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Mulligan
Jan 6, 2013, 5:16:35 PM1/6/13
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Mulligan
Jan 6, 2013, 5:20:22 PM1/6/13
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The key characteristic of a jump drive (as the term is usually used)
is that it allows a starship to be instantaneously teleported between
two points ... A jump drive is supposed to make a spaceship (or any
matter) go from one point in space to another point in a single instant
Mulligan
Jan 6, 2013, 5:26:50 PM1/6/13
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Earnshaw's theorem proves that using only ferromagnetic or
paramagnetic materials it is impossible to stably levitate against
gravity, but servomechanisms, the use of diamagnetic materials,
superconduction, or systems involving eddy currents permit this to
occur.
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http://www.nature.com/news/antimagnet-renders-magnets-invisible-1.10292
Physicists have already unveiled invisibility cloaks that can hide
objects from light, sound, seismic and even water waves. Now
researchers report a cloak that can hide objects from static magnetic
fields. This 'antimagnet' could have
Their idea was that materials with well-tuned electromagnetic
properties could guide light around an object so that the light’s
overall path remained unperturbed: from a distance, both the object
and cloak would appear invisible
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Using the freedom of design that metamaterials provide, we show how
electromagnetic fields can be redirected at will and propose a design
strategy. The conserved fields—electric displacement field D, magnetic
induction field B, and Poynting vector B—are all displaced in a
consistent manner. A simple illustration is given of the cloaking of a
proscribed volume of space to exclude completely all electromagnetic
fields.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6075/1466.abstract
Here, we demonstrate, directly from Maxwell equations, that a
specially designed cylindrical superconductor-ferromagnetic bilayer
can exactly cloak uniform static magnetic fields, and we
experimentally confirmed this effect in an actual setup
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http://www.zamandayolculuk.com/cetinbal/PHYSICSOFREALITYMANIPULATIO.htm
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In ordinary physics, there is a mathematical operator called a ‘cross
product.’ When two vectors (arrows indicating the direction and
strength of a field) are ‘crossed’ with each other, a third arises
that is at right angles to both. Obviously, a gravity vector is
proportional to the cross product of an electric and magnetic vector.
However, when three vectors which are at right angles to one another
cross, they produce a new vector perpendicular to all of them; such a
vector points into the fourth dimension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8gpXKrqMU0
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http://www.trutv.com/conspiracy/government-lies/time-travel/montauk-secret-experiments.html
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According to some, scientists involved in the Philadelphia Experiment
believed the unexpected teleportation and psychological trauma were
important discoveries and should have led to an expansion of the
research project rather than its complete shutdown.
With the secret support of the Department of Defense, researchers used
the Montauk facility to study magnetic manipulation for teleportation,
time travel and psychic manipulation.
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http://www.researchgate.net/publication/45868026_Quantum_Energy_Teleportation_with_Electromagnetic_Field_Discrete_vs._Continuous_Variables
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Journal Article
Quantum Energy Teleportation with Electromagnetic Field: Discrete vs.
Continuous Variables
Masahiro Hotta
08/2009; DOI:abs/0908.2674
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The importance of the experiment is that it is now possible for the
first time to achieve teleportation between stationary atoms, which
can store quantum states, and light, which is needed to transmit
information over great distances
Citation: Jacob F. Sherson, Hanna Krauter, Rasmus K. Olsson, Brian
Julsgaard, Klemens Hammerer, Ignacio Cirac and Eugene S. Polzik
Quantum teleportation between light and matter Nature 443, 557-560(5
October 2006).
Source: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEvqfl-eCE
Mulligan
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A space vehicle propelled by the pressure of inflationary vacuum state
is provided comprising a hollow superconductive shield, an inner
shield, a power source, a support structure, upper and lower means for
generating an electromagnetic field, and a flux modulation controller
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SECONDARY GRAVITATIONAL FORCE
FIELD
US3626606 Nov 4, 1968 Dec 14, 1971 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
GENERATING A DYNAMIC FORCE FIELD
US3823570 Feb 16, 1973 1974 HEAT PUMP
US5197279 Mar 6, 1992 Mar 30, 1993 Electromagnetic energy propulsion
engine
US6353311 Jul 2, 1998 Mar 5, 2002 Universal particle flux pressure
converter
1. A space vehicle propelled by the pressure of inflationary vacuum
state is claimed comprising:
a hollow superconductive shield,
an inner shield, the inner shield disposed inside said hollow
superconductive shield, said inner shield comprising an upper shell
and a lower shell,
a support structure, the support structure disposed between said
hollow superconductive shield and said inner shield concentrically to
said hollow superconductive shield, said support structure comprised
of an upper rotating element and a lower rotating element,
upper means for generating an electromagnetic field, the upper means
for generating an electromagnetic field disposed between said hollow
superconductive shield and said upper shell, affixed to said upper
rotating element at an electromagnetic field-penetrable distance to
said hollow superconductive shield,
lower means for generating an electromagnetic field, the lower means
for generating an electromagnetic field disposed between said hollow
superconductive shield and said lower shell, affixed to said lower
rotating element at an electromagnetic field-penetrable distance to
said hollow superconductive shield,
electric motors, the electric motors disposed inside said hollow
superconductive shield along the central axis of said hollow
superconductive shield,
a power source, the power source disposed inside said hollow
superconductive shield, said power source electrically connected with
said upper means for generating an electromagnetic field, said lower
means for generating an electromagnetic field, and said electric
motors,
life-support equipment, the life-support equipment disposed inside
said inner shield,
a flux modulation controller, the flux modulation controller disposed
inside said inner shield, said flux modulation controller in
communication with said upper means for generating an electromagnetic
field, said lower means for generating an electromagnetic field, said
power source, and said electric motors, and
a crew, the crew disposed inside said inner shield accessibly to said
life-support and said flux modulation controller.
2. The space vehicle of claim 1 wherein said hollow superconductive
shield is composed of a high-temperature ceramic superconductor with a
composite crystal structure, and is cooled to a temperature of about
40 degrees K.
3. The space vehicle of claim 1 wherein said inner shield is composed
of insulating materials such as foamed ceramics.
4. The space vehicle of claim 1 wherein said power source is a nuclear
generator.
5. The space vehicle of claim 1 wherein said flux modulation
controller is a computer.
6. The space vehicle of claim 1 wherein said upper rotating element
and said lower rotating element are pivoted, urged to rotate by said
upper means for generating an electromagnetic field, said lower means
for generating an electromagnetic field, and said electric motors.
7. The space vehicle of claim 1 wherein said hollow superconductive
shield is pivoted and urged to rotate by said upper means for
generating an electromagnetic field, said lower means for generating
an electromagnetic field, and said electric motors.
8. A method for generating pressure anomaly of inflationary vacuum
state is claimed comprising the following steps, some occurring
simultaneously:
providing a space vehicle comprising a hollow superconductive shield,
an inner shield, a support structure, upper means for generating an
electromagnetic field, lower means for generating an electromagnetic
field, electric motors, a power source, life-support equipment, a flux
modulation controller, and a crew,
generating electrical energy in said power source,
converting said electrical energy into an electromagnetic field in
said upper means for generating an electromagnetic field and said
lower means for generating an electromagnetic field,
converting said electrical energy into mechanical energy in said
electrical motors,
rotating said upper means for generating an electromagnetic field and
said lower means for generating an electromagnetic field relative to
said hollow superconductive shield,
converting said electromagnetic field into a gravitomagnetic field in
said hollow superconductive shield,
propagating said gravitomagnetic field outward, orthogonal to the
walls of said hollow superconductive shield, and
forming a pressure anomaly of inflationary vacuum state in the area of
propagation of said gravitomagnetic field, the pressure anomaly of
inflationary vacuum state comprised of an area of relatively lower
vacuum pressure density in front of said space vehicle and an area of
relatively higher vacuum pressure density behind said vehicle,
whereby said space vehicle is urged to move from said area of
relatively higher vacuum pressure density toward said area of
relatively lower vacuum pressure density.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein said pressure anomaly of inflationary
vacuum state is a substantially droplet-shaped anomaly associated with
lowered pressure of inflationary vacuum state provided by the
propagation of a gravitomagnetic field radiating orthogonally away
from the front of said hollow superconductive shield,
whereby providing for the gravitational imbalance where the lowered
pressure of inflationary vacuum state is pulling said space vehicle
forward.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein said pressure anomaly of
inflationary vacuum state is a substantially droplet-shaped anomaly
associated with elevated pressure of inflationary vacuum state
provided by the propagation of a gravitomagnetic field radiating
orthogonally away from the back of said hollow superconductive shield,
whereby providing for the gravitational imbalance where the elevated
pressure of inflationary vacuum state is pushing said space vehicle
forward.
11. The method of claim 8 wherein said pressure anomaly of
inflationary vacuum state is comprised of a substantially droplet-
shaped anomaly associated with lowered pressure of inflationary vacuum
state and a substantially droplet-shaped anomaly associated with
elevated pressure of inflationary vacuum state,
whereby providing for the gravitational imbalance where the lowered
pressure of inflationary vacuum state is pulling, and the elevated
pressure of inflationary vacuum state is pushing, said space vehicle
forward.
12. The method of claim 8 wherein said pressure anomaly of
inflationary vacuum state is a substantially egg-shaped anomaly
associated with lowered pressure of inflationary vacuum state provided
by the unequally-distributed gravitomagnetic field propagated in all
directions orthogonally away from said hollow superconductive shield
with an area of lowest vacuum pressure density disposed directly in
front said space vehicle,
whereby providing for the gravitational imbalance such that the
lowered pressure of inflationary vacuum state is pulling said space
vehicle forward in modified spacetime.
13. The method of claim 8 wherein said pressure anomaly of
inflationary vacuum state is a substantially egg-shaped anomaly
associated with elevated pressure of inflationary vacuum state
provided by the unequally-distributed gravitomagnetic field propagated
in all directions orthogonally away from said hollow superconductive
shield with an area of highest vacuum pressure density disposed
directly behind said space vehicle,
whereby providing for the gravitational imbalance such that the
highest pressure of inflationary vacuum state is pushing said space
vehicle forward in modified spacetime at a speed possibly approaching
a local light-speed, the local light-speed which may be substantially
higher than the light-speed in the ambient space.
Drawings
Mulligan
Jan 7, 2013, 3:25:15 PM1/7/13
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In modern physics, the electromagnetic field is understood to be not a
classical field, but rather a quantum field; it is represented not as
a vector of three numbers at each point, but as a vector of three
quantum operators at each point. The most accurate modern description
of the electromagnetic interaction (and much else) is quantum
electrodynamics (QED),[31] which is incorporated into a more complete
theory known as the Standard Model of particle physics.
All equations in this article are in the classical approximation,
which is less accurate than the quantum description mentioned here.
However, under most everyday circumstances, the difference between the
two theories is negligible
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light#Electromagnetic_theory_as_explanation_for_all_types_of_visible_light_and_all_EM_radiation
In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered that the plane of polarisation of
linearly polarised light is rotated when the light rays travel along
the magnetic field direction in the presence of a transparent
dielectric, an effect now known as Faraday rotation.[19] This was the
first evidence that light was related to electromagnetism.
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Jan 7, 2013, 3:28:32 PM1/7/13
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> In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered that the plane of polarisation of
> linearly polarised light is rotated when the light rays travel along
> the magnetic field direction in the presence of a transparent
> dielectric, an effect now known as Faraday rotation.[19] This was the
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> In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered that the plane of polarisation of
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> the magnetic field direction in the presence of a transparent
> dielectric, an effect now known as Faraday rotation.[19] This was the
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The electron (symbol: e−) is a subatomic particle with a negative
elementary electric charge.[8]
An electron has no known components or substructure. It is generally
thought to be an elementary particle.[2] An electron has a mass that
is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton.[9] The intrinsic angular
momentum (spin) of the electron is a half-integer value in units of ħ,
which means that it is a fermion.
Electrons, which belong to the first generation of the lepton particle
family,[10] participate in gravitational, electromagnetic and weak
interactions.[11] Like all matter, they have quantum mechanical
properties of both particles and waves, so they can collide with other
particles and can be diffracted like light. However, this duality is
best demonstrated in experiments with electrons, due to their tiny
mass
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Maxwell's equations are a set of partial differential equations that
form the foundation of classical electrodynamics, classical optics
The term "Maxwell's equations" is often used for other forms of
Maxwell's equations. For example, space-time formulations are commonly
used in high energy and gravitational physics. These formulations
defined on space-time, rather than space and time separately are
manifestly[1] compatible with special and general relativity. In
quantum mechanics, versions of Maxwell's equations based on the
electric and magnetic potentials are preferred
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Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the relativistic quantum field theory
of electrodynamics. In essence, it describes how light and matter
interact and is the first theory where full agreement between quantum
mechanics and special relativity is achieved. QED mathematically
describes all phenomena involving electrically charged particles
interacting by means of exchange of photons and represents the quantum
counterpart of classical electromagnetism giving a complete account of
matter and light interaction. One of the founding fathers of QED,
Richard Feynman, has called it "the jewel of physics" for its
extremely accurate predictions
revealed that such computations were reliable only at a first order of
perturbation theory, a problem already pointed out by Robert
Oppenheimer.[6] At higher orders in the series infinities emerged,
making such computations meaningless and casting serious doubts on the
internal consistency of the theory itself.
These experiments unequivocally exposed discrepancies which the
theory was unable to explain.
Despite the limitations of the computation, agreement was excellent.
The idea was simply to attach infinities to corrections of mass and
charge that were actually fixed to a finite value by experiments. In
this way, the infinities get absorbed in those constants and yield a
finite result in good agreement with experiments
] Renormalization, the need to attach a physical meaning at certain
divergences appearing in the theory through integrals, has
subsequently become one of the fundamental aspects of quantum field
theory and has come to be seen as a criterion for a theory's general
acceptability. Even though renormalization works very well in
practice, Feynman was never entirely comfortable with its mathematical
validity, even referring to renormalization as a "shell game" and
"hocus pocus
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A problem arose historically which held up progress for twenty years:
although we start with the assumption of three basic "simple" actions,
the rules of the game say that if we want to calculate the probability
amplitude for an electron to get from A to B we must take into account
all the possible ways: all possible Feynman diagrams with those end
points. Thus there will be a way in which the electron travels to C,
emits a photon there and then absorbs it again at D before moving on
to B. Or it could do this kind of thing twice, or more. In short we
have a fractal-like situation in which if we look closely at a line it
breaks up into a collection of "simple" lines, each of which, if
looked at closely, are in turn composed of "simple" lines, and so on
ad infinitum. This is a very difficult situation to handle. If adding
that detail only altered things slightly then it would not have been
too bad, but disaster struck when it was found that the simple
correction mentioned above led to infinite probability amplitudes. In
time this problem was "fixed" by the technique of renormalization (see
below and the article on mass renormalization).
Within the above framework physicists were then able to calculate to a
high degree of accuracy some of the properties of electrons
Mulligan
Jan 7, 2013, 3:54:34 PM1/7/13
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In particle physics, a fermion (a name coined by Paul Dirac[1] from
the surname of Enrico Fermi) is any particle characterized by Fermi–
Dirac statistics and following the Pauli exclusion principle; fermions
include all quarks and leptons, as well as any composite particle made
of an odd number of these
then at least one property of each fermion, such as its spin, must be
different. Fermions are usually associated with matter, whereas bosons
are generally force carrier particles; although in the current state
of particle physics the distinction between the two concepts is
unclear
Weakly interacting fermions can also display bosonic behavior under
extreme conditions, such as in superconductivity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepton
The best known of all leptons is the electron which governs nearly all
of chemistry as it is found in atoms and is directly tied to all
chemical properties. Two main classes of leptons exist: charged
leptons (also known as the electron-like leptons), and neutral leptons
(better known as neutrinos)
There are six types of leptons, known as flavours, forming three
generations.[2] The first generation is the electronic leptons,
comprising the electron (e−) and electron neutrino (ν
e); the second is the muonic leptons, comprising the muon (μ−) and
muon neutrino (ν
μ); and the third is the tauonic leptons, comprising the tau (τ−) and
the tau neutrino (ν
τ). Electrons have the least mass of all the charged leptons. The
heavier muons and taus will rapidly change into electrons through a
process of particle decay
For every lepton flavor there is a corresponding type of antiparticle,
known as antilepton, that differs from the lepton only in that some of
its properties have equal magnitude but opposite sign. However,
according to certain theories, neutrinos may be their own
antiparticle, but it is not currently known whether this is the case
or not.
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The strong force acts between quarks. Unlike all other forces
(electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational), the strong force does not
diminish in strength with increasing distance. After a limiting
distance (about the size of a hadron) has been reached, it remains at
a strength of about 10,000 newtons, no matter how much farther the
distance between the quarks.[4] In QCD this phenomenon is called color
confinement; it implies that only hadrons, not individual free quarks,
can be observed. The explanation is that the amount of work done
against a force of 10,000 newtons (about the weight of a one-metric
ton mass on the surface of the Earth) is enough to create particle-
antiparticle pairs within a very short distance of an interaction
Mulligan
Jan 7, 2013, 4:02:21 PM1/7/13
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> The strong force acts between quarks. Unlike all other forces
> (electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational), the strong force does not
> diminish in strength with increasing distance. After a limiting
> distance (about the size of a hadron) has been reached, it remains at
> a strength of about 10,000 newtons, no matter how much farther the
> distance between the quarks.[4] In QCD this phenomenon is called color
> confinement; it implies that only hadrons, not individual free quarks,
> can be observed. The explanation is that the amount of work done
> against a force of 10,000 newtons (about the weight of a one-metric
> ton mass on the surface of the Earth) is enough to create particle-
> antiparticle pairs within a very short distance of an interaction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductivity
> The strong force acts between quarks. Unlike all other forces
> (electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational), the strong force does not
> diminish in strength with increasing distance. After a limiting
> distance (about the size of a hadron) has been reached, it remains at
> a strength of about 10,000 newtons, no matter how much farther the
> distance between the quarks.[4] In QCD this phenomenon is called color
> confinement; it implies that only hadrons, not individual free quarks,
> can be observed. The explanation is that the amount of work done
> against a force of 10,000 newtons (about the weight of a one-metric
> ton mass on the surface of the Earth) is enough to create particle-
> antiparticle pairs within a very short distance of an interaction
Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical
resistance and expulsion of magnetic fields occurring in certain
materials when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature. It
was discovered by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8,
1911 in Leiden. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines,
superconductivity is a quantum mechanical phenomenon. It is
characterized by the Meissner effect, the complete ejection of
magnetic field lines from the interior of the superconductor as it
transitions into the superconducting state. The occurrence of the
Meissner effect indicates that superconductivity cannot be understood
simply as the idealization of perfect conductivity in classical
physics
An electric current flowing in a loop of superconducting wire can
persist indefinitely with no power source
The best available model of high-temperature superconductivity is
still somewhat crude. There are currently two main hypotheses - the
resonating-valence-bond theory, and spin fluctuation which has the
most support in the research community.[3] The second hypothesis
proposed that electron pairing in high-temperature superconductors is
mediated by short-range spin waves known as paramagnons
The Meissner effect is sometimes confused with the kind of
diamagnetism one would expect in a perfect electrical conductor:
according to Lenz's law, when a changing magnetic field is applied to
a conductor, it will induce an electric current in the conductor that
creates an opposing magnetic field. In a perfect conductor, an
arbitrarily large current can be induced, and the resulting magnetic
field exactly cancels the applied field.
The Meissner effect is distinct from this—it is the spontaneous
expulsion which occurs during transition to superconductivity. Suppose
we have a material in its normal state, containing a constant internal
magnetic field. When the material is cooled below the critical
temperature, we would observe the abrupt expulsion of the internal
magnetic field, which we would not expect based on Lenz's law.
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Jan 7, 2013, 5:25:14 PM1/7/13
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We report an inelastic neutron scattering study of the spin
fluctuations in the nearly ferromagnetic element palladium. Dispersive
over-damped collective magnetic excitations or “paramagnons” are
observed up to 128 meV
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ABge5wlA4EwJ:cond-mat.uni-bonn.de/Paper/paramagnons.ps.gz+paramagnon&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Systems with itinerant fermions close to a zero temperature quantum
phasetransition like the high temperature superconductors exhibit
unusual non-Fermi liquid properties. The interaction of the long-range
and low-energyuctuations of the incipient order with the fermions
modify the dynami-cal properties of the fermions strongly by inducing
e ective long-range in-teractions. Close to the transition the
interaction of the order parameteructuations becomes important. In
this paper we discuss the physics of thenon-Gaussian order parameter
uctuations on the electronic spectrum andillustrate their e ect by
considering the charge-density-wave transition
Some experimental features like thethe unusual relaxation rates in the
NMR experiments
The purposeof the paper is to draw attention to the fact that the non-
Gaussian orderparameter uctuations drastically modify the electronic
properties
http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v86/i6/e060412
In the paramagnetic phase, close to the magnetic instability, we find
a branch of long-lived collective spin excitations (paramagnons)
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 7, 2013, 6:17:01 PM1/7/13
to
>
> Systems with itinerant fermions close to a zero temperature quantum
> phasetransition like the high temperature superconductors exhibit
> unusual non-Fermi liquid properties. The interaction of the long-range
> and low-energyuctuations of the incipient order with the fermions
> modify the dynami-cal properties of the fermions strongly by inducing
> e ective long-range in-teractions. Close to the transition the
> interaction of the order parameteructuations becomes important. In
> this paper we discuss the physics of thenon-Gaussian order parameter
> uctuations on the electronic spectrum andillustrate their e ect by
> considering the charge-density-wave transition
>
> Some experimental features like thethe unusual relaxation rates in the
> NMR experiments
>
> The purposeof the paper is to draw attention to the fact that the non-
> Gaussian orderparameter uctuations drastically modify the electronic
> properties
>
> http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v86/i6/e060412
>
> In the paramagnetic phase, close to the magnetic instability, we find
> a branch of long-lived collective spin excitations (paramagnons)
http://phys.org/news105718161.html
> Systems with itinerant fermions close to a zero temperature quantum
> phasetransition like the high temperature superconductors exhibit
> unusual non-Fermi liquid properties. The interaction of the long-range
> and low-energyuctuations of the incipient order with the fermions
> modify the dynami-cal properties of the fermions strongly by inducing
> e ective long-range in-teractions. Close to the transition the
> interaction of the order parameteructuations becomes important. In
> this paper we discuss the physics of thenon-Gaussian order parameter
> uctuations on the electronic spectrum andillustrate their e ect by
> considering the charge-density-wave transition
>
> Some experimental features like thethe unusual relaxation rates in the
> NMR experiments
>
> The purposeof the paper is to draw attention to the fact that the non-
> Gaussian orderparameter uctuations drastically modify the electronic
> properties
>
> http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v86/i6/e060412
>
> In the paramagnetic phase, close to the magnetic instability, we find
> a branch of long-lived collective spin excitations (paramagnons)
The new record -- 26.8 tesla -- was reached in late July at the magnet
lab’s High Field Test Facility and brings engineers closer to
realizing the National Research Council goal of creating a 30-tesla
superconducting magnet. The development of such a magnet could lead to
great advances in physics, biology and chemistry research, as well as
significant reductions in the operating costs of many high-field
magnets.
The world-record magnet’s test coil was wound by Schenectady, N.Y.-
based SuperPower (www.superpower-inc.com) with a well-known, high-
temperature superconductor called yttrium barium copper oxide, or
YBCO. SuperPower develops superconductors such as YBCO and related
technologies for the electric power industry. The magnet lab’s Applied
Superconductivity Center has worked with the company to determine the
superconducting and mechanical properties of YBCO and other materials.
“This test demonstrates what we had long hoped -- that YBCO high-
temperature superconductors being made now for electric utility
applications also have great potential for high-magnetic-field
technology,” said David Larbalestier, director of the Applied
Superconductivity Center and chief materials scientist at the magnet
lab. “It seems likely that this conductor technology can be used to
make all-superconducting magnets with fields that will soon exceed 30
tesla. This far exceeds the 22- to 23-tesla limit of all previous
niobium-based superconducting magnets.” (Niobium is the material used
to build most superconducting magnets.)
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Jan 7, 2013, 6:54:01 PM1/7/13
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wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaron
Evidence for the polaron character of charge carriers in AgBr and AgCl
was obtained through high-precision cyclotron resonance experiments in
external magnetic fields up to 16 T.[28] The all-coupling magneto-
absorption calculated in ref.,[23] leads to the best quantitative
agreement between theory and experiment for AgBr and AgCl. This
quantitative interpretation of the cyclotron resonance experiment in
AgBr and AgCl [28] by the theory of ref.[23] provided one of the most
convincing and clearest demonstrations of Fröhlich polaron features in
solids.
wrote:
Evidence for the polaron character of charge carriers in AgBr and AgCl
was obtained through high-precision cyclotron resonance experiments in
external magnetic fields up to 16 T.[28] The all-coupling magneto-
absorption calculated in ref.,[23] leads to the best quantitative
agreement between theory and experiment for AgBr and AgCl. This
quantitative interpretation of the cyclotron resonance experiment in
AgBr and AgCl [28] by the theory of ref.[23] provided one of the most
convincing and clearest demonstrations of Fröhlich polaron features in
solids.
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Jan 7, 2013, 7:00:46 PM1/7/13
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On Jan 7, 3:54 pm, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory
String theory is an active research framework in particle physics that
attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is
a contender for a theory of everything (TOE), a self-contained
mathematical model that describes all fundamental forces and forms of
matter. String theory posits that the elementary particles (i.e.,
electrons and quarks) within an atom are not 0-dimensional objects,
but rather 1-dimensional oscillating lines ("strings").
The earliest string model, the bosonic string, incorporated only
bosons, although this view developed to the superstring theory, which
posits that a connection (a "supersymmetry") exists between bosons and
fermions. String theories also require the existence of several extra
dimensions to the universe that have been compactified into extremely
small scales, in addition to the four known spacetime dimensions.
wrote:
String theory is an active research framework in particle physics that
attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is
a contender for a theory of everything (TOE), a self-contained
mathematical model that describes all fundamental forces and forms of
matter. String theory posits that the elementary particles (i.e.,
electrons and quarks) within an atom are not 0-dimensional objects,
but rather 1-dimensional oscillating lines ("strings").
The earliest string model, the bosonic string, incorporated only
bosons, although this view developed to the superstring theory, which
posits that a connection (a "supersymmetry") exists between bosons and
fermions. String theories also require the existence of several extra
dimensions to the universe that have been compactified into extremely
small scales, in addition to the four known spacetime dimensions.
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On Jan 7, 4:00 pm, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060325232140.htm
Anti-Gravity Effect? Gravitational Equivalent Of A Magnetic Field
Measured In Lab
Mar. 26, 2006 — Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have
measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the
first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the
effect is much larger than expected from general relativity and could
help physicists to make a significant step towards the long-sought-
after quantum theory of gravity.
An angularly accelerated superconductive ring induces non-Newtonian
gravitational fields in its neibourghood.
Just as a moving electrical charge creates a magnetic field, so a
moving mass generates a gravitomagnetic field. According to Einstein's
Theory of General Relativity, the effect is virtually negligible.
However, Martin Tajmar, ARC Seibersdorf Research GmbH, Austria; Clovis
de Matos, ESA-HQ, Paris; and colleagues have measured the effect in a
laboratory.
Their experiment involves a ring of superconducting material rotating
up to 6 500 times a minute. Superconductors are special materials that
lose all electrical resistance at a certain temperature. Spinning
superconductors produce a weak magnetic field, the so-called London
moment. The new experiment tests a conjecture by Tajmar and de Matos
that explains the difference between high-precision mass measurements
of Cooper-pairs (the current carriers in superconductors) and their
prediction via quantum theory. They have discovered that this anomaly
could be explained by the appearance of a gravitomagnetic field in the
spinning superconductor (This effect has been named the
Gravitomagnetic London Moment by analogy with its magnetic
counterpart).
Small acceleration sensors placed at different locations close to the
spinning superconductor, which has to be accelerated for the effect to
be noticeable, recorded an acceleration field outside the
superconductor that appears to be produced by gravitomagnetism. "This
experiment is the gravitational analogue of Faraday's electromagnetic
induction experiment in 1831.
It demonstrates that a superconductive gyroscope is capable of
generating a powerful gravitomagnetic field, and is therefore the
gravitational counterpart of the magnetic coil. Depending on further
confirmation, this effect could form the basis for a new technological
domain, which would have numerous applications in space and other high-
tech sectors" says de Matos. Although just 100 millionths of the
acceleration due to the Earth's gravitational field, the measured
field is a surprising one hundred million trillion times larger than
Einstein's General Relativity predicts. Initially, the researchers
were reluctant to believe their own results.
"We ran more than 250 experiments, improved the facility over 3 years
and discussed the validity of the results for 8 months before making
this announcement. Now we are confident about the measurement," says
Tajmar, who performed the experiments and hopes that other physicists
will conduct their own versions of the experiment in order to verify
the findings and rule out a facility induced effect.
In parallel to the experimental evaluation of their conjecture, Tajmar
and de Matos also looked for a more refined theoretical model of the
Gravitomagnetic London Moment. They took their inspiration from
superconductivity. The electromagnetic properties of superconductors
are explained in quantum theory by assuming that force-carrying
particles, known as photons, gain mass. By allowing force-carrying
gravitational particles, known as the gravitons, to become heavier,
they found that the unexpectedly large gravitomagnetic force could be
modelled.
"If confirmed, this would be a major breakthrough," says Tajmar, "it
opens up a new means of investigating general relativity and it
consequences in the quantum world."
The results were presented at a one-day conference at ESA's European
Space and Technology Research Centre (ESTEC), in the Netherlands, 21
March 2006.
Anti-Gravity Effect? Gravitational Equivalent Of A Magnetic Field
Measured In Lab
Mar. 26, 2006 — Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have
measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the
first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the
effect is much larger than expected from general relativity and could
help physicists to make a significant step towards the long-sought-
after quantum theory of gravity.
An angularly accelerated superconductive ring induces non-Newtonian
gravitational fields in its neibourghood.
Just as a moving electrical charge creates a magnetic field, so a
moving mass generates a gravitomagnetic field. According to Einstein's
Theory of General Relativity, the effect is virtually negligible.
However, Martin Tajmar, ARC Seibersdorf Research GmbH, Austria; Clovis
de Matos, ESA-HQ, Paris; and colleagues have measured the effect in a
laboratory.
Their experiment involves a ring of superconducting material rotating
up to 6 500 times a minute. Superconductors are special materials that
lose all electrical resistance at a certain temperature. Spinning
superconductors produce a weak magnetic field, the so-called London
moment. The new experiment tests a conjecture by Tajmar and de Matos
that explains the difference between high-precision mass measurements
of Cooper-pairs (the current carriers in superconductors) and their
prediction via quantum theory. They have discovered that this anomaly
could be explained by the appearance of a gravitomagnetic field in the
spinning superconductor (This effect has been named the
Gravitomagnetic London Moment by analogy with its magnetic
counterpart).
Small acceleration sensors placed at different locations close to the
spinning superconductor, which has to be accelerated for the effect to
be noticeable, recorded an acceleration field outside the
superconductor that appears to be produced by gravitomagnetism. "This
experiment is the gravitational analogue of Faraday's electromagnetic
induction experiment in 1831.
It demonstrates that a superconductive gyroscope is capable of
generating a powerful gravitomagnetic field, and is therefore the
gravitational counterpart of the magnetic coil. Depending on further
confirmation, this effect could form the basis for a new technological
domain, which would have numerous applications in space and other high-
tech sectors" says de Matos. Although just 100 millionths of the
acceleration due to the Earth's gravitational field, the measured
field is a surprising one hundred million trillion times larger than
Einstein's General Relativity predicts. Initially, the researchers
were reluctant to believe their own results.
"We ran more than 250 experiments, improved the facility over 3 years
and discussed the validity of the results for 8 months before making
this announcement. Now we are confident about the measurement," says
Tajmar, who performed the experiments and hopes that other physicists
will conduct their own versions of the experiment in order to verify
the findings and rule out a facility induced effect.
In parallel to the experimental evaluation of their conjecture, Tajmar
and de Matos also looked for a more refined theoretical model of the
Gravitomagnetic London Moment. They took their inspiration from
superconductivity. The electromagnetic properties of superconductors
are explained in quantum theory by assuming that force-carrying
particles, known as photons, gain mass. By allowing force-carrying
gravitational particles, known as the gravitons, to become heavier,
they found that the unexpectedly large gravitomagnetic force could be
modelled.
"If confirmed, this would be a major breakthrough," says Tajmar, "it
opens up a new means of investigating general relativity and it
consequences in the quantum world."
The results were presented at a one-day conference at ESA's European
Space and Technology Research Centre (ESTEC), in the Netherlands, 21
March 2006.
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Jan 7, 2013, 9:28:00 PM1/7/13
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https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/gsp/Experimental_Detection.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj5NIs-teYkDzgdzY72d2LdoCyLTA2gTuXfl_jafT_aOw7sFAZGXYoI6QfDjJ_-9_zaQEnfcNhP_2kt7ujunf5h_TbJ-gP-FsDe94vzDnSJxuwsIYD44pC4svwOiWuYVTIj8DKw&sig=AHIEtbQy_Po5gzHh9aA_X4XoM5iVZAKBNw
This phenomenon was indeed observed and induced acceleration fields
outside
the superconductor in the order of about 100 µg were found. The field
appears
to be directly proportional to the applied angular acceleration of the
superconductor
gravitomagnetic field of measurable magnitude was produced for the
first time
in a laboratory environment. These results may open up a new
experimental
window on testing general relativity and its consequences using
coherent
matter.
This phenomenon was indeed observed and induced acceleration fields
outside
the superconductor in the order of about 100 µg were found. The field
appears
to be directly proportional to the applied angular acceleration of the
superconductor
gravitomagnetic field of measurable magnitude was produced for the
first time
in a laboratory environment. These results may open up a new
experimental
window on testing general relativity and its consequences using
coherent
matter.
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 7, 2013, 9:36:18 PM1/7/13
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On Jan 7, 6:28 pm, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia...
Next, the Niobium superconductor ring was tested again at liquid
helium
temperatures. Contrary to our tests at room temperature and 77 K, in
this case
a clear change in the tangential acceleration could be measured by the
sensors.
Fig. 4 shows how the in-ring tangential sensors (differential with
respect to the
reference sensors) react to the applied angular acceleration from an
air motor –
they react in the opposite direction as predicted from Tate’s
measurement and
our hypothesis to correct it. As the rotating shaft has a resonance
frequency of
about 400 rad.s-1, the sensor signals were damped by a factor of 5 for
angular
velocities above 350 rad.s-1 to reduce the mechanical vibration noise.
All
acceleration peaks as shown were obtained when the angular velocity
was
below 350 rad.s-1, which means that the measured peaks are not
influenced by
this damping at all. In a sense, the acceleration fields that were
observed can
be interpreted as a gravitational variant of Lenz’s law. A similar
behavior was
also seen on the above-ring sensor. Note that at a temperature of 10
K, close
above Niobium’s critical temperature of 9.4 K, no effect in the
gravitational field
is measurable any more (the silicon diodes have a tolerance of ± 0.5
K). Only
applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
Niobium ring
while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
measured outside
the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
an
evacuated massive Faraday cage) of around 100 µg in opposite
direction. That
is a clear indication of the gravitomagnetic London moment and its
induced
gravitational field following the gravitational induction law as we
predicted.
>
> This phenomenon was indeed observed and induced acceleration fields
> outside
>
> the superconductor in the order of about 100 µg were found. The field
> appears
>
> to be directly proportional to the applied angular acceleration of the
>
> superconductor
>
> gravitomagnetic field of measurable magnitude was produced for the
> first time
>
> in a laboratory environment. These results may open up a new
> experimental
>
> window on testing general relativity and its consequences using
> coherent
>
> matter.- Hide quoted text -
> This phenomenon was indeed observed and induced acceleration fields
> outside
>
> the superconductor in the order of about 100 µg were found. The field
> appears
>
> to be directly proportional to the applied angular acceleration of the
>
> superconductor
>
> gravitomagnetic field of measurable magnitude was produced for the
> first time
>
> in a laboratory environment. These results may open up a new
> experimental
>
> window on testing general relativity and its consequences using
> coherent
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/gsp/Experimental_Detection.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj5NIs-teYkDzgdzY72d2LdoCyLTA2gTuXfl_jafT_aOw7sFAZGXYoI6QfDjJ_-9_zaQEnfcNhP_2kt7ujunf5h_TbJ-gP-FsDe94vzDnSJxuwsIYD44pC4svwOiWuYVTIj8DKw&sig=AHIEtbQy_Po5gzHh9aA_X4XoM5iVZAKBNw
> - Show quoted text -
Next, the Niobium superconductor ring was tested again at liquid
helium
temperatures. Contrary to our tests at room temperature and 77 K, in
this case
a clear change in the tangential acceleration could be measured by the
sensors.
Fig. 4 shows how the in-ring tangential sensors (differential with
respect to the
reference sensors) react to the applied angular acceleration from an
air motor –
they react in the opposite direction as predicted from Tate’s
measurement and
our hypothesis to correct it. As the rotating shaft has a resonance
frequency of
about 400 rad.s-1, the sensor signals were damped by a factor of 5 for
angular
velocities above 350 rad.s-1 to reduce the mechanical vibration noise.
All
acceleration peaks as shown were obtained when the angular velocity
was
below 350 rad.s-1, which means that the measured peaks are not
influenced by
this damping at all. In a sense, the acceleration fields that were
observed can
be interpreted as a gravitational variant of Lenz’s law. A similar
behavior was
also seen on the above-ring sensor. Note that at a temperature of 10
K, close
above Niobium’s critical temperature of 9.4 K, no effect in the
gravitational field
is measurable any more (the silicon diodes have a tolerance of ± 0.5
K). Only
applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
Niobium ring
while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
measured outside
the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
an
evacuated massive Faraday cage) of around 100 µg in opposite
direction. That
is a clear indication of the gravitomagnetic London moment and its
induced
gravitational field following the gravitational induction law as we
predicted.
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 7, 2013, 9:40:09 PM1/7/13
to
On Jan 7, 6:36 pm, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia...
Nevertheless, they are 30 orders of magnitude higher than what general
relativity predicts classically13 and are therefore of great
technological and
scientific interest.
The acceleration fields also appear when performing a temperature
transition over Niobium’s critical temperature of 9.4 K while rotating
as shown
in Fig. 5 (left). When the superconductor passes its critical point, a
strong peak
in the tangential acceleration measured by the in-ring and above-ring
sensors is
clearly visible. Note that no peak is visible any more at the
reference tangential
sensor location, which is a proof that the field is actually emitted
from the
superconductor itself.
Nevertheless, the fact
that such a gravitational peak is measured when passing Tc is a strong
indication that our effect indeed happens only in the superconductive
state.
Many measurements were conducted over a period from June to
November 2005 to show the reproducibility of the results. Fig. 6
summarizes
nearly 200 peaks of in-ring and above-ring tangential accelerations
measured
by the sensors and angular accelerations applied to the superconductor
as
identified e.g. in Fig. 4 with both electric and air motor. The
correlation factors
for the resulting slopes are both greater than 0.96, a clear
indication that there
is indeed a direct proportionality between applied acceleration and
measured
accelerations, as it should be according to the gravitational
induction law.
It is important to note that the average coupling factor for the above-
ring
sensor over all measurements is 90% of the in-ring sensor, a value
which would
be expected from a field which is expanding similar to
electromagnetism. This is
a clear indication that the gravitomagnetic London moment is emitted
from the
superconductor.
In order to investigate if the results above also appear in other low-
Tc
superconductors, further measurements were conducted with lead.
According to
Equ. (4), we expected a gravitomagnetic London moment which was 84%
the
value from the one obtained with Niobium because its higher bulk
density leads
to a larger graviton mass. Indeed, the gravitomagnetic London moment
was
again observed on the in-ring and above-ring sensors only.
Fig. 5 (right) shows a temperature transition measurement. Here we see
again a gravitational peak in the tangential in-ring and above-ring
sensors when
the superconductor passes its critical temperature at 7.2 K during
rotation. Note
that the direction of the peak is similar to the Niobium case but with
a smaller
value. The fact that the peak now appears at the critical temperature
of lead is
also a good indication that the effects we see are no artifacts from
the liquid
helium but correspond to the superconductor’s properties.
Table 2 summarizes our findings for Niobium and Lead and the High-Tc
superconductors. More than 50 measurements for the in-ring and above-
ring
tangential locations show that indeed the gravitomagnetic London
moment for
Lead is on the average (in- and above-ring location) about 84% of the
one
obtained with Niobium.
relativity predicts classically13 and are therefore of great
technological and
scientific interest.
The acceleration fields also appear when performing a temperature
transition over Niobium’s critical temperature of 9.4 K while rotating
as shown
in Fig. 5 (left). When the superconductor passes its critical point, a
strong peak
in the tangential acceleration measured by the in-ring and above-ring
sensors is
clearly visible. Note that no peak is visible any more at the
reference tangential
sensor location, which is a proof that the field is actually emitted
from the
superconductor itself.
Nevertheless, the fact
that such a gravitational peak is measured when passing Tc is a strong
indication that our effect indeed happens only in the superconductive
state.
Many measurements were conducted over a period from June to
November 2005 to show the reproducibility of the results. Fig. 6
summarizes
nearly 200 peaks of in-ring and above-ring tangential accelerations
measured
by the sensors and angular accelerations applied to the superconductor
as
identified e.g. in Fig. 4 with both electric and air motor. The
correlation factors
for the resulting slopes are both greater than 0.96, a clear
indication that there
is indeed a direct proportionality between applied acceleration and
measured
accelerations, as it should be according to the gravitational
induction law.
It is important to note that the average coupling factor for the above-
ring
sensor over all measurements is 90% of the in-ring sensor, a value
which would
be expected from a field which is expanding similar to
electromagnetism. This is
a clear indication that the gravitomagnetic London moment is emitted
from the
superconductor.
In order to investigate if the results above also appear in other low-
Tc
superconductors, further measurements were conducted with lead.
According to
Equ. (4), we expected a gravitomagnetic London moment which was 84%
the
value from the one obtained with Niobium because its higher bulk
density leads
to a larger graviton mass. Indeed, the gravitomagnetic London moment
was
again observed on the in-ring and above-ring sensors only.
Fig. 5 (right) shows a temperature transition measurement. Here we see
again a gravitational peak in the tangential in-ring and above-ring
sensors when
the superconductor passes its critical temperature at 7.2 K during
rotation. Note
that the direction of the peak is similar to the Niobium case but with
a smaller
value. The fact that the peak now appears at the critical temperature
of lead is
also a good indication that the effects we see are no artifacts from
the liquid
helium but correspond to the superconductor’s properties.
Table 2 summarizes our findings for Niobium and Lead and the High-Tc
superconductors. More than 50 measurements for the in-ring and above-
ring
tangential locations show that indeed the gravitomagnetic London
moment for
Lead is on the average (in- and above-ring location) about 84% of the
one
obtained with Niobium.
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Christopher A. Young
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Subject: Fw: 7 day disaster
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [medievalSurvivalGuild] Re: 7 day disaster
During the one of the worst years of the horror of the Russian
Revolution, 1920, many people froze and starved to death, even in
their apartments in Moscow. It was a prime lesson on what can happen
here.
In Moscow, oddly enough, the electricity was still on for most of the
winter, so one tactic was to make a small hut/igloo out of matresses
in the middle of your apartment and then run an electrical cord into
it with a light bulb on it the end to heat up your little hut.
Scavanging firewood in the city, such as slats from a fence, was
forbidden and to get caught doing so could easily get you summarily
shot (it was considered stealing from the proletariat). In at least
one case, some Bolshevik soldiers evicted two families out of their
apartments. One apartment was above the other so they closed of the
lower apartment, cut a hole in the floor of the upper apartment and
used the hole as their toilet for the winter.
The common parting salutation was usually something to the effect
of, "Hope to see you alive tomorrow." Cannibalism was rampant
throughout Russia and even the summary execution of cannibals didn't
do much to stop it. One saving grace for many was that it was the
days before 'drywall' so people were often able to peel the wallpaper
off of their walls and scrape the dried wallpaper paste off and make
soup out of it.
There was a thriving black market and even the Bolsheviks couldn't
stop it. There was one large open air market that the Bolsheviks
didn't bother shutting down because many of them were using pillaged
loot from the 'enemies of the people' to buy food for themselves. A
single kilo (2.2 US pounds) of wheat grain was going for as much as
the modern equivalent of US$3000. Payment usually needed to be in
gold.
Replace 'Bolshevik' with 'Environmentalist' and/or 'Globalist' and
you have a modern recipe for the horror to repeat itself.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Young
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:16 PM
Subject: [medievalSurvivalGuild] Re: 7 day disaster
I think the red wagon is a great idea.
Even without kids, much less diaper poopers, I've stocked a couple
packs of diaper wipes for hand wipes. I oughta use the foil packed
ones with the antibacterial, that would be better.
Toilet continues to be my achilles heel. Don't have that properly
backed up.
I've heard several good articles about "tenting" indoors, really
great idea. During Ice Storm 1991, some of my neighbors put a blanket
on the living room door, and ran the stove. Gas was on.
Camping stove is better than propane torch and meat on the fork,
but torch is better than being hungry.
If it's cold enough to freeze jugs of water, leave the food
outside.
Transistor radio gives music, and "government approved" news.
Police scanner is also a great gadget. Some are made handheld, and
take batteries.
I'm not a user of tea or coffee, but I do stock Nodoz. I use one
about every two weeks on the road when I don't have time to be
sleepy. Also in the bug out bag for emergencies when I can sleep
later. Tea and coffee drinkers really should have Vivarin, Nodoz, or
equivilant in their medical chests and bugout bags.
Christopher A. Young
"The wagon jolted along on the homeward road through the Big Woods.
The sun set, and the woods grew darker, but before the last of the
twilight was gone the moon rose. And they were safe, because Pa
had his gun."
-- Laura Ingalls Wilder
----- Original Message -----
] (fwd) Re: 7 day disaster
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:48:59 -0400, in misc.survivalism
BernadetteTS
<docfont@v...> wrote:
>I would add a few things to your list.
>
>Transister radio and batteries to keep aware of what is going
on. If it
>is weather related or an area problem, the radio stations will
be giving
>out information and advice. For a low budget I prefer a tiny
radio with
>an ear bud. They will run for days on a couple of AA batteries.
If kids
>are involved, it might be better to have something with
speakers.
>Alternative is a crystal radio with ear phones or ear plug. No
batteries
>needed and the kids have something to do.
>
>Check with local churches if they have emergency shelter plans.
Many
>churches have gymnasiums or kitchens that serve the area in
emergencies.
>Check with the red cross too to find out where local evacuation
centers
>are. Be ready to head for one and get a place before they are
over
>loaded. If you are a part of that church and a member of the
emergency
>team to cook or hand out blankets, even better. You have a place
to go
>and something to do. You will be fed and have heat.
>
>Know that you need to conserve water, heat. It is simple to push
the
>kitchen table into a corner of the room, drape blankets over it
and
>climb inside. Put the sleeping bags inside. It is conserving
heat in the
>smallest area. If the table is too small, use a couch or bunk
beds to
>make a "tent".
>
>Sanitation is important. Even with no heat, lights or water
people are
>going to need to go potty several times a day. Use a 5 gallon
plastic
>bucket lined with plastic bags and a toilet seat that sits on
top of the
>bucket. Have clorox or pinesol to keep the smell down. Keep some
>waterless hand cleaner around.
>
>Keep hands clean. Waterless handcleaner for the kitchen and
paper
>towels. If there is no water to wash dishes, keep a supply of
paper
>plates and styrofoam cups. It is better to be misserable than to
be sick
>and misserable.
>
>Have a stashed bag of hard candy. Works great as bribes
like, "If you
>play with the blocks and don't fight, I will give you a piece of
candy
>each hour." Also cold burns up calories. Stash hot chocolate
packets at
>the same time. If you are a coffee or cola drinker, stash some
coffee
>packets too. Caffiene withdrawl is not fun.
>
>Have a propane torch handy. They are simple to use. When your
power is
>off, in my case my college roommate did not pay the power bill,
you can
>cook meat using a fork and a propane torch. It is better than
letting it
>go bad in a refrigerator without power. If it is freezing
outside,
>plastic jugs filled with water can be set outside to freeze
solid, then
>brought inside and placed inside the refridgerator to keep it
cool.
>
>IMHO, any bug out plan with small children involved should
include a
>radio flyer wagon. It hauls your bug out supplies and it is
easier to
>let an exhausted child ride on a wagon than to carry one.
>
>Are these the kind of tips you needed?
>Bernadette
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > can collide with other
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > particles and can be diffracted like light.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > classical optics
>
Deb wrote:
> >From the old Prep LDSCN site:
>
> 50 Uses for Vinegar
>
>
> 1. Kill grass on walks and driveways.
>
> 2. Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have
> starved.
>
> 3. Increase soil acidity. In hard water: one gallon of tap water
> for watering rhododendrons, gardenias, or azaleas.
>
> 4. Deter ants. Spray vinegar around doors, appliances, and along
> other areas where ants are known.
>
> 5. Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.
>
> 6. Remove skunk odor from a dog. Rub fur with full strength
> vinegar; rinse.
>
> 7. Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on areas you don't want the cat
> walking, sleeping, or scratching on.
>
> 8. Keep dogs from scratching his ears. Use a clean, soft cloth
> dipped in diluted vinegar.
>
> 9. Keep chickens from pecking each other. Put a little in their
> drinking water.
>
> 10. Tenderize meat. Soak in vinegar over night.
>
> 11. Freshen vegetables. Soak wilted vegetables in 2 cups of water
> and a tablespoon of vinegar.
>
> 12. Boil better eggs. Add 2 tablespoons water before boiling eggs.
> Keeps them from cracking.
>
> 13. Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Dot the irritation with vinegar
> and relieve itching.
>
> 14. Relieve sunburn. Lightly rub white vinegar; you may have to
> reapply.
>
> 15. Condition hair. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to dissolve sticky
> residue left by shampoo.
>
> 16. Relieve dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to bath water.
>
> 17. Fight dandruff. After shampooing, rinse with vinegar and 2 cups
> of warm water.
>
> 18. Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of
> water. Gargle, then swallow.
>
> 19. Treat sinus infections and chest colds. Add 1/4 cup or more
> vinegar to the vaporizer.
>
> 20. Feel good. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of
> water, with a bit of honey added for flavor, will take the edge off your
> appetite and give you an overall healthy feeling.
>
> 21. Deodorize the kitchen drain. Pour a cup down the drain once a
> week. Let stand 30 minutes and then flush with cold water.
>
> 22. Eliminate onion odor. Rub on your fingers before and after
> slicing.
>
> 23. Clean and disinfect wood cutting boards. Wipe with full strength
> vinegar.
>
> 24. Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.
>
> 25. Cut grease and odor on dishes. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to
> hot soapy water.
>
> 26. Clean a teapot. Boil a mixture of water and vinegar in the
> teapot. Wipe away the grime.
>
> 27. Freshen a lunchbox. Soak a piece of bread in vinegar and let it
> sit in the lunchbox over night.
>
> 28. Clean the refrigerator. Wash with a solution of equal parts
> water and vinegar.
>
> 29. Unclog a drain. Pour a handful of baking soda down the drain and
> add 1/2 cup of vinegar. Rinse with hot water.
>
> 30. Clean and deodorize the garbage disposal. Make vinegar ice cubes
> and feed them down the disposal. After grinding, run cold water through
>
> 31. Clean and deodorize jars. Rinse mayonnaise, peanut butter, and
> mustard jars with vinegar when empty.
>
> 32. Clean the dishwasher. Run a cup of vinegar through the whole
> cycle once a month to reduce soap build up on the inner mechanisms and
> on glassware.
>
> 33. Clean stainless steel. Wipe with a vinegar dampened cloth.
>
> 34. Clean china and fine glassware. Add a cup of vinegar to a sink
> of warm water. Gently dip the glass or china in the solution and let
> dry.
>
> 35. Get stains out of pots. Fill pot with a solution of 3
> tablespoons of vinegar to a pint of water. Boil until stain loosens and
> can be washed away.
>
> 36. Clean the microwave. Boil a solution of 1/4 cup of vinegar and 1
> cup of water in the microwave. Will loosen splattered on food and
> deodorize.
>
> 37. Dissolve rust from bolts and other metals. Soak in full strength
> vinegar.
>
> 38. Get rid of cooking smells. Let simmer a small pot of vinegar and
> water solution.
>
> 39. Unclog steam iron. Pour equal amounts of vinegar and water into
> the iron's water chamber. Turn to steam and leave the iron on for 5
> minutes in an upright position. Then unplug and allow to cool. Any loose
> particles should come out when you empty the water.
>
> 40. Clean a scorched iron plate. Heat equal parts vinegar and salt
> in a small pan. Rub solution on the cooled iron surface to remove dark
> or burned stains.
>
> 41. Get rid of lint in clothes. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse
> cycle.
>
> 42. Keep colors from running. Immerse clothes in full strength
> vinegar before washing.
>
> 43. Freshen up the washing machine. Periodically, pour a cup of
> vinegar in the machine and let in run through a regular cycle (no
> clothes added). Will dissolve soap residue.
>
> 44. Brighten fabric colors. Add a 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse
> cycle.
>
> 45. Take grease off suede. Dip a toothbrush in vinegar and gently
> brush over grease spot.
>
> 46. Remove tough stains. Gently rub on fruit, jam, mustard, coffee,
> tea. Then wash as usual.
>
> 47. Get smoke smell out of clothes. Add a cup of vinegar to a bath
> tub of hot water. Hang clothes above the steam.
>
> 48. Remove decals. Brush with a couple coats of vinegar. Allow to
> soak in. Wash off.
>
> 49. Clean eyeglasses. Wipe each lens with a drop of vinegar.
>
> 50. Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon
> sugar for each quart of water
>
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>
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A letter from the Boss:
To All My Valued Employees,
There have been some rumblings around the office
about the future of this company, and more
specifically, your job. As you know, the economy
has changed for the worse and presents many
challenges. However, the good news is this: The
economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What
does threaten your job however, is the changing
political landscape in this country.
However, let me tell you some little tidbits
of fact which might help you decide what is
in your best interests.
First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that
casts employers against employees, you have to
understand that for every business owner there
is an untold Story. This back story is often
neglected and overshadowed by what you see and
hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside.
You've seen my big home at last years Christmas
party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of
luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about
my life.
However, what you don't see is the BACK STORY :
I started this company 28 years ago. At that
time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio
apartment for 3 years. My entire living apart-
ment was converted into an office so I could put
forth 100% effort into building a company,
which by the way, would eventually employ you.
My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because
every dollar I spent went back into this company.
I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective
transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often
times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends
went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was
married to my business -- hard work, discipline,
and sacrifice.
Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked
40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year
and spent every dime they earned. They drove
flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and
wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting
the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item,
I was trolling through the discount store
extracting any clothing item that didn't look
like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends
refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of
luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my
money, and my life into a business with a vision
that eventually, someday, I too, will be able
to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly
had.
So, while you physically arrive at the office
at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and
then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off"
button for me. When you leave the office, you
are done and you have a weekend all to yourself.
I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat,
and breathe this company every minute of the
day. There is no rest. There is no weekend.
There is no happy hour. Every day this business
is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-
needs child. You, of course, only see the
fruits of that garden -- the nice house, the
Mercedes, the vacations... you never realize
the Back Story and the sacrifices I've made.
Affirmative Action came into being, in order
to right the wrongs of some previous generation.
Forced me to go out and look for people based
on their skin color. And, so I did. What did
I find? I found a bunch of people who had no
qualifications to work at my company. I hired
them because the government made me to do it.
What I got? Bunch of lazy whiners and
complainers who stole everything including
switch plates and light bulbs.
Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the
guy that made all the right decisions and
saved his money, have to bailout all the
people who didn't. The people that overspent
their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the
same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a
decade of my life for.
Yes, business ownership has is benefits but
the price I've paid is steep and not without
wounds.
Unfortunately, the cost of running this
business, and employing you, is starting to
eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit
and let me tell you why:
I am being taxed to death and the government
thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes.
Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use
taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation
taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I
have to hire a tax man to manage all these
taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes
for employing him. Government mandates and
regulations and all the accounting that goes
with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct
15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for
$288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what
my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
The question I have is this: Who is stimulating
the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14
people good paying jobs and serves over
2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing
business? Or, the single mother sitting at
home pregnant with her fourth child waiting
for her next welfare check? Obviously, govern-
ment feels the latter is the economic stimulus
of this country.
The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50%
of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't
work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts.
Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their
hard work? Well, I agree which is why your
job is in jeopardy.
Here is what many of you don't understand ...
to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate
what powers the economy. Had suddenly government
mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes,
guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000
into the Washington black-hole, I would have
spent it, hired more employees, and generated
substantial economic growth. My employees would
have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the
form of promotions and better salaries. But
you can forget it now.
When you have a comatose man on the verge of
death, you don't defibrillate and shock his
thumb thinking that will bring him back to
life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his
heart? Business is at the heart of America
and always has been. To restart it, you must
stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power
brokers in Washington believe the poor of
America are the essential drivers of the American
economic engine. Nothing could be further from
the truth and this is the type of change you
can keep.
So where am I going with all this?
It's quite simple.
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company,
my reaction will be swift and simple. I'll fire
you and your coworkers. You can then plead with
the government to pay for your mortgage, your
SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't
my problem any more.
Then, I will close this company down, move
to another country, and retire. You see, I'm
done. I'm done with a country that penalizes
the productive and gives to the unproductive.
My motivation to work and to provide jobs
will be destroyed, and with it, will be my
citizenship.
So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the
hands of the economy; it will be at the hands
of a political hurricane that swept through
this country, steamrolled the constitution,
and will have changed its landscape forever.
If that happens, you can find me sitting on
a beach, retired, and with no employees to
worry about....
Signed, THE BOSS
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually
run out of other people's money."
> > > > > > > > > > characterized by Fermi-
> > > > > > > > > > comprising the electron (e?) and electron neutrino (?
> > > > > > > > > > muon neutrino (?
> > > > > > > > > > ?); and the third is the tauonic leptons, comprising the
> > > > > > > > > > tau (??) and
> > > > > > > > > > the tau neutrino (?
> > > > > > > > > > ?). Electrons have the least mass of all the charged
> > > > > > > > The Meissner effect is distinct from this-it is the
> > > Mar. 26, 2006 - Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have
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--- End forwarded message ---
> > > "We ran more than 250 experiments, improved the facility over 3 years
> > > and discussed the validity of the results for 8 months before making
> > > this announcement. Now we are confident about the measurement," says
> > > Tajmar, who performed the experiments and hopes that other physicists
> > > will conduct their own versions of the experiment in order to verify
> > > the findings and rule out a facility induced effect.
>
> > > In parallel to the experimental evaluation of their conjecture, Tajmar
> > > and de Matos also looked for a more refined theoretical model of the
> > > Gravitomagnetic London Moment. They took their inspiration from
> > > superconductivity. The electromagnetic properties of superconductors
> > > are explained in quantum theory by assuming that force-carrying
> > > particles, known as photons, gain mass. By allowing force-carrying
> > > gravitational particles, known as the gravitons, to become heavier,
> > > they found that the unexpectedly large gravitomagnetic force could be
> > > modelled.
>
> > > "If confirmed, this would be a major breakthrough," says Tajmar, "it
> > > opens up a new means of investigating general relativity and it
> > > consequences in the quantum world."
>
> > > The results were presented at a one-day conference at ESA's European
> > > Space and Technology Research Centre (ESTEC), in the Netherlands, 21
> > > March 2006.
>
> >https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia...
>
> > This phenomenon was indeed observed and induced acceleration fields
> > outside
>
> > the superconductor in the order of about 100 ľg were found. The field
Christopher A. Young
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"A Really Really Large Number" <quar...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:2929209b-2cb2-49a5...@r4g2000pbi.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > displacement field D, magnetic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > induction field B, and Poynting vector B-are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > particle with a negative
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > elementary electric charge.[8]
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > An electron has no known components or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > substructure. It is generally
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > thought to be an elementary particle.[2] An
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > electron has a mass that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton.[9]
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > The intrinsic angular
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > momentum (spin) of the electron is a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > half-integer value in units of h,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > elementary electric charge.[8]
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > An electron has no known components or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > substructure. It is generally
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > thought to be an elementary particle.[2] An
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > electron has a mass that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton.[9]
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > The intrinsic angular
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > momentum (spin) of the electron is a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > which means that it is a fermion.
>
From: "Christopher Young" <>
>
Subject: Fw: 7 day disaster
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [medievalSurvivalGuild] Re: 7 day disaster
During the one of the worst years of the horror of the Russian
Revolution, 1920, many people froze and starved to death, even in
their apartments in Moscow. It was a prime lesson on what can happen
here.
In Moscow, oddly enough, the electricity was still on for most of the
winter, so one tactic was to make a small hut/igloo out of matresses
in the middle of your apartment and then run an electrical cord into
it with a light bulb on it the end to heat up your little hut.
Scavanging firewood in the city, such as slats from a fence, was
forbidden and to get caught doing so could easily get you summarily
shot (it was considered stealing from the proletariat). In at least
one case, some Bolshevik soldiers evicted two families out of their
apartments. One apartment was above the other so they closed of the
lower apartment, cut a hole in the floor of the upper apartment and
used the hole as their toilet for the winter.
The common parting salutation was usually something to the effect
of, "Hope to see you alive tomorrow." Cannibalism was rampant
throughout Russia and even the summary execution of cannibals didn't
do much to stop it. One saving grace for many was that it was the
days before 'drywall' so people were often able to peel the wallpaper
off of their walls and scrape the dried wallpaper paste off and make
soup out of it.
There was a thriving black market and even the Bolsheviks couldn't
stop it. There was one large open air market that the Bolsheviks
didn't bother shutting down because many of them were using pillaged
loot from the 'enemies of the people' to buy food for themselves. A
single kilo (2.2 US pounds) of wheat grain was going for as much as
the modern equivalent of US$3000. Payment usually needed to be in
gold.
Replace 'Bolshevik' with 'Environmentalist' and/or 'Globalist' and
you have a modern recipe for the horror to repeat itself.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Young
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:16 PM
Subject: [medievalSurvivalGuild] Re: 7 day disaster
I think the red wagon is a great idea.
Even without kids, much less diaper poopers, I've stocked a couple
packs of diaper wipes for hand wipes. I oughta use the foil packed
ones with the antibacterial, that would be better.
Toilet continues to be my achilles heel. Don't have that properly
backed up.
I've heard several good articles about "tenting" indoors, really
great idea. During Ice Storm 1991, some of my neighbors put a blanket
on the living room door, and ran the stove. Gas was on.
Camping stove is better than propane torch and meat on the fork,
but torch is better than being hungry.
If it's cold enough to freeze jugs of water, leave the food
outside.
Transistor radio gives music, and "government approved" news.
Police scanner is also a great gadget. Some are made handheld, and
take batteries.
I'm not a user of tea or coffee, but I do stock Nodoz. I use one
about every two weeks on the road when I don't have time to be
sleepy. Also in the bug out bag for emergencies when I can sleep
later. Tea and coffee drinkers really should have Vivarin, Nodoz, or
equivilant in their medical chests and bugout bags.
Christopher A. Young
"The wagon jolted along on the homeward road through the Big Woods.
The sun set, and the woods grew darker, but before the last of the
twilight was gone the moon rose. And they were safe, because Pa
had his gun."
-- Laura Ingalls Wilder
----- Original Message -----
] (fwd) Re: 7 day disaster
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:48:59 -0400, in misc.survivalism
BernadetteTS
<docfont@v...> wrote:
>I would add a few things to your list.
>
>Transister radio and batteries to keep aware of what is going
on. If it
>is weather related or an area problem, the radio stations will
be giving
>out information and advice. For a low budget I prefer a tiny
radio with
>an ear bud. They will run for days on a couple of AA batteries.
If kids
>are involved, it might be better to have something with
speakers.
>Alternative is a crystal radio with ear phones or ear plug. No
batteries
>needed and the kids have something to do.
>
>Check with local churches if they have emergency shelter plans.
Many
>churches have gymnasiums or kitchens that serve the area in
emergencies.
>Check with the red cross too to find out where local evacuation
centers
>are. Be ready to head for one and get a place before they are
over
>loaded. If you are a part of that church and a member of the
emergency
>team to cook or hand out blankets, even better. You have a place
to go
>and something to do. You will be fed and have heat.
>
>Know that you need to conserve water, heat. It is simple to push
the
>kitchen table into a corner of the room, drape blankets over it
and
>climb inside. Put the sleeping bags inside. It is conserving
heat in the
>smallest area. If the table is too small, use a couch or bunk
beds to
>make a "tent".
>
>Sanitation is important. Even with no heat, lights or water
people are
>going to need to go potty several times a day. Use a 5 gallon
plastic
>bucket lined with plastic bags and a toilet seat that sits on
top of the
>bucket. Have clorox or pinesol to keep the smell down. Keep some
>waterless hand cleaner around.
>
>Keep hands clean. Waterless handcleaner for the kitchen and
paper
>towels. If there is no water to wash dishes, keep a supply of
paper
>plates and styrofoam cups. It is better to be misserable than to
be sick
>and misserable.
>
>Have a stashed bag of hard candy. Works great as bribes
like, "If you
>play with the blocks and don't fight, I will give you a piece of
candy
>each hour." Also cold burns up calories. Stash hot chocolate
packets at
>the same time. If you are a coffee or cola drinker, stash some
coffee
>packets too. Caffiene withdrawl is not fun.
>
>Have a propane torch handy. They are simple to use. When your
power is
>off, in my case my college roommate did not pay the power bill,
you can
>cook meat using a fork and a propane torch. It is better than
letting it
>go bad in a refrigerator without power. If it is freezing
outside,
>plastic jugs filled with water can be set outside to freeze
solid, then
>brought inside and placed inside the refridgerator to keep it
cool.
>
>IMHO, any bug out plan with small children involved should
include a
>radio flyer wagon. It hauls your bug out supplies and it is
easier to
>let an exhausted child ride on a wagon than to carry one.
>
>Are these the kind of tips you needed?
>Bernadette
--- End forwarded message ---
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Electrons, which belong to the first generation
of the lepton particle
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > family,[10] participate in gravitational,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > electromagnetic and weak
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > interactions.[11] Like all matter, they have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > quantum mechanical
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > properties of both particles and waves, so they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > can collide with other
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > particles and can be diffracted like light.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, this duality is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > best demonstrated in experiments with electrons,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > due to their tiny
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > mass- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_equations
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Maxwell's equations are a set of partial
> > > > > > > > > > > > > differential equations that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > form the foundation of classical electrodynamics,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > classical optics
>
> >From the old Prep LDSCN site:
>
> 50 Uses for Vinegar
>
>
> 1. Kill grass on walks and driveways.
>
> 2. Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have
> starved.
>
> 3. Increase soil acidity. In hard water: one gallon of tap water
> for watering rhododendrons, gardenias, or azaleas.
>
> 4. Deter ants. Spray vinegar around doors, appliances, and along
> other areas where ants are known.
>
> 5. Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.
>
> 6. Remove skunk odor from a dog. Rub fur with full strength
> vinegar; rinse.
>
> 7. Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on areas you don't want the cat
> walking, sleeping, or scratching on.
>
> 8. Keep dogs from scratching his ears. Use a clean, soft cloth
> dipped in diluted vinegar.
>
> 9. Keep chickens from pecking each other. Put a little in their
> drinking water.
>
> 10. Tenderize meat. Soak in vinegar over night.
>
> 11. Freshen vegetables. Soak wilted vegetables in 2 cups of water
> and a tablespoon of vinegar.
>
> 12. Boil better eggs. Add 2 tablespoons water before boiling eggs.
> Keeps them from cracking.
>
> 13. Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Dot the irritation with vinegar
> and relieve itching.
>
> 14. Relieve sunburn. Lightly rub white vinegar; you may have to
> reapply.
>
> 15. Condition hair. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to dissolve sticky
> residue left by shampoo.
>
> 16. Relieve dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to bath water.
>
> 17. Fight dandruff. After shampooing, rinse with vinegar and 2 cups
> of warm water.
>
> 18. Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of
> water. Gargle, then swallow.
>
> 19. Treat sinus infections and chest colds. Add 1/4 cup or more
> vinegar to the vaporizer.
>
> 20. Feel good. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of
> water, with a bit of honey added for flavor, will take the edge off your
> appetite and give you an overall healthy feeling.
>
> 21. Deodorize the kitchen drain. Pour a cup down the drain once a
> week. Let stand 30 minutes and then flush with cold water.
>
> 22. Eliminate onion odor. Rub on your fingers before and after
> slicing.
>
> 23. Clean and disinfect wood cutting boards. Wipe with full strength
> vinegar.
>
> 24. Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.
>
> 25. Cut grease and odor on dishes. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to
> hot soapy water.
>
> 26. Clean a teapot. Boil a mixture of water and vinegar in the
> teapot. Wipe away the grime.
>
> 27. Freshen a lunchbox. Soak a piece of bread in vinegar and let it
> sit in the lunchbox over night.
>
> 28. Clean the refrigerator. Wash with a solution of equal parts
> water and vinegar.
>
> 29. Unclog a drain. Pour a handful of baking soda down the drain and
> add 1/2 cup of vinegar. Rinse with hot water.
>
> 30. Clean and deodorize the garbage disposal. Make vinegar ice cubes
> and feed them down the disposal. After grinding, run cold water through
>
> 31. Clean and deodorize jars. Rinse mayonnaise, peanut butter, and
> mustard jars with vinegar when empty.
>
> 32. Clean the dishwasher. Run a cup of vinegar through the whole
> cycle once a month to reduce soap build up on the inner mechanisms and
> on glassware.
>
> 33. Clean stainless steel. Wipe with a vinegar dampened cloth.
>
> 34. Clean china and fine glassware. Add a cup of vinegar to a sink
> of warm water. Gently dip the glass or china in the solution and let
> dry.
>
> 35. Get stains out of pots. Fill pot with a solution of 3
> tablespoons of vinegar to a pint of water. Boil until stain loosens and
> can be washed away.
>
> 36. Clean the microwave. Boil a solution of 1/4 cup of vinegar and 1
> cup of water in the microwave. Will loosen splattered on food and
> deodorize.
>
> 37. Dissolve rust from bolts and other metals. Soak in full strength
> vinegar.
>
> 38. Get rid of cooking smells. Let simmer a small pot of vinegar and
> water solution.
>
> 39. Unclog steam iron. Pour equal amounts of vinegar and water into
> the iron's water chamber. Turn to steam and leave the iron on for 5
> minutes in an upright position. Then unplug and allow to cool. Any loose
> particles should come out when you empty the water.
>
> 40. Clean a scorched iron plate. Heat equal parts vinegar and salt
> in a small pan. Rub solution on the cooled iron surface to remove dark
> or burned stains.
>
> 41. Get rid of lint in clothes. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse
> cycle.
>
> 42. Keep colors from running. Immerse clothes in full strength
> vinegar before washing.
>
> 43. Freshen up the washing machine. Periodically, pour a cup of
> vinegar in the machine and let in run through a regular cycle (no
> clothes added). Will dissolve soap residue.
>
> 44. Brighten fabric colors. Add a 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse
> cycle.
>
> 45. Take grease off suede. Dip a toothbrush in vinegar and gently
> brush over grease spot.
>
> 46. Remove tough stains. Gently rub on fruit, jam, mustard, coffee,
> tea. Then wash as usual.
>
> 47. Get smoke smell out of clothes. Add a cup of vinegar to a bath
> tub of hot water. Hang clothes above the steam.
>
> 48. Remove decals. Brush with a couple coats of vinegar. Allow to
> soak in. Wash off.
>
> 49. Clean eyeglasses. Wipe each lens with a drop of vinegar.
>
> 50. Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon
> sugar for each quart of water
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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To All My Valued Employees,
There have been some rumblings around the office
about the future of this company, and more
specifically, your job. As you know, the economy
has changed for the worse and presents many
challenges. However, the good news is this: The
economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What
does threaten your job however, is the changing
political landscape in this country.
However, let me tell you some little tidbits
of fact which might help you decide what is
in your best interests.
First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that
casts employers against employees, you have to
understand that for every business owner there
is an untold Story. This back story is often
neglected and overshadowed by what you see and
hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside.
You've seen my big home at last years Christmas
party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of
luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about
my life.
However, what you don't see is the BACK STORY :
I started this company 28 years ago. At that
time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio
apartment for 3 years. My entire living apart-
ment was converted into an office so I could put
forth 100% effort into building a company,
which by the way, would eventually employ you.
My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because
every dollar I spent went back into this company.
I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective
transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often
times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends
went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was
married to my business -- hard work, discipline,
and sacrifice.
Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked
40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year
and spent every dime they earned. They drove
flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and
wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting
the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item,
I was trolling through the discount store
extracting any clothing item that didn't look
like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends
refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of
luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my
money, and my life into a business with a vision
that eventually, someday, I too, will be able
to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly
had.
So, while you physically arrive at the office
at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and
then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off"
button for me. When you leave the office, you
are done and you have a weekend all to yourself.
I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat,
and breathe this company every minute of the
day. There is no rest. There is no weekend.
There is no happy hour. Every day this business
is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-
needs child. You, of course, only see the
fruits of that garden -- the nice house, the
Mercedes, the vacations... you never realize
the Back Story and the sacrifices I've made.
Affirmative Action came into being, in order
to right the wrongs of some previous generation.
Forced me to go out and look for people based
on their skin color. And, so I did. What did
I find? I found a bunch of people who had no
qualifications to work at my company. I hired
them because the government made me to do it.
What I got? Bunch of lazy whiners and
complainers who stole everything including
switch plates and light bulbs.
Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the
guy that made all the right decisions and
saved his money, have to bailout all the
people who didn't. The people that overspent
their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the
same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a
decade of my life for.
Yes, business ownership has is benefits but
the price I've paid is steep and not without
wounds.
Unfortunately, the cost of running this
business, and employing you, is starting to
eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit
and let me tell you why:
I am being taxed to death and the government
thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes.
Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use
taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation
taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I
have to hire a tax man to manage all these
taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes
for employing him. Government mandates and
regulations and all the accounting that goes
with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct
15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for
$288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what
my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
The question I have is this: Who is stimulating
the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14
people good paying jobs and serves over
2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing
business? Or, the single mother sitting at
home pregnant with her fourth child waiting
for her next welfare check? Obviously, govern-
ment feels the latter is the economic stimulus
of this country.
The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50%
of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't
work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts.
Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their
hard work? Well, I agree which is why your
job is in jeopardy.
Here is what many of you don't understand ...
to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate
what powers the economy. Had suddenly government
mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes,
guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000
into the Washington black-hole, I would have
spent it, hired more employees, and generated
substantial economic growth. My employees would
have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the
form of promotions and better salaries. But
you can forget it now.
When you have a comatose man on the verge of
death, you don't defibrillate and shock his
thumb thinking that will bring him back to
life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his
heart? Business is at the heart of America
and always has been. To restart it, you must
stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power
brokers in Washington believe the poor of
America are the essential drivers of the American
economic engine. Nothing could be further from
the truth and this is the type of change you
can keep.
So where am I going with all this?
It's quite simple.
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company,
my reaction will be swift and simple. I'll fire
you and your coworkers. You can then plead with
the government to pay for your mortgage, your
SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't
my problem any more.
Then, I will close this company down, move
to another country, and retire. You see, I'm
done. I'm done with a country that penalizes
the productive and gives to the unproductive.
My motivation to work and to provide jobs
will be destroyed, and with it, will be my
citizenship.
So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the
hands of the economy; it will be at the hands
of a political hurricane that swept through
this country, steamrolled the constitution,
and will have changed its landscape forever.
If that happens, you can find me sitting on
a beach, retired, and with no employees to
worry about....
Signed, THE BOSS
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually
run out of other people's money."
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> > > "We ran more than 250 experiments, improved the facility over 3 years
> > > and discussed the validity of the results for 8 months before making
> > > this announcement. Now we are confident about the measurement," says
> > > Tajmar, who performed the experiments and hopes that other physicists
> > > will conduct their own versions of the experiment in order to verify
> > > the findings and rule out a facility induced effect.
>
> > > In parallel to the experimental evaluation of their conjecture, Tajmar
> > > and de Matos also looked for a more refined theoretical model of the
> > > Gravitomagnetic London Moment. They took their inspiration from
> > > superconductivity. The electromagnetic properties of superconductors
> > > are explained in quantum theory by assuming that force-carrying
> > > particles, known as photons, gain mass. By allowing force-carrying
> > > gravitational particles, known as the gravitons, to become heavier,
> > > they found that the unexpectedly large gravitomagnetic force could be
> > > modelled.
>
> > > "If confirmed, this would be a major breakthrough," says Tajmar, "it
> > > opens up a new means of investigating general relativity and it
> > > consequences in the quantum world."
>
> > > The results were presented at a one-day conference at ESA's European
> > > Space and Technology Research Centre (ESTEC), in the Netherlands, 21
> > > March 2006.
>
> >https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia...
>
> > This phenomenon was indeed observed and induced acceleration fields
> > outside
>
> > appears
>
> > to be directly proportional to the applied angular acceleration of the
>
> > superconductor
>
> > gravitomagnetic field of measurable magnitude was produced for the
> > first time
>
> > in a laboratory environment. These results may open up a new
> > experimental
>
> > window on testing general relativity and its consequences using
> > coherent
>
> > matter.- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
>
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia...
>
> Next, the Niobium superconductor ring was tested again at liquid
> helium
>
> temperatures. Contrary to our tests at room temperature and 77 K, in
> this case
>
> a clear change in the tangential acceleration could be measured by the
> sensors.
>
> Fig. 4 shows how the in-ring tangential sensors (differential with
> respect to the
>
> reference sensors) react to the applied angular acceleration from an
> air motor -
>
> > to be directly proportional to the applied angular acceleration of the
>
> > superconductor
>
> > gravitomagnetic field of measurable magnitude was produced for the
> > first time
>
> > in a laboratory environment. These results may open up a new
> > experimental
>
> > window on testing general relativity and its consequences using
> > coherent
>
> > matter.- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
>
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia...
>
> Next, the Niobium superconductor ring was tested again at liquid
> helium
>
> temperatures. Contrary to our tests at room temperature and 77 K, in
> this case
>
> a clear change in the tangential acceleration could be measured by the
> sensors.
>
> Fig. 4 shows how the in-ring tangential sensors (differential with
> respect to the
>
> reference sensors) react to the applied angular acceleration from an
>
> they react in the opposite direction as predicted from Tate's
> measurement and
>
> our hypothesis to correct it. As the rotating shaft has a resonance
> frequency of
>
> about 400 rad.s-1, the sensor signals were damped by a factor of 5 for
> angular
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> velocities above 350 rad.s-1 to reduce the mechanical vibration noise.
> All
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> acceleration peaks as shown were obtained when the angular velocity
> was
>
> below 350 rad.s-1, which means that the measured peaks are not
> influenced by
>
> this damping at all. In a sense, the acceleration fields that were
> observed can
>
> be interpreted as a gravitational variant of Lenz's law. A similar
> behavior was
>
> also seen on the above-ring sensor. Note that at a temperature of 10
> K, close
>
> above Niobium's critical temperature of 9.4 K, no effect in the
> gravitational field
>
> is measurable any more (the silicon diodes have a tolerance of ą 0.5
> they react in the opposite direction as predicted from Tate's
> measurement and
>
> our hypothesis to correct it. As the rotating shaft has a resonance
> frequency of
>
> about 400 rad.s-1, the sensor signals were damped by a factor of 5 for
> angular
>
> velocities above 350 rad.s-1 to reduce the mechanical vibration noise.
> All
>
> acceleration peaks as shown were obtained when the angular velocity
> was
>
> below 350 rad.s-1, which means that the measured peaks are not
> influenced by
>
> this damping at all. In a sense, the acceleration fields that were
> observed can
>
> be interpreted as a gravitational variant of Lenz's law. A similar
> behavior was
>
> also seen on the above-ring sensor. Note that at a temperature of 10
> K, close
>
> above Niobium's critical temperature of 9.4 K, no effect in the
> gravitational field
>
> K). Only
>
> applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
> Niobium ring
>
> while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
> measured outside
>
> the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
> an
>
> evacuated massive Faraday cage) of around 100 ľg in opposite
>
> applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
> Niobium ring
>
> while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
> measured outside
>
> the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
> an
>
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Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 2007
page 16
Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 2007
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> page 16
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> Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> Institute of Technology, 2007
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39839
> page 16
>
> Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> Institute of Technology, 2007
This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase
spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic
fields
Based on these properties, two modes of operation, normal and
resonant, are described, and reference tables of important operating
parameters are given
Mulligan
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Stormin Mormon
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You need more quoted text.
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Subject: 7 wonders of the world
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:36 AM
A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the
present "Seven Wonders of the World."
Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most
votes:
1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall While gathering the votes, the teacher noted
that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the
girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes,
a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so
many."
The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can
help."
The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the
World' are:
1. To See
2. To Hear
3. To Touch
4. To Taste
5. To Feel
6. To Laugh
7. And to Love."
The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.
The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for
granted are truly wondrous! A gentle reminder -- that the most
precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > strategy. The conserved fields-electric
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The electron (symbol: e?) is a subatomic
> > > > > > > > > > > characterized by Fermi-
Subject: 12 signs the church is true
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:26 PM
Wonderful peice and enjoyed reading it!
TWELVE SIGNS THAT THE LDS CHURCH IS THE TRUE CHURCH
Michael T. Griffith
1996
@All Rights Reserved
Revised and Expanded on 9/4/98
I first became interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(also known as the LDS or Mormon Church) when an LDS friend of mine asked
me, "If the same church that Jesus founded in the New Testament were on the
earth today, with a living prophet and twelve apostles at its head, and with
all the same gifts and powers of old, would you want to join it?" I replied
that of course I would want to join it! He then shared with me his testimony
that the LDS Church was in fact the Savior's ancient church restored to the
earth. He explained that this great restoration began when God the Father
and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in 1820. After being introduced by
the Father, the Savior explained to young Joseph that he would be the
instrument through which the true church would be restored to the earth.
With this restoration came additional scripture, namely, the Book of Mormon,
the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
A more complete listing of the signs that the Mormon Church is the Savior's
true church is given in my article "Forty-One Points of the True Church,"
which is an edited extract from my book ONE LORD, ONE FAITH (Horizon
Publishers, 1996). Let us now examine twelve signs that the LDS Church is
Christ's true church.
1. The LDS Church has a prophet and twelve apostles, as did the Savior's
ancient church. When the Lord established his church in Israel, he called
twelve apostles. Peter became the earthly head of the church after Jesus
died. The LDS Church is led by a living prophet, President Gordon B.
Hinckley, and under him there are twelve apostles, all of whom have been
called of God by revelation and all of whom possess the same power and
authority that Christ gave to his twelve apostles. The apostles of the New
Testament church "had the prophetic spirit, and were prophets and teachers"
and "as men of prophecy, they pronounced the word God spoke" (Eberhard
Arnold, THE EARLY CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, Fourth Edition, Farmington,
PA: The Plough Publishing Company, 1997, p. 24). In the early church,
"teachers" were "subordinate . . . to the highest orders of the prophets and
apostles" (THE EARLY CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS., p. 25).
2. LDS priesthood holders can trace their authority directly back to Jesus
Christ. When the Lord restored his church in our day, he sent Peter, James,
and John to ordain Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to the Melchizedek
Priesthood, which is the same priesthood that worthy men held in the ancient
church. Joseph and Oliver then ordained others. Men are ordained to the
priesthood by the laying on of hands. This divine authority is held by every
Melchizedek priesthood holder in the Mormon Church today, each of whom can
trace his authority back to Joseph Smith, and through Joseph Smith to Peter,
James, and John, and through Peter, James, and John to the Lord himself. In
the ancient church it was considered crucial for church leaders to be able
to trace their authority back to the apostles. Irenaeus, a second-century
early Christian bishop, noted that church leaders possessed "succession from
the apostles" (THE ANTE-NICENE FATHERS [ANF], vol. 1, p. 497)--he even
declared that key doctrinal questions could be settled by consulting with
those churches "with which the apostles held constant intercourse" (ANF
1:417). Indeed, Irenaeus regarded every bishop of his day as "appointed by
the apostles through the successive laying on of hands" (THE EARLY
CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, p. 38).
3. The LDS Church is guided by continuous revelation through its prophet, as
was the New Testament church. Current revelation has always been vital to
the Lord's true covenant people. The prophet and the apostles receive
continuous revelation from the Lord, just as did the Savior's ancient
disciples after his death.
4. The LDS Church understands and teaches the biblical doctrine that God and
Jesus are separate and distinct divine beings, who communicate with each
other, who are aware of each other's existence, and who work in perfect
harmony with each other. God is the supreme member of the Godhead. Jesus is
subordinate to the Father and does the Father's will in all things. The Holy
Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. The Godhead is not an
incomprehensible three-in-one trinity. Rather, it is a trinity composed of
three separate divine persons, each of whom is a deity in his own right.
Their unity is one of works, will, and devotion, not one of substance, mind,
and essence. Mormons reject the traditional teaching that the Father and the
Son are "two persons yet one God of one undivided substance." If Jesus and
the Father are separate divine persons who communicate with each other and
who are aware of each other's existence, as the New Testament plainly
teaches, then they are two separate deities. Jesus even referred to the
Father as "my God" (John 20:17; Matthew 27:46). Similarly, the apostle Paul
referred to the Father as "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" and
"the God of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3, 17).
5. The LDS Church affirms that the Savior was literally resurrected, and
that he lives today. When Jesus was resurrected, his spirit was reunited
with his body, which was glorified and perfected in the resurrection
process. He is a real person, a real tangible person, with a glorified
physical body, just as the New Testament teaches.
6. The LDS Church obeys the law of tithing. The Bible teaches us that the
true church will practice this divine principle, whereby members donate a
tenth of their earnings to the church for the building up of the kingdom of
God on the earth. The Bible promises great blessings in reward for obedience
to this commandment, and millions of Latter-day Saints can testify that they
have been greatly blessed as a result of obeying the law of tithing.
7. The LDS Church possesses the additional scripture prophesied of in the
Bible. The coming forth of the Book of Mormon was predicted by ancient
Israelite prophets. The Bible speaks of the coming forth of an Ephraimite
record, also called "the stick of Joseph." Elsewhere the Bible refers to
this record as a sealed book that would come forth at a time when the Lord
would perform a marvelous work and a wonder. The Book of Mormon is that
record, which came forth as the Lord restored his church in all its original
splendor and glory. The Book of Mormon is a history of God's dealings with
peoples in the ancient Americas, specifically, in ancient Mesoamerica. The
Bible tells us about God's dealings with his covenant people in the Old
World. The Book of Mormon tells us about his dealings with his ancient
covenant people in the New World. The Book of Mormon records that the
resurrected Christ visited the people of ancient Mesoamerica and that he
established his church among them.
8. The LDS Church is a missionary church, as was the Savior's ancient
church. It has thousands of missionaries working in virtually every part of
the world. It has been said that the Mormon Church is the most
missionary-oriented church on the earth.
9. The LDS Church has a lay local clergy. Local leaders, i.e., bishops and
stake presidents, etc., are not salaried. They do their church work on their
own time, and hold normal jobs like everyone else. The Savior's church
likewise had an unsalaried local clergy. It was only after the true gospel
began to be removed from the earth that the practice of paying local leaders
was instituted. But in the New Testament church local leaders were not
salaried, and as late as A.D. 200 "the idea of fixed clerical salaries was
considered an outrage . . . in both Rome and Asia" (Robin Lane Fox, PAGANS
AND CHRISTIANS, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1987, p. 505).
10. The LDS Church teaches that baptism is essential for salvation. The New
Testament and the writings of early Christian elders and theologians leave
no doubt that the ancient church taught that baptism was a requirement for
salvation. Historian Jeffrey Burton Russell observes that in the ancient
church "it was universally believed that . . . we obtain the benefits of
Christ's sacrifice by baptism" (SATAN: THE EARLY CHRISTIAN TRADITION, New
York: Cornell University Press, 1981, p. 100). The ancient Christian
theologian Tertullian taught that "without baptism, salvation is attainable
by none" (ANF 3:674).
11. The LDS Church teaches that our thoughts and actions play a role in our
salvation. The Mormon Church agrees with the Catholic Church and with the
Orthodox Church that we are not saved strictly by grace alone through faith,
but that our thoughts and deeds also count toward salvation. In other words,
belief and confession of faith are not enough. We must do more. We must
strive to keep the commandments to the best of our ability. We understand
that no one could be saved if Christ had not atoned for our sins, but the
Savior also taught that we must live righteous lives to the best of our
ability in order to return to live in the kingdom of heaven. Among other
things, he said, "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven" (Matthew 7:21, RSV). The Lord also taught that "he who endures to
the end will be saved" (Matthew 10:22, RSV). The New Testament teaches over
and over again that our actions count and that those who do not keep the
commandments will not return to live with Heavenly Father. This same
teaching is literally plastered throughout the writings of early Christian
bishops, elders, and theologians. For instance, mid-second-century Christian
theologian Justin Martyr, who is still referred to as one of the ancient
church's "ablest defenders," said the following:
Anyone who is not found living in accordance with his [Christ's] teachings
should not be regarded as a Christian even if he confesses to Christ's
teaching with his lips. For he [Christ] said that only those shall be saved
who do not just talk, but who also do the corresponding works [see Matthew
7:21]. (First Apology 16, in THE EARLY CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, p.
104)
12. The LDS Church can answer the three great questions of life: "Where did
I come from?" "Why am I here?" "Where am I going after death?" Through the
Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord revealed once again the divine truth that we
did not suddenly spring into existence at birth, but that we lived with God
the Father as spirits in a pre-mortal life prior to coming to earth. Members
of the Lord's true church know that we are on the earth to gain experience,
to be tried and tested, to live the best lives that we can possibly live
according to the light and knowledge that we possess, and to receive
physical bodies. After death we go to the spirit world. Those who die
without having the opportunity to learn of the gospel will have that
opportunity in the spirit world, where they will be free to either accept or
reject the message. Then, at the resurrection, our spirits are reunited with
our bodies--our bodies will be glorified and perfected. All mankind will be
raised from the dead, and then judged, and each will receive according to
his works in relation to the light and knowledge that he possessed. We will
go to one of three kingdoms, the celestial, the terrestrial, and the
telestial, while sons of perdition will be cast into outer darkness.
If you would like to know more about The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, contact the unit in your area. You should be able to find
it in the phone book. You can also write to the church directly at 50 East
North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. If nothing else, send me an
e-mail and I will refer your name to the missionary department, who will see
to it that you are contacted.
Michael T. Griffith
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael T. Griffith holds two Associate of Applied Science
degrees from the Community College of the Air Force and is awaiting the
awarding of a Bachelor of Science degree from Excelsior College in Albany,
New York. He is a two-time graduate of the Defense Language Institute in
Monterey, California, and of the U.S. Air Force Technical Training School in
San Angelo, Texas. He is the author of four books on Mormonism and ancient
texts. He has completed advanced Hebrew programs at Haifa University in
Israel and at the Spiro Institute in London, England. While at BYU he was a
research assistant for Dr. Ross T. Christensen of the Society for Early
Historic Archaeology. His published works on gospel subjects include
Refuting the Critics (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1992) and A Ready
Reply: Answering Challenging Questions About the Gospel (Horizon Publishers,
1994), and One Lord, One Faith: Writings of the Early Christian Fathers as
Evidences of the Restoration (Horizon Publishers, 1996).
*** One Lord, One Faith can be purchased or ordered from your local LDS
bookstore, or you can order it directly from Horizon Publishers via their
toll-free number 1-800-453-0812. One Lord, One Faith documents dozens of
parallels between Mormonism and ancient Christianity and is an excellent
book for investigators and members alike. It is also an excellent companion
book to the famous talk tape "The 17 Points of the True Church." If you'd
like to order the book online, click here.
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>
> > > > > > > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepton
>
> > > > > > > > > > > The best known of all leptons is the electron which
> > > > > > > > > > > governs nearly all
> > > > > > > > > > > of chemistry as it is found in atoms and is directly
> > > > > > > > > > > tied to all
> > > > > > > > > > > chemical properties. Two main classes of leptons
> > > > > > > > > > > exist: charged
> > > > > > > > > > > leptons (also known as the electron-like leptons), and
> > > > > > > > > > > neutral leptons
> > > > > > > > > > > (better known as neutrinos)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > There are six types of leptons, known as flavours,
> > > > > > > > > > > forming three
> > > > > > > > > > > generations.[2] The first generation is the electronic
> > > > > > > > > > > leptons,
From: "junkman" <dhay...@centurytel.net>
Subject: CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?
Date: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:49 PM
CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?
This is very interesting and we all need to read it.
Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and
not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be a good American? This question was forwarded to a
friend
who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.
The following is his reply:
Theologically - no . . .
Because his allegiance is
to Allah, The moon God of Arabia
Religiously - no. . .
Because no other religion is
accepted by His Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)
Scripturally - no. .
Because his allegiance is to
the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
Geographically - no .
Because his allegiance is to
Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially - no. .
Because his allegiance to Islam
forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews
Politically - no. . .
Because he must submit to the
mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of
Israel and destruction of America , the great Satan.
Domestically - no.
Because he is instructed to
marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she
disobeys him (Quran 4:34)
Intellectually - no.
Because he cannot accept the
American Constitution since it is based on Biblical
principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically - no. . .
Because Islam, Muhammad,
and the Quran does not allow freedom of religion and
expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist.
Every
Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually - no. . .
Because when we declare
'one nation under God,' the Christian's God is
loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as
Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The
Quran's 99 excellent names.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation....
Perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS
in this country.
- - - They obviously cannot be both
'good' Muslims and good Americans.
Call it what you wish it's still the truth.
You
had better believe it.
The more who understand this, the
better it will be for our country and our future.
The
religious war is bigger than we know or understand .. .
The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within.
And now we have a Muslim running for President of the United States.
(Train up a child up in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will
not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6)
SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
THE MARINES WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S.
Giving Priesthood Blessings
By Dennis L. Lythgoe
Dennis L. Lythgoe, Giving Priesthood Blessings, Ensign, Feb. 1982, 20
Melchizedek Priesthood holders have the privilege and authority to
participate
in the priesthood ordinance of blessing the sick. Is any sick among you?
wrote
James, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over
him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Along with authority, however, comes the great need to act through faith and
inspiration: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall
raise him up. (James 5:1415.)
Faith, inspiration, and authorityall three are essential to giving
priesthood
blessings.
I heard Elder Matthew Cowley, a twentieth-century Apostle, tell the story of
blessing a baby at the request of a Maori father in New Zealand. As he was
about
to begin, the babys father said, While you are giving it a name, please give
it its vision. It was born blind.
I was overwhelmed, Elder Cowley said. I was doubtful, but I knew that within
the being of that Polynesian there was the simple faith of a child, a faith
not
beclouded by psychology or any of the learning of men but a simple faith in
God
and the promises he had made through his Son Jesus Christ. I gave that child
its
name, and eventually I mustered up enough courage to bless it with its
vision.
I saw him a few months ago. He is now six or seven years old, running all
over the place, and he can see as well as I can see this day. (Matthew
Cowley
Speaks, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1954, p. 5.)
A powerful experience in my own life involved an impressive Maori lady in
New
Zealand when I served a mission there. Seriously ill, she was taken to the
hospital to have an operation. It was doubtful that she would survive,
because
of her weight and her advanced age.
She requested that I bless her, saying: I know Ill be all right if youll
give
me a blessing, Elder! I sensed deeply the responsibility, and prayed at her
bedside before assuming it. Then a blessing came to her through me that
surprised both my companion and me by its positive natureand I worried,
fearing
that I had been carried away by my own desire for her recovery. She held my
hand
and said, Thank you. Ill see you at church next Sunday.
I did not believe her. Yet the operation was successful and her recovery
completeand she did attend testimony meeting the following Sunday. Though
physically weak, she stood to eloquently thank the Lord for helping her at a
critical hour. In this instance, her faith was a central factor in the
blessing.
It is important for us to remember, however, that sometimes the Lords
desires
differ from ours. As his agents in the performance of priesthood duties, it
is
mandatory that we be receptive to his inspiration. A missionary I knew had a
sobering experience giving a blessing. He was working on a renovation
project at
a branch chapel in New Zealand. The branch president, who was doing some
repairs
on the roof, lost his footing and fell to the pavement below. Immediately
the
missionary ran to his side and pronounced a powerful blessing, promising him
life and complete restoration to health. A few minutes later, the branch
president died.
Greatly disillusioned, the missionary went to his apartment and wrote three
letters: one to his mission president, one to his bishop, and one to the
president of the Church. The letters outlined his disenchantment with the
priesthood and his intention to abandon his missionary service. Then he went
to
bed.
After worrying, struggling, and praying intermittently throughout the night,
he
gradually came to understand that the Lords will had been doneand that he
needed to seek the inspiration and guidance of the Lord earnestly before
undertaking any administration.
Once I acted in the same hasty manner. My wife, Marti, began having problems
early in her pregnancy, and I instantly gave her a strongly worded blessing,
promising her that her health would be protected and that the baby would
live.
As soon as I finished I knew that I had acted incorrectly and that the
unborn
baby had actually died.
After fasting and praying, I requested that a fellow priesthood holder
assist me
to give her a second blessing. This time I carefully listened for the Lords
guidance and found that I was unable to promise that the baby would livebut
rather that Marti would be the mother of other healthy children. That baby
did
not survive, but we have four children in fulfillment of the blessing.
Although
in the second blessing I hadnt said what I wanted to say, Marti and I both
enjoyed the peace that comes from the comforting of the Spirit.
President Spencer W. Kimball has explained the relationship of following the
will of God and of performing the ordinance of administration for the sick:
We
are assured by the Lord that the sick will be healed if the ordinance is
performed, if there is sufficient faith, and if the ill one is not appointed
unto death. (See D&C 42:4448.) But there are three factors, all of which
should be satisfied. Many do not comply with the ordinances, and great
numbers
are unwilling or incapable of exercising sufficient faith. But the other
factor
also looms important: If they are not appointed unto death.
President Kimball also declared: The power of the priesthood is limitless
but
God has wisely placed upon each of us certain limitations. I may develop
priesthood power as I perfect my life, yet I am grateful that even through
the
priesthood I cannot heal all the sick. I might heal people who should die. I
might relieve people of suffering who should suffer. I fear I would
frustrate
the purposes of God. (Faith Precedes the Miracle, Salt Lake City: Deseret
Book
Co., 1972, pp. 103, 99.)
It is important, then, that as we are called upon to give a priesthood
blessing,
we do so not only with faith in the Lords power, but also with a humble
desire
to receive the Lords inspiration and to know his willand then do his will
when
we receive his guidance.
Some priesthood holders Ive known, lacking experience in spiritual matters
or
not recognizing inspiration, hesitate giving a blessing for fear of making a
mistake or saying the wrong things. Others offer prayers to Father in Heaven
rather than give priesthood blessings. However, it is natural that both
praying
to and receiving inspiration from Heavenly Father be involved, for both
aspects
are certainly elements of the communication process with our Father in
Heaven
and to that extent are appropriate in priesthood administrations and
blessings
and the exchange of faith and inspiration.
It is understandable that at times we may feel inadequate for the task. But
if
we have the Melchizedek Priesthood and are worthy, we have a responsibility
to
use it. However, our first concern should be to seek the Lords help through
humble prayer before giving the blessing.
Thus, strictly speaking, an administration to the sick, which is a
priesthood
ordinance, differs in some important ways from a prayer. It is an ordinance
performed by the authority of the priesthood, which is the power to act in
Gods
name. This means that the Lord allows us to act for him, using his power,
when
we are guided to do so. Prayer, of course, is a powerful way to communicate
with
the Lordand it brings about many miracles. But the Lord allows us to
administer
to the sick through the power of the priesthood and grants appropriate
requests
regarding the use of priesthood powers. Such use enlarges the circle of
administration to include the Lord, who promised, Where two or three are
gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matt.
18:20.)
As priesthood holders, we have many opportunities to perform administrations
to
the sick. We can respond to the call of the quorum president and spend an
evening at a hospital administering to the sick; or we can run to the side
of a
ward member stricken with illness. But the most important place to use the
priesthood is in our own homes. Our families often have needssuch as
physical
illness, childbirth, discouragement, or depressionthat could result in
blessings of inspiration.
In addition to the need for administrations when ill, children need
blessings
when they are worried about social acceptance, peer pressure, failure to
perform
academically, a clash with a teacher, and a host of other problems. By
obtaining
inspiration in behalf of his children early in their lives, a father can
develop
a feeling of trust and confidence with them that will last through the years
and
will help to maintain a strong, cohesive family. A child who remembers his
fathers sincere spiritual concern at difficult times may more readily
confide
in him over more critical matters. Children also need the inspiration from a
fathers blessing before major events in their lives, such as a mission, the
service, college, and marriage. (Oil is not used in these blessings of
comfort
and counsel.)
Regarding administrations, I have had occasion to administer to my own
children
under traumatic circumstances. One such experience occurred one night when
our
oldest son, Darrin, was suffering from a painful earache. He had been
screaming
because of the intensity of the pain; but soon after I gave him a blessing,
he
exhibited relief and drifted into sleep, obviously exhausted.
The next morning we took him to the pediatrician, who informed us that
Darrins
eardrum had burst in the night, relieving the pressure of serious infection
and
allowing him to sleep. We were astonished because we knew exactly when the
break
would have occurred. Because there was a genuine possibility that his
hearing
might have been permanently impaired, the doctor advised us to take him to
an
ear specialist after medication had alleviated the infection.
When we took him to a specialist a few weeks later, we were amazed that the
specialist was unable to discern any problem with Darrins ear. He pronounced
the eardrum in perfect condition, with no sign of a break. It was a
powerful,
sobering experience which taught us in an especially forceful way the power
of
the Lord and the efficacy of priesthood blessings.
The Lord has promised that our confidence can wax strong in the presence of
God, (D&C 121:45.) With inspired confidence from God, we are able to
exercise
the authority God has given us and are able to find opportunities to utilize
it
in prayerful and positive ways.
Lets Talk about It
After reading Giving Priesthood Blessings individually or as a family, you
may
wish to discuss some of the following questions during a gospel study
period:
1. What role does prayer have in priesthood administrations? What role does
faith have?
2. Why is it important to seek the inspiration and guidance of the Lord
earnestly before giving a priesthood administration?
3. Do you know of someone who received a priesthood blessing for the
restoration
of his health but did not recover? What light do President Spencer W.
Kimballs
words quoted in this article shed on such cases?
4. Have you ever received a blessing of comfort or counsel? What were your
feelings at the time? What experiences in your family would make a blessing
of
this kind appropriate?
Gospel topics: blessings, healing, priesthood
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Date: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:02 AM
But remember "Jesus Saves"
Jesus and Satan have a discussion as to who is the better programmer.
This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a
contest, with God as the judge.
They sit themselves at their computers and begin. They type furiously,
lines of code streaming up the screen, for several hours straight.
Seconds before the end of the competition, a bolt of lightning strikes,
taking out the electricity. Moments later, the power is restored, and
God announces that the contest is over.
He asks Satan to show what he has come up with. Satan is visibly upset,
and cries, "I have nothing. I lost it all when the power went out."
"Very well, then," says God, "let us see if Jesus fared any better."
Jesus enters a command, and the screen comes to life in vivid display,
the voices of an angelic choir pour forth from the speakers. Satan is
astonished.
He stutters, "B-b-but how? I lost everything, yet Jesus' program is
intact. How did he do it?"
God smiled all-knowingly, "Jesus saves."
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Ted
Joseph Story: "The militia is the natural defense of a free country
against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic
usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free
people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in
time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are
attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and
unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the
rights of the people." (Story, Joseph. Commentaries on the Constitution
of the United States. 3 vols. Boston, 1833.)
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FOURTEEN FUNDAMENTALS IN FOLLOWING THE PROPHET
BY
ELDER Ezra Taft Benson
February 26, 1980
My beloved brothers and sisters, I am honored to be in your presence today.
You
students are a part of a choice young generation--a generation which might
well
witness the return of our Lord. Not only is the Church growing in numbers
today,
it is growing in faithfulness and, even more important, our young
generation, as
a group, is even more faithful than the older generation. God has reserved
you
for the eleventh hour--the great and dreadful day of the Lord. It will be
your
responsibility not only to help bear off the kingdom of God triumphantly but
to
save your own soul and strive to save those of your family and to honor the
principles of our inspired constitution.
To help you pass the crucial tests which lie ahead I am going to give you
today
several facets of a grand key which, if you will honor them, will crown you
with
God's glory and bring you out victorious in spite of Satan's fury. Soon we
will
be honoring our prophet on his eighty-fifth birthday. As a Church we sing
the
song, "We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet." Here then is the grand key:
follow
the prophet. And here now are fourteen fundamentals in following the
prophet,
the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
First: The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
In section 132, verse 7, of the Doctrine and Covenants the Lord speaks of
the
Prophet--the President--and says: "There is never but one on the earth at a
time
on whom his power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred." Then in
section 21, verses 4-6, the Lord states:
Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words
and
commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking
in
all holiness before me;
For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all
patience
and faith.
For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against
you.
Did you hear what the Lord said about the words of the prophet? We are to
"give
heed unto all his words"--as if from the Lord's "own mouth."
Second: The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
President Wilford Woodruff tells of an interesting incident that occurred in
the
days of the Prophet Joseph Smith:
I will refer to a certain meeting I attended in the town of Kirtiand in
my
early days. At that meeting some remarks were made that have been made
here
today, with regard to the living oracles and with regard to the written
word
of God. The same principle was presented, although not as extensively as
it
has been here, when a leading man in the Church got up and talked upon
the
subject, and said: "You have got the word of God before you here in the
Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants; you have the written
word
of God, and you who give revelations should give revelations according
to
those books, as what is written in those books is the word of God. We
should
confine ourselves to them."
When he concluded, Brother Joseph turned to Brother Brigham Young and
said,
"Brother Brigham, I want you to take the stand and tell us your views
with
regard to the living oracles and the written word of God." Brother
Brigham
took the stand, and he took the Bible, and laid it down; he took the
Book of
Mormon, and laid it down; and he took the Book of Doctrine and
Covenants,
and laid it down before him, and he said: "There is the written word of
God
to us, concerning the work of God from the beginning of the world,
almost,
to our day. And now," said he, "when compared with the living oracles
those
books are nothing to me; those books do not convey the word of God
direct to
us now, as do the words of a Prophet or a man bearing the Holy
Priesthood in
our day and generation. I would rather have the living oracles than all
the
writing in the books." That was the course he pursued. When he was
through,
Brother Joseph said to the congregation: "Brother Brigham has told you
the
word of the Lord, and he has told you the truth." [in Conference Report,
October 1897, pp. 18-19)
Third: The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
The living prophet has the power of TNT. By that I mean "Todays News Today."
God's revelations to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark. Noah
needed his own revelation. Therefore, the most important prophet, so far as
you
and I are concerned, is the one living in our day and age to whom the Lord
is
currently revealing His will for us. Therefore, the most important reading
we
can do is any of the words of the prophet contained each week in the Church
Section of the Deseret News, and any words of the prophet contained each
month
in our Church magazines. Our marching orders for each six months are found
in
the general conference addresses, which are printed in the Ensign magazine.
I am so grateful that the current conference report is studied as part of
one of
your religion classes--the course entitied "Teachings of the Living
Prophets,"
number 333. May I commend that class to you, and suggest that you get a copy
of
the class manual at your bookstore, whether you're able to take the class or
not. The manual is entitled "Living Prophets for a Living Church."
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets,
for
the living prophets always take precedence.
Fourth: The prophet will never lead the Church astray.
President Wilford Woodruff stated: "I say to Israel, The Lord will never
permit
me or any other man who stands as president of the Church to lead you
astray. It
is not in the program. It is not in the mind of God." (The Discourses of
Wilford
Woodruff, selected by G. Homer Durham [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1946], pp.
212-213.)
President Marion G. Romney tells of this incident, which happened to him:
I remember years ago when I was a Bishop I had President [Heber J.]
Grant
talk to our ward. After the meeting I drove him home....Standing by me,
he
put his arm over my shoulder and said: "My boy, you always keep your eye
on
the President of the Church, and if he ever tells you to do anything,
and it
is wrong, and you do it, the Lord will bless you for it." Then with a
twinkle in his eye, he said, "But you don't need to worry. The Lord will
never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray." [In Conference Report,
October 1), p. 78]
Fifth: The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training
or
credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
Sometimes there are those who feel their earthly knowledge on a certain
subject
is superior to the heavenly knowledge which God gives to His prophet on the
same
subject. They feel the prophet must have the same earthly credentials or
training which they have had before they will accept anything the prophet
has to
say that might contradict their earthly schooling. How much earthly
schooling
did Joseph Smith have? Yet he gave revelations on all kinds of subjects. We
haven't yet had a prophet who earned a doctorate in any subject, but as
someone
said, "A prophet may not have his Ph.D. but he certainly has his LDS." We
encourage earthly knowledge in many areas, but remember, if there is ever a
conflict between earthly knowledge and the words of the prophet, you stand
with
the prophet, and you'll be blessed and time will vindicate you.
Sixth: The prophet does not have to say "Thus saith the Lord" to give us
scripture.
Sometimes there are those who haggle over words. They might say the prophet
gave
us counsel, but that we are not obligated to follow it unless he says it is
a
commandment. But the Lord says of the Prophet Joseph, "Thou shalt give heed
unto
all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you" (D&C 21:4).
And speaking of taking counsel from the prophet, in D&C 108:1, the Lord
states:
"Verily thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Lyman: Your sins are
forgiven
you, because you have obeyed my voice in coming up hither this morning to
receive counsel of him whom I have appointed".
Said Brigham Young, "I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to
the
children of men, that they may not call scripture" (Journal of Discourses,
26
vols. [London: Latter-day Saints' Book Depot], 13:95).
Seventh: The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want
to
know.
"Thou hast declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear,"
complained Nephi's brethren. But Nephi answered by saying, "the guilty
taketh
the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center" (1 Nephi 16:1,
3).
Or, to put it in another prophet's words, "Hit pigeons flutter."
Said President Harold B. Lee:
You may not like what comes from the authority of the Church. It may
contradict your political views. It may contradict your social views. It
may
interfere with some of your social life.... Your safety and ours depends
upon whether or not we follow.... Let's keep our eye on the President of
the
Church. [in Conference Report, October 1970, p. 152-153)
But it is the living prophet who really upsets the world. "Even in the
Church,"
said President Kimball, "many are prone to garnish the sepulchres of
yesterday's
prophets and mentally stone the living ones" (Instructor, 95:257).
Why? Because the living prophet gets at what we need to know now, and the
world
prefers that prophets either be dead or mind their own business. Some
so-called
experts of political science want the prophet to keep still on politics.
Some
would-be authorities on evolution want the prophet to keep still on
evolution.
And so the list goes on and on.
How we respond to the words of a living prophet when he tells us what we
need to
know, but would rather not hear, is a test of our faithfulness.
Said President Marion G. Romney, "It is an easy thing to believe in the dead
prophets." And then he gives this illustration:
One day when President Grant was living, I sat in my office across the
street following a general conference. A man came over to see me, an
elderly
man. He was very upset about what had been said in this conference by
some
of the Brethren, including myself. I could tell from his speech that he
came
from a foreign land. After I had quieted him enough so he would listen,
I
said, "Why did you come to America?" "I am here because a prophet of God
told me to come." "Who was the prophet;" I continued. "Wilford
Woodruff."
"Do you believe Wilford Woodruff was a prophet of God?" "Yes, I do." "Do
you
believe that President Joseph F. Smith was a prophet of God?" "Yes,
sir."
Then came the sixty-four dollar question. "Do you believe that Heber J.
Grant is a prophet of God?" His answer, "I think he ought to keep his
mouth
shut about old age assistance."
Now I tell you that a man in his position is on the way to apostasy. He
is
forfeiting his chances for eternal life. So is everyone who cannot
follow
the living Prophet of God." [in Conference Report, April 1953, p. 125]
Eighth: The prophet is not limited by men's reasoning. There will be times
when
you will have to choose between the revelations of God and the reasoning of
men--between the prophet and the politician or professor. Said the Prophet
Joseph Smith, "Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is,
although we
may not see the reason thereof until long after the events transpire"
(Scrapbook
of Mormon Literature, vol. 2, p. 173).
Would it seem reasonable to an eye doctor to be told to heal a blind man by
spitting in the dirt, making clay, and applying it to the man's eyes and
then
telling him to wash in a contaminated pool? Yet this is precisely the course
that Jesus took with one man, and he was healed. (See John 9:6-7.) Does it
seem
reasonable to cure leprosy by telling a man to wash seven times in a
particular
river? Yet this is precisely what the prophet Elisha told a leper to do, and
he
was healed. (See 2 Kings 5.)
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
saith
the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. [Isaiah
55:8,9]
Ninth: The prophet can receive revelation on any matter--temporal or
spiritual.
Said Brigham Young:
Some of the leading men in Kirtland were much opposed to Joseph the
Prophet,
meddling with temporal affairs... .
In a public meeting of the Saints, I said, "Ye Elders of Israel.... will
some of you draw the line of demarcation, between the spiritual and
temporal
in the Kingdom of God, so that I may understand it?" Not one of them
could
do it....
I defy any man on earth to point out the path a Prophet of God should
walk
in, or point out his duty, and just how far he must go, in dictating
temporal or spiritual things. Temporal and spiritual things are
inseparably
connected, and ever will be. [Journal of Discourses, 10:363-364]
Tenth: The prophet may be involved in civic matters.
When a people are righteous they want the best to lead them in government.
Alma
was the head of the Church and of the government in the Book of Mormon,
Joseph
Smith was mayor of Nauvoo, and Brigham Young was governor of Utah. Isaiah
was
deeply involved in giving counsel on political matters and of his words the
Lord
Himself said, "Great are the words of Isaiah" (3 Nephi 23:1). Those who
would
remove prophets from politics would take God out of government.
Eleventh: The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the
prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
The learned may feel the prophet is only inspired when he agrees with them;
otherwise, the prophet is just giving his opinion--speaking as a man. The
rich
may feel they have no need to take counsel of a lowly prophet.
In the Book of Mormon we read:
O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties,
and
the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise,
and
they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside,
supposing
they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it
profiteth them not. And they shall perish.
But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned,
and
they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and
their
wisdom, and their riches--yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save
they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before
God,
and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them. [2
Nephi 9:28,29,42]
Twelfth: The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the
worldly.
As a prophet reveals the truth it divides the people. The honest in heart
heed
his words, but the unrighteous either ignore the prophet or fight him. When
the
prophet points out the sins of the world, the worldly either want to close
the
mouth of the prophet, or else act as if the prophet didn't exist, rather
than
repent of their sins. Popularity is never a test of truth. Many a prophet
has
been killed or cast out.
As we come closer to the Lord's second coming, you can expect that as the
people
of the world become more wicked, the prophet will be less popular with them.
Thirteenth: The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency--the
highest quorum in the Church.
In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord refers to the First Presidency as
"the
highest council of the Church" (107:80) and says, "whosoever receiveth me,
receiveth those....the First Presidency, whom I have sent" (112:20).
Fourteenth: The prophet and the presidency--the living prophet and the First
Presidency--follow them and be blessed; reject them and suffer.
President Harold B. Lee relates this incident from Church history:
The story is told in the early days of the Church--particularly, I think, at
Kirtland--where some of the leading brethren in the presiding councils of
the
Church met secretly and tried to scheme as to how they could get rid of the
Prophet Joseph's leadership. They made the mistake of inviting Brigham Young
to
one of these secret meetings. He rebuked them, after he had heard the
purpose of
their meeting. This is part of what he said: "You cannot destroy the
appointment
of a prophet of God, but you can cut the thread that binds you to the
prophet of
God and sink yourselves to hell." [In Conference Report, April 1963, p. 81]
In a general conference of the Church President N. Eldon Tanner stated:
The Prophet spoke out clearly on Friday moming, telling us what our
responsibilities are... .
A man said to me after that, "You know, there are people in our state
who
believe in following the Prophet in everything they think is right, but
when
it is something they think isn't right, and it doesn't appeal to them,
then
that's different." He said, "Then they become their own prophet. They
decide
what the Lord wants and what the Lord doesn't want."
I thought how true, and how serious when we begin to choose which of the
covenants, which of the commandments we will keep and follow. When we
decide
that there are some of them that we will not keep or follow, we are
taking
the law of the Lord into our own hands and become our own prophets, and
believe me, we will be led astray, because we are false prophets to
ourselves when we do not to follow the Prophet of God. No, we should
never
discriminate between these commandments, as to those we should and
should
not keep. [In Conference Report, October 1966, p. 98]
"Look to the Presidency and receive instruction," said the Prophet Joseph
Smith
(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, selected by Joseph Fielding Smith
[Salt
Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1938], p. 161). But Almon Babbitt didn't, and
in
the Doctrine and Covenants section 124, verse 84, the Lord states:
And with my servant Almon Babbitt, there are many things with which I am
not
pleased; behold, he aspireth to establish his counsel instead of the
counsel
which I have ordained, even that of the Presidency of my Church.
In conclusion, let us summarize this grand key, these "Fourteen Fundamentals
in
Following the Prophet," for our salvation hangs on them.
First: The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in
everything.
Second: The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
Third: The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
Fourth: The prophet will never lead the Church astray.
Fifth: The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly
training
or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
Sixth: The prophet does not have to say "Thus saith the Lord" to give us
scripture.
Seventh: The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we
want
to know.
Eighth: The prophet is not limited by men's reasoning.
Ninth: The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or
spiritual.
Tenth: The prophet may be involved in civic matters.
Eleventh: The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following
the
prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
Twelfth: The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or
the
worldly.
Thirteenth: The prophet and his counselors make up the First
Presidency--the
highest quorum in the Church.
Fourteenth: The prophet and the presidency--the living prophet and the
First
Presidency--follow them and be blessed; reject them and suffer.
I testify that these fourteen fundamentals in following the living prophet
are
true. if we want to know how well we stand with the Lord, then let us ask
ourselves how well we stand with His mortal captain. How closely do our
lives
harmonize with the words of the Lord's anointed--the living prophet, the
President of the Church, and with the Quorum of the First Presidency?
May God bless us all to look to the prophet and the presidency in the
critical
and crucial days ahead, is my prayer. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
> > > > Mar. 26, 2006 - Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have
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Subject: Re: Human rights and the word Christian??
Date: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:12 PM
On 25 Jun 2004 14:29:51 GMT, Tom Moore <email_for_t...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
>"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote :
>> Salvation is being saved from physical death.
>> Having body and soul reunited after death.
>> This is a free gift from all mankind from
>> Jesus the Saviour.
>That's Mormonism.
>Here's the Christian view of salvation. Don't worry, it is not long, and
>it may even seem familiar, "for God so loved the world, that he gave his
>only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
>have everlasting life."
Here's a more accurate view of christianity from someone who doesn't share
in the madness:
Oh very well; the rationale works like this: a Magic Space Pixie,
whose existence requires no causal explanation, and who exists in some
sort of surroundings external to our own that require no causal
explanation, is posited to explain OUR existence and surroundings
which, for some inexplicably different reason, DO require causal
explanations -- none of which may exclude the Magic Pixie.
The mythology goes: In the beginning, after making things a bit
brighter so he could see what he was doing, the Magic Pixie magicked a
mud ball, then he magicked some plants and a heap of animals to live
on the mud ball, then he magicked a man out of the mud that he'd
magicked only just the night before, about eight o'clock. Shortly
after, the Magic Pixie magicked a woman from the man's rib, put the
mud-man and the rib-woman in his garden to live, and told them not to
eat from a particularly special tree.
A magic talking snake, either magicked by the Magic Pixie or magically
requiring no causal explanation, suckered the rib-woman into eating
fruit from the special tree, and she in turn suckered the mud-man into
munching on the fruit. The Magic Pixie spat his pacifier in the dirt
when he found out about the fruity transgression, so to punish the
mud-man and the rib-woman for their disobedience he put a magic hex on
the billions and billions of people who weren't yet alive - just
because he's the Magic Pixie and he's oh so big and huge and so very,
very big.
Some time later, when the mud-man and rib-woman had magically spawned
millions of people (all of whom were cursed due to the rib-woman's
frugivorous frivolity), the Magic Pixie got all pissy about the people
living on the mud ball he'd magicked, and rather than magically make
them all better, he decided to kill them all in a flood -- except for
one old fart and his family. The Magic Pixie told the old fart to
build a great big boat out of magic wood, and to fill the big boat
with two or seven of each kind of animal; two or seven, depending on
how you interpret the written version of the Saga of the Magic Space
Pixie.
Of course, the old fart pulled all this off without a hitch, and when
the big boat was loaded the Magic Pixie poured about four and a half
billion cubic kilometres of water on to the mud ball, which drowned
every single living critter. About a year later, the waters eventually
magically disappeared leaving absolutely no trace that the flood ever
happened.
After leaving the big boat, all the animals magically wandered back to
from wherever it was they came, and the old fart somehow got drunk,
probably from wine made out of magic grapes that grew in a magic
vineyard. Once he was good and sloshed, the old fart stripped off his
clothes and passed out. Sometime later one of the old fart's sons
walked in and saw the old fart's wobbly bit, so the Magic Pixie - who
doesn't like people to look at wobbly bits - put a curse on the
wobbly-bit-looker and all his descendants, even though they didn't
even see the wobbly bit.
The old fart and his family magically filled the world with people,
and apart from the wobbly-bit-looker's descendants, the mud ball was
filled with people who were not cursed since the Magic Pixie had
drowned everything. But the Magic Pixie was still steamed about the
rib-woman's fruitarian follies so he let the fruit-curse carry on to
everyone who was alive or ever would be alive, and he said that
everyone must grovel to his oh so big and very huge Magic Pixieness.
Some time later, after various other slaughters, some famines, some
plagues, and a few cool tricks - one in which a burning bush spoke,
and one in which the Magic Pixie magicked a butt-crack in the red sea
- the Magic Pixie decided he'd like to bump uglies with one of the
children who lived on the mud ball, so he did: of course it was a
*magic* bumping of uglies, and not the real thing.
Nevertheless, the child became pregnant and eventually gave birth to a
human/Magic Pixie hybrid, which probably caused the child's husband
(who hadn't bumped uglies with his young wife yet - matter of fact,
his wife hadn't bumped uglies with anyone) at least a small amount of
concern.
Anyway, the hybrid grew up pretty much without incident, but when he
reached his thirties he grew his hair long, became a hippy, and
wandered around babbling in parables -- most of which he took from the
book called, "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie". Eventually some
people found out that the hybrid was the boss's son and they'd started
following him around, so the hybrid was taken to the man in charge who
sent him to be soundly spanked and then pinned to a stick. When he was
pinned to the stick, the hybrid whined and whined to the Magic Pixie
about being forsaken, and then he died.
Of course, being half Magic Pixie, the hybrid couldn't really die, so
a couple of days later, despite telling everyone he'd be 'dead' for
*three* days - probably to get a jump on the guys who pinned him to
the stick - he woke up, snuck out of the cave in which the hybrid-
followers had placed him, wandered around for a little while chatting
with some of his followers, then, magically, he went to live in that
magical place where the Magic Pixie lives; and he hasn't been seen
since.
Now, according to the hybrid-followers with whom the pre-departure
hybrid chatted, 500 EYEWITNESSES saw the hybrid after he rose from
being dead, and the hybrid will be returning to the mud ball ANY DAY
NOW.
And what of the Magic Pixie? Well, he seemingly got so pissy about the
people pinning his hybrid to a stick that he stormed off and hasn't
been seen since, but according to the hybrid-followers, if we accept
that the hybrid-pinning episode removes the curse of the rib-woman's
fruity faux pas, we will live in the magical place with the Magic
Pixie after we've died.
The final chapter in the Saga of the Magic Pixie is yet to come true.
It's mostly full of all sorts of stuff about a Nasty Magic Pixie,
plagues, grasshoppers, seals (not the kind who balance balls on their
nose, the kind that seal things), and people dying -- but after all
the nasty stuff, the Magic Pixie and the hybrid return to the mud
ball, the Magic Pixie magicks everything back to nice-ness so
everything is all spic'n'span, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Oh, and if you don't believe me, you're a fool. Why? Because that's
what it says in "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie," and if you don't
believe "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie" then after you die the
Magic Pixie will give you to the talking snake (who's now a Nasty
Magic Pixie), and you *know* I'm telling the Truth because "The Saga
of the Magic Space Pixie" is *defined* as truth, therefore it *IS*
truth, therefore it is T-R-U-E *True* with a capital 't' -- and you
don't NEED any proof because "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie" is a
*VERY SPECIAL STORY* about the Magic Pixie who CREATED EVERYTHING
including US and whose hybrid son DIED TO SAVE US FROM THE CURSE OF
THE FRUITY FEAST, so rather than proof you need FAITH, which means,
"just shut up and believe me or else you're a bad person."
So nyah!
Who gave god free will?
Oh never mind. I have no interest in arguing about the characters in
fairy tales. It's as pointless as arguing whether the freckles
Geppetto painted on Pinocchio's cheeks affected Pinocchio's life as a
real boy.
Stix
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Mysticism is a disease of the mind."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ah, how he is missed...
Joe Z. a.a.#249
--
"Freedom begins between the ears."
Edward Abbey
"Which ever way your pleasure tends,
if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind"
Hunter
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> > All
>
> > acceleration peaks as shown were obtained when the angular velocity
> > was
>
> > below 350 rad.s-1, which means that the measured peaks are not
> > influenced by
>
> > this damping at all. In a sense, the acceleration fields that were
> > observed can
>
> > be interpreted as a gravitational variant of Lenz's law. A similar
> > behavior was
>
> > also seen on the above-ring sensor. Note that at a temperature of 10
> > K, close
>
> > above Niobium's critical temperature of 9.4 K, no effect in the
> > gravitational field
>
> > is measurable any more (the silicon diodes have a tolerance of ą 0.5
To make it possible for everyone to attend church next Sunday, we are
going to have a special "No Excuse Sunday." Cots will be placed in the
foyer for those who say, "Sunday is my only day to sleep in." There will be
a special section with lounge chairs for those who feel that pews are too
hard. Eye drops will be available for those with tired eyes from watching
TV late Saturday night. We will have steel helmets for those who say, "The
roof would cave in if I ever came to church." Blankets will be furnished
for those who think the church is too cold and fans for those say it is too
hot. Scorecards will be available for those who wish to list the hypocrites
present. Relatives and friends will be in attendance for those who can't go
to church and cook dinner, too. We will distribute "Stamp Out Stewardship"
buttons for those who feel that the church is always asking for money.
One section will be devoted to trees and grass for those who like to seek
God in nature. Doctors and nurses will be in attendance for those who plan
to be sick on Sunday. The sanctuary will be decorated with both Christmas
poinsettias and Easter lilies for those who never have seen the church
without them. We will provide hearing aids for those who can't hear the
preacher and cotton for those who can.
Author Unknown
"Mulligan" <t2jud...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 7, 6:40 pm, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
From: <larry4355@believer>
Subject: 7 wonders of the world
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:36 AM
A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the
present "Seven Wonders of the World."
Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most
votes:
1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall While gathering the votes, the teacher noted
that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the
girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes,
a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so
many."
The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can
help."
The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the
World' are:
1. To See
2. To Hear
3. To Touch
4. To Taste
5. To Feel
6. To Laugh
7. And to Love."
The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.
The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for
granted are truly wondrous! A gentle reminder -- that the most
precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > displacement field D, magnetic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > induction field B, and Poynting vector
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > B-are all displaced in a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > induction field B, and Poynting vector
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > particle with a negative
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > elementary electric charge.[8]
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > An electron has no known components or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > substructure. It is generally
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thought to be an elementary particle.[2] An
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > electron has a mass that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton.[9]
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The intrinsic angular
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > momentum (spin) of the electron is a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > half-integer value in units of h,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > elementary electric charge.[8]
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > An electron has no known components or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > substructure. It is generally
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thought to be an elementary particle.[2] An
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > electron has a mass that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton.[9]
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The intrinsic angular
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > momentum (spin) of the electron is a
> > > > > > > > > > > Dirac statistics and following the Pauli exclusion
> > > > > > > > > > > principle; fermions
> > > > > > > > > > > include all quarks and leptons, as well as any
> > > > > > > > > > > composite particle made
> > > > > > > > > > > of an odd number of these
>
> > > > > > > > > > > then at least one property of each fermion, such as
> > > > > > > > > > > its spin, must be
> > > > > > > > > > > different. Fermions are usually associated with
> > > > > > > > > > > matter, whereas bosons
> > > > > > > > > > > are generally force carrier particles; although in the
> > > > > > > > > > > current state
> > > > > > > > > > > of particle physics the distinction between the two
> > > > > > > > > > > concepts is
> > > > > > > > > > > unclear
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Weakly interacting fermions can also display bosonic
> > > > > > > > > > > behavior under
> > > > > > > > > > > extreme conditions, such as in superconductivity.
From: "Douglas Lang" <dougl...@comcast.net>
> > > > > > > > > > > principle; fermions
> > > > > > > > > > > include all quarks and leptons, as well as any
> > > > > > > > > > > composite particle made
> > > > > > > > > > > of an odd number of these
>
> > > > > > > > > > > then at least one property of each fermion, such as
> > > > > > > > > > > its spin, must be
> > > > > > > > > > > different. Fermions are usually associated with
> > > > > > > > > > > matter, whereas bosons
> > > > > > > > > > > are generally force carrier particles; although in the
> > > > > > > > > > > current state
> > > > > > > > > > > of particle physics the distinction between the two
> > > > > > > > > > > concepts is
> > > > > > > > > > > unclear
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Weakly interacting fermions can also display bosonic
> > > > > > > > > > > behavior under
> > > > > > > > > > > extreme conditions, such as in superconductivity.
Subject: 12 signs the church is true
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:26 PM
Wonderful peice and enjoyed reading it!
TWELVE SIGNS THAT THE LDS CHURCH IS THE TRUE CHURCH
Michael T. Griffith
1996
@All Rights Reserved
Revised and Expanded on 9/4/98
I first became interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(also known as the LDS or Mormon Church) when an LDS friend of mine asked
me, "If the same church that Jesus founded in the New Testament were on the
earth today, with a living prophet and twelve apostles at its head, and with
all the same gifts and powers of old, would you want to join it?" I replied
that of course I would want to join it! He then shared with me his testimony
that the LDS Church was in fact the Savior's ancient church restored to the
earth. He explained that this great restoration began when God the Father
and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in 1820. After being introduced by
the Father, the Savior explained to young Joseph that he would be the
instrument through which the true church would be restored to the earth.
With this restoration came additional scripture, namely, the Book of Mormon,
the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
A more complete listing of the signs that the Mormon Church is the Savior's
true church is given in my article "Forty-One Points of the True Church,"
which is an edited extract from my book ONE LORD, ONE FAITH (Horizon
Publishers, 1996). Let us now examine twelve signs that the LDS Church is
Christ's true church.
1. The LDS Church has a prophet and twelve apostles, as did the Savior's
ancient church. When the Lord established his church in Israel, he called
twelve apostles. Peter became the earthly head of the church after Jesus
died. The LDS Church is led by a living prophet, President Gordon B.
Hinckley, and under him there are twelve apostles, all of whom have been
called of God by revelation and all of whom possess the same power and
authority that Christ gave to his twelve apostles. The apostles of the New
Testament church "had the prophetic spirit, and were prophets and teachers"
and "as men of prophecy, they pronounced the word God spoke" (Eberhard
Arnold, THE EARLY CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, Fourth Edition, Farmington,
PA: The Plough Publishing Company, 1997, p. 24). In the early church,
"teachers" were "subordinate . . . to the highest orders of the prophets and
apostles" (THE EARLY CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS., p. 25).
2. LDS priesthood holders can trace their authority directly back to Jesus
Christ. When the Lord restored his church in our day, he sent Peter, James,
and John to ordain Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to the Melchizedek
Priesthood, which is the same priesthood that worthy men held in the ancient
church. Joseph and Oliver then ordained others. Men are ordained to the
priesthood by the laying on of hands. This divine authority is held by every
Melchizedek priesthood holder in the Mormon Church today, each of whom can
trace his authority back to Joseph Smith, and through Joseph Smith to Peter,
James, and John, and through Peter, James, and John to the Lord himself. In
the ancient church it was considered crucial for church leaders to be able
to trace their authority back to the apostles. Irenaeus, a second-century
early Christian bishop, noted that church leaders possessed "succession from
the apostles" (THE ANTE-NICENE FATHERS [ANF], vol. 1, p. 497)--he even
declared that key doctrinal questions could be settled by consulting with
those churches "with which the apostles held constant intercourse" (ANF
1:417). Indeed, Irenaeus regarded every bishop of his day as "appointed by
the apostles through the successive laying on of hands" (THE EARLY
CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, p. 38).
3. The LDS Church is guided by continuous revelation through its prophet, as
was the New Testament church. Current revelation has always been vital to
the Lord's true covenant people. The prophet and the apostles receive
continuous revelation from the Lord, just as did the Savior's ancient
disciples after his death.
4. The LDS Church understands and teaches the biblical doctrine that God and
Jesus are separate and distinct divine beings, who communicate with each
other, who are aware of each other's existence, and who work in perfect
harmony with each other. God is the supreme member of the Godhead. Jesus is
subordinate to the Father and does the Father's will in all things. The Holy
Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. The Godhead is not an
incomprehensible three-in-one trinity. Rather, it is a trinity composed of
three separate divine persons, each of whom is a deity in his own right.
Their unity is one of works, will, and devotion, not one of substance, mind,
and essence. Mormons reject the traditional teaching that the Father and the
Son are "two persons yet one God of one undivided substance." If Jesus and
the Father are separate divine persons who communicate with each other and
who are aware of each other's existence, as the New Testament plainly
teaches, then they are two separate deities. Jesus even referred to the
Father as "my God" (John 20:17; Matthew 27:46). Similarly, the apostle Paul
referred to the Father as "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" and
"the God of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3, 17).
5. The LDS Church affirms that the Savior was literally resurrected, and
that he lives today. When Jesus was resurrected, his spirit was reunited
with his body, which was glorified and perfected in the resurrection
process. He is a real person, a real tangible person, with a glorified
physical body, just as the New Testament teaches.
6. The LDS Church obeys the law of tithing. The Bible teaches us that the
true church will practice this divine principle, whereby members donate a
tenth of their earnings to the church for the building up of the kingdom of
God on the earth. The Bible promises great blessings in reward for obedience
to this commandment, and millions of Latter-day Saints can testify that they
have been greatly blessed as a result of obeying the law of tithing.
7. The LDS Church possesses the additional scripture prophesied of in the
Bible. The coming forth of the Book of Mormon was predicted by ancient
Israelite prophets. The Bible speaks of the coming forth of an Ephraimite
record, also called "the stick of Joseph." Elsewhere the Bible refers to
this record as a sealed book that would come forth at a time when the Lord
would perform a marvelous work and a wonder. The Book of Mormon is that
record, which came forth as the Lord restored his church in all its original
splendor and glory. The Book of Mormon is a history of God's dealings with
peoples in the ancient Americas, specifically, in ancient Mesoamerica. The
Bible tells us about God's dealings with his covenant people in the Old
World. The Book of Mormon tells us about his dealings with his ancient
covenant people in the New World. The Book of Mormon records that the
resurrected Christ visited the people of ancient Mesoamerica and that he
established his church among them.
8. The LDS Church is a missionary church, as was the Savior's ancient
church. It has thousands of missionaries working in virtually every part of
the world. It has been said that the Mormon Church is the most
missionary-oriented church on the earth.
9. The LDS Church has a lay local clergy. Local leaders, i.e., bishops and
stake presidents, etc., are not salaried. They do their church work on their
own time, and hold normal jobs like everyone else. The Savior's church
likewise had an unsalaried local clergy. It was only after the true gospel
began to be removed from the earth that the practice of paying local leaders
was instituted. But in the New Testament church local leaders were not
salaried, and as late as A.D. 200 "the idea of fixed clerical salaries was
considered an outrage . . . in both Rome and Asia" (Robin Lane Fox, PAGANS
AND CHRISTIANS, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1987, p. 505).
10. The LDS Church teaches that baptism is essential for salvation. The New
Testament and the writings of early Christian elders and theologians leave
no doubt that the ancient church taught that baptism was a requirement for
salvation. Historian Jeffrey Burton Russell observes that in the ancient
church "it was universally believed that . . . we obtain the benefits of
Christ's sacrifice by baptism" (SATAN: THE EARLY CHRISTIAN TRADITION, New
York: Cornell University Press, 1981, p. 100). The ancient Christian
theologian Tertullian taught that "without baptism, salvation is attainable
by none" (ANF 3:674).
11. The LDS Church teaches that our thoughts and actions play a role in our
salvation. The Mormon Church agrees with the Catholic Church and with the
Orthodox Church that we are not saved strictly by grace alone through faith,
but that our thoughts and deeds also count toward salvation. In other words,
belief and confession of faith are not enough. We must do more. We must
strive to keep the commandments to the best of our ability. We understand
that no one could be saved if Christ had not atoned for our sins, but the
Savior also taught that we must live righteous lives to the best of our
ability in order to return to live in the kingdom of heaven. Among other
things, he said, "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven" (Matthew 7:21, RSV). The Lord also taught that "he who endures to
the end will be saved" (Matthew 10:22, RSV). The New Testament teaches over
and over again that our actions count and that those who do not keep the
commandments will not return to live with Heavenly Father. This same
teaching is literally plastered throughout the writings of early Christian
bishops, elders, and theologians. For instance, mid-second-century Christian
theologian Justin Martyr, who is still referred to as one of the ancient
church's "ablest defenders," said the following:
Anyone who is not found living in accordance with his [Christ's] teachings
should not be regarded as a Christian even if he confesses to Christ's
teaching with his lips. For he [Christ] said that only those shall be saved
who do not just talk, but who also do the corresponding works [see Matthew
7:21]. (First Apology 16, in THE EARLY CHRISTIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, p.
104)
12. The LDS Church can answer the three great questions of life: "Where did
I come from?" "Why am I here?" "Where am I going after death?" Through the
Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord revealed once again the divine truth that we
did not suddenly spring into existence at birth, but that we lived with God
the Father as spirits in a pre-mortal life prior to coming to earth. Members
of the Lord's true church know that we are on the earth to gain experience,
to be tried and tested, to live the best lives that we can possibly live
according to the light and knowledge that we possess, and to receive
physical bodies. After death we go to the spirit world. Those who die
without having the opportunity to learn of the gospel will have that
opportunity in the spirit world, where they will be free to either accept or
reject the message. Then, at the resurrection, our spirits are reunited with
our bodies--our bodies will be glorified and perfected. All mankind will be
raised from the dead, and then judged, and each will receive according to
his works in relation to the light and knowledge that he possessed. We will
go to one of three kingdoms, the celestial, the terrestrial, and the
telestial, while sons of perdition will be cast into outer darkness.
If you would like to know more about The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, contact the unit in your area. You should be able to find
it in the phone book. You can also write to the church directly at 50 East
North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. If nothing else, send me an
e-mail and I will refer your name to the missionary department, who will see
to it that you are contacted.
Michael T. Griffith
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael T. Griffith holds two Associate of Applied Science
degrees from the Community College of the Air Force and is awaiting the
awarding of a Bachelor of Science degree from Excelsior College in Albany,
New York. He is a two-time graduate of the Defense Language Institute in
Monterey, California, and of the U.S. Air Force Technical Training School in
San Angelo, Texas. He is the author of four books on Mormonism and ancient
texts. He has completed advanced Hebrew programs at Haifa University in
Israel and at the Spiro Institute in London, England. While at BYU he was a
research assistant for Dr. Ross T. Christensen of the Society for Early
Historic Archaeology. His published works on gospel subjects include
Refuting the Critics (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1992) and A Ready
Reply: Answering Challenging Questions About the Gospel (Horizon Publishers,
1994), and One Lord, One Faith: Writings of the Early Christian Fathers as
Evidences of the Restoration (Horizon Publishers, 1996).
*** One Lord, One Faith can be purchased or ordered from your local LDS
bookstore, or you can order it directly from Horizon Publishers via their
toll-free number 1-800-453-0812. One Lord, One Faith documents dozens of
parallels between Mormonism and ancient Christianity and is an excellent
book for investigators and members alike. It is also an excellent companion
book to the famous talk tape "The 17 Points of the True Church." If you'd
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> > > > > > > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepton
>
> > > > > > > > > > > The best known of all leptons is the electron which
> > > > > > > > > > > governs nearly all
> > > > > > > > > > > of chemistry as it is found in atoms and is directly
> > > > > > > > > > > tied to all
> > > > > > > > > > > chemical properties. Two main classes of leptons
> > > > > > > > > > > exist: charged
> > > > > > > > > > > leptons (also known as the electron-like leptons), and
> > > > > > > > > > > neutral leptons
> > > > > > > > > > > (better known as neutrinos)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > There are six types of leptons, known as flavours,
> > > > > > > > > > > forming three
> > > > > > > > > > > generations.[2] The first generation is the electronic
> > > > > > > > > > > leptons,
> > > > > > > > > > > comprising the electron (e?) and electron neutrino (?
> > > > > > > > > > > e); the second is the muonic leptons, comprising the
> > > > > > > > > > > muon (??) and
> > > > > > > > > > > muon neutrino (?
> > > > > > > > > > > ?); and the third is the tauonic leptons, comprising
> > > > > > > > > > > the tau (??) and
> > > > > > > > > > > the tau neutrino (?
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Subject: CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?
Date: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:49 PM
CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?
This is very interesting and we all need to read it.
Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and
not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be a good American? This question was forwarded to a
friend
who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.
The following is his reply:
Theologically - no . . .
Because his allegiance is
to Allah, The moon God of Arabia
Religiously - no. . .
Because no other religion is
accepted by His Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)
Scripturally - no. .
Because his allegiance is to
the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
Geographically - no .
Because his allegiance is to
Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially - no. .
Because his allegiance to Islam
forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews
Politically - no. . .
Because he must submit to the
mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of
Israel and destruction of America , the great Satan.
Domestically - no.
Because he is instructed to
marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she
disobeys him (Quran 4:34)
Intellectually - no.
Because he cannot accept the
American Constitution since it is based on Biblical
principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically - no. . .
Because Islam, Muhammad,
and the Quran does not allow freedom of religion and
expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist.
Every
Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually - no. . .
Because when we declare
'one nation under God,' the Christian's God is
loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as
Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The
Quran's 99 excellent names.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation....
Perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS
in this country.
- - - They obviously cannot be both
'good' Muslims and good Americans.
Call it what you wish it's still the truth.
You
had better believe it.
The more who understand this, the
better it will be for our country and our future.
The
religious war is bigger than we know or understand .. .
The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within.
And now we have a Muslim running for President of the United States.
(Train up a child up in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will
not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6)
SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
THE MARINES WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S.
By Dennis L. Lythgoe
Dennis L. Lythgoe, Giving Priesthood Blessings, Ensign, Feb. 1982, 20
Melchizedek Priesthood holders have the privilege and authority to
participate
in the priesthood ordinance of blessing the sick. Is any sick among you?
wrote
James, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over
him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Along with authority, however, comes the great need to act through faith and
inspiration: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall
raise him up. (James 5:1415.)
Faith, inspiration, and authorityall three are essential to giving
priesthood
blessings.
I heard Elder Matthew Cowley, a twentieth-century Apostle, tell the story of
blessing a baby at the request of a Maori father in New Zealand. As he was
about
to begin, the babys father said, While you are giving it a name, please give
it its vision. It was born blind.
I was overwhelmed, Elder Cowley said. I was doubtful, but I knew that within
the being of that Polynesian there was the simple faith of a child, a faith
not
beclouded by psychology or any of the learning of men but a simple faith in
God
and the promises he had made through his Son Jesus Christ. I gave that child
its
name, and eventually I mustered up enough courage to bless it with its
vision.
I saw him a few months ago. He is now six or seven years old, running all
over the place, and he can see as well as I can see this day. (Matthew
Cowley
Speaks, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1954, p. 5.)
A powerful experience in my own life involved an impressive Maori lady in
New
Zealand when I served a mission there. Seriously ill, she was taken to the
hospital to have an operation. It was doubtful that she would survive,
because
of her weight and her advanced age.
She requested that I bless her, saying: I know Ill be all right if youll
give
me a blessing, Elder! I sensed deeply the responsibility, and prayed at her
bedside before assuming it. Then a blessing came to her through me that
surprised both my companion and me by its positive natureand I worried,
fearing
that I had been carried away by my own desire for her recovery. She held my
hand
and said, Thank you. Ill see you at church next Sunday.
I did not believe her. Yet the operation was successful and her recovery
completeand she did attend testimony meeting the following Sunday. Though
physically weak, she stood to eloquently thank the Lord for helping her at a
critical hour. In this instance, her faith was a central factor in the
blessing.
It is important for us to remember, however, that sometimes the Lords
desires
differ from ours. As his agents in the performance of priesthood duties, it
is
mandatory that we be receptive to his inspiration. A missionary I knew had a
sobering experience giving a blessing. He was working on a renovation
project at
a branch chapel in New Zealand. The branch president, who was doing some
repairs
on the roof, lost his footing and fell to the pavement below. Immediately
the
missionary ran to his side and pronounced a powerful blessing, promising him
life and complete restoration to health. A few minutes later, the branch
president died.
Greatly disillusioned, the missionary went to his apartment and wrote three
letters: one to his mission president, one to his bishop, and one to the
president of the Church. The letters outlined his disenchantment with the
priesthood and his intention to abandon his missionary service. Then he went
to
bed.
After worrying, struggling, and praying intermittently throughout the night,
he
gradually came to understand that the Lords will had been doneand that he
needed to seek the inspiration and guidance of the Lord earnestly before
undertaking any administration.
Once I acted in the same hasty manner. My wife, Marti, began having problems
early in her pregnancy, and I instantly gave her a strongly worded blessing,
promising her that her health would be protected and that the baby would
live.
As soon as I finished I knew that I had acted incorrectly and that the
unborn
baby had actually died.
After fasting and praying, I requested that a fellow priesthood holder
assist me
to give her a second blessing. This time I carefully listened for the Lords
guidance and found that I was unable to promise that the baby would livebut
rather that Marti would be the mother of other healthy children. That baby
did
not survive, but we have four children in fulfillment of the blessing.
Although
in the second blessing I hadnt said what I wanted to say, Marti and I both
enjoyed the peace that comes from the comforting of the Spirit.
President Spencer W. Kimball has explained the relationship of following the
will of God and of performing the ordinance of administration for the sick:
We
are assured by the Lord that the sick will be healed if the ordinance is
performed, if there is sufficient faith, and if the ill one is not appointed
unto death. (See D&C 42:4448.) But there are three factors, all of which
should be satisfied. Many do not comply with the ordinances, and great
numbers
are unwilling or incapable of exercising sufficient faith. But the other
factor
also looms important: If they are not appointed unto death.
President Kimball also declared: The power of the priesthood is limitless
but
God has wisely placed upon each of us certain limitations. I may develop
priesthood power as I perfect my life, yet I am grateful that even through
the
priesthood I cannot heal all the sick. I might heal people who should die. I
might relieve people of suffering who should suffer. I fear I would
frustrate
the purposes of God. (Faith Precedes the Miracle, Salt Lake City: Deseret
Book
Co., 1972, pp. 103, 99.)
It is important, then, that as we are called upon to give a priesthood
blessing,
we do so not only with faith in the Lords power, but also with a humble
desire
to receive the Lords inspiration and to know his willand then do his will
when
we receive his guidance.
Some priesthood holders Ive known, lacking experience in spiritual matters
or
not recognizing inspiration, hesitate giving a blessing for fear of making a
mistake or saying the wrong things. Others offer prayers to Father in Heaven
rather than give priesthood blessings. However, it is natural that both
praying
to and receiving inspiration from Heavenly Father be involved, for both
aspects
are certainly elements of the communication process with our Father in
Heaven
and to that extent are appropriate in priesthood administrations and
blessings
and the exchange of faith and inspiration.
It is understandable that at times we may feel inadequate for the task. But
if
we have the Melchizedek Priesthood and are worthy, we have a responsibility
to
use it. However, our first concern should be to seek the Lords help through
humble prayer before giving the blessing.
Thus, strictly speaking, an administration to the sick, which is a
priesthood
ordinance, differs in some important ways from a prayer. It is an ordinance
performed by the authority of the priesthood, which is the power to act in
Gods
name. This means that the Lord allows us to act for him, using his power,
when
we are guided to do so. Prayer, of course, is a powerful way to communicate
with
the Lordand it brings about many miracles. But the Lord allows us to
administer
to the sick through the power of the priesthood and grants appropriate
requests
regarding the use of priesthood powers. Such use enlarges the circle of
administration to include the Lord, who promised, Where two or three are
gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matt.
18:20.)
As priesthood holders, we have many opportunities to perform administrations
to
the sick. We can respond to the call of the quorum president and spend an
evening at a hospital administering to the sick; or we can run to the side
of a
ward member stricken with illness. But the most important place to use the
priesthood is in our own homes. Our families often have needssuch as
physical
illness, childbirth, discouragement, or depressionthat could result in
blessings of inspiration.
In addition to the need for administrations when ill, children need
blessings
when they are worried about social acceptance, peer pressure, failure to
perform
academically, a clash with a teacher, and a host of other problems. By
obtaining
inspiration in behalf of his children early in their lives, a father can
develop
a feeling of trust and confidence with them that will last through the years
and
will help to maintain a strong, cohesive family. A child who remembers his
fathers sincere spiritual concern at difficult times may more readily
confide
in him over more critical matters. Children also need the inspiration from a
fathers blessing before major events in their lives, such as a mission, the
service, college, and marriage. (Oil is not used in these blessings of
comfort
and counsel.)
Regarding administrations, I have had occasion to administer to my own
children
under traumatic circumstances. One such experience occurred one night when
our
oldest son, Darrin, was suffering from a painful earache. He had been
screaming
because of the intensity of the pain; but soon after I gave him a blessing,
he
exhibited relief and drifted into sleep, obviously exhausted.
The next morning we took him to the pediatrician, who informed us that
Darrins
eardrum had burst in the night, relieving the pressure of serious infection
and
allowing him to sleep. We were astonished because we knew exactly when the
break
would have occurred. Because there was a genuine possibility that his
hearing
might have been permanently impaired, the doctor advised us to take him to
an
ear specialist after medication had alleviated the infection.
When we took him to a specialist a few weeks later, we were amazed that the
specialist was unable to discern any problem with Darrins ear. He pronounced
the eardrum in perfect condition, with no sign of a break. It was a
powerful,
sobering experience which taught us in an especially forceful way the power
of
the Lord and the efficacy of priesthood blessings.
The Lord has promised that our confidence can wax strong in the presence of
God, (D&C 121:45.) With inspired confidence from God, we are able to
exercise
the authority God has given us and are able to find opportunities to utilize
it
in prayerful and positive ways.
Lets Talk about It
After reading Giving Priesthood Blessings individually or as a family, you
may
wish to discuss some of the following questions during a gospel study
period:
1. What role does prayer have in priesthood administrations? What role does
faith have?
2. Why is it important to seek the inspiration and guidance of the Lord
earnestly before giving a priesthood administration?
3. Do you know of someone who received a priesthood blessing for the
restoration
of his health but did not recover? What light do President Spencer W.
Kimballs
words quoted in this article shed on such cases?
4. Have you ever received a blessing of comfort or counsel? What were your
feelings at the time? What experiences in your family would make a blessing
of
this kind appropriate?
Gospel topics: blessings, healing, priesthood
[photo] Photography by Jon T. Lockwood
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Subject: Re: [HDR] Government authorized ways to celebrate your freedoms
this 4th of July
Date: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:02 AM
But remember "Jesus Saves"
Jesus and Satan have a discussion as to who is the better programmer.
This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a
contest, with God as the judge.
They sit themselves at their computers and begin. They type furiously,
lines of code streaming up the screen, for several hours straight.
Seconds before the end of the competition, a bolt of lightning strikes,
taking out the electricity. Moments later, the power is restored, and
God announces that the contest is over.
He asks Satan to show what he has come up with. Satan is visibly upset,
and cries, "I have nothing. I lost it all when the power went out."
"Very well, then," says God, "let us see if Jesus fared any better."
Jesus enters a command, and the screen comes to life in vivid display,
the voices of an angelic choir pour forth from the speakers. Satan is
astonished.
He stutters, "B-b-but how? I lost everything, yet Jesus' program is
intact. How did he do it?"
God smiled all-knowingly, "Jesus saves."
Christopher Young wrote:
>Actually, God recently sent out an email to all the elect, who were to
>be saved in the highest reaches of the Kingdom of God.
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Joseph Story: "The militia is the natural defense of a free country
against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic
usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free
people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in
time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are
attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and
unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the
rights of the people." (Story, Joseph. Commentaries on the Constitution
of the United States. 3 vols. Boston, 1833.)
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
BY
ELDER Ezra Taft Benson
February 26, 1980
My beloved brothers and sisters, I am honored to be in your presence today.
You
students are a part of a choice young generation--a generation which might
well
witness the return of our Lord. Not only is the Church growing in numbers
today,
it is growing in faithfulness and, even more important, our young
generation, as
a group, is even more faithful than the older generation. God has reserved
you
for the eleventh hour--the great and dreadful day of the Lord. It will be
your
responsibility not only to help bear off the kingdom of God triumphantly but
to
save your own soul and strive to save those of your family and to honor the
principles of our inspired constitution.
To help you pass the crucial tests which lie ahead I am going to give you
today
several facets of a grand key which, if you will honor them, will crown you
with
God's glory and bring you out victorious in spite of Satan's fury. Soon we
will
be honoring our prophet on his eighty-fifth birthday. As a Church we sing
the
song, "We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet." Here then is the grand key:
follow
the prophet. And here now are fourteen fundamentals in following the
prophet,
the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
First: The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
In section 132, verse 7, of the Doctrine and Covenants the Lord speaks of
the
Prophet--the President--and says: "There is never but one on the earth at a
time
on whom his power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred." Then in
section 21, verses 4-6, the Lord states:
Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words
and
commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking
in
all holiness before me;
For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all
patience
and faith.
For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against
you.
Did you hear what the Lord said about the words of the prophet? We are to
"give
heed unto all his words"--as if from the Lord's "own mouth."
Second: The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
President Wilford Woodruff tells of an interesting incident that occurred in
the
days of the Prophet Joseph Smith:
I will refer to a certain meeting I attended in the town of Kirtiand in
my
early days. At that meeting some remarks were made that have been made
here
today, with regard to the living oracles and with regard to the written
word
of God. The same principle was presented, although not as extensively as
it
has been here, when a leading man in the Church got up and talked upon
the
subject, and said: "You have got the word of God before you here in the
Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants; you have the written
word
of God, and you who give revelations should give revelations according
to
those books, as what is written in those books is the word of God. We
should
confine ourselves to them."
When he concluded, Brother Joseph turned to Brother Brigham Young and
said,
"Brother Brigham, I want you to take the stand and tell us your views
with
regard to the living oracles and the written word of God." Brother
Brigham
took the stand, and he took the Bible, and laid it down; he took the
Book of
Mormon, and laid it down; and he took the Book of Doctrine and
Covenants,
and laid it down before him, and he said: "There is the written word of
God
to us, concerning the work of God from the beginning of the world,
almost,
to our day. And now," said he, "when compared with the living oracles
those
books are nothing to me; those books do not convey the word of God
direct to
us now, as do the words of a Prophet or a man bearing the Holy
Priesthood in
our day and generation. I would rather have the living oracles than all
the
writing in the books." That was the course he pursued. When he was
through,
Brother Joseph said to the congregation: "Brother Brigham has told you
the
word of the Lord, and he has told you the truth." [in Conference Report,
October 1897, pp. 18-19)
Third: The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
The living prophet has the power of TNT. By that I mean "Todays News Today."
God's revelations to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark. Noah
needed his own revelation. Therefore, the most important prophet, so far as
you
and I are concerned, is the one living in our day and age to whom the Lord
is
currently revealing His will for us. Therefore, the most important reading
we
can do is any of the words of the prophet contained each week in the Church
Section of the Deseret News, and any words of the prophet contained each
month
in our Church magazines. Our marching orders for each six months are found
in
the general conference addresses, which are printed in the Ensign magazine.
I am so grateful that the current conference report is studied as part of
one of
your religion classes--the course entitied "Teachings of the Living
Prophets,"
number 333. May I commend that class to you, and suggest that you get a copy
of
the class manual at your bookstore, whether you're able to take the class or
not. The manual is entitled "Living Prophets for a Living Church."
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets,
for
the living prophets always take precedence.
Fourth: The prophet will never lead the Church astray.
President Wilford Woodruff stated: "I say to Israel, The Lord will never
permit
me or any other man who stands as president of the Church to lead you
astray. It
is not in the program. It is not in the mind of God." (The Discourses of
Wilford
Woodruff, selected by G. Homer Durham [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1946], pp.
212-213.)
President Marion G. Romney tells of this incident, which happened to him:
I remember years ago when I was a Bishop I had President [Heber J.]
Grant
talk to our ward. After the meeting I drove him home....Standing by me,
he
put his arm over my shoulder and said: "My boy, you always keep your eye
on
the President of the Church, and if he ever tells you to do anything,
and it
is wrong, and you do it, the Lord will bless you for it." Then with a
twinkle in his eye, he said, "But you don't need to worry. The Lord will
never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray." [In Conference Report,
October 1), p. 78]
Fifth: The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training
or
credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
Sometimes there are those who feel their earthly knowledge on a certain
subject
is superior to the heavenly knowledge which God gives to His prophet on the
same
subject. They feel the prophet must have the same earthly credentials or
training which they have had before they will accept anything the prophet
has to
say that might contradict their earthly schooling. How much earthly
schooling
did Joseph Smith have? Yet he gave revelations on all kinds of subjects. We
haven't yet had a prophet who earned a doctorate in any subject, but as
someone
said, "A prophet may not have his Ph.D. but he certainly has his LDS." We
encourage earthly knowledge in many areas, but remember, if there is ever a
conflict between earthly knowledge and the words of the prophet, you stand
with
the prophet, and you'll be blessed and time will vindicate you.
Sixth: The prophet does not have to say "Thus saith the Lord" to give us
scripture.
Sometimes there are those who haggle over words. They might say the prophet
gave
us counsel, but that we are not obligated to follow it unless he says it is
a
commandment. But the Lord says of the Prophet Joseph, "Thou shalt give heed
unto
all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you" (D&C 21:4).
And speaking of taking counsel from the prophet, in D&C 108:1, the Lord
states:
"Verily thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Lyman: Your sins are
forgiven
you, because you have obeyed my voice in coming up hither this morning to
receive counsel of him whom I have appointed".
Said Brigham Young, "I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to
the
children of men, that they may not call scripture" (Journal of Discourses,
26
vols. [London: Latter-day Saints' Book Depot], 13:95).
Seventh: The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want
to
know.
"Thou hast declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear,"
complained Nephi's brethren. But Nephi answered by saying, "the guilty
taketh
the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center" (1 Nephi 16:1,
3).
Or, to put it in another prophet's words, "Hit pigeons flutter."
Said President Harold B. Lee:
You may not like what comes from the authority of the Church. It may
contradict your political views. It may contradict your social views. It
may
interfere with some of your social life.... Your safety and ours depends
upon whether or not we follow.... Let's keep our eye on the President of
the
Church. [in Conference Report, October 1970, p. 152-153)
But it is the living prophet who really upsets the world. "Even in the
Church,"
said President Kimball, "many are prone to garnish the sepulchres of
yesterday's
prophets and mentally stone the living ones" (Instructor, 95:257).
Why? Because the living prophet gets at what we need to know now, and the
world
prefers that prophets either be dead or mind their own business. Some
so-called
experts of political science want the prophet to keep still on politics.
Some
would-be authorities on evolution want the prophet to keep still on
evolution.
And so the list goes on and on.
How we respond to the words of a living prophet when he tells us what we
need to
know, but would rather not hear, is a test of our faithfulness.
Said President Marion G. Romney, "It is an easy thing to believe in the dead
prophets." And then he gives this illustration:
One day when President Grant was living, I sat in my office across the
street following a general conference. A man came over to see me, an
elderly
man. He was very upset about what had been said in this conference by
some
of the Brethren, including myself. I could tell from his speech that he
came
from a foreign land. After I had quieted him enough so he would listen,
I
said, "Why did you come to America?" "I am here because a prophet of God
told me to come." "Who was the prophet;" I continued. "Wilford
Woodruff."
"Do you believe Wilford Woodruff was a prophet of God?" "Yes, I do." "Do
you
believe that President Joseph F. Smith was a prophet of God?" "Yes,
sir."
Then came the sixty-four dollar question. "Do you believe that Heber J.
Grant is a prophet of God?" His answer, "I think he ought to keep his
mouth
shut about old age assistance."
Now I tell you that a man in his position is on the way to apostasy. He
is
forfeiting his chances for eternal life. So is everyone who cannot
follow
the living Prophet of God." [in Conference Report, April 1953, p. 125]
Eighth: The prophet is not limited by men's reasoning. There will be times
when
you will have to choose between the revelations of God and the reasoning of
men--between the prophet and the politician or professor. Said the Prophet
Joseph Smith, "Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is,
although we
may not see the reason thereof until long after the events transpire"
(Scrapbook
of Mormon Literature, vol. 2, p. 173).
Would it seem reasonable to an eye doctor to be told to heal a blind man by
spitting in the dirt, making clay, and applying it to the man's eyes and
then
telling him to wash in a contaminated pool? Yet this is precisely the course
that Jesus took with one man, and he was healed. (See John 9:6-7.) Does it
seem
reasonable to cure leprosy by telling a man to wash seven times in a
particular
river? Yet this is precisely what the prophet Elisha told a leper to do, and
he
was healed. (See 2 Kings 5.)
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
saith
the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. [Isaiah
55:8,9]
Ninth: The prophet can receive revelation on any matter--temporal or
spiritual.
Said Brigham Young:
Some of the leading men in Kirtland were much opposed to Joseph the
Prophet,
meddling with temporal affairs... .
In a public meeting of the Saints, I said, "Ye Elders of Israel.... will
some of you draw the line of demarcation, between the spiritual and
temporal
in the Kingdom of God, so that I may understand it?" Not one of them
could
do it....
I defy any man on earth to point out the path a Prophet of God should
walk
in, or point out his duty, and just how far he must go, in dictating
temporal or spiritual things. Temporal and spiritual things are
inseparably
connected, and ever will be. [Journal of Discourses, 10:363-364]
Tenth: The prophet may be involved in civic matters.
When a people are righteous they want the best to lead them in government.
Alma
was the head of the Church and of the government in the Book of Mormon,
Joseph
Smith was mayor of Nauvoo, and Brigham Young was governor of Utah. Isaiah
was
deeply involved in giving counsel on political matters and of his words the
Lord
Himself said, "Great are the words of Isaiah" (3 Nephi 23:1). Those who
would
remove prophets from politics would take God out of government.
Eleventh: The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the
prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
The learned may feel the prophet is only inspired when he agrees with them;
otherwise, the prophet is just giving his opinion--speaking as a man. The
rich
may feel they have no need to take counsel of a lowly prophet.
In the Book of Mormon we read:
O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties,
and
the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise,
and
they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside,
supposing
they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it
profiteth them not. And they shall perish.
But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned,
and
they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and
their
wisdom, and their riches--yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save
they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before
God,
and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them. [2
Nephi 9:28,29,42]
Twelfth: The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the
worldly.
As a prophet reveals the truth it divides the people. The honest in heart
heed
his words, but the unrighteous either ignore the prophet or fight him. When
the
prophet points out the sins of the world, the worldly either want to close
the
mouth of the prophet, or else act as if the prophet didn't exist, rather
than
repent of their sins. Popularity is never a test of truth. Many a prophet
has
been killed or cast out.
As we come closer to the Lord's second coming, you can expect that as the
people
of the world become more wicked, the prophet will be less popular with them.
Thirteenth: The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency--the
highest quorum in the Church.
In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord refers to the First Presidency as
"the
highest council of the Church" (107:80) and says, "whosoever receiveth me,
receiveth those....the First Presidency, whom I have sent" (112:20).
Fourteenth: The prophet and the presidency--the living prophet and the First
Presidency--follow them and be blessed; reject them and suffer.
President Harold B. Lee relates this incident from Church history:
The story is told in the early days of the Church--particularly, I think, at
Kirtland--where some of the leading brethren in the presiding councils of
the
Church met secretly and tried to scheme as to how they could get rid of the
Prophet Joseph's leadership. They made the mistake of inviting Brigham Young
to
one of these secret meetings. He rebuked them, after he had heard the
purpose of
their meeting. This is part of what he said: "You cannot destroy the
appointment
of a prophet of God, but you can cut the thread that binds you to the
prophet of
God and sink yourselves to hell." [In Conference Report, April 1963, p. 81]
In a general conference of the Church President N. Eldon Tanner stated:
The Prophet spoke out clearly on Friday moming, telling us what our
responsibilities are... .
A man said to me after that, "You know, there are people in our state
who
believe in following the Prophet in everything they think is right, but
when
it is something they think isn't right, and it doesn't appeal to them,
then
that's different." He said, "Then they become their own prophet. They
decide
what the Lord wants and what the Lord doesn't want."
I thought how true, and how serious when we begin to choose which of the
covenants, which of the commandments we will keep and follow. When we
decide
that there are some of them that we will not keep or follow, we are
taking
the law of the Lord into our own hands and become our own prophets, and
believe me, we will be led astray, because we are false prophets to
ourselves when we do not to follow the Prophet of God. No, we should
never
discriminate between these commandments, as to those we should and
should
not keep. [In Conference Report, October 1966, p. 98]
"Look to the Presidency and receive instruction," said the Prophet Joseph
Smith
(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, selected by Joseph Fielding Smith
[Salt
Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1938], p. 161). But Almon Babbitt didn't, and
in
the Doctrine and Covenants section 124, verse 84, the Lord states:
And with my servant Almon Babbitt, there are many things with which I am
not
pleased; behold, he aspireth to establish his counsel instead of the
counsel
which I have ordained, even that of the Presidency of my Church.
In conclusion, let us summarize this grand key, these "Fourteen Fundamentals
in
Following the Prophet," for our salvation hangs on them.
First: The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in
everything.
Second: The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
Third: The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
Fourth: The prophet will never lead the Church astray.
Fifth: The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly
training
or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
Sixth: The prophet does not have to say "Thus saith the Lord" to give us
scripture.
Seventh: The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we
want
to know.
Eighth: The prophet is not limited by men's reasoning.
Ninth: The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or
spiritual.
Tenth: The prophet may be involved in civic matters.
Eleventh: The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following
the
prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
Twelfth: The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or
the
worldly.
Thirteenth: The prophet and his counselors make up the First
Presidency--the
highest quorum in the Church.
Fourteenth: The prophet and the presidency--the living prophet and the
First
Presidency--follow them and be blessed; reject them and suffer.
I testify that these fourteen fundamentals in following the living prophet
are
true. if we want to know how well we stand with the Lord, then let us ask
ourselves how well we stand with His mortal captain. How closely do our
lives
harmonize with the words of the Lord's anointed--the living prophet, the
President of the Church, and with the Quorum of the First Presidency?
May God bless us all to look to the prophet and the presidency in the
critical
and crucial days ahead, is my prayer. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Subject: Re: Human rights and the word Christian??
Date: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:12 PM
On 25 Jun 2004 14:29:51 GMT, Tom Moore <email_for_t...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
>"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote :
>> Salvation is being saved from physical death.
>> Having body and soul reunited after death.
>> This is a free gift from all mankind from
>> Jesus the Saviour.
>That's Mormonism.
>Here's the Christian view of salvation. Don't worry, it is not long, and
>it may even seem familiar, "for God so loved the world, that he gave his
>only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
>have everlasting life."
Here's a more accurate view of christianity from someone who doesn't share
in the madness:
Oh very well; the rationale works like this: a Magic Space Pixie,
whose existence requires no causal explanation, and who exists in some
sort of surroundings external to our own that require no causal
explanation, is posited to explain OUR existence and surroundings
which, for some inexplicably different reason, DO require causal
explanations -- none of which may exclude the Magic Pixie.
The mythology goes: In the beginning, after making things a bit
brighter so he could see what he was doing, the Magic Pixie magicked a
mud ball, then he magicked some plants and a heap of animals to live
on the mud ball, then he magicked a man out of the mud that he'd
magicked only just the night before, about eight o'clock. Shortly
after, the Magic Pixie magicked a woman from the man's rib, put the
mud-man and the rib-woman in his garden to live, and told them not to
eat from a particularly special tree.
A magic talking snake, either magicked by the Magic Pixie or magically
requiring no causal explanation, suckered the rib-woman into eating
fruit from the special tree, and she in turn suckered the mud-man into
munching on the fruit. The Magic Pixie spat his pacifier in the dirt
when he found out about the fruity transgression, so to punish the
mud-man and the rib-woman for their disobedience he put a magic hex on
the billions and billions of people who weren't yet alive - just
because he's the Magic Pixie and he's oh so big and huge and so very,
very big.
Some time later, when the mud-man and rib-woman had magically spawned
millions of people (all of whom were cursed due to the rib-woman's
frugivorous frivolity), the Magic Pixie got all pissy about the people
living on the mud ball he'd magicked, and rather than magically make
them all better, he decided to kill them all in a flood -- except for
one old fart and his family. The Magic Pixie told the old fart to
build a great big boat out of magic wood, and to fill the big boat
with two or seven of each kind of animal; two or seven, depending on
how you interpret the written version of the Saga of the Magic Space
Pixie.
Of course, the old fart pulled all this off without a hitch, and when
the big boat was loaded the Magic Pixie poured about four and a half
billion cubic kilometres of water on to the mud ball, which drowned
every single living critter. About a year later, the waters eventually
magically disappeared leaving absolutely no trace that the flood ever
happened.
After leaving the big boat, all the animals magically wandered back to
from wherever it was they came, and the old fart somehow got drunk,
probably from wine made out of magic grapes that grew in a magic
vineyard. Once he was good and sloshed, the old fart stripped off his
clothes and passed out. Sometime later one of the old fart's sons
walked in and saw the old fart's wobbly bit, so the Magic Pixie - who
doesn't like people to look at wobbly bits - put a curse on the
wobbly-bit-looker and all his descendants, even though they didn't
even see the wobbly bit.
The old fart and his family magically filled the world with people,
and apart from the wobbly-bit-looker's descendants, the mud ball was
filled with people who were not cursed since the Magic Pixie had
drowned everything. But the Magic Pixie was still steamed about the
rib-woman's fruitarian follies so he let the fruit-curse carry on to
everyone who was alive or ever would be alive, and he said that
everyone must grovel to his oh so big and very huge Magic Pixieness.
Some time later, after various other slaughters, some famines, some
plagues, and a few cool tricks - one in which a burning bush spoke,
and one in which the Magic Pixie magicked a butt-crack in the red sea
- the Magic Pixie decided he'd like to bump uglies with one of the
children who lived on the mud ball, so he did: of course it was a
*magic* bumping of uglies, and not the real thing.
Nevertheless, the child became pregnant and eventually gave birth to a
human/Magic Pixie hybrid, which probably caused the child's husband
(who hadn't bumped uglies with his young wife yet - matter of fact,
his wife hadn't bumped uglies with anyone) at least a small amount of
concern.
Anyway, the hybrid grew up pretty much without incident, but when he
reached his thirties he grew his hair long, became a hippy, and
wandered around babbling in parables -- most of which he took from the
book called, "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie". Eventually some
people found out that the hybrid was the boss's son and they'd started
following him around, so the hybrid was taken to the man in charge who
sent him to be soundly spanked and then pinned to a stick. When he was
pinned to the stick, the hybrid whined and whined to the Magic Pixie
about being forsaken, and then he died.
Of course, being half Magic Pixie, the hybrid couldn't really die, so
a couple of days later, despite telling everyone he'd be 'dead' for
*three* days - probably to get a jump on the guys who pinned him to
the stick - he woke up, snuck out of the cave in which the hybrid-
followers had placed him, wandered around for a little while chatting
with some of his followers, then, magically, he went to live in that
magical place where the Magic Pixie lives; and he hasn't been seen
since.
Now, according to the hybrid-followers with whom the pre-departure
hybrid chatted, 500 EYEWITNESSES saw the hybrid after he rose from
being dead, and the hybrid will be returning to the mud ball ANY DAY
NOW.
And what of the Magic Pixie? Well, he seemingly got so pissy about the
people pinning his hybrid to a stick that he stormed off and hasn't
been seen since, but according to the hybrid-followers, if we accept
that the hybrid-pinning episode removes the curse of the rib-woman's
fruity faux pas, we will live in the magical place with the Magic
Pixie after we've died.
The final chapter in the Saga of the Magic Pixie is yet to come true.
It's mostly full of all sorts of stuff about a Nasty Magic Pixie,
plagues, grasshoppers, seals (not the kind who balance balls on their
nose, the kind that seal things), and people dying -- but after all
the nasty stuff, the Magic Pixie and the hybrid return to the mud
ball, the Magic Pixie magicks everything back to nice-ness so
everything is all spic'n'span, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Oh, and if you don't believe me, you're a fool. Why? Because that's
what it says in "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie," and if you don't
believe "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie" then after you die the
Magic Pixie will give you to the talking snake (who's now a Nasty
Magic Pixie), and you *know* I'm telling the Truth because "The Saga
of the Magic Space Pixie" is *defined* as truth, therefore it *IS*
truth, therefore it is T-R-U-E *True* with a capital 't' -- and you
don't NEED any proof because "The Saga of the Magic Space Pixie" is a
*VERY SPECIAL STORY* about the Magic Pixie who CREATED EVERYTHING
including US and whose hybrid son DIED TO SAVE US FROM THE CURSE OF
THE FRUITY FEAST, so rather than proof you need FAITH, which means,
"just shut up and believe me or else you're a bad person."
So nyah!
Who gave god free will?
Oh never mind. I have no interest in arguing about the characters in
fairy tales. It's as pointless as arguing whether the freckles
Geppetto painted on Pinocchio's cheeks affected Pinocchio's life as a
real boy.
Stix
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Mysticism is a disease of the mind."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ah, how he is missed...
Joe Z. a.a.#249
--
"Freedom begins between the ears."
Edward Abbey
"Which ever way your pleasure tends,
if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind"
Hunter
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> > All
>
> > acceleration peaks as shown were obtained when the angular velocity
> > was
>
> > below 350 rad.s-1, which means that the measured peaks are not
> > influenced by
>
> > this damping at all. In a sense, the acceleration fields that were
> > observed can
>
> > be interpreted as a gravitational variant of Lenz's law. A similar
> > behavior was
>
> > also seen on the above-ring sensor. Note that at a temperature of 10
> > K, close
>
> > above Niobium's critical temperature of 9.4 K, no effect in the
> > gravitational field
>
> > K). Only
>
> > applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
> > Niobium ring
>
> > while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
> > measured outside
>
> > the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
> > an
>
> > evacuated massive Faraday cage) of around 100 ľg in opposite
>
> > applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
> > Niobium ring
>
> > while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
> > measured outside
>
> > the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
> > an
>
> > direction. That
>
> > is a clear indication of the gravitomagnetic London moment and its
> > induced
>
> > gravitational field following the gravitational induction law as we
No Excuse Sunday
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> > is a clear indication of the gravitomagnetic London moment and its
> > induced
>
> > gravitational field following the gravitational induction law as we
To make it possible for everyone to attend church next Sunday, we are
going to have a special "No Excuse Sunday." Cots will be placed in the
foyer for those who say, "Sunday is my only day to sleep in." There will be
a special section with lounge chairs for those who feel that pews are too
hard. Eye drops will be available for those with tired eyes from watching
TV late Saturday night. We will have steel helmets for those who say, "The
roof would cave in if I ever came to church." Blankets will be furnished
for those who think the church is too cold and fans for those say it is too
hot. Scorecards will be available for those who wish to list the hypocrites
present. Relatives and friends will be in attendance for those who can't go
to church and cook dinner, too. We will distribute "Stamp Out Stewardship"
buttons for those who feel that the church is always asking for money.
One section will be devoted to trees and grass for those who like to seek
God in nature. Doctors and nurses will be in attendance for those who plan
to be sick on Sunday. The sanctuary will be decorated with both Christmas
poinsettias and Easter lilies for those who never have seen the church
without them. We will provide hearing aids for those who can't hear the
preacher and cotton for those who can.
Author Unknown
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>Discovering the Holy Ghost
Special Issue: New Testament
Discovering the Holy Ghost
By David H. Yarn, Jr.
David H. Yarn Jr., Discovering the Holy Ghost, Ensign, Sept. 1975,
John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the coming of the Lord,
contrasted his own work with that of the Lord when he said: "I indeed
baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you
with the Holy Ghost, and with fire." (Matt. 3:11)
In the later Judean ministry, when Jesus taught at the temple in Jerusalem
at the Feast of the Tabernacles, he declared, "He that believeth on me, as
the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water." (John 7:38)
And John the Beloved explained: "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they
that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified." (John 7:39)
About six months later, when the Lord taught the apostles after the Last
Supper, he said:
"These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:25-26 )
Then Jesus added other things the Comforter would do: "he shall testify of
me" (John 15:26 ); "he will guide you into all truth and he will shew you
things to come." (John 16:13)
Three days later, on the evening of the day Jesus was resurrected, he
appeared to the apostles and told them:
"As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this,
he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." (John
20:21-22)
After the resurrection, then, the risen Christ "shewed himself alive" [to
his apostles] by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and
speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. (Acts 1:3) He told
them, "ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence" (Acts
1:5), and "ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you." (Acts 1:8)
Jesus had been crucified and resurrected at the time of the Passover, was
with his disciples 40 days after the resurrection, and the day of Pentecost
came 50 days after the Passover. So it was only a few days after Christs
ascension into heaven that the Holy Ghost came upon the apostles with great
power:
"And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord
in one place.
"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
"And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:1-4)
That was the magnificent introductory manifestation of the gift of the Holy
Ghost upon the ancient apostles to give them power from on high to assume
the responsibility for that dispensation of the gospel. But earlier prophets
had also enjoyed the power of the Holy Ghost, for the Lord has revealed in
our day that before he came, holy prophets spake as they were inspired by
the gift of the Holy Ghost as well as those who should come after. (D&C
20:26-27)
However, the gift of the Holy Ghost was not for the prophets and apostles
alone. As a result of a great sermon Peter gave on that day of Pentecost the
multitude "were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest
of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
"For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar
off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." (Acts 2:37-39)
About 3,000 souls were baptized as a result.
From that time the apostles went forth endowed with power, and the Holy
Ghost was an active force operating in their lives. They spoke by the Holy
Ghost (see Acts 4:8); they preached by that gift (see 1 Pet. 1:12) and
taught by it (see Acts 10:45). They testified of Christ by the Holy Ghost
(see 1 Cor. 12:3), they discerned situations through it (see Acts 5:3), and
rebuked evil forces by the power of the Spirit (see Acts 13:9). Revelation
and scripture were given to them by the Holy Ghost (see Acts 10:19; 2 Pet.
1:12), and men were called to offices in the church by the gift of the Holy
Ghost. These were only some of the uses of that glorious gift in the New
Testament church.
Principally, all of those uses existed so that three things might be
accomplished: first, that the Holy Ghost might bear witness to those taught
the gospel by the Lords servants (see Heb. 10:15; 1 Thes. 1:5); second, that
people might be converted to the gospel (see Acts 10:44-48); and third, that
after repentance and baptism they might have hands laid upon their heads and
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost for their own blessing (see Acts 8:17).
There was a great variety of gifts of the Spirit that a righteous person
might enjoy personally after he received the gospel, or he might share the
benefits of the gifts others had. (See 1 Cor.12)
Another way of observing the pervasive influence of the Holy Ghost in the
lives of men and women who strive to associate themselves with the gospel is
illustrated in these brief summary teachings from the church established by
the Savior in the meridian of time:
(1) One can learn that Jesus is the Christ only by the Holy Ghost. The
Corinthians were taught, "no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the
Holy Ghost." (1 Cor. 12:3)
(2) Acceptance of Christ as the Redeemer causes one to love God "the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
(Rom. 5:5)
(3) Paul recognized that a witness of Christ and the love of God are the
sources of hope, both in this life and in the eternities, and said to the
Romans, "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost." (Rom.
15:13)
(4) The product or fruit of these things is joy, even in this life, for as
we are told, "the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost."
(Acts 13:52)
(5) The Apostle Paul defined even the kingdom of God in terms of the Holy
Ghost, for he said, "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." (Rom. 14:17)
A person might ask himself, "Why should I have faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ, repent of my sins, be baptized, and receive the laying on of hands
for the gift of the Holy Ghost?"
Carefully and prayerfully, study this answer from the words of the Lord:
"all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom
of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence.
"Therefore I give unto you a commandment, to teach these things freely unto
your children, saying:
"That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death,
and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the
spirit, which I have made, and so become of dust a living soul, even so ye
must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit,
and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten, that ye
might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in
this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory;
"For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified,
and by the blood ye are sanctified;
"Therefore it is given to abide in you; the record of heaven; the Comforter;
the peaceable things of immortal glory; the truth of all things; that which
quickeneth all things, which maketh alive all things; that which knoweth all
things, and hath all power according to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and
judgment.
"And now, behold, I say unto you: This is the plan of salvation unto all
men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten." (Moses 6:57-62)
The Lord tells us here that if we receive the principles and ordinances of
the gospel in the way we should, even in this mortal life we can enjoy the
presence of the Comforter, the record of heaven, and the peaceable things of
immortal glory, for they are given to abide in us.
Perhaps we should recall that when we had hands laid upon our heads to be
confirmed members of the Church and to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost,
the one officiating by the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood called us
by name and at the appropriate time said, "Receive the Holy Ghost." Those
words were addressed to us as a charge or responsibility to so conduct our
lives and open our hearts to righteousness that we might be worthy to have
the Holy Ghost come unto us. From that moment we had the right to receive
the Holy Ghost, but he comes to us only as we manifest to God our desire and
readiness to receive him in our lives.
The Lord said, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my
voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and
he with me." (Rev. 3:20) No doubt the Lord was also describing the influence
of the Holy Ghost.
How different is Satan and his unholy influence! He takes advantage of every
opportunity to force his way into any and every nook and cranny of ones
thoughts and life. In contrast, the Lord is a "gentleman" in the most
exalted sense of that word. He does not force his way into our lives. As a
gentleman he stands at the door and knocks. He wants us to invite him in. If
we will not get up and remove the latch and open the door, the very least we
can do is ask him to enter. Needless to say, we should be down on our knees,
pouring out our hearts and begging him to come in to us.
No doubt there are some, like the ancient Ephesians, who, when Paul asked
"Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" responded "We have not
so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." (Acts 19:2) Undoubtedly
there are many who have felt the precious influence of the Holy Ghost in
their lives, but for whom it has been an infrequent, even rare occurrence.
Even though it is a most sacred and priceless thing, surely it is the Lords
will that we have that holy influence in our lives continuously rather than
rarely. Even our sacrament prayers, which ordinarily are heard twice each
Sunday, assure us that Heavenly Father wants us to have the influence of the
Holy Ghost in our lives not only continually but continuously; that is, not
just again and again, but without interruption. In the blessing on the bread
we hear: "that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and
witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take
upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his
commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit
to be with them. Amen." (D&C 20:77; italics added.)
When the Lord explained to Nicodemus that being born of the water and of the
Spirit meant being baptized in water and receiving the gift of the Holy
Ghost, he compared the coming of the Spirit to the wind:
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that
is born of the Spirit." (John 3:8)
We might say it this way: when one feels the wind blow across his face he
knows it is present, he feels its influence; yet he doesnt see the wind,
doesnt know "whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." With at least
comparable certainty, when the Spirit rests upon one, he knows it is
present, and he feels its influence.
There always seem to be those who are like the multitude who stoned Stephen
to death. As he addressed them he said, "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in
heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so
do ye." (Acts 7:51) No doubt there are others who, like Simon the sorcerer,
would like to have the power of the Holy Ghost if they could buy it. (See
Acts 8:9-24) And surely there are those who would earnestly like to have
that holy influence in their lives, but for some reason either havent had it
or havent recognized it. Perhaps the key to their need lies in these words
of Mormon to his son Moroni:
"And the first fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh by faith
unto the fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the commandments
bringeth remission of sins;
"And the remission of sins bringeth meekness and lowliness of heart; and
because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy
Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love
endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the
saints shall dwell with God." (Moro. 8:25-26)
To make these things possible, the Lord suffered incomparably for us. In his
own witness in this day he said: "Which suffering caused myself, even God,
the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore,
and to suffer both body and spirit." (D&C19:18) That unique suffering he
experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane, prior to the awful agony of the
trials and the crucifixion.
Even earlier, when he beheld Jerusalem, knowing the things the city would
have to suffer because of her sins, his great compassion caused him to weep
for her. (See Luke 19:41-48) The Lord wept over the sins of ancient Israel
and suffered for the sins of all mankind, including yours and mine. Yet, ask
yourself these questions: Have I wept over my own sins? Have I pled for
forgiveness? If I have been baptized and had hands laid upon my head to
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, am I keeping the commandments, and do I
constantly recognize my dependence upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and pour out
my heart in loving gratitude for his mercy? If I have done these things my
life will at least begin to reflect that meekness and lowliness of heart
that prepare me to enjoy the presence of the Holy Ghost in my life. I will
recognize that influence even as I recognize the wind.
Of the "spirit of revelation," one of the gifts of the Holy Ghost, the Lord
has said in our day, "Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your
heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in
your heart." (D&C 8:2) However, said he, "Remember that without faith you
can do nothing; therefore ask in faith." (D&C 8:10) Not only should we seek
the Lords guidance in all things, but we should realize that he expects us
to use the resources with which we are blessed to find solutions to our
problems, and then, having done so, seek his confirmation or correction. He
said, "Behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then
you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your
bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right. But
if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a
stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong."
(D&C 9:8-9)
In addition to any particular gift, there are at least five basic
manifestations we can discern as we witness the Holy Ghost in our lives: a
positive hope of eternal life because of the Lords atoning sacrifice; an
assurance of the truth of the gospel; his power in righteousness; a peace
transcending temporal things; and, in varying degree, the joy that belongs
to the eternal.
Knowing these things, or learning them, we should do everything within our
power in righteousness to help our children come to know them also, for to
be baptized and confirmed and then to routinely attend our meetings and
perfunctorily do our duties without enjoying the richness of the Holy Ghost
in our lives is like buying the tickets, dressing up for the event, going to
the theater, and then sitting in the foyer throughout the performance. The
Holy Ghost will be our guide if we will let him. In the words of the Lord,
he will be a "river of living water" flowing in us always. (See John
7:38-39) If we will do what the Lord has invited us to do, including having
virtue garnish our thoughts unceasingly, "The Holy Ghost shall be [our]
constant companion." (D&C 121:46)
Gospel topic: Holy Ghost
[illustrations] Illustrations by Gary Smith
By way of introduction, I've been LDS for about 13 years. I'm a financial
clerk, which is considered "bishopric" when the computer prints off the
different auxiliaries. And now to your answer.
First, disciplinary councils are held for one of a couple reasons. Most
commonly, either to help a member receive forgiveness for whatever
transgression has occured. Second, to protect the good name of the church.
Now, folks who have been called to a disciplinary council fall into one of
several categories. Some folks are angry "you can't do that to me". Some are
defiant "go ahead, you're just a church, do your worse". Some are uncaring
"whatever!" and some are in denial "What, it was just a little....." and
some are truly humble and seeking forgiveness "OK, let me know what you want
me to do".
A disciplinary council can be held at the ward/branch level, or in some
cases at the stake level. A ward council will be attended by the Bishop, and
his two counsellors. A clerk may be present to monitor the technical
details.
A stake council will be attended by the Stake President, two counsellors,
and 12 members of the high council.
Very generally stated, the procedure should be to have the leaders review
the matter. The person in question will be invited in to the meeting to
state his/ her position, and answer questions. The person in question in
most cases may bring a friend or someone directly involved to be with, or to
help answer questions.
The leaders present will be given oportunity to ask the person questions.
The person in question (and friend or helper) leave the room, and discussion
takes place. After some time the bishop or stake president will come out of
the meeting, and talk with the person in question.
Disciplinary councils can result in one of a couple verdicts.
1) No action
2) Probation
3) Disfellowshipment
4) Excommunication.
There is usually an invitation that the person should continue to attend
church services, and meet iwth church leaders every week, every other week,
or perhaps monthly.
In every case, the goal of the disciplinary council is to lead the person to
forgiveness in the sight of Heavenly Father.
--
Christopher A. Young
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Welfare Session
Food Storage
Bishop Vaughn J. Featherstone
Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
Vaughn J. Featherstone, Food Storage, Ensign, May 1976, 116
Brethren of the priesthood, sisters of the Relief Society, President Henry
D.
Moyle suggested that when someone speaks we ought to get three things out of
the
message. First and least important (but still very important), we ought to
get
what is said. Second, and more important, we ought to have a spiritual
experience. Third, and most important, we should keep the commitments we
make to
ourselves. Lets write them down and follow through. Dont ever make a
commitment to yourself you dont intend to keepif you do, you weaken your
character.
For twenty-six years, since I was fifteen, I was involved in the grocery
industry. I learned much about human nature during those years. I remember
the
effects that strikes, earthquakes, and rumors of war had on many very active
Latter-day Saints. Like the five foolish virgins, they rushed to the store
to
buy food, caught in the panic of knowing that direction had been given by
the
prophet but not having followed that directionfearful that maybe they had
procrastinated until it was everlastingly too late.
It was interesting because only in Latter-day Saint communities did people
seem
to buy with abandon. It was not a few Latter-day Saintsit was a significant
number. It caused great increases in sales. One such experience came when a
so-called prophecy by someone outside the Church was greatly publicized.
How foolish we can sometimes be! We have a living prophet; we have Gods
living
oracles, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles. Let us
follow the Brethren and be constant. We need have no fear if we are
prepared.
Brothers and sisters, what have we done in our stakes and wards to see that
every Latter-day Saint has a years reserve of food to sustain life? Lets not
only keep teaching the principle, but lets also teach our people how.
This morning I would like to discuss food storage. Let me suggest three or
four
things we can do. Start by taking an inventorytake a physical count of all
of
your reserves. This would be a great family home evening project if youre
prepared. If not, it may be terribly embarrassing to you in front of your
family. Imagine how the powerful testimony you bear concerning a living
prophet
must sound to your children, who know that as a family head you have been
counseled for years to have a years reserve of food on hand. We need to know
where we are. Every family should take an inventoryget all the facts.
Second, decide what is needed to bring your present reserve levels to a
years
supply. Then make a list and prepare a plan. Consider first, what are the
basics?wheat (or grain from your locale), sugar or honey, dried milk, salt,
and
water. Most of us can afford such basics. Buy them from your monthly food
budget
allowance. The Church discourages going into debt to buy for storage.
Now that you know where you are and where you need to be, the third step is
to
work out a time schedule for when you will reach your goal. I suggest that
one
year from today we ought to have a years supply of food in all activeand
many
inactivemembers homes in the Church. Where food storage violates the law of
your land, then abide the law. However, even in those cases we can plant
gardens
and fruit trees and raise rabbits or chickens. Do all you can within the
laws of
your community, and the Lord will bless you when the time of need comes. Now
here are some suggestions how:
1. Follow the prophet. He has counseled us to plant a garden and fruit
trees.
This year dont just think about itdo it. Grow all the food you possibly can.
Also remember to buy a years supply of garden seeds so that, in case of a
shortage, you will have them for the following spring. Im going to tell you
where to get the money for all the things Im going to suggest.
2. Find someone who sells large bulk of grains, depending on your locale.
Make
arrangements to buy a ton or so of grain.
3. Find someone who sells honey in large containers and make arrangements to
buy
what you can afford on a regular basis or buy a little additional sugar each
time you go to the store.
4. Purchase dry milk from the store or dairy, on a systematic basis.
5. Buy a case of salt the next time you go to the store. In most areas, 24
one-pound packages will cost you less than $5.
6. Store enough water for each member of your family to last for at least
two
weeks.
Where the foods I mentioned are not available or are not basic in your
culture
or area, make appropriate substitutions.
Now you ask, Where do I get the money for these things? I agree we need
them,
but Im having a hard time making ends meet.
Here is how you do it. Use any one or all of these suggestions, some of
which
may not be applicable in your country:
1. Decide as a family this year that 25 or 50 percent of your Christmas will
be
spent on a years supply. Many families in the Church spend considerable sums
of
money for Christmas. Half or part of these Christmas monies will go a long
way
toward purchasing the basics. I recall the Scotsman who went to the doctor
and
had an X-ray taken of his chest. Then he had the X-ray gift-wrapped and gave
it
to his wife for their anniversary. He couldnt afford a gift, but he wanted
her
to know his heart was in the right place. Brethren, give your wife a years
supply of wheat for Christmas, and shell know your heart is in the right
place.
2. When you desire new clothes, dont buy them. Repair and mend and make your
present wardrobe last a few months longer. Use that money for the food
basics.
Make all of your nonfood necessities that you feasibly can, such as
furniture
and clothing.
3. Cut the amount of money you spend on recreation by 50 percent. Do fun
things
that do not require money outlay but make more lasting impressions on your
children.
4. Decide as a family that there will be no vacation or holiday next year
unless
you have your years supply. Many Church members could buy a full years
supply
of the basics from what they would save by not taking a vacation. Take the
vacation time and work on a family garden. Be together, and it can be just
as
much fun.
5. If you havent a years supply yet and you do have boats, snowmobiles,
campers, or other luxury possessions, sell or trade one or two or more of
them
and get your years supply.
6. Watch advertised specials in the grocery stores and pick up extra
supplies of
those items that are of exceptional value.
7. Change the mix in your familys diet. Get your protein from sources less
expensive than meat. The grocery bill is one bill that can be cut. Every
time
you enter the store and feel tempted by effective and honest merchandising
to
buy cookies, candy, ice cream, non-food items, or magazinesdont! Think
carefully; buy only the essentials. Then figure what you have saved and
spend it
on powdered milk, sugar, honey, salt, or grain.
The Lord will make it possible, if we make a firm commitment, for every
Latter-day Saint family to have a years supply of food reserves by April
1977.
All we have to do is to decide, commit to do it, and then keep the
commitment.
Miracles will take place; the way will be opened, and next April we will
have
our storage areas filled. We will prove through our actions our willingness
to
follow our beloved prophet and the Brethren, which will bring security to us
and
our families.
Now regarding home production: Raise animals where means and local laws
permit.
Plant fruit trees, grapevines, berry bushes, and vegetables. You will
provide
food for your family, much of which can be eaten fresh. Other food you grow
can
be preserved and included as part of your home storage. Wherever possible,
produce your nonfood necessities of life. Sew and mend your own clothing.
Make
or build needed items. I might also add, beautify, repair, and maintain all
of
your property.
Home production of food and nonfood items is a way to stretch your income
and to
increase your skills and talents. It is a way to teach your family to be
self-sufficient. Our children are provided with much needed opportunities to
learn the fundamentals of work, industry, and thrift. President Romney has
said,
We will see the day when we will live on what we produce. (Conference
Reports,
April 1975, p. 165.)
I should like to address a few remarks to those who ask, Do I share with my
neighbors who have not followed the counsel? And what about the nonmembers
who
do not have a years supply? Do we have to share with them? No, we dont have
to sharewe get to share! Let us not be concerned about silly thoughts of
whether we would share or not. Of course we would share! What would Jesus
do? I
could not possibly eat food and see my neighbors starving. And if you starve
to
death after sharing, greater love hath no man than this (John 15:13.)
Now what about those who would plunder and break in and take that which we
have
stored for our families needs? Dont give this one more idle thought. There
is
a God in heaven whom we have obeyed. Do you suppose he would abandon those
who
have kept his commandments? He said, If ye are prepared, ye need not fear.
(D&C 38:30.) Prepare, O men of Zion, and fear not. Let Zion put on her
beautiful
garments. Let us put on the full armor of God. Let us be pure in heart, love
mercy, be just, and stand in holy places. Commit to have a years supply of
food
by April 1977.
Bishops and stake presidents, let us accept the challenge on behalf of the
Saints in our wards and stakes. It will prove to be a very Christlike deed
on
your part. Follow through and check up one year from now and make certain we
achieve results.
In his October 1973 conference address, President Ezra Taft Benson gave some
excellent instructions about home storage:
For the righteous the gospel provides a warning before a calamity, a program
for the crises, a refuge for each disaster.
The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to
prophets and stored at least a years supply of survival food.
Brethren and sisters, I know that this welfare program is inspired of God. I
have witnessed with my own eyes the ravages of hunger and destitution as,
under
the direction of the president of the Church, I spent a year in war-torn
Europe
at the close of World War II, without my family, distributing food,
clothing,
and bedding to our needy members. I have looked into the sunken eyes of
Saints,
in almost the last stages of starvation. I have seen faithful mothers
carrying
their children, three and four years of age, who were unable to walk because
of
malnutrition. I have seen a hungry woman turn down food for a spool of
thread. I
have seen grown men weep as they ran their hands through the wheat and beans
sent to them from ZionAmerica.
Thanks be to God for a prophet, for this inspired program, and for Saints
who
so managed their stewardship that they could provide for their own and still
share with others. (Prepare Ye, Ensign, Jan. 1974, pp. 69, 8182.)
I bear my humble witness to you that the great God of heaven will open doors
and
means in a way we never would have supposed to help all those who truly want
to
get their years supply. I know we will have time and money if we will commit
and keep the commitment. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Gospel topic: self-reliance
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Never Give Up
By Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Never Give Up," Ensign, Nov. 1987, p. 8
I am honored to follow President Ezra Taft Benson. I love him as my friend
and leader. He is indeed our prophet, seer, and revelator.
In the context of my remarks today, perseverance means to continue in a
given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of
obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences. What is our course, what
is our goal, and what are the obstacles and opposition that would hinder or
divert us?
Our course as members of the Church should be compliance with the principles
and ordinances of the gospel. Our goal should be to fill the measure of our
creation as sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father-that is, to reach
exaltation and eternal life. The obstacles and opposition we meet are the
temptations and enticements of Satan that are designed to frustrate the
Lord's work and glory: "To bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of
man" (Moses 1:39).
Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively
waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen. It gives us hope by
helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up
and no longer trying.
When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else
until that job is finished. Others just give up. The need to persevere is
expressed in the following lines:
"Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts. The line between
failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so
fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has
thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more
patience would have achieved success? A little more persistence, a little
more effort, and what seemed a hopeless failure may turn into a glorious
success. ... There is no defeat except within, no really insurmountable
barrier save one's own inherent weakness of purpose" (author unknown, Second
Encyclopedia, ed. Jacob M. Brand, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall,
1957, p. 152).
We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular
history, and in our own experiences.
Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of
Job. As you know, it narrates the afflictions that befell a righteous man
and considers reasons for those afflictions. It does not entirely answer the
question of why Job, or anyone, might suffer pain and sorrow, but does state
clearly that affliction is not necessarily a sign of God's anger and a
punishment for sin, as Job's friends told him. The book suggests that
affliction, if not for punishment, may be for experience, discipline, and
instruction (see Bible Dictionary, LDS edition of the King James Version,
s.v. "Job").
I do not know of anything that members of the Church need more than they
need the conviction and perseverance of Job. He was a just man who feared
God and avoided evil. After the Lord allowed Satan to torment Job, his
afflictions included the loss of his seven sons and three daughters, the
loss of his wealth in flocks and herds and serious physical illnesses.
Remaining faithful to the Lord through his indescribable sorrow and
suffering, Job was able to say, "Blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job
1:21). "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. ... He also shall be my
salvation. ... For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth ... yet in my flesh shall I see God" (Job
13:15-16; Job 19:25-26).
The result of Job's perseverance is told in the conclusion of the story. The
Lord blessed him with a family, good health, and great possessions. He
continued in his course, despite unrelenting opposition, until he saw the
Lord (see Job 42:5).
The Book of Mormon is filled with stories of great people who endured to the
very end, from Lehi and his family through Moroni, the son of Mormon. The
life of Moroni is especially instructive in teaching perseverance. The
obstacles he faced may seem beyond belief to us. He saw the entire Nephite
nation destroyed by the sword in a terrible war because of the wickedness of
the people. His father and all of his kinsfolk and friends were slain. He
was alone for about twenty years, perhaps hiding and fleeing from savage
Lamanites who sought to take his life (see Morm. 8:2-7). Yet he continued to
keep the record as his father had commanded him.
As a result of his perseverance and righteousness, he was ministered to by
the Three Nephites, whom the Savior permitted to tarry until His second
coming (see Morm. 8:11). In these latter days, Moroni had the divine
commission of instructing Joseph Smith in his calling as the Prophet of the
Restoration and delivering the Book of Mormon record to him.
Joseph Smith's determination and perseverance is another good example. After
reading James 1:5, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him,"
Joseph knew that he must do as James directed or remain in darkness and
confusion. From the moment he knelt in prayer, he encountered enormous
obstacles and opposition. First, an evil, unseen power seized him. Then, he
wrote, "Just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly
over my head, above the brightness of the sun. ...
"It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which
held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose
brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me. ... One of
them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other-'This
is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!' " (JS-H 1:16-17).
This marvelous event, near the start of the Prophet's mortal ministry,
proved to be a pattern in his life. He suffered ridicule, violent attack by
his enemies, betrayal by close associates whom he had trusted, forcible
separation from his loved ones, trial and imprisonment on false charges,
and, finally, martyrdom at the hands of a mob. Yet he remained true to the
charge he had received and served faithfully in his calling as the Prophet
to usher in the dispensation of the fulness of times. In addition to seeing
our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, he received instruction and counsel
from angels and other heavenly beings throughout his life.
Secular history also teaches the principle of perseverance. Winston
Churchill is well known for his determination as the leader of Great Britain
during World War II. On one occasion in his later years, he returned to a
school where he had studied as a boy. Before he arrived, the headmaster told
the students, "The greatest Britisher of our time is going to come to this
school, and I want every one of you to be here with your notebooks. I want
you to write down what he says, because his speech will be something for you
to remember all your lives." The elderly statesman came in and was
introduced. His glasses were down on the end of his nose, as usual. He stood
and delivered the following words from an immortal speech that he once gave
in Parliament. He said, "Never, never, never give up." Then he sat down.
That was the speech. It was unmatched (see "These Are Great Days," in War
Speeches, ed. Charles Eada, Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1942, pp.
286-88). His message was indeed something to be remembered by every boy who
heard it and by each of us. We must never give up, regardless of
temptations, frustrations, disappointments, or discouragements.
I believe that perseverance is vital to success in any endeavor, whether
spiritual or temporal, large or small, public or personal. Think seriously
of how important perseverance, or the lack of it, has been in your own
endeavors, such as Church callings, schooling, or employment. I believe that
essentially all significant achievement results largely from perseverance.
By applying this principle, some of our finest legacies have been produced.
For example, John Milton was blind when he wrote Paradise Lost. Ludwig von
Beethoven was deaf when he finished some of his greatest musical
compositions. Abraham Lincoln was laughed at as a gangling, awkward country
boy who had many failures; but he became one of the greatest and most
eloquent presidents of the United States. Florence Nightingale devoted her
life to save the lives of countless wounded soldiers. All of these people
left a permanent mark on the world. Their example should give hope to all of
us. They succeeded not only because the Lord had endowed them with gifts, as
he has each of us in varying degrees, but because they applied themselves
steadfastly.
Of course, the ultimate example of perseverance is our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, who has and will overcome every obstacle in doing the will of
our Heavenly Father. Indeed, Jesus is perfect in perseverance and has taught
us to be perfect even as he and his Father are perfect (see 3 Ne. 12:48).
Studying his life can help us learn and live this important principle.
From the time of the premortal council, in which Jesus became the Christ,
the Messiah, the Savior of all mankind, through his millennial reign, he has
and will persevere in perfection, doing all that his Father commanded.
Because of his love for us, he offered to fulfill the plan of salvation with
these words, "Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever"
(Moses 4:2). How different from Satan's response to the plan: "I will redeem
all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; ...
give me thine honor" (Moses 4:1). The conflict between the forces of good
and the forces of evil persists in the world today-with Jesus persevering in
striving to save souls, and Satan striving to destroy them.
During his mortal ministry, as the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh,
Jesus again taught the gospel. At the beginning of this ministry, we see his
perseverance in one of the most stirring dramas ever recorded. He completely
overcame every temptation that the cunning of Satan could devise (see Matt.
4:1-11). After Jesus had fasted forty days and forty nights, gathering
miraculous inner strength, came a battle of opposing powers in the
wilderness of Judea. First, Satan tempted Jesus by appealing to the basic
appetite of hunger, asking him to transform stones into bread. Jesus held to
his divine course and refused. Satan next tempted the Savior to cast himself
down from a pinnacle of the temple, saying angels would protect him if he
were the Son of God. Jesus refused this request to misuse his divine power,
saying, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God" (Matt. 4:7). Satan seldom
gives up. He next appealed to a drive that causes the downfall of otherwise
invulnerable individuals-the almost irresistible hunger to have great
possessions. Satan showed all the kingdoms of the world and offered them to
Jesus if he would worship him. Jesus commanded Satan to leave, saying, "Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve" (Matt. 4:10).
This is the type of perseverance in the face of temptation that each of us
can and must exercise if we are to avoid the misery of sin.
Jesus persevered through the final days of his mortal life as the mood of
the people changed from shouts of "Hosanna to the Son of David" (Matt. 21:9)
to cries of "Crucify him" (Mark 15:13). He endured the indignities and
physical abuse of his trials before Jewish and Roman leaders. Through his
atonement and resurrection, he provided for all mankind both immortality and
the possibility of eternal life. He paid the penalty for our sins if we will
repent of them. How grateful I am for the effect upon me of his love and his
perseverance!
Probably few of us will face opposition and obstacles like those encountered
by the great ones I have mentioned. However, we each have our own challenges
and trials to overcome as we strive to keep on the right course. Often the
most important trials are those we must face and subdue privately within our
own hearts.
I bear testimony that perseverance is essential to us in learning and living
the principles of the gospel and that it will determine our progress as we
strive to reach exaltation. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. He directs
this Church. I am grateful to labor in his service and to be a special
witness of his divinity. The gospel has been restored in these latter days
through the Prophet Joseph Smith. President Ezra Taft Benson is our prophet,
seer, and revelator. May we follow his stirring address this morning. I bear
this testimony humbly in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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The Articles of Faith
Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and
not for Adam's transgression.
3. We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind
may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the
Gospel.
4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the
Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second,
Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of
sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy
Ghost.
5. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy,
and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority,
to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances
thereof.
6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the
Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors,
teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
7. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation,
visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is
translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to
be the word of God.
9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now
reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great
and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the
restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem)
will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will
reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be
renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according
to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the
same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they
may.
12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers,
and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the
law.
13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent,
virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say
that we follow the admonition of Paul-We believe all things,
we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to
be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous,
lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after
these things.
> > > > > Mar. 26, 2006 - Scientists funded by the European Space Agency
Subject: What the Gospel Teaches
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:10 PM
What the Gospel Teaches
Elder LeGrand Richards
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Ensign, May 1982,
LeGrand Richards, What the Gospel Teaches, Ensign, May 1982, 29
I am proud to be a member of this great church, The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. What an appropriate name for the true church of Christ
to bear in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times. I love the Church
because of what it teaches me.
Some years ago during the war, Elder John A. Widtsoe went to the land of
Great Britain to preside over the European Mission. When the immigration
official saw his papers and who he was, he said, "Nothing doing. We have
been letting your missionaries in, but we don't want any of your leaders; go
sit down." So Brother Widtsoe went and sat down.
In a few minutes, he called him back and he said, "If I let you enter my
country, what will you teach my countrymen?"
And Brother Widtsoe said, "I'll teach them where they came from, and why
they are here, and where they are going."
The man looked up at him and he said, "Does your church teach that?"
And Brother Widtsoe said, "It does."
"Well, mine doesn't," he said.
To me, that knowledge is worth more than all the wealth in this world. If we
don't know where we came from, and we don't know why we are here, and we
don't know where we are going, nor how to get there, we are just like a ship
on the ocean without a rudder, or a sail, or anyone to guide it. We might
keep afloat, but we would never come into port.
My church teaches me that I am a son of God the Eternal Father, and
therefore I have all of the attributes in embryo to develop like my Father,
just like my sons have become like me and I became like my earthly father.
The Lord stood in the midst of the spirits before this world was created. He
said there were many of the noble and great ones, and they couldn't be noble
and great if they hadn't done something to achieve nobility and greatness
before they were born here in this world. He said to those who were with
him, "We will go down, for there is space there, and we will make an earth
whereon these may dwell;
"And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things
whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them."
Then he adds: "And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and
they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same
kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their
second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever."
(Abr. 3:24-26.)
I thank the Lord that my church teaches me that I kept my first estate in
that spirit world or else I would have been cast down to this earth with
Satan and a third of the hosts of heaven. And the cry went out: "Woe to the
inhabiters of the earth for the devil is come down unto you, and he walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour." (Rev. 12:12; 1 Pet. 5:8.) And so the
fact that I kept my first estate entitled me to all the beauties and the
joys of this world that have been mentioned here in this meeting today. And
it gave me the right to have this body and maybe I can't appreciate as much
what that ought to mean to me as I do by reading the scriptures.
Then we read of when Jesus cast the devils out of the man who was possessed.
And he asked his name, and he said: "Legion," because legions had entered
into the man. And so eager were those devils to get a body that they asked
permission to take possession of the bodies of the swine that were feeding
in the field. And Jesus permitted it, and they ran off into the sea and were
drowned, as I remember about two thousand of them. (See Mark 5:1-17.) Just
think how eager those spirits were to get a body, and because we kept our
first estate we are now in our second estate.
I love the statement in the Bible where Enoch of old, that prophet who was
translated into heaven with his people, obtained the assurance while yet
here in mortality that he had pleased the Lord. (See Heb. 11:5.) I think by
the keeping of His commandments, doing all things, as the Lord said, that
the Lord God had commanded (see Deut. 12:32; Matt. 28:20)that we can get an
assurance that comes through the Holy Spirit that our labors are acceptable
to the Lord and that we have pleased him.
I thank Him for the many beautiful truths, many of which have been
proclaimed here today. This principle of eternal marriage I just can't
imagine living on forever and forever after I pass out of this life without
the companionship of my sweet wife and my children. How I thank God for
them, and for the knowledge that marriage and the family unit are intended
by Him, as proclaimed so plainly in the Holy Scriptures, to endure for ever.
Then I think of my children one by one (and I have over a hundred
descendants!), and I see what they are accomplishing and the nobility of
their lives, and I can hardly realize that I can be their daddy. I feel that
that is nearer to becoming a god than anything else I can do here in
mortality. And from the days of my youth and young manhood, I have tried to
live before those children and descendants of mine so that if they walked in
my footsteps they would be honoring their second estate and preparing
themselves to have glory added upon their heads forever and forever.
Then there are so many other beautiful principles of the gospel. When I
first became a missionary, I never met anybody who believed in a personal
God. My, what a joy to realize that Christ gave his life for us, and took
upon him the sins of the world as Paul said: "As in Adam all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22) and to know that his Father
is as real as my father, and that they have revealed themselves as two
glorified personages in this dispensation, after centuries of darkness, unto
the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Lord had him in waiting thousands of years
ago, according to the Book of Mormon, for his day and time to come, to bring
men to a knowledge of the truth and to bring forth his truth among the
people of this world. These are great truths, and many more can be taught.
When I wrote the book A Marvelous Work and a Wonder as a missionary tool, I
chose the statement of Isaiah when he said, "Forasmuch as this people draw
near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed
their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept
of men." Then he goes on: "Therefore, behold, I [the Lord] will proceed to
do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder:
for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of
their prudent men shall be hid.? (Isa. 29:13-14.) The message of this great
church is that marvelous work and a wonder that Isaiah saw would come forth
when men would teach for doctrine the precepts of men.
Being a missionary, as long as I have time, let me give you one or two
little missionary experiences to indicate what Isaiah meant when he said
that they would worship Him by the precepts of men.
As I finished my first mission over in Amsterdam, over seventy-five years
ago, I was invited into the home of one of the Saints to talk to her
neighbor. When my companion and I arrived, the neighbor was there but she
had her minister with her. We had a little difference of opinion on
priesthood, and right there he challenged me to a debate in his church the
next Saturday night.
When we arrived, the church was full; all of his people were there, and all
of our people. How our people found it out, I don't know; I didn't tell
them!
The minister stood up and said, "Now, inasmuch as Mr. Richards is a guest in
our church, we will accord him the privilege of opening this debate, and we
will each talk for twenty minutes. Is that agreeable with you, Mr.
Richards?"
I said, "Very much." I didn't tell him, but I would have given him the shirt
off my back for the privilege of opening that debate, and he just handed it
to me on a silver platter! I didn't know whether the Lord had anything to do
with it or not, but I thought He did!
Then I stood up and I said, "The last time I talked with my friend, we had a
difference of opinion on priesthood. Tonight I have come prepared to discuss
that subject, but I don't propose to start at that point. (This was one of
my strong points in my mission.) If you are going to build a house, you
don't try to put a roof on it before you get the foundation in." They agreed
with that, so I said, "I propose to lay the foundation of the gospel of
Jesus Christ," and I chose for my text the sixth chapter of Hebrews where
Paul said:
"Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto
perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,
and of faith toward God,
"Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection
of the dead, and of eternal judgment." (Heb. 6:1-2.)
I hurried over faith and repentance; I thought they believed in them. I
spoke on baptism by immersion for the remission of sin until everybody was
giving me accord.
Then it came to the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. And
they didn't believe that. I never found a church that did believe it outside
of our Church; they think the Holy Ghost comes just like the breezes that
blow over the head. I quoted them the passage saying that when the Apostles
at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God through the
preaching of Philip, they sent Peter and John. And when they came, they
prayed for them, they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy
Ghost. And when Simon the sorcerer saw that the Holy Ghost was conveyed by
the laying on of the Apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying: "Give
me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the
Holy Ghost.
"But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast
thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money." (Acts 8:19-20.)
And then I gave them a few more references on the laying on of hands for the
gift of the Holy Ghost, and sat down.
The minister stood up and talked for twenty minutes, and he never once
mentioned a word I had said. He started on the Mountain Meadows Massacre and
the "Mormon Bible," and stated that Joseph Smith had admitted he had made
many mistakes; and then in a most courteous manner, he said: "Now if Mr.
Richards will enlighten us on these matters, I am sure this audience will be
most appreciative."
I was on my feet just like that. (My companion later said, "How did you
think so fast?" I said, "What have you been praying for all week?") I said,
"In the days of the Savior, his enemies tried to trick him with cunning and
craftiness. I don't suppose there's anybody here tonight that would like to
see us resort to those old tactics." I said, "If I understand a debate, it
is the presentation of argument and the answering of those presentations.
Has this man answered any of my arguments?"
Everybody said, "No."
I said, "All right, my friend, you may have your twenty minutes over again."
He couldn't do it, and I knew he couldn't.
Finally his wife stood up in the audience, and she said, "What Mr. Richards
is asking you is fair. You ought to answer him."
But he couldn't do it, and I said to my companion, "Stand up and give me my
coat and hat." I said, "One more chance. I am willing to remain here until
ten o'clock tomorrow morning, when we have to be in our own church, provided
this debate can go forward on the basis that you set it up. If not, I am
going to leave and ask my companion to leave and ask our members to leave,
and we will leave it with you to settle with your people for what has
transpired here tonight."
I met him on the street a number of times after that, but he would duck his
head so he didn't need to speak to me! Now that is what Isaiah meant when he
said they would teach for doctrines the precepts of men.
Now I will give you one more. Down in Quitman, Georgia, while I was a
mission president, I preached a sermon on the eternal duration of the
marriage covenant and the family unit. I had a chart there that listed the
churches and what their beliefs were on major things, and those were
official statements from the leaders of those different churches. And not
one of them believed that the family unit or the marriage covenant would
endure beyond the grave. I stood at the door when the meeting was over and a
man came up and introduced himself as a Baptist minister, and I said, "Did I
misquote you here tonight?"
He said, "No, Mr. Richards, it's just like you say. We don't all believe all
the things our churches teach."
I said, "You don?t believe them either. Why don't you go back and teach your
people the truth? They will take it from you; they are not ready to take it
from the Mormon elders yet."
He said, "I'll see you again." That's all I could get out of him that night!
Next time I went there, about four months later, he had read of my coming in
the newspaper, and there he was standing outside that little church. As we
shook hands I said, "I would certainly be happy to know what you thought of
my last sermon here."
He said, "Mr. Richards, I have been thinking about it ever since, and I
believe every word you said, only I would like to have heard the rest." (We
never get talked out; that's why I've asked Brother Benson to tap me on the
leg when my time is up!)
Now I will tell you one more if there is time for it. Over in Utrecht,
Holland, they had a seminary where they trained ministers, and the young men
who were studying for the ministry used to come and stand outside our
meetings and listen. And then when the meeting was over, they would come in
and argue with us.
I convinced one of those young men that baptism was to be by immersion for
the remission of sins, and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy
Ghost; he hadn't been taught that and he didn't believe it. He said: "Mr.
Richards, do you think the Lord will hold us responsible if we teach things
that we know are not in full accord with the Holy Scriptures?"
I said, "My friend, I'd rather let the Apostle Paul answer that question. He
said, "Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you
than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." (Gal. 1:8.)
We didn't have any more arguments then.
I think my time is up. God bless you all. I love the Lord. I love his
church. I love the Saints. I love them all. God bless you, I pray, and leave
you my blessing in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
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> > > > the superconductor in the order of about 100 ľg were found. The
IMPORTANT ALCHEMY BOOK IN EXISTENCE, A BOOK WRITTEN IN 1459!
Read & try to understand how far does this book connected with witch craft
& teachings that leads us away from God. I know that the
author denies any relation to witch craft as she claim, is it true??
I dunno if any of you believes the existance of witch craft but I do &
all those things that they found are really compare to real things as
they have qoute from the real book. There's more then what I'll be qouting
here.
Title: HARRY POTTER AUTHOR USES IMAGERY FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT
ALCHEMY BOOK IN EXISTENCE, A BOOK WRITTEN IN 1459!
Subtitle: Rowling uses same imagery in her Harry Potter books as was
contained in the Alchemy book, "The Chemical Wedding of Christian
Rosendreutz", written in 1459. Using such an obscure book, known only to the
occult initiated, is one more strong indication Rowling does practice
Witchcraft.
We have stated repeatedly that the author of the Harry Potter books
knows her Satanism quite well. We have repeatedly pointed out where the
events and the scenes in her books are pure Satanism; in fact, they are
correct Satanism. She paints a perfectly correct picture in her books
of aspects of Satanism, she gets the spells right, she gets the
ingredients right, she understands the importance of drugs, and so on and so
forth.
In NEWS1485, we show you that Rowling uses the precise vivid colors
that are sacred to the Druid religion and to the Zodiac. We quoted former
Satanist -- now Born Again -- author, Cisco Wheeler, as she stated that
these sacred colors are used in Ritual Magick When a child allows
themselves to be caught up in childlike enthusiasm for the storyline
generally, and the vivid colors specifically, they set themselves up for
suddenly being contacted by a Spirit Guide one day! Rowling uses these
vivid colors right well!
Likewise, Rowling seems to draw her inspiration for several other
unique aspects of her novels from a very old, and very obscure, Luciferian
book entitled, The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz , written
originally in 1459 and translated into English in 1690. This book is
the key foundational legend for the Luciferian secret society, the
Rosicrucians. Listen to a Rosicrucian explain the key importance of this
book to the practicing occultist.
"The 'Chemical Wedding' is one of the archetypal symbols of the
Alchemical transformation. There is much work about this subject by many
later mystics and authors. Manly Hall devoted an entire chapter
to this book in 'Secret Teachings of All Ages' ... The 'Chemical
Wedding/Marriage' is the basis for initiation rituals created by the
Rosicrucians. It represents the union of the person, the spirit and
society."
[Philosophical Research Society, Publications Department]
Wonderful! This book is the basis for initiation rituals for the
Rosicrucians. Once again, Rowling's true nature is demonstrated for all to
see. Despite her repeated denials that she is actively involved in
Witchcraft, we see that, in addition to displaying detailed and intimate
knowledge of Satanism, she now is demonstrating intimate knowledge of a
very old, very obscure book that is used as the basis of initiating
people into Rosicrucianism.
Before we get into the details of this story, let us examine what
Alchemy is, and why it is important to the practicing Satanist. The New Age
Dictionary defines Alchemy as a "quest for the secrets of life by the
transmutation of base metals into gold in the West; by discovering the
Elixir of Life in the East."
In the book entitled, "The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians",
written in 1949 under a pseudonym, the author reveals that the primary
purpose of Alchemy is not to get rich by discovering how to change lead into
gold; rather, the primary purpose is mental and spiritual. He uses the
terms "Mental Alchemy" and "Spiritual Alchemy" [The Secret Doctrine of
Rosicrucians , Page 20]
This author also states that alchemical references to "sulphur",
"mercury", and "other chemical elements" leads one to the search for the
Philosopher's Stone [Page 16], which is also known as the Sorcerer's Stone.
This latter revelation is exceedingly important, because Rowling's
second book was called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". In this
book, a quest is begun to discover the Sorcerer's Stone, out of which
comes the "Elixir of Life". In Chapter 13 of the Potter book, "Sorcerer's
Stone", we learn that Professor Dumbledore -- Headmaster of Hogwart's
School of Wizardry and Witchcraft -- had a long term relationship with
another sorcerer, Nicolas Flamel, who had perfected the Elixir of Life
through the process of Alchemy [Sorcerer's Stone, Page 219]. Thus,
Flamel had achieved the Sorcerer's Stone, and is depicted as having
original possession of it Then, in the next few paragraphs, we learn that
this Sorcerer's Stone possessed by Flamel produced the Elixir of Life, the
drinking of which would "make the drinker immortal" [The Sorcerer's
Stone , Page 220].
Finally, we learn that Flamel was 666 years old when he achieved the
Sorcerer's Stone and had first partaken of the Elixir of Life! [Ibid.]
Thus, Rowling correctly ties in the number of Antichrist with Alchemy
and its pursuit of occult eternal life, a very strong indication that she
is a practitioner of the Luciferian arts.
Now, let us see what types of things Rowling included in her Harry
Potter novels that come straight out of this most obscure Rosicrucian book,
The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz.
1. Pictures on the wall that move as if they are alive
Harry Potter books -- in all Potter books -- the portraits hanging on
the walls move as if they are alive. "He was too sleepy even to be
surprised that the people in the portraits along the corridors whispered
and pointed as they passed ..." [The Sorcerer's Stone , p. 128]
"The castle was quiet ... they walked past muttering portraits and
creaking suits of armor ..." [The Chamber of Secrets , p. 83]
Thus, the portraits on the walls of the castle in which Hogwart's
School of Wizardry and Witchcraft was located were animated as if they were
alive. They moved around the portraits, and they spoke with one
another. In the above segment, the suits of armor were creaking because the
people in the painting were moving!
Further, each of the four fraternity houses on campus had only one door
that led into the house, and it was guarded by a talking portraits.
Each student had to give the person in the portrait the password for that
day in order to get into the fraternity house. "They didn't stop
running until they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady on the seventh floor
... 'pig snout, pig snout', panted Harry, and the portrait swung
forward. They scrambled into the common room and collapsed, trembling, into
armchairs." [The Sorcerer's Stone , p. 161]
"... at last they reached the passage where the secret entrance to
Gryffindor Tower was hidden, behind an oil painting of a very fat woman in
a pink silk dress. 'Password?', she said as they approached. 'Er
---', said Harry. They didn't know the new year's password ... almost
immediately, they heard hurrying feet behind them and turned to see
Hermione dashing toward them ... 'Skip the lecture', said Ron impatiently,
'and tell us the new password'. 'It's wattlebird', said Hermione ... the
portrait of the fat lady swung open ..." [The Chamber of Secrets , p.
83-84]
When I originally read this little detail of the Potter books, I was
mildly amused, for I thought such a creation was a delightful bit of
imagination. Never did it enter my mind that talking and moving portraits
on a wall might have its roots deep in Satanic soil. Now, let us
examine that soil.
In the book, The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz , written in
1459, we find the Rosicrucian hero, Christian Rosendreutz, in the
fabulous castle of the King and Queen of the Super Celestial Sphere. This
castle was called the "House of the Sun". I find it very instructive
that the castle might have this name since Rosicrucianism worships the Sun
and its consort, the Moon.
Little does Christian realize that the reason he has been invited to
this castle was to personally witness the reincarnation of six lesser
kings and their wives through the process of Alchemy.
As Christian is walking down the corridors of this heavenly castle, he
noticed something really strange on the walls. "... there were up and
down the room wonderful images, which moved themselves, as if they had
been alive ..." [Page 29]
Now, I understood from whence Rowling had gotten her idea of talking
and moving portraits! She pulled this detail from a book that was now
over 500 years old! The only people who read this type of book are the
initiates and adepts of Luciferian secret societies, or people studying
the same. Rowling clearly is so familiar with secret society secrets, I
find it highly likely that she is a member of such a Luciferian
society.
2. The Fabulous Beast In The Harry Potter book -- PRISONER OF AZKABAN
In this third Harry Potter book, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, are
introduced to a class called "The Care of Magical Creatures". The
instructor
was a huge giant named Hagrid. Even though the creatures in this class
were strong, dangerous, and unpredictable, Hagrid loves them dearly,
and tries to get his students to appreciate them as well.
One of Hagrid's creatures is an unusual combination of animals. This
creature "had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front
legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel,
steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. The talons on
their front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking." [The
Prisoner of Azkaban, p. 114]
So, the head, front legs, and wings of this creature were that of a
giant eagle; but, the rest of the animal was a horse. This combination
creature was called a "Hippogriff". Hagrid told the students about this
animal. "Now, firs' thing yeh gotta know abou' hippogriffs is, they're
proud ... Easily offended, hippogriffs are. Don't ever insult one,
'cause it might be the last thing yeh do ... Yeh always wait fer the
hippogriff ter make the firs' move ... It's polite, see? Yeh walk toward
him and yeh bow, an' yeh wait. If he bows back, yeh're allowed ter touch
him. If he doesn't bow, then get away from him sharpish, 'cause those
talons hurt." [Page 114-115, Prisoner of Azkaban]
Harry and his friends take a liking to the hippogriff, whose name was
Buckbeak, and at the end of the book, the hippogriff saves Harry and his
friends from Voldemort by letting them ride on his back as he flew them
to safety.
In The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz , Christian witnesses
a very unusual battle in the castle between two creatures. "In the
interlude, a lyon and griffon were set at one another, to fight, and the
lyon got the victory, which was also a pretty sight." [Page 31; Spelling
retained from the original]
My Tormont's Illustrated Dictionary defines a Griffon as a "fabulous
beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion."
Rowling created her fabulous creature with the head and wings of an
eagle all right, but substituted the body of a horse instead of the
traditional lion's body. But, just to make sure that "those in the know"
understood that she had taken her inspiration from The Chemical Wedding ,
Rowling called her fabulous creature a "Hippogriff", undoubtedly taking
it from the name, "Griffon", in the original story.
Once again, Rowling displays a unique knowledge of very ancient, and
critically important, Luciferian legend as she draws from this
Rosicrucian legend inspiration for her Harry Potter books.
3. The playful spirit that hovers over the castle playing tricks he
thinks humorous
In the Harry Potter books, Rowling has invented a "playful" spirit
creature she calls Peeves the Poltergeist! Peeves loves to flit around the
school classrooms and dormitories of Hogwart's School, playing tricks
and pranks that he feels is "funny". Getting students into trouble is
also Peeves' role in these novels. Listen to some of the dialog:
"But as [Professor] Filch lowered his quill, there was a great BANG! on
the ceiling of the office, which made the oil lamp rattle. 'PEEVES!'
Filch roared, flinging down his quill in a transport of rage. 'I'll
have you this time, I'll have you!' Peeves was the school poltergeist, a
grinning, airborne menace, who lived to cause havoc and distress.
Harry didn't much like Peeves ..." [Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
, p. 126]
In The Sorcerer's Stone , Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sneaking around
the Charms Classroom area in the middle of the night seeking to duel
Malfoy in a Wizard's Duel. Suddenly, Peeves spotted them, and realized
they were breaking a whole lot of school rules by just being in the
corridor. The action picks up:
"They hadn't gone more than a dozen paces when a doorknob rattled and
something came shooting out of a classroom in front of them. It was
Peeves. He caught sight of them and gave a squeal of delight. 'Shut up,
Peeves -- please -- you'll get us thrown out.' Peeves cackled.
'Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty,
naughty, you'll get caughty'. 'Not if you don't give us away, Peeves,
please'. 'Should I tell Filch, I should', said Peeves in a saintly voice,
but his eyes glittered wickedly. 'It's for your own good, you know'.
'Get out of the way', snapped Ron, taking a swipe at Peeves -- that was
a big mistake. 'STUDENTS OUT OF BED', Peeves bellowed. 'STUDENTS OUT
OF BED DOWN THE CHARMS CORRIDOR'." [p. 159; Emphasis was in the
original]
In the Rosicrucian book, The Chemical Wedding , Christian saw this
exact type of spirit flitting around the King and Queen's House of the Sun.
"... we were to attend the Royal Persons up the winding stairs into the
forementioned hall, where the tables were already richly furnished, and
this was the first time that we were invited to the Kings table. The
little altar was placed in the midst of the hall, and the six fore-named
royal ensignes were laid upon it. At this time the young King behaved
himself very gratiously towards us, but yet he could not be heartily
merry; but howbeit he now and then discoursed a little with us, yet he
often sighed, at which the Little Cupid only mocked and playd his
waggish tricks ... Almost all the prattle at this banquet was made by Little
Cupid, who could not leave us (and me indeed especially) untormented.
He was perpetually producing some strange matter." [P. 33; spelling
left as is in the original; "Waggish tricks" is defined by the dictionary
as "playfully humorous".]
So, Rowling took her Peeves the Poltergeist who loved to torment
students and faculty alike from the Little Cupid spirit tormentor in The
Chemical Wedding !
4. Mythical Creatures Identical in Harry Potter and The Chemical
Wedding
In The Sorcerer's Stone, Rowling features "bright-white" unicorns
living in the Forbidden Forest. In the latter chapters, Hagrid takes Ron,
Herminone, Harry and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forest to try to discover
who is killing these unicorns. Let us pick up the action:
"Harry thought the blood seemed to be getting thicker. There were
splashes on the roots of a tree, as though the poor creature had been
thrashing around in pain close by. Harry could see a clearing ahead,
through the tangled branches of an ancient oak. 'Look', he murmured,
holding
out his arm to stop Malfoy. Something bright white was gleaming on the
ground ... It was the unicorn all right, and it was dead. Harry had
never seen anything so beautiful and sad. Its long, slender legs were
stuck out at odd angles where it had fallen and its mane was spread
pearly-white on the dark leaves." [The Sorcerer's Stone , p. 255-256]
In The Chemical Wedding , Christian Rosendreutz describes the scene in
the garden in which he saw the unicorn for the first time. "Thus the
garden which so lately was quite full, was soon emptied; so that besides
the souldiers there was not a man left. Now as soon as this was done,
and silence had been kept for the space of five minutes, there came
forward a beautiful snow-white unicorn with a golden coller (having in it
certain letters) about his neck ... and so the unicorn returned to his
place with joy." [Page 20-21; spelling is printed here as in the
original]
In The Chamber of Secrets, Rowling gives a prominent place to the
mythical, legendary Phoenix Bird. In the battle of The Chamber of Secrets ,
Harry is saved only by the intervention of Dumbledore's Phoenix Bird,
Fawkes. The Phoenix Bird attacked the serpent's eyes, putting both of
them out, causing blood to splatter far and wide. But, this heroic
action allowed Harry to escape, and eventually defeat the snake. [Pages
318-320] Then, the Phoenix Bird visually motioned to Harry to grab hold
of his tail feathers, and let him pull him out. So, Harry grabbed hold
of the tail feathers of the Phoenix, and Ron grabbed hold of Harry's
robes, and the bird miraculously pulled the two of them out of the
Chamber of Secrets to safety. [Pages 324-325]
In The Chemical Wedding , Christian sees a "glorious Phoenix" in the
Castle of the Sun [P. 21]
Further, on the Sixth Day -- out of Seven -- Christian Rosendreutz and
other adepts watched a sacred egg open up and a bird come out. At
first, this bird was weak and bloody, and then he molted to a black color
after drinking human blood, and then he molted into a snowy-white color,
and then into a beautiful array of various colors. His demeanor also
changed during these physical transformations from wild to tame.
Then, the adepts put the bird into a bath of milk-white liquid. This
bath took off all his feathers, so the adepts painted him a bright blue
color. The Adepts took this bird up to the upper floor, where the bird
was placed near an altar and given a good drink. Suddenly, the bird
attacked the white serpent who had been living in the death head, making
the serpent bleed profusely. [P. 44-45]
I wonder if Rowling did not meld these two story lines together, for
the Phoenix Bird did attack the monstrous green serpent in The Chamber of
Secrets , making him bleed profusely as she blinded his eyes.
5. Both Castles were bounded by huge lakes capable of carrying large
ships
Rowling created the Hogwart's School of Wizardry and Witchcraft so that
a large lake bounded by the school. Rumors circulated about the
existence of a large sea monster living within the lake. In The Goblet of
Fire , a large ship carrying the Wizard Masters of the occult training
school, Durmstrang, to Hogwart's to attend the Triwizard Tournament of
Champions. A huge ship carrying the Durmstrang students came out of the
deep waters of the lake to moor next to Hogwart's. [P. 244-247]
In The Chemical Wedding , the House of the Sun is also bounded by a
huge lake. After the six lesser Kings and their Queens are beheaded in a
ritual, night falls, and Christian Rosendreutz falls asleep in his bed.
Suddenly, he is awakened by a very bright light, and springs to the
window to investigate. He sees six ships coming to dock at the castle,
floating on the lake. The coffins of each King and Queen were loaded,
one set of coffins per ship. Then, the ships departed for Mt. Olympus,
where they were returned to life according to the precepts of Alchemy.
[p. 34]
Thus, in three out of the five points of commonality between Harry
Potter books and The Chemical Wedding , Rowling has chosen unique and very
old occult legends to use in her books. Especially choosing the
pictures on the wall that seem alive and the Griffon-type creature called a
Hippogriff are dead giveaways that Rowling drew her inspiration from
this very old, but very important, Alchemical book of the Rosicrucians.
Just as she used the vivid colors sacred to obscure and
nearly-forgotten Celtic Tree Calendar [NEWS1485], Rowling has used very
distinctive
parts of an equally obscure and nearly-forgotten book of Alchemy to
insert into her novels. Rowling knows her Witchcraft thoroughly and
correctly, and now we see she has probably taken her inspiration for certain
elements of her books from obscure Satanism, the kind only a practicing
Adept in the occult would know.
No matter which way you choose to look at the storyline of Harry
Potter, you can see the same pattern emerging loudly and clearly: Rowling
weaves strong, correct Satanism in her storyline, the kind of Satanism
only a practicing Adept would likely know. She has become the Pied Piper
of today's young children, and is leading them straight into the arms
of the Wicked One.
Truly, Jesus was correct when He foretold that the spiritual love for
Him and His truth would be so watered down at the End of the Age that
very few people would actually be saved and practicing The Faith. Your
children are under attack by Harry Potter books. Are you ready to
battle your kids for their own soul?
Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately
protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable
you
to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop
strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been
thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the
door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many
times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These
perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus
Christ, making an eternal difference.
Subject: "How to Become a Cult Guru!" -- Revealed at Last! (for Art, et al)
Date: Monday, October 06, 2003 1:40 AM
How to Become a Cult Guru
by Phil Milstein
Becoming a cult leader is not as tough as you might think. All it takes
is a little charisma and some insecure, feeble-minded followers. The
reasons you might wanna become one are many -- it pays well (and all of
it tax-exempt), you get lotsa nookie, you can get other people to do
your laundry, etc. As a cult guru, it is kind of tough to get health
insurance benefits, but that's really about the only downside to a
career as a leader of men, women and bastard offspring. What follows,
then, is a set of E-Z instructions by which you can soon amass your own
group of pasty-faced, glassy-eyed sycophantic no-hopers who will do your
bidding for you.
Rule #1: Confidence = Charisma
To be a messiah you don't have to be big (Charles Manson was only 5'2"),
you don't have to be smart (David Koresh had an IQ of 89), and you don't
have to be good-looking ('though it doesn't hurt). All you have to be is
confident, to the absolute. Once you've established your basic set of
core beliefs -- your schtick, as it were -- no matter how ridiculous
they may be, entertain no doubts and brook no arguments. They are truth,
and by extension so are you. Remember that everyone you meet is, deep
inside, like a scrawny branch wavering in the stiff wind of life, just
waiting for a big tree to sprout up alongside and protect them. Be that
tree.
Rule #2: Charisma is Relative
To be charismatic, you don't have to be JFK or Madonna. There are always
people more impressionable than yourself, and as long as you can find
those people, you too can have charisma, even if those feebs are the
only ones who sense it. This has been the key to the cult equation from
Christ to Koresh.
Rule #3: Cultivate Your Schtick
For better or worse, it's no longer sufficient for the potential guru to
simply spout chapter and verse from the King James. People can get that
kind of stuff anywhere -- there's way too much competition in the
straight Jesus field, and most of the others are much better at it than
you'll ever be. The trick is to find an angle, some niche, and it
needn't even involve the Good Book.
Keep in mind that it doesn't really matter what tripe you feed your
troupe, so long as you feed it to them with unswerving conviction. I
read about one guru down in Australia who has nine wives and 69
children, and all he ever preaches to them about is equal rights for
women and Hawaiian culture!
Armageddon is always an excellent lynchpin around which to hang a
schtick. One cult out in California is building several of its own
rocketships, the better to escape the coming End Times with.
There's an audience of willing believers out there for almost any kind
of manifesto. Take one that already exists, add a few elements from
another, twist it into you own words and presto, you've got a dogma
worthy of any small band of mayonaisse-eaters. Try telling people you're
the reincarnation of Mahatma Ghandi and you've been brought back to
earth to preach the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Or that Albert Einstein
comes to you every night to interpret the Quran. Libertarianism and
survivalism are red-hot these days, so you might try thinking along
those lines. Use your imagination and above all, believe in what you say
with everything you've got.
Rule #4: Finding the Feebs
Locating your marks is one of the easiest steps in building a cult of
your own, because they practically grow on trees. A favored method is to
figure out a particular personality that might be most prone to falling
for your schtick, and go after that type exclusively.
To paraphrase Elvis, white trash is as white trash does, there's no
in-between, you're either with it all the way or you've blown the scene.
In other words, try the laundromat. Down at the local suds parlor you'll
find oodles of brain-dead scum, just sitting around twiddling their
thumbs and spitting pumpkin seeds. Perfect cult fodder. An idle comment
can lead to an innocuous conversation can lead to a subtle introduction
to your confidence, your magnetism and, ultimately, your compound. Play
your cards carefully and you can put out three or four successful
invitations to your next communal dinner and/or prayer session per load
of laundry. And before long they'll be doing your laundry for you.
You needn't end your search at the laundromat, of course. Remember the
Elvis dictum, and go where the feebs go, especially where they're most
likely to have time on their hands and be more susceptible to your
interest in them. Bingo parlors are good. Little league games, too.
Bowling alleys and pool halls. White-bread church services. BBQ pits.
Seek out those who seem to be alone, and those who act like whipped
pups. Manson preyed on teenage hitchhikers, 'though you won't find too
many of them these days. Koresh went after Australians. Again, use you
imagination; think like your potential victims think. Don't rule out
ethnics. And above all, remember that no matter how dumb you are, most
of the population is even stupider, so almost everyone you meet is worth
your consideration.
Rule #5: Winning Them Over
Since you've already stereotyped your prey, you can now devise a formula
approach that will be most effective with that type. Brainwashing is OK,
I suppose, but it merely attacks the person's superficial belief system
and not their fundamental beliefs, so it is inadequate for long-term
devotion. To truly capture the body you must truly capture the mind, and
the first step in doing so is to figure out your mark's weaknesses.
Think big -- decide if they're insecure, alienated, feeling unloved,
etc. A big fat juicy sucker will most likely exhibit symptoms of all of
these and more, and be ripe for the picking. The specific weaknesses
will differ from person to person, so stay flexible, but you should be
able to select one general scheme and stick with it for everyone.
Once you've sussed out the Achilles heal, your formula will practically
devise itself. Whatever your potential followers' needs are, give to
them in grand, exaggerated gestures. If they want for food and shelter,
provide them with sumptuous meals and a comfortable bed, and make sure
they know they can stay as long as they like. If it's love they long
for, you cannot possibly show them too much of it, and passing a little
pooty their way couldn't hurt, either. If it's spiritual fulfillment
they're after, go all-out with the holy-holy routine. If lack of
self-esteem is the problem, tell them over and over again how good they
are, how worthy of being alive. Lie as much as seems necessary, and
don't be afraid to pounce on any and every vulnerability they might
display.
Those already won over to your way will be most helpful in seducing new
recruits. Surrounding the mark with love and devotion and making your
group seem like the happy family the poor schmuck undoubtedly never had
will quickly fool them into believing wholly in everything you say.
During the indoctrination phase gradually begin giving them chores to
do, thus making some use of them while also keeping them too busy to
question what's happening to them.
Before long you will have the poor sap eating out of your hand, ready to
do anything you say, even die for you if necessary. Unless you rescued
them from the gutter then they should have some money and worldly
possessions for you to take over. If they are pleasing to the eye and
approximately of the gender of your preference, then so much the better
-- you've got another sex slave for your harem.
Rule #6: Sticking Around
You, being a sane, grounded individual, do not want to go up in a blaze
of Apocalyptic glory --- not yet, anyway. You have found the perfect
occupation to suit your meager skills, and you intend to keep the game
in play for as long as possible. Achieving this takes gaining a certain
measure of legitimacy, as reaching a breakwater level of antagonism
towards the authorities will cause you more trouble than you really want
right now.
In the cult game, the simple equation is: Longevity + Growth =
Legitimacy. Simply sticking around, all the while gradually adding
numbers to your membership tally, is just about all it takes to keep the
heat off your back. All the Roman Catholic Church is is a cult that's
managed to stick it out a couple thousand years, and as you slide down
the cult chronology the legitimacy level slides down accordingly. At the
next level are the acceptable Protestant churches: your Lutherans, your
Methodists, your Baptists, your Calvinists, etc. Next level down you
find those groups that were begun during your grand-parents' and
great-grandparents' time, such as your Seventh Day Adventists, your
Mormons, your Jehovah's Witnesses, your Christian Scientists. These
groups by now have earned a certain grudging respect, whereby society in
effect says to them, "We don't really like what you do, but you've
gotten away with it thus far so we'll let you keep getting away with
it." The longer you get away with it, the less hard time they'll give
you.
Down one more step on this evolutionary chain of worship are those
formed during your and your parents' day: your Scientologists, your
Moonies, your Krishnas, your Larouchites. They are ill-regarded by
mainstream society, but groups in this category have grown large enough
that they are now difficult to fight. In recent years Rev. Moon and
Lyndon Larouche have each been convicted of felonies and done time in
the pokey, while the elusive founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, was
persecuted, in absentia, for years after he had died! Yet their
respective followings continue to thrive.
Finally, we come to the upstarts. These are the groups that are still
officially classified as "cults," and are the ones we have mostly dealt
with in this guide. They are young, small, hungry, and often nasty.
Society hates them. You will be in this category for quite some time,
and therefore I recommend you keep a low profile for the duration. If
you've got what it takes, you can eventually begin the incremental climb
up the ladder of religious respectability. If you do your job real well,
perhaps one day your group will find itself joining the world's major
religions upon the lofty perch of untouchability. But it can't possibly
happen in your lifetime, so don't make it your primary goal.
And that's all there is to it. Six easy steps and you're on your way to
a life of leisure and possible immortality. Best of luck, my friend, and
may God be with you. > > is a clear indication of the gravitomagnetic London
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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Special Issue: New Testament
Discovering the Holy Ghost
By David H. Yarn, Jr.
David H. Yarn Jr., Discovering the Holy Ghost, Ensign, Sept. 1975,
John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the coming of the Lord,
contrasted his own work with that of the Lord when he said: "I indeed
baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you
with the Holy Ghost, and with fire." (Matt. 3:11)
In the later Judean ministry, when Jesus taught at the temple in Jerusalem
at the Feast of the Tabernacles, he declared, "He that believeth on me, as
the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water." (John 7:38)
And John the Beloved explained: "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they
that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified." (John 7:39)
About six months later, when the Lord taught the apostles after the Last
Supper, he said:
"These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:25-26 )
Then Jesus added other things the Comforter would do: "he shall testify of
me" (John 15:26 ); "he will guide you into all truth and he will shew you
things to come." (John 16:13)
Three days later, on the evening of the day Jesus was resurrected, he
appeared to the apostles and told them:
"As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this,
he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." (John
20:21-22)
After the resurrection, then, the risen Christ "shewed himself alive" [to
his apostles] by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and
speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. (Acts 1:3) He told
them, "ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence" (Acts
1:5), and "ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you." (Acts 1:8)
Jesus had been crucified and resurrected at the time of the Passover, was
with his disciples 40 days after the resurrection, and the day of Pentecost
came 50 days after the Passover. So it was only a few days after Christs
ascension into heaven that the Holy Ghost came upon the apostles with great
power:
"And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord
in one place.
"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
"And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:1-4)
That was the magnificent introductory manifestation of the gift of the Holy
Ghost upon the ancient apostles to give them power from on high to assume
the responsibility for that dispensation of the gospel. But earlier prophets
had also enjoyed the power of the Holy Ghost, for the Lord has revealed in
our day that before he came, holy prophets spake as they were inspired by
the gift of the Holy Ghost as well as those who should come after. (D&C
20:26-27)
However, the gift of the Holy Ghost was not for the prophets and apostles
alone. As a result of a great sermon Peter gave on that day of Pentecost the
multitude "were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest
of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
"For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar
off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." (Acts 2:37-39)
About 3,000 souls were baptized as a result.
From that time the apostles went forth endowed with power, and the Holy
Ghost was an active force operating in their lives. They spoke by the Holy
Ghost (see Acts 4:8); they preached by that gift (see 1 Pet. 1:12) and
taught by it (see Acts 10:45). They testified of Christ by the Holy Ghost
(see 1 Cor. 12:3), they discerned situations through it (see Acts 5:3), and
rebuked evil forces by the power of the Spirit (see Acts 13:9). Revelation
and scripture were given to them by the Holy Ghost (see Acts 10:19; 2 Pet.
1:12), and men were called to offices in the church by the gift of the Holy
Ghost. These were only some of the uses of that glorious gift in the New
Testament church.
Principally, all of those uses existed so that three things might be
accomplished: first, that the Holy Ghost might bear witness to those taught
the gospel by the Lords servants (see Heb. 10:15; 1 Thes. 1:5); second, that
people might be converted to the gospel (see Acts 10:44-48); and third, that
after repentance and baptism they might have hands laid upon their heads and
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost for their own blessing (see Acts 8:17).
There was a great variety of gifts of the Spirit that a righteous person
might enjoy personally after he received the gospel, or he might share the
benefits of the gifts others had. (See 1 Cor.12)
Another way of observing the pervasive influence of the Holy Ghost in the
lives of men and women who strive to associate themselves with the gospel is
illustrated in these brief summary teachings from the church established by
the Savior in the meridian of time:
(1) One can learn that Jesus is the Christ only by the Holy Ghost. The
Corinthians were taught, "no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the
Holy Ghost." (1 Cor. 12:3)
(2) Acceptance of Christ as the Redeemer causes one to love God "the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
(Rom. 5:5)
(3) Paul recognized that a witness of Christ and the love of God are the
sources of hope, both in this life and in the eternities, and said to the
Romans, "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost." (Rom.
15:13)
(4) The product or fruit of these things is joy, even in this life, for as
we are told, "the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost."
(Acts 13:52)
(5) The Apostle Paul defined even the kingdom of God in terms of the Holy
Ghost, for he said, "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." (Rom. 14:17)
A person might ask himself, "Why should I have faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ, repent of my sins, be baptized, and receive the laying on of hands
for the gift of the Holy Ghost?"
Carefully and prayerfully, study this answer from the words of the Lord:
"all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom
of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence.
"Therefore I give unto you a commandment, to teach these things freely unto
your children, saying:
"That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death,
and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the
spirit, which I have made, and so become of dust a living soul, even so ye
must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit,
and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten, that ye
might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in
this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory;
"For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified,
and by the blood ye are sanctified;
"Therefore it is given to abide in you; the record of heaven; the Comforter;
the peaceable things of immortal glory; the truth of all things; that which
quickeneth all things, which maketh alive all things; that which knoweth all
things, and hath all power according to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and
judgment.
"And now, behold, I say unto you: This is the plan of salvation unto all
men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten." (Moses 6:57-62)
The Lord tells us here that if we receive the principles and ordinances of
the gospel in the way we should, even in this mortal life we can enjoy the
presence of the Comforter, the record of heaven, and the peaceable things of
immortal glory, for they are given to abide in us.
Perhaps we should recall that when we had hands laid upon our heads to be
confirmed members of the Church and to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost,
the one officiating by the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood called us
by name and at the appropriate time said, "Receive the Holy Ghost." Those
words were addressed to us as a charge or responsibility to so conduct our
lives and open our hearts to righteousness that we might be worthy to have
the Holy Ghost come unto us. From that moment we had the right to receive
the Holy Ghost, but he comes to us only as we manifest to God our desire and
readiness to receive him in our lives.
The Lord said, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my
voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and
he with me." (Rev. 3:20) No doubt the Lord was also describing the influence
of the Holy Ghost.
How different is Satan and his unholy influence! He takes advantage of every
opportunity to force his way into any and every nook and cranny of ones
thoughts and life. In contrast, the Lord is a "gentleman" in the most
exalted sense of that word. He does not force his way into our lives. As a
gentleman he stands at the door and knocks. He wants us to invite him in. If
we will not get up and remove the latch and open the door, the very least we
can do is ask him to enter. Needless to say, we should be down on our knees,
pouring out our hearts and begging him to come in to us.
No doubt there are some, like the ancient Ephesians, who, when Paul asked
"Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" responded "We have not
so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." (Acts 19:2) Undoubtedly
there are many who have felt the precious influence of the Holy Ghost in
their lives, but for whom it has been an infrequent, even rare occurrence.
Even though it is a most sacred and priceless thing, surely it is the Lords
will that we have that holy influence in our lives continuously rather than
rarely. Even our sacrament prayers, which ordinarily are heard twice each
Sunday, assure us that Heavenly Father wants us to have the influence of the
Holy Ghost in our lives not only continually but continuously; that is, not
just again and again, but without interruption. In the blessing on the bread
we hear: "that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and
witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take
upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his
commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit
to be with them. Amen." (D&C 20:77; italics added.)
When the Lord explained to Nicodemus that being born of the water and of the
Spirit meant being baptized in water and receiving the gift of the Holy
Ghost, he compared the coming of the Spirit to the wind:
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that
is born of the Spirit." (John 3:8)
We might say it this way: when one feels the wind blow across his face he
knows it is present, he feels its influence; yet he doesnt see the wind,
doesnt know "whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." With at least
comparable certainty, when the Spirit rests upon one, he knows it is
present, and he feels its influence.
There always seem to be those who are like the multitude who stoned Stephen
to death. As he addressed them he said, "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in
heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so
do ye." (Acts 7:51) No doubt there are others who, like Simon the sorcerer,
would like to have the power of the Holy Ghost if they could buy it. (See
Acts 8:9-24) And surely there are those who would earnestly like to have
that holy influence in their lives, but for some reason either havent had it
or havent recognized it. Perhaps the key to their need lies in these words
of Mormon to his son Moroni:
"And the first fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh by faith
unto the fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the commandments
bringeth remission of sins;
"And the remission of sins bringeth meekness and lowliness of heart; and
because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy
Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love
endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the
saints shall dwell with God." (Moro. 8:25-26)
To make these things possible, the Lord suffered incomparably for us. In his
own witness in this day he said: "Which suffering caused myself, even God,
the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore,
and to suffer both body and spirit." (D&C19:18) That unique suffering he
experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane, prior to the awful agony of the
trials and the crucifixion.
Even earlier, when he beheld Jerusalem, knowing the things the city would
have to suffer because of her sins, his great compassion caused him to weep
for her. (See Luke 19:41-48) The Lord wept over the sins of ancient Israel
and suffered for the sins of all mankind, including yours and mine. Yet, ask
yourself these questions: Have I wept over my own sins? Have I pled for
forgiveness? If I have been baptized and had hands laid upon my head to
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, am I keeping the commandments, and do I
constantly recognize my dependence upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and pour out
my heart in loving gratitude for his mercy? If I have done these things my
life will at least begin to reflect that meekness and lowliness of heart
that prepare me to enjoy the presence of the Holy Ghost in my life. I will
recognize that influence even as I recognize the wind.
Of the "spirit of revelation," one of the gifts of the Holy Ghost, the Lord
has said in our day, "Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your
heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in
your heart." (D&C 8:2) However, said he, "Remember that without faith you
can do nothing; therefore ask in faith." (D&C 8:10) Not only should we seek
the Lords guidance in all things, but we should realize that he expects us
to use the resources with which we are blessed to find solutions to our
problems, and then, having done so, seek his confirmation or correction. He
said, "Behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then
you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your
bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right. But
if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a
stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong."
(D&C 9:8-9)
In addition to any particular gift, there are at least five basic
manifestations we can discern as we witness the Holy Ghost in our lives: a
positive hope of eternal life because of the Lords atoning sacrifice; an
assurance of the truth of the gospel; his power in righteousness; a peace
transcending temporal things; and, in varying degree, the joy that belongs
to the eternal.
Knowing these things, or learning them, we should do everything within our
power in righteousness to help our children come to know them also, for to
be baptized and confirmed and then to routinely attend our meetings and
perfunctorily do our duties without enjoying the richness of the Holy Ghost
in our lives is like buying the tickets, dressing up for the event, going to
the theater, and then sitting in the foyer throughout the performance. The
Holy Ghost will be our guide if we will let him. In the words of the Lord,
he will be a "river of living water" flowing in us always. (See John
7:38-39) If we will do what the Lord has invited us to do, including having
virtue garnish our thoughts unceasingly, "The Holy Ghost shall be [our]
constant companion." (D&C 121:46)
Gospel topic: Holy Ghost
[illustrations] Illustrations by Gary Smith
clerk, which is considered "bishopric" when the computer prints off the
different auxiliaries. And now to your answer.
First, disciplinary councils are held for one of a couple reasons. Most
commonly, either to help a member receive forgiveness for whatever
transgression has occured. Second, to protect the good name of the church.
Now, folks who have been called to a disciplinary council fall into one of
several categories. Some folks are angry "you can't do that to me". Some are
defiant "go ahead, you're just a church, do your worse". Some are uncaring
"whatever!" and some are in denial "What, it was just a little....." and
some are truly humble and seeking forgiveness "OK, let me know what you want
me to do".
A disciplinary council can be held at the ward/branch level, or in some
cases at the stake level. A ward council will be attended by the Bishop, and
his two counsellors. A clerk may be present to monitor the technical
details.
A stake council will be attended by the Stake President, two counsellors,
and 12 members of the high council.
Very generally stated, the procedure should be to have the leaders review
the matter. The person in question will be invited in to the meeting to
state his/ her position, and answer questions. The person in question in
most cases may bring a friend or someone directly involved to be with, or to
help answer questions.
The leaders present will be given oportunity to ask the person questions.
The person in question (and friend or helper) leave the room, and discussion
takes place. After some time the bishop or stake president will come out of
the meeting, and talk with the person in question.
Disciplinary councils can result in one of a couple verdicts.
1) No action
2) Probation
3) Disfellowshipment
4) Excommunication.
There is usually an invitation that the person should continue to attend
church services, and meet iwth church leaders every week, every other week,
or perhaps monthly.
In every case, the goal of the disciplinary council is to lead the person to
forgiveness in the sight of Heavenly Father.
--
Christopher A. Young
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Welfare Session
Food Storage
Bishop Vaughn J. Featherstone
Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
Vaughn J. Featherstone, Food Storage, Ensign, May 1976, 116
Brethren of the priesthood, sisters of the Relief Society, President Henry
D.
Moyle suggested that when someone speaks we ought to get three things out of
the
message. First and least important (but still very important), we ought to
get
what is said. Second, and more important, we ought to have a spiritual
experience. Third, and most important, we should keep the commitments we
make to
ourselves. Lets write them down and follow through. Dont ever make a
commitment to yourself you dont intend to keepif you do, you weaken your
character.
For twenty-six years, since I was fifteen, I was involved in the grocery
industry. I learned much about human nature during those years. I remember
the
effects that strikes, earthquakes, and rumors of war had on many very active
Latter-day Saints. Like the five foolish virgins, they rushed to the store
to
buy food, caught in the panic of knowing that direction had been given by
the
prophet but not having followed that directionfearful that maybe they had
procrastinated until it was everlastingly too late.
It was interesting because only in Latter-day Saint communities did people
seem
to buy with abandon. It was not a few Latter-day Saintsit was a significant
number. It caused great increases in sales. One such experience came when a
so-called prophecy by someone outside the Church was greatly publicized.
How foolish we can sometimes be! We have a living prophet; we have Gods
living
oracles, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles. Let us
follow the Brethren and be constant. We need have no fear if we are
prepared.
Brothers and sisters, what have we done in our stakes and wards to see that
every Latter-day Saint has a years reserve of food to sustain life? Lets not
only keep teaching the principle, but lets also teach our people how.
This morning I would like to discuss food storage. Let me suggest three or
four
things we can do. Start by taking an inventorytake a physical count of all
of
your reserves. This would be a great family home evening project if youre
prepared. If not, it may be terribly embarrassing to you in front of your
family. Imagine how the powerful testimony you bear concerning a living
prophet
must sound to your children, who know that as a family head you have been
counseled for years to have a years reserve of food on hand. We need to know
where we are. Every family should take an inventoryget all the facts.
Second, decide what is needed to bring your present reserve levels to a
years
supply. Then make a list and prepare a plan. Consider first, what are the
basics?wheat (or grain from your locale), sugar or honey, dried milk, salt,
and
water. Most of us can afford such basics. Buy them from your monthly food
budget
allowance. The Church discourages going into debt to buy for storage.
Now that you know where you are and where you need to be, the third step is
to
work out a time schedule for when you will reach your goal. I suggest that
one
year from today we ought to have a years supply of food in all activeand
many
inactivemembers homes in the Church. Where food storage violates the law of
your land, then abide the law. However, even in those cases we can plant
gardens
and fruit trees and raise rabbits or chickens. Do all you can within the
laws of
your community, and the Lord will bless you when the time of need comes. Now
here are some suggestions how:
1. Follow the prophet. He has counseled us to plant a garden and fruit
trees.
This year dont just think about itdo it. Grow all the food you possibly can.
Also remember to buy a years supply of garden seeds so that, in case of a
shortage, you will have them for the following spring. Im going to tell you
where to get the money for all the things Im going to suggest.
2. Find someone who sells large bulk of grains, depending on your locale.
Make
arrangements to buy a ton or so of grain.
3. Find someone who sells honey in large containers and make arrangements to
buy
what you can afford on a regular basis or buy a little additional sugar each
time you go to the store.
4. Purchase dry milk from the store or dairy, on a systematic basis.
5. Buy a case of salt the next time you go to the store. In most areas, 24
one-pound packages will cost you less than $5.
6. Store enough water for each member of your family to last for at least
two
weeks.
Where the foods I mentioned are not available or are not basic in your
culture
or area, make appropriate substitutions.
Now you ask, Where do I get the money for these things? I agree we need
them,
but Im having a hard time making ends meet.
Here is how you do it. Use any one or all of these suggestions, some of
which
may not be applicable in your country:
1. Decide as a family this year that 25 or 50 percent of your Christmas will
be
spent on a years supply. Many families in the Church spend considerable sums
of
money for Christmas. Half or part of these Christmas monies will go a long
way
toward purchasing the basics. I recall the Scotsman who went to the doctor
and
had an X-ray taken of his chest. Then he had the X-ray gift-wrapped and gave
it
to his wife for their anniversary. He couldnt afford a gift, but he wanted
her
to know his heart was in the right place. Brethren, give your wife a years
supply of wheat for Christmas, and shell know your heart is in the right
place.
2. When you desire new clothes, dont buy them. Repair and mend and make your
present wardrobe last a few months longer. Use that money for the food
basics.
Make all of your nonfood necessities that you feasibly can, such as
furniture
and clothing.
3. Cut the amount of money you spend on recreation by 50 percent. Do fun
things
that do not require money outlay but make more lasting impressions on your
children.
4. Decide as a family that there will be no vacation or holiday next year
unless
you have your years supply. Many Church members could buy a full years
supply
of the basics from what they would save by not taking a vacation. Take the
vacation time and work on a family garden. Be together, and it can be just
as
much fun.
5. If you havent a years supply yet and you do have boats, snowmobiles,
campers, or other luxury possessions, sell or trade one or two or more of
them
and get your years supply.
6. Watch advertised specials in the grocery stores and pick up extra
supplies of
those items that are of exceptional value.
7. Change the mix in your familys diet. Get your protein from sources less
expensive than meat. The grocery bill is one bill that can be cut. Every
time
you enter the store and feel tempted by effective and honest merchandising
to
buy cookies, candy, ice cream, non-food items, or magazinesdont! Think
carefully; buy only the essentials. Then figure what you have saved and
spend it
on powdered milk, sugar, honey, salt, or grain.
The Lord will make it possible, if we make a firm commitment, for every
Latter-day Saint family to have a years supply of food reserves by April
1977.
All we have to do is to decide, commit to do it, and then keep the
commitment.
Miracles will take place; the way will be opened, and next April we will
have
our storage areas filled. We will prove through our actions our willingness
to
follow our beloved prophet and the Brethren, which will bring security to us
and
our families.
Now regarding home production: Raise animals where means and local laws
permit.
Plant fruit trees, grapevines, berry bushes, and vegetables. You will
provide
food for your family, much of which can be eaten fresh. Other food you grow
can
be preserved and included as part of your home storage. Wherever possible,
produce your nonfood necessities of life. Sew and mend your own clothing.
Make
or build needed items. I might also add, beautify, repair, and maintain all
of
your property.
Home production of food and nonfood items is a way to stretch your income
and to
increase your skills and talents. It is a way to teach your family to be
self-sufficient. Our children are provided with much needed opportunities to
learn the fundamentals of work, industry, and thrift. President Romney has
said,
We will see the day when we will live on what we produce. (Conference
Reports,
April 1975, p. 165.)
I should like to address a few remarks to those who ask, Do I share with my
neighbors who have not followed the counsel? And what about the nonmembers
who
do not have a years supply? Do we have to share with them? No, we dont have
to sharewe get to share! Let us not be concerned about silly thoughts of
whether we would share or not. Of course we would share! What would Jesus
do? I
could not possibly eat food and see my neighbors starving. And if you starve
to
death after sharing, greater love hath no man than this (John 15:13.)
Now what about those who would plunder and break in and take that which we
have
stored for our families needs? Dont give this one more idle thought. There
is
a God in heaven whom we have obeyed. Do you suppose he would abandon those
who
have kept his commandments? He said, If ye are prepared, ye need not fear.
(D&C 38:30.) Prepare, O men of Zion, and fear not. Let Zion put on her
beautiful
garments. Let us put on the full armor of God. Let us be pure in heart, love
mercy, be just, and stand in holy places. Commit to have a years supply of
food
by April 1977.
Bishops and stake presidents, let us accept the challenge on behalf of the
Saints in our wards and stakes. It will prove to be a very Christlike deed
on
your part. Follow through and check up one year from now and make certain we
achieve results.
In his October 1973 conference address, President Ezra Taft Benson gave some
excellent instructions about home storage:
For the righteous the gospel provides a warning before a calamity, a program
for the crises, a refuge for each disaster.
The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to
prophets and stored at least a years supply of survival food.
Brethren and sisters, I know that this welfare program is inspired of God. I
have witnessed with my own eyes the ravages of hunger and destitution as,
under
the direction of the president of the Church, I spent a year in war-torn
Europe
at the close of World War II, without my family, distributing food,
clothing,
and bedding to our needy members. I have looked into the sunken eyes of
Saints,
in almost the last stages of starvation. I have seen faithful mothers
carrying
their children, three and four years of age, who were unable to walk because
of
malnutrition. I have seen a hungry woman turn down food for a spool of
thread. I
have seen grown men weep as they ran their hands through the wheat and beans
sent to them from ZionAmerica.
Thanks be to God for a prophet, for this inspired program, and for Saints
who
so managed their stewardship that they could provide for their own and still
share with others. (Prepare Ye, Ensign, Jan. 1974, pp. 69, 8182.)
I bear my humble witness to you that the great God of heaven will open doors
and
means in a way we never would have supposed to help all those who truly want
to
get their years supply. I know we will have time and money if we will commit
and keep the commitment. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Gospel topic: self-reliance
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Never Give Up
By Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Never Give Up," Ensign, Nov. 1987, p. 8
I am honored to follow President Ezra Taft Benson. I love him as my friend
and leader. He is indeed our prophet, seer, and revelator.
In the context of my remarks today, perseverance means to continue in a
given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of
obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences. What is our course, what
is our goal, and what are the obstacles and opposition that would hinder or
divert us?
Our course as members of the Church should be compliance with the principles
and ordinances of the gospel. Our goal should be to fill the measure of our
creation as sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father-that is, to reach
exaltation and eternal life. The obstacles and opposition we meet are the
temptations and enticements of Satan that are designed to frustrate the
Lord's work and glory: "To bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of
man" (Moses 1:39).
Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively
waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen. It gives us hope by
helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up
and no longer trying.
When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else
until that job is finished. Others just give up. The need to persevere is
expressed in the following lines:
"Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts. The line between
failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so
fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has
thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more
patience would have achieved success? A little more persistence, a little
more effort, and what seemed a hopeless failure may turn into a glorious
success. ... There is no defeat except within, no really insurmountable
barrier save one's own inherent weakness of purpose" (author unknown, Second
Encyclopedia, ed. Jacob M. Brand, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall,
1957, p. 152).
We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular
history, and in our own experiences.
Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of
Job. As you know, it narrates the afflictions that befell a righteous man
and considers reasons for those afflictions. It does not entirely answer the
question of why Job, or anyone, might suffer pain and sorrow, but does state
clearly that affliction is not necessarily a sign of God's anger and a
punishment for sin, as Job's friends told him. The book suggests that
affliction, if not for punishment, may be for experience, discipline, and
instruction (see Bible Dictionary, LDS edition of the King James Version,
s.v. "Job").
I do not know of anything that members of the Church need more than they
need the conviction and perseverance of Job. He was a just man who feared
God and avoided evil. After the Lord allowed Satan to torment Job, his
afflictions included the loss of his seven sons and three daughters, the
loss of his wealth in flocks and herds and serious physical illnesses.
Remaining faithful to the Lord through his indescribable sorrow and
suffering, Job was able to say, "Blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job
1:21). "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. ... He also shall be my
salvation. ... For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth ... yet in my flesh shall I see God" (Job
13:15-16; Job 19:25-26).
The result of Job's perseverance is told in the conclusion of the story. The
Lord blessed him with a family, good health, and great possessions. He
continued in his course, despite unrelenting opposition, until he saw the
Lord (see Job 42:5).
The Book of Mormon is filled with stories of great people who endured to the
very end, from Lehi and his family through Moroni, the son of Mormon. The
life of Moroni is especially instructive in teaching perseverance. The
obstacles he faced may seem beyond belief to us. He saw the entire Nephite
nation destroyed by the sword in a terrible war because of the wickedness of
the people. His father and all of his kinsfolk and friends were slain. He
was alone for about twenty years, perhaps hiding and fleeing from savage
Lamanites who sought to take his life (see Morm. 8:2-7). Yet he continued to
keep the record as his father had commanded him.
As a result of his perseverance and righteousness, he was ministered to by
the Three Nephites, whom the Savior permitted to tarry until His second
coming (see Morm. 8:11). In these latter days, Moroni had the divine
commission of instructing Joseph Smith in his calling as the Prophet of the
Restoration and delivering the Book of Mormon record to him.
Joseph Smith's determination and perseverance is another good example. After
reading James 1:5, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him,"
Joseph knew that he must do as James directed or remain in darkness and
confusion. From the moment he knelt in prayer, he encountered enormous
obstacles and opposition. First, an evil, unseen power seized him. Then, he
wrote, "Just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly
over my head, above the brightness of the sun. ...
"It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which
held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose
brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me. ... One of
them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other-'This
is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!' " (JS-H 1:16-17).
This marvelous event, near the start of the Prophet's mortal ministry,
proved to be a pattern in his life. He suffered ridicule, violent attack by
his enemies, betrayal by close associates whom he had trusted, forcible
separation from his loved ones, trial and imprisonment on false charges,
and, finally, martyrdom at the hands of a mob. Yet he remained true to the
charge he had received and served faithfully in his calling as the Prophet
to usher in the dispensation of the fulness of times. In addition to seeing
our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, he received instruction and counsel
from angels and other heavenly beings throughout his life.
Secular history also teaches the principle of perseverance. Winston
Churchill is well known for his determination as the leader of Great Britain
during World War II. On one occasion in his later years, he returned to a
school where he had studied as a boy. Before he arrived, the headmaster told
the students, "The greatest Britisher of our time is going to come to this
school, and I want every one of you to be here with your notebooks. I want
you to write down what he says, because his speech will be something for you
to remember all your lives." The elderly statesman came in and was
introduced. His glasses were down on the end of his nose, as usual. He stood
and delivered the following words from an immortal speech that he once gave
in Parliament. He said, "Never, never, never give up." Then he sat down.
That was the speech. It was unmatched (see "These Are Great Days," in War
Speeches, ed. Charles Eada, Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1942, pp.
286-88). His message was indeed something to be remembered by every boy who
heard it and by each of us. We must never give up, regardless of
temptations, frustrations, disappointments, or discouragements.
I believe that perseverance is vital to success in any endeavor, whether
spiritual or temporal, large or small, public or personal. Think seriously
of how important perseverance, or the lack of it, has been in your own
endeavors, such as Church callings, schooling, or employment. I believe that
essentially all significant achievement results largely from perseverance.
By applying this principle, some of our finest legacies have been produced.
For example, John Milton was blind when he wrote Paradise Lost. Ludwig von
Beethoven was deaf when he finished some of his greatest musical
compositions. Abraham Lincoln was laughed at as a gangling, awkward country
boy who had many failures; but he became one of the greatest and most
eloquent presidents of the United States. Florence Nightingale devoted her
life to save the lives of countless wounded soldiers. All of these people
left a permanent mark on the world. Their example should give hope to all of
us. They succeeded not only because the Lord had endowed them with gifts, as
he has each of us in varying degrees, but because they applied themselves
steadfastly.
Of course, the ultimate example of perseverance is our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, who has and will overcome every obstacle in doing the will of
our Heavenly Father. Indeed, Jesus is perfect in perseverance and has taught
us to be perfect even as he and his Father are perfect (see 3 Ne. 12:48).
Studying his life can help us learn and live this important principle.
From the time of the premortal council, in which Jesus became the Christ,
the Messiah, the Savior of all mankind, through his millennial reign, he has
and will persevere in perfection, doing all that his Father commanded.
Because of his love for us, he offered to fulfill the plan of salvation with
these words, "Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever"
(Moses 4:2). How different from Satan's response to the plan: "I will redeem
all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; ...
give me thine honor" (Moses 4:1). The conflict between the forces of good
and the forces of evil persists in the world today-with Jesus persevering in
striving to save souls, and Satan striving to destroy them.
During his mortal ministry, as the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh,
Jesus again taught the gospel. At the beginning of this ministry, we see his
perseverance in one of the most stirring dramas ever recorded. He completely
overcame every temptation that the cunning of Satan could devise (see Matt.
4:1-11). After Jesus had fasted forty days and forty nights, gathering
miraculous inner strength, came a battle of opposing powers in the
wilderness of Judea. First, Satan tempted Jesus by appealing to the basic
appetite of hunger, asking him to transform stones into bread. Jesus held to
his divine course and refused. Satan next tempted the Savior to cast himself
down from a pinnacle of the temple, saying angels would protect him if he
were the Son of God. Jesus refused this request to misuse his divine power,
saying, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God" (Matt. 4:7). Satan seldom
gives up. He next appealed to a drive that causes the downfall of otherwise
invulnerable individuals-the almost irresistible hunger to have great
possessions. Satan showed all the kingdoms of the world and offered them to
Jesus if he would worship him. Jesus commanded Satan to leave, saying, "Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve" (Matt. 4:10).
This is the type of perseverance in the face of temptation that each of us
can and must exercise if we are to avoid the misery of sin.
Jesus persevered through the final days of his mortal life as the mood of
the people changed from shouts of "Hosanna to the Son of David" (Matt. 21:9)
to cries of "Crucify him" (Mark 15:13). He endured the indignities and
physical abuse of his trials before Jewish and Roman leaders. Through his
atonement and resurrection, he provided for all mankind both immortality and
the possibility of eternal life. He paid the penalty for our sins if we will
repent of them. How grateful I am for the effect upon me of his love and his
perseverance!
Probably few of us will face opposition and obstacles like those encountered
by the great ones I have mentioned. However, we each have our own challenges
and trials to overcome as we strive to keep on the right course. Often the
most important trials are those we must face and subdue privately within our
own hearts.
I bear testimony that perseverance is essential to us in learning and living
the principles of the gospel and that it will determine our progress as we
strive to reach exaltation. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. He directs
this Church. I am grateful to labor in his service and to be a special
witness of his divinity. The gospel has been restored in these latter days
through the Prophet Joseph Smith. President Ezra Taft Benson is our prophet,
seer, and revelator. May we follow his stirring address this morning. I bear
this testimony humbly in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Gospel topics: adversity, dedication
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of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus
Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and
not for Adam's transgression.
3. We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind
may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the
Gospel.
4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the
Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second,
Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of
sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy
Ghost.
5. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy,
and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority,
to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances
thereof.
6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the
Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors,
teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
7. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation,
visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is
translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to
be the word of God.
9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now
reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great
and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the
restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem)
will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will
reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be
renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according
to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the
same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they
may.
12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers,
and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the
law.
13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent,
virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say
that we follow the admonition of Paul-We believe all things,
we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to
be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous,
lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after
these things.
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> > > > > first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the
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> > > > > could
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> > > > > long-sought-
> > > > > after quantum theory of gravity.
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> > > > > first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the
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> > > > > could
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> > > > > long-sought-
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Subject: What the Gospel Teaches
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:10 PM
What the Gospel Teaches
Elder LeGrand Richards
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Ensign, May 1982,
LeGrand Richards, What the Gospel Teaches, Ensign, May 1982, 29
I am proud to be a member of this great church, The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. What an appropriate name for the true church of Christ
to bear in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times. I love the Church
because of what it teaches me.
Some years ago during the war, Elder John A. Widtsoe went to the land of
Great Britain to preside over the European Mission. When the immigration
official saw his papers and who he was, he said, "Nothing doing. We have
been letting your missionaries in, but we don't want any of your leaders; go
sit down." So Brother Widtsoe went and sat down.
In a few minutes, he called him back and he said, "If I let you enter my
country, what will you teach my countrymen?"
And Brother Widtsoe said, "I'll teach them where they came from, and why
they are here, and where they are going."
The man looked up at him and he said, "Does your church teach that?"
And Brother Widtsoe said, "It does."
"Well, mine doesn't," he said.
To me, that knowledge is worth more than all the wealth in this world. If we
don't know where we came from, and we don't know why we are here, and we
don't know where we are going, nor how to get there, we are just like a ship
on the ocean without a rudder, or a sail, or anyone to guide it. We might
keep afloat, but we would never come into port.
My church teaches me that I am a son of God the Eternal Father, and
therefore I have all of the attributes in embryo to develop like my Father,
just like my sons have become like me and I became like my earthly father.
The Lord stood in the midst of the spirits before this world was created. He
said there were many of the noble and great ones, and they couldn't be noble
and great if they hadn't done something to achieve nobility and greatness
before they were born here in this world. He said to those who were with
him, "We will go down, for there is space there, and we will make an earth
whereon these may dwell;
"And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things
whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them."
Then he adds: "And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and
they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same
kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their
second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever."
(Abr. 3:24-26.)
I thank the Lord that my church teaches me that I kept my first estate in
that spirit world or else I would have been cast down to this earth with
Satan and a third of the hosts of heaven. And the cry went out: "Woe to the
inhabiters of the earth for the devil is come down unto you, and he walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour." (Rev. 12:12; 1 Pet. 5:8.) And so the
fact that I kept my first estate entitled me to all the beauties and the
joys of this world that have been mentioned here in this meeting today. And
it gave me the right to have this body and maybe I can't appreciate as much
what that ought to mean to me as I do by reading the scriptures.
Then we read of when Jesus cast the devils out of the man who was possessed.
And he asked his name, and he said: "Legion," because legions had entered
into the man. And so eager were those devils to get a body that they asked
permission to take possession of the bodies of the swine that were feeding
in the field. And Jesus permitted it, and they ran off into the sea and were
drowned, as I remember about two thousand of them. (See Mark 5:1-17.) Just
think how eager those spirits were to get a body, and because we kept our
first estate we are now in our second estate.
I love the statement in the Bible where Enoch of old, that prophet who was
translated into heaven with his people, obtained the assurance while yet
here in mortality that he had pleased the Lord. (See Heb. 11:5.) I think by
the keeping of His commandments, doing all things, as the Lord said, that
the Lord God had commanded (see Deut. 12:32; Matt. 28:20)that we can get an
assurance that comes through the Holy Spirit that our labors are acceptable
to the Lord and that we have pleased him.
I thank Him for the many beautiful truths, many of which have been
proclaimed here today. This principle of eternal marriage I just can't
imagine living on forever and forever after I pass out of this life without
the companionship of my sweet wife and my children. How I thank God for
them, and for the knowledge that marriage and the family unit are intended
by Him, as proclaimed so plainly in the Holy Scriptures, to endure for ever.
Then I think of my children one by one (and I have over a hundred
descendants!), and I see what they are accomplishing and the nobility of
their lives, and I can hardly realize that I can be their daddy. I feel that
that is nearer to becoming a god than anything else I can do here in
mortality. And from the days of my youth and young manhood, I have tried to
live before those children and descendants of mine so that if they walked in
my footsteps they would be honoring their second estate and preparing
themselves to have glory added upon their heads forever and forever.
Then there are so many other beautiful principles of the gospel. When I
first became a missionary, I never met anybody who believed in a personal
God. My, what a joy to realize that Christ gave his life for us, and took
upon him the sins of the world as Paul said: "As in Adam all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22) and to know that his Father
is as real as my father, and that they have revealed themselves as two
glorified personages in this dispensation, after centuries of darkness, unto
the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Lord had him in waiting thousands of years
ago, according to the Book of Mormon, for his day and time to come, to bring
men to a knowledge of the truth and to bring forth his truth among the
people of this world. These are great truths, and many more can be taught.
When I wrote the book A Marvelous Work and a Wonder as a missionary tool, I
chose the statement of Isaiah when he said, "Forasmuch as this people draw
near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed
their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept
of men." Then he goes on: "Therefore, behold, I [the Lord] will proceed to
do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder:
for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of
their prudent men shall be hid.? (Isa. 29:13-14.) The message of this great
church is that marvelous work and a wonder that Isaiah saw would come forth
when men would teach for doctrine the precepts of men.
Being a missionary, as long as I have time, let me give you one or two
little missionary experiences to indicate what Isaiah meant when he said
that they would worship Him by the precepts of men.
As I finished my first mission over in Amsterdam, over seventy-five years
ago, I was invited into the home of one of the Saints to talk to her
neighbor. When my companion and I arrived, the neighbor was there but she
had her minister with her. We had a little difference of opinion on
priesthood, and right there he challenged me to a debate in his church the
next Saturday night.
When we arrived, the church was full; all of his people were there, and all
of our people. How our people found it out, I don't know; I didn't tell
them!
The minister stood up and said, "Now, inasmuch as Mr. Richards is a guest in
our church, we will accord him the privilege of opening this debate, and we
will each talk for twenty minutes. Is that agreeable with you, Mr.
Richards?"
I said, "Very much." I didn't tell him, but I would have given him the shirt
off my back for the privilege of opening that debate, and he just handed it
to me on a silver platter! I didn't know whether the Lord had anything to do
with it or not, but I thought He did!
Then I stood up and I said, "The last time I talked with my friend, we had a
difference of opinion on priesthood. Tonight I have come prepared to discuss
that subject, but I don't propose to start at that point. (This was one of
my strong points in my mission.) If you are going to build a house, you
don't try to put a roof on it before you get the foundation in." They agreed
with that, so I said, "I propose to lay the foundation of the gospel of
Jesus Christ," and I chose for my text the sixth chapter of Hebrews where
Paul said:
"Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto
perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,
and of faith toward God,
"Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection
of the dead, and of eternal judgment." (Heb. 6:1-2.)
I hurried over faith and repentance; I thought they believed in them. I
spoke on baptism by immersion for the remission of sin until everybody was
giving me accord.
Then it came to the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. And
they didn't believe that. I never found a church that did believe it outside
of our Church; they think the Holy Ghost comes just like the breezes that
blow over the head. I quoted them the passage saying that when the Apostles
at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God through the
preaching of Philip, they sent Peter and John. And when they came, they
prayed for them, they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy
Ghost. And when Simon the sorcerer saw that the Holy Ghost was conveyed by
the laying on of the Apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying: "Give
me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the
Holy Ghost.
"But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast
thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money." (Acts 8:19-20.)
And then I gave them a few more references on the laying on of hands for the
gift of the Holy Ghost, and sat down.
The minister stood up and talked for twenty minutes, and he never once
mentioned a word I had said. He started on the Mountain Meadows Massacre and
the "Mormon Bible," and stated that Joseph Smith had admitted he had made
many mistakes; and then in a most courteous manner, he said: "Now if Mr.
Richards will enlighten us on these matters, I am sure this audience will be
most appreciative."
I was on my feet just like that. (My companion later said, "How did you
think so fast?" I said, "What have you been praying for all week?") I said,
"In the days of the Savior, his enemies tried to trick him with cunning and
craftiness. I don't suppose there's anybody here tonight that would like to
see us resort to those old tactics." I said, "If I understand a debate, it
is the presentation of argument and the answering of those presentations.
Has this man answered any of my arguments?"
Everybody said, "No."
I said, "All right, my friend, you may have your twenty minutes over again."
He couldn't do it, and I knew he couldn't.
Finally his wife stood up in the audience, and she said, "What Mr. Richards
is asking you is fair. You ought to answer him."
But he couldn't do it, and I said to my companion, "Stand up and give me my
coat and hat." I said, "One more chance. I am willing to remain here until
ten o'clock tomorrow morning, when we have to be in our own church, provided
this debate can go forward on the basis that you set it up. If not, I am
going to leave and ask my companion to leave and ask our members to leave,
and we will leave it with you to settle with your people for what has
transpired here tonight."
I met him on the street a number of times after that, but he would duck his
head so he didn't need to speak to me! Now that is what Isaiah meant when he
said they would teach for doctrines the precepts of men.
Now I will give you one more. Down in Quitman, Georgia, while I was a
mission president, I preached a sermon on the eternal duration of the
marriage covenant and the family unit. I had a chart there that listed the
churches and what their beliefs were on major things, and those were
official statements from the leaders of those different churches. And not
one of them believed that the family unit or the marriage covenant would
endure beyond the grave. I stood at the door when the meeting was over and a
man came up and introduced himself as a Baptist minister, and I said, "Did I
misquote you here tonight?"
He said, "No, Mr. Richards, it's just like you say. We don't all believe all
the things our churches teach."
I said, "You don?t believe them either. Why don't you go back and teach your
people the truth? They will take it from you; they are not ready to take it
from the Mormon elders yet."
He said, "I'll see you again." That's all I could get out of him that night!
Next time I went there, about four months later, he had read of my coming in
the newspaper, and there he was standing outside that little church. As we
shook hands I said, "I would certainly be happy to know what you thought of
my last sermon here."
He said, "Mr. Richards, I have been thinking about it ever since, and I
believe every word you said, only I would like to have heard the rest." (We
never get talked out; that's why I've asked Brother Benson to tap me on the
leg when my time is up!)
Now I will tell you one more if there is time for it. Over in Utrecht,
Holland, they had a seminary where they trained ministers, and the young men
who were studying for the ministry used to come and stand outside our
meetings and listen. And then when the meeting was over, they would come in
and argue with us.
I convinced one of those young men that baptism was to be by immersion for
the remission of sins, and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy
Ghost; he hadn't been taught that and he didn't believe it. He said: "Mr.
Richards, do you think the Lord will hold us responsible if we teach things
that we know are not in full accord with the Holy Scriptures?"
I said, "My friend, I'd rather let the Apostle Paul answer that question. He
said, "Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you
than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." (Gal. 1:8.)
We didn't have any more arguments then.
I think my time is up. God bless you all. I love the Lord. I love his
church. I love the Saints. I love them all. God bless you, I pray, and leave
you my blessing in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
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IMPORTANT ALCHEMY BOOK IN EXISTENCE, A BOOK WRITTEN IN 1459!
Read & try to understand how far does this book connected with witch craft
& teachings that leads us away from God. I know that the
author denies any relation to witch craft as she claim, is it true??
I dunno if any of you believes the existance of witch craft but I do &
all those things that they found are really compare to real things as
they have qoute from the real book. There's more then what I'll be qouting
here.
Title: HARRY POTTER AUTHOR USES IMAGERY FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT
ALCHEMY BOOK IN EXISTENCE, A BOOK WRITTEN IN 1459!
Subtitle: Rowling uses same imagery in her Harry Potter books as was
contained in the Alchemy book, "The Chemical Wedding of Christian
Rosendreutz", written in 1459. Using such an obscure book, known only to the
occult initiated, is one more strong indication Rowling does practice
Witchcraft.
We have stated repeatedly that the author of the Harry Potter books
knows her Satanism quite well. We have repeatedly pointed out where the
events and the scenes in her books are pure Satanism; in fact, they are
correct Satanism. She paints a perfectly correct picture in her books
of aspects of Satanism, she gets the spells right, she gets the
ingredients right, she understands the importance of drugs, and so on and so
forth.
In NEWS1485, we show you that Rowling uses the precise vivid colors
that are sacred to the Druid religion and to the Zodiac. We quoted former
Satanist -- now Born Again -- author, Cisco Wheeler, as she stated that
these sacred colors are used in Ritual Magick When a child allows
themselves to be caught up in childlike enthusiasm for the storyline
generally, and the vivid colors specifically, they set themselves up for
suddenly being contacted by a Spirit Guide one day! Rowling uses these
vivid colors right well!
Likewise, Rowling seems to draw her inspiration for several other
unique aspects of her novels from a very old, and very obscure, Luciferian
book entitled, The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz , written
originally in 1459 and translated into English in 1690. This book is
the key foundational legend for the Luciferian secret society, the
Rosicrucians. Listen to a Rosicrucian explain the key importance of this
book to the practicing occultist.
"The 'Chemical Wedding' is one of the archetypal symbols of the
Alchemical transformation. There is much work about this subject by many
later mystics and authors. Manly Hall devoted an entire chapter
to this book in 'Secret Teachings of All Ages' ... The 'Chemical
Wedding/Marriage' is the basis for initiation rituals created by the
Rosicrucians. It represents the union of the person, the spirit and
society."
[Philosophical Research Society, Publications Department]
Wonderful! This book is the basis for initiation rituals for the
Rosicrucians. Once again, Rowling's true nature is demonstrated for all to
see. Despite her repeated denials that she is actively involved in
Witchcraft, we see that, in addition to displaying detailed and intimate
knowledge of Satanism, she now is demonstrating intimate knowledge of a
very old, very obscure book that is used as the basis of initiating
people into Rosicrucianism.
Before we get into the details of this story, let us examine what
Alchemy is, and why it is important to the practicing Satanist. The New Age
Dictionary defines Alchemy as a "quest for the secrets of life by the
transmutation of base metals into gold in the West; by discovering the
Elixir of Life in the East."
In the book entitled, "The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians",
written in 1949 under a pseudonym, the author reveals that the primary
purpose of Alchemy is not to get rich by discovering how to change lead into
gold; rather, the primary purpose is mental and spiritual. He uses the
terms "Mental Alchemy" and "Spiritual Alchemy" [The Secret Doctrine of
Rosicrucians , Page 20]
This author also states that alchemical references to "sulphur",
"mercury", and "other chemical elements" leads one to the search for the
Philosopher's Stone [Page 16], which is also known as the Sorcerer's Stone.
This latter revelation is exceedingly important, because Rowling's
second book was called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". In this
book, a quest is begun to discover the Sorcerer's Stone, out of which
comes the "Elixir of Life". In Chapter 13 of the Potter book, "Sorcerer's
Stone", we learn that Professor Dumbledore -- Headmaster of Hogwart's
School of Wizardry and Witchcraft -- had a long term relationship with
another sorcerer, Nicolas Flamel, who had perfected the Elixir of Life
through the process of Alchemy [Sorcerer's Stone, Page 219]. Thus,
Flamel had achieved the Sorcerer's Stone, and is depicted as having
original possession of it Then, in the next few paragraphs, we learn that
this Sorcerer's Stone possessed by Flamel produced the Elixir of Life, the
drinking of which would "make the drinker immortal" [The Sorcerer's
Stone , Page 220].
Finally, we learn that Flamel was 666 years old when he achieved the
Sorcerer's Stone and had first partaken of the Elixir of Life! [Ibid.]
Thus, Rowling correctly ties in the number of Antichrist with Alchemy
and its pursuit of occult eternal life, a very strong indication that she
is a practitioner of the Luciferian arts.
Now, let us see what types of things Rowling included in her Harry
Potter novels that come straight out of this most obscure Rosicrucian book,
The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz.
1. Pictures on the wall that move as if they are alive
Harry Potter books -- in all Potter books -- the portraits hanging on
the walls move as if they are alive. "He was too sleepy even to be
surprised that the people in the portraits along the corridors whispered
and pointed as they passed ..." [The Sorcerer's Stone , p. 128]
"The castle was quiet ... they walked past muttering portraits and
creaking suits of armor ..." [The Chamber of Secrets , p. 83]
Thus, the portraits on the walls of the castle in which Hogwart's
School of Wizardry and Witchcraft was located were animated as if they were
alive. They moved around the portraits, and they spoke with one
another. In the above segment, the suits of armor were creaking because the
people in the painting were moving!
Further, each of the four fraternity houses on campus had only one door
that led into the house, and it was guarded by a talking portraits.
Each student had to give the person in the portrait the password for that
day in order to get into the fraternity house. "They didn't stop
running until they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady on the seventh floor
... 'pig snout, pig snout', panted Harry, and the portrait swung
forward. They scrambled into the common room and collapsed, trembling, into
armchairs." [The Sorcerer's Stone , p. 161]
"... at last they reached the passage where the secret entrance to
Gryffindor Tower was hidden, behind an oil painting of a very fat woman in
a pink silk dress. 'Password?', she said as they approached. 'Er
---', said Harry. They didn't know the new year's password ... almost
immediately, they heard hurrying feet behind them and turned to see
Hermione dashing toward them ... 'Skip the lecture', said Ron impatiently,
'and tell us the new password'. 'It's wattlebird', said Hermione ... the
portrait of the fat lady swung open ..." [The Chamber of Secrets , p.
83-84]
When I originally read this little detail of the Potter books, I was
mildly amused, for I thought such a creation was a delightful bit of
imagination. Never did it enter my mind that talking and moving portraits
on a wall might have its roots deep in Satanic soil. Now, let us
examine that soil.
In the book, The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz , written in
1459, we find the Rosicrucian hero, Christian Rosendreutz, in the
fabulous castle of the King and Queen of the Super Celestial Sphere. This
castle was called the "House of the Sun". I find it very instructive
that the castle might have this name since Rosicrucianism worships the Sun
and its consort, the Moon.
Little does Christian realize that the reason he has been invited to
this castle was to personally witness the reincarnation of six lesser
kings and their wives through the process of Alchemy.
As Christian is walking down the corridors of this heavenly castle, he
noticed something really strange on the walls. "... there were up and
down the room wonderful images, which moved themselves, as if they had
been alive ..." [Page 29]
Now, I understood from whence Rowling had gotten her idea of talking
and moving portraits! She pulled this detail from a book that was now
over 500 years old! The only people who read this type of book are the
initiates and adepts of Luciferian secret societies, or people studying
the same. Rowling clearly is so familiar with secret society secrets, I
find it highly likely that she is a member of such a Luciferian
society.
2. The Fabulous Beast In The Harry Potter book -- PRISONER OF AZKABAN
In this third Harry Potter book, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, are
introduced to a class called "The Care of Magical Creatures". The
instructor
was a huge giant named Hagrid. Even though the creatures in this class
were strong, dangerous, and unpredictable, Hagrid loves them dearly,
and tries to get his students to appreciate them as well.
One of Hagrid's creatures is an unusual combination of animals. This
creature "had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front
legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel,
steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. The talons on
their front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking." [The
Prisoner of Azkaban, p. 114]
So, the head, front legs, and wings of this creature were that of a
giant eagle; but, the rest of the animal was a horse. This combination
creature was called a "Hippogriff". Hagrid told the students about this
animal. "Now, firs' thing yeh gotta know abou' hippogriffs is, they're
proud ... Easily offended, hippogriffs are. Don't ever insult one,
'cause it might be the last thing yeh do ... Yeh always wait fer the
hippogriff ter make the firs' move ... It's polite, see? Yeh walk toward
him and yeh bow, an' yeh wait. If he bows back, yeh're allowed ter touch
him. If he doesn't bow, then get away from him sharpish, 'cause those
talons hurt." [Page 114-115, Prisoner of Azkaban]
Harry and his friends take a liking to the hippogriff, whose name was
Buckbeak, and at the end of the book, the hippogriff saves Harry and his
friends from Voldemort by letting them ride on his back as he flew them
to safety.
In The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosendreutz , Christian witnesses
a very unusual battle in the castle between two creatures. "In the
interlude, a lyon and griffon were set at one another, to fight, and the
lyon got the victory, which was also a pretty sight." [Page 31; Spelling
retained from the original]
My Tormont's Illustrated Dictionary defines a Griffon as a "fabulous
beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion."
Rowling created her fabulous creature with the head and wings of an
eagle all right, but substituted the body of a horse instead of the
traditional lion's body. But, just to make sure that "those in the know"
understood that she had taken her inspiration from The Chemical Wedding ,
Rowling called her fabulous creature a "Hippogriff", undoubtedly taking
it from the name, "Griffon", in the original story.
Once again, Rowling displays a unique knowledge of very ancient, and
critically important, Luciferian legend as she draws from this
Rosicrucian legend inspiration for her Harry Potter books.
3. The playful spirit that hovers over the castle playing tricks he
thinks humorous
In the Harry Potter books, Rowling has invented a "playful" spirit
creature she calls Peeves the Poltergeist! Peeves loves to flit around the
school classrooms and dormitories of Hogwart's School, playing tricks
and pranks that he feels is "funny". Getting students into trouble is
also Peeves' role in these novels. Listen to some of the dialog:
"But as [Professor] Filch lowered his quill, there was a great BANG! on
the ceiling of the office, which made the oil lamp rattle. 'PEEVES!'
Filch roared, flinging down his quill in a transport of rage. 'I'll
have you this time, I'll have you!' Peeves was the school poltergeist, a
grinning, airborne menace, who lived to cause havoc and distress.
Harry didn't much like Peeves ..." [Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
, p. 126]
In The Sorcerer's Stone , Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sneaking around
the Charms Classroom area in the middle of the night seeking to duel
Malfoy in a Wizard's Duel. Suddenly, Peeves spotted them, and realized
they were breaking a whole lot of school rules by just being in the
corridor. The action picks up:
"They hadn't gone more than a dozen paces when a doorknob rattled and
something came shooting out of a classroom in front of them. It was
Peeves. He caught sight of them and gave a squeal of delight. 'Shut up,
Peeves -- please -- you'll get us thrown out.' Peeves cackled.
'Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty,
naughty, you'll get caughty'. 'Not if you don't give us away, Peeves,
please'. 'Should I tell Filch, I should', said Peeves in a saintly voice,
but his eyes glittered wickedly. 'It's for your own good, you know'.
'Get out of the way', snapped Ron, taking a swipe at Peeves -- that was
a big mistake. 'STUDENTS OUT OF BED', Peeves bellowed. 'STUDENTS OUT
OF BED DOWN THE CHARMS CORRIDOR'." [p. 159; Emphasis was in the
original]
In the Rosicrucian book, The Chemical Wedding , Christian saw this
exact type of spirit flitting around the King and Queen's House of the Sun.
"... we were to attend the Royal Persons up the winding stairs into the
forementioned hall, where the tables were already richly furnished, and
this was the first time that we were invited to the Kings table. The
little altar was placed in the midst of the hall, and the six fore-named
royal ensignes were laid upon it. At this time the young King behaved
himself very gratiously towards us, but yet he could not be heartily
merry; but howbeit he now and then discoursed a little with us, yet he
often sighed, at which the Little Cupid only mocked and playd his
waggish tricks ... Almost all the prattle at this banquet was made by Little
Cupid, who could not leave us (and me indeed especially) untormented.
He was perpetually producing some strange matter." [P. 33; spelling
left as is in the original; "Waggish tricks" is defined by the dictionary
as "playfully humorous".]
So, Rowling took her Peeves the Poltergeist who loved to torment
students and faculty alike from the Little Cupid spirit tormentor in The
Chemical Wedding !
4. Mythical Creatures Identical in Harry Potter and The Chemical
Wedding
In The Sorcerer's Stone, Rowling features "bright-white" unicorns
living in the Forbidden Forest. In the latter chapters, Hagrid takes Ron,
Herminone, Harry and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forest to try to discover
who is killing these unicorns. Let us pick up the action:
"Harry thought the blood seemed to be getting thicker. There were
splashes on the roots of a tree, as though the poor creature had been
thrashing around in pain close by. Harry could see a clearing ahead,
through the tangled branches of an ancient oak. 'Look', he murmured,
holding
out his arm to stop Malfoy. Something bright white was gleaming on the
ground ... It was the unicorn all right, and it was dead. Harry had
never seen anything so beautiful and sad. Its long, slender legs were
stuck out at odd angles where it had fallen and its mane was spread
pearly-white on the dark leaves." [The Sorcerer's Stone , p. 255-256]
In The Chemical Wedding , Christian Rosendreutz describes the scene in
the garden in which he saw the unicorn for the first time. "Thus the
garden which so lately was quite full, was soon emptied; so that besides
the souldiers there was not a man left. Now as soon as this was done,
and silence had been kept for the space of five minutes, there came
forward a beautiful snow-white unicorn with a golden coller (having in it
certain letters) about his neck ... and so the unicorn returned to his
place with joy." [Page 20-21; spelling is printed here as in the
original]
In The Chamber of Secrets, Rowling gives a prominent place to the
mythical, legendary Phoenix Bird. In the battle of The Chamber of Secrets ,
Harry is saved only by the intervention of Dumbledore's Phoenix Bird,
Fawkes. The Phoenix Bird attacked the serpent's eyes, putting both of
them out, causing blood to splatter far and wide. But, this heroic
action allowed Harry to escape, and eventually defeat the snake. [Pages
318-320] Then, the Phoenix Bird visually motioned to Harry to grab hold
of his tail feathers, and let him pull him out. So, Harry grabbed hold
of the tail feathers of the Phoenix, and Ron grabbed hold of Harry's
robes, and the bird miraculously pulled the two of them out of the
Chamber of Secrets to safety. [Pages 324-325]
In The Chemical Wedding , Christian sees a "glorious Phoenix" in the
Castle of the Sun [P. 21]
Further, on the Sixth Day -- out of Seven -- Christian Rosendreutz and
other adepts watched a sacred egg open up and a bird come out. At
first, this bird was weak and bloody, and then he molted to a black color
after drinking human blood, and then he molted into a snowy-white color,
and then into a beautiful array of various colors. His demeanor also
changed during these physical transformations from wild to tame.
Then, the adepts put the bird into a bath of milk-white liquid. This
bath took off all his feathers, so the adepts painted him a bright blue
color. The Adepts took this bird up to the upper floor, where the bird
was placed near an altar and given a good drink. Suddenly, the bird
attacked the white serpent who had been living in the death head, making
the serpent bleed profusely. [P. 44-45]
I wonder if Rowling did not meld these two story lines together, for
the Phoenix Bird did attack the monstrous green serpent in The Chamber of
Secrets , making him bleed profusely as she blinded his eyes.
5. Both Castles were bounded by huge lakes capable of carrying large
ships
Rowling created the Hogwart's School of Wizardry and Witchcraft so that
a large lake bounded by the school. Rumors circulated about the
existence of a large sea monster living within the lake. In The Goblet of
Fire , a large ship carrying the Wizard Masters of the occult training
school, Durmstrang, to Hogwart's to attend the Triwizard Tournament of
Champions. A huge ship carrying the Durmstrang students came out of the
deep waters of the lake to moor next to Hogwart's. [P. 244-247]
In The Chemical Wedding , the House of the Sun is also bounded by a
huge lake. After the six lesser Kings and their Queens are beheaded in a
ritual, night falls, and Christian Rosendreutz falls asleep in his bed.
Suddenly, he is awakened by a very bright light, and springs to the
window to investigate. He sees six ships coming to dock at the castle,
floating on the lake. The coffins of each King and Queen were loaded,
one set of coffins per ship. Then, the ships departed for Mt. Olympus,
where they were returned to life according to the precepts of Alchemy.
[p. 34]
Thus, in three out of the five points of commonality between Harry
Potter books and The Chemical Wedding , Rowling has chosen unique and very
old occult legends to use in her books. Especially choosing the
pictures on the wall that seem alive and the Griffon-type creature called a
Hippogriff are dead giveaways that Rowling drew her inspiration from
this very old, but very important, Alchemical book of the Rosicrucians.
Just as she used the vivid colors sacred to obscure and
nearly-forgotten Celtic Tree Calendar [NEWS1485], Rowling has used very
distinctive
parts of an equally obscure and nearly-forgotten book of Alchemy to
insert into her novels. Rowling knows her Witchcraft thoroughly and
correctly, and now we see she has probably taken her inspiration for certain
elements of her books from obscure Satanism, the kind only a practicing
Adept in the occult would know.
No matter which way you choose to look at the storyline of Harry
Potter, you can see the same pattern emerging loudly and clearly: Rowling
weaves strong, correct Satanism in her storyline, the kind of Satanism
only a practicing Adept would likely know. She has become the Pied Piper
of today's young children, and is leading them straight into the arms
of the Wicked One.
Truly, Jesus was correct when He foretold that the spiritual love for
Him and His truth would be so watered down at the End of the Age that
very few people would actually be saved and practicing The Faith. Your
children are under attack by Harry Potter books. Are you ready to
battle your kids for their own soul?
Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately
protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable
you
to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop
strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been
thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the
door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many
times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These
perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus
Christ, making an eternal difference.
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> > > also seen on the above-ring sensor. Note that at a temperature of 10
> > > K, close
>
> > > above Niobium's critical temperature of 9.4 K, no effect in the
> > > gravitational field
>
> > > K). Only
>
> > > applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
> > > Niobium ring
>
> > > while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
> > > measured outside
>
> > > the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
> > > an
>
>
> > > applying a tangential acceleration of about 1500 rad.s-2 to the
> > > Niobium ring
>
> > > while it is superconductive results in a tangential acceleration
> > > measured outside
>
> > > the superconductor by the sensors (shielded from the superconductor in
> > > an
>
> > > evacuated massive Faraday cage) of around 100 ľg in opposite
> > > direction. That
>
>From: "words-o'-wizdom (tm)" <wordso...@gullible-ranch.com>
> > > direction. That
>
Subject: "How to Become a Cult Guru!" -- Revealed at Last! (for Art, et al)
Date: Monday, October 06, 2003 1:40 AM
How to Become a Cult Guru
by Phil Milstein
Becoming a cult leader is not as tough as you might think. All it takes
is a little charisma and some insecure, feeble-minded followers. The
reasons you might wanna become one are many -- it pays well (and all of
it tax-exempt), you get lotsa nookie, you can get other people to do
your laundry, etc. As a cult guru, it is kind of tough to get health
insurance benefits, but that's really about the only downside to a
career as a leader of men, women and bastard offspring. What follows,
then, is a set of E-Z instructions by which you can soon amass your own
group of pasty-faced, glassy-eyed sycophantic no-hopers who will do your
bidding for you.
Rule #1: Confidence = Charisma
To be a messiah you don't have to be big (Charles Manson was only 5'2"),
you don't have to be smart (David Koresh had an IQ of 89), and you don't
have to be good-looking ('though it doesn't hurt). All you have to be is
confident, to the absolute. Once you've established your basic set of
core beliefs -- your schtick, as it were -- no matter how ridiculous
they may be, entertain no doubts and brook no arguments. They are truth,
and by extension so are you. Remember that everyone you meet is, deep
inside, like a scrawny branch wavering in the stiff wind of life, just
waiting for a big tree to sprout up alongside and protect them. Be that
tree.
Rule #2: Charisma is Relative
To be charismatic, you don't have to be JFK or Madonna. There are always
people more impressionable than yourself, and as long as you can find
those people, you too can have charisma, even if those feebs are the
only ones who sense it. This has been the key to the cult equation from
Christ to Koresh.
Rule #3: Cultivate Your Schtick
For better or worse, it's no longer sufficient for the potential guru to
simply spout chapter and verse from the King James. People can get that
kind of stuff anywhere -- there's way too much competition in the
straight Jesus field, and most of the others are much better at it than
you'll ever be. The trick is to find an angle, some niche, and it
needn't even involve the Good Book.
Keep in mind that it doesn't really matter what tripe you feed your
troupe, so long as you feed it to them with unswerving conviction. I
read about one guru down in Australia who has nine wives and 69
children, and all he ever preaches to them about is equal rights for
women and Hawaiian culture!
Armageddon is always an excellent lynchpin around which to hang a
schtick. One cult out in California is building several of its own
rocketships, the better to escape the coming End Times with.
There's an audience of willing believers out there for almost any kind
of manifesto. Take one that already exists, add a few elements from
another, twist it into you own words and presto, you've got a dogma
worthy of any small band of mayonaisse-eaters. Try telling people you're
the reincarnation of Mahatma Ghandi and you've been brought back to
earth to preach the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Or that Albert Einstein
comes to you every night to interpret the Quran. Libertarianism and
survivalism are red-hot these days, so you might try thinking along
those lines. Use your imagination and above all, believe in what you say
with everything you've got.
Rule #4: Finding the Feebs
Locating your marks is one of the easiest steps in building a cult of
your own, because they practically grow on trees. A favored method is to
figure out a particular personality that might be most prone to falling
for your schtick, and go after that type exclusively.
To paraphrase Elvis, white trash is as white trash does, there's no
in-between, you're either with it all the way or you've blown the scene.
In other words, try the laundromat. Down at the local suds parlor you'll
find oodles of brain-dead scum, just sitting around twiddling their
thumbs and spitting pumpkin seeds. Perfect cult fodder. An idle comment
can lead to an innocuous conversation can lead to a subtle introduction
to your confidence, your magnetism and, ultimately, your compound. Play
your cards carefully and you can put out three or four successful
invitations to your next communal dinner and/or prayer session per load
of laundry. And before long they'll be doing your laundry for you.
You needn't end your search at the laundromat, of course. Remember the
Elvis dictum, and go where the feebs go, especially where they're most
likely to have time on their hands and be more susceptible to your
interest in them. Bingo parlors are good. Little league games, too.
Bowling alleys and pool halls. White-bread church services. BBQ pits.
Seek out those who seem to be alone, and those who act like whipped
pups. Manson preyed on teenage hitchhikers, 'though you won't find too
many of them these days. Koresh went after Australians. Again, use you
imagination; think like your potential victims think. Don't rule out
ethnics. And above all, remember that no matter how dumb you are, most
of the population is even stupider, so almost everyone you meet is worth
your consideration.
Rule #5: Winning Them Over
Since you've already stereotyped your prey, you can now devise a formula
approach that will be most effective with that type. Brainwashing is OK,
I suppose, but it merely attacks the person's superficial belief system
and not their fundamental beliefs, so it is inadequate for long-term
devotion. To truly capture the body you must truly capture the mind, and
the first step in doing so is to figure out your mark's weaknesses.
Think big -- decide if they're insecure, alienated, feeling unloved,
etc. A big fat juicy sucker will most likely exhibit symptoms of all of
these and more, and be ripe for the picking. The specific weaknesses
will differ from person to person, so stay flexible, but you should be
able to select one general scheme and stick with it for everyone.
Once you've sussed out the Achilles heal, your formula will practically
devise itself. Whatever your potential followers' needs are, give to
them in grand, exaggerated gestures. If they want for food and shelter,
provide them with sumptuous meals and a comfortable bed, and make sure
they know they can stay as long as they like. If it's love they long
for, you cannot possibly show them too much of it, and passing a little
pooty their way couldn't hurt, either. If it's spiritual fulfillment
they're after, go all-out with the holy-holy routine. If lack of
self-esteem is the problem, tell them over and over again how good they
are, how worthy of being alive. Lie as much as seems necessary, and
don't be afraid to pounce on any and every vulnerability they might
display.
Those already won over to your way will be most helpful in seducing new
recruits. Surrounding the mark with love and devotion and making your
group seem like the happy family the poor schmuck undoubtedly never had
will quickly fool them into believing wholly in everything you say.
During the indoctrination phase gradually begin giving them chores to
do, thus making some use of them while also keeping them too busy to
question what's happening to them.
Before long you will have the poor sap eating out of your hand, ready to
do anything you say, even die for you if necessary. Unless you rescued
them from the gutter then they should have some money and worldly
possessions for you to take over. If they are pleasing to the eye and
approximately of the gender of your preference, then so much the better
-- you've got another sex slave for your harem.
Rule #6: Sticking Around
You, being a sane, grounded individual, do not want to go up in a blaze
of Apocalyptic glory --- not yet, anyway. You have found the perfect
occupation to suit your meager skills, and you intend to keep the game
in play for as long as possible. Achieving this takes gaining a certain
measure of legitimacy, as reaching a breakwater level of antagonism
towards the authorities will cause you more trouble than you really want
right now.
In the cult game, the simple equation is: Longevity + Growth =
Legitimacy. Simply sticking around, all the while gradually adding
numbers to your membership tally, is just about all it takes to keep the
heat off your back. All the Roman Catholic Church is is a cult that's
managed to stick it out a couple thousand years, and as you slide down
the cult chronology the legitimacy level slides down accordingly. At the
next level are the acceptable Protestant churches: your Lutherans, your
Methodists, your Baptists, your Calvinists, etc. Next level down you
find those groups that were begun during your grand-parents' and
great-grandparents' time, such as your Seventh Day Adventists, your
Mormons, your Jehovah's Witnesses, your Christian Scientists. These
groups by now have earned a certain grudging respect, whereby society in
effect says to them, "We don't really like what you do, but you've
gotten away with it thus far so we'll let you keep getting away with
it." The longer you get away with it, the less hard time they'll give
you.
Down one more step on this evolutionary chain of worship are those
formed during your and your parents' day: your Scientologists, your
Moonies, your Krishnas, your Larouchites. They are ill-regarded by
mainstream society, but groups in this category have grown large enough
that they are now difficult to fight. In recent years Rev. Moon and
Lyndon Larouche have each been convicted of felonies and done time in
the pokey, while the elusive founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, was
persecuted, in absentia, for years after he had died! Yet their
respective followings continue to thrive.
Finally, we come to the upstarts. These are the groups that are still
officially classified as "cults," and are the ones we have mostly dealt
with in this guide. They are young, small, hungry, and often nasty.
Society hates them. You will be in this category for quite some time,
and therefore I recommend you keep a low profile for the duration. If
you've got what it takes, you can eventually begin the incremental climb
up the ladder of religious respectability. If you do your job real well,
perhaps one day your group will find itself joining the world's major
religions upon the lofty perch of untouchability. But it can't possibly
happen in your lifetime, so don't make it your primary goal.
And that's all there is to it. Six easy steps and you're on your way to
a life of leisure and possible immortality. Best of luck, my friend, and
may God be with you. > > is a clear indication of the gravitomagnetic London
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 7, 2013, 10:27:16 PM1/7/13
to
On Jan 7, 7:14 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
all you had to do is ask nicely for me to trim it.
<snip>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_field
In a field model, rather than two particles attracting each other, the
particles distort spacetime
The fields themselves in general relativity represent the curvature of
spacetime
In general the gravitational fields predicted by general relativity
differ in their effects only slightly from those predicted by
classical mechanics, but there are a number of easily verifiable
differences, one of the most well known being the bending of light in
such fields.
all you had to do is ask nicely for me to trim it.
<snip>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_field
In a field model, rather than two particles attracting each other, the
particles distort spacetime
The fields themselves in general relativity represent the curvature of
spacetime
In general the gravitational fields predicted by general relativity
differ in their effects only slightly from those predicted by
classical mechanics, but there are a number of easily verifiable
differences, one of the most well known being the bending of light in
such fields.
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 12:47:50 PM1/8/13
to
On Jan 7, 7:27 pm, A Really Really Large Number <yos...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
http://physics.aps.org/articles/v4/43
The rotation of the Earth also exerts a “frame-dragging” effect on the
gyro
Nearly fifty years after its inception, the Gravity Probe B satellite
mission delivers the first measurements of how a spinning gyroscope
precesses in the gravitational warping of spacetime
wrote:
The rotation of the Earth also exerts a “frame-dragging” effect on the
gyro
Nearly fifty years after its inception, the Gravity Probe B satellite
mission delivers the first measurements of how a spinning gyroscope
precesses in the gravitational warping of spacetime
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 12:49:18 PM1/8/13
to
On Jan 8, 9:47 am, A Really Really Large Number <t2judgm...@gmail.com>
> precesses in the gravitational warping of spacetime- Hide quoted text -
This metric is equivalent to a co-rotating reference frame that is
rotating with angular speed Ω that depends on both the radius r and
the colatitude θ
Qualitatively, frame-dragging can be viewed as the gravitational
analog of electromagnetic induction
>
> - Show quoted text -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_metric#Frame_dragging
> - Show quoted text -
This metric is equivalent to a co-rotating reference frame that is
rotating with angular speed Ω that depends on both the radius r and
the colatitude θ
Qualitatively, frame-dragging can be viewed as the gravitational
analog of electromagnetic induction
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 12:50:57 PM1/8/13
to
On Jan 8, 9:49 am, A Really Really Large Number <t2judgm...@gmail.com>
> rotating with angular speed Ù that depends on both the radius r and
> the colatitude è
Hawking notes elsewhere that time travel might only be possible in a
region of spacetime that is warped in the correct way
> the colatitude è
>
> Qualitatively, frame-dragging can be viewed as the gravitational
> analog of electromagnetic induction- Hide quoted text -
> Qualitatively, frame-dragging can be viewed as the gravitational
>
> - Show quoted text -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Tourism_in_time
> - Show quoted text -
Hawking notes elsewhere that time travel might only be possible in a
region of spacetime that is warped in the correct way
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 12:54:58 PM1/8/13
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On Jan 8, 9:50 am, A Really Really Large Number <t2judgm...@gmail.com>
> region of spacetime that is warped in the correct way- Hide quoted text -
A pulsar (portmanteau of pulsating star) is a highly magnetized,
rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar#Categories
Of interest to the study of the state of the matter in a neutron stars
are the glitches observed in the rotation velocity of the neutron
star. This velocity is decreasing slowly but steadily, except by
sudden variations
>
> - Show quoted text -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar
> - Show quoted text -
A pulsar (portmanteau of pulsating star) is a highly magnetized,
rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar#Categories
Of interest to the study of the state of the matter in a neutron stars
are the glitches observed in the rotation velocity of the neutron
star. This velocity is decreasing slowly but steadily, except by
sudden variations
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 1:00:23 PM1/8/13
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On Jan 8, 9:54 am, A Really Really Large Number <t2judgm...@gmail.com>
> sudden variations- Hide quoted text -
They predicted that the rotation of a massive object would distort the
spacetime metric
Rotational frame-dragging (the Lense–Thirring effect) appears in the
general principle of relativity and similar theories in the vicinity
of rotating massive objects. Under the Lense–Thirring effect, the
frame of reference in which a clock ticks the fastest is one which is
revolving around the object
On May 4, 2011, the Stanford-based analysis group and NASA announced
the final report[60], and in it the data from GP-B demonstrated the
frame-dragging effect with an error of about 19 percent, and
Einstein's predicted value was at the center of the confidence
interval
Gravitomagnetic forces produced by the Lense–Thirring effect (frame
dragging) within the ergosphere of rotating black holes[74][75]
combined with the energy extraction mechanism by Penrose[76] have been
used to explain the observed properties of relativistic jets
>
> - Show quoted text -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame-dragging
> - Show quoted text -
They predicted that the rotation of a massive object would distort the
spacetime metric
Rotational frame-dragging (the Lense–Thirring effect) appears in the
general principle of relativity and similar theories in the vicinity
of rotating massive objects. Under the Lense–Thirring effect, the
frame of reference in which a clock ticks the fastest is one which is
revolving around the object
On May 4, 2011, the Stanford-based analysis group and NASA announced
the final report[60], and in it the data from GP-B demonstrated the
frame-dragging effect with an error of about 19 percent, and
Einstein's predicted value was at the center of the confidence
interval
Gravitomagnetic forces produced by the Lense–Thirring effect (frame
dragging) within the ergosphere of rotating black holes[74][75]
combined with the energy extraction mechanism by Penrose[76] have been
used to explain the observed properties of relativistic jets
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 1:51:03 PM1/8/13
to
On Jan 7, 6:40 pm, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Nevertheless, they are 30 orders of magnitude higher than what general
>
> relativity predicts classically13 and are therefore of great
> technological and
>
> scientific interest.
http://www.gravitycontrol.org/forum/index.php?topic=347.0
The fabric of spacetime is elastic and very powerful. It takes a
tremendous amount of power to create even the slightest twist
in spacetime. One can think of the fabric of spacetime surrounding a
rotating mass, like the Earth, to be a spring or a battery.
The rotating mass creates a twist in the fabric of spacetime who's
natural state and desire is to unwind, just like a spring, or to
discharge, just like a battery.
Time-warped field technology uses relatively low input power to open a
discharge path for this spacetime battery. This technology itself does
not create the energy
levels required for time control and time travel. Instead, it relies
on and operates using the energy stored within twisted spacetime
around a rotating body that is
created by the inertial frame-dragging effect. With only a small
amount of system input power, time-warped field theory shows how
enormous power levels can be accessed.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/gsp/Experimental_Detection.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj5NIs-teYkDzgdzY72d2LdoCyLTA2gTuXfl_jafT_aOw7sFAZGXYoI6QfDjJ_-9_zaQEnfcNhP_2kt7ujunf5h_TbJ-gP-FsDe94vzDnSJxuwsIYD44pC4svwOiWuYVTIj8DKw&sig=AHIEtbQy_Po5gzHh9aA_X4XoM5iVZAKBNw
This gravitomagnetic London moment is equivalent to a frame-dragging
or
Lense-Thirring field and is of great interest since gravitational
effects of
measurable magnitudes could be produced in a laboratory environment.
wrote:
> Nevertheless, they are 30 orders of magnitude higher than what general
>
> relativity predicts classically13 and are therefore of great
> technological and
>
> scientific interest.
The fabric of spacetime is elastic and very powerful. It takes a
tremendous amount of power to create even the slightest twist
in spacetime. One can think of the fabric of spacetime surrounding a
rotating mass, like the Earth, to be a spring or a battery.
The rotating mass creates a twist in the fabric of spacetime who's
natural state and desire is to unwind, just like a spring, or to
discharge, just like a battery.
Time-warped field technology uses relatively low input power to open a
discharge path for this spacetime battery. This technology itself does
not create the energy
levels required for time control and time travel. Instead, it relies
on and operates using the energy stored within twisted spacetime
around a rotating body that is
created by the inertial frame-dragging effect. With only a small
amount of system input power, time-warped field theory shows how
enormous power levels can be accessed.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7VIVJFEyZJ0J:esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/gsp/Experimental_Detection.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj5NIs-teYkDzgdzY72d2LdoCyLTA2gTuXfl_jafT_aOw7sFAZGXYoI6QfDjJ_-9_zaQEnfcNhP_2kt7ujunf5h_TbJ-gP-FsDe94vzDnSJxuwsIYD44pC4svwOiWuYVTIj8DKw&sig=AHIEtbQy_Po5gzHh9aA_X4XoM5iVZAKBNw
This gravitomagnetic London moment is equivalent to a frame-dragging
or
Lense-Thirring field and is of great interest since gravitational
effects of
measurable magnitudes could be produced in a laboratory environment.
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 2:26:46 PM1/8/13
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> >https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5ptwcAbFNpwJ:www.comsol.co...
>
> > page 16
>
> > Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> > rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> > Institute of Technology, 2007
>
> http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39839
>
> This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase
> spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic
> fields
>
> Based on these properties, two modes of operation, normal and
> resonant, are described, and reference tables of important operating
> parameters are given
having this to generate the field is far better as relying on
>
> > page 16
>
> > Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> > rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> > Institute of Technology, 2007
>
> http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39839
>
> This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase
> spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic
> fields
>
> Based on these properties, two modes of operation, normal and
> resonant, are described, and reference tables of important operating
> parameters are given
mechanical physically moving parts renders it too slow.
IOW, greatly speeding up the rotation of the magnetic field should
send the measured effect through the roof ...
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 2:30:43 PM1/8/13
to
On Jan 8, 11:26 am, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> send the measured effect through the roof ...- Hide quoted text -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5636349/Dyson-unveils-worlds-fastest-motor-in-new-vacuum.html
At 104,000 revolutions per minute
this is FAR TOO SLOW
why is it that slow?
it has physically moving mechanical parts.
electronics can go WAY FASTER
wrote:
>
> - Show quoted text -
look here
> - Show quoted text -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5636349/Dyson-unveils-worlds-fastest-motor-in-new-vacuum.html
At 104,000 revolutions per minute
this is FAR TOO SLOW
why is it that slow?
it has physically moving mechanical parts.
electronics can go WAY FASTER
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 2:35:14 PM1/8/13
to
On Jan 8, 11:30 am, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://web.mit.edu/6.013_book/www/chapter8/ch8-853.gif&imgrefurl=http://web.mit.edu/6.013_book/www/chapter8/8.5.html&h=338&w=317&sz=21&tbnid=87RgnTPfa6HKVM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=86&zoom=1&usg=__Z3rjz_qb3sBaWJ8ThyHCGSI2j2c=&docid=LyQbbYaFeGDLrM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=l3TsUM2mMqL0iQKTjICgDw&ved=0CHUQ9QEwCQ&dur=31
wrote:
> On Jan 8, 11:26 am, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 7, 7:03 pm, Mulligan <t2judgm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5ptwcAbFNpwJ:www.comsol.co...
>
> > > > page 16
>
> > > > Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> > > > rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> > > > Institute of Technology, 2007
>
> > >http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39839
>
> > > This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase
> > > spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic
> > > fields
>
> > > Based on these properties, two modes of operation, normal and
> > > resonant, are described, and reference tables of important operating
> > > parameters are given
>
> > having this to generate the field is far better as relying on
> > mechanical physically moving parts renders it too slow.
> > IOW, greatly speeding up the rotation of the magnetic field should
> > send the measured effect through the roof ...- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> look here
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5636349/Dyson-unveils-worl...
> On Jan 8, 11:26 am, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 7, 7:03 pm, Mulligan <t2judgm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5ptwcAbFNpwJ:www.comsol.co...
>
> > > > page 16
>
> > > > Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> > > > rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> > > > Institute of Technology, 2007
>
> > >http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39839
>
> > > This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase
> > > spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic
> > > fields
>
> > > Based on these properties, two modes of operation, normal and
> > > resonant, are described, and reference tables of important operating
> > > parameters are given
>
> > having this to generate the field is far better as relying on
> > mechanical physically moving parts renders it too slow.
> > IOW, greatly speeding up the rotation of the magnetic field should
> > send the measured effect through the roof ...- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> look here
>
>
> At 104,000 revolutions per minute
>
> this is FAR TOO SLOW
>
> why is it that slow?
>
> it has physically moving mechanical parts.
>
> electronics can go WAY FASTER- Hide quoted text -
> At 104,000 revolutions per minute
>
> this is FAR TOO SLOW
>
> why is it that slow?
>
> it has physically moving mechanical parts.
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
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A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 2:42:49 PM1/8/13
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On Jan 8, 11:26 am, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
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its construction, knowing you want super fast rotation of the field,
you redesign this idea with that in mind.
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> having this to generate the field is far better as relying on
> mechanical physically moving parts renders it too slow.
> IOW, greatly speeding up the rotation of the magnetic field should
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> On Jan 7, 7:03 pm, Mulligan <t2judgm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> > > rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> > > Institute of Technology, 2007
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> >http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39839
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> > This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase
> > spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic
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> > Based on these properties, two modes of operation, normal and
> > resonant, are described, and reference tables of important operating
> > parameters are given
Knowing the parameters, knowing the equations which govern those in
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> > > Clinton Lawler, A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating
> > > rotating uniform magnetic fields, Master of Science, Massachusetts
> > > Institute of Technology, 2007
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> >http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39839
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> > This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase
> > spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic
> > fields
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> > Based on these properties, two modes of operation, normal and
> > resonant, are described, and reference tables of important operating
> > parameters are given
its construction, knowing you want super fast rotation of the field,
you redesign this idea with that in mind.
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> having this to generate the field is far better as relying on
> mechanical physically moving parts renders it too slow.
> IOW, greatly speeding up the rotation of the magnetic field should
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 3:59:35 PM1/8/13
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Using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, they took radio data of
the pulsar PSR B1937+21 at 1420.4 MHz with a 1.5 MHz bandwidth for
three days. Oddly, those pulses close to the center value arrived
earlier than would be expected given the pulsar's normal timing
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Using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, they took radio data of
the pulsar PSR B1937+21 at 1420.4 MHz with a 1.5 MHz bandwidth for
three days. Oddly, those pulses close to the center value arrived
earlier than would be expected given the pulsar's normal timing
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 4:06:14 PM1/8/13
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On Jan 8, 12:59 pm, A Really Really Large Number <quarke...@gmail.com>
> http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/01/faster-than-the-speed-of...
Their research, now published in Science Express, reveals a pulsar
that is only 'on' for part of the time. The strange pulsar is spinning
about its own axis and slows down 50% faster when it is 'on' compared
to when it is 'off'.
The research team, led by Dr Kramer, found a pulsar that is only
periodically active. It appears as a normal pulsar for about a week
and then "switches off" for about one month before emitting pulses
again. The pulsar, called PSR B1931+24, is unique in this behaviour
It became clear a few years ago that the pulsar was not detected in
many of the regular observations and the pulsar appeared to be
bimodal, the pulsar being either 'ON' or 'OFF' in a quasi-periodic
fashion. Studying the data amassed from 1998 to 2005 showed that the
periodicity varied between 30 to 40 days. No other known pulsar
behaves in this way.
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> Using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, they took radio data of
> the pulsar PSR B1937+21 at 1420.4 MHz with a 1.5 MHz bandwidth for
> three days. Oddly, those pulses close to the center value arrived
> earlier than would be expected given the pulsar's normal timing- Hide quoted text -
> Using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, they took radio data of
> the pulsar PSR B1937+21 at 1420.4 MHz with a 1.5 MHz bandwidth for
> three days. Oddly, those pulses close to the center value arrived
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http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/rel241.asp
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Their research, now published in Science Express, reveals a pulsar
that is only 'on' for part of the time. The strange pulsar is spinning
about its own axis and slows down 50% faster when it is 'on' compared
to when it is 'off'.
The research team, led by Dr Kramer, found a pulsar that is only
periodically active. It appears as a normal pulsar for about a week
and then "switches off" for about one month before emitting pulses
again. The pulsar, called PSR B1931+24, is unique in this behaviour
It became clear a few years ago that the pulsar was not detected in
many of the regular observations and the pulsar appeared to be
bimodal, the pulsar being either 'ON' or 'OFF' in a quasi-periodic
fashion. Studying the data amassed from 1998 to 2005 showed that the
periodicity varied between 30 to 40 days. No other known pulsar
behaves in this way.
A Really Really Large Number
Jan 8, 2013, 4:10:05 PM1/8/13
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PSR J1748-2446ad is the fastest-spinning pulsar known, at 716 Hz
At its equator it is spinning at approximately 24% of the speed of
light, or over 70,000 km per second.
The pulsar is located in a globular cluster of stars called Terzan 5,
located approximately 18,000 light-years from Earth in the
constellation Sagittarius. It is part of a binary system and undergoes
regular eclipses with an eclipse fraction of about 40%. Its orbit is
highly circular with a 26 hour period.
gravitational radiation from the pulsar might be detectable by LIGO.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J1748-2446ad
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PSR J1748-2446ad is the fastest-spinning pulsar known, at 716 Hz
At its equator it is spinning at approximately 24% of the speed of
light, or over 70,000 km per second.
The pulsar is located in a globular cluster of stars called Terzan 5,
located approximately 18,000 light-years from Earth in the
constellation Sagittarius. It is part of a binary system and undergoes
regular eclipses with an eclipse fraction of about 40%. Its orbit is
highly circular with a 26 hour period.
gravitational radiation from the pulsar might be detectable by LIGO.
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