CRITIQUE OF Chas Keys and Kevin Short’s Jocko Graves: Maitland’s ‘Little Black Boy’ (26 November 2025)

 

I am not an “out-of-towner”. As a resident of Maitland, and academically qualified philosopher and educator, I have thoroughly debunked Maitland & District Historical Society’s article by the “esteemed”* Chas Keys and Kevin Short (Jocko Graves: Maitland’s ‘Little Black Boy’, 26 November 2025) in my Book Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome (available on Amazon). I have used philosopher Michel Foucault's deconstruction methodology of history on the subject matter.

Chas Keys and Kevin Short have no university qualification in history. Both are amateur history fans and members of Maitland and District Historical Society. I encourage them to critique my book correctly by refuting the central point. This is the best way to respond but it involves time and effort. One needs to understand, and correctly describe, the central point in order to refute it. A secondary or tertiary point is not the central primary point. Hence Kevin Short’s reply to me that “Insult is not discussion” (referring to the title of my book) is not a proper refutation. It’s a complete misunderstanding of the title.

Here is a very short critique of their poorly researched opinion piece. Read the full critique in my book.

POSITIVE

1. Short / Keys correctly state that there is a hitching post on High Street, Maitland.

2. Short / Keys write in grammatically correct sentences (unlike some other Penfold Philistines).

NEGATIVE

1. Short / Keys repeat an often told myth of Jocko Graves. The whole alleged 'history' of 'Jocko' is based upon a fictional children's book written by Earl Koger Snr in 1963. There is no verifiable evidence that he ever existed. There is only distorted oral tradition of Jocko Graves incorrectly written down as fact 250 years after his supposed adventure took place. That means that Jocko Graves is not a hero as his supposed actions in the myth are also fictitious.

2. Short / Keys use the name ‘Jocko’ for the hitching post. The hitching post was called 'the little black boy' (no 'Jocko') from the mid 1890s when it appeared on High Street until mid 20th century. The term 'black boy', used to describe the object, was not one of endearment but one of racist denigration. 'Black boy' was a term used by white people in Maitland to describe adult Aboriginal trackers.

3. Short / Keys repeatedly call the hitching post a statue. The hitching post isn't a statue (a civic monument). It's a mass-produced 19th century gimmick used to promote the sale of American tobacco (which has strong ties to both slavery and racism). It's like a Ronald McDonald figure outside a Maccas store to sell hamburgers. The hitching post was outside a tobacconist to sell tobacco grown and harvested by slaves.

4. Short / Keys Short / Keys fail to understand that the Jim Crow Museum of racist artefacts views the ‘Jocko’ hitching post as a “demeaning relic... of a racist past”.

5. Short / Keys argue “It’s old therefore it’s important”. This is the logical fallacy (error of reasoning) called Appeal to Tradition (argumentum ad antiquitatem, appeal to age, proof from tradition) There may well be a good argument for the object’s importance, but merely saying that it is old is not sufficient justification. It is not a reason in itself but requires more information.

6. Short / Keys personify an inanimate object by using the term “he”. They also borrow (without proper acknowledgement) the lyrics of Byran Watkins’ ‘Maitland’s Black Boy’ song. The song lyrics use the same personification of the hitching post as they use. They state that they don’t know the date of the song’s publication. A simple Google search could have been used to find the date. It was 1977.

7. Short / Keys state that the hitching post is featured on many used items. Having a racist object on many used items does not negate the object’s relation to both slavery and racism. Black slave children were used to grow and harvest tobacco. The hitching post was used to tie up horses. Both items are used by others.

8. Short / Keys state that the hitching post is not racist. It is very clear that the context of Maitland's vomiting hitching post is tied to tobacco advertising. That tobacco was grown and harvested by black slaves in America. The object was situated outside a tobacconist store. Maitland's vomiting hitching post exists because of the slavery associated with the American tobacco industry of the day. It's appearance on High Street in the late 1800s was in the context of racism within both Maitland and Australia.

9. Short / Keys don’t understand how oral tradition works. They think that it is like Chinese Whispers. As a teacher, I have used this game with young students. The message at the end has always been distorted. This is partly because the original message does not use mnemonic devices such as acronyms, acrostics or rhymes. Songlines and method of loci (memory palace) are part of the spread of Aboriginal oral tradition. There is no evidence that songlines, method of loci or mnemonic devices have been in play with the retelling of the Jocko Graves myth.

10. Short / Keys use a false dilemma fallacy (also known as a false dichotomy, black-and-white thinking, or the either/or fallacy) in attempting to justify their faulty view of oral tradition. You either choose the whole of the Jocko Graves myth and all of aboriginal oral tradition or you reject the whole of the Jocko Graves myth and all of aboriginal oral tradition. It doesn’t work that way. There are many other choices and not merely this absolutist thinking which oversimplifies complex issues.

11. Short / Keys state that there is a ‘way forward’ by believing their ahistorical misinformation. However, believing their misinformation is actually a way backwards to a 19th century racist white Australia.

12. Short / Keys list the main ‘historians’ that they quote as references for their assertions. They are all unqualified amateur history fans. None have a university qualification in history.
- Earl Koger Sr., an insurance broker.
- Waymon E Lefall, a barber.
- Jack Paten ("Drongo Jack"), an Australian country musician.

Will history fans Chas Keys and Kevin Short correct their obvious errors or continue to defend the indefensible?

* It’s a short story that I will tell sometime. ;-)

MAITLAND’S RACIST GARDEN GNOME BOOK & SONG

You can order both the book and song named Maitland 's Racist Garden Gnome here. 

Kindle version: https://tinyurl.com/2a2mjaa9

Paperback version: https://tinyurl.com/bdfethfx

Song (with special back-masked message)

https://marktindall.hearnow.com/maitlands-racist-garden-gnome

Note the barber banner in the background honouring "historian" Waymon E Lefall, the barber. The vomiting fountain hitching post is also photographed in a typical Maitland (City of Excitement) landscape with an abandoned shopping trolley. Both book and song debunk the nonsense written by amateur history fans on, what they call, "Jocko - The Little Black Boy". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A groundbreaking new book by philosopher and educator Mark Tindall delivers a sharp, evidence-based correction to local folklore. Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome dismantles popular myths surrounding the well-known local artefact, Maitland’s ‘Little Black Boy’, exposing its true origins as a gimmick from slave owning American tobacco companies to sell tobacco.

Tindall’s book establishes a critical distinction between searching for historical trivia with superficial data gathering and performing rigorous historical research.

While conservative defenders fight to distance the object from its toxic past, Tindall’s evidence delivers an undeniable verdict: the artefact was never intended as a civic monument. Instead, it functioned as a commercial gimmick utilised by American tobacco companies—an object inextricably tied to American slavery and racism.

Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome systematically unpacks the errors that led to the myth:

• The Fiction of Jocko Graves: The book conclusively proves that Jocko Graves—the folklore figure often associated with lawn jockeys—is a fictional character who never existed.
• A Fused Myth: Tindall demonstrates how amateur history fans erroneously fused the physical fountain hitching post with the fictional Jocko Graves legend, creating a false narrative that needs to be permanently separated.

Structured as a methodological guide, the book provides readers with essential tools for reliable historical research. It evaluates previous claims made by amateur history fans while drawing insights from institutions like the Jim Crow Museum of racist artefacts. Tindall concludes by examining the errors of reasoning common among local history fans, comparing the evolved folklore to a modern fairy tale.

Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome is a vital read for anyone interested in Maitland’s history, and the preservation of verifiable truth over convenient local myths.

MAITLAND’S RACIST GARDEN GNOME - THE SONG

You can find my song Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome at https://marktindall.hearnow.com/maitlands-racist-garden-gnome and YouTube https://tinyurl.com/5ww5bws2

It’s related to my book Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome.
Kindle version: https://tinyurl.com/2a2mjaa9
Paperback version: https://tinyurl.com/bdfethfx

The chorus lyrics are:

Maitland’s racist garden gnome
It’s a fountain hitching post
Maitland’s racist garden gnome
Don’t be fooled by history fans

The middle lyrics state:
Jocko is a black slave child
Slavery is the worst form of racism.

The song contains a hidden back-masked message that can only be heard if you play the song backwards. If you do so, please don’t reveal the message. I want it to be a surprise.

MAITLAND'S RACIST GARDEN GNOME - New Book Debunks Local Maitland Myth, Exposing Links to Black Slavery, Racism and "Amateur History" Errors

 

OUT NOW! New Book Debunks Local Maitland Myth, Exposing Links to Black Slavery, Racism and "Amateur History" Errors

MAITLAND, NSW — A groundbreaking new book by philosopher and educator Mark Tindall delivers a sharp, evidence-based correction to local folklore. Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome dismantles popular myths surrounding the well-known local artefact, Maitland’s ‘Little Black Boy’, exposing its true origins as a gimmick from slave owning American tobacco companies to sell tobacco.


Tindall’s book establishes a critical distinction between searching for historical trivia with superficial data gathering and performing rigorous historical research.

While conservative defenders fight to distance the object from its toxic past, Tindall’s evidence delivers an undeniable verdict: the artefact was never intended as a civic monument. Instead, it functioned as a commercial gimmick utilised by American tobacco companies—an object inextricably tied to American slavery and racism.


Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome systematically unpacks the errors that led to the myth:The Fiction of Jocko Graves: The book conclusively proves that Jocko Graves—the folklore figure often associated with lawn jockeys—is a fictional character who never existed.
A Fused Myth: Tindall demonstrates how amateur history fans erroneously fused the physical fountain hitching post with the fictional Jocko Graves legend, creating a false narrative that needs to be permanently separated.

Structured as a methodological guide, the book provides readers with essential tools for reliable historical research. It evaluates previous claims made by amateur history fans while drawing insights from institutions like the Jim Crow Museum of racist artefacts. Tindall concludes by examining the errors of reasoning common among local history fans, comparing the evolved folklore to a modern fairy tale.


Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome is a vital read for anyone interested in Maitland’s history, and the preservation of verifiable truth over convenient local myths.


About the Author:

Mark Tindall is a dedicated philosopher and educator focused on historical accuracy, research methodology, and deconstructing popular folklore.


Media Contact:
Mark Tindall **** *** (Do you really think I'm going to give my contact details on a public forum?)

Kindle version: https://tinyurl.com/2a2mjaa9
Paperback version: https://tinyurl.com/bdfethfx

MAITLAND’S ‘LITTLE BLACK BOY’ IS NOT A STATUE OF THE MYTHICAL JOCKO GRAVES BUT A HITCHING POST TO SELL TOBACCO

 

Maitland’s vomiting fountain hitching post, currently known as the ’Little Black Boy’, had no front page news when it was first placed on Maitland’s High Street in the late 1800s. It wasn’t hailed as an important statue. It wasn’t a statue (a civic monument) at all but a vomiting fountain hitching post. It was created as a fountain which vomited water into a horse trough but since Maitland was not connected to a water supply that function never operated. Local children valued the vomiting fountain hitching post so much that they put sticks and pipes in its mouth! Eventually the mouth was sealed.

It was the equivalent to a Ronald McDonald figure placed in McDonalds restaurants in the 1970s and 1980s. It was a sales gimmick to get more people to buy a product. The Ronald McDonald figure was used to get people to buy hamburgers. Maitland’s racist garden gnome was used to get people to buy American tobacco that was grown and harvested by black slaves. Slavery is the worst form of racism. Slaves were legally treated as property and completely stripped or their human rights. This was based solely on the slaves' 'race' / skin colour. It is very clear that the context of Maitland's racist garden gnome is tied to tobacco advertising. That tobacco was grown and harvested by black slaves in America. The object was situated outside a tobacconist store. Maitland's racist garden gnome exists because of the slavery associated with the American tobacco industry of the day. It's appearance on High Street in the late 1800s was in the context of racism within both Maitland and Australia.

Jocko Graves is a myth first written about in a children’s picture book by Earl Koger Sr (an insurance broker), The Legend of Jocko: The Boy Who Inspired George Washington” (1963). The black slave child never existed in time space history. There is no verifiable evidence that he ever existed. There is only distorted oral tradition of Jocko Graves incorrectly written down as fact 250 years after his supposed adventure took place. That means that Jocko Graves is not a hero as his supposed actions in the myth are also fictitious.

Waymon E Lefall (an American barber), first incorrectly linked the legend of Jocko Graves to the hitching post in his book, The Legend of Jocko: child Hero of the American Revolution (2003). Australian Jack Paten (known as country musician Drongo Jack), wrote to Waymon E Lefall and suggested a trip to Maitland. Lefall did so in 2009. Jocko:A Long Way from Home Down Under (2014) chronicles his visit to Maitland. Waymon E Lefall asserts, but provides no verification, that Maitland’s racist garden gnome is compared to the American Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and the French Eiffel Tower. He incorrectly asserts that it “can be found in Maitland Australia. Where Jocko the first American child hero is located in the banks, city council office and on the curb side.” Maitland’s racist garden gnome is only found publicly at the Maitland Mutual building society main office in Maitland and not in all banks.

Neither Earl Koger Sr, Waymon E Lefall or Jack Paten (Drongo Jack) are historians with a university qualification in history. Don’t be fooled by history fans.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The above adapted from my book Maitland’s Racist Garden Gnome (2026) available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats.

 

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 111 to 114

 

Saying 111:

Je$u$ said, "When you know the secret to Quantum Incoherence then the xiffy treckloof will zip around the quertiferous bingbong in front of you, and whoever lives to tell the tale will be blessed."

Saying 112:

Je$u$ said, "What the hell am I saying? Doc, give me more of those pills!”


Saying 113:

His dissiples said to him, "When will the police come?"

"They won't come unless some disloyal Quantum Incoherent Follower snitches on me. But the Quantum Incoherence protection Team ensures that never happens. Let those who want to keep their toes, listen."

Saying 114:

Simone Peta said to them, "Mary should leave us, because she’s a bitch."

Je$u$ said, "Look, I don’t care about bitches if they are loyal Trew Quantum Incoherence Followers who buy my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts. Nothing else matters."

THE END
of
The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 101 to 110

 

Saying 101:

"Whoever doesn't place their ageing father and mother into a nursing home in order to have much more time to sell more of my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts, isn’t a loyal Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower."

Saying 102:

Je$u$ said, "How awful for those who don’t buy my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts. They won’t be blessed by Quantum Incoherence."

Saying 103:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed are those who know Quantum Incoherence. They can get defend it with quotes from my books, my pay-walled articles and my t-shirts”

Saying 104:

They said to Je$u$, "Come, let's go and get pissed today."

Je$u$ said, "Whose paying?”

They said "We are.”

So Je$u$ and the dissiples went and got pissed.

Saying 105:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever steals money before it’s put in the Quantum Incoherence Bank Account will be called a bastard."

Saying 106:

Je$u$ said, "When you make the two into one, and the three into six, then seven ate nine and ... Wow! Did you see that flying unicorn?"

He was off his face that day.

Saying 107:

Je$u$ said, "Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd can be compared to a shepherd who had a hundred sheep and then got a million more."

Saying 108:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever iuly rewing ou oh dafgeh jey herb ik oun piggy wiggy ....”

He was off his face that day too.

Saying 109:

Je$u$ said, "Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd can be compared to someone who had a treasure hidden in their backyard. No-one knew about it. Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd wants it that way forever."

Saying 110:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever has won the lottery and become rich should donate it to Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd."

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 91 to 100

 

Saying 91:

They said to him, "Tell us what this is in your painting."

He said to them, "You read the face of the sky and the earth, but you don't know what a tree and cloud are? It’s a tree and a cloud! I’m going to sign my painting and put it up in the Quantum Incoherence Art Gallery."

Saying 92:

Je$u$ said, "Look, I didn't answer your questions before and I’m not answering them now. I’m not giving away advice for free. Buy my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts to find out the answers."

Saying 93:

"I don't give a shit about your opinion. Throw it on the manure pile. Don't bother with me with stuff that doesn’t advance Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd."

Saying 94:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever knocks on my door with a large donation for Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd will be gladly received and I will open the door to receive the cash. All the rest can knock on my door for hours on end and I won’t answer. Don't bother with me with stuff that doesn’t advance Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd."

Saying 95:

Je$u$ said, "If you have money that you want to invest then invest it at Quantum Incoherence Investment Fund. After 10 years you might get some of it back in the form of a free t-shirt."

Saying 96:

Je$u$ said, "Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd can be compared to a woman who took a powder and snorted it. Anyone who has a nose to blow should blow it!"

Saying 97:

Je$u$ said, "Disloyal Quantum Incoherence Followers can be compared to a bag of dog shit from a dog with diarrhoea. While the man was walking down a long long road, the bag broke and the dog shit spilled out all over the place and over him. The moral of this story is don’t be a little shit!"

Saying 98:

Je$u$ said, "A Disloyal Quantum Incoherence Follower can be compared to a man who farted in a crowded elevator. I don’t want to be near him!"

Saying 99:

The dissiples said to him, "Your sons and daughters are standing outside."

He said to them, "How do you know? I refused to do a paternity test. Call in the Quantum Incoherence Protection Team!"

Saying 100:

They showed Je$u$ a gold coin and said to him, "Those who own it want it back.”

He said to them, "Blessed are those who donate to Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd whether they want to or not. Place it in this bag of donated cash and stay quiet.”

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 81 to 90

 Saying 81:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever has become rich should give it to me, and whoever has power should use it to help Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd."

Saying 82:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever is near me is near Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd , and whoever is far from me doesn’t know the truth of Quantum Incoherence."

Saying 83:

Je$u$ said, "Photos are good for Quantum Incoherence memes on social media, but sometimes they need to be photo-shopped."

Saying 84:

Je$u$ said, "Rejoice when you see your photo on a Quantum Incoherence page. But when you see your photo mocked on a Quantum Incoherence satire page then block it!"

Saying 85:

Je$u$ said, "I didn’t become what I am without lots of work and the inspiration of the pyramid in Egypt. If you have a go, you get a go. If you got money, it goes to me."

Saying 86:

Je$u$ said, "The foxes have dens and the birds have nests, and I have a gold plated penthouse.”

Saying 87:

Je$uS said, "How miserable am I when I haven’t sold many my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts on a particular day. Help me out and repost my ads. "

Saying 88:

Je$u$ said, "People will come to you and give you what belongs to me. You'll give that to me. What’s there’s is mine, what’s yours is mine and what’s mine is mine.'"

Saying 89:

Je$u$ said, "Why do you wash the wine glass after you drank from it? Through it away and use a new one. That’s what I do. "

Saying 90:

Je$u$ said, "Come to me and my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts to prove that you are a loyal Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower. You'll be blessed!"

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 71 to 80

 

Saying 71:

Je$u$ said, "I'll destroy all incriminating evidence about me, and no one will be able to find it. I pay good money for any such material. Contact me. I can also pay in crypto-coin or I can send the Quantum Incoherence Protection Team to visit your enemy for a little chat."

Saying 72:

Someone said to him, "Tell my brothers to divide our inheritance with me."

He said to him, “Only if I get 50% since they are not Trew Quantum Incoherence Followers."

He turned to his dissiples and said to them, “I’m really a multiplier for Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd."

Saying 73:

Je$u$ said, "The potential for the profit of Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd is unlimited, but Trew Quantum Incoherence Followers are few. So flood social media with Quantum Incoherence and make lots of Trew Quantum Incoherence Followers."

Saying 74:

He said, "Many are gathered at the bar, but there's nothing to drink. Who forgot to stock up the Quantum Incoherence Bar?"

Saying 75:

Je$u$ said, "Many are waiting at the Quantum Incoherence Seminar door, but only those who pay will enter the buiklding."

Saying 76:

Je$u$ said, "Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd can be compared to a multi-national company which found a way to make money. As Trew Quantun Incoherence Followers you, too, can sell my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts for the greater glory of Quantum Incoherence."

Saying 77:

Je$u$ said, "I'm all over social media thanks to Quantum Incoherence Marketing. Open your page; I'm there."

Saying 78:

Je$u$ said, "What did you go onto social media to see? A favourite page? Connect with a friend? Tough luck. I’m plastered all over social media to advertise my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts."

Saying 79:

A woman in the crowd said to him, "Blessed am I to have met you!”

He said to her, "Blessed are those who have listened to the message of Quantum Incoherence! How many of my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts do you own?'"

Saying 80:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever has found the hidden bodies better keep quiet!"

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 61 to 70

 

Saying 61:

Je$u$ said, "Two will rest on a couch. One will vomit all over the place, the other will burp."

Salami Sam said, "Who are you, Sir, to climb onto my couch and either vomit or burp?"

Je$u$ said to her, "I'm the Quantum Incoherence Expert."

Salami Sam said, "I'm a Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower. Puke or belch whenever, or wherever, you want."

Saying 62:

Je$u$ said, "I tell my mysteries of Quantum Incoherence to those who pay the right price. Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing unless you are cutting something with a sharp knife. Then they definitely need to be co-ordinated."

Saying 63:

Je$u$ said, "There was a rich man who had much money. He said, 'I'll use my money to sow, reap, plant, and fill my barns with fruit, so that I won't need anything.' That's what he was thinking to himself, but he died that very night. Anyone who has money or expensive items should give it to me right now before you die!"

Saying 64:

Je$u$ said, "Someone planned an expensive piss up. They sent out invitations to important people like me. They hired bouncers so no riffraff could get in. Unfortunately this meant no Trew Quantum Incoherence Followers with less than $1,000,000 donation were admitted. We had a great time. Expensive things were eaten, drunk and snorted. I don’t remember much.”

Saying 65:

He said, "I owned a vineyard. I leased it out to some sharecroppers to work it so I could collect rent and a large Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd donation for protection.

I sent my accountant so that the sharecroppers could give him the cash. They seized my accountant, beat him, and nearly killed him.

"Then I sent my Quantum Incoherence Protection Team, thinking, 'Maybe they'll show some respect to my thugs … er ... Quantum Incoherence Protection Team .'

"Because they knew about my Quantum Incoherence Protection Team, they handed the cash over immediately.

“Remember that the Quantum Incoherence Protection Team works better than accountants.

Anyone who has half a brain should use it!"

Saying 66:

Je$u$ said, "Show me the iphone I threw away because it didn’t work. I want to completely destroy it so that there’s no incriminating evidence left on it."

Saying 67:

Je$u$ said, "I know everything because I went to the School of Hard Knocks and the University of Life. I’m the Quantum Incoherence Expert. Buy my books, articles, seminars and t-shirts."

Saying 68:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed are you when you start rumours and spread gossip about those who mock Quantum Incoherence. You can get a 10% discount for one item from my books, articles, seminars and t-shirts."

Saying 69:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed are those who block people on social media who mock Quantum Incoherence. You can also get a 10% discount for one item from my books, articles, seminars and t-shirts."

Saying 70:

Je$u$ said, "If you give birth to what's within you, it may just be a fart but a stifled fart can kill you."

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 51 to 60

 Saying 51:

His dissiples said to him, "When will we have rest?"

He said to them, "When you have each contributed over $1,000,000 in profit for Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd. Remember you are special Trew Quantum Incoherence Followers and can only remain in that category if you remain loyal to me.”

Saying 52:

His dissiples said to him, "Twenty-four thousand people have spoken on the Nonsense Fact Checker page, and they all spoke ill of you."

He said to them, "Don’t read that rubbish. They’re just jealous because only I know everything about Quantum Incoherence. Tell them to buy my books, articles, seminars and t-shirts on Quantum Incoherence.”

Saying 53:

His dissiples said to him, "Is circumnavigation around the truth useful, or not?"

He said to them, "Circumnavigation around the truth is always useful as I can tell everyone that my latest book is #1 on Amazon when it is really # 766,554,587,874,536. That way people buy my books! Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd matters more than the truth"

Saying 54:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed are those who are poor if they have given all their money to Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd."

Saying 55:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever doesn't financially support Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd. isn't loyal to me and is not worthy of my counselling in this book."

Saying 56:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever has known me knows that I am a profit prophet skilled in the art of Quantum Incoherence Marketing."

Saying 57:

Je$u$ said, "Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd can be compared to a pyramid in Egypt. Remember that you have to remain loyal to me to be a Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower. Loyalty means buying buy my books, articles, seminars and t-shirts."

Saying 58:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed are the people who get me out of a lot of trouble. That’s my dodgy lawyer and accountant!"

Saying 59:

Je$u$ said, "When you are dead you are dead and you are no longer a Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower unless you leave all your inheritance to me."

Saying 60:

They saw a farmer carrying a lamb to the back of his shed. He said to his dissiples, "What do you think he's going to do with that lamb?"

They said to him, "He's going to kill it and eat it."

He said to them, "While it's living, he won't eat it, but only after he kills it and it becomes a corpse."

They said, "He can't do it any other way."

He said to them, "All things are probable. Only believe! Haven’t you seen Scotty’s Raw Chicken Curry?”

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 41 to 50

 

Saying 41:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever has something in their bank account should give me more, but whoever doesn't have anything can’t be a Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower."

Saying 42:

Je$u$ said, "Become a Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower."

Saying 43:

His dissiples said to him, "Who are you to say these things to us?"

"Don't you realize who I am from what I say to you? I am the Quantum Incoherence Expert. No-one comes to Quantum Incoherence except through me."

Saying 44:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever laughs at Quantum Incoherence will not be forgiven and will be blocked on social media.”

Saying 45:

Je$u$ said, "Grapes are good for wine and hops is good for beer. As Quantum Incoherence Expert I deserve the best of both. Make sure that you buy my books, articles and seminars."

Saying 46:

Je$u$ said, "No one's been born who's so much greater than Elvis. But I say that whoever among you will donate more than a million dollars to me will become greater than Elvis. I’ll even throw in a free Quantum Incoherence t-shirt signed by me!"

Saying 47:

Je$u$ said, "It's not possible for anyone to know as much as I do about Quantum Incoherence, and it's not possible for any Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower to know more than me, because I’m the Quantum Incoherence Expert.

"No one drinks corked wine unless they are an alcoholic. I only drink the best.

"I also don’t wear old clothes. I only wear the best!"

Saying 48:

Je$u$ said, "If lots of you buy my new book on Quantum Incoherence then it will be #1 on Amazon in Incoherence. Wowsers!”

Saying 49:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed are those who buy my new book on Quantum Incoherence. Let’s make it #1 on Amazon in Incoherence!"

Saying 50:

Je$u$ said, "If they ask you, 'Where did Je$u$ come from?' tell them, 'He came from Alabama where he was a Pasta of a large Italian take-away food van in which he lived. He wasn’t making much money from it and eventually had a glorious vision. This was the Quantum Incoherence Vision! He gathered 12 dissiples together and they formed Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd. He now sells Quantum Incoherence books, articles, seminars and t-shirts. You can book him to speak at your organisation, home, school, church, circus, zoo, brothel or whatever. As long as you can pay his appearance fee he doesn’t mind where he speaks.”

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 31 to 40

 

Saying 31:

Je$u$ said, "No accountant is welcome in the Quantum Incoherence Community unless they are a Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower. These are the only people who are Trew Quantum Incoherence Accountants."

Saying 32:

Je$u$ said, "A Quantum Incoherence Bank Account can be hidden in an offshore account."

Saying 33:

Je$u$ said, "What you hear with one ear, see with both eyes, then post memes on you social media. No Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower fails to post all my advertisements about my books, my pay-walled articles, my subscriptions to my seminars and my t-shirts. Rather, they plaster social media with it. Repetition is good and a way to show that you are loyal."

Saying 34:

Je$u$ said, "If someone who's blind claims to read my books out aloud for someone else who's blind, then they are not Trew Quantum Incoherence Followers. They should buy my audible books."

Saying 35:

Je$u$ said, "No one can steal my books, pay-walled articles, seminars and t-shirts because they are all copyrighted. Making fun of the Quantum Incoherence System is also forbidden. No Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower would do that!"

Saying 36:

Je$u$ said, "Don't be anxious from morning to evening or from evening to morning about what you'll eat. Giving to the Quantum Incoherence Pty Ltd is far more important that eating."

Saying 37:

His dissiples said, "When will you appear to us? When will we see you?"

Je$u$ said, "Bloody hell! We’ve been through this before. I’m bloody standing in front of you bastards. Open up your eyes!"

His dissipole opened up their eyes and, lo and behold, Je$u$ was standing right in front of them.

Loony Luke said, “It’s a Quantum Incoherence Miracle!”

Je$u$’ dissiples all agreed and sang Je$u$ Jingles for the next two hours.

Saying 38:

Je$u$ said, "Often you've wanted to hear this message that I'm telling you, and you don't have anyone else from whom to hear it. There will be days when bastards will tell you that Quantum Incoherence is nonsense. Don’t believe them. You can only find the truth in my books, articles and seminars."

Saying 39:

Je$u$ said, "Scholars have taken knowledge and hidden it is some place called a Younaversitty. Don’t bother going there. Pay for my books, articles and seminars instead."

Saying 40:

Je$u$ said, "Someone wrote a book laughing at Quantum Incoherence! It’s not fair! Laughing causing the Quantum Incoherence Finance System to collapse!"

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 21 to 30

 

Saying 21:

Marybelle said to Je$u$, "Whom are your dissiples like?"

He said, "They're like little children squabbling in squalor. They never grow up but fully embrace Quantum Incoherence. They'll say, 'Boo hoo! Give me more Quantun Incoherence because I haven’t got enough!' They'll strip their brains bare in their Quantum Incoherence Deconstruction.

"So I say that if the owner of the house realizes the bandit is coming, they'll watch out beforehand and won't let the bandit break into the house of their domain and steal their possessions. You, then, watch out for anyone who is not a Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower! Prepare to defend yourself with platitudes, memes and denials so you always win even if you lose. May Quantum Incoherence prosper!

"When the Quantum Incoherence takes root it’s followers rejoice. Anyone who has ears to hear should hear! Don’t do a Vincent Van Gogh!"

Saying 22:

Je$u$ saw some children cursing. He said to his dissiples, "These cursing children can be compared to those who enter the Quantum Incoherence Kingdom."

They said to him, "Then we'll enter the Quantum Incoherence Kingdom as children because we curse a lot?"

Je$u$ said to them, "When you make the two Quantum Mizookles into one, and make the inner belly button like the outer belly button and the outer belly button like the inner belly button, and the upper dentures like the lower dentures, and so make the Quantum Xerpiles a single one so that no-one knows the difference; when you put your foot in your mouth to activate the Quantum Assnerbs; then you'll enter the Quantum Incoherence Kingdom."

Saying 23:

Je$u$ said, "I chose you, one out of a thousand and two out of ten thousand, and you’ll remain loyal Quantum Incoherence Followers or else!"

Saying 24:

His dissiples said, "Show us the place where you are, because we need to look for it."

He said to them, "Anyone who has eyes to see should see! I’m standing right in front of you. If you can’t see me than get some glasses!"

Saying 25:

Je$u$ said, "Love your Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower brother as your own bank account. Lie, cheat and obfuscate for them."

Saying 26:

Je$u$ said, "You see the wealth that's in your Trew Quantum Follower’s bank account, but you don't see them giving lots of money to me. Remind them of their loyalty to me otherwise the Quantum Incoherence Finance System won’t work."

Saying 27:

"If you don't attend every seminar that I hold, and buy all my books, my pay-walled articles and subscriptions to my seminars, and buy my t-shirts, then you won't find Quantum Incoherence. If you don't make make lots of money to give to me, you are not a loyal Trew Quantum Incoherence Follower."

Saying 28:

Je$u$ said, "I stood in the middle of you. I found you all drunk; I didn't find any of you sober. My bank account cried out for more money but you spent it on booze. You made my bank account a little more empty and sad. Sober up and embrace Quantum Incoherence Sober Giving."

Saying 29:

Je$u$ said, "If Quantum Incoherence came into existence because of me, that's amazing. But I'm amazed at how the Quantum Incoherence Finance System came into being based on an idea from the pyramids in Egypt."

Saying 30:

Je$u$ said, "One and one is whatever number I tell you it is. This is the truth of Quantum Incoherence Mathematical Accounting used by my accountants."

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 11 to 20

 

Saying 11:

Je$u$ said, "Your favourite TV show will disappear, and some others will disappear too. Those who are dead aren't alive, and some of those who are living are brain dead. In the days when you ate what was dead, you made sure it wasn’t rotting. When you're ice-cream is left in the sunlight, what will you do? On the day when you try to eat one, it will dribble everywhere and make a mess. But when you become my loyal follower and donate to me, buy my books, pay for my pay-walled articles, pay for a subscription to my seminars, give me tithes, offerings and love gifts above $1000 and buy my t-shirts, I’ll become happy. You want to make me happy, don’t you?"

Saying 12:

The dissiples said to Je$u$, "We know don’t know where you're going to lead us to. Where are we headed?"

Je$u$ said to them, "Wherever you get to that’s where I’ve led you. You don’t have to worry about that. Just loyally follow me and Quantum Incoherence."

Saying 13:

Je$u$ said to his dissiples, "If you were to compare me to someone, who would you say I'm like?"

Simone Peta said to him, "You're like a Quantum Megachurch Pastor."

Je$u$ took her aside and told her something special because she was special. When Simone Peta returned to her companions, they asked, "What did Je$u$ say to you?"

Simone Peta said to them, "It’s none of your business.”

Je$u$ said, “Let’s all agree that it’s none of your business.”

And they all said “Amen!” and sang Je$u$ Jingles for the next hour.

Saying 14:

Je$u$ said to them, "If you fast, you'll have more money to give to me; and if you don’t give money to me, you'll be condemned; and if you make donations, I’ll be happy.

"If they welcome you when you enter any land and go around in the countryside, say hello, eat whatever you can pinch, because it doesn’t matter if you don’t get caught. If you get caught then deny everything. This is one of my 98,765,474,406,754 greatest commandments."

Saying 15:

Je$u$ said, "When you see the human who wasn't born of a woman, then its probably an a hallucination and you’ve taken the wrong pill.”

Saying 16:

Je$u$ said, "Maybe people think that I've come to cast peace on the world, and they don't know that I've come to cast divisions on the earth against anyone who is woke. A woke person is anyone I don’t like. Where there are five woke people in a house, I’ll kick them out if I’m their landlord. They'll pack their bags and be gone."
Saying 17:

Je$u$ said, "I'll sell you a Quantum Incoherence that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, no hand has ever touched, and no human mind has ever thought. I’m the greatest Quantum Incoherence Guru."

Saying 18:

The dissiples said to Je$u$, "Tell us about our goal. What is it?"

Je$u$ said, "Have you discovered the journey so that you can look for the goal? Because the goal will be where the journey is. Blessed is the one who will give me more money to find out about Quantum Incoherence. That’s the goal."

Saying 19:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed is Quantum Incoherence who came into being in my mind. If you become my followers and pay for my message, these stones will become your servants; because there are five trees in Quantum Paradise which don't change in summer or winter, and their leaves don't fall. Whoever knows them knows about the secret Woozle."

Saying 20:

The dissiples asked Je$u$, "Tell us, what can Quantum Incoherence by compared to?"

He said to them, "It can be compared to a boodledrop. Though it's the smallest of all the mistrophenical yubles, when it falls into your brain it activates the Ferdontal Quantum Drip."

The Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy - Sayings 1 to 10

 

These are the hidden sayings that Je$uS (the Quantum Incoherence Expert) spoke and Diddymouse Judas Tommy the Twin wrote down in this Quantum Incoherence Gospel of Tommy.

Saying 1:

And he said, "Whoever thinks they have discovered the meaning of these sayings understands Quantum Incoherence."

Saying 2:

Je$u$ said, "Whoever seeks these sayings should stop unless they find them. If they find them, they'll be disturbed. If they're disturbed, they'll be locked away from society. This is the core of Quantum Incoherence."

Saying 3:

Je$u$ said, "If your leaders tell you, 'Look, there’s wizdumb in leaven,' then the birds of heaven will poop on you. If they tell you, 'It's not poop,' then it is poop. Wizdumb is within you and outside of you and found in these sayings.

"When you know wizdumb, then you'll be known as the Wizdumb Guy, and you'll realize Quantum Incoherence. But if you don't know wizdumb, then you’ll live in bliss, and are probably educated."

Saying 4:

Je$u$ said, "The older person won't hesitate to ask a little seven-year-old child about how to fix a computer, and they'll lie, because many who are thirsty will be last, and they'll become dumb."

Saying 5:

Je$u$ said, "Know what's on your face, it could be as moustache or part of what you just ate, because there's nothing on your face that won't be revealed to the rest of the world."

Saying 6:

His dissiples said to him, "Do you want us to run fast? Should we give you money? And what should we not do?"

Je$u$ said, "Don't run fast. Walk at a slow pace because you are slow. Don't do what I hate. I hate it when you don’t donate to me or buy my books or don’t pay for my pay-walled articles or don’t pay for a subscription to my seminars or don’t give me tithes, offerings and love gifts above $1000 or don’t buy (and wear) my t-shirts. Don’t do that stuff! Everything is revealed in the files I keep on you. There's nothing that will be hidden if you cross me. Nothing will stay secret. I’ve got all the dirt on you."

Saying 7:

Je$u$ said, "Blessed is the person that's chosen by me and then becomes my follower, but how awful for the follower who doesn’t give me complete loyalty. Let he who wants to keep his finger nails, listen!"

Saying 8:

He said, "You are like a fish who follows me as leader. I cast a net into the sea and draw it up from the sea full of little fish. Among them I find a loyal fish and cast all the fish that aren’t loyal into the hell of my fury for ever and ever. Amen. Anyone who has ears to hear should hear! If not then get a hearing aid."

Saying 9:

Je$u$ said, "Look, a sewer went out and sewed some pants. Some pants got ripped when people fell on the roadside. Other pants fell down at rock concerts. Yet others got ripped on barbed wire. Finally, other pants got soiled and produced a smell to high heaven, some sixty times as much and some a hundred and twenty."

Saying 10:

Je$u$ said, "I lit a fire, and look, I'm watching it burn. Don’t snitch!"

REVIEW: Quantum Sayin’s Ov Je$u$

 

Je$u$ wiv his dawg Flapdoodle.

This book comes after the following two series.

1. Je$u$ UN

- Je$u$ Unbelievable
- Je$u$ Unconvincing
- Je$u$ Unfortunate
- Je$u$ Unimportant
- Je$u$ Uninformed
- Je$u$ Unnecessary
- Je$u$ Unqualified

2. Fake Latin

- Sola Waffle
- Sola Marketing

They are a collection of comedic fictional works. Quantum Sayin’s Ov Je$u$ is in the same rambling confused style. It was marketed as #1 in the obscure Trew Kristyun subject area of Wotifness. The hilarity begins with asserting that Je$u$ knew about quantum physics in first century Palestine and continues with a long word salad. These sayin’s reveal the startling truth that inane drivel can be extended to 369 pages. It is connected in surprising ways to Roger Welch’s Everything I Know about Women I Learned from My Tractor and shares the same logic. Though lacking in truthiness it excels in numbawunness.

Rating: 1/10 (for the funny title)

Matt Dillahunty - Do "credentials" / qualifications matter?

 

The new atheists aren't like the old atheists who had "credentials" / qualifications in philosophy (and thus logic). It definitely shows! The new atheists tell everyone about their atheism whether you want to know about it or not. Their atheist evangelism becomes incredibly boring and they use the same high school level methodology from atheist blogs and podcasts.

I've just blocked Matt Dillahunty on the Facebook page of a "friend" called "sweet little thing" (name hidden to protect the ignorant).

"sweet little thing" appears to have no other hobby than endlessly posting about atheism. A true atheist evangelist!

Matt Dillahunty went to high school. He is an American atheist activist and former president of the Atheist Community of Austin, a position he held from 2006 to 2013. Between 2005 and October 2022, Dillahunty was host of the televised webcast The Atheist Experience. He formerly hosted the live Internet radio show Non-Prophets Radio and founded the counter-apologetics project Iron Chariots.

Both Matt Dillahunty and "sweet little thing" accused me of "equivocation" for daring to ask if qualifications mattered in science. Here is the quote from Matt Dillahunty I used.

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FROM https://twitter.com/matt_dillahunty/status/436273926654529536?fbclid=IwAR3J01G9UEP5JpG4xd1yFdILlW7OR8STpPrcBeZwr-K1ueOUbsEVSyv47h4 
I've been told there's a reddit discussion about my credentials. Easy. I have none. No degrees. No seminary. Doesn't matter.
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In my country, Australia, the Australian QUALIFICATION Framework (capitals for emphasis) is how credentials are decided. Obviously these geniuses don't understand that verifiable fact.

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FROM https://www.aqf.edu.au/

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and training.

It incorporates the qualifications from each education and training sector into a single comprehensive national qualifications framework.
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The new atheists seem to suffer from the Dunning-Kruger Effect. They think they are experts in fields that they have never formally studied.

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FROM C J Werleman, The New Atheist Threat (The Dangerous Rise Of Secular Extremists), Dangerous Little Books: 2015, Chapter 3 - The Echo Chamber pp 36 -37

In 2014, I shared a bus ride with popular New Atheist Matt Dillahunty. We had a great chat and he’s a terrific fella, but he told me, “As atheists we have to be experts in theology, anthropology, cosmology, geology, and biology.” Two thoughts came to mind: why? and you’re not. That’s not a slight on Dillahunty. It’s merely an observation that one would have to be smarter than Stephen Hawking to be considered a bona fide expert in each of these respective fields. And the only reason I could think as to why he would believe an atheist has to be an expert in all those fields is if he believes atheists need to evangelize their atheism to religious believers. Worryingly, many New Atheists I have debated or spoken to actually boast that they are experts in many or all of those respective fields even when it’s obvious they have no more than a Wikipedia level understanding of theology, for instance.
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Quoting Matt Dillahunty again: "credentials (aka qualifications) ... I have none. No degrees. No seminary. Doesn't matter."

My first question: Do "credentials" / qualifications matter for a person performing brain surgery in Australia?

Doesn't matter?????!!!!!

1. It's illegal in Australia to perform brain surgery without a proper accredited qualification (aka "credential") as per the Australian QUALIFICATION Framework.

2. Supposing it were legal, an atheist car mechanic might claim that he knows everything about brain surgery but, as he has never been assessed as competent to be awarded the relevant accredited qualification, one doesn't know anything about his level of expertise.

My second question: Do "credentials" / qualifications matter for a person doing philosophy of religion (the subject area every time an atheist like Matt Dillahunty mentions God) in Australia?

An atheist car mechanic might claim that he knows everything about philosophy of religion but, as he has never been assessed as competent to be awarded the relevant accredited qualification, one doesn't know anything about his level of expertise.

Matt Dillahunty does philosophy of religion extremely poorly. His main targets are fundamentalist Christians who are easy targets. His methodology consists of asking questions and avoiding questions asked of him. It's high school stuff and it shows.

GIORDANO BRUNO WAS NOT A MARTYR FOR SCIENCE BUT A FOLLOWER OF HERMETICISM

 

FROM https://historyforatheists.com/2017/03/the-great-myths-3-giordano-bruno-was-a-martyr-for-science/?fbclid=IwAR1VCUkoDmtFX2Jr1c_q2018P9uM1XYXB7Wc-hPY2-PJytrW6LWVswwIPuo

"Giordano Bruno was a martyr for science!" is a myth often repeated on social media. Giordano Bruno did no science and was not a scientist. Bruno was a follower of a movement called Hermetism, which was a cult that based its beliefs on documents which were thought to have originated in Egypt at the time of Moses. These writings were linked with the teaching of the Egyptian God Thoth, the God of learning and had arrived in Italy from Macedonia in the 1460s. To followers of this cult, Thoth was known as Hermes Trismegitus, or Hermes the thrice great. The book of Toth placed the sun at the centre of the universe. This is what Bruno followed. No science - only adoption of Hermeticism.