OPINION II
Roswell Daily Record
LETTERS
Mankind needs God’s rule
Dear Editor: Since religious leaders in the world are in bed with political leaders, they tell their members that their countries are being blessed by God in order to send their members to war to defend them. The reality is that the “ruler of the world” is God’s enemy. He once offered all the kingdoms of the world to God’s Son for one act of worship. Believe me when I say that the United States is in no way special or blessed by God any more than any other country. You’d think people would’ve figured that out when the U.S. lost to the “Godless” communist in Viet Nam! The letter dated Jan. 9 by Yvonne Lehman repeats that mistaken idea. She goes on to mention Great Britain and the United States in Bible prophecy. Together they form the last of the seven-headed wild beast. The Anglo-American power is also described as a beast that has two horns like a lamb (for the duel power) and speaks like a dragon. One reference work says “It’s two horns ‘like a lamb’ suggest that it makes itself out to be mild and inoffensive, with an enlightened form of government to which all the world should turn. But it speaks ‘as a dragon’ in that it uses pressure and threats and even outright violence wherever its version of rulership is not accepted.” (Anybody remember “shock and awe?”) This dual power is the same as the “false prophet” mentioned later in Revelation. It tells the world to make an image to the political system “wild beast” and this occurs when Woodrow Wilson encouraged the formation of the “League of Nations” now called the “United Nations.” This is the “scarlet colored wild beast” that supports and then later destroys “Babylon the Great” the world empire of false religion. It also serves as an “eighth king” at the very end for “one hour,” symbolically a short period of time and it too “goes off into destruction” at Armageddon along with all the other worldly governments at the hand of “God’s Heavenly Kingdom Government.” Well, that’s sort of a crash course on some of the things in Revelation. And many ask, how does a person get the “mark of the beast” on their forehead and right hand? This is not a microchip that the government imbeds in your skin. The mark signifies thought and action. To give you an example: This past election you were thinking about a candidate and then you went in and used your hand to vote. How about when you think about the words to the pledge of allegiance and raise your “right-hand” over your heart. You have the mark of the beast. In some countries, people are forced to buy a political party card in order to buy, sell and work or own property. Christians, of course, refuse. Those are just some examples. So should America worry? Well believe
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speak for Brandenburg would have been like hiring me to pinch hit for Babe Ruth. So here’s the deal. In an unscientific survey conducted by this humble correspondent, it was discovered that 97.7 percent of cushy-job government spokesmen were taken from Albuquerque and Santa Fe media ranks. Henceforth, all spokesmen will be apportioned by state legislative districts. Congressman Steve Pearce is after another critter, this time the dunes sagebrush lizard. I have empathy for the congressman’s strategy, having made a column career poking fun at the lesser prairie chicken. It made people smile and it is safe, defenders of the lesser prairie chicken or dunes sagebrush lizard as sparse as the desert they roam. And, on a more serious note, for years this column ridiculed cockfighting until the state came to its senses and banned the “sport.” I personally have never met a dunes
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siblings are at risk as well. DEAR DR. GOTT: About 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with tardive dyskinesia, also known as TD. My tongue moved (wiggled) involuntary, continuously. A doctor said it would continue the rest of my life. This was distressing so I decided to fight it. I pressed my tongue tightly in my mouth to stop the movement. Then one morning I awoke and realized my tongue wasn’t moving. Then it started moving immediately. I thought perhaps it didn’t move when it was in a state of relaxation. During childbirth classes, I learned the technique of relaxing. When I relaxed my tongue with a conscious effort, it stopped moving. Eventually, the movement stopped. I hope this method will help some people with this disturbing affliction. DEAR READER: Tardive dyskinesia typically occurs after a patient has taken high doses of certain medications, over an extended period of time. It causes involuntary, repetitive tic-like movements — especially in the muscles of the face. TD is a result of damage to the body’s systems that use and process dopamine, a biochemical substance produced in the
me when I say, Americans are not going to start “turning to Jesus” and start receiving God’s blessings. It’s over for the entire world system of things. Man never had the right or the ability to rule himself. God allowed him to try so that it could be proven he couldn’t do it and no one would ever try it again. Now God’s Kingdom will take over from Heaven as one world government and will fix all the problems facing mankind. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s pretty “good news.” No wonder that’s all Jesus wanted to talk about. It was the theme of his entire ministry. I’m sure you didn’t know that because your church has a flag in it for you to place your confidence in. Tell me, how that’s been working out for you? Michel Scott Whitman Dexter
Evolution implausible
Dear Editor: The Second Law of Thermodynamics, called Entropy, (paraphrased) states that “things don’t wear up, things wear down. In 100 billion years a pile of bricks will be a pile of sand, not a house. Cars wear down, machinery wears down, people wear down. There is no real evidence, DNA notwithstanding, that anything wears up. Consider the miracle of birth. In the female everything has to be perfect. In the male everything has to be perfect. If I believe in evolution there had to be a time in history as things were evolving where everything in the female was evolving and was not yet perfect. Likewise, everything in the male was evolving and was not yet perfect. In this dual state of evolutionary development, lacking perfection, it would be impossible to produce a baby (e.g. no egg, yet, no sperm yet.) We can all see then that the human race ceased to be. Considering the complexity of the complete female and the complexity of the complete male, we must be looking at “parallel evolution.” The sexual apparatus of the male had to be evolving at exactly the same rate as the female-producing organs. Of course, this does not answer the question of how babies were made during this evolutionary time (million years without babies? 100 million years? Who knows?) The answer, of course, is that male and female had to be complete sexually the first time. There is no room here for evolution. The man and woman were made complete in Eden and produced babies ever since. In the Bible, I Cor. 1:20 (ASV) God says, “Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” Man says the creation of life was an accident. God says, “I did it.” Whom do you believe? Walter Holm, BSME Roswell sagebrush lizard I liked and, encountering one, would probably jump atop a picnic table and go, “eeeuu!” But Pearce would quickly point out he considers his mission a little more important than breezy columns. The congressman is dead serious in his claim that Endangered Species status for the lizard will threaten a significant number of New Mexico oil jobs. Folks like the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance are dead serious in their assertion protecting the lizard is crucial to the habitat and that Pearce cannot back up his jobs claim. Somehow all this will get sorted out and, hopefully, both the dunes sagebrush lizard and the oil industry will survive. So here’s the deal. Why not more common animals? Why can’t we have an Endangered Species category for the Well-Heeled, Boot Scootin’, Fat-Wallet, Campaign Cash Cow? Have a nice day. (Ned Cantwell welcomes response at ncantwell@bajabb.com). brain. It functions as a neurotransmitter to regulate emotion and movement within the body. There are several medications that can cause symptoms of TD to include those for nasal allergies, mental illness and digestive disorders such as heartburn caused by GI reflux. One such digestive disorder drug is metoclopramide, sold under the name of Reglan in the United States. In 2004, a study of the medication’s effect on older women found an increased risk for developing symptoms of TD. By early 2009, the Food and Drug Administration issued a black-box warning to this effect. T reatment is commonly achieved through prevention in a couple of ways. The first is by changing the offending drug to another brand or lowering the dosage. Discontinuing the medication may be an option for some and often reverses TD, but sometimes it is permanent. As you so cleverly pointed out, it can be done through relaxation techniques. Some success has been noted for severe localized problems by using Botox. Dr. Peter H. Gott is a retired physician and the author of several books, including “Live Longer, Live Better,” “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet” and “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Cookbook,” which are available at most bookstores or online. His website is www.AskDrGottMD.com.
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