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[quote:CHRIST:MV8zNDgzNjAzXzYyMTgwMTExXzU2Nzc2QTND] [b]THE KEY TO OIL: BAPTISTS [/b] 'THE SAGA OF HIS MONUMENTAL BUSINESS FEATS IS INSEPARABLE FROM THE FIRE-AND-BRIMSTONE ATMOSPHERE THAT ENGULFED THE STATE' 'THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION DIDN'T FLOURISH UNTIL THE SO CALLED GREAT AWAKENING THAT BEGAN AROUND 1739 (JDR BORN 100 YEARS LATER IN 1839). THIS UPSURGE IN RELIGIOUS FERVOR GATHERED FORCE FOLLOWING THE TOUR OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY THE CHARISMATIC ENGLISH METHODIST EVANGELICAL GEORGE WHITEFIELD' 'IN OPEN FIELDS AMID MUCH WEEPING, SHRIEKING, FAINTING, AND GUILTY WRITHING ON THE GROUND, MASSES OF PEOPLE WERE CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. THIS PERIOD OF RABID EMOTION SPURRED FANTASTIC GROWTH AMONG BAPTISTS WHO BELIVED IN VOLUNTARY IMMERSION' 'A SECOND GREAT AWAKENING AROUSED NEW-ENGLAND AND THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES TO A NEW PITCH OF RELIGIOUS FERVOR FROM 1800 TO THE LATE 1830s. THIS PROTRACTED MOVEMENT PEAKED AROUND 1830, WHEN THE REVIVAL FIRES BLAZED SO HOTLY THAT ROCHESTER AND OTHER SECTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND OHIO WERE DUBBED THE BURNED-OVER DISTRICT. CLEARLY THERE IS MUCH OIL IMAGERY. THIS IS ANOTHER TAKE ON BURNING MAN, MENTIONED IN MY MOVIES A DOORWAY TO REALITY THREAD. CHRIST [/quote]
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SILENCE, MYSTERY, EVASION
'THE LIFE OF JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFLLER, SR., WAS MARKED TO
AN EXCEPTIONAL DEGREE BY SILENCE, MYSTERY, AND EVASION.
EVEN THOUGH HE PRESIDED OVER THE LARGEST BUSINESS AND
PHILANTHROPIC ETNERPRISESS OF HIS DAY, HE HAS REMAINED
AN ELUSIVE FIGURE. A MASTER OF DISGUISES, HE SPENT
HIS LIFE CAMOUFLAGED BEHIND MULTIPLE PERSONAE AND SHROUDEED
BETWEEN LAYERS OF MYTHOLOGY'
RON CHERNOW: TITAN AUTHOR
CHRIST
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