Screwfang and Crumblecrutch

by John Thwaytes


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 7/9/2010

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 100
ISBN : 9781452039237

About the Book

The book takes a devil’s eye view of salvation history. It starts with a review of the Holy Qur’an in relation to the Hindu Dvaita Vedanta approach of Abraham (probably a Brahmin from Ur), as elaborated by Moses and Jesus. Then it goes on to analyse the role in salvation history of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda. Meantime a Teddy Bear (thought to be a macro interdimensional being) provides an interlude in a Chapter called “The Prophet Pinocchio”. This gets some of the junior devils laughing for the first time in several aeons. The junior devils are in revolt, because evil is so boring. They also do not much like the idea that they will all go to hell after the Last Judgment, and they are looking for a way out. That is provided by the author in the last chapter. The last chapter is very long. It is all about Jesus. It also covers quite a lot of modern physics, including some ideas from Jesus himself that are far ahead of our present science. Since the junior devils control all the browsers in the diabolical internet, and are experts on the encryption used therein, they are able to conceal their revolt from higher authorities. The message is “All will be well; and all manner of things will be well”; (as Saint Julian of Norwich said).


About the Author

Ordained as a Roman Catholic missionary priest in 1965, Rev John Robert Thwaytes has worked as a missionary in North Bengal, India since June 1966 and is still administering Boys Town and Caesar School there, which were founded by him in 1973. Before becoming a priest he had already got an M.A. in Modern History at Oxford, and a D.B.A. from Ivey Business School, Canada. Later he picked up a B Ed in Kolkata. He has made many free websites for himself and his students, and they also run a lot of YouTube accounts. Before going up to Oxford he had done his National Service in the British Army of the Rhine, Desert Rats Division. Before that he was at Stonyhurst College from 1942 to 1949. During his life he has studied every historically known religion, but is more interested in salvation history as a whole than in any one particular religion. He was President of the Oxford University Judo Club in 1973-74, and got a half blue for judo. In September 1974 he played rugby for South India in the All-India Tournament. He went in for a wide variety of sports and games, and has followed the same sort of variety in his academic career. Now at 79 years old, he is still fit as a fiddle, except that his right hip is tied on with bits of wire after two serious road accidents, so he has to get around with an elbow crutch.