Participants: Ron Giannoni (Host), Ratibu
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000064
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00:23 Hi friends, and welcome to another edition of NEWSTART Now.
00:27 In our studio with us today is Ratibu 00:30 from Loma Linda, California, 00:33 and he came to us about 17 days ago 00:37 with a laundry list, if you will, of problems. 00:42 And rather than me tell you about it, 00:44 let's watch a film clip when he first arrived. 00:49 Well, the reason I'm here at NEWSTART Center is because 00:54 I had prostate cancer according to the doctors. 00:58 That was their biopsy. 01:00 But I already knew that I had high blood pressure, 01:03 cholesterol - high cholesterol, 01:05 and diabetes. 01:07 So with those four issues, I thought it would be worth the 01:12 financial obligation that I made to come here. 01:16 From being here at this facility, the NEWSTART program, 01:20 I would love not to have to get up and take 01:23 blood pressure medication, diabetes medication, 01:28 and I don't think I'm taking anything with the cholesterol. 01:32 No medication there, but I have to exercise, 01:35 and I'll continue to do that. 01:37 But I don't want that on my record. 01:40 That's what I really want - a clean record. 01:42 And then I will be a better testimony 01:46 for people who think that they are enslaved to medication. 01:54 Welcome back, friends, and in our studio, Ratibu. 01:58 Hi, hi! - How are you, brother? 01:59 I'm fantastic. - Now I've got to ask you, 02:01 where did you get that precious name? 02:05 Well, I did research, and it's more of a personality trait 02:09 and occupational name, title, 02:13 than a name itself. 02:15 And Ratibu means "one who puts things 02:17 in its proper place," 02:19 from...it's a Swahili name. 02:21 - Swahili. Swahili name. 02:22 And that's why-- - So you're an organizer? 02:24 Very much so. I'm an organizer. 02:29 Well, we saw the clip when you first arrived. 02:32 Tell us the good news. 02:35 What has happened? 02:36 Well, the good news is I've had 17 days of vacation. 02:40 I could stop right there. [laughter] 02:42 I have enjoyed myself here at the NEWSTART program. 02:46 But the better news is, 02:48 and I think I'm a little surprised at how the medication 02:54 has been decreased. 02:57 And I was taking 2000 grams of metformin for my 03:02 high, I mean, diabetes, - For your diabetes. 03:04 and I'm almost ready to get rid of it completely. 03:09 - Now, what are you taking now, currently? 03:11 Right now I'm taking about a fourth of that, 03:14 about 500 mg, because that last pill was cut in half. 03:18 And I believe I can cut it all the way off 03:21 when I go back and see my personal doctor. 03:25 I'm sure he will take it off. 03:28 What's your fasting blood sugar been? 03:30 It was around a hundred, a hundred and... 03:34 I mean, 98, 96... 03:37 Yeah, see, I'd be off it if I was... 03:39 See, that's what happened to me. 03:40 When I got under 100, I stopped. 03:42 Well, I didn't want to stop yet. 03:44 I want my doctor to say. 03:47 Because they were ready before I came here, Ron, 03:50 they were ready to give me insulin. 03:52 I don't think I'd told you that, 03:54 but they were really calling me every day, 03:56 and I just told them, Ed Kaiser, 03:59 that I'm not going to do anything until I come back. 04:02 So they said, "Okay." 04:04 - Good. It's best you check with them anyway. 04:05 And I wanted to do that. - Good. 04:07 Okay, that takes care of the diabetes. 04:09 What about...what's next? 04:10 I didn't know I was takin cholesterol medicine, 04:14 but I was. I brought the whole sack. 04:16 I brought the whole sack with me 04:20 and I was taking cholesterol... 04:22 That's cut in half. - Yes. 04:24 - And that's half now. 04:26 The high blood pressure is cut in half, the medication. 04:30 All of these things are cut in half. 04:32 The prostate cancer, I'm not sure. 04:35 I told Doctor Ing, I said, 04:38 "What are you going to say when 04:39 the doctor says, 'That's reversed'?" 04:41 And he said, "Give me a call." 04:43 But I don't know about that until I get back. 04:47 And the last thing that I failed to mention, Ron, 04:51 is that I was grieving the loss of my mother. 04:55 She died and was buried on the... 04:57 She died on the 11th, and she was buried on the 15th. 05:00 I got here on the 18th. 05:02 - Oh, I didn't know that. 05:04 I didn't mention that because I-- 05:06 So maybe you weren't even aware of that yourself. 05:08 That she had died? 05:10 No, no, no, no! No-- that you were grieving. 05:13 Oh! Well, I knew I was grieving, but I-- 05:15 it was a subject that I didn't want to talk about then, 05:19 and I'm more open to talk about it now. 05:22 And let me tell you this. 05:23 I've taken walks around the various paths, 05:28 and two places you can hear my mother gurgling, 05:32 and her death gurgling-- in the water. 05:35 Two places. - Wow. 05:37 And it's a really refreshing thing, 05:39 and I hope...I don't know if I'll be able to go back, 05:42 but I'll come back on a vacation 05:44 and listen to that again as she's really... 05:46 that's her last moments with me, and we were together, 05:51 and I heard those sounds, and I only heard it here. 05:54 And that's a really good thing. It was really... 05:58 therapeutic for me to hear that. 06:02 Well, then you're blessed. - Yes. 06:04 If that was therapeutic and you feel good about it, 06:07 - I feel good about everything. - Then I feel good about it. 06:09 I'm happy. I'm really excited. 06:11 Tell us about how they treated you here. 06:15 Well, at first I was a little suspicious. 06:19 [laughter] 06:21 Now I'm laughing because so was I when I came here! 06:23 There's something different about these people here! 06:26 Yeah, I said, "What are they trying to do? 06:28 Are they trying to brainwash me, 06:30 or are they really sincere?" 06:32 And I'd like to just talk about Ronda Smith, 06:37 the director of the program. 06:39 I have never seen her without giving me a smile, 06:44 a genuine smile. 06:45 And I've seen her early, I've seen her late. 06:48 I know she's tired sometimes, 06:50 but she's always smiling. 06:53 And that's the truth with most of the people-- 06:55 the cooks, even Dorothy who... 06:58 - Even Dorothy! [laughter] - Even Dorothy. 07:01 She's my best friend. She cleans up the room... 07:03 I won't tell her you said that. 07:05 "I even saw Dorothy smiling!" 07:07 Dorothy is smiling, and it's... 07:09 She's our housekeeper. She takes care of 07:12 everybody's bedding. 07:14 She does so many things, she runs the laundry... 07:17 You know she has some of the students working with her. 07:19 Yes, and they are friendly as well. 07:23 I haven't found complaints. 07:25 Rod, the therapist for the hydrotherapy, 07:30 which I have done 3 to 4 times a week 07:34 since I've been here. 07:36 So you had hydro and massage therapy, 07:38 three and four times a week for the last three weeks. 07:41 So no wonder you're calling it a vacation. 07:44 Yes, it's a vacation. 07:45 So you didn't do any work while you were here! 07:47 No! I didn't have to wash dishes, 07:50 I didn't have to take out the trash, 07:53 didn't have to make up my bed. 07:54 - Didn't have to sweep or nothing. 07:55 - I didn't have to do anything, vacuum... 07:57 All I had to do was to get up, stretch, 08:03 And I'd do that before breakfast. 08:05 I exercised again after breakfast. 08:08 I was walking, jogging, about a mile 08:12 every day before I came here. 08:14 I'm up to about 5 miles 08:16 brisk walking, and it's hilly country up here, so 08:21 it's harder to walk than it is around the track. 08:25 But I'm up to 5 or 6 miles a day. 08:28 Praise God. 08:29 Hey, how about the food? 08:31 Tell me about the food. 08:32 Did they give you any chitlins or anything like that here? 08:35 Well, it tastes like it. 08:37 [laughter] 08:39 But it really was those whole plant foods. 08:44 They are really tasty if you... 08:46 Did you feel that that made such a difference? 08:48 I really do. I don't eat between meals, 08:50 and one of the things I did before I came here, 08:53 I ate only one meal a day. 08:55 But that was all the time. 08:58 - Oh, you ate all day long? - All day long. 09:00 - And Doctor Ing said I was grazing. 09:03 [laughter] 09:05 He called it grazing. 09:07 And I ate a lot. Now I, after lunch, 09:11 I don't eat anything, and I'm not hungry. 09:14 So you eat breakfast? - Yeah, a good breakfast. 09:16 A good--like a king. - Yes. 09:18 For lunch you eat like a prince, 09:21 - Yes. 09:22 And the you pass on the... - I pass on the... 09:24 But I'm also drinking juice. 09:28 And they give certain of us participants juice. 09:33 And that's to fight off and ward off the cancer. 09:36 So I'm drinking that. 09:37 I do drink that juice around 5 o'clock 09:41 in the evening, but that's all. 09:43 I'm not hungry. 09:45 Now, we talked before we went on the air. 09:49 You're active with the Baptist church, 09:51 and we're going to get together and see if we can't put together 09:55 a Reversing Diabetes program down in Loma Linda, right? 09:59 Yes. It's really Rialto. 10:01 I'm near Loma Linda. 10:02 But that's good, 10:04 and yes, my pastor, Pastor Turner, 10:07 he's the head of the ministerial alliance in that area. 10:11 And I'm sure he will be excited to 10:14 know what I have done and where I've been. 10:17 We're running out of time. 10:19 I've got to thank you, - Oh, thank you. 10:21 and thank you so much. God bless you. 10:23 I'll see you again. Don't go away, folks, 10:25 because we'll be right back 10:26 with an important message for you. 10:30 Well, you've done very well. 10:38 Do you have diabetes, 10:39 heart disease, high blood pressure, 10:42 or do you weigh too much? 10:44 Hi, my name is Dr. Ing, and I'd like to tell you 10:47 about our 18-day NEWSTART lifestyle program. 10:50 It includes a comprehensive medical evaluation 10:53 with laboratory studies and an exercise stress test, 10:57 physician consultations, 10:59 culinary school, 11:01 and an opportunity to walk on beautiful trails 11:04 in the foothills of the Sierras. 11:08 Your health is one of the most 11:10 important things that you have. Don't wait. 11:12 Give us a call at: 11:17 Or visit our website: 11:36 Welcome back friends, and as I promised, 11:38 Doctor Ing in our studio. 11:40 - It's great to be here. It's always great to see you. 11:43 You know, I want to talk about this guy, 11:45 but don't mind if I say his name 11:48 like I know what I'm talking about. 11:50 It's Ratibu, 11:52 And I want to say it that way because 11:53 that's the way it just rolls out of my mouth. 11:55 But tell us about him. 11:57 We had a nice interview with him, and I want you to 12:00 maybe elaborate on his health condition. 12:03 Well, his health challenges were 12:05 his cholesterol was high, he has diabetes, 12:09 his blood pressure is high, 12:12 and he's a little bit short. 12:15 - Meaning he's a little overweight. 12:16 He's a little overweight. 12:18 And he was also recently diagnosed 12:21 with cancer of the prostate. 12:23 So these are the challenges that he faces, 12:26 his health challenges. 12:28 I have to stop you there, because during the interview 12:30 it sounded like he didn't believe he had 12:32 cancer of the prostate. 12:34 Does he, or doesn't he? 12:35 Well, according to the medical reports he does. 12:38 It was just diagnosed I think in February of this year. 12:42 So this is a few months later. 12:44 Now in order to be conclusive, 12:47 do you not need to go in and get little samples, 12:50 like they take 8 or 10 and then send them off to the lab. 12:54 Yeah, little biopsies, you know. 12:55 - I've had that procedure, by the way. 12:57 With a needle, you know. - Oooohhhh.... 12:59 I've had that procedure. It does not feel good! 13:03 I've been able to avoid that. 13:05 I'm doing my best to avoid that situation. 13:08 Okay, so what's happened? 13:10 I know that he's gotten somewhat better, 13:13 but tell us about this. 13:15 Well, we find that some of his blood pressure medicines, 13:18 we've been able to leave some of them off, 13:20 and decrease some of them. - Some? 13:21 Yeah, I mean, he was on several. 13:23 He was on at least 3 medicines for his blood pressure, 13:25 three or four. - Why? 13:27 Why three blood pressure medications? 13:29 Don't know. Must be his lifestyle and so on. 13:32 But anyhow, here, we're able to cut back on his medicines, 13:35 his blood pressures have come down, 13:38 and also we've been able to decrease some of the medication 13:41 that he uses for his diabetes. 13:43 He's still on some, but his blood sugars are lower, 13:46 and he has better control with less medication. 13:48 What has he been taking for his diabetes? 13:51 I think the primary medicine he was taking 13:53 is something called metformin, 13:56 which is a very common medication. 13:58 It's really a good medication. 14:01 If a patient needs medication, it's one of the ones 14:04 that we frequently start them out with. 14:06 It's one that you take by mouth. This is not like insulin. 14:08 It's not an injectable. 14:10 It's what we call an oral medication. 14:12 And it usually works-- 14:14 Is oral better than the injection? 14:16 Well, if your pancreas still is working 14:20 and you can take the oral medication, 14:22 most people prefer to put something in their mouth 14:24 than to get it in a needle. - Yes. 14:27 - Don't like those needles. Sorry, Doc. 14:30 The needle just injects something 14:32 that their body's not making, and it's very nice, 14:34 and there's minimal side effects from that. 14:37 But most people that I meet who have diabetes 14:40 would much rather take a medication. 14:43 One of the advantages about metformin 14:45 over some of the other medications is that 14:48 with some of the other medications 14:50 the blood sugars can go too low. 14:52 And with metformin this is seldom a problem. 14:55 It helps to keep the blood sugars from going too high. 14:58 But when they come here and they follow the guidelines 15:03 or rules or commandments for people with diabetes, 15:07 we find that many of them... 15:11 most of them will be able to get by with less medication, 15:14 and about 40 percent of them, in time, 15:16 will be able to stop using their medicine for the diabetes 15:20 and they'll have normal blood sugars. 15:21 And that's really kind of exciting. 15:23 In fact, I've given a presentation 15:26 at the American College of Preventive Medicine about this. 15:28 One year we had a poster presentation 15:31 where we told about the work here at Weimar 15:34 that we do with people with diabetes. 15:35 And then subsequently I actually had a 15:39 talk or an oral presentation where I 15:42 told the doctors there how we manage diabetes. 15:45 There's other doctors throughout the US 15:47 who are using the same approach 15:48 with similar success rates. 15:50 And it's really exciting to know that 15:54 since diabetes is getting to be such a big problem. 15:58 You know in the present time in the United States 16:00 we have between... 16:02 Currently isn't it around 25 million Americans with diabetes? 16:06 And about 57 million with what we call pre-diabetes. 16:10 - I mean, they just don't know, the 57, that they... 16:13 Well, right. Well, you know, 16:14 if they don't make some changes, 16:15 they're going to end up with diabetes. 16:17 And the other thing is, 16:18 out of the 24 million who have diabetes, 16:20 one third it hasn't been diagnosed in. 16:24 The diagnosis hasn't been made. 16:28 And you know, the development of diabetes is kind of slow, 16:32 It takes between 5 and 7 years before it's finally diagnosed. 16:36 The way it happens is the cells don't 16:41 use the insulin like they should. 16:43 They develop what we call insulin resistance. 16:46 And is that true for children now? 16:49 I'm understanding that we have young people 16:52 who are coming up with diabetes. 16:54 Yes, we do have young children developing diabetes. 16:58 Which I find strange, by the way-- 17:00 excuse me for interrupting. - No, no, that's okay. 17:01 They call it onset, or adult onset, 17:04 but then now the children are getting it. 17:07 Right. So that's what they used to say before. 17:09 Childhood, you know, or juvenile diabetes, 17:12 and now we call it... 17:14 and also adult onset. Now it's termed 17:16 type 1 diabetes, which is usually the ones 17:19 that we used to call childhood, 17:21 or juvenile diabetes, and now we say type 2 diabetes 17:25 for the ones that the adults have. 17:28 In any case, it could relate to whether you're young or older. 17:32 Uh, yeah, really... in other words, 17:34 type 1 and type 2 doesn't have anything to do with the age. 17:38 So, there are some teenagers 17:40 who are developing what we now term type 2 diabetes, 17:43 and that is again because of the lifestyle. 17:45 So many of American teenagers are overweight. 17:48 And when they're overweight, you know, 17:50 this is one of the very 17:53 important risk factors for diabetes. 17:55 And that's one of the reasons why so many more Americans 17:57 are developing diabetes, 17:59 because so many more Americans are overweight. 18:01 Now, let's get back to the children just for a minute. 18:04 And I don't want to get too far away from Ratibu, 18:07 but the children are getting diabetes 18:09 because they're overweight 18:10 because of the food they're eating. 18:12 Yeah, well this is more probably the teenagers. 18:14 But the real young children, no. 18:16 The real young children, it's a different mechanism. 18:20 Some of them may develop a viral illness 18:23 or some type of illness. 18:24 And this, for some reason or another, 18:26 damages the part of the pancreas that produces the insulin. 18:30 So they end up, you know, needing insulin. 18:32 There's insulin dependent diabetes, 18:35 and that's now called type 1 diabetes. 18:37 There's another theory, and that is that 18:40 some of the children may end up with diabetes 18:43 because of what we call an auto-immune type reaction. 18:47 Because there's a protein in regular milk, 18:49 cow's milk we're talking about, 18:51 which is similar to a protein that's found in 18:54 the part of the pancreas that makes the insulin. 18:57 So the body forms antibodies to this protein, 19:01 which then destroy the part of the body 19:04 in the pancreas, in the beta cells, 19:06 that's supposed to make the insulin. 19:08 So that's one of the theories of the origin 19:12 of some of the cases of 19:14 type 2, I mean, of type 1 diabetes in children. 19:17 In fact, just last night I was talking to a lady 19:21 back East and she had two children 19:24 who had developed type 1 diabetes. 19:27 So we had a little discussion about what she could do 19:30 and how she could help manage the children with diabetes. 19:33 But either one-- type 1 or type 2-- 19:36 when they follow all the suggestions and guidelines 19:39 that we have for management of diabetes, 19:44 invariably they get better control, 19:46 they have a better understanding of the disease process, 19:49 and they can usually get by with less medication 19:52 and some even with no medication. 19:54 Now with Ratibu, how's he doing? 19:58 I know that we've taken him down on some of his medications. 20:02 Will he continue getting better? 20:05 Hopefully he'll continue to get better. 20:07 - If he stays on the lifestyle. 20:08 Right, he's got to continue with the lifestyle. 20:11 So what we teach, basically, 20:13 is a lifestyle-- what to eat, when to exercise, 20:16 those types of things. 20:17 Yeah, all of those things make a difference. 20:19 And I'm expecting that we could probably 20:22 stop the medicine that he has used to lower his cholesterol, 20:25 and if he sticks with this type of program 20:28 it's very possible that his cholesterol will stay down. 20:31 He may be able to get along without it. 20:32 If your cholesterol is high, 20:34 it makes good sense to stop eating 20:35 food containing cholesterol. 20:37 And that's whole plant foods eaten whole. 20:39 Yes. 20:40 Well, he seems committed to me, 20:43 and you know, of all the people we interview, 20:45 I think he's on track to help him get a better body. 20:51 Yeah, well that's good, because if he does that, 20:53 he will have better health and better quality of life. 20:56 Doctor Ing, before we run out of time, 20:58 is there something you could say 21:00 to the viewers that might encourage them, 21:03 give them hope, if they have a similar situation? 21:05 Well, if you've got diabetes, 21:07 you need to make changes in your lifestyle, 21:09 lose your weight, a plant-based diet, 21:12 regular exercise, and the most important thing 21:15 probably for them would be to come to NEWSTART 21:18 where they can learn why and how to do these things. 21:21 Wonderful. 21:22 Again I want to thank you for joining us in the studio. 21:26 It's a pleasure. 21:28 - And God bless you and the work you do here, Doctor. 21:30 And thank you, friends, but don't go away, 21:32 because we have a tip for you right after this. 21:49 Welcome to NEWSTART at Home. I'm Dr. David DeRose. 21:52 With me today is someone who's got some answers 21:54 for muscle tension headaches. 21:56 His name is Jerry Flores. 21:58 Jerry, it's great to have you with us today. 22:00 It's great to be here. 22:01 Many of our viewers know you. 22:03 You're one of our main hydrotherapists 22:05 and massage therapists at 22:07 Weimar Center of Health and Education. 22:09 And you and I both know, being in the medical field, 22:12 muscle tension headaches are huge problems. 22:15 Even people who think they have migraines 22:17 often have a lot of tension in their neck and head muscles. 22:21 Is there really anything simple we can offer 22:23 people with this problem? 22:25 Yes, there is. 22:27 One of the solutions to that is that 22:29 most people don't stretch on a regular basis. 22:33 And that's the reason tension builds up. 22:36 When muscles are nice and relaxed 22:38 and they got optimal blood flow, 22:40 they don't ache. 22:42 But when we have bad postural habits 22:45 of stooping our head, 22:46 of just working on the computer, 22:48 washing the dishes, or driving, 22:51 what ends up happening is that all of our 22:53 eight neck muscles and some of the chest, 22:57 shoulder, and upper back, 22:58 and even lower back muscles tighten up, 23:00 restrict blood flow, 23:02 and most people are also dehydrated 23:05 from not drinking enough water. 23:06 So that builds up tension 23:08 by pulling, and it tightens up. 23:11 Therefore the term muscle tension headache. 23:14 Okay, so one of the principles that we're trying to 23:17 come to grips with here then, Jerry, 23:19 is we've just got to be more limber 23:21 if we want to have less problems with muscle tension. 23:23 Right. And right now, 23:27 I'm going to demonstrate, 23:28 and if you like, you could follow along. 23:30 And I'm just going to show what we do at our NEWSTART program 23:33 at 6 am in the morning, 23:35 and we get people and that's where we start-- 23:37 with stretching our head, shoulders, 23:40 and our chest and back. 23:42 I'm ready to try to follow along. 23:44 Alrighty, so I'm just going to show what we do, 23:47 and it's very simple. 23:48 You just put your hand over your head, 23:50 and we call this ear-to-shoulder, 23:53 and then you could just massage it gently 23:55 on your side of your neck, like that. 23:58 - So we're just rubbing on there, Jerry? 24:00 We're just rubbing on there. 24:01 And then we switch sides after about a count of 7, 24:04 or about 2 to 3 deep breaths. 24:07 Right. And then-- 24:09 - Am I doing this right? Yes, you are. 24:11 Right, just nice. And then, 24:14 we bring it back to the neutral position. 24:16 And now we're going to put our chin to our chest, 24:18 interlace our fingers, 24:19 and put it behind your head. Take a deep breath, 24:23 and exhale, and bring it down. 24:26 Then you could massage with your hands 24:28 while you're down there, for about a count of 7, 24:31 2 or 3 deep breaths, 24:33 and then back up, right, 24:35 and then you could repeat that. 24:37 Then you turn your head 45 degrees, 24:40 let your hand rest gently on there, 24:42 and then again you could massage. 24:45 - So I'm pulling the head down, or...? 24:46 Yeah, you're letting it rest on there gently. 24:49 You gotta give a slight tug. 24:52 And then you switch sides. 24:56 Nice big deep breaths. 25:01 Okay, back forward. 25:02 And then what you do is you turn your head 45 degrees 25:05 and this time you do the opposite. 25:07 You put your finger right above your collar bone 25:09 and you stretch it out. 25:13 Nice big deep breaths. 25:16 And then you bring it down, 25:17 and then turn the head 45 degrees the other way, 25:20 right above the collar bone. 25:22 Nice big deep breaths. 25:27 Alright, and you bring it back down. 25:29 Then you just could massage each side a little bit, 25:32 a little bit of the neck and shoulder muscles. 25:36 It releases the tension, brings more blood flow, 25:40 more fluid, oxygen, nutrients to the area. 25:43 And that relaxes all your neck muscles. 25:45 - So this is a preventive for muscle tension, 25:48 or is it actually a treatment if someone's having a headache? 25:51 Well, you could use it for prevention. 25:53 I always prefer prevention to cure. 25:55 But if someone does have a tension headache, 25:58 this will help it. 26:00 Now, is it really that much of a problem 26:02 what angle your head is at when you work? 26:05 Does that make much of a difference? 26:06 Yes it does, because you want to move it 26:08 in all the ranges of motion. 26:11 Down, up, side to side. 26:14 All the ways. 26:16 And add that little massage at the same time. 26:18 That's optimal. 26:20 Jerry, thanks so much. 26:21 I mean, this is information that may seem very simple, 26:23 but it's powerful. 26:24 If you drink plenty of water 26:26 and keep your neck muscles limber, 26:29 you can decrease your risk of muscle tension headaches. 26:32 That's the experience of Jerry Flores, 26:33 therapist at Weimar Institute, 26:36 or Weimar Center of Health and Education. 26:38 I'm Dr. David DeRose. 26:39 If you want more information, simply go to: 26:51 Modern views of evolution stem all the way back 26:54 to theories developed in the mid-1800s. 26:57 Out of the same time period came ideas that shape 27:00 our educational system today. 27:03 The Common School Movement, for example, 27:06 saw schools more like a factory, 27:08 with students blindly memorizing instruction 27:10 rather than thinking for themselves. 27:13 Their curriculum was rigid and theoretical. 27:15 Instead of being flexible and practical, 27:18 it was designed to conform the individual 27:21 into a specific ideological mold 27:24 that fit the needs of an old industrial era 27:26 long since passed. 27:29 Just like our view of creation in six literal days, 27:32 we believe the Bible contains an educational blueprint 27:37 radically different from the one we see now. 27:52 Well friends, that's it for today, 27:54 but pick up that phone and give us a call at: 28:04 God bless you. |
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