Contained in Terry's TempleOS masterpiece were various random text generators. Terry believed that by generating this text one could "speak to God". Through making random associations in the text, much like a Rorschach ink-blot test. It is interesting to note that Rorschach initially developed his ink-blot test to serve as a diagnostic tool for schizophrenics - the very condition that likely affected Terry.

Original Code

I adapted Terry's code from an original Bash script that I found of his online. The script would generate "random" text from a text-file that contained 712 words, ostensibly of Terry's choosing. The original Bash script is as follows:

#!/bin/bash

#This prints random words.

echo "$(gshuf -n 32 ./Happy.TXT --random-source=/dev/urandom | tr '

' ' ')"

I reproduced the code in JavaScript so you can generate your own below, directly on this page. Please note that some of the words may be offensive - I am merely using Terry's original wordlist and thus cannot be held responsible for any of the views expounded by God in the generated text. The only modification that has been made to Terry's text is the replacement of underscores with spaces.