Arthur Jones Interview

[iflyboats]

thank you AJ for teaching me how to exercise

[InaneRex]

Way to go Jonsey!!

[Oliva515]

A unique individual.

His vocal delivery is strangely reminiscent of William S Burroughs.

[faffaflunkie]

He married a snake.

[jamieA1A]

@faffaflunkie

Jones was known for his ability to handle reptiles.

[faffaflunkie]

@jamieA1A He couldn't handle the mom. Terri (Jones) her Mom, crooks he (Arthur Jones) knew who took advantage of him and the I.R.S. all conspired to wreck his life.

[jamieA1A]

@faffaflunkie

I didn't know that.  It surprises me to hear it, but I don't doubt you. We all have our Achilles heel.

[faffaflunkie]

@jamieA1A Jones' story got downright tragic when he sold his company (Nautilus Sports Medical Industries) to an embezzler who made the down payment with stolen money and then turned around and sued Jones when he tried to collect the balance. Jones basically got swindled out of his own company by a crook who was a pro.

[Tigerpaws9097826]

@faffaflunkie That's an unfortunate story regarding Arthur Jones - both for him personally, and the former clients of the many Nautilus clubs that once existed. I've wondered from time to time why they disappeared; guess this explains it.

[faffaflunkie]

@Tigerpaws9097826 An all too familiar story in America. But Jones set his downfall in motion when he married a girl that had a mom 15 years younger than he was. You can marry a girl 40 years younger than you are-but only if the girl's mother is dead or permanently out of the picture. Jones' life with Terri (Jones) had all the intrigue of a soap opera.

[fang666LSD]

the media are so stupid they don't know when they're getting their heads fucked over by a man thats a genius and wayyyyy out of their league intellectually. and they were too dumb to realize it.

[fang666LSD]

jones was a genuis and what a highly evolved being.......his take on the media is dead-on. If he could only see it now. den of vipers.

[cabritorsss]

I knew him. He was just a hard working no bull shit type of guy. One of my uncles partnered with him in Colombia trapping animals and making films for a while. I once asked him when he was going to write his book and he laughed and said he would have to leave the planet after it was published.

[Seeker64]

It has been published. I have seen links to it. It is online in PDF format.

[cabritorsss]

Thanx....I'm gpong to look for it.

[faffaflunkie]

@cabritorsss "And God Laughs" by Arthur Jones is an excellent (and profane) book.

[drunkdonutboy]

@cabritorsss Hahaha, sounds like something my Dad would say.

[stevevandien]

Jones was a genius, who didn't relate well to ordinary people --

[JasonRadley]

He's dead, so his current thoughts on the existence or otherwise of the afterlife would indeed be pertinent.

[Paripovich1]

Interesting. I have wondered the same thing.

[jagmany]

he seems like a very intelligent man.i have always wondered what his thoughts on religion are.

[soitoldhimno]

He's very clear in his writings that he hates religion and thinks it's a stupid waste of time.

[marneedear]

This is an intriguing man. Im sorry I hadnt heard of him sooner.

[Seeker64]

He thought religion was bullshit.

[elSharko77]

And he was right about that! Just read Ayn Rand and you'll clearly understand why.

[Seeker64]

Read it. Done it before I ever heard of Ayn Rand. I like the Fountainhead more than Atlas Shrugged however.

Jones apparently never read Ayn Rand as I understand it. Maybe later in life, but not at least by the time Mike Mentzer was working with him in the 1980's and Mike had asked him about it.

Ayn Rand is not the only person to have rejected "God' on the grounds of logic. Neither the first nor the last. Her interpretation of the three Axioms is the first I have heard using them however.

[xenoghost01001]

@Seeker64 But he's an objectivist right?

[Seeker64]

@xenoghost01001 Mike was an Objectivist. Arthur Jones claims never to have read Ayn Rand when Mike asked him about during their time together, although he may have in his later years.