Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Puritan Corner - The other Sanctuary

 "God hath two sanctuaries; He hath two heavens: the heaven of
heavens and a broken spirit."
by Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalm 34:18

The High Mountain

Get thee up into the high mountain.
Isaiah 40:9
 
"OUR knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of our  mountains. 
 
--When you are at the base you see but little: the mountain itself
appears to be but one-half as high as it really is. 
--Confined in a little valley, you discover scarcely anything but the rippling brooks as they descend into the stream at the foot of the mountain. 
--Climb the first rising knoll, and the valley lengthens and widens beneath your feet. 
--Go higher, and you see the country for four or five miles round, and you are delighted with the widening prospect. 
--Mount still, and the scene enlarges; till at last, when you are on the summit, and look east, west, north, and south, you see almost all lying before you. 
 
*Now, the Christian life is of the same order. 
When we first believe in Christ we see but little of Him. The higher we climb the more we discover of His beauties. But who has ever gained the summit? Who has known all the heights and depths of the love of Christ which passes knowledge? 
 
 Get thee up, dear friend, into the high mountain." Charles Spurgeon

Creation Moment 6/30/2022 - Kant Laid Groundwork for Darwinism

 Do you thus deal with the LORD,
O foolish and unwise people?
Deuteronomy 32:6 NKJV
 
"Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) is commonly regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of all time.
But his intellectual career began with theology. On the 22 April 1724, Kant was born in Königsberg to devout Pietistic parents who named him Emmanuel, “God is with him”. His mother’s prayer for him was:
May God sustain him in accordance with His Covenant of Grace until his final rest, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Amen.”
 
Kant’s book was entitled Universal Natural History and Theory of
The Heavens, or An Essay on The Constitution and Mechanical Origin of The Whole Universe, Treated In Accordance With Newtonian Principles
(1755). Knowing that it would be theologically iconoclastic, he was only content to publish it when he felt that he was “secure in relation to the duties of religion”. This state of affairs was achieved by Frederick the Great (1712–1786)—a known atheist—taking to the throne, to whom Kant dedicated the volume.

Kant developed the first ‘nebular hypothesis’prototype to explain the origin of the universe “through mechanical laws alone”. In this book he speculates that the universe may have taken ‘millions of years’ to evolve from chaos; that the earth may have “existed for a thousand or more years before it was constituted so as to support people, animals, and plants”; and that the world continues to evolve because “Creation is never complete … it will never stop.” But his confidence in mechanical causes stumbles at the origin of life. Kant’s reticence here speaks for itself:
Are we in a position to say: Give me matter and I will
show you how a caterpillar can be created? Do we not get stuck at the first step due to ignorance
about the true inner nature of the object and the complexity of the diversity contained in it? It should therefore not be thought strange if I dare to say that we will understand the formation of all the heavenly bodies, the cause of their motion, in short, the origin of the whole present constitution of the universe sooner than the creation of a single plant or caterpillar becomes clearly and completely known on mechanical grounds.
It was a problem that Darwin would attempt to solve a hundred years later. Yet, without Genesis, not only was Kant unable to explain the origin of life, he could not understand what it meant to be human:
We are not even properly familiar with what a human being actually is, even though consciousness and our senses should inform us about it; how much less will we be able to imagine what he will become in the future!” 
This anthropological quandary led Kant to categorize humanity into four races. Predictably, this resulted in racism. Kant ranks the native ‘inhabitants of America’ “far below even the Negro, who stands on the lowest of all the other steps that we have named as differences of the races.”
 
Incredibly, Kant believed that melanin is strongly correlated with intellect. Concerning a ‘Negro carpenter’, he writes, “this fellow was quite black from head to foot, a clear proof that what he said was stupid.”  But for his own ethnicity and nationality, Kant reserves the highest praise:
Humanity is at its greatest perfection in the race of the whites. The yellow Indians do have a meagre talent. The Negroes are far below them and at the lowest point are a part of the American peoples.” 
He says that Germans, being the pinnacle of humanity, have “a fortunate combination of feeling, both in that of the sublime and in that of the beautiful”, exhibiting “more moderation and understanding” than the English or the French.
Without minimizing other influences, it was Kant’s science that strategically shaped both his theology and philosophy. 
 
Kant argues that the interpretation of the Bible does not depend on
the “meaning of the writer” or whether the text has any basis in real history.
In fact, Kant actively discourages deriving any historical truths from Scripture because they are not “essential to salvation”. He insists that all historical claims should be settled by the “philosophical faculty”, not the “biblical theologian”.
This is because he believes the clergy to be “incompetent (in scientific matters)” and therefore ill-equipped to investigate any historical or scientific claims of Scripture.
 
Consequently, this makes the “literal interpretation” of any Biblical text an abomination to Kant. In a short book entitled The only possible argument in support of a demonstration of the existence of God (1763), Kant almost expunges God from the realm of rationality by arguing that classical proofs for his existence “prove nothing at all”.
 
Kant realizes that he needs God to make morality meaningful. But he will not allow God to be God. Instead, God is redefined as a “thought-object”, a “rational concept”, a “legislative force”, a “hypothetical being”, but without personality or any existence outside of Kant’s mind." CMI

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

How did the Jews Before Christ on earth hear the Gospel?

"For unto us [that is, the Jews of Paul's day] was the gospel preached, as well as unto them [the "them" refers to the Jews of the exodus]. Heb.4:2
Q: Did the Jews of the exodus hear the gospel? 
A: Yes. 
Q: How? 
A: Through the sanctuary service primarily... Of course, the Jews of Christ's day and Paul's day heard the gospel through the proclamation of Christ."
J.S./StudyOfHebrews

IN the NEWS - More Simmering Unrest

Besides War in Europe, coming food shortages, potential power grid collapses in America this summer, soaring INFLATION and Gas Prices, MonkeyPox Scare.....
Q: How much longer can the 4 winds be held back?...And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth,....Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Revelation 7:1.3
 
I. Fuel Prices in Argentina
 "Argentine truck drivers’ unions called for a nationwide strike on
Wednesday, causing miles-long road closures and other transportation disruptions that threatened to jeopardize the country’s food supply during its peak harvest season, Reuters reported.
Angry Argentine truck drivers blocked highways protesting shortages and rising prices for diesel fuel, just as the country’s crucial grains harvest requires transport amid surging inflation,” the news agency reported." Breitbart
 
II. Poles told to gather wood for heat 
"Authorities in Poland reminded citizens on Friday they can
forage firewood from forests to keep warm amid soaring energy costs
in the country. 
The government said it was taking steps to make it easier for people to collect firewood in an effort to ease the pressure created by sky-rocketing energy bills and shortages of coal.
“It is always possible, with the consent of foresters, to collect branches for fuel,” said deputy climate and energy minister Edward Siarka." EuroNews
 
III. 40,000 Factories may close in Pakistan
"Factories in the commercial capital of Pakistan are warning that
they may need to shut production due to sky-high energy costs, another blow to the nation’s fledgling economy. Surging power costs make it impossible to continue production for 40,000 industries in Karachi, according to an appeal by nine business groups in local newspapers on Thursday. The business groups appealed to the government for cheaper fuel charges for Karachi, one of world’s biggest cities with a population of more than 20 million." Bloomberg
 
IV. Nearly 500,000 British businesses could shutter "within weeks"
"Rising costs have created a “ticking timebomb” for UK small
business owners
, the Federation of Small Business (FSB) president has warned, with nearly half a million firms likely to close within weeks without a fresh wave of government support. There is danger. Office for National Statistics, which showed that 40%, or 2m, of UK small businesses have less than three months of cash left to support their operations. Of those 2m, the FSB chairman said that about 10% – or 200,000 – were in “serious distress”, and another 300,000 “only weeks left”." BusinessNews
 
V. British Fertlizer Plant closure endangers food supply
"Farmers and meat processors have warned that domestic fertilizer supplies are now under threat after CF Fertilizers announced they
were shutting one of their largest plants
. The company will close its Ince plant near Chester which produces supplies of nitrogen fertilizer and carbon dioxide.
 
The move to close the factory highlights the challenge that expensive gas poses to European industries. The threat to fertilizer output has also been bad news for the food and drink sector, because the factories produce carbon dioxide as a byproduct. Chair of the Committee, Sir Roger Goodwill MP, has written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon George Eustice MP, about the issue, which could lead to supply chain shortages and even higher food prices if it is not resolved." Express/Bloomberg/NewFood
 
VI. Leftist Violence over Supreme Court Ruling turning over abortion to the states (as per the10th amendment of the Constitution)
"Pro-abortion rioters attempted to breach the Arizona capitol building in Phoenix while the Arizona Senate was in session.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety issued the following statement: “Troopers deployed gas outside the Senate building after protesters attempted to break the glass. The crowd then moved to the Wesley Bolin Plaza where some monuments were vandalized. Gas was deployed again to disburse the crowd.”
BREAKING: Seattle Antifa attack pro-life female, tackle her to the ground and pepper spray her.
Protesters break through a police line in Washington, DC.
Traffic in Los Angeles forced to a standstill as pro-abortion
protesters mobbed the freeway.
Protesters chanted F*ck Fox News as they marched near the Fox News Headquarters in New York City. VIOLENCE INCREASING: Antifa militants attempt to shatter windows but security prevented them and they ran back into the crowd.
Groups of people wearing masks, goggles, and all-black were spotted arriving at the Supreme Court at dusk, some of them holding black umbrellas.
Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground!” chants from protesters out here in DC." Breitbart
 
VII. Germany faces Economic Collapse?
"Germany is facing a “Lehman Brothers” collapse in its energy market that could spark a domino effect leading to a severe recession should the gas-addicted economic powerhouse of the
European Union be fully cut off from Russian energy supplies.
Economy Minister and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck said on Friday that Europe’s largest economy could be forced to shut down certain industries should gas supplies run thin by the winter. Also on Friday, the head of the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) energy regulator, Klaus Müller said called on the German population to reduce their energy consumption in order to lessen the impact of a possible Russian cut off, after natural gas travelling from Russia to Germany via the Nord Stream One pipeline was already reduced to 40 per cent." Breitbart

IN the NEWS - Religious Freedom Win

 And all the people shall say, Amen. Deuteronomy 27:17
There is ONLY one reason why certain politicians don't want your tuition assistance used at Christian schools----bigotry against religion......
Remember, in this case we are not talking about the govt. directly funding religious schools but rather- the tax paying parents receiving some tax money back (as taxpayers like anyone else) to be able to use it at the school of their choice. That includes a Christian school.
 
"The Supreme Court has dealt another blow to anti-Christian state
laws.
On Tuesday, the high court ruled in Carson v. Makin that Maine's law prohibiting government money from going to private religious schools violates the First Amendment's Free Exercise of Religion clause.
Maine's tuition assistance program allowed qualified candidates to receive government money to defray costs of tuition at schools of their choice — with one caveat: Money could not go to "sectarian" schools.
The plaintiffs in this case had chosen Bangor Christian Schools and Temple Academy as their private schools of choice, but the government deemed them "sectarian," and they were disqualified from receiving government funds.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority (which includes Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett), noted, "The State pays tuition for certain students at private schools — so long as the schools are not religious. That is discrimination against religion." ChurchMilitant

Creation Moment 6/29/2022 - Over the Lower Order of Creation

"The genealogy of our race, as given by inspiration, traces back its origin, not to a line of developing germs, mollusks, and quadrupeds, but to the great Creator. 
Though formed from the dust, Adam was "the son of God."
He was placed, as God's representative, over the lower orders of being. They cannot understand or acknowledge the sovereignty of God, yet they were made capable of loving and serving man. The psalmist says, "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: . . . the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, . . . and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas." Psalm 8:6-8."
E.G.W.

Monday, June 27, 2022

Purpose of that Question Through the Ages

 "THIS is one of the questions most frequently raised by an
apostate church for the purpose of silencing those in
whom she opposes:

Matthew 21
23
By what authority do you do these things?
The question brings to mind the chief priests and scribes
and Pharisees, and their attempts to silence our Savior and
put an end to His work. 
 
It is not an honest question, asked for
the purpose of obtaining information; but one raised merely
to oppose the truth of God
That was the purpose of the Jews, and that has been the purpose of
every other apostate church,
in raising it. It is the only purpose the question is fitted to serve.
Our Savior spoke “with authority” (Mark 1:27); that was
evident to all who heard Him. 
Yet He had not received any authority from the chief priests and the others who sat “in Moses’ seat.” Matthew 23:2." E.J. Waggoner

IN the NEWS - Sun Troubles on the Horizon?

We are NOT predicting this will cause any harm or even happen....BUT, these are the kinds of things that could contribute to Global Unrest IF they were to happen on a major scale---especially an X-class flare. Now, or in the Future--Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Luke 21:26
 
"Scientists issued a dire warning Sunday after a huge sunspot named
AR3038 doubled in size and is now pointed at earth — meaning a large solar flare could potentially strike the planet, Newsweek first reported.
Otherworldly footage released from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory revealed how the huge sunspot has been evolving at a rapid rate, according to Science Times.
Yesterday, sunspot AR3038 was big,” scientists told SpaceWeather.com. “Today, it’s enormous. The fast-growing sunspot has doubled in size in only 24 hours.”
They added, “AR3038 has an unstable ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares, and it is directly facing Earth."
Far more harmful is the most powerful X-class flares, which can “create long lasting radiation storms that can harm satellites, communications systems, and even ground-based technologies and power grids,” per NASA.
Last month, NASA captured an X-class solar flare that erupted from the sun and sent energy across the galaxy, which made for spectacular imagery of the invisible light.” NYP

IN the NEWS - Wealthy Wasted No Time Demonstrating Matt. 19:24

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5
These Rich Globalist Corporations Wasted No Time Letting People Know That They Will Pay So That Employees Can Fly Into States Where Abortion Will Be Legal Still So As To Snuff Out Their Child In The Womb.... It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.  Matthew 19:24
 
"Not long after the Supreme Court announced its decision to
overturn Roe v. Wade, a brand new report from CNBC stated that investment bank JPMorgan Chase is going to start paying for its employees’ travel expenses to other states as they attempt to get abortions where the vile practice is still allowed.
Tech giant Microsoft made a similar statement.
Just mere days after the leaked draft opinion hit the Internet, clothing company Levi Strauss said “business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees....Under our current benefits plan, Levi Strauss & Co. employees are eligible for reimbursement for healthcare-related travel expenses for services not available in their home state, including those related to reproductive health care and abortion,” the company went on to say in a press release.”
Amazon, for instance, said it would cover costs for employees seeking abortions in states where the procedure is made illegal.
Similarly, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the tech giant will cover employees who “travel out-of-state for medical care if it is unavailable in their home state.”
Walt Disney Corporation - also vowed to cover travel expenses for employees who need to leave their state to get an abortion legally.
Netflix, Paramount, and More Media Companies to Cover Employee Travel Costs for Abortions After Roe v. Wade Overturned.
 
I’m not sure where folks on the left continue to get the idea that the Constitution contains protection for the right to murder another human being. Taking such action is not only against the Constitution, it’s against every value we hold dear as a nation." TP

Creation Moment 6/28/2022 - No Time To "Mince The Matter"

"The great Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon, in his sermon ‘Hideous Discovery’, preached on July 25, 1886, made the following comment on evolution:
In its bearing upon religion this vain notion is, however, no
theme for mirth, for it is not only deceptive, but it threatens to be mischievous in a high degree. There is not a hair of truth upon this dog from its head to its tail, but it rends and tears the simple ones. In all its bearing upon scriptural truth, the evolution theory is in direct opposition to it. If God’s Word be true, evolution is a lie. I will not mince the matter: this is not the time for soft speaking
.’" CMI

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Peering Deep Into Romans 7 Intro

"Know ye not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law), how that the law hath dominion
over a man as long as he liveth? For a woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed form the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sin, which were by the law, did work in our bodies to bring forth fruit unto death. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. (Romans 7:1-6). 

In the six verses that have been read, there is given us an illustration and the application. The illustration is easily understood. The simple fact of marriage is taken. A woman having a husband is bound to that husband so long as he liveth. 
Q: By what is she bound? 
A: By the law. 
It is contrary to the law for her to have two husbands at the same time; but if the first husband be dead, the same law will allow her to marry another man. This is but a plain illustration, and if it is kept in mind throughout the study of the chapter, it will be a great help to us in understanding it. 
 
Note the class of people to whom Paul is writing. "I speak to them that know the law." This epistle is addressed to professed followers of Christ.

Now to the illustration: While the law will not allow the woman to be united to two husbands at the same time, it will allow her to be united to two in succession. It is the law that allows her, and it is the law that unties her. The same law that unites her to the first husband also allows her to be united to the second, after that the first is dead.
Now to the application: "Wherefore my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that ye should bring forth fruit unto God." 
We can determine who the two husbands are by beginning with the second one. The "another" to whom we are to be married, is the one who has been raised from the dead, and that is Christ. We are one of the parties in the second marriage, and Christ is the other. He is the second husband. 
 
The question now arises, 
Q: Who was the first husband that died, in order that we might be united to the second? 
A: The sixth chapter has answered that. Compare Romans 7:5 with Romans 6. "For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death." 
The law held us in the first union and now to what were we united?

Q: What were we in? 
A: We were in union with the flesh. In the sixth chapter we found that the body of sin is destroyed by Christ. 
Q: By what means is it that the body of sin becomes destroyed? 
A: By the man being crucified with Christ.

In the first place we are joined to sin — the sinful flesh. 
We cannot serve two masters. 
Here are two figures. 
We are servants to one master — united to one husband. 
We cannot serve two masters at the same time and we cannot be united to two husbands at the same time. But we can be united to two in succession. 
The first one of these, to whom we have all been united, is the body of sin; the second is Christ, who is raised from the dead."
E.J. Waggoner

Destroying That Which God Gave Them

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? 
Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, ...nor men who practice homosexuality,....
And such were some of you: 
but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,...
1 Corinthians 6:9,11 ESV
 
SHAME on those who encourage transgenderism in the public arena
making it acceptable.
These are people who either mutilate a body that a God who loves them gave them----or give up their manhood (or womanhood) they were given by their Creator.

On the Streets of Babylon: Drag Queen Story Time on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..
Come out of her, my people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4

There seems to be "Drag Queen Story Time" on the Streets of Babylon...
 
"Silver Spire United Church in Canada is quite possibly the most
LGBTQIAWOMXZGFDUR&$^@ church on earth. 
The church hosted a Drag Queen Story Time during their June 5, 2022 service, which is their third story hour in the last 12 months. During the service, the drag queens ask any children to come forwards….but none of them do. 
They and the pastrix spend a few minutes awkwardly trying to cajole a couple of kids into joining them at the front, but it’s not happening. Eventually, a manchild and a few other adults come to the front and the queens seem to resign themselves to reading gay story books to adults until a lone mother brings her small child to the front, granting them a meager audience."
Pulpit&Pen

Creation Moment 6/27/2022 - It's Originator

"God celebrated the first marriage
Thus the institution has for its originator the Creator of the universe. "Marriage is honorable" (Hebrews 13:4); it was one of the first gifts of God to man, and it is one of the two institutions that, after the Fall, Adam brought with him beyond the gates of Paradise. 
When the divine principles are recognized and obeyed in this relation, marriage is a blessing; 
--it guards the purity and happiness of the race, 
--it provides for man's social needs, 
--it elevates the physical, the intellectual, and the moral nature."
E.G.W.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Digging Deeper Into The Seal Of The Living God

"Now we ask, 
Q: What is the seal of the living God
A: Ezekiel will help us understand, for he mentions the "mark" which is placed upon the foreheads of God's people (Ezekiel 9:3, 4). --This "mark" is a sign of victory over sin and of loyalty to the Lord.

In Egypt, as the destroying angel went through the land to slay all the firstborn of the Egyptians, he passed over those homes where the mark of blood was placed on the doorpost. 
So, in the final destruction, the destroying angels are commanded, "Do not come near any one on whom is the mark" (Ezekiel 9:6). The "seal of God" is therefore the mark identifying God's people as His. Being placed in their "foreheads" signifies that it has to do with the character. The character of His people is God's great concern.
 
John further describes this seal in Revelation 14:1, saying that the 144,000 have "the Father's name written on their foreheads."
Q: What is God's name? 
A: In 1 John 4:8, we read: "God is love." When the character of the people of God is transformed into perfect love, then will the "Father's name" be written in their foreheads.

Q: But how is love revealed? 
A: "Love is the fulfillment of the law" (Romans 13:10). 
If we profess to love, but do not fulfill the law of God, we deny the seal of God. And if we profess to keep God's commandments, but do not reveal love in our lives, we deny the Holy Spirit who impresses the seal upon God's people, because "the fruit of the Spirit is love" (Galatians 5:22).

A seal is the sign of authority, and is associated with the laws of government. "Whatever is written in the king's name and sealed with the king's signet ring, no one can revoke" (Esther 8:8). Queen Esther knew that if King Ahasuerus sealed the writing of the Persian law, it could never again be changed. God says through Isaiah: "Seal the law among my disciples" (Isaiah 8:16). 
Therefore we shall find the seal of God in His law.

A seal must have three details in order to be legal:
(1) The name of the law-giver;
(2) his position, or authority; and
(3) the territory over which he rules. For example, the Queen of England's seal would read, Elizabeth (name), Queen (position or authority) of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Commonwealth (territory)

Now we ask, 
Q: where can we find the seal of God in His law
A: Only the Sabbath commandment contains all three essentials of a seal:
(1) "The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God" (name
of the law-giver);
(2) "in six days the Lord made" (His position or authority, He is the Creator); 
(3) "the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them" (the territory over which He rules.) "
R.J.W.

IN the NEWS - Potential for CREEPY Techno-Spiritualism

 [see our other posts on Techno-Spiritualism on this blog]
 Q: What could Amazon, or anyone else, use this CREEPY device for? Possible Techno-Spiritualism? The "dead" talking to you and being manipulated to say what someone wants....imagine it in the wrong hands...
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing...
Eccl. 9:5

"Tech giant Amazon has revealed an insanely creepy experimental feature for its AI assistant Alexa that allows it to mimic the voices of its users’ dead relatives.
The Verge reports that Amazon has revealed an experimental feature for its Alexa smart speaker AI assistant that allows the device to mimic the voices of users’ dead relatives. The company displayed this new feature at its annual MARS conference, demoing it by showing a video of a child asking Alexa to read its bedtime story in the voice of a dead grandmother. Rohit Prasad, Amazon’s head scientist for Alexa AI, commented: “As you saw in this experience, instead of Alexa’s voice reading the book, it’s the kid’s grandma’s voice.” 
With Amazon’s devices constantly listening in on users and the convenience of recording a voice note, it could mean that the average consumer could easily clone the voice of a family member.
 Breitbart News has previously reported on the growing popularity of “audio deepfakes” mimicking users voices — usually with their consent and not after they’ve died. Most recently, one of these audio deepfakes was used to recreate the voice of Val Kilmer for the new film Top Gun: Maverick after the actor lost his voice due to complications with throat cancer." Breitbart

On the Streets of Babylon: Mermaid Spirit Exorcisms on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..
Come out of her, my people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4

There seems to be "Mermaid Spirit Exorcisms" on the Streets of Babylon...
 
"Daniel Adams is the founder of The Supernatural Life which bills
itself as “a national and international movement that birthed through Daniel Adams on YouTube” that believes in “showing people how to do the same supernatural works Jesus did while here on earth and pushing them into their God-given destinies!” 
At a recent revivalist event, he encountered a young girl who allegedly had a demon inside her needing to be exorcised. After talking to her, Adams ‘discovers’ she has a ‘Mermaid Spirit’ that she got from watching ‘scary mermaid videos on YouTube and as a result, could not speak.
It’s unsurprising that he’d label it that, as nothing makes a charismatic happier than being able to name a newly-discovered demon after some zoon animal. 
Adams then gives the verbal cue so the girl pretending to be demon-possessed at the instruction of her spiritually abusive parents know when to act as if the spirit has come and gone casts out the demon, causing it to flee, to the cheers of all involved." Protestia