the gospel?

1 Cor. 15:1-4
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain, For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, And that he was buried, and that he rose the third day, according to the scriptures.

Death, Burial & Resurrection

          is the Gospel

2 Thess. 1:7-8
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

          

So, what is the obedience to the Gospel?

On the birthday of the New Testament Church, the Day of Pentecost, in Acts 2, then again in Acts 8, 10, and 19 we see that in each case the church repented, was baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, as was evidenced by speaking in tongues and magnifying God.

The order of these three steps varied on occasion, but all three elements were present in each case.  Repentance is our death to self will; the acceptance of the Lordship of Jesus in our lives.  We are buried with Christ in baptism.  Our power to walk in the newness of  a resurrected life is found in the baptism of the Holy Ghost.  Our obedience to the gospel is Acts 2:38- repentance, baptism in Jesus name, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost.

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Orthodox vs Biblical Christianity

From Dictionary.com

or·tho·dox  [awr-thuh-doks] 

adjective

1of, pertaining to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.

2.of, pertaining to, or conforming to beliefs, attitudes, or modes of conduct that are generally approved.

3.customary or conventional, as a means or method; established.

4.sound or correct in opinion or doctrine, especially theological or religious doctrine.

5.conforming to the Christian faith as represented in the creeds of the early church.

Approved form...generally approved...customary, established...sound in religious doctrine...as represented in the creeds of the "early church"

The only definition should be #4- sound or correct in opinion or doctrine, especially theological or religious doctrine.  The only yardstick for sound doctrine in the Christian faith should be the bible.  Jesus said...

Matthew 15:
 8.  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
 9.  But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 

In John 7 Jesus further stated:
16.  Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 

At the beginning of the Church, orthodoxy was established further by the apostles.
Acts 2:
 38.  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
 39.  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
 40.  And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
 41.  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
 42.  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 

World English Dictionary-also found at Dictionary.com

revisionism  (rɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm)
— n
1.	( sometimes capital )
	a. a moderate, nonrevolutionary version of Marxism developed in Germany around 1900
	b. (in Marxist-Leninist ideology) any dangerous departure from the true interpretation of Marx's teachings
2.	the advocacy of revision of some political theory, religious doctrine, historical or critical interpretation, etc
3.	( usually capital ) an ultra-nationalist form of Zionism that arose in Palestine in the 1940s

Religious revision has captured  the Christian faith by its being conquered by pagan Rome entering via emperor Constantine. 

Romans 16:
 17.  Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
 18.  For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 

Funny, that was written by the apostle Paul to the Roman Christians, and it was in Rome that Constantine's new brand of Christianity began the process of dividing the truth out of the doctrines of the church, supplanting them with creeds- the doctrines of men!  

When the Protestant movement finally began breaking away from many of the errors of the Roman church, they were mostly Roman clerics...trained in the Roman faith...and creeds.  Unfortunately they didn't get enough of Rome out of the emerging protestant church, and took Roman doctrines/creeds with them.  

Nowhere in scripture does it say the Godhead is 3 "persons".  Nowhere in scripture is found the phrase "God the Son" or "God the Holy Ghost".  The only thing we read about a "Queen of Heaven" is where God rebuked Israel for participating in the pagan practice! Read Jeremiah chapts.7 and  44.

Also read Alexander Hislop's  The Two Babylons, which can be found in the link list found in the left column. 

Currently, main stream "Christianity" attacks T. D. Jakes as a heretic, for not agreeing 100% with mainstream "trinitarians" and for not claiming to hold to the creeds and teachings of the "early church fathers".  The true early church fathers were the original apostles, including Paul.

Church revisionism has made biblical Christianity heretical!  Rome's control over religious thought should be rejected by all protestant churches!  By quoting "early church fathers" as an authority when these same "fathers" are practitioners of pagan Rome can not be considered as valid if they are in disagreement with  scripture.  When any philosophy carries more weight than the bible, it is wrong!  Even if everybody accepts the error... it is still error!  If everybody accepts the error, by definition the accepted error is orthodoxy.


Colossians 2:
 8.  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
 9.  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Matthew 7:
 13.  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
 14.  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
 15.  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
 16.  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
 17.  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
 18.  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
 19.  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
 20.  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
 21.  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
 22.  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
 23.  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Various Quotes of the Roman Catholic Church:- 

Apology: I, in no way, wish to insult or offend followers of the Roman Catholic Faith, and believe there must be millions Catholics, and simple clergy who truly love Jesus, and are unaware of these statements. This is not an attempt to reflect poorly on their faith and love for Jesus and his word. However, I must share what the top officials in that institution honestly believe.

“The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ, Himself, hidden under the veil of human flesh.” — Catholic National, July 1895.

“The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” — Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, “Cities Petrus Bertanous”.

“We hold upon this earth the place of God almighty.” — Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894.

“Even if the Pope were Satan incarnate, we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom. He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope. I know very well that many defend themselves by boasting: “They are so corrupt, and work all manner of evil!” But God has commanded that, even if the priests, the pastors, and Christ-on-earth were incarnate devils, we be obedient and subject to them, not for their sakes, but for the sake of God, and out of obedience to Him.” — St. Catherine of Siena, SCS, p. 201-202, p. 222, (quoted in Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 5: “The Book of Obedience”, Chapter 1: “There is No Salvation Without Personal Submission to the Pope”).


“The (Catholic) Church is the entrance to life; all others are thieves and robbers. On this account we are bound to avoid them....Resist them in defense of the only true and life giving faith, which the Church has received from the Apostles and imparted to her sons.” — St. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book III, (quoted in article “The Perennial Understanding of the Church”, by Saint Benedict Center).

“He is a heretic who does not believe what the Roman Hierarchy teaches.” — The American Textbook of Popery, p 164 (quoting from the “Directory for the Inquisitors”).

“Heretics (those who are not members of the Catholic Church or who do not hold to Catholic doctrine) worship a God who is a liar, and a Christ who is a liar.” — St. Augustine, (quoted in “Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Graca”, by Fr. J. P. Migne, Paris: 1866, 42:207).

“The church may by divine right confiscate the property of heretics, imprison their person, and condemn them to flames. In our age, the right to inflict the severest penalties, even death, belongs to the church. There is no graver offense than heresy, therefore it must be rooted out.” — Public Eccliastical, Vol. 2, p.142.

“When confronted with heresy, she (Catholic Church) does not content herself with persuasion, arguments of an intellectual and moral order appear to her insufficient, and she has recourse to force, to corporal punishment, to torture.” — The Rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris, H.M.A. Baudrillart, quoted in The Catholic Church, The Renaissance, and Protestantism 182-183.

“A heretic merits the pains of fire....By the Gospel, the canons, civil law, and custom, heretics must be burned.” — The American Textbook of Popery, p 164 (quoting from the “Directory for the Inquisitors”).

“The Pope is of great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws. The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth...” — Lucius Ferraris, in “Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica, Ascetica, Polemica, Rubristica, Historica”, Volume V, article on “Papa, Article II”, titled “Concerning the extent of Papal dignity, authority, or dominion and infallibility”, #30, published in Petit-Montrouge (Paris) by J. P. Migne, 1858 edition.

“We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God....dissolves, not by human but rather by divine authority....I am in all and above all, so that God Himself and I, the vicar of God, hath both one consistory, and I am able to do almost all that God can do...Wherefore, no marvel, if it be in my power to dispense with all things, yea with the precepts of Christ.” — Decretales Domini Gregori ix Translatione Episcoporum, (on the Transference of Bishops), title 7, chapter 3; Corpus Juris Canonice (2nd Leipzig ed., 1881), col. 99; (Paris, 1612), tom. 2, Decretales, col. 205 (while Innocent III was Pope).

“We confess that the Pope has power of changing Scripture and of adding to it, and taking from it, according to his will.” — Roman Catholic Confessions for Protestants Oath, Article XI, (Confessio Romano-Catholica in Hungaria Evangelicis publice praescripta te proposita, editi a Streitwolf), as recorded in Congressional Record of the U.S.A., House Bill 1523, Contested election case of Eugene C. Bonniwell, against Thos. S. Butler, Feb. 15, 1913.

“And God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of his priest and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse to give absolution, provided the penitent is capable of it.” — St. Alphonsus De Liguori, in The Dignity of the Priesthood, p. 27.


“Unless therefore they receive saving baptism in the Catholic Church, which is one, they cannot be saved, but will be condemned with the carnal in the judgment of the Lord Christ.” — Catholic Bishop Nemesianus of Thubunae, The Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. V.

“When we say that faith is necessary for the remission of sins, we mean to speak of the Catholic faith, not heretical faith. Without the habit of this faith, no man is justified.” — St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori, (quoted in Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 3: “The Book of Faith”, Chapter 1, “There is No Salvation Except in the Catholic Faith”).


For a better understanding of the Godhead- trinity(?) / Baptism according to scripture, not tradition, go here:
To better understand what the apostles taught as the "Gospel" go here:
To better understand the "Roman Road to Salvation" in scriptural perspective, go here:
Is the Roman Catholic Church  really "Mystery Babylon"? go here:
For a comparison of "Mystery Babylon and Biblical Christianity go here: 
Being "orthodox" in your faith doesn't make you right, or even really in the New Testament "Church." 

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