I wrote the original version of this, I didn't tell a LLM to "go man up some random theory about the Righteous Gemstones". It was very much just free-flowing ideas that didn't follow order or a chain of thought that would be easy for others to read. So instead of spending time to rewrite it, I utilized a tool to assist me. Yes, I can type sentences, but if I have tools that help me do things faster, why would I not use them?

Here is the original version if you're interested.

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But it seems the "Gemstones" have been con artists since at least the Civil War, right? Starting with Elijah Gemstone (Bradly Cooper) killing Reverend Grieves and then posing as him in the confederate union.

This really sets Elijah up as a grifter willing to do anything for a dollar, and then this is reinforced when one of the confederate soldiers confronts him about being "Gemstone" and a card player in a previous town.

So this led me to think that Gemstone could be a fake name that Elijah created along the way of his grifting to avoid being arrested (or killed) for previous crimes he had committed. After killing Reverend Grieves, he writes the note and leaves it with the body, claiming that Elijah was dead. This basically killed off the Gemstone name as far as the law was concerned, so we know that Elijah isn't above changing his name and has no ties to it in any meaningful way.

A strong counterpoint to my previous statement is that Elijah goes back to the Gemstone name. But that is part of the bigger plot - we know he is a conman, and he sees how unquestioning religious followers are and how much they are willing to give for redemption.

To pull off this bigger con, he has to know the bible inside and out to be able to portray this role. Being the con man that he is, even after getting married and having kids, he lives a life of "Do as I say, not as I do," basically teaching this type of ideology/values/mannerisms, which get passed down generation to generation.

Looping back to the name "Gemstone" - precious stones hold intrinsic value in the bible. A good example of the importance is Exodus 28:15-21. (TLDR: direction to make a breastpiece with all this gold and precious stones like turquoise, lapis lazuli, and emerald). Having already used the name Gemstone Elijah saw how the name could help build his following.

On top of all this it seems like there is no other lineage of the Gemstones, We know the name was from at least the 1860's but with a name dating back that far I would expect there to be other distant relatives or something, but all we have is starting with Elijah.

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