The contents of
the following program
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are not intended to substitute
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for the advice of
your healthcare provider,
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and the producers of this series
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Creation or evolution,
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design or random chance,
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they say it all
began with a big bang,
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but when we look at
the amazing human body,
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the answer is obvious.
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The complexity of the design
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exceeds anything
man has ever made.
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The body, it only
have been designed
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by the Master Designer
we read about in the Bible.
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Join us,
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as we explore the miraculous
development of the human baby.
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Divine Design.
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Hello I am Patti Barnes,
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director of the
Midwifery program
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at Hartland College.
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Today we're going to discuss
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a few new age practices
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that have found their way
in the arena of child birth.
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The term new age is
difficult to define,
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but perhaps a
simple way to look at it
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is a repackaging of
many aspects of spiritualism
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that trace back
through eastern religions
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to ancient Babylon in Egypt,
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but originating with
Satan's first lie to Eve.
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"Thou shalt not surely
die, thou shall be of God."
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Spiritualism is one of
the three unclean spirits
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mentioned in Revelation 16
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that go out and
deceive the whole world
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in these last days.
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In volume five
of the Testimonies
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for the Church page
443, we find this counsel.
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"There are many ways of
practicing the healing art,
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but there is only one
way that Heaven approves.
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God's remedies are the
simple agencies of nature
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that will not tax or
debilitate the system
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through their
powerful properties.
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Pure air and water,
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cleanliness, a proper diet,
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purity of life,
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and a firm trust
in God are remedies
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for the want of
which thousands are dying."
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Indeed, there are many ways
of practicing the healing art,
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and new age
techniques are among them.
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First, let's look at the
subject of Hypno-Birthing.
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Hypnosis have been
gaining in popularity
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over the past few decades
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across a wide variety of fields.
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We find it in
business, athletics, psychology,
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medicine, dentistry,
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religious worship,
and now child birth.
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Some assume that
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there is nothing
more than a placebo effect
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when hypnosis is used
in the field of medicine.
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Other seem convinced
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that healing and pain
relief can be greatly aided
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by the use of hypnosis.
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Just what is
behind these claims,
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and is there any truth to them.
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More importantly,
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is there any danger
in the use of hypnosis.
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To answer these questions,
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we must consider its
history and who has promoted it.
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We find that
many eastern religions
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have practiced it for centuries
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including Hindus,
Buddhists, witchdoctors, yogis,
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spirit mediums, and so on.
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That should immediately raise
some red flags for Christians.
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Whether the
practice of self hypnosis
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or one person
hypnotizing another,
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the result is nearly the same.
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A trancelike state in which
the subject is left vulnerable
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to the
impressions of another person
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or even demonic spirits.
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First, the mind is emptied
often by the use of the mantra
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or repetition of a
word or phrase over and over
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until the mind drips off
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into a somewhat
altered state of consciousness.
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Eastern religious practices
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use this method to come
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in contact with
their inner voice
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or the God residing within.
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This is based on pantheism
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and it's foreign
to biblical meditation
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which fills the mind
as opposed to emptying it.
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The Bible way is to
meditate on verses of scriptures
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not in vain repetition,
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but in searching out its meaning
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or claiming its promise.
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Jesus warned against the
occult and apostate method
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when he said in Matthew 6:7...
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"But when ye pray,
us not vain repetitions,
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as the heathen do."
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There is a definite
difference between trusting God
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to help you through
labor by prayer and praise,
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claiming His promises over
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against the hypnotic method
of altering your state of mind
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and convincing yourself
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that you can do great things
including escaping labor pains.
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I once had a
client who was convinced
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that she did not have
to suffer contractions
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believing that it
was not God's will
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for Christians to suffer pain.
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The result was she was delaying
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the natural
process of contractions
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that would push the
baby down to the birth canal.
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There is power in the mind,
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but in this case it was
only providing an obstacle
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when she finally consented
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to work in
harmony with her body,
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the contractions
did their appointed work
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and the baby was delivered.
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While it is true that
believers in Christ are redeem
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from the curse of the law,
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that doesn't exempt us
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from all of the
consequences of sins,
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which includes pain.
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When Jesus rescues us
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and places us
on that safe glass,
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He will wipe away all tears
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and there will be no
more pain and sorrow.
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In the mean time we must
endure suffering and hardship
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through His grace
including labor pains.
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The argument is
often raised that if we use
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Christian based
hypnosis, there is no problem.
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That's an oxymoron
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as hypnosis is not
Christian but pagan.
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The only trances
recorded in scripture
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for believers were
those induced directly
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by the Holy Spirit,
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not by
self-hypnosis or another person.
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An empty mind is a vacuum
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that demonic forces are
more than ready to occupy,
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while there are some
that would scoff at this idea,
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it is
nevertheless a real threat.
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Consider this
passage from the book,
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The Great Controversy, page 556.
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"The claim that men can hold
intercourse with evil spirits
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is regarded as a
fable of the Dark Ages.
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But spiritualism,
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which numbers its converts
by hundreds of thousands,
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yea, by millions,
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which has made its way
into scientific circles,
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which has invaded churches,
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and has found favor
in legislative bodies,
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and even in the courts of kings-
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this mammoth
deception is but a revival,
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in a new disguise,
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of the witchcraft condemned
and prohibited of old."
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Those who argue that hypnosis
work should consider this.
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It is the masterpiece
of Satanic deception.
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It wouldn't be
much of the deception
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if it didn't work.
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It is actually
because it does seem to work
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that it makes it appealing
and therefore more dangerous.
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In Leviticus 19:26,
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God prohibit the
use of enchantment.
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"The Hebrew word translated
enchantment is Nachash.
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And it means to
hiss, whisper a spell.
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This spell could
very well be the same
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as the trance of hypnosis
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and may also be
what Paul warned about
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in 2 Timothy 3:13.
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"But evil men and seducers
shall wax worse and worse,
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deceiving, and being deceived."
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The Greek word for
seducers is go'-ace,
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meaning a wizard
has muttering spells.
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Sister White
support this interpretation
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in volume two of Mind, Character
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and Personality, page 714.
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"Innocent though it may appear,
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this mind cure,
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if exercised upon the patients,
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will in its development
be for their destruction,
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not their restoration.
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Second Timothy 3
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describes
persons who accept error,
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such as one mind exercising
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complete control
over another mind.
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God forbids any such thing.
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The mind cure is one of
Satan's greatest sciences,
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and it is important that
our physicians see clearly
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the real
character of this science,
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for through it
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great temptations
will come to them.
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This science must not be allowed
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a particle of standing
room in our sanitariums."
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Another new age practice
that has really gain popularity
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in recent years is
called placentophagy,
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consuming of the placenta.
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We would readily admit
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that there are
vitamins and minerals
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in abundance in the placenta,
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but to eat human tissue
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is nothing less
than cannibalism.
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The placenta has served
the purpose of several organs
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for growing fetus,
including the lungs,
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the kidneys, and the liver.
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We shouldn't be
eating such tissue
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from any animal much
less from a human body.
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For a time, mothers
were being encouraged
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to cook the placenta
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but now the
practice of encapsulating
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the placenta has become popular.
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Let it not be forgotten
that while there may be
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some nutritional value,
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there may also be great
dangers in this practice.
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The placenta acted as a filter
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and a barrier between
the mother and the baby
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blocking many
harmful substances.
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It also contains
blood and waste products
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that should not be ingested.
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It is time that
Christians exercise
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our God given sense
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just because some animals
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might the
placenta is not any reason
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for us to do that.
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Many animals eat almost
anything, included feces.
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A dog will consume his own vomit
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and contrary to the
theory of revolution
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we are not mere animals,
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but created in the image of God.
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There is one
instance in the Bible
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where it speaks of
woman eating their placentas.
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It is found in
the famous chapter
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of Blessings and
Cursings Deuteronomy 28,
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we find the following curses
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for the rebellious people of God
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in verse 56 and 57,
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while their city is under siege
and they're starving to death.
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"The tender and
delicate woman among you,
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which would not adventure
to set the sole of her foot
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upon the ground for
delicateness and tenderness,
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her eye shall be evil
toward the husband of her bosom,
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and toward her son,
and toward her daughter,
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and toward her young one
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that cometh out
between her feet,
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and toward her
children which she shall bear:
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for she shall eat them for
want of all things secretly
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in the siege and straitness,
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where with thine enemy shall
distress thee in thy gates."
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The Hebrew word for young
one is translated afterbirth
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in the margin.
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The New King James
translates it placenta.
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The delicate woman is
reduced to cannibalism.
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The last new age practice
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we will consider is
that of touch therapy
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based on ancient
eastern practices.
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Actually there is
usually no touching at all.
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The practitioner
holds his or her hands
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inches away from
the body of a patient,
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moving them around to
detect the energy fields,
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sometimes called the
key or the vital force,
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where energy start
to be out of balance,
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the hands are moved to
redistribute the energies.
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Where there is
excess energy or bad energy,
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the practitioner
may place one hand,
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palm down toward the ground
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to channel it away
from the patient's body.
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Some believe they can transfer
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some of their own
energy into the patients.
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Some spiritualistic
physicians and midwives
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use similar
techniques on women in labor.
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Ellen White often
spoke of vital force
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but never in a
spiritualistic way.
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She simply was
referring to vitality
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and strength of a person,
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not the mystical ki or yin
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or yang of
ancient Chinese culture.
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Let us stand
strong in God's word
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like Daniel and
his three friends,
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who were found healthier
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and ten times wiser
than all the magicians,
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astrologers, and sorcerers
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in all of Babylon.
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We read in Daniel 12:3.
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And they that
be wise shall shine
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as the
brightness of the firmament,
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and they that turn
many to righteousness
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as the stars for ever and ever.
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Join us next time for
more of Divine Design.
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