Mike has had tinnitus as long as he can remember: a head-buzz like a carrier-wave, the sound a radio station makes after sign-off. But suddenly, the sound in Mike’s head stops. There is complete quiet, the first time Mike has ever felt it. He has a sensation like he’s suddenly been struck deaf. But then there are sounds again, this time coming from far above him. A kind of throat-clearing. Then there are words ... [Click ‘Random Post’ above – be astonished] … [Read more...]
“The Brotherhood” / A Memorable Fancy #044
30 December, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Like many fringe groups, the Brotherhood taught that only 144,000 people could be saved. Given this limit, they observed various practices pleasing to God, in order to place their members in Heaven. The Brotherhood, however, taught that, given the billions of people who had lived and died since Adam, heaven had surely received its 144,000th worthy many centuries before: No Vacancy. Therefore, a Brother’s only hope of heaven was to persuade God to expel one of the previously saved. When … [Read more...]
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