To Tell the Truth...
Will the Real Jesus Christ
Please Stand Up?
One time, about 1975, I was in Hawaii, living at " the Decagon" -- our 10-sided home with no walls, overlooking Kealakekua Bay. It was a dark night, no moon light, and we had no electricity or candles… Eight guys were there that night, and we decided to have fun, and play our own version of the TV show “To Tell the Truth.” Three of us claimed to be real Jesus Christ. (Number 1: “My name is Jesus Christ…. Number 2: “My name is Jesus Christ.” Number 3: “My name is Jesus Christ.”)
After 45 minutes of continuous joking, laughter, and banter, I (as the MC--the Gary Moore guy), told the “panelists” it was time to “mark their ballots.” Was it Number 1, Number 2, or Number 3?
Everyone marked their ballots, and when all the ballots had been marked, I proceeded, saying: “And now (drum-roll)... will the REAL Jesus Christ please stand up?”
Immediately, as soon as I finished saying these words, the nearly pitch-black dark room was suddenly illuminated by a vibrating golden-yellow-white light, which filled the whole room for several seconds. (The golden-white light started from a point in the very center of the room, halfway from floor to ceiling, and expanded to fill the whole room, then shrunk back to where it came from…
Everyone immediately stopped laughing. I nearly fell over… About 10 seconds later, we all then heard the longest and the loudest thunderclap I’d ever heard … It must have rumbled on for 30 seconds, and was ear-shattering…
No one said another word, and there was total silence until the next morning…
About 25 years later (last year), an old friend from those days called me in Hawaii. I asked him if he was there that night, and if he remembered it all… He sure did… He said he never forgot it either… So at least I wasn’t hallucinating…
