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October 21, 2015
"The John Frum movement has endured, based on the worship of an American god no sober man has ever seen."
They prayed for ships and planes to once again come out of nowhere, bearing all kinds of treasures: jeeps and washing machines, radios and motorcycles, canned meat and candy. But the venerated Americans never came back, except as a dribble of tourists and veterans eager to revisit the faraway islands where they went to war in their youth. And although almost all the cargo cults have disappeared over the decades, the John Frum movement has endured, based on the worship of an American god no sober man has ever seen.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 21, 2015 5:19 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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In American ghettos, they will be worshiping Rak Frum Bama for many years, Hoping that he will return with cargo for them.
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at October 21, 2015 6:46 PM