Professor warns of frightening global calamities

Former DECS Undersecretary A. W. Clemente announced the recent launching of Book IV of his In the Company of My God series which started with Book I in early 2001. Clemente was a UN official earning thousands of dollars who resigned to become DECS undersecretary in the administration of then President Fidel Ramos and do his bit for the youth of the land.

The slim, pocket-sized volumes can each be read in one sitting by avid readers and are about the very urgent need for mankind to turn from evil and truly become pro-God, pro-people and pro-nature.

In an interview, Clemente said that unless mankind turns its consciousness to spirituality and discards materialism, selfishness, corruption and virtual worship of money, God will unleash a worldwide cleansing that will leave millions dead in the streets.

"Calamities of such magnitude never seen before like earthquakes of 7 or 8 on the Richter Scale, volcanos erupting in series, tidal waves in such places as Metro Manila, the shifting of the Marikina and other faults, terrible and incurable diseases, famine even in families with so much money, the poisoning of all surface water, are just some of the frightening events," he said.

He added that God’s gradual cleansing process has started and will get worse as man persists in his arrogance and stubborness. "Starting 2002, planes will keep crashing and falling out of the sky. Later, Japan, parts of the US, India, and Europe will sink into the sea. More dire things will occur and when people realize it is God’s wrath, it will be too late for sins to be forgiven," he said.

But Clemente does not persuade people to believe. He says his is just to inform. Because of man’s free will, it is up to individuals to accept or reject the messages which he says come from God. "I am only God’s stenographer," he said.

Clemente has a PHD from the University of Connecticut, an MPA from Kansas State U and an AB from the UP. He still teaches at UP and Miriam College to keep his mind active. He loves to play tennis and is a fixture at the UP Tennis Club which he calls his office.

His other impressive credentials are listed on the back cover of his books and include stints in many important positions in the government, the United Nations and teaching in colleges here and in the US.

The books are available only at the UP Tennis Club and the Sulo Hotel because the bookstores he approached demanded onerous terms, he said. – M. P. Mirasol