Another Step Back, Part 2

January, 2, 1975
New York City, United States of America

One of the effects of the coming of the Uptimers was the common knowledge that Armageddon would never happen.  This had a negative effect on several doomsday cults.

UFO Cult leaders like Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles were told to go away by the Uptimers.

The headquarters of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, otherwise known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, closed it’s doors for the last time.

“Stay alive until ‘75,” was a motto used by the Jehovah’s Witness cult, now their membership was shrinking overall.

Washington, DC, United States of America

Another of the effects of the coming of the Uptimers was that several mistakes would never be made.  The Watergate Break-in would never occur, and as a result President Richard Milhous Nixon would serve out the full two terms.

President Nixon stared out at the White House lawn.  Governor Reagan of California announced that he would run for the office of President of the United States, and Vice President Bush announced that he would run for the office of Governor of Texas.  The Democratic Party shrank and his own party was splitting in two.  The other faction being the Libertarians with David Koch running as President.

Dallas, TX, United States of America

In Dallas a meeting was held at the headquarters of the William Grant Ministries.  Katherine Grant, the widow of the Reverend William Grant chaired the meeting. She listened as a man spoke to the group.

“Our membership’s shrinking.”  The man said.

One of the consequences of the coming of the Uptimers was the common knowledge that the Bible was nonsense.  This had a negative effect on Christianity.  Several people were now walking away from their religions.  The nuking of Mecca clearly showed that the doctrine of Islam was also false.  Christianity was also shrinking, one of the consequences was that crusades outside of the Bible Belt failed.

United States Penitentiary
Leavenworth, KS

Lafayette Ron Hubbard had a new friend in prison.
“I don’t know why I’m here.”  Said William Jefferson Clinton.
Clinton had in fact been arrested in a FBI Pest Control operation.

Area 51, NV

In the surface base at Area 51 Evelyn Boatman and his new wife Judith sat down and stared at he Nevada desert outside of the Uptimer base.