Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-09-20
Books mentioned on Part One: The Racist Cult Behind Herbal Tea
Robert is joined by Ty aka HeyShadyLady - one of the hosts of the Boss LVL podcast to discuss the Urantia Book and Sleepy Time Tea. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans discussed Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 by Ellen G. White, Urantia by Martin Gardner, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and The Urantia Book Workbooks by William Sadler, and criticized The Passing of the Great Race Or the Racial Basis of European History, by Madison Grant,... New Edition... with a New Preface by Henry Fairfield Osborn,... by Madison Grant, Long Heads and Round Heads; Or, What's the Matter with Germany by William Samuel Sadler, The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard, Race Decadence by William Samuel Sadler, and The Truth about Heredity by William Samuel Sadler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Testimonies for the Church Volume 1
Discussed“Ellen continues receiving visions and dreams over the next half century. They're collected in a book, Testimonies of the Church, which eventually takes up nine volumes. As time went on, her preaching diverged more and more from Christian orthodoxy.”
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Urantia
Discussed“Now, a different writeup from the book Orantia, the great cult mystery by Martin Gardner gives his side of things. Quote, "Both Sadler and Dr. Kellogg became deeply disturbed by flaws in Mrs. White's testimonies, which she insisted were divinely inspired, and by evidence that hundreds of passages in Mrs. White's books were copied from earlier works without giving credit”
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The Passing of the Great Race Or the Racial Basis of European History, by Madison Grant,... New Edition... with a New Preface by Henry Fairfield Osborn,...
Critiqued“It's not surprising then that in 1916, the Saddlers became dedicated fans of an author named Madison Grant and his new best-selling book, The Passing of a Great Race. Now, oh no. You hear race in the title of a book in 1916, and you know this isn't going to go anywhere good, right?”
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Long Heads and Round Heads; Or, What's the Matter with Germany
Critiqued“And he publishes a book, Long Heads and Round Heads, which is a racial expose of the German people. Um, and this is this is some of that good [ __ ] This is that like anti-German racism. It's it's very fun. So, the book reveals Sadler's findings that Germany is dominated by two different races.”
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The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-supremacy
Critiqued“Um, anyway, in 1920, another racist named Lothuprup Stoddard wrote a book titled The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy. Now, that's quite a title. Uh, and it it goes on to become like the bestselling eugenics text of the era.”
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The Great Gatsby
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Discussed“Now, if you've read The Great Gatsby in high school, right, um, you've probably run across references to Stoddard's work. Tom Buchanan, the male antagonist in the book and prototypical Chud tells the narrator at one point, quote, "Civilizations going to pieces."”
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Race Decadence
Critiqued“And after Lothrop Stoddard's book comes out in 1920, in 1922 he writes another copycat racism book called Racial Decadence in which he claims America's genetic heritage is at risk due to the rapid birth rate of non-white people. Um, and honestly, Racial Decadence sounds like it should be a good book.”
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The Truth about Heredity
Critiqued“In 1930 Sadler publishes the truth about heredity. Um now this is a book about genetic science and I I will remind you here this man never receives a proper education. um all almost all of his schooling is through 7th Day Adventist facilities and then being trained on how to cut people open and then going to some lectures”
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The Urantia Book Workbooks
The Urantia Book Workbooks by William Sadler is a massive, two-thousand-page work first published officially in 1955 that serves as a prime example of prophecy categorized as direct speech.
Discussed“So, he's like a popular debunker of what he calls charlatans and frauds. Um, but the reality is that Dr. Sadler, his primary issue isn't that these people are actually like taking advantage of folks. It's that they're making money and getting famous from their con and and he's not. And so as the 1930s dawned, he starts the process”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Ben-Hur
“He borrowed history books from his neighbor, General Lou Wallace, who was writing binur at the time. All this knowledge came in handy when Sadler's relative, General McNot, a one-time chief of scouts to General Ulysiz Srant, asked him at a family reunion to stand on a rain barrel and give a speech on the battles of history.”
Passing The Elements of Pep
“So, the Saddlers published their eugenic screeds alongside a dizzying array of self-help books, eventually more than 40 in total. These included the elements of pep, which I didn't find a copy of but would really like to read. Uh, as well as an inspirational collection of Bible quotes for the workplace.”