IN the NEWS - Indian Christians feeling the Wrath of "Rama"?

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you. John 15:18

"A Hindu extremist mob in northern India last month assaulted two Christian couples and an attorney for several hours, accusing them of forced conversion, sources said.
In Harayana state’s Titoli village, five miles from the city of Rohtak, the mob forced one of the Christians, a pastor, to set fire to a heap of Bibles while the Hindu extremists recorded videos that immediately went viral, resulting in 32 complaints to police.

Pastor Jehovah Das, 65, and Vinod Masih, 42, along with their wives had been invited to a Christian family’s home in the village to pray and bless the arrival of their second child on Nov. 7, sources said.
About 10 to 12 members of the Arya Samaj (Noble Society), a Hindu reform movement, found out about the Christians’ visit. They phoned several of their associates and gathered a mob of about 50 people that barged into the house.
“They began to beat us with slaps, punches, elbows, kicked us with their legs and held us hostage,” Masih told Morning Star News, adding that they beat the Christians from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The Hindu extremists, whose number had then reached 80, searched their car, pulled out all Bibles and tracts and cast them onto the ground into a heap. They shot videos that showed the two couples, disoriented and in shock, forced to repeat that they intended “conversion” in the village and that they would never return.
The mob kicked the Bibles and spoke disrespectfully about Christ, Masih said.
Pastor Das was made to write a letter of apology that the video shows in his hand. A member of the mob then took a bottle of flammable liquid from the hands of a boy standing with the mob and forced

three of the Christians to sprinkle it on the Bibles and literature. After forcing Pastor Das to set the Bibles on fire, the mob then shouted praises to the Hindu god Rama.
The mob dragged the Christians to their car and locked them inside.
“We were locked in our car for two hours – we were not allowed food, water or to relieve ourselves during this time,” said Masih.
While held hostage, Masih’s wife Reena called attorney Satish Arya for help. Arya, who once belonged to the Arya Samaj sect, has been a practicing Christian for five years. He quickly drove 10 kilometers (six miles) to reach Titoli village.
“While on my way to the village, I called the police helpline and informed them about the hostage situation and requested that any inquiry against the Christians be taken up in the police station, and that they should not let the mob take the law in their hands,” Arya told Morning Star News. “Police assured me that they will arrive soon.”
When Arya reached the village, he saw that the Christians were gathered at one area and about 20 to 25 Hindu women were assaulting the two Christian women.
“They were slapping the Christian women, pulling their hair, punching them. The scene was terrible,” said Arya. 
Arya stood at some distance waiting for police, but they did not arrive, he said. The mob called police, and responding officers soon arrived, he said.
One of the Hindu extremists noticed Arya and the words, “Jai Masih Ki [Praise the Lord]” written on his car’s back window, and about 12 of them approached and asked about his background. They quickly learned that he was a Christian.
Arya told them that he was an attorney and insisted that they take the Christians to the police station and let officers, rather than the mob, question them.
“I objected to their act of holding the Christians hostage for four hours and questioned their inhumane behavior,” Arya said.
Wearing his black court robe, he was dragged to the site where the other Christians were being beaten and was assaulted.

“They tore my black gown, my shirt and my innerwear,” he said. “They stripped my upper body and continued to beat me for 25 minutes, and that too in the presence of the police.”
The mob proposed that they put all five Christians in a car and set them on fire within, and Arya told them the law would not spare them for such a horrendous act.
A man from among the Hindu mob somehow managed to set Arya free, and the attorney left and called his wife, asking her to bring him a fresh set of clothes.
Officers responding to Arya’s initial helpline call finally arrived, detained the Christians and took them to the police station, sources said. After Arya went to a doctor and received first aid, he then went to the police station.
“By the time I reached the police station, the Christians were pressured to give a written statement that they did not want to press charges against the mob and promised that they would not enter that village in the future,” he said.
Arya wanted to take legal action, but when he held a meeting with the host family in Titoli village, he learned Hindu residents had threatened to drive them from the area if they sided with the Christians." MSN

IN the NEWS - Still Lingering -- That Taste of the Future

 It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks....a TASTE OF THE FUTURE?....but appears to be dying down for the moment.

For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines,
and pestilences and earthquakes,
in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

India: Earthquake.

China: Another typhoon. Rainfall in north triggers more flooding.

Columbia: Earthquake.

Italy: Ground around Naples is subsiding due to many quake swarms.

Vanuatu: Quake nearby..

France: Landslide.

Indonesia: Floods..

Greece: Quake off coast felt all the way to Athens.

Russia: Another major Kamchatka quake.

Japan: Flooding again in Tokyo. rare powerful tornado destroys over 1,000 buildings.

Australia: Rare major tornado outbreak in New South Wales.

Antarctica: Quakes on islands nearby.

Morocco: Flash Flooding.

Ethiopia: Maga movement under the country ripping apart the ground.

U.S.A.: Quakes off coast of Alaska, California and Oregon.

IN the NEWS - That Taste of the Future continues Another week

It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks....a TASTE OF THE FUTURE?

For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines,
and pestilences and earthquakes,
in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

Afghanistan: Several earthquakes including one killing thousands.

Japan: At least 3 quakes rattle nation. Typhoon bring floods and landslides.

Ecuador: Quake off coast.

Mexico: 17 quakes rattle Baha Peninsula.

China: Another massive hailstorm destroys crops and buildings.

Burma: Another earthquake.

Italy: Continuing quake swarms near Naples.

Saudi Arabia: Massive flooding including Mecca.

Sudan: Rains cause a landslide burying over 1,000 alive.

Philippines: Quake rattles coast.

India: Massive flooding in the Punjab--again.

Guatemala: Volcanic eruption.

Norway: Landslide buries highway and railway.

Spain: Canary Islands quake swarm of more than 100.

U.S.A.: Nevada quake swarm and sand storm (does serious damage

to the "burning man" event in the desert including destroying their "orgy tent"). Several quakes off coast of Alaska. Houston flooded--again. Small quake in bay area of California.

Chile-Argentina: Quake rattles border--again.

Antarctica: More quakes near islands nearby in Atlantic.

IN the NEWS - Add Fear From The Heavens Now

It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks....and now fear from the heavens.....
For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines,
and pestilences and earthquakes,
in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

From Space: Now 3/atlas, possibly a comet/asteroid is hurtling toward earth. It wasn't noticed until recently because it's path was

obscured by the planets, etc. It may hit the earth although most scientists think it will miss within the next couple of months.

There has been a flurry of nonsense in cyberspace, including from Harvard astronomers, that it may be a spaceship.

Regardless of this nonsense---just a taste of possible future frats from the heavens that may grip the earth. Some are calling for the world to come together and set aside differences to deal with this potential threat.

China: Beijing pounded by biggest hailstorm in recorded history

while wildfires continued to threaten the capital. The south hit by another typhoon.

Antarctica: Several quakes near the continent in the Atlantic.

Japan: Volcanic eruption. 

Taiwan: Rocked by quake.

Vietnam: Another typhoon slams the country.

India: More floods and landslides.

Spain: A surprise  hot burst of air sent severe winds ravaging the

beaches. Some there are calling it "Satan' Storm". Barcelona region flooded.

Russia: More quakes on the eastern seaboard.

Italy: Mt. Etna spews lava.

Romania: Pounded by massive windstorm causing severe damage.

New Zealand: Rare hailstorm causes it to look like a "winter wonderland."

El Salvador: Hit by a quake.

Canada: Severe damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan due to

massive hail and rain.

U.S.A.: Quakes rattle Alaska, New Hampshire, Texas, South Carolina, California and Maine. Rumbling of volcano in Hawaii. Several wildfires AND flash floods sweep California. Massive sandstorm sweeps Arizona.

IN the NEWS - Is it slowing down--this taste of the Future?

It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks....although this week makes it seem to be slowing down.

For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines,

and pestilences and earthquakes,

in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

China: Wildfires near Beijing out-of-control.

Japan: Quake off east coast.

Pakistan: Cloud burst triggers flood killing hundreds. Other flooding and landslides across country.

Indonesia: Several more quakes. Multiple volcanic eruptions.

Argentina: Quake on border with Chile. Major quake off southern coast between it and Antarctica.

Greece: Caldera cause rock landslide in Santorini town.

Italy: Sea began boiling at Bagnoli Beach.

Canada: Glacial lake outburst triggers flooding.

Denmark: Rare waterspouts on coast.

Poland: Rare waterspouts on coast.

Russia: Several quakes off eastern coast. Rare tornado in east cuts 23 mile swath.

Tunisia: Major quake.

India: Mumbai flooded.

Australia: Quake rattles Queensland.

U.S.A.: Volcanic eruption in Hawaii. Area around Alaska capital flooded. Massive windstorm wreaks havoc in metro Chicago. Another large California wildfire. Quake swarms rattles L.A.

Space: Meteorites light up night skies over Japan and Australia.

Bolivia: Civil War Rumored to be breaking out.

Turkey: Rumored to be on brink of civil war despite out-of-control wildfires still sweeping country and a quake.

Sandal of Zen Buddhism: Lesson of a Wasted Life

It is said that Bodhidharma came from India and bought what became Zen Buddhism to China. 

He supposedly impressed the emperor and other monks by staring at a wall in a cave while sitting still for 9 years. As a result he lost the use of his legs.

For the other monks who were engaging in his deep meditation techniques but growing physically weak, he invented the martial arts combat training of Kung Fu. This was to strengthen the body to endure the rigorous hours of endless meditation. 

When he died it is said that years later his tomb was opened and all his followers found was one old sandal.

Q: So what's the Lesson of all this?

Observe: All those years of monks (including Bodhidharma) spent in hard physical training of Kung Fu so as to just sit for endless hours in wasteful meditation of twisting the mind like a pretzel----(Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:7) followed by death (All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Ecclesiastes 3:20).

Q: Was it worth it?....staring at a wall for 9 years.....and all that was left in his dust was a sandal.....

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Romans 5:18

No deep meditation techniques, 

no wasted time staring at a wall, 

no rigorous martial arts training required.

IN the NEWS - And More....

It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks.

For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines,

and pestilences,

and earthquakes,

in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

Brazil: Tsunami hits Rio and surrounding area---with no earthquake or storm!

Spain: Canary Islands rumbled by 700 tremors around a volcano. Massive hailstorm hits Spain.

China: Beijing flooded again and city moves several inches.

Typhoon hits again. More flooding elsewhere in China. Sinkholes swallow up cars on the streets of Wuhan. Chikungunya fever outbreak likely due to mosquitos multiplying due to all the water from the floods. Hail pounds several provinces. Landslides in Hunan.

Australia: rare snowstorm in New South Wales of 20 inches of snow. Periphery of area flooded. Perth hit by a rare tornado.

Britain: Major storm knocks out power in parts of Scotland.

Turkey: Record heatwave.

Iraq: Record heatwave and most of country loses electricity. (125F)

Japan: Record rainfall. Record heatwave.

India: Mudslides sweep away villages.

Russia: Massive floods, mudslides and tornados ravage the south. Volcanic eruptions back east.

South Korea: Record flooding now in the south.

Burma: Flash Floods on border with China.

Italy: Mt. Etna slowly sliding towards the sea--picking up pace. Massive hailstorm.

Taiwan: Record rainfall triggers another round of flash flooding.

U.S.A.: Flash Floods in North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Pennsylvania. Quakes in New Jersey and off the coast of NYC.

SUN: A geomagnetic Storm may be responsible for the shifting tectonic plates that caused last weeks mega quake, tsunami, and tilted the earth slightly.

IN the NEWS - There was More....

It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks.

For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines,

and pestilences,

and earthquakes,

in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

Russia: Earthquake (6th most powerful on record) off the coast triggering a tsunami followed by a volcanic eruption.

Brazil: Cyclone floods the coast.

India: Massive floods.

Italy: More quake rumblings near Naples and a wildfire swept part of Sardinia.

China: Powerful hail storms, another typhoon, more floods. Streets

opened up swallowing cars and buses. Most drinking water in country contaminated by fecal matter due to all the flooding. One part of the north received in a years worth of rain in 24 hours.

Nigeria: Massive flooding.

Fiji: Earthquake nearby.

New Zealand: Nearby quake.

Indonesia: 2 Nearby quakes.

U.S.A.: Massive flooding again in New York City, New Jersey and Maryland. Quake in L.A. Solar flare interferes with radio waves in

Hawaii. Underwater volcano near Oregon has quake swarm of 300 quakes. Flash flooding pounds New Mexico in same area already pounded.

--Rumors of Wars-- Besides the rumor going around that China wants to start WW3 by invading Taiwan---now a rumor is making the rounds China wants to start a war with Vietnam.

--From "the heavens"-- Now NASA says an asteroid MIGHT hit the moon in 2032 and cause a moon dust storm to fall upon the earth.

WARS: Russia-Ukraine. Middle east. Sudanese civil war. Thai-Cambodia conflict. Terrorists still slaughtering Christians across Nigeria this week.

IN the NEWS - It Ain't Done Yet......

For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines,

and pestilences,

and earthquakes,

in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

The many natural disasters of the more than 3 weeks now have

shown no signs of letting up.....by themselves they would be the few isolated natural disasters every year around the globe. 

But the last 3 weeks or so has been non stop---the amount on a scale for a short time that I've never seen before....especially in China. About the only thing that hasn't hit China recently is a solar flare burst taking out swaths of the power grid or an asteroid hitting a city.....could that be some of the "fearful sights .... shall there be from heaven"?

China: Multiple more floods as well as a typhoon, snow in the

Birds Dropping from Heatstroke in China

summer, hail, those wildfires still burning as well as a record heatwave where the temps on the pavement have reached 170 degrees. Also the capital of Beijing has now been flooded with houses, cars and people washed away.

Nepal: The floods from China have slammed into Nepal washing away the bridge that connects the two nations. The military has been deployed for rescue operations.

Thailand: More massive flooding washing away the crops.

India: More massive floods.

Pakistan: Massive floods.

New Zealand: Moderate floods.

El Salvador: A phreatic eruption.

Taiwan: Typhoon and flooding.

Japan: Now up to over 1700 small quakes in the last 2 weeks along a line on the east half of the country which has shifted the crust a few inches. Tokyo now Flooded.

Guatemala: Earthquake.

Italy: More mudslides, hail, rain/flooding in the north. Down in the south in Naples the roads splitting apart with a sulfur smell filling the air.

Mexico: Massive hail storms.

Russia: Severe storms and flood damage to St. Petersburg.

Columbia: Earthquake.

Spain: Massive flooding and hail.

Serbia: Massive winds blowing over vehicles including semis.

Bosnia: Wind storms as in Serbia on the same scale.

U.S.A.: Major floods in New Mexico, D.C., Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois including Chicago and Massachusetts, especially in Boston.

Mt. Rainier in Washington State having multiple small quakes---most on record. Quakes also rattling California along with California wildfires. Flooding in the coastal Carolinas due to a tropical storm. Large hail pounded Colorado.

Canada: Military coup thwarted in Quebec.

Literal RUMORS of WAR: A "Rumor" was spread by the head of NATO that Russia and China are planning a surprise attack to start WW3 (of course likely a lie but who knows)?

*Click on Link to see Recent Post on Topic with more Links to what has been happening:  IN the NEWS - Another Week... What is up?

IN the NEWS - There's More..... (plus a sidenote)

For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines,

and pestilences,

and earthquakes,

in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Matthew 24:7,8

There's more to follow-up last weeks post.

*CHINA: According to news reports China may be now 50%

flooded under water! Besides last weeks flooding by the government in the west central impacting nearly 100,000,000 people (wiping out crops, farm animals and people), and the golf ball sized hail that pounded the north (killing farm animals and destroying crops) and in the south record rainfall flooding the region along with many landslides. Looting and riots in Guangdong.

Since then there has now been the biggest earthquake in a decade in China hitting the south along with a typhoon causing even more flooding. And now----the biggest wildfires on record in China

sweeping through land and cities causing the closing of businesses and schools due to smoke.....if it's not flooded it's burning....of course we can't forget their claim a few weeks ago of a resurgent COVID pandemic.....so the worry with all this destruction of farms and farm animals is that China could face a real Famine in the near future of the likes not seen since Mao's so-called "Great Leap Forward."....time will tell........

ELSEWHERE....

*Philippines: Several more quakes including on the Philippine Trench in the ocean as well as the capital of Manilla flooded.

*Indonesia: Volcanic eruption.

*India: Major flooding and landslides in the north.

*Columbia: Flash floods sweeping away people in their beds at night in Medellin along with a loud boom under ground and collapsing of mountain.

*France: Stunning rain and hail flooding Paris in 10 minutes along with a pounding by lightning. Also more rain/flooding into northeast France to Normandy. The southwest pounded by hail.

*Germany & Austria: Massive flooding from rain and hail in southern and western Germany and parts of Austria. Germany had serious floods also last year in 2024.

*Italy: Along with the more than 15,000 recorded small quakes in the south the last couple of months---now there is a "girgling" sound detected under Naples as well as Mt. Etna having a small eruption resulting in a "unknown substance" being spit out from beneath the earth.

*Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico: An earthquake in the Caribbean resulting in damage and death in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

*Venezuela: Rains and Tidal Waves washing inland have flooded 3 western states holding 70% of the nations farmland. Also many landslides and most bridges out hampering rescue operations.

*Thailand: Massive Flooding from rains.

*U.S.A.: Hail pounded both of the Carolinas around Metro-Charlotte. Metro-Atlanta in Georgia sees serious flooding. Central New York State sees minor flooding (Some flooding in the U.S. is routine each year -- but considering the magnitude of global flooding over the last couple of weeks.....) Also major Flooding in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio including Dayton as well as Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hail in Florida.

Mt. St. Helens in Washington State is experiencing multiple tremors with a bulge forming near the edge of the top. The McDermitt Caldera on the Oregon-Nevada border is now heating up and rising. The heatwave gripping the Midwest is said to likely last ALL SUMMER with the only relief on days it rains. Multiple 7.0 quakes off the Aleutian Island chain of Alaska were in a cluster. That usually, but not always, precedes a major tidal wave quake at some point. This one, if were to happen there due to a bigger quake, could produce waves over 1,000 feet tall that won't stop until they reach Australia and New Zealand.

WEATHER is Getting CREEPY

See Link Below for what happened Last Week: 

Dig Deeper: IN the NEWS - Don't Panic: All these are only the BEGINNING of sorrows

“It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday-sabbath, that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced, and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the people, preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity”. E.G.W.

OBSERVE Through the PRISM of PROPHECY

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he

had two horns like a lamb, 

and he spake as a dragon. 

And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,

 and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Revelation 13:11,12

SIDENOTE: As Trump restores America to super power status on the world stage to meet one day it's place in prophecy (by whoever is President when it comes) China, America's main rival to global leadership is being beat down.

But not only the overwhelming natural disasters pounding the nation but also it's embarrassment on the world stage over the Pakistan-

India War that lasted barely more than a weekend. Pakistan was unable to stop India at all, even from flattening it's main nuclear base. And nearly all of Pakistan's military equipment was stamped "made in China". Compare and contrast Trump's strike on Iran's nuclear sites. Imagine the message that sent to Putin and China.

And of course Trump's tariff war with China, which led to China crying uncle in a matter of weeks, nearly collapsed the Chinese economy.

IN OTHER WORDS---is anyone noticing that America's main opposition to global hegemony is slowly being reduced---militarily and economically by the U.S. President and physically by "mother nature" in a series of fast moving events?

SDA News - Doug Batchelor Invited to Speak in The Second Largest Church in The World

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 

2 Timothy 4:2

"Pastor Doug Batchelor was invited to share his testimony and preach in the largest Christian Church in India. With 300,000 plus members, Calvary Temple is the second largest Christian church in the world — a miracle itself, considering it's in the middle of a principally Hindu country. 

Calvary temple is a conservative church that places a high value on expository Bible teaching. This is very unusual in a country where most Evangelical Indian churches place a big emphasis on signs wonders, miracles, prosperity preaching and speaking in tongues.

This happened in part because the founding pastor, Dr. Satish Kumar, occasionally watches the Amazing Facts broadcasts in India and met

Pastor Batchelor at the National Religious Broadcasters convention a few years ago. While they acknowledge that they have some different theological positions, Satish and Doug struck up an immediate friendship. In the intervening years, both visited one another's homes and stayed in touch, texting and praying for one another.

When Dr. Kumar heard that pastor Doug would be in India the first week of May, he invited him to take the pulpit in their main

sanctuary on Sunday evening. Because the temperatures in Hyderabad are often triple digits during this time of year the evening service typically has the largest crowds. The building was packed with over 18,000 people and at least another 2000 were watching in the overflow section.

Services are normally in Telugu so this required a translator. Pastor Batchelor briefly shared his testimony and then preached on the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The message was enthusiastically received." 

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SDA Issues - SDA School in India Fails Decisive Test

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,....
2 Corinthians 6:17

"Dancing from the 51st Annual Day Celebration 2024, hosted by the

Seventh-day Adventist Matric Higher Secondary School in Thanjavur, India. It’s disheartening to witness the encroachment of worldly influences in our sacred spaces, particularly within the confines of our church schools. Encouraging worldly dance and music by artists like Michael Jackson, Vanilla Ice, and Sean Paul in religious institutions blurs the lines between the sacred and the profane, compromising the spiritual integrity of our educational environments."
AdventMessenger

“In our day dancing is associated with folly and midnight reveling. Health and morals are sacrificed to pleasure. 

---By the frequenters of the ballroom God is not an object of thought and reverence; 

---prayer or the song of praise would be felt to be out of place in their assemblies. 

This test should be decisive. 

Amusements that have a tendency to weaken the love for sacred things and lessen our joy in the service of God are not to be sought by Christians” (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 707).