Do You Really Want to Celebrate Halloween?

The History

October 31, Halloween, is the “Vigil of Saman” celebration of the Druids, ancient Pagan Celtic priests. On this night, they placated the Lord of Death who released the souls of the dead to haunt and trick their relatives and visit their former homes. Witches and demons also came out of hiding on this night. This day coincided with the end of harvest and the beginning of the new year for these Druid worshipers of Samhain (numerous spellings are correct), the grim reaper, who required a human sacrifice.

In AD 601 the Roman Catholic Church “sanctified” these pagan practices they had previously been trying to abolish. They literally gave up against evil. The Roman autumn harvest celebrations and All Saint’s Day (November 1) were combined with All Hallows Eve (October 31) in an attempt to Christianize it. The founding Pilgrims of America outlawed this practice. In the mid 1800’s Irish immigrants brought this custom to America.

Today young and old alike dress up and go out into the night, trick or treating and celebrating. Halloween has become the second most celebrated holiday with people spending about $80 per person to party (again, financially second only to Christmas). The majority of them are unknowingly giving glory to the day that the occult, Satan worshipers and Wiccan (those involved in witchcraft) call the “day above all others.” This is the highest of their eight holy days

Anton LaVey, author of The Satanic Bible and high priest of the Church of Satan states, “Satanists consider Halloween the most important day of the year. Satanic, occult and witchcraft powers are at their highest potency level…Satan and his powers are at their best that night.”
A sergeant at the Baldwin Park Police Department in Southern California states “frightening, murderous satanic practices take place around the world every Halloween, and yet the public dismisses reports of their occurrence, refusing to believe the holiday is anything more than ‘child’s play’.”
Quite literally, this “holiday” belongs to Satan, and those who celebrate it, even innocently, are giving glory to him and putting themselves in dangerous territory.

The Symbols

A grotesque face was carved in a pumpkin to scare away evil spirits; this was a sign to the demons that a virgin sacrifice had been given by the household. Inside was a candle made from the human fat of the sacrifice. Do you want a Jack-o-lantern in your home?

The Bonfire had a three-fold purpose: 1) to scare away the evil spirits; 2) to mark the gathering places for the celebration where people came after putting out their hearth fires; 3) and to have the “bone-fire” where human and animal sacrifices were burned. The participants carry a stick home to light their hearth fires from this community bonfire.

To disguise themselves from the spirits, people donned Costumes trying to look like the evil spirits, or look terrible enough scare them away; oftentimes they wore the heads of the animals they had sacrificed

The Druid priests went door to door demanding food to offer to Samhaim and pronounced a demonic curse of death or physical male castration, if they didn’t get what they asked for. Another custom was for people to leave a “treat” out for the spirits, so they wouldn’t “trick” or torture the household. Thus the Trick-or-Treat custom was born.

What about the other symbols of Halloween? Ghosts played tricks and caused supernatural happenings in the household. Astrology was heavily practiced, as everyone wanted predictions for the coming new year. Traditionally they “read” the sacrificial bones and entrails of sacrifices. Witches are real satanic worshipers, yet their caricatures are portrayed and costumed everywhere. Coffins, tombstones, mummies, skeletons and cemeteries come from the Lord of Death theme. Roman harvest festivals bring in the apples, cornstalks and pumpkins. An ancient Roman ceremony honoring false gods involved trying to grasp floating fruit without using hands, which is where bobbing for apples came from. The Druids believed that black cats were reincarnated humans who had been punished for their evil deeds. These cats were sacred sacrifices. Today, black cats are still sacrificed during occult rituals.

Is it Really Just another Holiday?

Knowing the meaning and traditions behind Halloween, do you really want to celebrate Halloween? It’s much more than just an innocent child’s day. There is absolutely no way you can include Jesus Christ in these celebrations. Why place yourself, even for a few hours, in the territory of the evil one? In Ephesians 6:12 Jesus tells us too “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reprove them.” Ephesians 5:11 says, “Neither give place to the devil.

Bible Answers

When you apply the following Bible texts to Halloween, it is obvious what our position as Christians should be regarding Halloween, the occult, sorcery or magic:

Leviticus 19:31 – Should we turn to mediums or wizards?
Leviticus 20:6-27 – What will happen if you turn to wizards or medium? What will happen if you become a medium or wizard?
1 Chronicles 10:13 – What happened to Saul because of his involvement? (1 Samuel 28 – 30)
Revelation 18:4 – What are we to do?
Ephesians 5:8-11 – What should we do with the works of darkness?
2 Timothy 1:7 – What spirit did Jesus give us?
Ephesians 6:11 – What should we do?
Philippians 4:8 – What kind of things should we dwell on?
2 Corinthians 6:14,15 – Can light and darkness mix? Should we mix with evil?
1 Corinthians 10:31 – Who should receive our glory?
Matthew 6:24 – How many masters can we serve?
1 Peter 2:9 – Who are we?
Exodus 20: 5 – What is God’s warning?
Ephesians 5:1 – Who should we imitate?
Psalm 101:3 – Are we ever to look at wicked things?
1 John 3:8 – What has God promised?
1 Corinthians 10:20,21 – Can we partake of two tables?
Ephesians 6: 14-17 – What are the only safe things to put on?
Ephesians 4:27 – Should we give place to the devil?
1 Thessalonians 5:22 – What should we abstain from?
Ephesians 5:11 – What should we do with darkness?
Acts 19:18-19 – What did the early church do to occultic books?
Exodus 22:18 – What happened to witches in the Bible?
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 – Should we participate in the occult?
Isaiah 8:19 – Can we learn about the future from mediums and psychics?
Revelation 22:15 – Will mediums, wizards, sorcers and those that consult them enter heaven?

What Can We Do?

Spend time in prayer and spiritual warfare for your community and the innocent children caught up in the darkness of Halloween. The occult members pray for evil spirits to inhabit the costumes sold to children. We should pray that Satan be bound.
Educate your own children. Don’t scare them by giving them too much information. Explain to young children only what they need to know to understand. Do a Bible study and look up these Bible texts with your children.
Get together with like-minded families. Have a soup and salad potluck, a time of intercessory prayer together and family game time.

Many Pathfinder groups collect cans on this night. You could do this as a church or homeschool group. Pass out bags in a specific area a few days before with a note explaining what your group is doing. After collecting, make food baskets or donate to Community Services and local food closets. I personally have reservations about being out on this night at all.
Witness to your neighbors without condemning them. On Halloween night, pass out inexpensive crafts or toys instead of candy and include a scripture that will point them to Jesus. Some families include an invitation to church and a Little Friend or Primary Treasure.
Celebrate your blessings and share with others the good news of Jesus.
As horrific as Halloween and these traditions are, “God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a strong mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7.
Make a stand… “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15.

So after reading all of these facts do you want to still TRICK-OR-TREAT......whom we serve will determine where we end up.

Obama Worship

October 19, 2009 — Nicholas
A newly publicized video shows leaders of a Chicago-based community organizing group called the Gamaliel Foundation held a rally shortly after President Obama’s election and “prayed” to him, seeking his intervention in their difficulties. Source = http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=111399

As many remember, Obama was touted as a Messiah during his campaign. The most recent Obama worship happened on September 29, where a group in Chicago held public prayer “to Obama.” I know it sounds insane and quite ridiculous as well, but when we look in prophecy how the mortal wound of Rome is to be completely healed before Jesus comes and destroys them with the brightness of His coming, (see 2 Thessalonians 2:8) worship of mankind has to become the norm for the prelates in Rome. The Popes have always demanded and sought worship for almost 2000 years as many of their documented quotes prove…

The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, “Cities Petrus Bertanous”.
Pope Nicholas I declared that “the appellation of God had been confirmed by Constantine on the Pope, who, being God, cannot be judged by man.” – Labb IX Dist.: 96 Can. 7, Satis evidentur, Decret Gratian Primer Para.

Pope Nicholas I declared that “the appellation of God had been confirmed by Constantine on the Pope, who, being God, cannot be judged by man.” – Labb IX Dist.: 96 Can. 7, Satis evidentur, Decret Gratian Primer Para.

Click here to see the video of them actually praying to Obama!

First verse of bible was mistake, professor says

The first sentence of the good old bible has been misunderstood for centuries because of an error of translation, says a Dutch catholic professor of exegesis.



By Dirk Vlasblom
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"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth," says the first verse of the first chapter of the first bible book, Genesis. But a Dutch professor of Old Testament exegesis now says this phrase was wrongly translated.
Ellen van Wolde, who holds her inaugural speech at the Raboud university in Nijmegen on Friday, says the Hebrew word bara should not be translated as 'created' but as 'separated'. So the first verse would read "God separated the heaven and the earth", indicating that there was something before Creation began. Van Wolde has analysed the Hebrew original of Genesis and gives a plausible explanation for her alternative translation. She mentions a series of other places in the Old Testament where the word bara appears, and she demonstrates convincingly that separated would have been the appropriate translation there too. Furthermore, she analysed creation stories from ancient Mesopotamia, from the era in which Genesis originated, which mention a deity who separated heaven and earth at the beginning of time.

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Van Wolde's interpretation of Genesis assumes that heaven, earth and water were one originally. God took them apart and gave them separate places in the universe. That leads to the conclusion that Genesis is not about the absolute beginning of time. According to Van Wolde the people who lived in the 7th and 8th century BC, when Genesis was created, did not believe that "in the beginning there was nothing". Genesis itself suggests that people at the time imagined primeval waters where sea monsters lived. The professor draws the conclusion that the book does not speak of 'creation from nothing' (creatio ex nihilo), as her own Catholic church teaches.
Van Wolde's alternative translation of the word bara in the first verse is new, but her other conclusions are not. Scholars of the Old Testament determined as far back as the 1950s that in the conceptual universe of the ancient Near East creating amounted to separating, giving things a place. The assumption that people in antiquity had no conception of 'nothingness' is not new either. The concept of creatio ex nihilo in the Catholic doctrine does not derive from Genesis but from a verse in the second book of Maccabees [7.28], which protestants regard as apocryphal.
Van Wolde's exegesis is supported by many origin myths, also beyond the Near East. Most stories mention a mythical world before the creation of the sun, moon and stars and the existence of living nature and men. Myths refer to a world created from something that preceded it. This is related to the limits of human imagination. In the course of human cultural evolution people define the unknown by analogy with the known. And nothing can be a model for 'nothing'.


Devout Jews and Christians will probably not be shaken in their faith by Van Wolde's findings. Even if there were primeval waters before God intervened, He was the one who brought order out of chaos. That still makes him 'the Creator'.



Tell me what do think about this new finding by this professor?

Gordon Brown announces 'new world order'

While the rest of the world is being distracted with the current issues in Afghanistan and Iran, this G20 summit is setting up an event that is more sinister than any act of terrorism that has been perpetrated against any nation or towns in the world.Who gave the OK for our leaders to set up systems to determine who lives and who dies or who can buy and sell?It's all in the the word of God,it has been foretold and now it is coming to pass right before our eyes.We need to be ready for the soon return of the Lord and saviour Jesus Christ......So when Prime Minister Gordon Brown made his statement about a "new world" order I was happy that yet another fact has come to the front that the Bible is the true word of God we should not be afraid of what is to come but ask our selves where do we stand,and is my life hid in Him who is able to destroy both body and soul?....this is the statement from Mr Brown......
"Today’s decisions, of course, will not immediately solve the crisis. But we have begun the process by which it will be solved," Mr Brown said. "I think a new world order is emerging with the foundation of a new progressive era of international co-operation,"

Foreign Policy, Welfare, and 9/11

The tragedy of 9/11 and its aftermath dramatize so clearly how a flawed foreign policy has served to encourage the majoritarians determined to run everyone’s life.
Due to its natural inefficiencies and tremendous costs, a failing welfare state requires an ever-expanding authoritarian approach to enforce mandates, collect the necessary revenues, and keep afloat an unworkable system. Once the people grow to depend on government subsistence, they demand its continuation.
Excessive meddling in the internal affairs of other nations and involving ourselves in every conflict around the globe has not endeared the United States to the oppressed of the world.
The Japanese are tired of us.
The South Koreans are tired of us.
The Europeans are tired of us.
The Central Americans are tired of us.
The Filipinos are tired of us.
And above all, the Arab Muslims are tired of us.
Angry and frustrated by our persistent bullying and disgusted with having their own government bought and controlled by the United States, joining a radical Islamic movement was a natural and predictable consequence for Muslims.
We believe bin Laden when he takes credit for an attack on the West, and we believe him when he warns us of an impending attack. But we refuse to listen to his explanation of why he and his allies are at war with us.
Bin Laden’s claims are straightforward. The U.S. defiles Islam with military bases on holy land in Saudi Arabia, its initiation of war against Iraq, with 12 years of persistent bombing, and its dollars and weapons being used against the Palestinians as the Palestinian territory shrinks and Israel’s occupation expands. There will be no peace in the world for the next 50 years or longer if we refuse to believe why those who are attacking us do it.
To dismiss terrorism as the result of Muslims hating us because we’re rich and free is one of the greatest foreign-policy frauds ever perpetrated on the American people. Because the propaganda machine, the media, and the government have restated this so many times, the majority now accept it at face value. And the administration gets the political cover it needs to pursue a “holy” war for democracy against the infidels who hate us for our goodness.
Polling on the matter is followed closely and, unfortunately, is far more important than the rule of law. Do we hear the pundits talk of constitutional restraints on the Congress and the administration? No, all we ever hear are reassurances that the majority supports the President; therefore it must be all right.
The terrorists’ attacks on us, though never justified, are related to our severely flawed foreign policy of intervention. They also reflect the shortcomings of a bureaucracy that is already big enough to know everything it needs to know about any impending attack but too cumbersome to do anything about it. Bureaucratic weaknesses within a fragile welfare state provide a prime opportunity for those whom we antagonize through our domination over world affairs and global wealth to take advantage of our vulnerability.
But what has been our answer to the shortcomings of policies driven by manipulated majority opinion?
We have responded by massively increasing the federal government’s policing activity to hold American citizens in check and make sure we are well-behaved and pose no threat, while massively expanding our aggressive presence around the world. There is no possible way these moves can make us more secure against terrorism, yet they will accelerate our march toward national bankruptcy with a currency collapse.
Relying on authoritarian democracy and domestic and international meddling only move us sharply away from a constitutional republic and the rule of law and toward the turbulence of a decaying democracy, about which Madison and others had warned.

The Utopian Nightmare of One-World Government

Is the world being set-up to miss the coming of the Lord and Saviour?A great event that is soon to take place that will set everyone in their place according to the life lived.

Once the goal of liberty is replaced by a preconceived notion of the benefits and the moral justifications of a democracy, a trend toward internationalism and world government follows.
We certainly witnessed this throughout the 20th century. Since World War II, we have failed to follow the Constitution in taking this country to war, but instead have deferred to the collective democratic wisdom of the United Nations.
Once it’s recognized that ultimate authority comes from an international body, whether the United Nations, NATO, the WTO, the World Bank, or the IMF, the contest becomes a matter of who holds the reins of power and is able to dictate what is perceived as the will of the people (of the world). In the name of democracy, just as it is done in Washington, powerful nations with the most money will control UN policy. Bribery, threats, and intimidation are common practices used to achieve a “democratic” consensus-no matter how controversial and short-lived the benefits.
Can one imagine what it might be like if a true worldwide democracy existed and the United Nations were controlled by a worldwide, one man/one vote philosophy? The masses of China and India could vote themselves whatever they needed from the more prosperous western countries. How long would a world system last based on this absurdity? Yet this is the principle that we’re working so hard to impose on ourselves and others around the world.
In spite of the great strides made toward one-world government based on egalitarianism, I’m optimistic that this utopian nightmare will never come to fruition. I have already made the case that here at home powerful special interests take over controlling majority opinion, making sure fairness in distribution is never achieved. This fact causes resentment and becomes so expensive that the entire system becomes unstable and eventually collapses.
The same will occur internationally, even if it miraculously did not cause conflict among the groups demanding the loot confiscated from the producing individuals (or countries). Democratic socialism is so destructive to production of wealth that it must fail, just as socialism failed under Soviet Communism. We have a long way to go before old-fashioned nationalism is dead and buried. In the meantime, the determination of those promoting democratic socialism will cause great harm to many people before its chaotic end and we rediscover the basic principle responsible for all of human progress.

Affairs:The slippery slope to disaster

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE “BLUEBIRD” CLEAR, crisp mountain days for which Colorado’s ski slopes are famous. The sky was brilliant, the snow was perfect for skiing, and I was having a great day on the slopes. Skiing down one trail that was somewhat new to me, I saw another trail that looked interesting. It seemed to beckon to me. Ah! Something exciting! New! A challenge, I reflected to myself, coasting to a stop at the entrance to the new trail.

As I stood there, just before pushing off down the narrow chute through the trees (my ski tips were already starting over the edge onto the new territory), I heard the voice of a friend as he sped by. “Where are you going?”

My reply was innocent and instant: “Gonna try this new run! It looks interesting!”
“You idiot!” shot back my friend. “That’s the ski jump!”

Well, that put a totally new perspective on the adventure. A text flashed into my mind: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death” (Prov. 14:12). While I love to ski, I prefer to fly in airplanes, not off ski jumps. The warning changed my plans, and undoubtedly my future as well. Suddenly that which at one moment looked interesting, inviting, and exciting became threatening, dangerous, and to be avoided at all costs.

If that path had been taken, there would have been precious few chances to change course. Somewhere there would come a “point of no return” and a shattering finish. Even if I changed my mind along the way, there is a thing called momentum, which would have delivered me to disaster even as I wanted fervently to stop. I was just one little nudge away from a life-altering (and maybe life-ending) experience. All it would have taken was a small push. The event still causes me to shudder. Of course, I changed course and stayed on the safe trail.

Life Lessons

There’s a vital lesson here. Just one little nudge can send us down a slippery slope that can end in disaster and destruction. Decisions and actions inevitably lead to outcomes and consequences.
Sexual affairs are very much like my near disaster on the ski slope. No one I have counseled with who has been caught up in a sexual affair has ever intended to get involved in an affair. “It just happened,” is the comment most often heard. The reality is that once someone gets close to the edge of an affair or a ski jump, there had better be some quick, decisive, clear thinking, or one little nudge can result in catastrophe.

Sexual involvement in the workplace or in a friendship is more common than we realize. And those situations do have some common steps (or slips). The first and most dangerous is the idea that sex is no big deal. That is a denial of reality. Unless you have been dead at least three days, sex is a big deal, no matter who you are. No one is invulnerable. After all, God designed us with a natural, built-in sexual attraction. Sexuality is a very big deal.

Look at Adam’s response when he first saw Eve: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” (Gen. 2:23). The New English Bible gets closer to the Hebrew text with “Now this, at last . . .” Or as we might put it today: “Wow! At last!” Adam was excited. His words were not just some poetic response. He was all eyes and immediately attracted to her. That’s a big deal. Such a big deal that Adam elected to give up Paradise to stay with Eve (see Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 56).

Samson liked what he saw and said to his horrified parents, “She’s the right one for me” (Judges 14:3). He saw, he wanted. In verse 7 we read, “Then he went down and talked with the woman, and he liked her.” Interesting indeed. Up to this point he apparently had not yet talked with her. He just saw her and made a decision. That lack of thinking things through caused Samson lifelong and life-ending problems.

Sexual attraction is a big deal? Ask David. All he did initially was look at Bathsheba. The looking turned to attraction (lust) and actions, including adultery, murder, and living a lie. Sexual attraction is a big deal. To think otherwise is denial. Denial is dangerous.
Contrast for a moment some differences that might exist between the home and workplace environments.

Anatomy of an Affair

In his groundbreaking book Sex in the Forbidden Zone, Peter Rutter, M.D., shares some startling conclusions from 1,000 interviews, case studies, and contacts with people who were involved in sexual affairs. While what he wrote about was men in positions of trust and authority having affairs with women under their spheres of responsibility (the men were therapists, medical doctors, clergy, lawyers, and teachers), the same dynamics apply to women as well.
What Rutter discovered is a slippery slope leading to an affair as surely as my skis could have led me down the jump. The steps he discovered for men who are crossing the boundary into sexual affairs are:

I’m looking her over (Samson and David merely looked at first).

Is she interested in me?

What would she be like to touch?
I can’t stop fantasizing about her.

I’ll ask about her sex life.
I’ll ask if she fantasizes about me.
I’ll close the physical space between us.
I’ll test the waters by being suggestive and see how she responds.
I think she is being seductive toward me.
Fantasy about seducing her.

Considerations:

Can I get away with it?
If it feels right, it can’t be wrong.
The voice of conscience

All restraints are gone:
Decision to go ahead.
Arrange a meeting.

Note: You can turn back at any point before the final step.
Consummation of the affair.

In Rutter’s study things started for the men with looking, then progressed to fantasy (imaginative looking). Men are visually stimulated and tend to experience intimacy as touching. Women, on the other hand, tend to connect emotionally and experience intimacy as talking.

So what does this mean for preventing affairs in the workplace or in friendships? Look at the progression. First he looks, then he begins to speak to her. She is pleased that he is connecting with her by talking. She may even respond with a friendly touch to his hand or arm. This tends to confirm his fantasies, and he begins to talk to her at deeper, more intimate levels. She feels connected. One little nudge, and down the ski jump they careen.

Eternal Vigilance

Maybe they don’t intend for an affair to begin, but it surely can. She may be looking to fill a need of belonging and appreciation, of personal worth and value. But the seeds of an affair are easily, and often unintentionally, sown.

Another portrait of those who get caught up in affairs is that they are:

HALT

Hungry for emotional support, appreciation, and affection. Angry because they feel neglected or unappreciated. Lonely because they feel isolated. Tired because of full work schedules or high emotional demands. People who have these issues in their lives are very vulnerable to affairs. If they experience these dynamics they must HALT, face reality (denial can be deadly), and get help immediately.

The preventive here is SALT. That stands for: Satisfied with my relationships. Appreciated by those close to me. Loved by those who count. Treasured for my uniqueness and who I am by those who matter in my life and work. These people are much less likely to be tempted into an affair.

Practical Applications to Prevent Affairs

Fortunately, there are voices of warning to keep us from thundering down the slippery slope to certain disaster. But we must listen and heed the information. To deny the reality is a design for disaster.

One of those voices is the wisdom of Scripture. Among others are these shouts of information:

“You shall not commit adultery” (Ex. 20:14).
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife” (Ex. 20:17).
Jesus expanded these to include the lustful look (Matt. 5:27, 28).
Seek the good of others over your own desires, and “do . . . all for the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:24 and 31).
Even things that are permissible are not always beneficial. “The body is not meant for sexual immorality” (1 Cor. 6:12, 13).

Those of us who are clearly visually attracted need to remember the words of one who knew their meaning from bitter experience. David said in Psalm 101:3, “I will set before my eyes no vile thing.” This includes the imaginations and fantasies of my heart and mind as well as the obvious things that can lead us to come close to and/or cross boundaries of proper thought and conduct. It is much better to think on the things Paul lists in Philippians 4:8, those things that are true, noble, right, pure, admirable, excellent, praiseworthy.
There are some very easy and practical things we can do to send the right signals to others. It can start with the way we dress (men and women). As Christians we want to present a positive attitude. Some clothing sends a mixed message at best and a dangerous message at worst. Beware of what you wear.

In Bounds, Out of Bounds

Keeping clear boundaries in relationships is an absolute necessity. Reread the story of Joseph in Genesis 39. Joseph was “well-built and handsome” (verse 6), and you can be sure Mrs. Potiphar, with all her wealth and access to beauty treatments, wasn’t the ugly duckling of Egypt.
But Joseph knew the boundaries, even if Mrs. P didn’t.
One way to clarify boundaries is to keep photographs of your spouse and/or children in clear view in your workplace. It sends a signal that these are important people in your life, and clarifies where your loyalties are.

A key concept to help anyone remain loyal to their spouse is to keep 1 Corinthians 10:12, 13 in mind: “So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”

The challenge for us mere mortals is to look for that escape point before the thrill outweighs the will and we have no desire to escape.

Listen to that voice before you launch: “Not down that path! The end is disaster!” ...(By Richard Stenbakken)