First impressions of web-site:
-"...or face The Fire". Seems like typical Christian scare tactics to me (Join we Christian Borg or face The Fire!!!!). Where's the room for choice when you're being threatened with eternal damnation? These are mob/Gestapo tactics.
-"The ONLY Survival Plan". Ditto. Follow us or you're screwed. How is this different than any other control system?
-He claims his book is the "little book" mentioned in Revelations. Also, it contains the "Truth about God; the True interpretation of The Holy Bible and The Holy Koran; the True reasons why what is happening is, etc". There is no room for additional data or even a working hypothesis. JAH has the whole truth NOW, and that's the way it is.
This seems to me like what the C's said about the tree in Eden: "Believing that one source contains all knowledge is contradicting reality." So not only is he cashing in on the orthodoxy of Revelations (the little book is practically canonical, being mentioned in the Bible), he's cashing in on the belief that anything canonical is inerrant and 100% true the way it is.
I had a quick look at some parts from the book. Here's what I noticed:
On the first page, JAH says that "even if you go through life without considering such matters [eg. life's meaning, science and religion, etc] this Book is STILL for you." This is like saying "even if this is totally wrong for you, it's still right for you." JAH ignores the fact that people are at different places, with different lesson-plans. Should Bush or any other Psychopath follow "the way"? By saying this, JAH is denying polarity and the existence of evil by saying it is a "stain" that is a "mistake" and is not part of God. He's also denying free will.
JAH's "appeal to all nations":
"(1) forget your superstitions and religions, (2) unite yourselves into one brotherhood, (3) become "children of God" (by adoption) and (4) bring lasting peace on Earth, and (5) have goodwill towards ALL men. (6) PLEASE!!!"
(1) The command is to forget, not to analyze and understand. Simply forget your old religion and accept a new one.
(2) Again, JAH is denying the multifaceted nature of existence. This is STS striving for oneness because it cannot accept difference. It strives to bring everyone in line.
See also the dedication: "This Book is dedicated to all my enemies who ever loved me, and to those who will love me in the future. Hopefully the whole of mankind, for eternity." I think JAH is delusional (maybe schizophrenic, too). He wants the whole world to love him for eternity. Wow.
(3) What does 'by adoption' mean? Are we not already "children of God"? What is a child of God? It seems there is some residual Christian programming in JAH's mind, as I haven't found a Christian willing to admit that Jesus wasn't the ONLY true child of god. Anything else is heresy. For example, CS Lewis says we cannot become "Christ" but only "little Christs." Even my spell-checker tells me that Christ cannot be pluralized! I guess mankind is hopeless then, and must rely on an outside saviour, because we cannot reach whatever "Jesus" reached.
(4) Peace will come when people are ready for it. If you're worried about changing the world "out there" before understanding and working on the world "in here," I think you're fighting "God."
(5) This is easy when ALL men are exactly the same. Funny how JAH said 'men', not 'man(kind). More residual misogynistic Christian programming?
The impression I got was that JAH's "little book" is no more than "The Bible Lite", despite his protestations that what he is offering is NOT religion. With that being said, I didn't even get into the real content of the book. From what is available on the site/introduction, I wasn't too impressed.
-Harrison