necessity to “wear many hats” in the society lead to various mental illnesses some of which were described in two popular books of this time titled “The Three Faces of Eve” and “Sybil”. “The Three Faces of Eve” was a nonfiction book written in 1957 that portrayed a woman with three distinct and separate personalities which were identified and diagnosed by those in the psychology disciplines as “Dissociative Identity Disorder”. By the 1970’s and beyond, this mental malady also known as “Multiple Personality Disorder” became more severe likely affecting a greater number of people. A true story of a woman with sixteen distinct personalities was written about in the book “Sybil” published in 1973. In 2013, an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting “conservative groups” was revealed in the media as a relatively new phenomenon as was cited in articles regarding a recently formed “moral group” (The Tea Party), who were being subjected to financial audits. As one can note through an above paragraph, moral and religious people who speak and write about the need for moral and religious change in the society, have been targeted and persecuted for decades by the governmental tax collecting agency of the IRS. So, all should understand, that this harassment by the IRS directed towards moral and/or religious people and groups which is recently being investigated, is not a new development. Movies influence people to engage in many kinds of behavior, both good and bad. The movie “Paper Moon” was released at about the time of my experience with “flim-flam , which is a clever way to steal. By the 1990’s many children were no longer or could no longer (mind control?) assist their parents with household tasks and chores such as cleaning the home or mowing the lawn whether being paid a weekly allowance or not. Car ownership represented freedom for me, as I could mostly come and go as I pleased. Precise dancing became a priority for many young people. The use of drugs both illegal and prescription became more and more prevalent as the society continued its downward spiral into a society devoid of the God represented in the Bible. Today it is stated that red tides and an over abundance of jellyfish are not caused by pollution. In the 1970’s it was well documented that the above, was caused by sewerage, phosphates, and other pollutants.
Historical Accounts 1974: 28
The first bar code is scanned on a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum on June 26.
A purported closer human ancestor is found on November 22, named Australopithecus afarensis. Scientists name the skeleton Lucy.
Darwin, Australia is mostly destroyed by a cyclone on December 24-25.
Terrorists continue lethal attacks against the public.
West Germany beats The Netherlands to win the world soccer cup.
Remarks: Computers begin to assume a larger role in daily living. Lucy is reported to be the oldest human ancestor found which basically reiterated a similar story from 1959. Perhaps the publicity surrounding this discovery was also used to promote and suggest to a new generation the deposing of God.