Psychic Randi

MSG: #244 SEC: 0 - GENERAL PARANORMAL

DATE: 10-MAR-86 10:15 PM

TO: ALL

FROM: SYSOP

SUBJ: RANDI SPEAKS!

THE FOLLOWING SERIES OF MESSAGES IS FROM STEPHEN RYLAND, A MEMBER OF THE COMPUSERVE PARANORMAL ISSUES SECTION (GO ISSUES)

I HAVE SPENT THE LAST TWO NIGHTS WITH JAMES "THE AMAZING" RANDI. THE FIRST NIGHT WAS A SPEECH AT CAL TECH HERE IN PASADENA ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PARANOMRAL AND THE SECOND A BANQUET OF THE SO. CALIFORNIA SKEPTICS.

RANDI IS A VERY PERSONABLE GENTLEMAN AND AN EXCELLENT MAGICIAN. I WILL OUTLINE HIS TALK BELOW:

FAITH-HEALING: RANDI'S CURRENT RESEARCH TOPIC IS AN EXPOSE' OF FAITH HEALERS. HE SHOWED TAPES OF VARIOUS SERVICES. IN SOME OF THE SERVICES HIS MINIONS WENT FORWARD AND PRETENDED CURES OF MADE-UP DISEASES. HE GAVE SOME OF THE "TRICKS" OF THE TRADE SUCH AS PROVIDING WHEELCHAIRS TO SEMI-AMBULATORY PEOPLE AND USING DATA CARDS TO DO A MENTALIST TRICK OF CALLING THEIR NAMES, DISEASES, DOCTORS, ETC. NOW, BEING OF A FUNDAMENTALIST BACKGROUND AND OFTEN AMONG THE HILL FOLK OF MISSOURI, I HAVE RATHER STRONG FEELINGS IN FAVOR OF THESE SORTS OF HAPPENINGS. HOWEVER, HE CONVINCED ME THAT MANY OF THESE WOULD SCREEN THE PEOPLE WHO CAME FOR STAGE APPEAL AND NOT TRY TO HELP EVERYONE. IT DOES SEEM THAT MANY OF THESE TV HEALERS ARE MORE IN IT FOR THE MONEY THAN REALLY TRYING TO HELP. I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR MORE ON THIS TOPIC LATER.

DOWSING: RANDI HAD DONE A NUMBER OF DOUBLE BLIND EXPERIMENTS WITH DOWSERS IN AUSTRALIA. SUCCESS RATE WAS ONLY 10%. IT DEPENDS ON ONE'S DOWSING THEORY. FOR THE CASE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT WATER OR THE SUBSTANCE EMITS SOME SORT OF RAY THESE EXPERIMENTS DISPROVE THAT. FOR THOSE THAT BELIEVE THAT DOWSING RELEASES THE SUBCONSCIOUS IT DISPROVES NOTHING.

URI GELLER: RANDI REPEATED THE SPOON BENDING TRICK WHICH GELLER HAD LEARNED FROM TEL AVIV SCHOOL CHILDREN. HE DID ADMIT THAT GELLER WAS A GOOD ILLUSIONIST AND WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN.

COLUMBUS POLTERGEIST: RANDI SHOWED THAT THIS HIGHLY PUBLICISED CASE WAS PURELY A HOAX - HE HAD AS A WITNESS A CAMERAMAN WHO STAGED PICTURES FOR THE MEDIA. IN FACT THE NEWSPAPER HAS BEEN CALLED DOWN FOR UNETHICAL PRACTICES.

TV SHOWS: HE SHOWED HOW SOME GIRL ON THE CARSON SHOW DID A COMPLEX CARD TRICK (I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS) ALSO SOMEONE WHO BLEW PENCILS OFF TABLES BUT PRETENDED TO DO IT BY PK.

OTHER: MANY OTHER TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED BRIEFLY INCLUDING UFOS, ESP, ETC. RANDI DID GIVE SOME USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS SUCH AS DOUBLE BLIND, AND THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO PROVE A WAY THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE (SUCH AS ILLUSION) BUT ALSO HOW IT ACTUALLY WAS DONE.

THE AUDIENCE IN BOTH CASES WAS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE FROM NOBEL LAUREATES TO HOBBYISTS. AT THE BANQUET THERE WERE SEVERAL LUMINARIES FROM THE LOCAL MEDIA.

BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS WERE INTERESTING. I DO THINK THAT AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE OF THE SKEPTICS MAY BE INTERESTED IN ATTACKING RELIGION EVEN THOUGH SUCH A THOUGHT IS PROTESTED BY THEM. IN SOME CASES SKEPTICS MAY BE REPLACING THE BELIEF OF "NON-BELIEF" OR "ANTI-BELIEF" INSTEAD OF POSITIVE BELIEF IN ANY OF THESE TOPICS. THAT IS, THERE MAY BE MORE DOGMATISM IN NON-BELIEF THAN IN PARANORMAL ISSUES.

END TRANSCRIPT> COMMENTS,

PEOPLE?

TO: SYSOP (X) (R)

FROM: TOM BETZ

I LIKE RANDI'S ATTITUDE... NOT DOGMATIC (AS ARE SO MANY OF HIS DEVOTEES) BUT RATHER SINCERELY INTERESTED IN EXPOSING FRAUD... AND (I REALLY BELIEVE) IF HE EVER DOES FIND A TRUE CASE OF PK OR PSYCHISM, HE WILL BE HAPPIER THAN THE TRUE BELIEVERS HE SO OFTEN ENRAGES! AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS "DOGMATISM IN NON-BELIEF... IT'S PROBABLY AN EQUAL MEASURE.

I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE WORD "PARANORMAL" ITSELF... I THINK IT'S A MISNOMER AS SUCH, MUST FOLLOW SOME CONSISTENT PATTERN WHICH IS DETECTABLE. WHY HAVE WE BEEN UNABLE TO DETECT A PATTERN? ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BELIEVERS ARGUE THAT THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN MEETS THE SCIENTIFIC EYE; THAT THE PATTERN IS THERE, BUT MUST BE VIEWED IN A MORE AESTHETIC AND UNQUANTIFIABLE MODE THAN THAT ALLOWED BY SCIENCE. WHAT IS THE UNSEEN LINE THAT DIVIDES- THE TWO CAMPS? COULD IT POSSIBLY BE DUE TO HEMISPHERIC FRAME OF REFERENCE? THAT IS, DO LEFT-BRAIN DOMINANT INDIVIDUALS WIND UP BEING SKEPTICS, WHILE RIGHT-BRAIN TYPES ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO THE PARANORMAL? I AM GOING TO BE EXPLORING THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WITH A GENTLEMAN NAMED ED PELSOU, WHO CONDUCTS SEMINARS ON HOW TO CREATE HEMISPHERIC BALANCE, OR HOW TO GET OUR LEFT AND RIGHT BRAINS TO WORK TOGETHER. WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

TO: SYSOP (X)

FROM: TOM BETZ

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HAD THIS HAPPEN TO YOU: A FRIEND FROM OUT OF TOWN COMES TO VISIT YOU... HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO YOUR HOME TOWN BEFORE, SO YOU SHOW HIM AROUND... AND WALKING DOWN STREETS YOU HAVE WALKED EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE, HE REMARKS ABOUT THE UNUSUAL QUALITY OF AN OBJECT ( A TREE, OR A BUILDING ) THAT YOU HAVE NEVER NOTICED, BUT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN... ALL BECAUSE HE IS UNFAMILIAR WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IS THEREFORE TO WHAT HE SEES.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT PSYCHIC PHENOMENA ARE LIKE THAT. THINGS GO ON ALL AROUND US ALL THE TIME, BUT BECAUSE WE AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION, WE'RE TOO BUSY GETTING DONE WHAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE TO SURVIVE, WE DON'T NOTICE... UNTIL ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS:

1. THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCE ( WE MOVE INTO A HAUNTED HOUSE, A CLOSE FRIEND OR RELATIVE DIES, WE ARE CONTACTED BY AN ALIEN ) IT BECOMES ESSENTIAL TO OUR SURVIVAL TO PAY ATTENTION AND DEAL WITH SOME PSYCHIC PHENOMENON

2. THROUGH CURIOUSITY AND DESIRE TO LEARN WE TAKE TIME OUT FROM EVERYDAY LIFE AND CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS ON PAYING ATTENTION AND NOTICING THOSE THINGS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY IGNORED... IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO TRAIN ONESELF TO BECOME SENSITIZED TO "ETHERIC" (I HATE THAT WORD, BUT CAN COME UP WITH NONE BETTER AT PRESENT) ENERGIES, BY EXTENDING ONE'S "NATURAL SENSES" ( TASTE, TOUCH, SOUND, SMELL, SIGHT, ETC. ) TO REACH BEYOND THE NORMAL RANGE, OR BY DEVELOPING AN "ALTERNATIVE SENSE" TO DEAL WITH THE ENERGIES.

INASMUCH AS THESE CALLS ARE EXPENSIVE, I CAN'T GO INTO THIS FURTHER RIGHT NOW... HOWEVER, I WILL CONCLUDE BY SAYING, YES, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A CASE FOR SOME PEOPLE HAVING A STRONGER INNATE SENSITIVITY... WHAT FACTORS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO IT CAN, FOR NOW, ONLY BE A SPECULATION... BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT ANYONE, (EVEN YOU, JIM) IS CAPABLE OF EXPERIENCING THESE "PARANORMAL" ENERGIES... GIVEN TIME, NEED, OR WILL.

ULY BELIEVE THA

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Religion And Myth

One of the utmost beguiling objects I exposed in my study of religion are the subterranean similarities in the mythologies of Paganism and Christianity, and how many grow old basic themes sum up themselves. I agitate it possibly will be mesmerizing to weigh up some of these myths and their birth.PriceIn the firstly time of man, the cycles of weather and seasons were of vast prestige to humans. Methodically the dissension with prosperity and starvation was learning how to look for and later establish, sow and improvement in agreement with the elements. Hence early man thinker to channel to the rhythms of life. In the role of so far off depended on the care of the elements, man attempted to curry transform by sacrificing to the Gods. The belief of Price became built-in in resembling every religion from that time on. To this day Christians suspect that Jesus was the son of God and was sacrificed to "pay" for the sins of mankind. This in fact is no conspicuous from Paleolithic man slaughtering a veal and spilling the blood on the give rise to in order that the look for could do with be operative. In fact, Jesus is afterward called the "White meat of God which taketh in reserve the sins of the world". He is afterward believed to command been born in a depression on December 25th, end to the Pagan celebration of the Frost Solstice, this is afterward the birthdate of Mithras. The first light of Jesus was revered by Priests and wisemen who brought candles, frankincense, and gold.Inconvenient tribes had tribal leaders, traditionally the strongest and the wisest of the run, who would lead and protect his family. As he reached the age having the status of his powers were diminishing, he was replaced by a younger, stronger "king". This myth is mechanized time and once again here literature and history. The jubilant story of King Arthur is a flush myth, a figure for the wellbeing of his family. The celebrated profile here is the inclination of the figure to act in that utility. Jesus went to the protection readily. The ancient tribal Kings were acting out their track subterranean feint for their family. Mortal figure is unmoving revered in the Roman Catholic church by the "figure" of the Cloud. Today a Witch's figure is a libation of water or wine poured to the give rise to or the finest of fruits, vegetables or flowers brought to the altar. Frequent living before the first light of Christ, the Gnostics and the Essenes whichever had a doctrine of contrition somewhere a heirophant or priest can aura up his sinless life as figure to the Gods he hoped to soothe. This was likely the think logically of the myth of the sacrificial Jesus.REINCARNATION:The belief of renaissance often follows the picture of figure. Unqualified heroes here history traditionally be real on in myth. Their entourage need to connect with that they halt and specter "come once again" to respect their family. King Arthur was believed to command been full to the Coral island of Avalon, to return once again having the status of his place requests him. The firstly track down of the belief in renaissance is 4000 living old in northern Syria somewhere the explosive at HALAF in good health prosper that the Pagan folk alleged that the horned moon "died" and was resurrected in three days. With, civilizations in the Taurus Mountains built-in that belief wearing the admire of the Bull God. Jesus, of course is believed to be coming once again (the second coming) to respect the human race. New start was average by all early Christians. It was not until the religion had gone from a simple desire of a constant family to an work with a hierarchy of priests and leaders. References to renaissance were removed from the writings that became the bible. They missed a few, and these form the think logically of the hurry feature Uneducated Another time Christians use to "expound" their turn. They admit quiet, a spiritual rebirth fully than a physical one.VIRGIN/MAGICAL JerkOriginal of all, the being Hebrew word in the Bible which has been translated to mean virgin was "almah" which really lane "inexperienced girl". What the early Hebrew texts were translated wearing Greek the word was mistranslated from "almah" to "parthenas" which does mean virgin. The shuffle was corrected in later Greek translations and "parthenas" was untouched to "neanis", which lane inexperienced living thing. The cap shuffle stayed in the King James Version of the Bible. Having believed that, bestow explosive the myth of the virgin, or mother of fatherless sons who saved their point in one way or various. The Babylonian Ishtar, Neith in Libya, Ate in Celisia, Anaites in Armenia, Ataigates in Assyria, Ariadne in Crete, Cybele in Phrygia, Astarte in Phoenicia, Kwanyin in Pottery, Kwannon in Japan, Aphrodite in Greece and Isis in Egypt. Discern that Isis (need the Virgin Mary) was called the Ruler of Paradise and Innocent Aristocrat many centuries before the first light of Christ...various celebrated myth. Gold bars, frankincense, and myrrh were believed to command been brought to the Christ Insignificant, in 469 BC they afterward attended the first light of Socrates, and in 1200 BC angels and shepherds were believed to command brought the exceptionally gifts to Krishna. They afterward were at the first light of Confucius in 598 BC and at the births of Zoroaster, Mithra, and Osiris.MOTHERS IN COMMON:The mother of Christ was called Mary, Buddha's mother was Maia, as was the mother of Hermes. Bacchus and Adonis whichever had mothers named Myrrha, and even Krishnas mother was called Marima. The mother of a Siamese "savior" was Maya Maria. It appears that the exceptionally ensconce word functional to all of these mothers. I be wary of that ensconce word was from Mount...often translated as water or sea, and a symbol of the earth mother from whence we all sprang. Sea is afterward a disinfectant, and the myth of first use to geld is a celebrated one. Christians command John the Baptist, but the gods of India, Greece and Egypt afterward urged first use. In Egypt the god Anup was called "the baptiser".CAVES AND CRIBS:Frequent of the deities claimed cribs or caves as their fatherland. Apollo, Bacchus, Jupiter, Hermes, Mithra and Krishna all were born in caves or cribs. The word creche to start with aimed depression, not base. Band aimed enduring, creche aimed depression. Jesus was hence born in a depression, not a enduring. But it does be seen that the unifying myth is that a savior or avatar born in uncaring site, who led his family and became their spiritual "savior".TRINITY:The Christian Trinity is attributable to Plato's philosophy. He viewed the Portend specter as three-fold. The circumstances, and the soul and spirit of the Breathing space...hence the Commence, the Son and the Holy Natural history. At hand were many other trinities. The Brahmin Brahma, Vishnu and Sitva; the Persian Ormazd, Mithra and Ahriman; the Chaldean Bel-Saturn, Jupiter-Bel, and Baal-Chom. These convulsion to spirit, substance and time, and to power, wisdom and uprightness. Yet various celebrated profile unifying conspicuous mythologies. MAGIC:Like firstly grow old family alleged in magic. Paleolithic man agitate he can believe the Gods immediate chant, prance and figure. With introduce somebody to an area illustrious Magi or Wisemen who second hand astrology to stretch the doom. Dependable cultures alleged in oracles, some in casting brushwood or water scrying, but utmost had a dazzling stare for magic. Despite the fact that the Christian church condemns "sorcery" and magic as the work of the devil, the Catholic clergy practiced it visibly until the Reorganization. Albertus Magnus was a Bishop and conjuror, and Thomas Aquinas was his learner. Roger Bacon, a well shared sorcerer, was a preacher, and Pico Mirandala was a Kabbalist. St. Augustine practiced foretelling by adequately. Hildebrand was a Magician, Pope Sylvester II was a notorious sorcerer and Cardinal Wolsey was an alchemist. Catherine de Medici even employed the services of a Jacobean Member of the clergy who murdered for her by lane of incantations, effigies and necromancy. Humorously sufficiently, the Catholic church had a service of exorcism in its prayer book until unassumingly honorable. It was an considerable answer of yield for the Place of worship for centuries.Mean TRAPPINGS:The Pope has full as symbols of his division the pagan wand or sword of state, the keys of Janus and Cybele, and the Headdress of Brahmitma, the supreme sage of the initiates of Old India. The Bible claims that Christ believed of Peter "on this wobble (Petra) I specter build my church." The ensconce word translated as Peter is the exceptionally ensconce word as the Egyptian Ptah, and afterward the names of some of the cities somewhere the oracles were located. Emphatic Buddha has a flush ensconce. The captivity Peter Roma after was Petroma, the pagan Gauzy Member of the clergy of the metropolis of Rome.These are on its own a few of the celebrated myths of mankind. Requisite you be prying in reading above about these objects, I purport any of the Joseph Campbell books on myth; Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont; Hebrew Folklore by Graves and Patai; Deceptions and Folklore of the Bible by Graham; and the King James conscript of the Bible. (by Aristocrat Ardane)Keywords: free spells pagan calendar today religion esoterismo magick techniques shamanism paganism story buddhism voodoo curse

Watchtower Beliefs What Are Jehovah Witnesses Known For In Helping Humanity What Can They Brag About By Bucketshopbill

Catholic Churches were known for starting schools, orphanages, resthomes, hospitals along with other ideas like Universities. We can debate who started what but you will be missing the point. I know some of the best colleges were started by religion, what has the Watchtower contributed to society as a whole? I hear about these legal cases that secured religious freedom for all religions, is that really true?

Protestant and Fundamental groups are helping start "Water Projects", Cooking and Schools in Africa now, what is the Watchtower doing to make the World a better place since their inception? Seriously, I am going to have a discussion with another active educated JW and would enjoy your help so I can get to his heart, he is in to charity and does not know the Watchtower does not really do anything for the outside world. Jesus said "What good are you if you only practice good to those in your own group(JWs have problems helping their own group too). Can you advise me and will you help me when I get ready for my Judicial Committee that's coming up, my older sibling is a rat and caught my posts on JWN and told me I need to contact the Brothers, I told her to Go " Off!

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3 The Christian Church Changed The Bible

The Goddess is the Holy Spirit who is TIME.

All angels are within her ambit.

She has no loyalty to the Christian church.

Magick is the alteration of TIME to obtain a benefit.

It is permissible.

Draw a circle.

Sit inside.

Ask The Goddess to come.

Talk as you would talk to your Mother

2 X Astonishing Concepts (ACs)

that may be new to your world.

1. I'm going to have a look back over the previous two entrys as there will be imperfections. The spirit source is Sweetgum. The human agent is William. Everything involving a human, results in imperfection. The Christian church believes that their version of the Bible is perfect. That's why they call it the "Holy Bible." They will argue to hysteria over a verse - over two words -or even one.

The original King James Bible (olde text) is a workable book. The New King James Bible (plain text) can help you with the language, but is not to be trusted. Where there are differences, the Old KJ is more accurate.

2. All Bible versions written after the Old KJ have been altered. This is because the most vicious inter-denominational arguments were over small but important verses. So the church changed them to foster unity. The New International Version (NIV) Bible in the churches today is riven with church propoganda.

3. The Bible was not written by the disciples named, but by later followers. Leaving that aside, the disciples repeatedly stated that they were 'only men.' What they meant was that they were only human. I know of no human - ever, who was or is without corruption in one form or another. The whole point of Jesus' incarnation was that his earth body was the bound personification of humanity's sins since Eden. But the church consistently presents him as pure. In his pre-incarnation form of Michael (Daniel 9, 10,12) he was 'pure with problems.' In his post-incarnation form as Lord Jesus, he is 'pure with personality.' But the human spirit of Jesus went through the upper Hell like a hot knife through butter, plummeted through The Levels like a boulder and didn't stop until it hit the lowest gate (Acts 2:31)

AC 5.

4. Of course the church says that that very act then purified humanity. They would, wouldn't they. So how is it then that the powers of Darkness were able to invade Heaven both before and after? (Luke 10:18, Revelation 12:7-9). The best human worshippers may go to the Lower Heaven, which has been well sectioned off from the upper levels. It is only that Lower Level that Darkness can invade. It can do so because the best of humanity still corrupt even that place.

AC 6.

5. So don't let the Christian church tell you that their Bible is holy and therefore pure. The Bible is a story of humans, written by humans and interpreted by humans, which means that from start to finish it is a rolling snowball of contamination. You will know purity when you associate with The Holy Spirit. 'Time' is a pure stream. 'Magic' is the alteration of time to gain a benefit. So purity is the ability to change and adapt to the benefit of all. The Holy Spirit is neither female nor male, but 'to change and adapt' is more a female quality than a male. So she/he will usually appear as Female.

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/NIV/damnable.htm

It is NOT surprising that professed Christians who use such flawed bible versions would also believe that God hates sinners.... here's the perverted NIV... "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers." Notice how the NIV butchers completely remove "the love of God" from 1st John 3:16. The "New King James Bible" butchers also pervert the same Scripture.... The NIV is packed full of such subtle word changes, and some not so subtle, which have launched an epidemic of false doctrines. Now here's the damnable NIV... "WHO, BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD, DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY WITH GOD SOMETHING TO BE GRASPED." Do you see why so many people are being deceived by Satan nowadays? It is obvious to the faithful Christian who is awake to righteousness. If I had my way, I would burn every "New International Version" of the Bible in existence! I would burn every copy of "Today's International Version" as well. I would burn every copy of the corrupted" New King James Version". In fact, I would burn every perverted Bible out there, including the "Living Bible" and "Good News for Modern Man". I would burn the "Revised Standard Version". God only wrote one book folks! Matthew 4:4 commands us to live by "every word" of the Bible. To do that we must have an "every word" Bible. We have it in the 1611 King James Bible which has been tested and proven trustworthy over the centuries.

Listen friend, the NIV changed 1st John 3:16 to say that Jesus died so we could know "what love is"; but the King James Bible states that Jesus died so we could know THE LOVE OF GOD.... the demonic NIV even removes the blood of Jesus from Colossians 1:14.... And the most tragic thing is that the NIV is the most popular bible amongst Christians nowadays. "The translation has become the most popular modern English translation of the Bible, having sold more than 215 million copies worldwide" -SOURCE. How tragic. The NIV has produced a generation of Lordship Salvationists who foolishly believe that a person cannot be saved without making Jesus Lord. Here's Romans 10:9 from the King James Bible, "THAT IF THOU SHALT CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND SHALT BELIEVE IN THINE HEART THAT GOD HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, THOU SHALT BE SAVED." Now here's Romans 10:9 from the perverted NIV... "THAT IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH, "JESUS IS LORD," AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED." Hypocritically, Lordship Salvationists will quote Scriptures about being saved by faith alone; but then require people to have some outward self-righteousness to validate their faith. Clearly they are confusing the ROOT of a believer's faith, which Paul speaks of in Romans; in contrast to the FRUIT of a believer's faith, which is spoken of by James.... The NIV is from Hell, which is exactly where the Lordship Salvation gang is headed.... ANY self-righteous efforts on our part is a total rejection of Christ's work of redemption.! http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/NIV/damnable.htm

Your Goddess is the Holy Spirit of the Bible.

She has no loyalty to the Christian church.

Her loyalty is to you.

She is TIME.

Magic is the alteration of TIME to obtain a benefit.

Your Goddess is the ONLY source of such magic.

She WANTS to reveal her secrets to you.

She WANTS you to practice altering TIME to obtain a benefit.

It is critical to the future of humanity that you do so.

The Goddess WANTS you to establish her in the hearts of her people.

That requires success with every-day spells of money, love, health, relationships and luck.

She WILL gift you that success if it is in line with the Life Purpose of your client.

Whether you charge a fee or what fee you charge is irrelevant.

The only thing that is important is that you do it.

Draw a circle.

Sit inside.

Ask The Goddess to come.

Talk as you would talk to your Mother.

Updated Aurora Colorado Shooting

Many tears this morning for our evil, sinful dying world, and the people affected by the tragic and wanton shooting in Aurora Colorado. The only Light of this world is Jesus. 'When the darkness closes in I will still say Blessed be the name of the Lord'.

Though the fig tree should not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines,

the produce of the olive fail

and the fields yield no food,

the flock be cut off from the fold

and there be no herd in the stalls,

18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD;

I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

19 GOD, the Lord, is my strength;

he makes my feet like the deer's;

he makes me tread on my high places.

(Habakkuk 3:17-19)

Update

OK I've had time to cry, pray, mourn, sing, run to the bible, and pray some more. That's what I do on tragedy days.

Jesus is Good. How so, one might ask? Well, how many angels did He send to tend to the people who love Him? "Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?" (Hebrews 1:14). If we were blessed with spiritual eyes being opened as Elisha's servant was, (2 Kings 6:17) and God allowed him to see the myriads of chariots in the spiritual realms standing at the ready for battle, we might see legions of angels sent from on high at the command of God, to minister to those in pain and anguish in Aurora Colorado this morning.

He is Good because though the evil stain of sin and hate overspread the Mall in Aurora, His victory will out pace all that satan can do or ever thought to do. Satan is a loser and all his schemes and plans will fail. The Holy God of Israel has won! Take heart even in the darkness because He is the Light! He has the victory.

Therefore who can say how many miracles were given in grace to the people at the shooting location? Who can say how many medical miracles He effected through the hands and minds of the paramedics, nurses, and doctors? Who can say who many miracles were effected by His own hand, directly? Because He is good and loves us, we can have assurance that His eyes were on the situation.

"For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." (2 Chronicles 16:9a)

What else is Good? We do not know how many people who were threatened with death at any second will re-think their time on earth and finally repent to Jesus unto salvation. He sends Gospel seeds which flower, and do so ever more when there is darkness and sin. This is so He can be glorified ever more brightly.

He is Good because He will accept true repentance from all who come to Him, even the shooter himself. His mercies are so far above us, we cannot conceive of a loving God such as this. Yet He does love us. He is Good because of this, caring for and redeeming a sinful humanity.

It is satan that is bad. But we are not unaware of satan's schemes (2 Corinthians 2:11) and we persevere in love so satan will not steal the joy, even on a dark day such as this. My love for Christ does not depend on positive circumstances. Let our love for Him and our faith that He is working in this situation just as He always has in every situation, ever since He said, "in the beginning..."

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Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany

Rom. 13:1-7

Matt. 8:1-13

From the book of Deuteronomy, the fifth chapter, is this lesson that is appointed for today, read by those who also attend Morning Prayer:

Moses said to the children of Israel:

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. (Deut. 5:5-10)

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. (Deut. 5:39,40)

How well balanced the scriptures for this Sunday are. In the Old Testament Lesson, part of which I have just read, we are told that it is for our good that God gives us His commandments. In the Epistle we are told that He provides for us governments in this world, that even among fallen men, in a state of sin and death, we may have some order. And, yet, in the Gospel we see Jesus doing what could be seen as breaking the rules, both of God and of the authorities, at least of the religious authorities. For, in the first story He actually touches the unclean leper, and in the second He gives mercy to a Gentile. In fact, He says that He is willing to enter the house of a Gentile (notice the Centurion did not feel worthy of such a visit, and expresses humility that is quite touching. Also, the Centurion did not want to create a scandal for the Lord).

But, there is no contradiction here. Jesus is not breaking the rules and being a revolutionary. The Revolutionary Jesus was the popular fiction of the 1960s, and we heard that particular Jesus preached about from many trendy pulpits. But, something much deeper is going on in these two stories, far deeper than the shallow theology of the 60s (or of today), and it has to do with the words that the Lord spoke many years before to the prophet Samuel: A Man looks on the outward appearance; but the Lord looks on the heart.

If we understand what God was saying through Moses in the Old Testament lesson, it is not so much that God will punish the evil doer (which is part of the message, don't misunderstand), but rather that God's commandments are a gift to us, a lamp for our feet. If we obey His word, it brings us peace, though not the peace of this world. It preserves us from eternal dangers, and from the consequences of our own foolishness. It is a gift so great that we must pass it on to our children; we must teach it to them for their good, and the good of their children forever (in fact we are not given a choice. Failure to bring up our children in the true Faith is a sin. It is not the mark of an enlightened couple that their children are not raised in the Church, but a terrifying form of neglect and dereliction).

If we understand St. Paul's words, he is telling us that governments exist among men for our good, even though they can often be used by evil men, that is by tyrants. The Romans were tyrants, and they persecuted the Church. But, the purpose of rulers is to enforce laws against wickedness and vice, and to protect society from anarchy and chaos. In a land such as ours, where the law is king, we see that, even in the best of circumstances, perfect justice cannot be found, and that the enforcers of human law allow many evils. Nonetheless, that same law provides order without which we would find it very hard to stand in the winds that would blow -- to allude to Sr. Thomas More's words to his son in law, Roper.

And, with all of this about order and the rules by which order is maintained, we see what could so easily be misunderstood as disorder. The Law of God made it clear that to touch a leper was to make oneself unclean, "lo tahor". To avoid uncleanness the priest and the Levite, in the Parable of the Good Samaritan, walked on the other side of the road in order to keep safe distance from a man who, for what little they could see, might be dead. And, to associate with Gentiles, that is to be willing to go into the home even of a worthy Gentile who had built a synagogue for the Jews at his own expense, was strictly forbidden. Not by any actual commandment of God mind you, but rather by the consensus of the Rabbis. It represented disorder for a Jewish man to say to this Roman Centurion, I will come and heal your servant.

To see this properly, however, we must have the correct understanding of two things:

1) The true meaning of the rules, and

2) Who Jesus is.

First let us understand the case of the leper. Leprosy was a state of uncleanness in itself. The leper had to keep his distance from all other people, and cry out with a warning when he entered a place that might be populated: He had to cry "Unclean, unclean!" This was his warning label, a verbal invitation to everyone within earshot to keep away from him. We could see leprosy in this case as being a condition that renders one actually guilty of sin, for he is perpetually unclean. He can never enter the temple, or even a mere synagogue to pray with his fellow Jews. That may seem very strange indeed; but we must think of it the same way this poor leper did.

In one sense, his coming up to Jesus would have been seen by witnesses as a presumptuous breaking of God's commandments on top of, or to add to, his unclean state. He was failing in his duty to present a verbal warning label to Christ and the disciples. By what right did he do this?

Yet, Jesus was even worse, for He actually touched this unclean man.

But, man looks only on the outward appearance. Jesus looked upon the heart of a man wanting to be clean, wanting to be able to go into the temple of God with boldness. He saw faith, not presumption. The true meaning of God's laws always was to teach us that we are sinners, and to be, as St. Paul tells us, a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. Christ, far from being a law breaker, is the Law Giver Himself. He knows that His Law is written by the Holy Ghost on the heart of anyone who has faith, and so it was written on the heart of this man who wanted to be a leper no more.

Some might be preaching this very Sunday about how today's Gospel reading teaches us to accept all sorts of unsavory people, who have no intention whatsoever of repenting of their sins. In fact, they want us to accept their sins as good things. And, not only to accept those sins, but perhaps even to applaud them. Jesus said of His mission to sinners, not simply that he was sent to call them, but that He was sent to call them to repentance. This man wanted not only to be healed, but to be clean; clean of leprosy which he saw as being itself a sinful state. Jesus not only heals him, but gives him the great restoration he desires. He sends him to the priests in the temple, and reminds him to offer to God the gift ordered in the Torah for the cleansing of a leper. He restores him to obedience to the Law, giving him the commandment to follow, right out of its pages. This was more than a mere ritual; the man was being given back his place in the religion of the God of his fathers, the people of Israel. More than his body, his heart was healed that day. And of course, this story reminds us that Christ the Man is also the Lord from heaven, able to make clean, which no earthly power can do.

The Gentile, the Centurion, is not only a Gentile, but a Roman. He is what is called a God-fearer, not a convert to Judaism, but a worshiper of the true God nonetheless. However, he is not circumcised; and so, to enter his home is to make oneself unclean (again, by the rules of the rabbis of that time. The Torah really says no such thing). You may recall, from the Book of Acts, how many years later St. Peter would enter the home of another Centurion and God-fearer named Cornelius, and would say upon entering what difficulty he had doing so, for he was not supposed to enter the home of a man who is unclean.

It is the Centurion who begs Jesus not to come, and then proceeds to reveal the depth of his faith by saying "only speak the word." Jesus, again looked upon a heart of faith. He knew that the true children of Abraham were those who believe, a teaching that would later be written down so eloquently by St. Paul. He knew that His own Divine presence carries with it the power to cleanse and to heal wherever He goes. His actions are never disorder, but the very essence of order; it is He Who made the heavens and the earth, and set them in their perfect course. He has come into the world to save us from sin and death, to bring order out of disorder, life out of death; to bring light into darkness, to make all things right. He alone has this power; though He has come and is a man who sees the outward appearance, He is also the Lord Who looks upon the heart.

And now unto God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost, be ascribed as is most justly due, all might, majesty, dominion, glory and power, henceforth world without end. Amen.

French Mountain Said To Be Home To Aliens Will Rescue Believers In 2012

BY: LISA BACA

STRANGE TIMES U.S.A. STAFF

French chateaus, picturesque riviera's and places like Mont Saint-Michel, a landmark that is second only to the Eiffel Tower are just a few of the tourist destinations that France touts.

Paris alone is reason enough to visit the museum-laden country, but for one group of New Age believers, there can only be one "city of lights."

Pic de Bugarach, a mountain popular for being the inspiration behind Jules Verne's book, Journeyto the Center of the Earth, has become a temporary home to an estimated 20,000 people-- all who claim the infamous peak is an ancient launching pad that will activate on December 21, 2012.

The doomsday theories are nothing new, but in an unusual twist these specific esoterics believe that the Pic de Bugarach is more than a mountain-it is a sacred land occupied by aliens as we speak.

According to their beliefs, once the apocalypse begins the aliens will reveal themselves to the patiently faithful and take them on a journey in a Noah's-ark-meets-Star-Wars voyage to another universe.

"The apocalypse we believe in is the end of a certain world and the beginning of another," one of the New Age pilgrims going only by the name "Jean" tells the paper. "A new spiritual world... the year 2012 is the end of a cycle of suffering. Bugarach is one of the major chakras of the earth, a place devoted to welcoming the energies of tomorrow."

Below is video coverage of the group covered by CNN Saturday nearly one year ago:

While the "expert" on the show above claims the mountain is a scientific anomaly, those who are the real professionals on the subject have spoken. One geologist professor at Grossmont College -who wishes to remain anonymous- informed me the peak was in fact a klippe: an erosional outlier of the nappe.

In other words, an old mountain which was next to a young mountain overlapped over time- producing one solid mountain with layers that chronologically do not match.

Regardless of the not-so-mystical origins, the cultists remain unaffected and have gone so far as to rent or buy property in the usually small town; one that hasn't exceeded a population limit of 200 since its establishment.

Along with his concerns about population vs. resources, the mayor of Bugarach, Jean-Pierre Delord, is worried the esoterics have other plans besides sitting and waiting; he feels they may attempt a mass suicide if their original December expectations turn out to be uneventful.

In the meantime, locals who have kept a watchful eye on the extremist crowd say weird rituals have begun to take place; men and women who are either in white robes or naked frequently walk the surrounding area of the mountain.

THE SIZE OF THE GROUP IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 100,000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.