Input: [Verse] 1 They came to Bethphage and Bethany, near Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of His students. [King James Version]

Output: And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,


Input: [Verse] 2 with these instructions: "Go to the next village ahead. Just within its limits, you'll find a tied up colt, which no man has ever sat upon. Untie him and bring him here. [King James Version]

Output: And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.


Input: [Verse] 3 If anyone asks you why you're doing so, tell them that the Lord needs the colt, and he will send the colt along at once." [King James Version]

Output: And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.


Input: [Verse] 4 They went to complete their task, finding the colt tied up at a street crossing and releasing him. [King James Version]

Output: And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.


Input: [Verse] 5 Some people loitering there asked, "why are you releasing that colt?" [King James Version]

Output: And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?


Input: [Verse] 6 The disciples said what Jesus had told them to say, and the people let them pass. [King James Version]

Output: And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.


Input: [Verse] 7 They returned to Jesus, put their garments on the colt, and Jesus sat on it. [Analysis] The KJV uses "him" only because the original Greek word was masculine, not neutral. [King James Version]

Output: And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.


Input: [Verse] 8 Lots of people put their clothes on Jesus' path, while others cut palm branches down and placed them on the path. [King James Version]

Output: And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.


Input: [Verse] 9 And all the people along the route sang "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! [Analysis] In fact, this is a direct Greek translation of the Hebrew idiomatic phrase that means, "Welcome!" The word used for "blessed" here means "spoken well of" rather than "not-cut-off" as was quoted by Matthew and Luke at the Sermon on the Mount. The word Hosanna is Aramaic for "Save, I pray." [King James Version]

Output: And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:


Input: [Verse] 10 "Blessed is the kingdom of David, our father, which comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest." [Analysis] In other words, "Welcome to King David's kingdom." [King James Version]

Output: Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.


Input: [Verse] 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple, and when he had seen everything and it was evening, went to Bethany with the Twelve apostles. [King James Version]

Output: And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.


Input: [Verse] 12 Leaving Bethany the following day, he was hungry. [King James Version]

Output: And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:


Input: [Verse] 13 He saw a fig tree in the distance, which had leafed, and went to see if there was fruit upon it. But there was nothing but leaves, for the fig season hadn't begun. [King James Version]

Output: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.


Input: [Verse] 14 Jesus declared a parable in the hearing of His students, "no man will eat your fruit evermore." [King James Version]

Output: And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.


Input: [Verse] 15 They entered Jerusalem and Jesus entered the Temple. He threw out the vendors and toppled the moneychangers' tables and dove-sellers' seats. [King James Version]

Output: And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;


Input: [Verse] 16 He would not let any man carry their wares through the temple. [Analysis] The spectacle of the commercialization of the Temple, carried out as it had been under the Pharisees' noses, stood as further indictment of their hypocrisy. [King James Version]

Output: And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.


Input: [Verse] 17 He then taught the true doctrine: "Isn't it written that My house will be the house of prayer for all people? But you have turned it into a den of robbers." [King James Version]

Output: And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.


Input: [Verse] 18 The scribes and leading priests heard about this and conspired to destroy him, fearing him and the people who were amazed by his teaching. [King James Version]

Output: And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.


Input: [Verse] 19 In the evening, Jesus left the city. [King James Version]

Output: And when even was come, he went out of the city.


Input: [Verse] 20 In the morning, they passed a fig tree which had dried from the roots up. [King James Version]

Output: And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.


Input: [Verse] 21 Peter remembered what Jesus had said, and declared, "Master, look! The fig tree you condemned has withered away!" [King James Version]

Output: And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.


Input: [Verse] 22 Jesus then provided the answer, "Have faith in God. [King James Version]

Output: And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.


Input: [Verse] 23 I tell you the truth. Anyone who says to a mountain, 'move out of my way and jump into the sea,' and has no doubts in his soul but believes it will come to pass, that man's words will become true. [Analysis] This is the origin of the phrase "faith that can move mountains." [King James Version]

Output: For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.


Input: [Verse] 24 So I tell you, if you pray for whatever you desire, and believe that you'll receieve it, you will. [King James Version]

Output: Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.


Input: [Verse] 25 And when you're praying, forgive anyone that you have anything against, so that your father God in heaven will forgive you your sins as well." [King James Version]

Output: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.


Input: [Verse] 26 "If you don't forgive, God your heavenly father will not forgive you." [Analysis] The provenance of this verse is disputed. It is consistent with verse 25 above, but also redundant. [King James Version]

Output: But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.


Input: [Verse] 27 When they returned to Jerusalem, the leading priests, scribes, and elders came to Him as He was walking in the Temple. [King James Version]

Output: And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,


Input: [Verse] 28 And they asked him "Who gave you the authority to do these things?" [King James Version]

Output: And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?


Input: [Verse] 29 Jesus replied, "If you will answer one question, I'll tell you by whose authority I do these things. [King James Version]

Output: And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.


Input: [Verse] 30 Tell me. Did John's baptism come from Heaven, or from men?" [King James Version]

Output: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.


Input: [Verse] 31 They debated with each other, "If we say 'from heaven,' then He will reply, 'Then why didn't you believe him?' [King James Version]

Output: And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?


Input: [Verse] 32 But if we say, 'of men,...!'" In fact they were afraid of the people because everyone considered John a true prophet. [King James Version]

Output: But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.


Input: [Verse] 33 So they replied to Jesus, "We don't know." And Jesus responded, "Neither do I reveal to you My authority for my deeds." [Analysis] By saying that they didn't know, the elites copped out, as Jesus knew they would. [King James Version]

Output: And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.


Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Only Jacob (promised to) tithe and not his sons and servants [Under the law of Moses] Only Land owners growing crops and cattle owners tithed to Levites and Levites tithed to the priests. Poor and workers in the farms did not tithe [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Only Abraham tithed and not his servants

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Promised to pay only once [Under the law of Moses] Levitical and Festival tithes were yearly paid for 6 continuous years and Charity tithes were paid once in 3 years [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Only once paid

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Promised to pay from whatever God would give him [Under the law of Moses] Yearly paid Levitical and Festival tithes and Charity tithes were paid once 3 years [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Not from possessions but consisted of war spoils only

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Hebrew language says Jacob had fear and doubts about God and to manipulate God he made a conditional vow to tithe! [Under the law of Moses] It was mandatory [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Abraham wanted to pay tributes to God and return the rest to the King of Sodom after rescuing his nephew Lot

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Voluntary but no record of Jacob paying tithes [Under the law of Moses] Compulsory and followed at least levitical, festival and charity tithing systems. [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Voluntary (or probably a custom in that area at that time) and tithed to Melchizadek and returned 90% back to the King of Sodom!

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Not commanded to tithe [Under the law of Moses] Commanded to tithe [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Not commanded to tithe

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Did not give the rest to of the 90% to anyone [Under the law of Moses] Levites tithed 10% to the Aaronic Priests and kept the rest of the agricultural products and livestock to themselves. [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Gave the rest of the 90% to the King of Sodom

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Previous Conditional vow [Under the law of Moses] Not subject to vow [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Vow (either before or after)

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Only one type [Under the law of Moses] Multiple – at least 3 different tithes specified in the law [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Only one variety – war spoils

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] No record about the recipient [Under the law of Moses] Levite got the 1st tithe and in turn tithed to the Priests, poor received the tithes and consumed by the owners during festivals [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Melchizedek was the recipient

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Input: [Jacob’s Tithe] Total – Uncertain [Under the law of Moses] Total – 23.3% (10% Levitical, 10% Festival and 3.33 % Charity – 6 year average 23.3% & if Sabbatical year included it averages about 20%) [Abraham’s Tithe]

Output: Total – 10%

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Input: [Psalm 23 (ESV)] The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. [Psalm 23 (KJV)]

Output: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.


Input: [Psalm 23 (ESV)] He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. [Psalm 23 (KJV)]

Output: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.


Input: [Psalm 23 (ESV)] He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. [Psalm 23 (KJV)]

Output: He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.


Input: [Psalm 23 (ESV)] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. [Psalm 23 (KJV)]

Output: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.


Input: [Psalm 23 (ESV)] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. [Psalm 23 (KJV)]

Output: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.


Input: [Psalm 23 (ESV)] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. [Psalm 23 (KJV)]

Output: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.


Input: [NKJV] NASB For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Output: being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

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being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,


Input: [NKJV] ESV For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Output: and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

A Guide to Modern Versions of the Bible - Dr. Herbert Samworth

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,


Input: [NKJV] RSV Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins; it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus.

Output: they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

A Guide to Modern Versions of the Bible - Dr. Herbert Samworth

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,


Input: [NKJV] NIV For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished; he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

Output: and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

A Guide to Modern Versions of the Bible - Dr. Herbert Samworth

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,


Input: [NKJV] NLT For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy Gods anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.

Output: Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins.

A Guide to Modern Versions of the Bible - Dr. Herbert Samworth

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,


Input: [NKJV] NEB For all alike have sinned, and are deprived of the divine splendour, For God designed him to be the means of expiating sin by his sacrificial death, effective through faith. God meant by this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had overlooked the sins of the past to demonstrate his justice now in the present, showing that he is himself just and also justifies any man who puts his faith in Jesus.

Output: and all are justified by Gods free grace alone, through his act of liberation in the Person of Christ Jesus.

A Guide to Modern Versions of the Bible - Dr. Herbert Samworth

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,


Input: [Religious Knowledge] Seeks answers to any question that can be posed including answers to the ultimate questions (What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life? Is there a supreme being? etc.). [Philosophic Knowledge] Seeks answers to any question that can be posed including answers to the ultimate (What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life? Is there a supreme being? etc.). [Science Knowledge] Can only seek answers about the natural world but cannot answer ultimate questions (Is there a god? What is the meaning of life?). [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: Seeks answers to any question that can be posed including answers to the ultimate questions (What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life? etc.), but generally relates to how people treat one another.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] Seek predictions on any event based on faith and belief. [Philosophic Knowledge] Seek predictions on any event based on point of view. [Science Knowledge] Seek predictions about future natural events based on observational evidence and testing. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: Seek predictions on any event based on belief and cultural history.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] The rules may vary among the different religions. [Philosophic Knowledge] The rules may vary among the different philosophic views. [Science Knowledge] Has a set of rules that must be followed in order to be called science. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: The rules may vary among the different cultures.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] Explanations are based on beliefs and faith and seek to understand and follow an ultimate purpose. [Philosophic Knowledge] Explanations are based on logic or viewpoint and seek to understand and follow an ultimate purpose and may undergo some type of testing. [Science Knowledge] Explanations are based on observation, evidence, and testing. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: Explanations are based on beliefs and seek to understand and follow an ultimate purpose.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] Explanations can include supernatural forces. [Philosophic Knowledge] Explanations can include supernatural forces and viewpoints. [Science Knowledge] Explanations cannot include supernatural forces. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: Explanations can include supernatural forces and other historical viewpoints.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] Hypotheses need not be part of the religion, nor do hypotheses have to be tested nor proved or disproved. [Philosophic Knowledge] Hypotheses may be a part of the philosophic view and hypotheses may or may not have to be tested and proved or disproved. [Science Knowledge] The hypothesis used in tests must be able to be disproved. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: Hypotheses need not be part of the cultural view, nor do hypotheses have to be tested nor proven.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] Is a belief system and seeks truths. [Philosophic Knowledge] Is a point of view and seeks truths. [Science Knowledge] Is not a belief system nor seeks truths. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: May be a belief system rooted in historical views and seeks truths.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] Knowledge may not change greatly over time, but may be swayed by culture. [Philosophic Knowledge] Knowledge may not change greatly over time and may be influenced by culture. [Science Knowledge] Knowledge may change as new data arises. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: May be a belief system rooted in historical views and seeks truths. Knowledge may or may not change slowly over time.

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Input: [Religious Knowledge] Accepted knowledge does not need peer review or verification. [Philosophic Knowledge] Accepted knowledge may seek peer review or verification, but conclusions may differ among individuals. [Science Knowledge] All knowledge must have peer review and verification. [Cultural Knowledge]

Output: Accepted knowledge may seek review or verification, but conclusions may differ among individuals.

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Input: [Date:] 7/26 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: Keep the Gospel the First Priority


Input: [Date:] 7/12 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: Displaying Godliness to the World


Input: [Date:] 6/21 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: Grace and the Gospel: Motivators for Godliness


Input: [Date:] 6/14 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: Displaying Godliness: Letting the Truth of the Gospel Shine Brightly


Input: [Date:] 6/07 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: Displaying Godliness: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants


Input: [Date:] 5/31 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: Displaying Godliness: Setting an Example


Input: [Date:] 5/24 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: False Teachers Must Be Silenced


Input: [Date:] 5/17 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: Pastors: Called To Be Blameless


Input: [Date:] 5/03 [Speaker:] Lead Pastor Aaron Colyer [Description:] Take a walk with us through the book of Titus and see what a healthy church should look like. [Title:]

Output: The Who and What of Paul's Letter to Titus


Input: [Confucius] Thucydides Of course he says that – he is speaking at a funeral of Athenian soldiers! But why was Athens great? Because it abandoned religion for a purely rational scheme? No. Its greatness was based on the laws of Solon (c.639-c.559 BC). Before Solon, Athens had a serious economic crisis. Many Athenians were in debt, many were sold into slavery. An inefficient aristocracy ran the city. All these things (payment of debts, leadership by those whose families have the experience of leading) are entirely rational. Centuries later, when Athens declined, it was again due to rational approach to accumulating wealth. But Solon as different. His reforms enshrined the need for religion – temple ceremonies, consulting the oracle, etc. So it is plainly false to imply that the Athenian state shows the triumph of rationalism over religion. (For details, see the Grollier encyclopedia, “Solon” by Plutarch, and Timon of Athens – which was based on a true story – and Aristophanes’ Plutus.)

Output: Thucydides extols the greatness and honor of Athens.

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Input: [Confucius] Epicurus This does not follow. We often feel nothing during sleep, and that is not the end. Besides, according to many near death experiences, we often do feel something in death. (The source of those feelings is not the issue – the fact is that we sometimes feel.)

Output: We feel nothing at death, therefore it is the end.

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Input: [Confucius] Mencius Hence the need for religion! Religion provides a clear example of how we can be good again, as well as strategies for overcoming the distractions.

Output: Men are naturally good, but events and circumstances come along and smother these instincts.

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Input: [Confucius] Cicero Fair enough, but religion goes beyond simply ethical teaching. It offers much more.

Output: Cicero (like many other classical authors) praises ethics.

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Input: [Confucius] Lucretius It is just as crazy to think that a living body would pair up with unliving clothing, or that electromagnetic radiation would pair up with a TV set, yet it happens all the time.

Output: It is crazy to think that an immortal spirit would act together with a mortal body.

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Input: [Confucius] Seneca No evidence is provided for either claim.

Output: Death is the end of any existence, and holds no fears because we did not live before we were born either.

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Input: [Confucius] Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Fair enough. But why should anyone follow? It is perhaps possible to work out a logically sound and complete system of ethics separate from religion, but nobody has ever done it. Or at least, not in a way that the common man has heard of. So all the ethical advice carries little force. Religion, on the other hand, is very successful at providing reasons for ethics.

Output: Antininus also praises ethics, and he encourages good deeds.

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Input: [Confucius] Celsus And some prefer knowledge, and have it. The same is true for humanists – some prefer to attack all religions regardless of the facts, while others are more cautious with their conclusions.

Output: Some Christians prefer blind faith to knowledge.

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Input: [Confucius] Montaigne Why? I think Montaigne has been reading too much Plato.

Output: Eternity must be entirely different from this present physical world, so all physical promises are foolish.

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Input: [Confucius] Spinoza I agree!

Output: It is wrong to be miserable now in the hope of release at death.

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Input: [Confucius] Jean Meslier That is true! That is one reason why Jesus said we need living prophets.

Output: There is evidence that the scriptures were tampered with by copyists, and there is no firm basis for the present canon as opposed to some other choice of books.

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Input: [Confucius] Voltaire I agree! The church by that time was not led by prophets and apostles. It was in a state of deep apostasy from what Jesus taught.

Output: The Christian councils (e.g. Nicea) produced a lot of nonsense.

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(Various principles of ethics, each beginning, “the Master said.”)


Input: [Confucius] David Hume It is true that there are much stronger arguments than this. However, the critics’ theories are not intrinsically better and have the weakness of being based on ignorance (see the discussion of randomness in the page on science and the spirit world). It should also be noted that this argument is often confused with the more powerful argument from scale (see the page on logic).

Output: The argument from design – that the earth is beautiful and therefore must have been designed – is not a very strong argument.

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(Various principles of ethics, each beginning, “the Master said.”)


Input: [Confucius] Denis Diderot If he had studied further, he would have seen that “fire and brimstone” is only figurative, and even the worst kingdom in the next life is physically better than mortality. Our torment is in our own minds, when when we realise the glories and opportunities that we have rejected.

Output: Eternal punishment is unjust, since the person involved only sinned for a limited time.

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Input: [Confucius] Baron D’Holbach It is powerful evidence from an evolutionary point of view. There must be some very powerful advantage in religion for EVERY society to adopt it.

Output: The fact that all societies believe in religion of some kind, is not admissible as evidence.

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(Various principles of ethics, each beginning, “the Master said.”)


Input: [Confucius] Adam Smith Friends often feel that way. What does it prove?

Output: David Hume was a great man.

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(Various principles of ethics, each beginning, “the Master said.”)


Input: [Confucius] Edward Gibbon Then it was probably caused by unusual storm clouds. This is not a very good reason to reject religion!

Output: The three hours of darkness (at the crucifixion) was not mentioned by astronomers.

Arguments Against Religion - Mormon Prophets Mormon Prophets

(Various principles of ethics, each beginning, “the Master said.”)


Input: [Confucius] Thomas Paine By Bentham’s ethical law (see below), this was an act of kindness. If he had not, then a greater number of injustices would have resulted. The tiny nation of Amalekites, for example, practiced child sacrifice. Also, war was the norm at the time, and vengeance can continue for many generations. And so on.

Output: God told Moses to destroy a whole nation, including women and children.

Arguments Against Religion - Mormon Prophets Mormon Prophets

(Various principles of ethics, each beginning, “the Master said.”)


Input: [Confucius] Condorcet This is a good question. How can it, without a goal, an example, and a common set of standards? The twentieth century has seen more atheism than ever, yet has also seen more wars, environmental degradation, starvation, etc.

Output: The question is asked, “will mankind progress?”

Arguments Against Religion - Mormon Prophets Mormon Prophets

(Various principles of ethics, each beginning, “the Master said.”)


Input: [Articles of Confederation] Congress could request states to pay taxes [Constitution] Congress has right to levy taxes on individuals [0]

Output: Levying taxes

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] No system of federal courts [Constitution] Court system created to deal with issues between citizens, states [0]

Output: Federal courts

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] No provision to regulate interstate trade [Constitution] Congress has right to regulate trade between states [0]

Output: Regulation of trade

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] No executive with power. President of U.S. merely presided over Congress [Constitution] Executive branch headed by President who chooses Cabinet and has checks on power of judiciary and legislature [0]

Output: Executive

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] 13/13 needed to amend Articles [Constitution] 2/3 of both houses of Congress plus 3/4 of state legislatures or national convention [0]

Output: Amending document

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] Each state received 1 vote regardless of size [Constitution] Upper house (Senate) with 2 votes; lower house (House of Representatives) based on population [0]

Output: Representation of states

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] Congress could not draft troops and was dependent on states to contribute forces [Constitution] Congress can raise an army to deal with military situations [0]

Output: Raising an army

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] No control of trade between states [Constitution] Interstate commerce controlled by Congress [0]

Output: Interstate commerce

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] Complicated system of arbitration [Constitution] Federal court system to handle disputes between states and residents of different states. [0]

Output: Disputes between states

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] Sovereignty resides in states [Constitution] Constitution was established as the supreme law of the land [0]

Output: Sovereignty

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Articles of Confederation] 9/13 states needed to approve legislation [Constitution] 50%+1 of both houses plus signature of President [0]

Output: Passing laws

Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution


Input: [Centering Prayer] Receptive [Lectio Divina]

Output: Participatory

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Passive [Lectio Divina]

Output: Active

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] More Receptive [Lectio Divina]

Output: More Concentrative

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Sacred Word has no conceptual content except intentionality [Lectio Divina]

Output: Word of Scripture has content

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Let go of thoughts, images, insights [Lectio Divina]

Output: Use thoughts, images, and insights

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Stresses ones’ intimacy with God [Lectio Divina]

Output: Stresses our relationship w/God

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Supports the motivation for practice of Lectio Divina. [Lectio Divina]

Output: Supports the motivation for the practice of Centering Prayer

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Rest sustained by use of sacred word [Lectio Divina]

Output: Rest comes and goes; is not permanent

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Helps us overcome the obstacles to living the terms of the relationship [Lectio Divina]

Output: Focuses on the terms of the relationship

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: [Centering Prayer] Group or private [Lectio Divina]

Output: Group or private

Frequently Asked Questions - Lectio Divina | Contemplative Outreach Ltd.


Input: Stars and sun before earth [Biblical account of creation]

Output: Earth before the sun and stars

Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? | Answers in Genesis


Input: Earth a molten blob initially [Biblical account of creation]

Output: Earth covered in water initially

Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? | Answers in Genesis


Input: Dry land, then the oceans [Biblical account of creation]

Output: Oceans first, then dry land

Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? | Answers in Genesis


Input: Life started in the oceans [Biblical account of creation]

Output: Life first created on the land

Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? | Answers in Genesis


Input: Plants came long after the sun [Biblical account of creation]

Output: Plants created before the sun

Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? | Answers in Genesis


Input: Land animals existed before birds [Biblical account of creation]

Output: Land animals created after birds

Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? | Answers in Genesis


Input: Land animals before whales [Biblical account of creation]

Output: Whales before land animals

Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? | Answers in Genesis


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: These grievances essentially boil down the the King interfering with local legislatures to prevent them from passing laws that the local inhabitants wanted. Of course, the Federal Government does that now: the people of numerous states have voted to legalize marijuana possession. The Federal Government has refused to permit this. Numerous states have proposed to reduce the drinking age, and the Federal Government has opposed this. The Federal Government does not have to disband state legislatures like the King did; rather it merely threatens to withhold highway, educational, law-enforcement or medical funding.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers

How does the United States Government compare to the Federal Government


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: As bad as King George was, the Federal Government is worse. It has made it impossible for people to legally come here and to work. It was the influx of people eager to build new lives, who had the initiative to move to a new country that helped make the U.S. one of the most prosperous and pleasant places to live.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: This is actually one area where I know of no usurpations. The Federal Government, as far as I know, does not interfere with the appointment of judges in state court systems

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their substance. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: the alphabet soup of Federal agencies that interfere with all sorts of local matters are legion. We have the EPA, DOE, ATF, DOD, HUD, FEMA, OSHA, DEA etc etc ad nauseam. These people make our lives a living hell, prohibiting people from earning their livelihoods, imposing expensive regulations, interfering with the attempts by people to enjoy their property.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: The United States Army is the most dangerous army in the world, based on its sheer firepower. While it is true that state legislatures don’t protest the existence of this vast force that is a dangerous threat to our liberties, they do not consent to it, and stand helplessly by while the military consumes vast resources that leave the people poorer and less able to care for themselves.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: The United States military is rapidly becoming a law unto itself. Particularly troubling is the use of military jails to hold “enemy combatants”, people – including citizens of the United States – who have been arrested and then transferred to military custody. Particularly galling is the attempt by the former president and the federal legislature to remove detainees held by the military from the jurisdiction of the courts

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: The Berne treaty on copyrights, the UN directives on disarmament, the creation of the ICC are all examples of the U.S. government making the citizenry subject to laws over which they have no control or representation, laws that are frequently crafted by those who benefit from them.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: The United States military now consumes nearly 5% of GDP. This is equal to 50% of world military spending. This arsenal is paid for by taxes levied off of the American people. This military spending has been used to prop up mass-murderers, Islamic terrorists, Communist agitators, suicide bombers, the firestorming of cities empty of military personnel and packed with civilian refugees. The militarized branches of the Department of Homeland Security, groups like the ATF, TSA and the ICE routinely harass the citizenry. The Federal Government also issues older weapons like heavy machine guns and armored personnel carriers to local police forces. More disturbingly, the Federal Governments assistance to local police forces, particularly in the name of fighting the War on (Some) Drugs is militarizing the local police forces which are increasingly behaving like occupying forces.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: On several occasions in the past 20 years, Federal agents have murdered U.S. citizens. They have not been prosecuted. Invariably after a pro-forma investigation, they are found to be not culpable of any crime. And, should any state prosecutor attempt to prosecute them for their crimes, the prosecution will be blocked because agents of the Federal Government are immune from prosecution in the state courts for crimes committed while on “official business”

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: Would you like a Cuban cigar? How about some cane sugar from Costa Rica? Some ivory from Senegal? Would you like to gamble on-line? Purchase a Belgian rifle? How about buying some unpasteurized milk? Would you like to grow and sell some hemp? The Federal Government, through tarriffs, import regulations, sanctions and other commercial regulations routinely prevents trade with other parts of the world. This interference frequently benefits a few special interests while hurting everyone else.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: Every recent bailout bill was overwhelmingly opposed by the citizenry. Yet these bills have passed imposing a crushing tax burden on the citizenry in the future. Moreover Congress often imposes tariffs on necessities like steel and sugar that create shortages and high prices that all of us must pay. In this day of the income tax, most of us do not recognize that they higher prices due to protectionism are, in fact, taxes. Yet they are the very taxes that prompted our ancestors to take up arms and to drive the distant king’s armies from their lands.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: I am going to ignore the effective suspension of Habeas Corpus by the previous Congress. I am going to ignore the attempt to jail Padilla indefinitely without trial. While these were outrageous abuses of power, they only have affected a few men. What I will focus on instead is the tens of thousands of men who have been jailed without a trial. Only 5% of prosecutions result in a trial. Most prosecutions are settled by a plea bargain, where the defendant pleads guilty to lesser charges in exchange for a lenient sentence. At first this practice seems benign, until one considers that it is really the result of a vile practice known as “charge stacking”. A single act can result in tens or even hundreds of charges, with the real possibility that a conviction will result in the defendant being sentenced to jail for the rest of his life. People who are innocent of any crime, who had a reasonable chance of getting a jury to find them not-guilty of the primary charge leveled against them nonetheless plead guilty, accepting a certain short jail term rather than to face the risk of a longer jail term. Moreover, the Federal Courts have made a mockery of jury trials, when judges are permitted to choose how defendants defend themselves. In the case of Charlie Lynch, the judge effectively prevented from making any defense at all. Given that the jurors who, after the trial, became aware of the facts that had been kept from them have announced publicly and formally that they would now vote to acquit, it is hard to claim that his jury trial, while meeting the form of one, was in substance nothing more than a charade. For every Charlie Lynch we know of, there are hundreds that we never hear of.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: Extraordinary rendition anyone? The arrest of Padilla and his placement in military custody? Why transport people when they can be made to disappear into a black hole?

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For abolishing the free system of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: [Grievances from 2008]

Output: At first it seems that this grievance is yet another that we are now free of. After all, we can’t blame the Federal Government for Canada. But consider Guantanamo bay. Consider how the policies of Gitmo were transferred to Abu Ghraib prison. Consider the enclaves throughout the west that are owned by the Federal Government, in some cases comprising of 40% of the landmass of particular states. Consider how the state laws are in effect void in those enclaves. Consider how the Federal Government has eroded its respect for the right of people to their property and to be free from arbitrary searches and seizures. Consider how this disregard for Common Law protections has similarly been condoned when practiced by the states. Consider how multi-jurisdictional task forces and federal subsidies encourage similar contempt for our rights on the part of the states, and this stops being a funny anachronism. The Federal Government has made the entire United States an land of arbitrary government where the freedoms once accorded to Englishmen have been completely undone.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislature, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: How often does the Federal Government pass legislation that overrides state laws? How often do they bend states to their wills via passing unfunded mandates and threatening to withhold aid? The states are no longer independent. They are vassals of the Federal Government, merely administrative regions for enforcing Federal will.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: ICE raids? Border patrol checkpoints? ATF raids?. DEA seizures? The Treasury Department’s attack on the Liberty Dollar and E-Gold? The assaults on travelers carried out daily by the TSA? Is this not a war on us? Last week, the EPA declared CO2, the product of our breath to be a pollutant! They may not be massacring people in front of the state house, but they are waging war on all of us.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people [Grievances from 2008]

Output: Have not the environmental regulations that have made it illegal to exploit the wealth of our land not been a form of plunder? When the Federal Government forced farmers to destroy their crops during the Great Depression were they not ravaging our land? When the Agriculture department forbid a meat-packer from testing is beef for Mad Cow disease, costing them their most lucrative markets were the meat-packers livelihoods not destroyed? When the DOD is permitted to pollute the land, when it is made exempt for lawsuits by privileges like “the state secrets privilege” manufactured out of thin air by an out of control judiciary and executive are they not laying waste to our lands? When the Federal Government outlaws the manufacture or consumption of life giving medicines because they are “unproven” or popular with black Jazz musicians are they not killing the people?

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: Why import mercenary armies when through propaganda our youth can be brought to bear arms against us? Remember the soldier patrolling New Orleans after Katrina who marveled that he was doing in Louisiana the same thing he did in Iraq? Remember the weapons confiscation? The Federal Agents preventing Walmart from shipping in drinking water to affected areas while people dies of heatstroke and thirst?

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [Grievances from 1776] He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. [Grievances from 2008]

Output: Why import Indians when we can adopt their methods of war? The United States as ceased to respect the laws of war. It attacks civilian populations. It bombs indiscriminately. The senior leadership encourages barbarity, viewing charity and civilized behavior as being “soft” or “appeasement”. Through the constant wars, the state of emergency that has been in force since 1932, the contempt for the rule of law, the Federal Government has encouraged and rewarded savagery and suppressed enlightened, civilized behavior.

No Secession, No Legitimacy! - The Liberty Papers


Input: [White Conch] Precious Parasol

Output: The umbrella represents protection and shields us from disaster and enduring suffering.

The conch shell symbolizes the 'Om",which allows us to summon our courage and accomplish great things for a greater common good.


Input: [White Conch] Victory Banner

Output: The victory banner represents our victory against outside forces and obstacles that cross our path.

The conch shell symbolizes the 'Om",which allows us to summon our courage and accomplish great things for a greater common good.


Input: [White Conch] Golden Fish

Output: The golden fish symbolizes freedom. The freedom of the fish to swim through water and our freedom to move through life without fear.

The conch shell symbolizes the 'Om",which allows us to summon our courage and accomplish great things for a greater common good.


Input: [White Conch] Dharma Wheel

Output: The golden wheel represents Buddha’s doctrine, and how by continuing to follow that doctrine, we can find joy.

The conch shell symbolizes the 'Om",which allows us to summon our courage and accomplish great things for a greater common good.


Input: [White Conch] Eternity Knot

Output: The auspicious drawing stands for the union of wisdom and compassion at the time of enlightenment.

The conch shell symbolizes the 'Om",which allows us to summon our courage and accomplish great things for a greater common good.


Input: [White Conch] Lotus

Output: The lotus flower represents the purification of our body and mind by the deeds that we perform.

The conch shell symbolizes the 'Om",which allows us to summon our courage and accomplish great things for a greater common good.


Input: [White Conch] Vase of Treasure

Output: The treasure vase symbolizes the blessings attainable in this world, including wealth, and a long life.

The conch shell symbolizes the 'Om",which allows us to summon our courage and accomplish great things for a greater common good.


Input: [0] Levying taxes [Constitution] Congress has right to levy taxes on individuals [Articles of Confederation]

Output: Congress could request states to pay taxes


Input: [0] Federal courts [Constitution] Court system created to deal with issues between citizens, states [Articles of Confederation]

Output: No system of federal courts


Input: [0] Regulation of trade [Constitution] Congress has right to regulate trade between states [Articles of Confederation]

Output: No provision to regulate interstate trade


Input: [0] Executive [Constitution] Executive branch headed by President who chooses Cabinet and has checks on power of judiciary and legislature [Articles of Confederation]

Output: No executive with power. President of U.S. merely presided over Congress


Input: [0] Amending document [Constitution] 2/3 of both houses of Congress plus 3/4 of state legislatures or national convention [Articles of Confederation]

Output: 13/13 needed to amend Articles


Input: [0] Representation of states [Constitution] Upper house (Senate) with 2 votes; lower house (House of Representatives) based on population [Articles of Confederation]

Output: Each state received 1 vote regardless of size


Input: [0] Raising an army [Constitution] Congress can raise an army to deal with military situations [Articles of Confederation]

Output: Congress could not draft troops, dependent on states to contribute forces


Input: [0] Interstate commerce [Constitution] Interstate commerce controlled by Congress [Articles of Confederation]

Output: No control of trade between states


Input: [0] Disputes between states [Constitution] Federal court system to handle disputes [Articles of Confederation]

Output: Complicated system of arbitration


Input: [0] Sovereignty [Constitution] Constitution the supreme law of the land [Articles of Confederation]

Output: Sovereignty resides in states


Input: [0] Passing laws [Constitution] 50%+1 of both houses plus signature of President [Articles of Confederation]

Output: 9/13 needed to approve legislation


Input: [0] Mark 3:9 [The New King James Version] So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him. [English Standard Version]

Output: And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Acts 1:14 [The New King James Version] These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. [English Standard Version]

Output: All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Acts 2:42 [The New King James Version] And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. [English Standard Version]

Output: And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Acts 2:46 [The New King James Version] So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, [English Standard Version]

Output: And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Acts 6:4 [The New King James Version] but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” [English Standard Version]

Output: But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Acts 8:13 [The New King James Version] Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done. [English Standard Version]

Output: Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Acts 10:7 [The New King James Version] And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him continually. [English Standard Version]

Output: When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Rom 12:12 [The New King James Version] rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; [English Standard Version]

Output: Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Rom 13:6 [The New King James Version] For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. [English Standard Version]

Output: For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Col 4:2 [The New King James Version] Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; [English Standard Version]

Output: Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [0] Eph 6:18 [The New King James Version] praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— [English Standard Version]

Output: praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Proskartereo – Bible Word Study | BattleFocused


Input: [meditation] Consider doing this simple meditation outside, sitting on the ground. It is important to connect with the earth for this practice. This is also an excellent practice to do in the morning. [chakra]

Output: root

Chakra Meditation | Aura Cacia Aromatherapy


Input: [meditation] Focus on the opening of emotions by relaxing to fully express. Try this meditation in the evening after a bath. Light some candles and engage your senses with aromatherapy and soft music. [chakra]

Output: sacral

Chakra Meditation | Aura Cacia Aromatherapy


Input: [meditation] When you meditate on the solar plexus, your focus should be on connecting with your personal power. This guided meditation is designed to help empower you. [chakra]

Output: solar plexus

Chakra Meditation | Aura Cacia Aromatherapy


Input: [meditation] This heart-opening meditation is perfect for times when your heart needs some focus. This one is best done lying down. You'll want a meditation space with an association to the element of air, so try doing this with an open window or a fan blowing. [chakra]

Output: heart

Chakra Meditation | Aura Cacia Aromatherapy


Input: [meditation] Consider doing this simple meditation while listening to light background music, sounds of nature or specific tones for the throat. Music is a key component in support of the throat chakra and will help enhance the focused meditation. After the meditation, you'll find it's the perfect time to embark on a creative or artistic endeavor. [chakra]

Output: throat

Chakra Meditation | Aura Cacia Aromatherapy


Input: [meditation] This third eye meditation helps you find clarity and enhances your perception. Breathe in and just be. [chakra]

Output: third eye

Chakra Meditation | Aura Cacia Aromatherapy


Input: [meditation] This meditation practice is best done in Corpse Pose (Savasana). Transcend the everyday and focus on the pure presence of the moment. [chakra]

Output: crown

Chakra Meditation | Aura Cacia Aromatherapy


Input: [Verse] Genesis 6:6 [New American Standard] The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. [King James]

Output: And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Does the Bible Say God Repents From Doing Evil?

Comparison of Translations


Input: [Verse] Exodus 32:14 [New American Standard] So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people. [King James]

Output: And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Does the Bible Say God Repents From Doing Evil?

Comparison of Translations


Input: [Verse] Judges 2:18 [New American Standard] When the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them. [King James]

Output: And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Does the Bible Say God Repents From Doing Evil?

Comparison of Translations


Input: [Verse] 2 Samuel 24:16) [New American Standard] When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough! Now relax your hand!" And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. [King James]

Output: And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

Does the Bible Say God Repents From Doing Evil?

Comparison of Translations


Input: [Verse] 1 Chronicles 21:15 [New American Standard] And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw and was sorry over the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "It is enough; now relax your hand." And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. [King James]

Output: And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Does the Bible Say God Repents From Doing Evil?

Comparison of Translations


Input: [Verse] Jeremiah 26:19 [New American Standard] "Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves." [King James]

Output: Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

Does the Bible Say God Repents From Doing Evil?

Comparison of Translations


Input: [Verse] Jonah 3:10 [New American Standard] When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. [King James]

Output: And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Does the Bible Say God Repents From Doing Evil?

Comparison of Translations


Input: [Amendment] 1 Freedoms [Historic Roots] The English gov't had suppressed speech, assembly and press rights in an attempt to quell the growing colonial discontent. Additionally, many early settlers (such as the Pilgrims) came to America in search of religious freedom. [Right(s)]

Output: Freedom of Religion Freedom of Press Freedom of Speech Freedom of Assembly Separation of Church and State (no national religion)

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 2 Right to Bear Arms [Historic Roots] In the period prior to the revolution, the English attempted to limit militia activity, as they rightly feared preparations for a coming revolution. [Right(s)]

Output: Right to keep and bear arms

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 3 No Quarter [Historic Roots] The Quartering Act passed by English Parliament required the colonists to house and feed British troops stationed in the colonies. [Right(s)]

Output: Right to protection from troops being quartered in homes during peacetime

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 4 Search and Seizure [Historic Roots] British troops often search houses and property at will, in an attempt to suppress organizations working towards a revolution. [Right(s)]

Output: Right against unreasonable search and seizure Warrants require cause and must be specific

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 5 Rights of the Accused [Historic Roots] Many accused under British law in the colonies, were jailed without being accused of a crime. It was also not uncommon for a person in the colonies to be tried under the laws of Britain, without regard to the local laws passed within the colonies. [Right(s)]

Output: Accused must be indicted by a Grand Jury Cannot be tried for the same crime twice (double jeopardy) Cannot be forced to testify against yourself Right to a fair trial with all proper legal rights enforced (due process) Right to fair compensation ($$) when the gov't takes your property for public use

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 6 More Rights of the Accused [Historic Roots] In the era prior to the revolution, British courts could keep a suspect in jail without accusing him/her of a crime or bringing them into a court of law. Many suspects sat in prison for years awaiting trial, only to be found innocent an released. [Right(s)]

Output: Right to be informed of the charges against you Right to a speedy and public trial Right to an impartial jury Right to face witnesses against you in court Right to counsel (a lawyer) Right to call witnesses in your defense

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 7 Rights in a Civil Case [Historic Roots] This provision protected the idea of trial by jury (a fundamental notion in both English and American law) and extended it to all cases private or public. [Right(s)]

Output: Right to a trial by jury in a civil case (non-criminal case)

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 8 Cruel and Unusual Punishment [Historic Roots] Even given that English laws applied to the colonies, English run colonial courts did not enforce the law evenly or fairly in the eyes of many. Excessive fines were levied for small offenses and extended sentences were given colonists perceived as threats for even the most minor offenses. [Right(s)]

Output: Right to protection against cruel and unusual punishment Right to protection against excessive bails and fines

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 9 Unenumerated Rights [Historic Roots] The founding fathers wanted to be certain that rights articulated in the Bill of Rights were not thought to be the only possible rights. [Right(s)]

Output: Guarantee that rights not enumerated (listed) in the Constitution are still protected

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Amendment] 10 Reserved Rights [Historic Roots] Many of the founding fathers feared the domination of the people and the states by a powerful federal government. To insure the containment of this power, people and states are granted all the powers that the federal government is not. [Right(s)]

Output: Guarantee that the people and the states have all of the powers not specifically delegated the federal government (reserved powers)

[RegentsPrep U.S. History] Government: Amendments


Input: [Confucianism] Government was extremely important. A ruler had to be good in order for his subjects to be good and obey him. Government existed for the benefit of the people, not the other way around. [Legalism] The people are there to serve the government. The government comes before everything in a Legalist society. [Aspect of Chinese society]

Output: The role of the government

Modern Chinese Government – Confucian or Legalist? « Balneus


Input: [Confucianism] People should love and respect each other (treat each other by the golden rule). [Legalism] The people should not focus on being loving and caring. Instead, they should spy on everyone around them to report any law breaking. [Aspect of Chinese society]

Output: Relationships between individuals in society

Modern Chinese Government – Confucian or Legalist? « Balneus


Input: [Confucianism] History and poetry are educational resources and people can study them to further educate themselves. [Legalism] History and poetry didn’t help make the government more powerful, therefore they were useless and a waste of people’s time. [Aspect of Chinese society]

Output: Importance of traditional Chinese history and poetry

Modern Chinese Government – Confucian or Legalist? « Balneus


Input: [Confucianism] Family always came first before anything. A son/daughter should do his/her best to protect and respect his/her family. [Legalism] Family came second to obeying the laws. One’s duty was to turn his or her family members into the government if one of their family members broke a law. [Aspect of Chinese society]

Output: Responsibility towards family

Modern Chinese Government – Confucian or Legalist? « Balneus


Input: [Confucianism] As long as you study hard and are a learned person, then you can move up in social class. A man should not be born into power and nobility, he should prove himself worthy through how educated he is. [Legalism] You could change your social status all depending on how many heads you kill during wars. The more, the higher status you are. [Aspect of Chinese society]

Output: Social mobility

Modern Chinese Government – Confucian or Legalist? « Balneus


Input: [Confucianism] Religion wasn’t practiced in Confucianism. Confucius believed that people should focus less on the supernatural and spend more time working towards a peaceful and caring society. [Legalism] Religion is allowed to be practiced if it does not involve any behaviors that do not benifit the state and support the same behaiviors the government wants to encourage. [Aspect of Chinese society]

Output: Religion

Modern Chinese Government – Confucian or Legalist? « Balneus


Input: [Confucianism] He believed that of all things someone could have, education was the most important. An emperor with no education is no better than a peasant with education. [Legalism] Scholars and books that disagreed with Legalists beliefs were destroyed. Legalists wanted people to think the same way and not gain too much knowledge. [Aspect of Chinese society]

Output: Education

Modern Chinese Government – Confucian or Legalist? « Balneus


Input: [0] DAY SIX [1] Gen 1:24 [2] Gen 1:25 [3] Gen 1:26 [4] Gen 1:27 [5] Gen 1:28 [6] Gen 1:29 [8] Gen 1:31 [7]

Output: Gen 1:30

Kids Creation lesson Day 6 Genesis - Questions about the last working day of creation


Input: [0] RSV [1] And God said "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. [2] And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [3] Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." [4] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. [5] And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." [6] And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. [8] And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. [7]

Output: And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.

Kids Creation lesson Day 6 Genesis - Questions about the last working day of creation


Input: [0] NIV [1] And God said, Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind. And it was so. [2] God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. [3] Then God said, Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. [4] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them [5] God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. [6] Then God said, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. [8] God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morningthe sixth day. [7]

Output: And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the groundeverything that has the breath of life in itI give every green plant for food. And it was so.

Kids Creation lesson Day 6 Genesis - Questions about the last working day of creation


Input: [0] KJV [1] And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. [2] And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good. [3] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. [4] So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. [5] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. [6] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. [8] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [7]

Output: And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Kids Creation lesson Day 6 Genesis - Questions about the last working day of creation


Input: [0] NRSV [1] Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." [2] God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good. [3] Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." [4] 27 So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. [5] God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." [6] God said, "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. [8] God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. [7]

Output: 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.

Kids Creation lesson Day 6 Genesis - Questions about the last working day of creation


Input: [0] THINK ABOUT IT [1] First, God creates all land animals in this God day- by simply saying so - wild animals, cattle  what we think of as farm animals, creeping things that are likely snakes and their relatives. (Since this story was written many years after the creation, the use of the word cattle is important. Cattle are animals which later on are for offerings to God (Genesis 4:4), food (Genesis 9:3, clothing (Gen 3:21) and other uses  separate from wild animals. ) [2] This confirms that God created all land animals in this God day- wild animals, cattle  what we think of as farm animals, creeping things that are likely snakes and their relatives. [3] Since God is bigger and more powerful than we can imagine, and our language is too limited to show that greatness and complexity, God uses the word us, instead of me. Me is too small a word. So this is Gods plan to make men and what their duty and position in the world will be. He plans that people should be above all land creatures and birds. [4] Gods makes people  man and woman. [5] Gods blesses the people. Tells them to reproduce and that their position in the world will also include being above the sea creatures as well as land creatures and birds. God says that people have dominion over all these things. Dominion means the power or right of governing. We must remember governing comes with responsibility as well as power. (The creation of man is separated from creation of women in Genesis 2: 20-25) [6] God is talking to people and telling them that they are given the seed bearing fruits, grains and vegetables to eat**. [7]

Output: God also gives the plants to the animals to eat. At this time, animals and man are veagetarians**. Animals do not kill other animals for food. (This is all later in the Garden of Eden  see Genesis chapter 2-3)

Kids Creation lesson Day 6 Genesis - Questions about the last working day of creation


Input: Phenomena of Hypnosis [Pentecostalism] Almost a perfect description of what happen in Pentecostal churches!

Output: In response to direct and specific suggestions the hypnotized person may be rendered happy or sad, angry or pleased, liberal or stingy, proud or humble, pugnacious or passive, bold or timid, hopeful or despondent, insolent or respectful. He may be made to sing, to shout, to laugh, to weep, to act, to dance, to shoot, to fish, to preach, to pray, to recite a poem or expound a theory. The expressions of the subject in response to the suggestions is most significant, as its very earnestness and profound. The attitudes and gestures are equal to the best effort of an experienced actor. Delusions and Illusions or Hallucinations may be induced by hypnotic suggestions, for instance, when a chair is taken for a dog, or a broom for a lovely women. Various physiological effects can be produced in the state of hypnosis. A subject can be caused to cry and shed tears on one side of the face and laugh on the other. The pulse can be quickened or retarded, respiration slowed or even accelerated, and perspiration produced all by suggestion. Even the temperature of the body can be affected. If a subject is told he has a high fever, his pulse will become rapid, his face flushed, and his temperature increase. If suggested that he is cold, goose bumps could develop. Hunger and Thirst, could be created or retarded. (Shadow's Stage Hypnosis)

Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!

from, Shadow's Stage Hypnosis, "How to Hypnotize"


Input: Sudden Jerk Method [Pentecostalism] Precisely what Pentecostals do in their meetings! Phrases like, "receive the Spirit", "here it comes", "get ready for it" are very common just before slaying in the spirit. Touching often occurs. Faith healers actually shake heads, give sharp hits to the head.

Output: Hypnotist Jim Hoke used this method of instantaneously hypnotizing with great skill. Whilst passing through the audience, when he notices a spectator showing symptoms of susceptibility to hypnosis. He will suddenly reach out, grip the persons hand, and give a forceful jerking forward causing the persons head to flop down to their lap. At that very instant he will command "Go the sleep this very moment!" Immediately he will then place his free hand on the back of the party's head and press down, while rapidly continuing suggestions, "Melt down, melt down into deep hypnosis now." From experience the hypnotist can become expert in seizing the "moments of anticipation" of members of his audience resulting in instantaneous hypnosis. It looks miraculous. Hoke will pass through an audience snapping person after person into hypnosis by this method. The effect is compounding on the spectators, seeing it work in another excites expectations that it will work on oneself. (Shadow's Stage Hypnosis)

Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!

from, Shadow's Stage Hypnosis, "How to Hypnotize"


Input: Head Tap Technique for Deepening [Pentecostalism] Pentecostals will use a whole series of different touches. Touch head, chest, palms etc. All the while saying, "open up to God" types of phrases.

Output: It is suggested that every tap in the top of the head will increase the depth of hypnosis. The operator commences a series of regular tapping upon the top of the subjects head. The subjective effect of the method being that each tap is recognized by the subconscious meaning, "You are going down deeper and deeper into hypnosis." It is an effective technique for deepening hypnosis. (Shadow's Stage Hypnosis)

Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!

from, Shadow's Stage Hypnosis, "How to Hypnotize"


Input: posthypnotic suggestion [Pentecostalism] This is seen often in Pentecostal churches. The audience is trained so that when the faith healer says or does certain things, the result is slaying in the Spirit. One faith healer turned the slew the entire choir, except for an old deaf man who didn't HEAR the cue!!!

Output: Possibly the surest way to obtain instantaneous hypnosis is to give the hypnotized subject a posthypnotic suggestion that when you do such and such he will immediately become hypnotized. The "such and such" can be any cue desired. A simple one would be to suggest: "When I look into your eyes and tell you to 'GO TO SLEEP' you will instantly become hypnotized. The subject is then awakened. You can then test the response. Passing by the subject, suddenly turn and look in his eyes and forcefully state: 'GO TO SLEEP.' Immediately hypnosis is induced. (Shadow's Stage Hypnosis)

Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!

from, Shadow's Stage Hypnosis, "How to Hypnotize"


Input: expectancy method [Pentecostalism] What more can be said, identical to Pentecostals!!! The audience is expecting people to be slain in the spirit!!!

Output: Expectancy to being hypnotized is a great factor in being hypnotized, instantly. That is why subjects watching others being hypnotized become excessively responsive themselves. By way of example : A person is sitting beside a subject being hypnotized on stage. They see him "go to sleep" on you command. If you suddenly turn your attention to that person, look him squarely in the eyes and shout, "SLEEP!" Down he goes. It takes experience to use this method effectively. The hypnotist has to learn to recognize the symptoms of readiness in the potential subject. i.e. Intensity of interest, a focusing of the eyes, even an increasing of the breathing rate. The skill of successful instantaneous hypnotizing comes through an instinctive recognition of anticipation plus forceful boldness! (Shadow's Stage Hypnosis)

Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!

from, Shadow's Stage Hypnosis, "How to Hypnotize"


Input: The Head Rap Method [Pentecostalism] Pentecostal preachers actually use this!!! They PUNCH people in the head with their palm as if they were serving a volley ball! The blow knocks the head back! The faith healer shouts all kinds of things at the point of contact, exactly like the hypnotists!

Output: A sudden pain will often snap the subject into hypnosis. This method is related to the foregoing. Passing by a subject, suddenly catch his eye. You can tell when this occurs as his eyes set upon yourself on the instant with something of a surprised, bewildered blank look in their focus. Having captured such attention, suddenly snap the knuckles of your right hand with a rap (not too gentle) on the top of his head. At the moment of contact with the skull, shout, "SLEEP!" The subject will instantly snap into hypnosis. You can then soften things by suggesting: "The pain from the rap is all gone now, for you are in hypnosis. You feel all comfortable now. Go deep to sleep now in profound hypnosis" (Shadow's Stage Hypnosis)

Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!

from, Shadow's Stage Hypnosis, "How to Hypnotize"


Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] Man Can Only Be Saved Through God’s Grace [Pelangianism]

Output: Man Can Be Saved By His Own Works

Pelangianism | Age of Arthur - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | Obsidian Portal


Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] God Saves All Men, Just Don’t Screw It Up [Pelangianism]

Output: Man Work for His Salvation, God Finishes It Up

Pelangianism | Age of Arthur - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | Obsidian Portal


Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] Man Was Born In Sin And Requires Grace To Save Us From Our Inclindation To Sin (Original Sin) [Pelangianism]

Output: You Will Be Judged Only For What You Do, You Control Your Inclinations

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Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] Baptism Is Needed From Infancy (Original Sin) [Pelangianism]

Output: Baptism Is Only Needed When Ready to Commit to Christ

Pelangianism | Age of Arthur - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | Obsidian Portal


Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] You Must Have Grace (& Baptism) For Good Works To Count [Pelangianism]

Output: Good Works Are Good Works, Grace Will Attend You

Pelangianism | Age of Arthur - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | Obsidian Portal


Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] Sins Can Be Wiped Clean by the authority fo the Priesthood of the Church, New Sins Are On A New Tally [Pelangianism]

Output: If You Regress Back to a sin for which you previously atoned, the liability all comes back. Repent again, do better.

Pelangianism | Age of Arthur - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | Obsidian Portal


Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] The Church Is Fundamentally Required For Salvation All Through Life [Pelangianism]

Output: No Central Authority Is Needed for Salvation After Baptism If Living A Good Christian Life

Pelangianism | Age of Arthur - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | Obsidian Portal


Input: [Late 5th Century Catholicism] Who: Urban centers, Romans, Romano-Britons, Irish Gaels, young Saxon converts (under 30) [Pelangianism]

Output: Who: Rural area with weak ties to Rome, Britons, Non-Hibernian Gaels & Picts, old Saxon converts (over 30)

Pelangianism | Age of Arthur - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | Obsidian Portal


Input: [Code] 01405 [Name] May, Rollo Recollections Of Abraham Maslow [Price] $11.95 [Description]

Output: Rollo May, Denis O`Donovan and Anthony Sutich speak movingly of their friend Maslow (1908-1970) and the influence he had on their personal lives and work as well as on psychology and the broader human potential movement. - 1971 Esalen - One Audiotape


Input: [Code] 04001 [Name] May, Rollo Violence and The Daimonic [Price] $11.95 [Description]

Output: May traces the sources of violence and aggression in our culture and man's relationship to evil and the daimonic. He explores the concept that evil can be used for good and that in every act of justice, we need to be sensitive that there is also an injustice. - 1970 Esalen - One Audiotape


Input: [Code] 04003 [Name] May, Rollo Creativity And The Daimonic [Price] $18.95 [Description]

Output: In psychotherapy and the creative process, May considers it necessary to confront and wrestle with the daimonic. He defines the daimonic as any natural function which has the power of taking over the personality - sex and eros, anger and rage, and the craving of power - and discusses the curious phenomenon that a creative person always lives with, and produces partly by virtue of the daimonic. - 1968 Esalen - Two Audiotapes


Input: [Code] 04004 [Name] May, Rollo Dimensions Of Consciousness [Price] $36.95 [Description]

Output: We live in a culture afraid of creativity, often demanding security and predictability instead of fully entering the richness and depth of human consciousness. In this set of lectures, philosopher and psychologist May plumbs those depths, describing creativity and phenomenology as bridges between the natural world and our personal experience, and myth as the language of the unconscious. - 1966 Esalen - Four Audiotapes


Input: [Code] 04005 [Name] May, Rollo Will, Wish and Intentionality [Price] $36.95 [Description]

Output: May examines human psychology and motivation in terms of individual responsibility for our actions. The Victorian belief that our rational minds are sufficient to lead us through the world dissolved after Freud, but has often been replaced by a sense that we are powerless, passive products of our world rather than active participants. The critical issue now is to re-discover the experience of personal significance in our lives. - 1965 Esalen - Four Audiotapes


Input: [Code] 04006 [Name] May, Rollo and Sam Keen Loss Of Innocence [Price] $11.95 [Description]

Output: This lively spontaneous dialogue looks at myths of the West, focusing on death and tragety as the elements that give a story the depth of mythology. Keen claims America has been trying to live without myth and without a past - in denial of death and the transcendent. The two esteemed teachers take this as a starting point to ask, "What does America need? What's the new myth?" - 1974 Esalen - One Audiotape


Input: [0] I. [2]

Output: The age of discretion for both Confession and Communion is the time when a child begins to exercise his reason. This is normally around the seventh year, more or less. From this time also begins the duty of keeping the precept of Confession and Communion.

Fr. Hardon Archives - First Confession: An Historical and Theological Analysis


Input: [0] II. [2]

Output: For first Confession and first Communion it is not necessary to have a fully complete knowledge of Christian doctrine. Afterwards, however, the child should gradually learn the whole catechism according to his mental capacity.

Fr. Hardon Archives - First Confession: An Historical and Theological Analysis