Sanctuary Series: The Exodus

And were all baptized unto Moses

in the cloud and in the sea;

1 Corinthians 10:2

Outer Court (Altar of Sacrifice, Brazen Laver)
Inner Court (Table of Bread, 7 Branch Candlestick, Altar of Incense)

Most Holy Place (Ark of Covenant & Mercy/Judgment Seat)

Altar of Sacrifice: The Passover Lamb Feast & Blood on Doorposts

Laver: Symbolic Baptism through the Red Sea

Table of Bread: Fed by Manna (Bread) from Heaven

Altar of Incense: 3 Days of Introspection to prepare to meet God at Sanai

Candlestick: They were then declared to be God's peculiar people to the World

Ark of the Covenant: The 10 Commandments Given

Playing Games with Salvation?

Playing Games with Salvation?
The Day is coming when there will be no more room for Playing Games.....

He that is unjust,

let him be unjust still:

and he which is filthy,

let him be filthy still:

Revelation 22:11

Creation Moment 3/8/2016 - From our Observations...

"From all these observations,

we discern most

plainly the incomprehensible perfection,

the exact order,

and the inscrutable providential care

with which the most wise Creator and Lord of the Universe had formed the bodies of these animalcules, which are so minute as to escape our sight, to the end that different species of them may be preserved in existence."

       — Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), father of microbiology

All things were made by him;

and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:3

SANCTUARY SERIES: Christ in the Furniture

Outer Court (Altar of Sacrifice, Brazen Laver)

Inner Court (Table of Bread, 7 Branch Candlestick, Altar of Incense)

Most Holy Place (Ark of Covenant & Mercy/Judgment Seat)

 

Altar of Sacrifice: Christ the Lamb of God

 

Laver: Christ the Living Water

Table of Bread: Christ the Bread of Life

 

Altar of Incense: Christ our Intercessor

Candlestick: Christ our Light

 

Ark of the Covenant: Christ manifested in the Flesh; Union of God & Man Restored

God was manifest in the flesh,

justified in the Spirit,

seen of angels,

preached unto the Gentiles,

believed on in the world,

received up into glory.

1 Timothy 3:16

The "Really" File - (Woe, DUDES.....)

And they rejected his statutes,

and his covenant that he made with their fathers,

and his testimonies which he testified against them;

and they followed vanity, and became vain,

and went after the heathen that were round about them,

concerning whom the LORD had charged them,

that they should not do like them.

2 Kings 17:15

World’s First Transgender Mosque!!!!!

Uhm.....There is a TRANSGENDER MOSQUE now?.....Does anyone know what ISIS or Al Queda will do to these people if they catch them???? WOW......

Some bigots against Christianity would claim they Christians should do what the Bible would call for in the Old Testament....Actually NOT true....
1) Under the "Laws of Moses" the death penalty would have been required. But we are not under the "Laws of Moses". Those were to keep God's people among themselves pure.....but not to go over into other lands and enforce it on others, such as Jews running off to Athens & slaughtering the "boy lovers" there at the time or cross dressers in the Punjab....
2) The death penalty applied to only certain sets of sins.....where you would forfeit this life & the next. An extremely serious lesson to teach the children of Israel--and us to learn from today.
3) These sins could have been classified as a) Sabbath Breaking b) Sexual Immorality (of all kinds--from homosexuality, to cross dressing, to adultery, to fornication, to bestiality, to rape, etc.) c) Occultic Practices (Psychics, witchcraft, etc.  ....some say what about rebellious people? Remember that the Bible says Rebellion is as the "sin of witchcraft"-so God lumped it into that category).
4) --BUT--IF these sins were an abomination then in the eyes of God, worthy of the death sentence, then today, without a death sentence carried out, they are still ABOMINATIONS in the sight of God. That part hasn't changed.
5) As for the reason WHY Christians don't carry out the death penalty today, is because the Gospel was sent unto the whole world after the cross...we no longer live under a theocracy but in nations governed by the Laws of Men....and implementing such punishments would only alienate many from hearing the Gospel & without a High Priest line for rendering judgments on earth, many more mistakes would be made....rather we were sent out to call SINNERS to REPENTANCE...like the men of this mosque. Not to kill them.
In Summary, God had 3 basic sets of Laws: 1- God's Law (10 Commandments/Moral Law-still governing all) 2- Laws of Moses (No longer in effect as for the punishments--but something to teach us right from wrong still) 3- Ceremonial Laws (Carried out in the Sanctuary rituals up to the Cross, then from there it shifts to the heavenly Sanctuary where the real process takes place. But once again--we are taught Lessons about salvation in the Sanctuary rituals & feast days, although we no longer observe those rituals). Finally, on the side there were also the Dietary Laws which--why argue with your Creator as to what you should & shouldn't eat? WHY do Christians argue with God about that????

But as for the Muslim Mosque of Transgenderism.....as for them putting this out there they are asking for trouble from their fellow Muslims....DUDES, do you know what they (ISIS) will do to you if they catch you? Not call you to repentance, that's for sure....Anyway here is the story....

"The Pondok Pesantren Waria was likely the first transgender prayer school in the world. The school’s name is a combination of pondok pesantran, Indonesian for prayer school, and waria,

Indonesian for transgender woman. Shinta and another transgender woman (waria in Indonesian), fostered a community of 30 to 40 active members, from a community of several hundred transgender women in the city. Then in February, it was shuttered by authorities responding to threats from the Islamic Jihad Front.

Shinta, 54, was also the mosque’s landlady, even letting some other waria live at her home, though her co-founder passed away a few years ago. They’d created the space in 2008 to provide the community with a gathering space and help in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Yogyakarta two years prior.

“I am a waria; I am not gay, and I am not straight,” Shinta told David Brian Esch, who spent three months observing the prayer school while he was a graduate student in religion. “I feel I am a woman, but physically I am a man.”

While transgender issues and identities are just now gaining widespread acceptance in the United States, they’ve been on the forefront of Indonesian national consciousness longer because the waria are more visible than gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

The waria a term for transfeminine people drawn from the Indonesian words for woman (wanita) and man (pria), see themselves as far from gay.

“They would look at me—I’m a gay man—and they would say, ‘You’re a woman,’” Esch said. “Their sexuality is what gives them gender.”

Over conversations with 19 waria, Esch said he continuously got answers about sexuality to questions about gender.
“Yogyakarta is a city where all Islamic groups, both moderate and Islamist-leaning, have a high representation,” Alexander Arifianto, a researcher at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, told The Daily Beast, adding that the groups recruit from the city’s universities. “The attack against 

From the "Really" File

the LGBT boarding school is just the latest of these incidents within the city. Last year there were several attacks against a number of Christian churches within the city.”

Transgender people have been acknowledged throughout Islamic history, and the Prophet Muhammad’s wife is even said to have had a mukhannath (effeminate) servant who was only banished from the women’s quarters when the Prophet realized he was attracted to women.

Even today in Iran, the Islamic government will pay for gender confirmation surgery for transgender people, making the country second only to Thailand in the number of such surgeries performed. (Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, and activists worry that some gay people may be forced into such surgeries to escape that grisly end.)

The body modifications that do take place come from taking female hormones (usually birth control pills), and injecting liquid silicone into their faces to give them a more feminine look. It travels under their skin and settles on the ends of their noses and on their cheekbones, giving some of the waria a distinctive, mask-like appearance. Some resort to under-the-table surgeries to remove it." TheDailyBeast

 

REALLY?

 

Creation Moment 3/7/2016 - Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

.....for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Psalm 139:14

3 Angel's Message Simplified

3 Angel's Message Simplified:

Revelation 14:6-12

1st Angel's Message:
Called to the True WORSHIP of God

2nd Angel's Message:
Called away from the False WORSHIP of God

3rd Angel's Message:
The showdown over the 2 forms of WORSHIP of God

As innocent Abel fell before Cain (who received a mark) so too will spiritual Abel (via martyrdom) fall before spiritual Cain (with the mark of the beast) in the end......over WORSHIP of God...

Not as Cain,
who was of that wicked one,

and slew his brother.

And wherefore slew he him?

Because his own works were evil,

and his brother's righteous.

1 John 3:12
City Of Doom performed by MICHAEL CARD
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SANCTUARY SERIES: Christ's Wounded Body

To see thy power and thy glory,

so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

Psalm 63:2

 

 

Outer Court (Altar of Sacrifice, Brazen Laver)

Inner Court (Table of Bread, 7 Branch Candlestick, Altar of Incense)

Most Holy Place (Ark of Covenant & Mercy/Judgment Seat)

 

Altar of Sacrifice: Christ's Feet Nailed to Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laver: Pierced on His side where Blood & Water Flowed

 

 

 

 

Table of Bread: His left hand nailed to Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altar of Incense: He died of a Broken Heart

 

 

 

Candlestick: His right hand nailed to Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ark of Covenant: Crown of thorns on His head

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q: What SHAPE does the Layout of the Sanctuary make if you stand it up?
A: A CROSS....

 

 

 

ARCHAEOLOGY: Beth-Lehem

"An ancient necropolis that once held more than 100 tombs from as far back as 4,000 years ago has been discovered near the town of Bethlehem.
Nigro said that finds from the necropolis indicate that the settlement was a wealthy place, with access to trade routes. Ancient texts refer to a "Beth-Lehem" that flourished in the area.
 
"Typical pieces of the burial sets are finely executed carinated bowls, small shouldered jars/bowls

with everted rim[s], one-spouted lamps, huge and well-refined Canaanite jars with two or four handles, as well as bronze daggers and spearheads," Nigro wrote.

* In one tomb, the remains of a man, woman and child were found buried with two bronze daggers and a variety of ceramics, including twin vases attached together. Archaeologists found that the tomb dated to the Middle Bronze Age, more than 3,500 years ago.
* Another tomb at Khalet al-Jam'a contained a nearly complete male skeleton buried with a ceramic lamp that had four sides folded into spouts.
* Another intriguing tomb contained two Egyptian-like amulets, known as scarabs, which were mounted on rings made of bronze or gold.
The scarabs date to the 13th dynasty of Egypt (1802 B.C. to 1640 B.C.), Nigro said. One of the scarabs contains a series of circular decorations, while the other has swirling designs and what appears to be hieroglyphic writing. Two of the hieroglyphic symbols are written within an oval circle known as a cartouche.

The necropolis stopped being used around 650 B.C., Nigro wrote, adding that the name Bethlehem stopped appearing in ancient documents for several centuries until reappearing around the time of Christ.

"It seems that the town suffered a crisis," Nigro wrote. What exactly happened in Bethlehem around 650 B.C. is unclear. However, Nigro noted that around this time, the Assyrian and Babylonian empires launched a series of military campaigns in which they captured land in the region. Stories of these campaigns were told in biblical literature." LiveScience


NOTICE:
"Bethlehem stopped appearing in ancient documents for several centuries until reappearing around the time of Christ."....
Bethlehem made a comeback just in time to fulfill Scripture...

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting......Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king,.   Micah 5:2/Matthew 2:1

Creation Moment 3/6/2016 - Earth Temp

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life,
in the second month,
 the seventeenth day of the month,
the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up,

and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:11

"About 3.5 billion years ago, Earth’s oceans were cool, not inhospitably hot as previously thought. In fact, the entire planet at the time was probably locked in a cold snap that lasted at least 30 million years, a new study concludes.


Consistent Temperature for LIFE since the beginning.....
In evolutionary ideology, that would make no sense....
But a consistent temperature conducive for LIFE from the very start
would FIT THE CREATION MODEL.....
so once again the "SCIENCE"
actually fits the Bible better than evolution

“This is the first evidence that over the entire [last] 3.5 billion years, Earth has operated within a temperature range that suits life,” says Maarten de Wit, a geologist at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.



Evidence for this big chill was found in South Africa’s Barberton Greenstone Belt, which contains some of the oldest, best preserved rocks on Earth. Along with Harald Furnes, a geologist at the University of Bergen in Norway, de Wit spent six years mapping and sampling the Barberton. The researchers studied volcanic rock and a kind of silica called chert that formed deep underwater. They also studied shallower sedimentary and volcanic rocks deposited 30 million years after the deep ocean rocks.

What’s more, de Wit and Furnes figured out why previous researchers had interpreted ocean temperatures to be 30° C to 80° C during this time (compared with near 0° C to about 16° C for modern oceans). Two periods of searing-hot hydrothermal activity had cooked both the seafloor cherts and the surface glacial sediments. In the older seafloor sediments from the Barberton, the team discovered hard evidence for hydrothermal vents. Earlier studies had focused mainly on oxygen isotopes from limited samples that happened to have been strongly affected by this hydrothermal activity, and researchers had not recognized that the results revealed local, not ambient, ocean temperatures." ScienceNews

LET'S BREAK IT DOWN.....they have evidence that the whole existence of earth has been a balanced temperature for life. (TRUE- since it was created for life since creation week)....
As for the layer of sedimentary rocks over deep ocean rocks---that would be due to volcanic activity during the global flood as the great deep was opened......Now, as for that  "searing-hot hydrothermal activity" that  "had cooked both the seafloor cherts and the surface glacial sediments", that would likely be due to those vents ripping open from the great deep.... 

 

Those North & South Winds

Awake,

O north wind;

and come, thou south;

blow upon my garden,

that the spices thereof may flow out.

Song of Solomon 4:16

 

"Anything is better than the dead calm of indifference.

 

Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to the drawing forth of the perfume of our graces. So long as it cannot be said, "The Lord was not in the wind," we will not shrink from the most wintry blast that ever blew upon plants of grace. ....Yet she desires the warm south wind of comfort, too, the smiles of divine love, the joy of the Redeemer's presence;

these are often mightily effectual to arouse our sluggish life.

 

Graces unexercised are as sweet perfumes slumbering in the cups of the flowers: the wisdom of the great Husbandman overrules diverse and opposite causes to produce the one desired result, and makes both affliction and consolation draw forth the grateful odors of faith, love, patience, hope, resignation, joy, and the other fair flowers of the garden. May we know by sweet experience, what this means."

Charles Spurgeon

NO GEEPS ALLOWED (spiritually)

"A sheep–goat hybrid (sometimes called a geep) is the hybrid offspring of a sheep and a goat. Although sheep and goats seem similar and can be mated, they belong to different genera in the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae.  The offspring of a sheep-goat pairing is generally stillborn. Despite widespread shared pasturing of goats and sheep, hybrids are very rare, indicating the genetic distance between the two species. Though sometimes called "geep", ...Wikipedia




A GEEP is very rare in nature.....and is NONEXISTENT in spiritual terms.....

When the Son of man shall come in his glory,

and all the holy angels with him,

then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

And before him shall be gathered all nations:

and he shall separate them one from another,

 as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,

but the goats on the left.

Matthew 25:31-33

 

---NO GEEPS ALLOWED---

SDA News - SDA Carson drops out

"Carson told the Conservative Political Action Conference that he is "leaving the campaign trail."
"Even though I might be leaving the campaign trail, you know there’s a lot of people who love me, they just won’t vote for me," Carson said, smiling. "But I will still continue to be heavily

involved in trying to save our nation."
Carson said he will serve as national chairman of My Faith Votes, a non-partisan group that is working to dramatically increase voting participation by Christians in the 2016 election and beyond.
Carson's campaign announcement was hardly a surprise. In a statement on Wednesday, he announced he was skipping Thursday night's Fox News debate and said he saw no "political path forward" after doing poorly on Super Tuesday. His departure leaves four major candidates in the GOP primary race. He did not endorse anyone Friday." msn

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:3

Creation Moment 3/5/2016 - "Creatorgate" Scandal?

The L-O-L of the year probably......read below how a group of researchers from China (likely atheists) & Massachusetts are honest about the DESIGN of the human hand. And then watch the other atheistic "scientists" MELTDOWN...LOL........enjoy!!!

Here is a tweet with a name angry atheists are calling this situation..."

"The #Creatorgate article is a harmful disgrace. ಠ_ಠ"

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:

remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Psalm 74:22

"A recent scientific paper on the movement of the human hand has faced strong criticism for referring to a 'Creator' throughout.
The paper, titled: 'Biomechanical characteristics of hand coordination in grasping activities of daily living' was written by a

team of four researchers, three from Huazhong University in China, and one from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.
Published in the PLOS ONE journal, the fairly conventional study looked at the mechanics of how we grasp things, and involved the measurement of the hand movements of 30 participants.
However, members of the scientific community have demanded the paper be retracted, for its several perceived references to the pseudoscientific theory of intelligent design and a possibly divine 'Creator'.
In the opening sentences of the study, it claims the link between muscles and hand movements is the product of "proper design by the Creator."
Later, it says human hand coordination "should indicate the mystery of the Creator's invention," and concludes by again claiming the mechanical architecture of the hand is the result of "proper design by the Creator."
......many people, including researchers who work as editors for the publication, are now calling for it to be retracted.
Some scientists said the journal should be boycotted unless amends are made.
Commenting below the study, the journal's staff apologised that the language referring to a 'Creator' was not addressed during the paper's evaluation.
They also said they were "looking into" the concerns raised, and would "take steps" to correct the published article."
Independent

L-O-L

Who are the "wicked"?

“The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.” (Psalm 10:4)
It is significant that the word “wicked” ....is essentially synonymous with “ungodly” and the Hebrew word (rasha) used here is often so translated. This tenth psalm provides a graphic summary of their real character. They are:

1. Proud. “The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God” (v. 4).
2. Fawning. “For the wicked . . . blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth” (v. 3).
3. Atheistic, at least in behavior. “He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: . . . he will never see it” (v. 11).
4. Stubborn. “He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity” (v. 6).
5. Profane. “His mouth is full of cursing . . . : under his tongue is mischief and vanity” (v. 7).
6. Hurtful. “In the secret places doth he murder the innocent” (v. 8). This surely applies to character assassination, when not to actual killing.
7. Deceptive. “His mouth is full of . . . deceit and fraud: . . . He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den” (vv. 7, 9).

It is significant that the apostle Paul cited verse 7 (“full of cursing”) as descriptive of most of the ancient pagans in his day, and it can sadly be applied to many modern pagans as well."
ICR

Creation Moment 3/4/2016 - Materialism of Scientism

"Materialism, properly understood, purports to afford knowledge, but its salient contribution to modernity is the ignorance it demands. Materialism is a denial of reality. It's an impoverished superstition, hardly more than magical thinking.

 

Materialism is an amalgam of

unexamined presuppositions,

delusions of explanatory relevance,

smug scientism,

self-refuting pretense,

and witless non-sequiturs posing as "scientific" conclusions."

        — Michael Egnor, neurosurgeon, Dec. 2014

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read:

Isaiah 34:16

Say I Do performed by EVIE

Say I Do performed by EVIE
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And now, little children, abide in him; that,

when he shall appear, we may have confidence,

and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

1 John 2:28

WAR with "the Philistines"

 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines,

to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter,

and his ax, and his mattock.

1 Samuel 13:20 

 

"We are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil.

Every weapon within our reach must be used.

Preaching, teaching, praying, ...all must be brought into action,...

 

Coulter, and axe, and mattock, may all be useful in slaying Philistines; rough tools may deal hard blows, and killing need not be elegantly done, so long as it is done effectually.

 

Each moment of time, in season or out of season;

each fragment of ability, educated or untutored;

 

This morning let us note enough to sharpen our zeal during this day by the aid of the Holy Spirit. See the energy of the Papists, how they compass sea and land to make one proselyte, are they to monopolize all the earnestness?

 

Mark the heathen devotees, what tortures they endure in the service

of their idols! are they alone to exhibit patience and self-sacrifice?

 

Observe the prince of darkness, how persevering in his endeavors, how unabashed in his attempts, how daring in his plans, how thoughtful in his plots, how energetic in all!

 

The devils are united as one man in their infamous rebellion, while we believers in Jesus are divided in our service of God, and scarcely ever work with unanimity. O that from Satan's infernal industry we may learn to go about like good Samaritans, seeking whom we may bless!"

Charles Spurgeon

Creation Moment 3/3/2016 - Strikes 1 & 2 against Darwinism

"Darwinism, honestly regarded, should lead you to expect not an

ordered, increasingly inclusive hierarchy of life but more like a disordered...smear of diversity. Such expectations are frustrated by reality. As biologist Michael Denton explains, life presents itself as a tiered formation marked by novelties or homologs. These taxa-defining novelties, such as the pentadactyl limb, are not lead up to by a series of forms increasingly like the final version.

That's strike one.

Worse for Darwinism,

 it's typically the case that there is no way even to imagine how the novelty could be lead up to in such a manner.

Strike two."

EN&V

Creation Moment 3/2/2016 - Evolutionary Eugenics made "Intellectually Respectable"

The heart is deceitful above all things,

and desperately wicked:

Jeremiah 17:9

"We must never forget:

 

Eugenics is a well-known low point in the modern history of science. In the United States, from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s, credence was given to this pseudoscience focused on the

notional ‘improvement’ of human populations by halting the reproduction of supposedly lesser genes. Less well known is the story of how US law rendered eugenics intellectually respectable across the world, supporting programmes from Canada to Sweden. Ultimately, this egregious failing led to the enforced sterilization of at least 60,000 US citizens, and was used by the Nazi regime to justify its own programme of sterilization and, later, extermination.

 

Americans tend to blame Hitler alone; how many realize the guilt of American scientists in what happened? Eugenics was alive and well in the United States long before Hitler took it to extremes. Nourse says that America bears guilt for making it “intellectually respectable” around the world." CEH

Weakness -OR- Meekness?

Weakness -OR- Meekness?

But he held his peace,

 and answered nothing.

Mark 14:61

I'm gonna say it was Meekness......

 

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people:

 he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Psalm 149:4

"The most precious fruit of sanctification
is the grace of meekness."

Reflecting Christ p.264 E.G.W.

Creation Moment 3/1/2016 - Panpsychism Nonsense

....always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:7 NIV

"A new movement in some science circles could have theists wishing for the good old days of battling materialism.

It’s called panpsychism. Live Science writes about it in “Minds Everywhere: ‘Panpsychism’ Takes Hold in Science.” 

 Here’s how the article opens:

Are humans living in a simulation?

Is consciousness nothing more than the firing of neurons in the brain?

 Or is consciousness a distinct entity that permeates every speck of matter in the universe?

A conference was held in San Francisco recently at “the Victorian home of Susan McTavish Best, a

lifestyle guru” who met with truth-seeker Lawrence Kuhn, who interviews leading leading thinkers.
The present article reports that some scientists are moving away from materialism (which is good). But if “consciousness” is viewed as an entity that “permeates every speck of matter in the universe,” theists will have a whole new ball of wax to deal with. Actually, it’s an old ball of wax called pantheism (or panentheism).

In its extreme form, it could undo science altogether. Philosophers have put forward many notions of consciousness.

* The materialist notion holds that consciousness can be fully explained by the the firing of neurons in the human brain,
* while mind-body dualism argues that the soul or mind is distinct from, and can potentially outlive, the body.

Under the notion of panpsychism, a kind of re-boot of ancient animistic ideas, every speck of matter has a kind of proto-consciousness. When aggregated in particular ways, all this proto-consciousness turns into a sense of inner awareness. And other, Eastern philosophies have held that consciousness is the only real thing in the universe, Kuhn said. Neuroscientists and many philosophers have typically planted themselves firmly on the materialist side. But a growing number of scientists now believe that materialism cannot wholly explain the sense of “I am” that undergirds consciousness, Kuhn told the audience.

But if everything is conscious, what is science to work on? Understanding the world becomes a process of subjugation of the individual mind to the universal mind.

* Visions of Eastern meditation,

* prayers to trees and

* fear of spirits in everything comes back into view:

* a return to the paganism from which science tried to escape.

If history shows anything, though, it’s this: ideas have consequences. You can reason with a materialist because usually the person respects science, logic, and observation. Anyone who has tried to reason with an Eastern mystic or animist knows how much harder it is to come to any agreement on a propositional argument.
Pantheism robs the soul of any desire to understand the world; Christian apologists will rue the day that panpsychism replaces materialism. Better get equipped now to deal with it." CEH