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In our most recent post on the subject, we talked about the symptoms of Depression, and what makes it different from simply a temporary case of the "blues" or a "melancholy personality." We listed the symptoms found in the "DSM-IV," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. And we emphasized, as we've done throughout this series, that you're probably not suffering from the disease: it only affects about 9.5% of the American population. You're probably in the other 90.5%, and we don't want to plant any ideas in your head! Everyone is "depressed" and sad at times; that's normal, and not what this series is talking about.
Well, if we know a little bit more about the disease now than we did at the start of this series, let's consider some of the misunderstandings that people have. We will pay particular attention to ways in which other Christians, who have been saved according to John 1:12, view the disease, and some of the mistaken assumptions they make. People (Christians or not) who misunderstand Depression aren't stupid or wicked; they usually have very good intentions, but they simply don't have all the facts.
In the most recent post, we didn't hesitate to quote the mental health professionals. In this post, we'll also be referring to the words of Christian pastors and others, because, as we've continually noted, the disease needs to be approached from both sides: the medical, and the spiritual. We need all the information we can get - - - but we don't need myths. What are the myths concerning the disease of Depression?
1. It's not a disease at all. This might be the most common myth about Depression: that it's really not a physical problem, but just "weakness" or "self-pity" or general gloominess. But, as we saw in the first post, that's simply not true. Major or Clinical Depression (the terms are synonymous, as we've said) is a specific physical problem: specifically, a chemical problem in the brain. (Very specifically, it's the premature re-uptake of serotonin neurotransmitters.) It can be treated with medications and other therapies. And these medications aren't "happy pills;" they don't elevate your mood or make you euphoric or "dreamy," like some tranquilizers do. In fact, if you're not suffering from the disease, they won't have any effect on you at all. They won't change anything, because, in your case, there's nothing to change. But they'll help someone whose brain chemistry is faulty. (I've been treated for the disease for over twenty years; in that time, more than one person has scoffed, "It's all in your head!" To which I reply, with Christian charity, "Yes, you dummy, of course it's in my head: that's where I keep my brain!") Depression is a disease like any other.
2. You just need to snap out of it. You need will power. Believe me, people suffering from Depression would like nothing more than to "snap out of it." But they can't, any more than they could "snap out of" pneumonia or heart disease. It's a physical problem. As far as will power is concerned, that's one of the problems with Depression: it saps you of your will power, and makes it difficult to do almost anything. By the way, if you're a Christian who thinks that "will power" is the answer, you need to get into your Bible. God is not impressed with people who engage in "will worship" (Colossians 2:20-23). Check your attitude, tough guy.
3. Depression is a symptom of demonic possession. Obviously, this one is propagated by some Christians themselves, or people from other religions who believe in demons. (I believe in them too, although the Biblical term is "devils" or "unclean spirits;" so did Jesus and the Apostles. They spoke to demons directly: if demons weren't real, Jesus and the disciples were crazy.) But Major Clinical Depression is a medical problem, not a spiritual one. Let's hear the words of one of the greatest Bible teachers alive, commenting on Luke 9:37-42, about Jesus curing a boy who was possessed: "The companion passage in Mtt. 17:15 says that the boy was a 'lunatick,' literally meaning 'moonstruck.' .... This means that some mental problems have a spiritual cause that cannot successfully be treated by drugs or therapy. The view of the Catholic Church in the Dark Ages was that all mental problems were caused by demons; the modern view is that all mental problems are physical or psychological in nature. The fact is that neither one is true. Matthew 4:24 distinguishes between lunatics who are demon-possessed and those which are merely lunatic ('those who were possed with devils, and those which were lunatick'). Some mental illness is the result of physical ailments, chemical imbalances in the brain, traumatic experiences, etc., while others are the result of sin where a door had been opened in a person's mind for Satan to have free course. You treat a physical problem physically, and you treat a spiritual problem spiritually. The secret is finding out which is which." (Dr. Peter S. Ruckman, The Bible Believer's Commentary on Luke, p. 325; 2013, Pensacola, Florida, BB Bookstore)
(Obviously, this myth is still taught, loudly and constantly, by the Charismatic "faith healers" such as Kenneth Hagin, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, and all the other false prophets and professional liars who are such a disgrace to Biblical Christianity. Anyone who owns a television set knows the sort of scoundrels I'm talking about. They're worse than snake-handlers; snake-handlers harm only themselves, and, in their ignorance, are at least sincere. That's more than can be said for the "faith healers.")
4. If a parent or grandparent suffered from Depression, you will, too. No, statistically speaking, you probably won't. Although there is a genetic component which can, perhaps, be inherited, there is only a ten to fifteen percent likelihood that the disease will reappear in children or grandchildren. Recent studies, by the way, have called even this into question, and claimed that Major Clinical Depression might never be"inherited." This is a source of current dispute within the mental health community.
5. Talking about Depression only makes it worse. This is not only untrue, but dangerous. People suffering from Depression tend to withdraw from others and "isolate" anyway; they shouldn't be encouraged to "shut up about it." They need the support and understanding of family and friends, of pastors, and of professionals. "Not talking about it" can, ultimately, lead to suicide. This myth is similar to the remark, "Oh, that person is just looking for attention." In fact, that person needs attention, and compassion.
6. If you're saved, the Holy Spirit can "fix" your Depression. You don't need a doctor. Go to God for help, instead! Yes, the Holy Spirit can indeed heal any disease, instantly, if that is His will, and sometimes He does. But, since you've so piously advised us to "go to God," that's just what we'll do. What did Jesus Christ have to say about it? We've quoted Him in preceding posts: And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick (Luke 5:31). Jesus said that sick people need doctors. That's your Saviour speaking, brother or sister: do you want to argue with Him?
7. It'll go away by itself. No, it won't. However, there may be times when the symptoms seem to go away for a period of months or years; I don't think the professionals call this "remission," but that's what I call it. I've experienced it myself: all of the symptoms disappeared for a period of three years, which, oddly, were three of the most stressful years of my life. But they came back, and that's the usual pattern. Depression may move into the shadows for awhile, but, unless treated, it'll return.
8. If you have Depression, you'll always have it. This is the converse of the previous myth. Although Depression is unlikely to simply go away and never come back, it can be successfully treated. The word "cure" is a very tricky term, and I won't use it; but proper treatment can result in a successful recovery. This is especially true when the medical and spiritual aspects are both treated. If you're suffering from Depression at 35, it's not graven in stone that you'll still be suffering at 65. There's hope!
9. Antidepressant drugs make you a zombie. They take away your personality. The truth is more nearly the opposite. As noted above, antidepressant drugs, once properly prescribed (not every drug works for every person), return you to your "normal" personality; they enable you to function as yourself again. We're not talking about Lithium, which is used for Manic Depression; we're talking about the drugs used for Major Clinical Depression. And, by the way: it is not true that, once you've started taking antidepressants, you'll have to take them for the rest of your life. It's not like a diabetic's insulin. Eventually, sooner or later, it's likely that your doctor will discontinue the drugs, when you don't need them any more. But only the doctor, not the patient, can make that determination.
10. People with Depression are "losers." They can't handle life. If that's true, then God give us more "losers!" The "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon, was almost certainly a depressive. Winston Churchill was a Depressive; he referred to Depression as his "black dog." Historians guess that Founding Father John Adams was Depressive. If you're impressed with scientists, such people as Stephen Hawking and astronaut Buzz Aldrin are Depressive. The roll call of artists, authors, and heroes of the Christian faith who were probably Depressive is too long to list. If you have Major Clinical Depression, you're not a loser; you've simply got an illness.
There are many more myths about Depression, but these are some of the most common. I hope this post has shed some light on them for you.
In future posts, we'll discuss therapies for Depression. Is medication alone the answer? What about "talk therapy?" Does physical exercise have a part to play? We'll see.
In the meantime, be encouraged! If you're a Christian with Major Clinical Depression, God has entrusted you with a thorn in the flesh, just as He did Paul. (I'm not saying that Paul was Depressive!) He chose not to take Paul's thorn away ... but He's taken away the thorns of countless other Christians. Just remember: whether your brethren understand you or not, and whether you understand yourself or not, God understands you - - - and He's not finished with you yet!
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6).
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BEIJING, China - The National Bureau of Statistics' official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to a six-month low of 51.2 in April from March's near five-year high of 51.8, reports revealed. >BNN
China's manufacturing sector growth, official numbers revealed, slowed faster than expected during April, with producer price inflation cooling for the first time in seven months in the previous month.
Further, policymakers' efforts to reduce financial risks in the economy weighed on demand.
Latest numbers revealed that China April official services PMI stood at 54.0, while it was recorded at 55.1 in the month of March.
Further, numbers revealed that demand weakened across the board and the biggest decline was recorded in the input price sub-index that fell to 51.8.
It was the slowest expansion since June last year.
The input price sub-index stood at 59.3 in March.
According to Zhou Hao, an economist at Commerzbank in Singapore, some of the pressures that the country's manufacturers are facing are due to recent sharp declines in iron ore and onshore steel prices.
In a note, Zhou wrote, "We believe that this on one hand reflects that there is little improvement in underlying demand. On the other hand, the de-leveraging effort by the Chinese authorities, has started to work."
Earlier this month, Chinese steel and iron ore futures tumbled to multi-month lows, as market sentiment turned bearish on demand outlook.
Worries about a glut of steel later this year have also mounted.
The numbers revealed that the employment sub-index slipped to 49.2 from 50.0 in March while the raw materials inventories sub-index was unchanged at 48.3.
In the same month, growth in China's services sector slowed slightly to 54.0, compared with the previous month's reading of 55.1 - highest since May 2014.
Further, Zhao Yang, an economist at Nomura, said "downside pressures" remained.
"[We] maintain our call for a shallow slowdown through the course of this year."
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The country continues to steer the economy away from relying on debt-fuelled investment, towards growth driven by consumer spending.
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Melilla, Spain / Nador, Morocco, 2014.
Melilla is a Spanish enclave of 12.5 km² located in Morocco, lapped by the waves of the Mediterranean and only 50 km from Algeria. The city is surrounded by a six meter high triple-layered metal fence that separates it from the Moroccan province of Nador, making its border one of the most hazardous in the world for those who attempt to reach European soil illegally.
Sub-Saharan migrants live rough in makeshift camps hidden in the woods of Morocco close to Melilla, with no choice but to try to jump the fence, facing the violence of both countries' police forces and the razor wire running the length of the Moroccan side. Many are refugees from countries such as Mali and the Central African Republic, some are minors, but none of them have the option of requesting asylum when the Moroccan paramilitary blocks their attempt to approach the fence, sometimes using extreme violence, or when the Spanish Civil Guard forces them to get off the fence and expels them directly to Morocco illegally. Many spend years trying to make the jump; some are seriously injured and others die in the attempt.
They have nothing but dignity and courage, something that European and African politicians, who are to blame for the situation in which they are in, seem to lack.


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Kazakhstan Welcomes Positive Trends
Salem, readers! Today I was reading the Astana Times when I came across an interesting article about how a new statistical report was released in Kazakhstan. This report shows that the population of Kazakhstan is rising. The statistics in the new report were gathered by the Ministry of National Economy and highlights other positive trends in addition to overall the population growth.
Kazahstan, the ninth-largest country in the world, has seen a population growth of 257,000 people, making the current national population approximately 17,417,673 people. In addition, Astana, Kazakhstan's capital city, has seen a 30 percent increase in population compared to 2014, while Almaty's population has seen a 15 percent increase since 2014.
While Astana Times did not report other fresh statistics from 2015, they did point out other positive trends in the country including average life expectancy and infant mortality rate from last year.
• In 2014, the number deaths were exceeded by 269,061 births, adding to the rise in population.
• The average age for life expectancy has been steadily rising in Kazakhstan as well. In 2014, the average life expectancy was 71.62 years, trumping the 2013 statistic of 71 years. The positive upward trend cannot only be seen between 2014 and 2013, but is also represented from 2012's statistics of the average life expectancy of 69.91 years.
• Kazakhstan also saw a reduction in infant mortality rate between 2013 and 2014. In 2014, 3,868 infants (under the age of one) died in Kazakhstan, and in 2013, 6,078 infants (under the age of one) died. The statistics show a 40 percent reduction between the two years.
Well, readers, there you have it. Kazakhstan is seeing quite a few positive trends in terms of statistics, and KazakhWorld hopes that more positive numbers will grace the beautiful country of Kazahstan in the future.
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He says, "The only people who seem to come at you with 'how dare you touch this music?' sort of attitude are the old school Pink Floyd fans. There are these mean-spirited 'how dare you touch Pink Floyd, you guys suck' sort of blogs."
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The path to peace is a simple path. It is linear and straight, and many roads lead to it. There is but one path that is the widest and strongest, the road of love
Really, they do. Popularity presidents often, always?, suck hot sweatty balls.
So vote for Pfeiffer.
That is all. . .oh I will write that Part II of the EU this weekend.
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y Aunt Lu was one of my mother's older sisters. After Grandma died, Aunt Lu came out from England and lived with us for some time. On thinking back it must have been quite a squash, my half-brother was a teenager, the three of us younger ones, my parents and Aunt Lu. Aunt Lu was a dressmaker and used her room for her work and, of course, clients came in and out for fittings etc.
Lu was an excellent needlewoman, a tailoress as well as a dressmaker and could also do soft furnishings, - curtains, slip covers even reupholstery. Everything she sewed was beautifully done, you could have worn her dresses inside out, they were so neat. She made clothes for us, though I am ashamed to say we did not appreciate her talents and the fact that our things fit perfectly. With the perverseness of children, we hankered for offthe-peg garments from Eaton's catalogue. When I was about six or seven, Aunt Lu married a local farmer, Harry Seaton. Uncle Harry was a lovely man, fresh complexioned with silvery hair, very quietly spoken. They lived out on the farm (about seven to eight miles away) out in the Boscurvis District. Uncle Harry family had emigrated to the West from Hope County in Ontario. It must have been a real exodus of many families coming together to take advantage of the homesteads they could claim. The farm was at least a section in area (640 acres) with the farm buildings grouped together in one corner. We always used to say you could tell who was "boss" according to which was bigger – the house or the barn! Their barn was larger but the house, though only one storey, was much bigger than it appeared. There was a nice long kitchen with a large shiny range and a sort of scullery off it. The central part was quite a large sitting room with two rooms leading off, two on each side, three bedrooms and a box room. The sitting room was heated by a large pot bellied stove. I was very excited to come to Aunt Lu and Uncle Harry's in the Easter holidays. I felt very grown up carrying my own little suitcase out to the old Model T Ford. First, I had to unpack and settle myself in. I admired the pretty dressing table set all laid out on crocheted lace mats. The double bed was massive,
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Aunt Lu was very tidy and a most particular housekeeper. Everything must be in precisely the right spot. No matter how carefully you tried to put dishes back in the cupboard, Aunt Lu always had to move this or that until all was to her satisfaction. When anyone had been staying with Aunt Lu we used to ask them "And did you solve the problem of THE CUP?" When my aunt washed up, there was always a particular CUP that dishes would lean against. If, in your ignorance, you dried the Cup before the end, it would be smartly retrieved and put back on the draining board! It was the Rule and Rules were not to be broken However, this particular holiday, they had prepared a BIG SURPRISE! Uncle Harry, bless him, had made me a little raft. I was absolutely thrilled; there was this dear little raft, with sort of a seat in the middle and a pole to punt it along. It was all mine, I didn't have to take turns, it was like being given the keys to a magic kingdom! Every morning and afternoon would see me on my little craft getting to the middle of the pond which was quite full because of the snow melt. Once I was in the centre I would sit and read a book or look about, with a couple of cookies in my pocket in case I had hunger pangs. When called in for dinner, I would tether the raft and scamper up to the house to wash my hands. After the dishes were done, out I would go again to my private world. Even now eighty years later, when I shut my eyes I fancy I can still feel the warmth of the Spring sunshine on my head! I felt so free and independent from the world of grown-ups. If I seemed to be drifting near "the shore" I would punt off to the middle again. It was a wonderful week, but Saturday did come and back home for me. Of-course I wanted to tell my family about my magical holiday, but I felt my freedom was coming to an end. School on Monday, no more sitting in the middle of a pond in my own private world. I still think it was one of the happiest holidays of my childhood. I do hope Aunt Lu and Uncle Harry realised what a delight it was. Wasn't I a lucky girl?
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've always thought that St Bartholomew's church - situated behind London Road and looming large over Brighton - would make a very apt police station. Not because of it's size or it's location but because it was built to the exact dimensions of Noah's ark. No one enjoys the rain falling more than a police officer! It has been a long held belief that our workload is greatly reduced when the skies are black. Though the advent of 24 hour licensing suggests this belief is more of a myth nowadays, it certainly seems that people are far less keen to stand in the street, swearing and spoiling for a fight when their designer shirt is likely to get a soaking. Similarly, it seems that those with a tendency to steal seem to prefer to do it when the weather is
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The last few weekends, patrolling the City centre on foot late at night, have been freezing cold! It's amazing how us officers wear several layers of clothes, thermals and gloves and yet the scantily dressed clubbers seem to be completely immune to the icy, biting conditions! Unfortunately, such temperatures don't make people better behaved or want to go home any quicker. It just seems to make officers' hands and feet go numb and we long for our nice warm beds! So, next time you see a police officer jigging on the spot on a street corner near you, it's not because they're trying to keep warm……..they're probably doing a rain dance!!
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journalist, Percy LeFroy Mapleton. When the train arrived at Preston Park station, Mapleton was seen getting out in a distressed state and covered in blood, saying he'd been attacked on the journey. He'd lost his hat, collar and tie. The ticket collector accompanied him onto Brighton, where Mapleton told the Station Master he had been shot and wounded. Asked about a gold watch chain, seen hanging from his shoe, he replied that he'd put it there for safety.
St Peter's Church has stood at Preston for more than seven hundred years and holds, in its memorial stones, all manner of stories - of people linked to royalty and also to murder. The oldest graves, from the centuries after the church was built in 1250, no longer survive. One of the earliest memorials is a grey stone plaque in the wall of the bell tower 'Here lyeth buried the body of Elizabeth the daughter of Sir Richard Shirley, Barronnett who departed this life on 23rd day of April Anno Domini 1684' 'Walter Barratt of Brighton' is commemorated, who died aged 70 in 1836 'Many years Surgeon and Apothecary to his late Majesty George the 4th'. This can't have been an easy job; George 4th weighed 17 stone in 1797 and had a 50inch waist in 1824. Apart from signs of mental instability, he suffered from gout, breathlessness, cataracts and hardening of the arteries brought on by heavy drinking and feasting at banquets. A memorial inside the Church, on the north wall, is to Frederick Isaac Gold who died in 1881. He lived in Tichfield House on Clermont Road, Preston. He became the subject of a notorious murder. On Monday afternoon on the 27th June 1881 Gold, a coin dealer, was travelling in a first class compartment on the London Bridge to Brighton express train. He was joined by a young man, a 16
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would later be involved as a Coroner in the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888) opened the inquest in which the police were mauled in the witness box for their inefficiency. The Railway Company then offered a substantial reward for information leading to arrest. Mapleton was finally traced to lodgings in Stepney after sending a telegram to his employer asking for his wages to be forwarded to that address. The evidence against him was overwhelming. He was identified as the man who had exchanged some counterfeit coins and pawned a revolver. Testimony included a woman living at Horley who saw two men struggling violently in the train as it passed her cottage. A jury found him guilty after retiring for only ten minutes. It was revealed during the trial that at the time of the murder he had been desperately short of money and had gone to London Bridge with the intention of robbing a passenger. He had hoped to find a female victim but finding none suitable had settled on the elderly Mr Gold. Mapleton was hanged at Lewes jail on November 29, 1881.
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CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING Valerie Hedgethorne taught cookery and cake decorating for many years in Brighton before becoming a Home Economist. She now writes recipes monthly in Cake Craft and Decoration magazine and is also a member of the Sussex Branch of the British Sugarcraft Guild. Valerie gives private tuition in Sugarcraft, and can work together with you to create that very special cake.01273 505223
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We know that during refraction, the propagation of light changes in medium 2. So, while the light enters the eye, the convex lens converges it. But due to the presence of Vitreous humour, the light should be bend towards the normal. Can you exp
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Does it upset anyone else that the "beast" in Disney's new remake of "Beauty and the Beast" is a goat-man with very long horns that bears quite a resemblance to Baphomet? In Disney's 1991 animated version of "Beauty and the Beast", the "beast" looked very much like a gentle lion. There were a couple of small horns poking out of his head, but those could have easily been mistaken as tufts of hair. But this time around, the "beast" has been depicted as a hybrid goat-man that has enormous goat horns sticking out of his head. And of course anyone that is familiar with the occult knows that the most famous goat-man in the entire world is Baphomet – the official symbol of the Church of Satan. Could it be possible that the similarity between this "beast" and Baphomet is more than just a coincidence?
In 1856, Eliphas Levi drew his infamous picture of a goat-man which came to be known as "Baphomet". Since that time, his drawing came to be very closely associated with the devil, and eventually it was even adopted by the Church of Satan as their official symbol. The following comes from Wikipedia…
Lévi's Baphomet is the source of the later Tarot image of the Devil in the Rider-Waite design.[3] The concept of a downward-pointing pentagram on its forehead was enlarged upon by Lévi in his discussion (without illustration) of the Goat of Mendes arranged within such a pentagram, which he contrasted with the microcosmic man arranged within a similar but upright pentagram.[59] The actual image of a goat in a downward-pointing pentagram first appeared in the 1897 book La Clef de la Magie Noire by Stanislas de Guaita.[60] It was this image that was later adopted as the official symbol—called the Sigil of Baphomet—of the Church of Satan, and continues to be used among Satanists.[61]
Over time, the symbol of Baphomet has become increasingly prominent in the occult world.
In recent years, the Satanic Temple has made national headlines by attempting to erect statues of Baphomet in several major cities…
In 2014 The Satanic Temple commissioned an 8 1/2 foot statue of Baphomet to stand alongside a monument of the Ten Commandments at Oklahoma State Capitol [65] "respect for diversity and religious minorities" were cited as reasons for erecting the monument.[66] After the Ten Commandments monument was vandalized plans to erect the Baphomet statue were put on hold as the Satanic Temple did not want their statue to stand alone by the Oklahoma capitol.[67] The Oklahoma Supreme Court declared all religious displays illegal[68] and On 25 July 2015 the statue was erected near a warehouse in Detroit, as a symbol of the modern Satanist movement.[69][70] The Satanic Temple may take the statue to Arkansas where another 10 Commandments monument is proposed.[71]
You can see photos of these statues of Baphomet here. So why does this new "beast" in "Beauty and the Beast" resemble these statues so closely?
In no other version of Beauty and the Beast has the "beast" ever been depicted as a goat-man.
So was this a conscious choice on the part of the producers of the film, or was it just an accident?
Up until now, the biggest controversy surrounding the film has been the fact that it is the very first Disney movie to feature an "exclusively gay moment", and this prompted Rev. Franklin Graham and many other leaders to call for a boycott.
Unfortunately, the boycott did not make much of an impact because Beauty and the Beast made an astounding $350 million worldwide during its opening weekend…
Beauty and the Beast earned $180 million internationally and an additional $170 million at the domestic box office, a sterling result for the $160 million-budgeted film. In a sign of its popularity, Beauty and the Beast topped the box office in nearly every market where it screened. The fairy-tale romance earned $44.8 million in China, grossed $22.8 million in the United Kingdom, grabbed $11.9 million in South Korea, nabbed $10.7 million in Germany and picked up $7.6 million in Italy. Beauty and the Beast even performed well in Russia, where its opening was overshadowed by controversy surrounding the inclusion of a gay character. Russian authorities gave the film a higher rating to limit younger audience's access. Russia has a number of anti-LGBT laws in place.
Of course the LGBTQ community saw this as a great victory for their cause. The following comes from a prominent gay advocacy website…
This is the largest opening weekend ever for a PG-rated film and for a Disney live-action film, surpassing Maleficent, The Jungle Book, and Cinderella. Experts predict that,at this rate, Beauty and the Beast may break $1 billion in ticket sales.
GLAAD, an LGBT media organization, was elated by the box-office success. "Inclusive storytelling pays," tweeted CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.
"This will help send a message to LGBTQ kids that they're important," the group declared on social media, along with the hashtag #TeamLeFou, a show of solidarity with Disney's first clearly gay character.
The film would have never made so much money without millions of evangelical Christian families flocking to go see it.
This is the kind of apostasy that we always knew was coming in the last days, but it is still shocking to see. What we willingly feed into our minds is going to determine who we eventually become. And so when we gladly gobble up thousands of hours of "programming" that the big media corporations keep feeding us, we shouldn't be amazed that our culture now reflects their value system.
As far as Beauty and the Beast is concerned, just consider the value system of the director. The following comes from the Olive Branch Report…
Beauty and the Beast's director Bill Condon, 61, born in New York City and raised in an Irish Catholic family, is openly homosexual and has a visceral hatred for Christianity.
Pete Baklinski reports for LifeSiteNews, March 17, 2017, that in a 2007 interview with Passport Magazine, Bill Condon said he wishes he could "rip pages out of the Bible" when he stays in hotel rooms.
When millions of dollars are at stake, very few things happen just "by accident".
Someone needs to ask the people in charge of this film why the "beast" looks so much like Baphomet.
Unfortunately, I don't think that most people would care even if we were told that it was done on purpose, and that is yet another indication of just how far we have fallen as a society.
Michael Snyder is the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, The American Dream Blog and The Truth. You can follow him on Twitter right here
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Pam Sinclair went looking for a modern sculpture near a building faced with fine-grain sandstone, and found July's I Spy feature--Requiem--"near the U-M Museum of Art!"
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British English: gents /dʒɛnts/ NOUN
The gents is a public toilet for men.
The gents is a public toilet for men.
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Come down from 8pm – 10pm for our all new, Comedy Open Mic!
Come down from 8pm – 10pm for our all new, Comedy Open Mic!
You might know Ben Silver as one-third of Orchard Lounge, the long-running Chicago DJ collective that also includes Spencer Lokken and Bethany "Queen B" Lokken. The trio's tag-team sets pack in bass-dropping techno and house, sunset chill-out grooves and other futuristic sounds. Orchard Lounge has had residencies at clubs around the country, including Smartbar in Chicago, Vagabond in Miami and Love in New York. They've gigged at established venues like Red Rocks and Hammerstein Ballroom, and major festivals, including Lollapalooza, Coachella and Electric Zoo.
Formed in 2010, SOLARiS is a 3 piece all-instrumental band that hails from upstate New York.
The members of SOLARiS have created a bevy of original compositions that range from electronica to breakbeats, jazz fusion to funk, & much more. Each of these compositions vary in speed, genre and style, but all of them are used as blank slates to showcase the Trio's explosive improv and electronic experimentation. While from show to show many of the songs remain the same, no two SOLARiS shows will ever be alike.
Doors: 8:30pm
Show: 9:30pm
Ages: 18+ (note: there is a $5 surcharge if under 21)
Tickets: $12 Day of Show


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