>> COMING UP NEXT ON "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:00:14.60\00:00:17.56 >> THERE IS A HEALTHCARE CRISIS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:00:17.56\00:00:20.23 UNTIL PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE WORLD REALIZE WHAT 00:00:20.23\00:00:23.33 THE REAL PROBLEM IS, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER. 00:00:23.33\00:00:26.50 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, "AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN 00:00:29.70\00:00:31.80 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:00:31.80\00:00:35.13 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:00:35.13\00:00:38.73 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:00:38.73\00:00:40.80 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:00:40.80\00:00:44.50 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:00:44.50\00:00:48.26 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:00:48.26\00:00:50.66 THE "HERE WE STAND" SERIES. 00:00:50.66\00:00:53.20 >> IF PEOPLE ONLY KNEW WHAT I KNEW, IT'D BE A LOT EASIER FOR 00:00:58.16\00:01:01.50 YOU TO APPRECIATE THE VEGETARIAN DIET. 00:01:01.50\00:01:04.60 I MEAN ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS READ SOME OF THE HEADLINES. 00:01:04.60\00:01:07.53 "NEWSWEEK" MAGAZINE, IT'S IN 1997, "CAN THIS MEAT KILL YOU?" 00:01:07.53\00:01:12.30 THE E.COLI PROBLEM, THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHER SCARES SINCE THEN, 00:01:12.30\00:01:15.56 AND THE SALMONELLA PROBLEMS. 00:01:15.56\00:01:17.03 AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE MAD COW DISEASE AND MAD PIG DISEASE. 00:01:17.03\00:01:21.53 AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING, "BUT PASTOR DOUG, GOD 00:01:21.53\00:01:23.63 DESIGNED HUMANS TO EAT MEAT. 00:01:23.63\00:01:25.50 WE LEARNED THIS IN SCIENCE CLASS. 00:01:25.50\00:01:27.96 THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALL GOT THESE CANINE TEETH RIGHT HERE. 00:01:27.96\00:01:30.83 THAT'S PROOF THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEAT EATERS." 00:01:30.83\00:01:33.96 OH REALLY? 00:01:33.96\00:01:35.13 THIS FELLOW'S GOT CANINE TEETH TOO. 00:01:35.13\00:01:39.50 HE'S A VEGETARIAN. 00:01:39.50\00:01:41.53 SO IF YOU'RE A VEGETARIAN, YOU'LL LOOK LIKE THIS. 00:01:41.53\00:01:47.66 NO, IT'S A MYTH. 00:01:47.66\00:01:49.90 THE IDEA THAT YOU GOT THESE TEETH. 00:01:49.90\00:01:51.80 THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ACTUALLY FLOURISHES ON 00:01:51.80\00:01:53.60 A VEGETARIAN DIET. 00:01:53.60\00:01:55.56 AND IF YOU WERE COMPARE THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF A HUMAN, 00:01:55.56\00:01:57.83 IT BELONGS WITH THOSE OF THE VEGETARIAN CATEGORY. 00:01:57.83\00:02:02.20 THE ANIMALS THAT HAVE A MEAT DIET, YOU KNOW, I PLAY GUITAR 00:02:02.20\00:02:05.60 AND GUITAR STRINGS ARE CALLED SOMETIMES "CAT GUT." 00:02:05.60\00:02:09.53 THEY USED TO CALL 'EM THAT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL GUITAR 00:02:09.53\00:02:11.23 STRINGS WERE MADE FROM CAT GUT BECAUSE CATS WHICH ARE 00:02:11.23\00:02:13.80 CARNIVOROUS, THEY'VE GOT A VERY STRAIGHT DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 00:02:13.80\00:02:17.50 BECAUSE IT PROCESSES FOOD VERY QUICKLY 'CAUSE OTHERWISE IT 00:02:17.50\00:02:19.93 STAYS IN THEIR SYSTEM LONG ENOUGH TO PUTREFY AND CAUSE 00:02:19.93\00:02:22.43 PROBLEMS. 00:02:22.43\00:02:23.30 THE CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS PROCESS THE MEAT VERY QUICKLY. 00:02:23.30\00:02:26.43 THE HUMAN BODY, WHEN IT EATS MEAT, IT TAKES MUCH LONGER TO 00:02:26.43\00:02:29.53 PROCESS IT AND IT ACTUALLY DOES BEGIN TO PUTREFY IN THE SYSTEM 00:02:29.53\00:02:33.46 AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY INCIDENTS OF COLON CANCER AND 00:02:33.46\00:02:36.46 DIVERTICULITIS AND A WHOLE REAM OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE MEAT SHOULD 00:02:36.46\00:02:40.83 NEVER BE PART OF THE HUMAN DIET. 00:02:40.83\00:02:42.90 NOW, THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY YOU'VE GOT TO BE A VEGETARIAN. 00:02:42.90\00:02:45.96 PASTOR DOUG HIGHLY RECOMMENDS IT. 00:02:45.96\00:02:48.50 WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE VEGETARIANS, RIGHT? 00:02:48.50\00:02:51.70 SOME OF YOU SOUND SHOCKED BY THAT. 00:02:51.70\00:02:55.00 DO YOU REALLY THINK WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU 00:02:55.00\00:02:57.20 KNOW, CHASING CHICKENS AROUND, CUTTING OFF THEIR HEADS SO WE 00:02:57.20\00:02:59.16 CAN MAKE BUFFALO WINGS? 00:02:59.16\00:03:01.40 I MEAN WHEN ADAM WAS NAMING THE ANIMALS, WAS HE LOOKING AT 00:03:01.40\00:03:04.90 THE COW AND GOING "WHOPPER" AND "BIG MAC" AND NUGGETS? 00:03:04.90\00:03:13.96 NO, THEY WERE HIS FRIENDS. 00:03:13.96\00:03:16.06 WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE VEGETARIANS IN HEAVEN, SO I'M 00:03:16.06\00:03:17.76 JUST GETTING READY. 00:03:17.76\00:03:18.56 YOU SHOULD START YOURSELF. 00:03:18.56\00:03:19.53 YOU'LL FEEL A LOT BETTER. 00:03:19.53\00:03:21.00 BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT MEAT, KNOW WHAT THE CATEGORIES ARE 00:03:21.00\00:03:23.23 ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE. 00:03:23.23\00:03:24.10 SOME THINGS ARE UNCLEAN. 00:03:24.10\00:03:25.40 THEY'RE A TOTAL RED LIGHT. 00:03:25.40\00:03:26.66 THEY'RE NOT EVEN YELLOW LIGHT. 00:03:26.66\00:03:27.46 THEY'RE RED LIGHT. 00:03:27.46\00:03:28.63 AMONG THE FISH, LEVITICUS 11:9, "THESE YOU SHALL EAT OF ALL THAT 00:03:28.63\00:03:33.56 ARE IN THE WATERS: WHATSOEVER HAS FINS AND SCALES, THEM YOU 00:03:33.56\00:03:37.56 MAY EAT." 00:03:37.56\00:03:38.63 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NAVY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO DID A STUDY 00:03:38.63\00:03:42.10 BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE SAILORS THAT WOULD GO DOWN IN THE OCEAN. 00:03:42.10\00:03:44.73 THEY'D BE IN THESE LIFEBOATS SOMETIMES FOR DAYS. 00:03:44.73\00:03:47.06 THEY'D BE FORCED TO EAT WHATEVER FISH WERE SWIMMING AROUND THE 00:03:47.06\00:03:49.23 RAFT OR ON THE ISLANDS WHERE THEY GOT DESERTED. 00:03:49.23\00:03:51.26 THEY WANTED TO FIND A RULE OF THUMB BECAUSE SOME OF THE 00:03:51.26\00:03:53.86 SAILORS HAD EATEN THE FISH THAT WERE HIGHLY TOXIC AND POISON, 00:03:53.86\00:03:57.06 AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS SAFE AND WHAT WASN'T SAFE. 00:03:57.06\00:03:59.20 SO AFTER ALL THIS STUDYING, WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH OF THE TAXPAYERS 00:03:59.20\00:04:01.96 MONEY THEY SPENT ON THIS, THEY FINALLY CAME UP WITH 00:04:01.96\00:04:04.73 A CONCLUSION. 00:04:04.73\00:04:05.86 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID? 00:04:05.86\00:04:07.23 IF IT'S GOT FINS AND SCALES, IT'S PROBABLY SAFE, WHICH IS OF 00:04:07.23\00:04:12.06 COURSE WHAT THE LORD SAID. 00:04:12.06\00:04:14.06 NOW HAVING SAID THAT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE EAT 00:04:14.06\00:04:17.06 THAT ARE CONSIDERED SEAFOOD THAT DON'T HAVE FINS AND SCALES. 00:04:17.06\00:04:20.80 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY'RE AN ABOMINATION. 00:04:20.80\00:04:23.13 LOBSTER? 00:04:23.13\00:04:24.30 I USED TO LOVE LOBSTER. 00:04:24.30\00:04:25.86 SHRIMP? 00:04:25.86\00:04:26.93 OYSTERS? 00:04:26.93\00:04:28.03 AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THESE ARE SCAVENGERS. 00:04:28.03\00:04:30.10 THEY--LOBSTERS CRAWL AROUND THE BOTTOM. 00:04:30.10\00:04:33.00 I USED TO HUNT LOBSTER IN THE OCEAN, AND THEY EAT WHATEVER 00:04:33.00\00:04:36.33 DIES AND FALLS TO THE BOTTOM. 00:04:36.33\00:04:38.90 THEY'RE SCAVENGERS. 00:04:38.90\00:04:40.06 OYSTERS, THEY LIVE DOWN ON THE BAY FLOOR, SOAKING UP ALL OF 00:04:40.06\00:04:43.10 THE DIESEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE IN THE WATER. 00:04:43.10\00:04:46.00 GOD PUTS THESE CREATURES THERE TO CLEAN THE ENVIRONMENT. 00:04:46.00\00:04:49.33 HE DOES NOT WANT US TO EAT THE SCAVENGERS. 00:04:49.33\00:04:51.33 CATFISH, THEY'VE GOT FINS. 00:04:51.33\00:04:52.83 THEY DON'T HAVE SCALES, AND THEY USED TO SAY YOU CATCH 00:04:52.83\00:04:55.10 THE BIGGEST CATFISH BY THE MOUTH OF THE SEWER. 00:04:55.10\00:04:58.20 THEY'RE NOT CLEAN. 00:04:58.20\00:04:59.76 MY BROTHER AND I, WE USED TO CATCH AND EAT CATFISH. 00:04:59.76\00:05:01.63 MY HOUSE, DAD'S MANSION WAS RIGHT THERE ON BISCAYNE BAY IN 00:05:01.63\00:05:05.53 MIAMI BEACH AND WE'D CATCH CATFISH. 00:05:05.53\00:05:07.53 MY BROTHER, ONE TIME, WAS PULLING THE HOOK OUT. 00:05:07.53\00:05:09.53 THE CATFISH WIGGLED. 00:05:09.53\00:05:10.80 IT BONED HIM WITH THE DORSAL FIN, AND IT WAS SO TOXIC, 00:05:10.80\00:05:14.36 HE COULD NEVER BEND HIS FINGER AGAIN THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 00:05:14.36\00:05:17.70 IT KILLED THE NERVES. 00:05:17.70\00:05:19.13 WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT THOSE THINGS. 00:05:19.13\00:05:22.06 "OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, GUMBO TASTES SO GOOD." 00:05:22.06\00:05:24.70 OH MAN, GUMBO IS LIKE A DEATH SENTENCE, ANYTHING THAT CRAWLS 00:05:24.70\00:05:30.96 ACROSS THE PLATE. 00:05:30.96\00:05:32.20 SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT SEAFOOD, IT'S GOT TO HAVE FINS 00:05:32.20\00:05:36.36 AND SCALES. 00:05:36.36\00:05:37.13 PEOPLE ASK, "TUNA, PASTOR DOUG, PLEASE TELL ME DOES TUNA HAVE 00:05:37.13\00:05:39.60 SCALES?" 00:05:39.60\00:05:40.26 YES, IT DOES. 00:05:40.26\00:05:40.96 THEY'RE LITTLE BITTY SCALES, BUT IT DOES HAVE THEM. 00:05:40.96\00:05:42.83 BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT THAT, BE CAREFUL. 00:05:42.83\00:05:44.83 LEVITICUS 11, WHAT ABOUT THE BIRDS? 00:05:44.83\00:05:47.30 IT SAYS, "EVERY RAVEN AFTER ITS KIND; AND THE OWL, AND 00:05:47.30\00:05:52.03 THE NIGHTHAWK, AND THE CUCKOW, AND THE HAWK AFTER ITS KIND," 00:05:52.03\00:05:56.56 AND THE PELICAN; THESE THINGS WERE UNCLEAN. 00:05:56.56\00:05:59.80 NOW, A PERSON MIGHT BE THINKING, "WELL, PASTOR DOUG, WHAT IS 00:05:59.80\00:06:03.36 THE RULE FOR THE BIRDS?" 00:06:03.36\00:06:05.26 THERE'S A RULE FOR THE MAMMALS AND A RULE FOR THE SEA LIFE. 00:06:05.26\00:06:07.30 WHAT ABOUT THE BIRDS? 00:06:07.30\00:06:08.30 AS NEAR AS WE CAN TELL, THE RULE THAT GOD OFFERS FOR THE BIRDS: 00:06:08.30\00:06:11.13 ANY BIRD THAT WAS A FORAGING BIRD, THOSE ARE BIRDS LIKE 00:06:11.13\00:06:14.73 THE CHICKEN, THE TURKEY, THE PHEASANT, THE QUAIL, THEY 00:06:14.73\00:06:17.33 PECK AROUND FOR THE SEEDS ON THE GROUND; THOSE WERE TYPICALLY 00:06:17.33\00:06:20.33 THE CLEAN ONES. 00:06:20.33\00:06:22.20 TECHNICALLY, PIGEONS ARE CLEAN BIRDS, MEANING PEOPLE 00:06:22.20\00:06:27.70 IN NEW YORK CITY WILL LAST A LONG TIME, 00:06:27.70\00:06:30.90 EVEN HERE IN MICHIGAN, HUH? 00:06:30.90\00:06:33.33 BUT ALL OF THE SCAVENGERS LIKE THE OWLS AND THE HAWKS AND THE 00:06:33.33\00:06:36.90 VULTURES, THEY WERE CONSIDERED UNCLEAN. 00:06:36.90\00:06:40.50 SOMEONE IS THINKING, "PASTOR DOUG, NOW IT DOESN'T 00:06:40.50\00:06:43.06 HAVE A CLOVEN HOOF, IT DOESN'T CHEW THE CUD, WHAT ABOUT PORK? 00:06:43.06\00:06:47.10 DOES THAT MEAN PORK'S UNCLEAN? 00:06:47.10\00:06:48.06 BUT I LIKE PORK. 00:06:48.06\00:06:50.96 WILL GOD DESTROY ME IF I EAT IT?" 00:06:50.96\00:06:53.10 WELL, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 00:06:53.10\00:06:55.36 YOU WANT TO GO BY THE BIBLE, FRIENDS? 00:06:55.36\00:06:57.43 ISAIAH 66:15-17, "FOR, BEHOLD, THE LORD WILL COME," SPEAKING OF 00:06:57.43\00:07:02.90 THE LAST DAYS, THE LORD COMING, NOTICE, "WITH FIRE, AND WITH HIS 00:07:02.90\00:07:07.26 CHARIOTS AND LIKE A WHIRLWIND, TO RENDER HIS ANGER WITH FURY. 00:07:07.26\00:07:10.76 THEY THAT SANCTIFY THEMSELVES," THEY'RE MAKING JUSTIFYING 00:07:10.76\00:07:15.16 THEMSELVES, "AND I CAN DO THIS" OR RATIONALIZING, "AND PURIFY 00:07:15.16\00:07:18.43 THEMSELVES, EATING SWINE'S FLESH," YOU ALL KNOW WHAT SWINE 00:07:18.43\00:07:22.13 IS, IT'S A HOG, IT'S A PIG, SAME THING. 00:07:22.13\00:07:25.86 "AND THE ABOMINATION, AND THE MOUSE," GOD IS PUTTING PORK 00:07:25.86\00:07:29.03 AND RATS IN THE SAME CATEGORY, "THEY WILL BE CONSUMED TOGETHER, 00:07:29.03\00:07:33.90 SAYS THE LORD." 00:07:33.90\00:07:35.40 GOD DOES NOT WANT HIS PEOPLE EATING PORK. 00:07:35.40\00:07:39.43 AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE LISTENING RIGHT NOW, 00:07:39.43\00:07:41.73 THEY SAY, "OH PASTOR DOUG, YOU'LL PUTTING THESE PEOPLE 00:07:41.73\00:07:43.90 UNDER THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW." 00:07:43.90\00:07:45.40 NOT ONLY IS THERE ABUNDANT BIBLICAL SUPPORT FOR THIS, THERE 00:07:45.40\00:07:48.70 IS GOOD PRACTICAL SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FOR THIS. 00:07:48.70\00:07:52.63 YOU KNOW, BEEF, THEY GRADE IT AS PRIME, CHOICE, GOOD. 00:07:52.63\00:07:55.30 BUT THE PORK, SAYS THE U.S. 00:07:55.30\00:07:57.73 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THEY PRINT PAMPHLETS TELLING PEOPLE: 00:07:57.73\00:08:00.36 IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT IT, YOU BETTER COOK IT VERY WELL TO KILL 00:08:00.36\00:08:04.56 THE TRICHINA LARVAE. 00:08:04.56\00:08:05.76 DO NOT COOK YOUR PORK IN A MICROWAVE 'CAUSE THE MICROWAVE 00:08:05.76\00:08:08.20 DOES NOT COOK IT EVENLY, AND SOME OF THE TRICHINA CYSTS COULD 00:08:08.20\00:08:11.03 SURVIVE. 00:08:11.03\00:08:12.70 AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, ALLOW ME TO GROSS YOU OUT. 00:08:12.70\00:08:17.73 WHEN THE MUSCLE TISSUE CONTAINING TRICHINA CYSTS ARE 00:08:17.73\00:08:22.43 EATEN BY HUMANS, THESE LITTLE CYSTS ARE IN THE FLESH OF 00:08:22.43\00:08:26.50 THE PIG FREQUENTLY, THE CYSTS ARE DIGESTED IN THE STOMACH AND 00:08:26.50\00:08:30.80 THEN IT RELEASES THE LARVAE, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE STOMACH 00:08:30.80\00:08:33.46 AND THE ENZYMES, IT RELEASES THE LARVAE. 00:08:33.46\00:08:35.33 THEY MIGRATE INTO THE INTESTINE. 00:08:35.33\00:08:36.93 THEY GET INTO THE BLOOD, AND THEY BEGIN A NEW LIFE CYCLE. 00:08:36.93\00:08:39.80 FEMALE TRICHINA WORMS LIVE ABOUT 6 WEEKS. 00:08:39.80\00:08:43.10 IN THAT TIME, THEY MIGHT RELEASE 15,000 LARVAE AND THESE LARVA, 00:08:43.10\00:08:46.93 THESE CYSTS, THAT INFECT MANY PIGS GET INTO HUMANS AND THEY 00:08:46.93\00:08:53.03 LODGE IN THEIR JOINTS, IN THEIR MUSCLES. 00:08:53.03\00:08:56.16 AND I READ ONE PLACE THAT ONE OUT OF SIX AUTOPSIES THEY FOUND 00:08:56.16\00:08:59.93 IN NORTH AMERICA THAT IN SOME CASES, THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF 00:08:59.93\00:09:03.90 TRICHINA INFECTION BECAUSE PEOPLE ATE SO MUCH PORK. 00:09:03.90\00:09:07.86 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WENT THEIR LIVES THINKING THAT THEY 00:09:07.86\00:09:09.83 HAD BURSITIS AND ARTHRITIS, THEY HAD PIG-ITIS IS WHAT IT WAS 00:09:09.83\00:09:13.43 AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT. 00:09:13.43\00:09:17.90 IT SAYS THE MIGRATION AND ENCYSTMENT OF THE LARVAE CAN 00:09:17.90\00:09:21.30 CAUSE FEVER, PAIN, EVEN DEATH. 00:09:21.30\00:09:23.23 SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM EATING CONTAMINATED PORK. 00:09:23.23\00:09:26.53 I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS STATEMENT. 00:09:26.53\00:09:28.40 "NEWSWEEK," SEPTEMBER 6, 1999, LISTEN TO THIS, "A FEW YEARS 00:09:28.40\00:09:31.60 AGO, ONE NUTRITIONIST SAID BACON WASN'T TECHNICALLY 00:09:31.60\00:09:34.93 A 'MEAT' ANYMORE. 00:09:34.93\00:09:36.46 IT DID NOT BELONG TO ANY FOOD GROUP AT ALL. 00:09:36.46\00:09:39.56 IT WAS A SALTY, NITRATE-RIDDEN, FAT-LADEN CARCINOGENIC THING." 00:09:39.56\00:09:44.46 AND SO, PORK SHOULD NOT BE EATEN. 00:09:44.46\00:09:47.80 AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVING IT UP. 00:09:47.80\00:09:49.36 AND THE PORK INDUSTRY'S BEEN THREATENED SO THEY BEGAN THIS 00:09:49.36\00:09:51.20 NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO MAKE PORK SOUND HEALTHY. 00:09:51.20\00:09:54.56 THEY CALL IT, "THE OTHER WHITE MEAT." 00:09:54.56\00:09:57.50 THEY'RE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THEY COULD GET SUED FOR FALSE 00:09:57.50\00:09:59.23 ADVERTISING. 00:09:59.23\00:10:00.00 SO, THEY DON'T SAY WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT WHITE MEAT BECAUSE WHEN 00:10:00.00\00:10:02.20 PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHITE MEAT, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT LEAN MEAT 00:10:02.20\00:10:04.60 LIKE FISH OR CHICKEN. 00:10:04.60\00:10:06.23 PORK IS NOTHING LIKE FISH OR CHICKEN. 00:10:06.23\00:10:08.83 IT IS VERY SALTY. 00:10:08.83\00:10:10.00 IT IS CONCENTRATED WITH FAT. 00:10:10.00\00:10:11.46 AND IT IS VERY EXPOSED TO DISEASE. 00:10:11.46\00:10:13.63 AND WHEN YOU BUY THAT STUFF IN THE SUPERMARKET, DO YOU THINK 00:10:13.63\00:10:15.56 FROM THE TIME THAT IT'S BEEN SLAUGHTERED UNTIL IT'S WRAPPED 00:10:15.56\00:10:17.93 UP ON THAT SHELF IT'S BEEN STERILIZED IN ANY WAY? 00:10:17.93\00:10:21.43 IT HASN'T BEEN. 00:10:21.43\00:10:23.26 1 TIMOTHY 4:4--SOMEONE IS SAYING, "BUT PASTOR DOUG, THE 00:10:23.26\00:10:27.30 BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING, JUST PRAY OVER IT." 00:10:27.30\00:10:30.23 DOESN'T IT SAY, "FOR EVERY CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD, AND 00:10:30.23\00:10:34.23 NOTHING TO BE REFUSED, IF IT BE RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING," FOR 00:10:34.23\00:10:39.46 IT'S SANCTIFIED BY A WORD OF GOD IN PRAYER. 00:10:39.46\00:10:41.50 AND I'VE MET SOME OF THESE HILLBILLIES, YOU KNOW, THESE 00:10:41.50\00:10:43.96 GOOD OL' BOYS, AND THEY SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, WHAT ARE YOU 00:10:43.96\00:10:45.86 TELLING ME? 00:10:45.86\00:10:46.73 IF GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO EAT IT, THEN WHY DID HE MAKE IT?" 00:10:46.73\00:10:50.53 AND I GUESS THEIR PREMISE IS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SHOOT 00:10:50.53\00:10:52.93 EVERYTHING THAT CRAWLS ACROSS THEIR PLATE AND EAT IT. 00:10:52.93\00:10:56.53 I MEAN IF YOU REALLY ARGUE THAT EVERY CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD, 00:10:56.53\00:11:00.33 THAT MEANS IT'S OKAY TO EAT MAGGOTS AND COCKROACHES 00:11:00.33\00:11:02.63 AND SKUNKS AND PORCUPINES. 00:11:02.63\00:11:04.43 YEAH, SEE YOU KNOW. 00:11:04.43\00:11:05.53 BUZZARDS, "COME ON OVER FOR POTLUCK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 00:11:05.53\00:11:08.46 BUZZARD SOUFFLE, VULTURE PIE." 00:11:08.46\00:11:12.50 I MEAN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT. 00:11:12.50\00:11:15.26 WHAT IS PAUL TALKING ABOUT? 00:11:15.26\00:11:16.56 HE'S SAYING THE ONES THAT ARE SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD, 00:11:16.56\00:11:19.53 EVEN IF IT'S BEEN OFFERED TO A PAGAN IDOL, YOU SHOULDN'T BE 00:11:19.53\00:11:22.30 WORRIED ABOUT IT 'CAUSE YOU PRAYED OVER IT. 00:11:22.30\00:11:24.60 GOD WILL BLESS YOUR FOOD. 00:11:24.60\00:11:25.43 THE ISSUE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE FOOD. 00:11:25.43\00:11:28.46 PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT PRAYING ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT ARE 00:11:28.46\00:11:30.66 SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD. 00:11:30.66\00:11:32.26 THAT MEANS YOU CAN FIND IN THE WORD OF GOD, THEY'RE ENDORSED. 00:11:32.26\00:11:35.70 THE CLEAN FOODS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH EATING PORK. 00:11:35.70\00:11:39.60 AND YOU KNOW, NO CHRISTIAN OF ANY DENOMINATION REALLY BELIEVES 00:11:39.60\00:11:45.40 THAT BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE, IF THEIR CHILDREN WERE TO USE THAT 00:11:45.40\00:11:49.53 SAME ARGUMENT, PRAY OVER IT AND GOD'LL BLESS IT, EVERYTHING'S 00:11:49.53\00:11:52.30 FINE. 00:11:52.30\00:11:53.40 THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOUR CHILD SITTING DOWN FOR BREAKFAST, AS 00:11:53.40\00:11:56.20 YOUR TEENAGER'S GETTING READY, THEY TAKE THEIR COUNT CHOCULA 00:11:56.20\00:12:01.06 AND THEY POUR THAT IN THE BOWL AND THEN THEY GET OUT SOME MAPLE 00:12:01.06\00:12:05.10 SYRUP AND THEY GET OUT A CAN OF JOLT, AND THEY START POURING 00:12:05.10\00:12:08.50 THAT IN THE BOWL. 00:12:08.50\00:12:09.73 AND THEY PUT TEASPOON OF TEASPOON AFTER SUGAR AND YOU 00:12:09.73\00:12:12.06 SAY, "WAIT A SECOND, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 00:12:12.06\00:12:14.03 ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? 00:12:14.03\00:12:15.80 YOU CAN'T EAT THAT BEFORE SCHOOL." 00:12:15.80\00:12:17.70 AND THEY SAY, "DON'T WORRY, MOM. 00:12:17.70\00:12:18.66 DON'T WORRY, DAD. 00:12:18.66\00:12:19.53 I'M GETTING READY TO ASK GOD TO BLESS IT." 00:12:19.53\00:12:22.63 CAN YOU REALLY MOCK GOD THAT WAY AND SAY JUST PRAY OVER IT? 00:12:22.63\00:12:27.13 PRAY OVER A PLATE FULL OF CHOLESTEROL, ASK GOD TO BLESS 00:12:27.13\00:12:29.96 IT. 00:12:29.96\00:12:31.13 THAT'S MOCKING GOD. 00:12:31.13\00:12:33.43 THERE IS A DIRECT CAUSE TO EFFECT. 00:12:33.43\00:12:35.03 "EVERY CREATURE IS GOOD," TECHNICALLY THE WAY SOME PEOPLE 00:12:35.03\00:12:37.23 ABUSE THAT, THAT WOULD MEAN CANNIBALISM'S OKAY. 00:12:37.23\00:12:40.56 THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU IS A CREATURE. 00:12:40.56\00:12:42.60 YOU GONNA EAT 'EM? 00:12:42.60\00:12:44.26 NUMBER SEVEN: BUT DIDN'T THIS LAW OF CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS 00:12:44.26\00:12:48.86 ORIGINATE AT MOUNT SINAI? 00:12:48.86\00:12:50.83 ISN'T IT FOR JEWS ONLY, AND DIDN'T THIS END AT THE CROSS? 00:12:50.83\00:12:55.13 NO, THE LAW OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLEAN AND UNCLEAN GOES 00:12:55.13\00:12:58.40 WAY BACK BEFORE THE TIME OF MOSES AND ABRAHAM. 00:12:58.40\00:13:03.40 YOU GO TO NOAH. 00:13:03.40\00:13:04.53 GOD TOLD NOAH, "YOU SHALL TAKE WITH YOU SEVEN EACH OF EVERY 00:13:04.53\00:13:07.96 CLEAN ANIMAL, TWO OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE UNCLEAN." 00:13:07.96\00:13:11.23 GOD MADE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN 00:13:11.23\00:13:14.03 ALL THE WAY BACK THEN. 00:13:14.03\00:13:15.50 AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIFE EXPECTANCY. 00:13:15.50\00:13:17.90 IT WAS MEASURED IN CENTURIES BEFORE THE FLOOD. 00:13:17.90\00:13:21.36 AFTER THE FLOOD, ALL THE VEGETATION WAS DESTROYED. 00:13:21.36\00:13:24.40 BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY CLEAN ANIMALS, THEY BEGAN TO EAT MORE 00:13:24.40\00:13:29.03 OF THEM, AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIFESPAN. 00:13:29.03\00:13:32.36 NOT ONLY CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT CHANGES 00:13:32.36\00:13:35.83 IN THE DIET. 00:13:35.83\00:13:37.10 MAN'S LIFESPAN WENT FROM 900 YEARS DOWN TO, PRETTY SOON, 00:13:37.10\00:13:39.76 OUR PRESENT DAY, 3 SCORE AND 10. 00:13:39.76\00:13:43.30 SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY, "WHAT ABOUT THE VISION PETER HAD IN 00:13:43.30\00:13:45.43 ACTS CHAPTER 10 WHEN THIS SHEET FULL OF UNCLEAN THINGS CAME DOWN 00:13:45.43\00:13:49.66 THREE TIMES AND GOD SAID, 'ARISE AND EAT?'" 00:13:49.66\00:13:53.16 YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY PROVES YOU SHOULD NOT EAT UNCLEAN FOOD 00:13:53.16\00:13:56.93 BECAUSE ALL THREE TIMES WHEN THIS SHEET DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN, 00:13:56.93\00:13:59.56 I'M TRUSTING THAT YOU'VE READ THE CHAPTER, AND PETER'S INVITED 00:13:59.56\00:14:04.13 TO EAT ONE OF THESE UNCLEAN ANIMALS. 00:14:04.13\00:14:06.06 HE SAYS NO. 00:14:06.06\00:14:07.33 HE SAYS, "NOT SO, LORD, I HAVE NEVER EATEN." 00:14:07.33\00:14:11.00 NOTICE PETER'S FOLLOWED JESUS 3 AND A HALF YEARS, 00:14:11.00\00:14:13.13 THIS VISION HAPPENS 34 AD. 00:14:13.13\00:14:14.53 JESUS HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 7 YEARS NOW, I MEAN AND ASCENDED TO 00:14:14.53\00:14:18.13 HEAVEN, 7 YEARS AFTER THE CROSS. 00:14:18.13\00:14:19.33 HE SAYS, "I HAVE NEVER EATEN ANYTHING COMMON OR UNCLEAN." 00:14:19.33\00:14:23.93 HE CERTAINLY DID NOT GET THE IDEA FROM JESUS THAT IT WAS 00:14:23.93\00:14:26.26 OKAY TO EAT UNCLEAN FOOD. 00:14:26.26\00:14:27.76 THREE TIMES, THE SHEET COMES DOWN. 00:14:27.76\00:14:29.46 DOES HE EVER TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF THE SHEET? 00:14:29.46\00:14:31.40 NO. 00:14:31.40\00:14:32.33 LATER WHEN HE'S EXPLAINING THE VISION TO OTHERS, HE SAID IT HAD 00:14:32.33\00:14:35.16 NOTHING TO DO WITH FOOD. 00:14:35.16\00:14:37.16 HE SAYS IN ACTS 10:28, "GOD HAS SHOWED ME I SHOULD NOT CALL 00:14:37.16\00:14:41.40 ANY MAN COMMON OR UNCLEAN." 00:14:41.40\00:14:44.50 IT WAS GOD'S VISION TELLING THE JEWS THEY COULD NOW TAKE 00:14:44.50\00:14:47.06 THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES, NOT TO CALL THE GENTILES UNCLEAN. 00:14:47.06\00:14:50.76 IT DOESN'T SAY I SHOULDN'T CALL ANY PIG UNCLEAN. 00:14:50.76\00:14:55.13 DOES IT MATTER WHAT WE EAT? 00:14:55.13\00:14:57.23 PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT CHRISTIANITY AND WHAT YOU EAT, 00:14:57.23\00:14:59.33 THERE'S NO CONNECTION, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HOW WE GOT INTO 00:14:59.33\00:15:02.00 ALL THIS TROUBLE? 00:15:02.00\00:15:03.83 IT BEGAN WAY BACK IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. 00:15:03.83\00:15:05.73 SOMEBODY EATING SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO EAT. 00:15:05.73\00:15:08.53 AND DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY THAT IF ANY MAN CAN BRIDLE HIS 00:15:08.53\00:15:11.43 TONGUE, HE CAN BRIDLE EVERYTHING ELSE? 00:15:11.43\00:15:13.23 THAT'S NOT ONLY WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, THAT'S WHAT GOES 00:15:13.23\00:15:14.93 INTO YOUR MOUTH, RIGHT? 00:15:14.93\00:15:16.73 AND YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT EXACTLY 00:15:16.73\00:15:19.60 WHAT THAT FRUIT WAS, THAT FORBIDDEN FRUIT ON THE TREE OF 00:15:19.60\00:15:22.83 THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. 00:15:22.83\00:15:25.00 SOME SAY IT WAS AN APPLE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THEY CALL 00:15:25.00\00:15:27.73 THIS ADAM'S APPLE 'CAUSE ADAM ATE IT, IT GOT STUCK THERE. 00:15:27.73\00:15:31.83 IT WASN'T REALLY AN APPLE. 00:15:31.83\00:15:33.13 RECENT FOOTAGE HAS CIRCULATED ON THE INTERNET. 00:15:33.13\00:15:36.03 WE'VE DISCOVERED NOW WHAT THAT FRUIT WAS ON THE FORBIDDEN TREE. 00:15:36.03\00:15:42.36 WE ACTUALLY GOT A PICTURE OF EVE TAKING HER FIRST BITE. 00:15:42.36\00:15:49.10 IT WAS A HERSHEY TREE. 00:15:49.10\00:15:53.96 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER SIMPLE YET VERY HELPFUL HEALTH 00:15:53.96\00:15:57.73 PRINCIPLES FOUND IN THE BIBLE? 00:15:57.73\00:15:59.63 THE BIBLE HAS SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT HEALTH. 00:15:59.63\00:16:01.36 PEOPLE JUST DON'T HEAR THESE DAYS. 00:16:01.36\00:16:03.16 A, QUARANTINE PROCEDURE HELPS CONTROL CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. 00:16:03.16\00:16:08.13 THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE BIBLE HELPS STOP THE BUBONIC PLAGUE 00:16:08.13\00:16:10.60 THROUGH QUARANTINE. 00:16:10.60\00:16:12.46 B, HUMAN WASTE SHOULD BE BURIED. 00:16:12.46\00:16:16.10 SIMPLE SANITATION. 00:16:16.10\00:16:17.43 I'LL TELL YOU, FRIENDS, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S COMMON SENSE. 00:16:17.43\00:16:19.50 I'VE BEEN A LOT OF PLACES IN THE WORLD. 00:16:19.50\00:16:21.73 YOU KNOW, HERE IN AMERICA, WE'VE GOT PLACES THAT ARE DESIGNATED 00:16:21.73\00:16:24.53 AS THE BATHROOM. 00:16:24.53\00:16:26.46 IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, THEY HAVE PLACES THAT ARE DESIGNATED 00:16:26.46\00:16:29.56 NOT THE BATHROOM. 00:16:29.56\00:16:30.50 EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE BATHROOM. 00:16:30.50\00:16:32.53 AND IT'S--I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT. 00:16:32.53\00:16:34.93 I WON'T DESCRIBE IT. 00:16:34.93\00:16:36.30 BUT GOD TELLS US THAT THERE ARE SANITATION PROCEDURES. 00:16:36.30\00:16:39.30 WASTE SHOULD BE COVERED. 00:16:39.30\00:16:40.36 ANSWER C, WASHING THE BODY AND CLOTHING 00:16:40.36\00:16:43.36 HELPS CONTROL GERMS. 00:16:43.36\00:16:45.43 THIS IS IN THE BIBLE. 00:16:45.43\00:16:46.46 AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT KNOW AND YET FOR AGES, THIS STUFF WAS 00:16:46.46\00:16:48.56 HIDDEN AND DISEASE WAS RAMPANT. 00:16:48.56\00:16:50.90 D, MORAL LIVING HELPS PREVENT DISEASE. 00:16:50.90\00:16:55.03 QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T WORRY ABOUT AIDS. 00:16:55.03\00:16:58.16 I MEAN I WORRY ABOUT WHAT IT'S DOING TO THE CULTURE. 00:16:58.16\00:17:01.60 I PERSONALLY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I KNOW, HEY, IF I'M 00:17:01.60\00:17:03.93 LIVING RIGHT, THE CHANCES OF ME BEING INFECTED WITH THAT ARE I 00:17:03.93\00:17:07.86 VE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING HIT BY A METEOR. 00:17:07.86\00:17:10.63 ANSWER E, ANIMAL FAT SHOULD NOT BE EATEN. 00:17:10.63\00:17:14.90 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, AND WHAT DO THEY SAY NOW ABOUT THE ANIMAL 00:17:14.90\00:17:17.66 FAT IS PURE CHOLESTEROL? 00:17:17.66\00:17:19.90 AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE BEST KIND OF FAT, BUT GOD 00:17:19.90\00:17:22.86 SAID DON'T EAT IT. 00:17:22.86\00:17:24.80 SOME OTHER PRACTICAL HEALTH INFORMATION: HATRED AND 00:17:24.80\00:17:27.53 BITTERNESS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO ONE'S HEALTH. 00:17:27.53\00:17:30.50 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SICK BECAUSE, NOT OF WHAT THEY'RE 00:17:30.50\00:17:34.20 EATING, BUT WHAT'S EATING THEM. 00:17:34.20\00:17:35.96 THEY'RE BITTER, THEY'RE ANGRY INSIDE. 00:17:35.96\00:17:38.63 ANSWER G, OVEREATING IS HARMFUL. 00:17:38.63\00:17:42.06 I MEAN EVEN WHEN YOU DO EAT, THINGS SHOULD BE EATEN IN 00:17:42.06\00:17:44.66 MODERATION. 00:17:44.66\00:17:45.73 WE'RE EATING MORE TODAY IN OUR CULTURE THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN 00:17:45.73\00:17:48.03 HISTORY. 00:17:48.03\00:17:49.20 OUR BODIES NEED PROPER REST. 00:17:49.20\00:17:51.30 THAT'S WHY GOD GIVES US THE SABBATH. 00:17:51.30\00:17:53.10 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH DISEASE IN OUR CULTURE IS 00:17:53.10\00:17:55.43 CONNECTED WITH STRESS. 00:17:55.43\00:17:57.43 PEOPLE ARE WORKING NOW MORE THAN BEFORE, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH 00:17:57.43\00:18:00.50 ALL OF THE PRODUCTS THEY NEED TO PAY FOR AND BUY. 00:18:00.50\00:18:03.60 AND THEY'RE WEARING AWAY THEIR VITAL FORCES. 00:18:03.60\00:18:06.13 YET PHYSICAL WORK IS IMPORTANT. 00:18:06.13\00:18:08.60 SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT PEOPLE GET NOW, IT'S SEDENTARY WORK. 00:18:08.60\00:18:11.36 THEY DIAL THE PHONE. 00:18:11.36\00:18:13.00 THEY TEXT MESSAGE THEIR FRIEND. 00:18:13.00\00:18:15.10 THEY PRESS THE REMOTE CONTROL, AND YET THEY'RE EATING AS MUCH 00:18:15.10\00:18:18.03 AS THE FARMERS ATE OR MORE THAN THE FARMERS ATE 100 YEARS AGO. 00:18:18.03\00:18:21.30 BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE EXERCISE. 00:18:21.30\00:18:23.13 PHYSICAL WORK IS GOOD FOR YOU. 00:18:23.13\00:18:25.16 ANSWER J, A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IS GOOD MEDICINE. 00:18:25.16\00:18:29.20 BY THE WAY, ALL OF THESE SCRIPTURES ARE ALL ON THE SCREEN 00:18:29.20\00:18:31.00 AND THEY'LL BE IN THE PROGRAMS IF YOU SHOULD ORDER THEM. 00:18:31.00\00:18:34.63 DEUTERONOMY 12, A PARENT'S HABITS AFFECT THE CHILDREN. 00:18:34.63\00:18:38.36 THE BIBLE SAYS UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION, THOSE 00:18:38.36\00:18:40.53 THINGS GET REPRODUCED IN THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN. 00:18:40.53\00:18:43.13 NUMBER 11, WHAT SOLEMN REMINDER IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO IGNORE THE 00:18:43.13\00:18:47.46 HEALTH RULES THAT GOD GIVES IN HIS WORD? 00:18:47.46\00:18:50.26 SIT UP, FRIEND, AND PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. 00:18:50.26\00:18:53.20 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-17, "YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD. 00:18:53.20\00:18:57.43 IF ANY MAN DEFILES THE TEMPLE OF GOD, HIM SHALL GOD DESTROY." 00:18:57.43\00:19:02.50 AND AGAIN, 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20, 00:19:02.50\00:19:05.70 "DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE 00:19:05.70\00:19:08.10 HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS IN YOU, WHOM YOU HAVE FROM GOD, AND YOU ARE 00:19:08.10\00:19:14.66 NOT YOUR OWN? 00:19:14.66\00:19:16.10 YOU WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE; THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR 00:19:16.10\00:19:19.63 BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT, WHICH ARE GOD'S." 00:19:19.63\00:19:23.53 YOUR BODY'S NOT YOUR OWN. 00:19:23.53\00:19:25.56 CHRIST PURCHASED US WITH HIS OWN LIFE. 00:19:25.56\00:19:29.40 GALATIANS 6:7, "DO NOT BE DECEIVED, GOD IS NOT MOCKED. 00:19:29.40\00:19:33.80 FOR WHAT A MAN SOWS, HE WILL ALSO REAP." 00:19:33.80\00:19:36.70 AND IF YOU SOW TO THE FLESH A LOT OF SUGAR, YOU MAY REAP 00:19:36.70\00:19:40.93 DIABETES. 00:19:40.93\00:19:42.13 IF YOU SOW A LOT OF CHOLESTEROL, YOU MAY REAP A HEART ATTACK. 00:19:42.13\00:19:45.16 IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 00:19:45.16\00:19:47.43 SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS SORT OF CONTROVERSIAL FILM 00:19:47.43\00:19:50.16 A MAN MADE. 00:19:50.16\00:19:52.13 HIS NAME WAS MORGAN SPURLOCK, A NORMALLY HEALTHY 6-FOOT-2-INCH 00:19:52.13\00:19:56.03 33-YEAR-OLD. 00:19:56.03\00:19:57.73 HE WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEONE JUST ATE FAST FOOD 00:19:57.73\00:20:00.80 FOR A MONTH. 00:20:00.80\00:20:02.10 HE ATE NOTHING BUT FAST FOOD FOR A MONTH AND IT NEARLY KILLED 00:20:02.10\00:20:04.70 HIM. 00:20:04.70\00:20:06.30 NOT ONLY DID HE GAIN ABOUT 30 POUNDS, BUT HIS LIVER LOOKED 00:20:06.30\00:20:08.50 LIKE THAT OF AN ALCOHOLIC. 00:20:08.50\00:20:09.63 HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WENT UP. 00:20:09.63\00:20:11.26 HIS CHOLESTEROL WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. 00:20:11.26\00:20:12.80 THE DOCTORS PLED FOR HIM TO ABANDON THE EXPERIMENT 00:20:12.80\00:20:15.16 BEFORE HE KILLED HIMSELF. 00:20:15.16\00:20:17.10 HE COMPLETED IT. 00:20:17.10\00:20:18.03 AND ALL HE DID WAS EAT THE FOOD THAT WAS AT ONE PARTICULAR CHAIN 00:20:18.03\00:20:21.16 OF FAST FOOD. 00:20:21.16\00:20:23.56 NAMED THE FILM, "SUPER SIZE ME." 00:20:23.56\00:20:26.60 IT'S PRETTY FRIGHTENING AND YET THAT IS A PRINCIPLE PART OF 00:20:26.60\00:20:28.20 THE DIET OF MANY PEOPLE. 00:20:28.20\00:20:29.80 "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC," AUGUST 2004, "U.S. 00:20:29.80\00:20:33.30 IS AN OVERFED NATION. 00:20:33.30\00:20:36.56 FOR ALL THE AMERICANS WHO HAVE BLAMED BULGING BELLIES ON A SLOW 00:20:36.56\00:20:40.16 METABOLISM, THE JIGGLE IS UP. 00:20:40.16\00:20:43.76 A REPORT EARLIER THIS YEAR BY THE CENTERS OF DISEASE CONTROL 00:20:43.76\00:20:46.96 AND PREVENTION FINALLY CONFIRMS WHAT MANY OF US DIDN'T WANT TO 00:20:46.96\00:20:49.40 ADMIT. 00:20:49.40\00:20:50.16 WE'RE FAT BECAUSE WE EAT A LOT, A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WE USED 00:20:50.16\00:20:53.13 TO EAT, AND MOST OF THE INCREASE COMES FROM CARBOHYDRATES." 00:20:53.13\00:20:57.03 JUST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AMONG WOMEN, THEY'RE NOW EATING 335 00:20:57.03\00:21:02.03 CALORIES MORE PER DAY THAN THEY DID IN 1971; MEN, 168 CALORIES 00:21:02.03\00:21:06.83 MORE. 00:21:06.83\00:21:07.66 WE JUST EAT WAY TOO MUCH. 00:21:07.66\00:21:09.36 AND WE OUGHT TO GET A GRIP ON THIS, BE CAREFUL WHAT WE EAT. 00:21:09.36\00:21:13.80 AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRISIS FOR 00:21:13.80\00:21:16.56 HEALTHCARE IN NORTH AMERICA? 00:21:16.56\00:21:18.43 SO MANY PEOPLE, THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC OF DIABETES, EPIDEMICS 00:21:18.43\00:21:21.73 OF HEART DISEASE AND CANCERS AND IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE KILLING 00:21:21.73\00:21:24.50 OURSELVES WITH OUR FORK AND OUR SPOON, WITH OUR CONVENIENCE 00:21:24.50\00:21:27.50 AND OUR ABUNDANCE. 00:21:27.50\00:21:29.50 AMEN? 00:21:29.50\00:21:30.90 AND THEN OF COURSE, NOW THEY'VE GOT NOT JUST THE TYPICAL COFFEE 00:21:30.90\00:21:34.30 AND THE TEA, THESE CAFFEINATED DRINKS AND THE SODA POP, 00:21:34.30\00:21:37.40 NOW THEY GOT ALL THESE--THEY CALL 'EM "ENERGY DRINKS." 00:21:37.40\00:21:39.86 AND THEY'RE LIKE JOLT. 00:21:39.86\00:21:41.13 THEY'RE--MAN, THEY'RE INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH CAFFEINE. 00:21:41.13\00:21:46.93 YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ANYTHING THAT'S ADDICTIVE, 00:21:46.93\00:21:48.63 YOU OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL FOR. 00:21:48.63\00:21:51.60 NOBODY EVER GETS ADDICTED TO THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR YOU. 00:21:51.60\00:21:54.70 HUSBAND GETS UP AT NIGHT TO TIPTOE INTO THE KITCHEN. 00:21:54.70\00:21:58.46 WIFE CALLS OUT, "HONEY, WHERE YOU GOING?" 00:21:58.46\00:22:01.70 HE SAID, "I JUST I--I GOT AN URGE TO DEFROST SOME BROCCOLI. 00:22:01.70\00:22:05.73 I'M JUST STARTING TO SHAKE. 00:22:05.73\00:22:06.53 I NEED SOME BROCCOLI." 00:22:06.53\00:22:08.66 IS THAT HOW THEY DO IT? 00:22:08.66\00:22:09.60 NO. 00:22:09.60\00:22:13.03 "RUN DOWN TO THE STORE, WE'RE ALL OUT OF BRUSSELS SPROUTS." 00:22:13.03\00:22:18.23 PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GET ADDICTED TO WHAT'S GOOD FOR 'EM. 00:22:18.23\00:22:21.36 NUMBER 12, WHAT FEARFUL AND SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT HEALTH 00:22:21.36\00:22:23.93 INVOLVES OUR CHILDREN AND EVEN OUR GRANDCHILDREN? 00:22:23.93\00:22:27.33 DEUTERONOMY 5:9, GOD SAYS, "I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD AND I'M 00:22:27.33\00:22:31.30 A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE 00:22:31.30\00:22:34.50 CHILDREN TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO HATE 00:22:34.50\00:22:37.23 ME--AND SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THOSE THAT LOVE ME 00:22:37.23\00:22:40.16 AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." 00:22:40.16\00:22:43.13 THE BIBLE TELLS US, NUMBER 13, WHAT MORE FEARFUL AND SOBERING 00:22:43.13\00:22:47.36 FACT DOES GOD'S WORD REVEAL? 00:22:47.36\00:22:49.53 REVELATION 21:27, SPEAKING OF THE NEW JERUSALEM, "THERE 00:22:49.53\00:22:55.06 SHALL IN NO WISE ENTER INTO IT ANYTHING THAT DEFILETH." 00:22:55.06\00:22:59.40 DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS WOULD NOT DEFILE THEMSELVES WITH THE FOOD 00:22:59.40\00:23:03.20 OF BABYLON, AND GOD FILLED THEM WITH THE SPIRIT AND GAVE THEM 00:23:03.20\00:23:06.46 WISDOM AND LONG LIFE. 00:23:06.46\00:23:08.23 EZEKIEL 11:18, "THEY WILL TAKE AWAY THE DETESTABLE THINGS 00:23:08.23\00:23:11.93 THEREOF." 00:23:11.93\00:23:12.76 PEOPLE EAT SOME CREEPY THINGS. 00:23:12.76\00:23:14.73 AND NUMBER 14, WHAT SHOULD EVERY SINCERE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TO DO 00:23:14.73\00:23:18.60 AT ONCE WITH THIS INFORMATION? 00:23:18.60\00:23:21.03 THE ANSWER, FRIENDS, "PRESENT YOUR BODY A LIVING SACRIFICE, 00:23:21.03\00:23:26.40 HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE 00:23:26.40\00:23:30.00 SERVICE." 00:23:30.00\00:23:31.50 IS THAT YOUR DESIRE? 00:23:31.50\00:23:33.36 NOW, I KNOW I'VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS. 00:23:33.36\00:23:35.50 AND YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, "PASTOR DOUG, WHY DID YOU PICK 00:23:35.50\00:23:37.26 THIS DAY FOR THIS SUBJECT?" 00:23:37.26\00:23:40.43 BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A REAL PROBLEM. 00:23:40.43\00:23:43.36 IF YOUR MIND IS NOT CLEAR AND YOUR HEALTH IS NOT GOOD, 00:23:43.36\00:23:46.73 EVERYTHING ELSE I SAY, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO CAPTURE A SMALL 00:23:46.73\00:23:49.70 PERCENTAGE OF IT. 00:23:49.70\00:23:51.00 GOD WANTS US TO PRESENT OUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE 00:23:51.00\00:23:54.66 AS WE BEGIN TO FOLLOW THESE HEALTH PRINCIPLES. 00:23:54.66\00:23:56.90 WE'LL FEEL BETTER PHYSICALLY AND OUR MINDS WILL BE MORE CLEAR AND 00:23:56.90\00:24:00.90 SHARP SPIRITUALLY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEING 00:24:00.90\00:24:06.03 PRESENTED. 00:24:06.03\00:24:07.13 THERE IS A HEALTHCARE CRISIS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:24:07.13\00:24:09.93 UNTIL PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE WORLD REALIZE WHAT THE 00:24:09.93\00:24:12.93 REAL PROBLEM IS, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER. 00:24:12.93\00:24:15.40 WE DON'T NEED MORE DRUGS. 00:24:15.40\00:24:16.66 WE DON'T NEED MORE MONEY FOR INSURANCE. 00:24:16.66\00:24:19.46 PEOPLE NEED TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO PREVENT THE DISEASE AND THEN 00:24:19.46\00:24:23.06 BY THE GRACE OF GOD. 00:24:23.06\00:24:24.56 YOU KNOW HOW THEY DIED IN THE BIBLE WHEN THEY LIVED RIGHT? 00:24:24.56\00:24:27.50 MOSES LIVED TO 120. 00:24:27.50\00:24:29.40 HE DIDN'T SPEND THE LAST 10 YEARS ON A RESPIRATOR IN A 00:24:29.40\00:24:32.70 HOSPITAL PLUGGED FULL OF TUBES. 00:24:32.70\00:24:34.56 HE CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN. 00:24:34.56\00:24:35.90 HIS VITAL FORCE WAS NOT ABATED. 00:24:35.90\00:24:37.86 HIS EYE WAS CLEAR. 00:24:37.86\00:24:39.16 HE CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN AND HE DIED. 00:24:39.16\00:24:42.63 AND I KNOW A LOT OF SAINTS IN MY CHURCH WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THESE 00:24:42.63\00:24:44.93 PRINCIPLES. 00:24:44.93\00:24:45.73 THEY'RE WORKING OUT IN THEIR GARDEN AND THEY FALL OVER. 00:24:45.73\00:24:47.86 THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. 00:24:47.86\00:24:48.56 AMEN, FRIENDS. 00:24:48.56\00:24:49.76 JUST BE PRODUCTIVE TO THE END. 00:24:49.76\00:24:51.10 GOD DOES NOT INTEND FOR US TO SUFFER THIS WAY. 00:24:51.10\00:24:54.03 THERE IS DISEASE AND SICKNESS IN THE WORLD. 00:24:54.03\00:24:56.23 AND EVEN IF YOU FOLLOW ALL THE HEALTH PRINCIPLES, YOU'LL 00:24:56.23\00:24:58.33 STILL BE ASSAULTED BY THE ENEMY. 00:24:58.33\00:25:00.66 BUT SO MUCH OF IT IS PREVENTABLE. 00:25:00.66\00:25:03.80 IF WE'LL TAKE THE MIRACLE MEDICINE OF PREVENTION AND 00:25:03.80\00:25:06.23 HEALING THAT GOD GIVES IN HIS WORD. 00:25:06.23\00:25:08.60 AMEN? 00:25:08.60\00:25:09.30 HE WANTS TO PURIFY OUR BODIES AND PURIFY OUR HEARTS. 00:25:09.30\00:25:12.56 SO, WE'RE WHITER THAN SNOW AS WE STAND BEFORE HIM. 00:25:12.56\00:25:15.83 AND IT'S THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT GIVES US THE POWER TO DO THAT. 00:25:15.83\00:25:19.36 >> STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH 00:25:20.30\00:25:22.20 THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 00:25:22.20\00:25:24.60 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 00:25:26.86\00:25:31.10 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 00:25:31.10\00:25:34.80 OF THE WEEK. 00:25:34.80\00:25:35.93 NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. 00:25:35.93\00:25:40.43 WHAT HAPPENED? 00:25:40.43\00:25:41.63 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 00:25:41.63\00:25:44.10 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 00:25:44.10\00:25:46.76 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? 00:25:46.76\00:25:48.70 DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. 00:25:48.70\00:25:52.30 VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM. 00:25:52.30\00:26:01.66 >>THIRTY-THREE MINERS TRAPPED BENEATH THE CHILEAN DESERT. 00:26:01.66\00:26:05.66 IT WAS THE GREATEST MINE RESCUE OF ALL TIME. 00:26:05.66\00:26:11.50 WHAT DROVE THESE PEOPLE TO DEFY FAILURE AND PERSEVERE 00:26:11.50\00:26:14.13 AGAINST ALL ODDS? 00:26:14.13\00:26:17.36 WHAT IMPELLED THE MINERS TO FIND THE COURAGE TO FIGHT AGAINST 00:26:17.36\00:26:22.00 ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH? 00:26:22.00\00:26:26.36 PASTOR CARLOS PARRA, KNOWN AS 'THE CHAPLAIN OF CAMP HOPE', 00:26:26.36\00:26:30.53 ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS WITH A PERSONAL ACCOUNT IN HIS BOOK 00:26:30.53\00:26:33.96 'HOPE UNDERGROUND'. 00:26:33.96\00:26:36.90 'HOPE UNDERGROUND' IS A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF HOW FAITH AND 00:26:36.90\00:26:41.60 HOPE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE MINERS' SUCCESSFUL RESCUE. 00:26:41.60\00:26:45.93 'HOPE UNDERGROUND' - A TRUE STORY THAT HAS TOUCHED MILLIONS 00:26:45.93\00:26:50.46 AND THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO SEE LIFE'S CRISES 00:26:50.46\00:26:52.93 THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES. 00:26:52.93\00:27:02.10 >> FRIENDS, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT'S NOT GOD'S WILL 00:27:02.10\00:27:05.30 YOU SUFFER FROM POOR HEALTH. 00:27:05.30\00:27:07.16 THE AMAZING FACT IS THIS: THAT MOST PEOPLE BRING DISEASE 00:27:07.16\00:27:10.53 AND ILLNESS UPON THEMSELVES BY THE LIFESTYLE CHOICES THEY MAKE. 00:27:10.53\00:27:14.03 BUT BY FOLLOWING GOD'S BIBLE SECRETS OF HEALTH AND HEALING, 00:27:14.03\00:27:17.53 YOU CAN EXPERIENCE ABUNDANT LIFE. 00:27:17.53\00:27:19.63 GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE A CLEAR MIND, A FIRM STEP, AND TO BE 00:27:19.63\00:27:23.00 HEALTHY AND HAPPY. 00:27:23.00\00:27:24.20 WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU A FREE GIFT THAT CONTAINS THE BIBLE'S 00:27:24.20\00:27:27.73 AMAZING TEACHING ON HEALTH. 00:27:27.73\00:27:29.33 IT'S CALLED "GOD'S FREE HEALTH PLAN." 00:27:29.33\00:27:32.33 AND 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