Statement of Faith

Section 1: The Bible
We believe the Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God (Matthew 5:18; 2 Timothy 3:16-17). In faith we hold the Bible to be inerrant in the original writings, God-breathed, and the complete and final authority for faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16-17). While still using the individual writing styles of the human authors, the Holy Spirit perfectly guided them to ensure they wrote precisely what He wanted written, without error or omission (2 Peter 1:21).

Section 2: God
We believe in one God, who is Creator of all (Deuteronomy 6:4; Colossians 1:16), who has revealed Himself in three distinct Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14), yet who is one in being, essence, and glory (John 10:30). God is eternal (Psalm 90:2), infinite (1 Timothy 1:17), and sovereign (Psalm 93:1). God is omniscient (Psalm 139:1-6), omnipresent (Psalm 139:7-13), omnipotent (Revelation 19:6), and unchanging (Malachi 3:6). God is holy (Isaiah 6:3), just (Deuteronomy 32:4), and righteous (Exodus 9:27). God is love (1 John 4:8), gracious (Ephesians 2:8), merciful (1 Peter 1:3), and good (Romans 8:28).

Section 3: Jesus Christ
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is God incarnate, God in human form, the expressed image of the Father, who, without ceasing to be God, became man in order that He might demonstrate who God is and provide the means of salvation for humanity (Matthew 1:21; John 1:18; Colossians 1:15).

We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit and was born of the virgin Mary (Matthew 1:23); that He is truly fully God and truly fully man (John 1:1,14); that He lived a perfect, sinless life (1 John 3:5); that all His teachings are true (John 14:6). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for all humanity (1 John 2:2) as a substitutionary sacrifice (Isaiah 53:5-6). We hold that His death is sufficient to provide salvation for all who receive Him as Savior (John 1:12; Acts 16:31); that our justification is grounded in the shedding of His blood (Romans 5:9; Ephesians 1:7); and that it is attested by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; 1 Peter 1:3).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven in His glorified body (Acts 1:9-10) and is now seated at the right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25).

Section 4: The Holy Spirit
We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4). He regenerates sinners (Titus 3:5) and indwells believers (Romans 8:9). He is the agent by whom Christ baptizes all believers into His body (1 Corinthians 12:12-14). He is the seal by whom the Father guarantees the salvation of believers unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14). He is the Divine Teacher who illumines believers' hearts and minds as they study the Word of God (1 Corinthians 2:9-12).

We believe that the Holy Spirit is ultimately sovereign in the distribution of spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:11). We believe that the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, while by no means outside of the Spirit's ability to empower, no longer function to the same degree they did in the early development of the church (1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 2:20; 4:7-12).

Section 5: Angels and Demons
We believe in the reality and personality of angels. We believe that God created the angels to be His servants and messengers (Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:2; Hebrews 1:14).

We believe in the existence and personality of Satan and demons. Satan is a fallen angel who led a group of angels in rebellion against God (Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekiel 28:12-15). He is the great enemy of God and man, and the demons are his servants in evil. He and his demons will be eternally punished in the lake of fire (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10).

Section 6: Humanity
We believe that humanity came into existence by direct creation of God and that humanity is uniquely made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). We believe that all humanity, because of Adam's fall, has inherited a sinful nature, that all human beings choose to sin (Romans 3:23), and that all sin is exceedingly offensive to God (Romans 6:23). Humanity is utterly unable to remedy this fallen state (Ephesians 2:1-5,12).

Section 7: Salvation
We believe that salvation is a gift of God's grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross (Ephesians 2:8-9). Christ's death fully accomplished justification through faith and redemption from sin. Christ died in our place (Romans 5:8-9) and bore our sins in His own body (1 Peter 2:24). On the third day after His death, Jesus physically rose again, demostrating His victory over sin and death (Romans 14:9).

We believe salvation is received by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Good works and obedience are results of salvation, not requirements for salvation. Due to the greatness, sufficiency, and perfection of Christ's sacrifice, all those who have truly received Christ as Savior are eternally secure in salvation, kept by God's power, secured and sealed in Christ forever (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 24). Just as salvation cannot be earned by good works, neither does it need good works to be maintained or sustained. Good works and changed lives are the inevitable results of salvation (James 2).

Section 8: The Church
We believe that the Church, the Body of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all believers of this present age (1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:25-27). We believe in the ordinances of believer's water baptism by immersion as a testimony to Christ and identification with Him, and the Lord's Supper as a remembrance of Christ's death and shed blood (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42, 18:8; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Through the church, believers are to be taught to obey the Lord and to testify concerning their faith in Christ as Savior and to honor Him by holy living. We believe in the Great Commission as the primary mission of the Church. It is the obligation of all believers to witness, by word and life, to the truths of God's Word. The gospel of the grace of God is to be preached to all the world (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20).

Section 9: Things to Come
We believe in the blessed hope (Titus 2:13), the personal and imminent coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to rapture His saints (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). We believe in the visible and bodily return of Christ to the earth with His saints to establish His promised millennial kingdom (Zechariah 14:4-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Revelation 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:1-6). We believe in the physical resurrection of all human beings—the saints to everlasting joy and bliss on the New Earth, and the wicked to eternal punishment in the lake of fire (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:5-6, 12-13).

We believe that the souls of believers are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where they await their resurrection when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23, 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until their resurrection when, with soul and body reunited, they shall appear at the Great White Throne judgment and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire to suffer everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Revelation 20:11-15).

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MAMBO YA KUTAFAKARI KABLA YA KUFANYA UAMUZI WA KUOA AU KUOLEWA

Jambo la kwanza
Kuoa au kuolewa kunabadilisha uhusiano
wako na wazazi wako.


Mwanzo.2:24 anasema, “Kwa hiyo mwanamume atamwacha baba yake na mama yake naye ataambatana na mkewe, nao watakuwa mwili moja”. Ukiangalia (Zaburi.45:10-11) anasema, “Sikia binti utazame (maana yake anazungumza na msichana) utege sikio lako. Uwasahau watu wako na nyumba ya baba yako na mfalme atautamani uzuri wako, maana ndiye bwana wako naye umsujudie”.
Najua watu wengi sana wanataka waingie kwenye ndoa, waoe au waolewe, lakini uhusiano wao na wazazi wao usibadilike, haiwezekani. Biblia imeweka wazi kabisa, unataka kuoa, mwanamume lazima kwanza aachane na baba yake na mama yake, maana yake kuna mabadiliko. Kuna mabadiliko mahali pakuishi, kuna mabadiliko juu ya mtazamo wako wa kwanza wa maisha yako. Mke wako hawezi kuwa mama yako, na mume wako hawezi kuwa baba yako. Mke wako anakuwa mke wako na si mama yako. Mume wako anakuwa mume wako na si baba yako.

Na kabla hujafikia maamuzi ya namna hiyo - ukiingia kwenye ndoa, ndoa yako itakuwa ngumu. Maana inawezekana unaishi vizuri na wazazi wako, kiasi ambacho maamuzi yako yoyote unayofanya lazima ushirikiane nao, na hiyo ni hatua nzuri kabisa. Lakini ukiishaingia kwenye ndoa, mtu wa kwanza wakushirikiana naye ni mke wako kama umeoa, na ni mume wako kama umeolewa lakini, sio baba yako, sio mama yako.

Na wazazi wengine wasingetaka kuona kwamba unakuwa mbali nao kwa jinsi hii, wanataka waendeleze maamuzi yao na utawala wao waliokuwa nao juu yako mpaka kwenye ndoa yako, haiwezekani. Biblia inakataa. Sasa ukisoma ile Mwanzo unaweza ukafikiri ni wanaume tu wakioa ndio wanatakiwa watoke, waachane na wazazi wao, lakini Zaburi 45:10,11 inatuambia wazi kabisa, inasema, “Sikia, binti, utazame, utege sikio lako, Uwasahau watu wako na nyumba ya baba yako. Naye Mfalme atautamani uzuri wako, Maana ndiye bwana wako, nawe umsujudie”.

Sasa haimaanishi usiwasalimie, haimanishi usiwasaidie, lakini ningekuwa nazungumza kwa kiingereza ningekuambia, “your priorities must change” lazima ubadilike jinsi ambavyo unaweka kipaumbele katika watu ulio nao.

Unapoamua kuolewa, wa kwanza sio baba yako wala sio mama yako, wa kwanza ni mume wako baada ya Yesu. Katika mahusiano ya kibinadamu anayekuja pale wa kwanza baada ya Yesu moyoni mwako ni mume wako. Ikiwa hujafikia maamuzi ya namna hii moyoni mwako basi bado hujafikia utayari wa kuolewa. Na ina madhara yake magumu. Maana biblia inasema, kabla hujawasahau watu wako na watu wa nyumba ya baba yako, mume wako hawezi kuutamani uzuri wako, ukitaka autamani uzuri wako lazima uwasahau kwanza watu wa nyumbani kwa wazazi wako.

Sasa kuna tofauti ya kupenda na kutamani. Kabla hujaolewa au kabla hujaoa huruhusiwi kutamani. Lakini ukiisha oa unaruhusiwa kutamani lakini mke wako tu. Ukiishaoa kutamani mke wako ruksa, na biblia imeweka vizuri kabisa, na ukiishaolewa kutamani mume wako ni ruksa. Lakini biblia imeweka utaratibu wa ajabu sana kwamba, ili mume amtamani mke wake, lazima mke wake awasahau kwanza watu wa nyumbani mwa wazazi wake. Hiki ni kigezo kigumu sana.

Ndio maana unaweza ukakuta mtu ana mke mzuri sana lakini hamtamani. Unaweza ukafikiri labda ni kwa kuwa hajajipamba vizuri; lakini hata kama atajipamba, atajikwatua kuanzia asubuhi mpaka jioni, - anaweza hata akatumia muda mwingi kwenye kioo kuliko kwenye maombi akijitengeneza, lakini bado mume wake asimtamani; kwa nini? Kwa sababu ndani yake hajaachia watu wa nyumba ya wazazi wake. Au watu wa nyumba ya baba yake wana nafasi kubwa moyoni kuliko mume wake.

Ni mabadiliko ambayo lazima uyatarajie, watu wengi sana huwa hawafikirii hayo, wanafikiri ni kitu rahisi. Unaweza sasa ukaelewa kwa nini watu wengine ikifika siku ile ya “send off”, yaani ya kum’send’ msichana ‘off’ asikae tena nyumbani kwa baba yake, hiyo siku ni ngumu sana kwa wazazi. Kwa sababu wanajua, wanaagana na msichana wao, mahusiano yao waliokuwa nayo toka mwanzoni, tangu alipozaliwa, alipokuwa tumboni mpaka wakati huo yanabadilishwa, yanajengwa mengine, sasa anakwenda kuwa mke wa mtu, hawawezi tena kuingilia maamuzi juu yake, amefunga agano mahali pengine.

Unakuta siku hiyo wazazi wengine wanalia, unakuta vijana wengine wanalia, wasichana wengine wanalia. Usije ukafikiri ni kitu rahisi. Ndani ya nafsi kuna vitu vinaachana, kati ya wazazi na wale watoto wanaoana.

Mwl. C.Mwakasege

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Sheria za Ubongo: Kanuni kumi na mbili za kukuongoza katika sehemu yako ya kazi au Shuleni

Na: Amani manamba

1.  Kuna uhusiano mkubwa kati ya mazoezi na utayari wa akili kufanya kazi. Mwandishi anatushirikisha kuwa mwili wa mwanadamu umeumbwa kiasi kwamba unaweza kutembea maili 12 kwa siku. Katika mzunguko huo mwili unaweza kufanya kazi mbalimbali ambazo zinatofautisha dunia ya kizazi kimoja hadi kingine. Kwa ujumla unaweza fupisha maana hii kwa kutumia maneno haya “wakakamavu ndo wanaishi – survivor of the fittest”. Ukweli huu unadhihirishwa na maendeleo ya mwanadamu toka enzi za kutegemea asili (matunda na mizizi) mpaka kuwa mzalisha na mboreshaji wa mazingira. Hii yote ni kazi ya ubongo ambayo imefanikisha uwepo wa vifaa vya kurahisisha utendaji kazi na mawasiliano.

2.  Mazoezi ni njia mojawapo ya kumwezesha mtu kuishi maisha marefu. Mwili uliojengeka kwa mazoezi ni nadra sana kushambuliwa na magonjwa nyemerezi, hivyo, kama unahitaji kuishi maisha marefu huna budi kuishi maisha ya mazoezi kwa ajili ya uimara wa mwili pamoja na akili. Jibu la ukweli huu ni rahisi kwa kadri unavyofanya mazoezi ndivyo unaifanya misuli iwe imara na hivyo kupelekea kupunguza hatari ya magonjwa ya moyo. Pia, utafiti unaonesha kuwa watu ambao wameishi maisha ya mazoezi wana faida ya kuwa na utimamu wa akili kwa muda mrefu na hivyo ni rahisi kwao kufikiria na kuchanganua mambo haraka. Mazoezi yanapunguza hatari ya kupatwa na magonjwa kwa kiwango cha zaidi ya 60%.

3.  Mazoezi yanasaidia kuimarisha afya ya watoto. Mwandishi anatushirikisha kuwa watoto ambao wanajihusisha na mazoezi wana afya bora ikilinganishwa na watoto wanaofungiwa ndani muda wote. Kadri watoto wanavyokuwa na afya imara ndivyo inakuwa rahisi kufanya vyema katika masomo yao. Hii ni kutokana na ukweli kwamba watoto ambao ni wakakamavu mara nyingi huwa na afya imara, wasikivu na wanaojiamini katika yale wanayofanya.

4.   Ubongo ni asilimia 2 tu ya sehemu yote ya mwili wa binadamu lakini sehemu hii inatumia karibia asilimia 20 ya nishati yote inayohitajika na mwili. Njia pekee ya kufanikisha seli za mwili ziendelee kufanya kazi yake zikiwemo seli za ubongo ni mzunguko wa damu kuendelea kusambaa sehemu zote za mwili. Kadri unavyofanya mazoezi unawezesha damu iweze kuzunguka haraka na kwa kasi na hivyo kufanikisha usambazaji wa hewa ya oksijeni pamoja na kuondoa sumu kwa njia ya jasho.

5.  Kuna njia mbili za kukabiliana na changamoto za mazingira yetu. Njia ya kwanza ni kuwa na nguvu zaidi na njia ya pili ni kuwa na uwelevu/akili zaidi. Njia ya pili ni nzuri zaidi kwa vile inatuwezesha kutawala ulimwengu huu kwa kutumia nguvu kidogo huku tukitumia ubongo wetu. Na hii ndiyo njia pekee inayotutofautisha sisi pamoja na viumbe wenye ukaribu na sisi kama vile Gorila. Uwezo wa kuchanganua mambo kwa kutumia picha ya vitu husika akilini mwetu ni nyenzo muhimu ambayo imeendelea kutofautisha kizazi cha mwanadamu na viumbe wengine na ni kupitia uwezo huu mwanadamu ameendeleza uumbaji wa kila aina kwa ajili ya kuboresha utendaji kazi katika mazingira yanayomzunguka.

6.  Ubongo ni kiumbe hai na hivyo unahitaji haki zote za kuwa hai ili uendelee kuishi. Haki kubwa kabisa ya kuwa hai si nyingine zaidi ya kuhitaji kuboreshwa kutoka chini kwenda juu kithamani (evolution) kupitia kwenye sheria ya asili ya kuchagua.  Kiumbe yeyote anayeishi ni lazima apate chakula baada ya kula ili kiumbe huyo aendelee kuwepo siku zijazo ni lazima pawepo kuzaliana kwa ajili ya kupitisha tabia moja kwenda kizazi kingine. Hivi ndivyo ubongo wa mwanadamu umekuwa ukiendelea kutoka kizazi kimoja hadi kingine. Hapa utagundua kuwa ubongo unaboreshwa kutoka kwenye ubongo wa kutegemea asili mpaka kufikia kwenye ubongo wa kutaka kuishi mwezini.

7.  Kutokana na mfumo wa ubongo kusukwa tofauti ndiko kunapelekea watu wawe na vipaji tofauti. Ndiyo maana utakuta kuna mchezaji kama Christiano Ronaldo ambaye amefanikiwa katika soka lakini ukimpeleka katika mpira wa kikapu hawezi kufikia mafanikio ya Michael Jordan. Mwandishi anatushirikisha kuwa huu ni ukweli ambao unatofautisha kazi za uumbaji wa vitu kati mwanadamu mmoja na mwingine. Habari njema ni kwamba ubongo unaweza mfumo wa ubongo unaweza kusukwa upya kutokana na mazoea ya kazi unayofanya. Ni kutokana na ukweli huu mwanadamu anahimarika kila siku kutokana na kazi ambayo amezoea kuifanya mara kwa mara kwa vile ubongo unazoea kile ambacho kinafanyika mara kwa mara.

8.  Seli za ubongo ndani mwake zina vinyuzi vidogo ambavyo uitwa neurons. Vinyuzi hivi vinafanya kazi sawa na nyaya za umeme ambapo katika mfumo wa ubongo vinasaidia kusafirisha taarifa moja kutoka kwenye ubongo kwenda kwenye viungo vingine vya mwili. Kabla ya taarifa kutumwa kwenye viungo vya mwili ni lazima kwanza ubongo uzitafsri na ndipo unaagiza sehemu ya mwili husika kuchukua hatua. Ubongo unafanya kazi kiasi ambacho unaweza kufanyia kazi taarifa moja na kuacha nyingine kwa kutegemea matokeo tarajiwa kwa taarifa husika. Hapa unatakiwa kujenga utamaduni wa kuufundisha ubongo wako kufanyia kazi taarifa zenye matokeo chanya tu.

9.  Ubongo ni sawa na msuli kwa maana ya kwamba kadri unavyotumiwa mara kwa mara ndivyo unaimarika zaidi. Ni mara nyingi tumeona namna ambavyo watu wenye mazoezi wanavyokuwa na misuli iliyotuna zaidi ikilinganishwa na watu wengine. Na mfumo wa utendaji kazi wa ubongo ndivyo ulivyo kwa maana ya kwamba kadri unavyotumiwa zaidi ndivyo unaimarika zaidi kwa kuongeza uwezo wa kufikri na kuchanganua mambo kwa haraka. Hivyo ni lazima uwe tayari kuufundisha ubongo wako kufikria njee ya boksi.

10.  Kadri ubongo unavyotumia muda mwingi kwenye kichochezi au chanzo cha taarifa ndivyo taarifa husika itatafsiriwa na kufanyiwa kazi na hatimaye kujidhihirisha kwenye ulimwengu wa nje. Hii ni sifa inayopelekea ufanisi wa ubongo kufanikisha mambo mapya kupitia kujifunza mara kwa mara. Kwa sifa hii kila mtu anaweza kuwa ufanisi katika kila sekta ya maisha yake kwa kutumia muda mwingi kufikiria na kujifunza yale ambayo yana umuhimu katika kufikia mafanikio anayokusudia.

11.  Mara nyingi vipaumbele vyetu vinatokana na kumbukumbu, hobi pamoja na ufahamu wetu. Tunatumia historia kuhisi namna ambavyo tunaweza kufanikisha matokeo yale tunayowaza. Kwa ufupi ni kwamba kila aina ya mazingira tuliyozoea yana mchango katika matukio ya maisha yetu ya kila siku. Pia, tamaduni na makuzi tuliyokulia yana nafasi kubwa ya kutambulisha jinsi tulivyo katika kudhibiti hisia zetu.

12.  Ubongo unaweza kufanyia kazi moja kwa ufasaha na kutoa jibu moja kati ya zuri au baya na si vyote kwa pamoja. Hapa mwandishi anatufundisha kuwa neurons za ubongo zinafanya kazi katika mfumo unaotoa matokeo ya upande mmoja kwa wakati husika pasipo kujali kama wema au ubaya wa matokeo husika. Kwa maana hii, tunafundishwa kuwa hatuwezi kuwa wenye furaha na huzuni kwa wakati mmoja, hatuwezi kukimbia na kutembea  kwa wakati mmoja au hatuwezi kuwa hofu na kujiamini kwa wakati mmoja. Ni lazima tukio moja lipewe nafasi kwa wakati husika badala ya tukio kinzani.

13.  Hisia zinawezesha ubongo kujifunza. Hapa mwandishi anatufundisha kuwa hisia ni chanzo cha ubongo kujifunza na hivyo hisia zetu ndo zinaamua ni wapi akili zetu zimejikita zaidi katika maisha yetu ya kila siku.

14.  Ubongo una sehemu maalum kwa ajili ya kutunza kumbukumbu ya matukio. Mwandishi anatufundisha kuwa yale yanayopewa kipaumbele kwa kurudiwa mara kwa mara katika maisha ya muhusika ni rahisi sana kukumbukwa na hatimaye kuwa desturi ya maisha ya kila siku. Kwa maana hii ni wazi kuwa imani yetu katika vitu au matukio kwenye ulimwengu huu ni matokeo ya kujifunza sisi wenyewe au kufundishwa kutoka kwa watu wengine wanaotuzunguka. Hii ni kutokana na ukweli kwamba tulikuja ulimwenguni humu tukiwa watupu kwa maana ya ubongo wetu ulikuwa wazi japo kadri umri ulivyosogea ndivyo tulijifunza au kufundishwa zaidi juu ya mema au mabaya ya dunia hii.
15.  Kumbukumbu ni nyenzo muhimu ya kuboresha maisha ya mwanadamu. Nyenzo hii inashikilia mahusiano, maarifa na uchumi wa kila mwanadamu kutokana na ukweli kwamba kumbukumbu inamwezesha mwanadamu hasipotezee muda wa kurudia kujifunza kila siku matukio ambayo yamekuwepo toka mwanadamu aumbwe. Hapa mwandishi anatukumbusha kuwa pasipo kuwa na kumbukumbu imara ni lazima muhusika ajikute kwenye hali ya kurudia makosa yale yale kila mara.

16.  Taarifa nyingi zinazoingia kwenye ubongo sehemu kubwa hazifanyiwa kazi na hivyo zinasahaulika ndani ya muda mfupi na zile ambazo zinapewa kipaumbele zina nafasi ya kukumbukwa. Njia pekee ya kuepuka kupoteza taarifa muhimu ni kujenga utamaduni wa kutembea na kijitabu kidogo kwa ajili ya kuhifadhi taarifa muhimu ili ziendelee kupewa kipaumbele zaidi. Hapa mwandishi anatushirikisha kuwa hauwezi kurudia kitu ambacho hauna kumbukumbu zake hivyo ni muhimu kuimarisha mfumo wa kumbukumbu.

17.  Usingizi ni sehemu ya kupumzisha na ubongo kwa ajili ya kutoa nafasi ya kufikiria vyema zaidi. Pale tunapolala sio kwamba ubongo nao unalala bali unapunguziwa majukumu kwenye baadhi ya viungo vya mwili. Tendo hili linatoa nafasi kwa ubongo kufikiri vyema na hii inatoa nafasi kwa ubongo kutunza nguvu kwa ajili ya kazi ya baadae. Katika muda huu wa mapumziko neurons zinapata nafasi ya kurudia matukio ya mkanda wa matukio yote kwa siku husika. Hivyo ni wazi kuwa unapokosa muda wa kutosha kwa ajili ya usingizi ndivyo na ufanisi wako wa kufikiri na kutenda kazi unavyokuwa duni.

18.  Ubongo wenye msongo wa mawazo hauwezi kujifunza kwa urahisi. Ufanisi katika masomo au utendaji kazi unatofautiana kati ya mtu mwenye msongo wa mawazo na yule ambaye yuko huru. Pia, msongo wa mawazo unaweza pelekea matatizo ya moyo kushindwa kufanya kazi yake kwa ufasaha.

19.  Watu wengi katika jamii ya sasa wanakosa muda wa kutoa malezi bora kwa watoto wao kwa vile wanabanwa na majukumu ya kazi zao. Kwa ujumla watoto wanajikuta katika hali ya msongo wa mawazo kwa vile watu wa kuwapa ushauri hawako karibu nao muda mwingi. Kadri msongo wa mawazo unavyozidi kwa watoto hawa matokeo yake ni kwamba ubongo wao unajazwa na hofu, vitu hasi, hasira, visasi na hatimaye ubongo wa namna hii una ubunifu wa chini sana.

20.  Mwanafunzi wa kwanza kabisa ambaye anatakiwa kupewa nafasi ya kujifunza ni mzazi. Mwandishi anatushirikisha kuwa elimu ya sasa inamlenga mtoto wa kuanzia miaka mitano au sita. Katika umri kama huu mtoto anapofika shuleni anakutana na mwalimu ambaye ni mpya kabisa katika mazoea ya mtoto, hali hii inaweza kumfanya mtoto hasiwe na mafanikio kama hana msingi mzuri wa malezi kutoka kwa wazazi. Hivyo, kama mzazi ni lazima ujifunze mara kwa mara namna ambavyo utamjenga mwanao katika maisha ya kujiamini katika kila hali inayomzunguka.

21.  Tumia milango yako yote ya fahamu katika kila tukio linalokukabili. Mfano, tumia masikio kusikia, macho kuona, ngozi kuhisi, pua kunusa na ikibidi ulimi kuonja pindi unapochanganua hali ya tukio. Milango hii ya fahamu kila mmoja kwa mfumo wake wa neurons unatuma taarifa kwenye ubongo na hatimaye ubongo kwa haraka unatafsiri tukio husika kwa pamoja. Kwa vile ubongo unatafsiri taarifa kwa kutegemea uzoefu wa muhusika hivyo taarifa moja inaweza kuwa tafsiri mbili tofauti kwa watu wawili. Hapa tunajifunza kuwa njia bora ya kujifunza kwa urahisi ni kuhakikisha tunahusisha milango yetu yote ya fahamu kwa ajili kumbukumbu zaidi.

22.  Ni rahisi sana kujifunza kwa kutumia picha kuliko maneno. Ubongo unajifunza mengi kutokana na mchoro au picha kuliko ilivyo kwenye maneno. Mwandishi anatushirikisha kuwa hatuna budi ya kutengeneza mchoro au picha akilini mwetu juu ya yale tunayowaza au kutamani katika maisha yetu. Picha inaleta uhalisia wa kitu au tukio katika ulimwengu wa nje. Kwa maana hii mfumo wa fahamu wa kuona ni mfumo mama ambao unaweza kuutumia kuamsha mifumo ya fahamu mingine.

23.  Binadamu ameumbwa katika hali ambayo inampendelea kuitawala dunia hii. Hii ni kutokana na ukweli kwamba mfumo wa ubongo unamwezesha kila mmoja kujifunza vitu vipya na kutumia vitu hivi katika maisha yake ya kila siku. Kwa maana hii tunaweza kujifunza vitu vipya au kuboresha vitu vipya kwa kutumia neurons za ubongo.

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Window cannot formatt disk

The Symptom
When trying to format a USB drive or
memory SD card for not being able to access
it or something, the format process might fail
with an error message saying that Windows
was unable to complete the format. This
error message is too simple to see any
information about what went wrong. Since
USB flash drive and SD cards are easy to
carry for data storage and transmission, it is
important to know how to solve this issue.
Why cannot Windows format USB drive?
The possible reasons that result in Windows
unable to format pendrive, flash drive, and
SD card are a virus infection, write-
protection, bad sectors, and physical damage.
If the USB drive or SD card has ever been
used on a device infected by a virus, it likely
will get virus infected too. The virus will keep
writing dangerous files to it, leading to the
USB drive or SD card inaccessible. If the
drive is write-protected, you cannot format it
as formatting is a writing process. If some of
the sectors, which are the small units for
data storage, are damaged, then these units
cannot be read or written. Therefore, bad
sectors will also cause this problem. Lastly,
if the drive has some serious physical
damage, undoubtedly, it cannot be formatted.
How to fix Windows unable to format USB
drive?
For all these reasons that behind that
Windows fails to format, you may try one or
more solutions to fix this problem. As you
know, formatting a drive will erase all the
files on it, be sure to backup important files .
If you are not capable of formatting your USB
drive (USB flash drive, external hard drive,
SD card, pen drive, etc.) in the usual process
then try to format that drive with following
methods. Now connect USB drive to
computer and follow step-by-step guide
given below:
Solution 1: Format with Disk Management
Disk Management is a Windows built in
utility that allows you to manage partitions
and disks. If your USB drive or SD card is not
displayed in File Explorer because it has an
unrecognized file system or no file system at
all, it will show in Disk Management. Thus,
you can format the drive with the supported
file system.
Open Disk Management. Right click on Start
and select "Disk Management". You can also
open it by type “diskmgmt.msc” in the Run
box.
2. Right click the drive need formatting and
select "Format".
3. In the next screen, select a file system
format and click “OK” to start the format.
If the drive is shown as unallocated space
without any file system, right click on it and
select "New Simple Volume" item. Then you
can follow the New Simple Volume Wizard to
create a new partition for the flash drive.
Solution 2: Format with Diskpart
Diskpart is also a built in utility that helps
you to manage your disks and partitions from
the command line. Compared with Disk
Management, Diskpart gives you more
authorities. To open Diskpart, you can type
“diskpart.exe” in the Run box or run
“diskpart” command in an elevated command
prompt. Within the Diskpart command utility,
you can format a drive with the following
commands:
List disk
Select disk n (n represents the disk number
listed that you want to format)
Clean (this command will delete all the data
on the selected disk)
Create partition primary
Format FS=FAT32
Assign letter X: (X: represent the drive letter
for the USB drive, you can change it based
on your needs)
Then the drive will be deleted and
reformatted with FAT 32 file system. If you
want NTFS file system, you can change use
the command: “format FS=NTFS”.
Solution 3: Format with free partition
manager software
If you are still unable to format it. You can
try to use a free third party partition tool
AOMEI Partition Assistant. It provides many
provides many useful features regarding
partition and disk management, such as Wipe
Partition, Resize Partition , Convert disks
between MBR and GPT without data loss,
and Partition Recovery. If the format failed
because of bad sectors, AOMEI Partition
Assistant will fix the bad sectors and format
the drive for you.
1. Free download the software, install and
launch it.
2. In the main interface, right click on the
drive, in the drop-down menu, select “Check
Partition” under “Advanced” option.
3. In the next screen, check the first option
“Check partition and fix errors in this
partition by using chkds.exe” and click “OK”
to continue.
4. Right click the USB drive and select
“Format Partition” option to format the flash
drive.
5. Click “Apply” option to apply all these
operations.
If this is still unable to complete the format,
try the "Wipe Hard Drive" option in this
freeware. Besides the ability to fix bad
sectors and format USB drive, AOMEI
Partition Assistant is capable of recovering
partition that were deleted, formatted on your
internal hard drive or USB drives. If you USB
drive becomes inaccessible before you have
a chance to back it up, you can use the
Partition Recovery feature to recover your
files.
Generally, the USB drive or SD card should
be formatted as you desired by using the
steps above. However, if Windows was
unable to complete the format still after
these steps, it is most likely the USB drive
has some physical damage that prevent you
accessing it. You can bring it to a repair
center to see if people from there can make it
workable again by replacing damaged circuit
or other damaged parts.

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8 Great Philosophical Questions That We’ll Never Solve

Philosophy goes where hard science can’t, or won’t. Philosophers have a license to speculate about everything from metaphysics to morality, and this means they can shed light on some of the basic questions of existence. The bad news? These are questions that may always lay just beyond the limits of our comprehension.Our presence in the universe is something too bizarre for words. The mundaneness of our daily lives cause us take our existence for granted — but every once in awhile we’re cajoled out of that complacency and enter into a profound state of existential awareness, and we ask: Why is there all this stuff in the universe, and why is it governed by such exquisitely precise laws? And why should anything exist at all? We inhabit a universe with such things as spiral galaxies, the aurora borealis, and SpongeBob Squarepants. And as Sean Carroll notes, “Nothing about modern physics explains why we have these laws rather than some totally different laws, although physicists sometimes talk that way — a mistake they might be able to avoid if they took philosophers more seriously.” And as for the philosophers, the best that they can come up with is the anthropic principle — the notion that our particular universe appears the way it does by virtue of our presence as observers within it — a suggestion that has an uncomfortably tautological ring to it.

2. Is our universe real?

 

This the classic Cartesian question. It essentially asks, how do we know that what we see around us is the real deal, and not some grand illusion perpetuated by an unseen force (who René Descartes referred to as the hypothesized ‘evil demon’)? More recently, the question has been reframed as the “brain in a vat” problem, or the Simulation Argument. And it could very well be that we’re the products of an elaborate simulation. A deeper question to ask, therefore, is whether the civilization running the simulation is also in a simulation — a kind of supercomputer regression (or simulationception). Moreover, we may not be who we think we are. Assuming that the people running the simulation are also taking part in it, our true identities may be temporarily suppressed, to heighten the realness of the experience. This philosophical conundrum also forces us to re-evaluate what we mean by “real.” Modal realists argue that if the universe around us seems rational (as opposed to it being dreamy, incoherent, or lawless), then we have no choice but to declare it as being real and genuine. Or maybe, as Cipher said after eating a piece of “simulated” steak in The Matrix, “Ignorance is bliss.”

3. Do we have free will?

 lso called the dilemma of determinism, we do not know if our actions are controlled by a causal chain of preceding events (or by some other external influence), or if we’re truly free agents making decisions of our own volition. Philosophers (and now some scientists) have been debating this for millennia, and with no apparent end in sight. If our decision making is influenced by an endless chain of causality, then determinism is true and we don’t have free will. But if the opposite is true, what’s called indeterminism, then our actions must be random — what some argue is still not free will. Conversely, libertarians (no, not political libertarians, those are other people), make the case for compatibilism — the idea that free will is logically compatible with deterministic views of the universe. Compounding the problem are advances in neuroscience showing that our brains make decisions before we’re even conscious of them. But if we don’t have free will, then why did we evolve consciousness instead of zombie-minds? Quantum mechanics makes this problem even more complicated by suggesting that we live in a universe of probability, and that determinism of any sort is impossible. And as Linas Vepstas has said, “Consciousness seems to be intimately and inescapably tied to the perception of the passage of time, and indeed, the idea that the past is fixed and perfectly deterministic, and that the future is unknowable. This fits well, because if the future were predetermined, then there’d be no free will, and no point in the participation of the passage of time.”

 

4. Does God exist?

 

Simply put, we cannot know if God exists or not. Both the atheists and believers are wrong in their proclamations, and the agnostics are right. True agnostics are simply being Cartesian about it, recognizing the epistemological issues involved and the limitations of human inquiry. We do not know enough about the inner workings of the universe to make any sort of grand claim about the nature of reality and whether or not a Prime Mover exists somewhere in the background. Many people defer to naturalism — the suggestion that the universe runs according to autonomous processes — but that doesn’t preclude the existence of a grand designer who set the whole thing in motion (what’s called deism). And as mentioned earlier, we may live in a simulation where the hacker gods control all the variables. Or perhaps the gnostics are right and powerful beings exist in some deeper reality that we’re unaware of. These aren’t necessarily the omniscient, omnipotent gods of the Abrahamic traditions — but they’re (hypothetically) powerful beings nonetheless. Again, these aren’t scientific questions per se — they’re more Platonic thought experiments that force us to confront the limits of human experience and inquiry.

5. Is there life after death?

Before everyone gets excited, this is not a suggestion that we’ll all end up strumming harps on some fluffy white cloud, or find ourselves shoveling coal in the depths of Hell for eternity. Because we cannot ask the dead if there’s anything on the other side, we’re left guessing as to what happens next. Materialists assume that there’s no life after death, but it’s just that — an assumption that cannot necessarily be proven. Looking closer at the machinations of the universe (or multiverse), whether it be through a classical Newtonian/Einsteinian lens, or through the spooky filter of quantum mechanics, there’s no reason to believe that we only have one shot at this thing called life. It’s a question of metaphysics and the possibility that the cosmos (what Carl Sagan described as “all that is or ever was or ever will be”) cycles and percolates in such a way that lives are infinitely recycled. Hans Moravec put it best when, speaking in relation to the quantum Many Worlds Interpretation, said that non-observance of the universe is impossible; we must always find ourselves alive and observing the universe in some form or another. This is highly speculative stuff, but like the God problem, is one that science cannot yet tackle, leaving it to the philosophers. 

6. Can you really experience anything objectively?

 

There’s a difference between understanding the world objectively (or at least trying to, anyway) and experiencing it through an exclusively objective framework. This is essentially the problem of qualia — the notion that our surroundings can only be observed through the filter of our senses and the cogitations of our minds. Everything you know, everything you’ve touched, seen, and smelled, has been filtered through any number of physiological and cognitive processes. Subsequently, your subjective experience of the world is unique. In the classic example, the subjective appreciation of the color red may vary from person to person. The only way you could possibly know is if you were to somehow observe the universe from the “conscious lens” of another person in a sort ofBeing John Malkovich kind of way — not anything we’re likely going to be able to accomplish at any stage of our scientific or technological development. Another way of saying all this is that the universe can only be observed through a brain (or potentially a machine mind), and by virtue of that, can only be interpreted subjectively. But given that the universe appears to be coherent and (somewhat) knowable, should we continue to assume that its true objective quality can never be observed or known? It’s worth noting that much of Buddhist philosophy is predicated on this fundamental limitation (what they call emptiness), and a complete antithesis to Plato’s idealism.

7. What is the best moral system?

 Essentially, we’ll never truly be able to distinguish between “right” and “wrong” actions. At any given time in history, however, philosophers, theologians, and politicians will claim to have discovered the best way to evaluate human actions and establish the most righteous code of conduct. But it’s never that easy. Life is far too messy and complicated for there to be anything like a universal morality or an absolutist ethics. The Golden Rule is great (the idea that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you), but it disregards moral autonomy and leaves no room for the imposition of justice (such as jailing criminals), and can even be used to justify oppression (Immanuel Kant was among its most staunchest critics). Moreover, it’s a highly simplified rule of thumb that doesn’t provision for more complex scenarios. For example, should the few be spared to save the many? Who has more moral worth: a human baby or a full-grown great ape? And as neuroscientists have shown, morality is not only a culturally-ingrained thing, it’s also a part of our psychologies (the Trolly Problem is the best demonstration of this). At best, we can only say that morality is normative, while acknowledging that our sense of right and wrong will change over time.

8. What are numbers?

 

We use numbers every day, but taking a step back, what are they, really — and why do they do such a damn good job of helping us explain the universe (such as Newtonian laws)? Mathematical structures can consist of numbers, sets, groups, and points — but are they real objects, or do they simply describe relationships that necessarily exist in all structures? Plato argued that numbers were real (it doesn’t matter that you can’t “see” them), but formalists insisted that they were merely formal systems (well-defined constructions of abstract thought based on math). This is essentially an ontological problem, where we’re left baffled about the true nature of the universe and which aspects of it are human constructs and which are truly tangible.

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SOURCE: http://io9.com/5945801/8-philosophical-questions-that-well-never-solve

 

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The Effects Of Negative Emotions On Our Health

Humans experience an array of emotions, anything from happiness, to sadness to extreme joy and depression. Each one of these emotions creates a different feeling within the body. After all, our body releases different chemicals when we experience various things that make us happy and each chemical works to create a different environment within the body. For example if your brain releases serotonin, dopamine or oxytocin, you will feel good and happy. Conversely, if your body releases cortisol while you are stressed, you will have an entirely different feeling associated more with the body kicking into survival mode.

What about when we are thinking negative thoughts all the time? Or how about when we are thinking positive thoughts? What about when we are not emotionally charged to neither positive nor negative? Let’s explore how these affect our body and life.

Positive vs. Negative

Is there duality in our world? Sure, you could say there is to a degree, but mostly we spend a lot of time defining and judging what is to be considered as positive and what we consider to be as negative. The brain is a very powerful tool and as we define what something is or should be, we begin to have that result play out in our world. Have you ever noticed, for example that someone driving can get cut off and lose their lid, get angry and suddenly they are feeling negative, down and in  bad mood? Whereas someone else can get cut off while driving and simply apply the brake slightly and move on with their day as if nothing happened. In this case, the same experience yet one sees it as negative while the other doesn’t. So are things innately positive and negative? Or do we define things as positive and negative?

Cut The Perceptions As Much As Possible

After thinking about it for a moment you might realize that there are in fact no positive or negative experiences other than what we define as such. Therefore our very perception of an experience or situation has the ultimate power as to how we will feel when it’s happening and how our bodies will be affected. While we can always work to move beyond our definitions of each experience and move into a state of mind/awareness/consciousness where we simply accept each experience for what it is and use it as a learning grounds for us, we may not be there yet and so it’s important to understand how certain emotions can affect our health.

“If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.” ~ Hippocrates

Mind Body Connection

The connection between your mind and body is very powerful and although it cannot be visually seen, the effects your mind can have on your physical body are profound. We can have an overall positive mental attitude and deal directly with our internal challenges and in turn create a healthy lifestyle or we can be in negative, have self destructive thoughts and not deal with our internal issues, possibly even cloak those issues with affirmations and positivity without finding the route and in turn we can create an unhealthy lifestyle. Why is this?

Our emotions and experiences are essentially energy and they can be stored in the cellular memory of our bodies. Have you ever experienced something in your life that left an emotional mark or pain in a certain area of your body? Almost as if you can still feel something that may have happened to you? It is likely because in that area of your body you still hold energy released from that experience that is remaining in that area. I came across an interesting chart that explores some possible areas that various emotions might affect the body.

 

When you have a pain, tightness or injuries in certain areas, it’s often related to something emotionally you are feeling within yourself. At first glance it may not seem this way because we are usually very out of touch with ourselves and our emotions in this fast paced world, but it’s often the truth. When I’ve had chronic pains in my back, knees, neck or shoulders, it wasn’t exercise, physio or anything in a physical sense that healed it, it was when I dealt with the emotions behind it. I know this because I spent the time and money going to physio and even though I wanted and believed I would get better, something wasn’t being addressed still. The more I addressed the unconscious thought pattern and emotions throughout my body, the more things loosened up and pain went away.

When you get sick or are feeling a lot of tightness and pain, often times our body is asking us to observe yourself and find peace once again within yourself and your environment. It’s all a learning and growing process we don’t have to judge nor fear.

You Have The Power

avis Suzuki wrote in ‘The Sacred Balance’, ‘condensed molecules from breath exhaled from verbal expressions of anger, hatred, and jealousy, contain toxins. Accumulated over 1 hr, these toxins are enough to kill 80 guinea pigs!’ Can you now imagine the harm you are doing to your body when you stay within negative emotions or unprocessed emotional experience throughout the body?

Remember, you have all the power in you to get through anything life throws at you. Instead of labeling with perception the concepts of negative and positive as it relates to each experience you have in your life, try to see things from a  big picture standpoint. Ask yourself, how can this help me to see or learn something? Can I use this to shift my perception? Clear some emotion within myself? Realize something within another and accept it? Whatever it may be, instead of simply reacting, slow things down and observe. You will find you have the tools to process emotions and illness quickly when you see them for what they are and explore why they came up. If you believe you will get sick all the time, and believe you have pain because it’s all out of your control, you will continue to have it all in an uncontrollable manner until you realize the control you have over much of what we attract within the body.

Sources:

http://www.cforcestudio.com/resources/emotional-pain-chart

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Trump Aamuru Ndege za Kivita Zianze Kuruka Kuelekea Korea Kaskazini

Ndege hatari na mpya zilizotengenezewa kwa teknolojia ya hali ya juu za F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets tayari zimeruka kutoka jimbo la Utah lililopo magharibi mwa nchi ya Marekani na kutua UK tayari kabisa kwa training ya mwisho kuelekea uwanja wa vita.

Ndege hizi ambazo ni mpya na toleo la mwisho limemalizika kutengenezwa na kujaribiwa March mwaka huu 2017 zinatajwa kuwa ndege hatari zaidi katika Ground Attacks na Air Defence Missions. Zimepelekwa nchini Uingereza kwa training ya mwisho kuingia vitani ikiwa na malengo mawili, moja zitabaki bara la ulaya kulinda uvamizi wa Urusi na pili kupelekwa uwanja wa vita huko Norh Korea.

Wakati huohuo makamu wa rais wa marekani bwana Mike Pence Leo asubuh ametembelea ngome (base) ya marekani huko Korea ya kusini ya Camp Bonifas ambayo iko mpakani kabisa mwa North Korea na South Korea eneo lenye tension kubwa zaidi na hofu.

Pence amewatoa hofu wananchi wa South Korea kuwa USA iko tayari kuwalinda na madhara ya vita inayokwenda kutoka muda sio mrefu kwa hiyo wasihofu kabisa kuhusu usalama wao. Bwana Pence amesema Kim aache kutest makombora Mara moja na badala yake ayaingize uwanja wa vita kabisa kuliko mbwembwe za majaribio yasiyofanikiwa. Mike Pence ameziomba jumuia za kimataifa kuungana na Marekani kuuangamiza kabisa utawala wa Pyongyang chini ya Dikteta Kim. Hotuba hii ya leo ya Makamu wa Rais bwana Pence huko Camp Bonifas, South Korea inaonyesha dhahiri kuwa ni wazi Marekani inakwenda kuivamia kijeshi North Korea muda wowote kuanzia leo

Source: CNN na NBC News

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What is 'Hyperinflation'

What is 'Hyperinflation'
Hyperinflation is extremely rapid or out of control inflation. There is no precise numerical indication of hyperinflation. Hyperinflation is a situation where the price increases are so out of control that the concept of inflation is meaningless. Although hyperinflation is considered a rare event, it occurred as many as 55 times in the 20th century in countries such as China, Germany, Russia, Hungary and Argentina.
BREAKING DOWN 'Hyperinflation'
When associated with depressions , hyperinflation often occurs when there is a significant increase in the money supply not supported by gross domestic product (GDP) growth, resulting in an imbalance in the supply and demand for the money. Left unchecked, this causes prices to increase, as the currency loses its value.
When associated with wars, hyperinflation often occurs when there is a loss of confidence in a currency's ability to maintain its value in the aftermath. Because of this, sellers demand a risk premium to accept the currency; they do this by raising their prices. Within a short period of time, the average price level can increase exponentially resulting in hyperinflation.
Hyperinflation is a Man-Made Disaster
Hyperinflation is a macro-economic event that occurs as a result of a steep devaluation of a country’s currency which causes its citizens to lose confidence in it. When the currency is perceived as having little or no value, people begin to hoard commodities and goods that have value. As prices begin to rise, basic goods, such as food and fuel, become scarce, which sends prices spiraling upward. In response, the government is forced to print even more money to try to stabilize prices and provide liquidity, which only exacerbates the problem.
Whereas normal inflation is measured in terms of monthly price increases, hyperinflation is measured in terms of exponential daily increases that can approach 5 to 10% a day. Hyperinflation occurs when the inflation rate exceeds 50% for a period of a month.
Worst Case Hyperinflation
One of the more devastating and prolonged episodes of hyperinflation occurred in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. On the verge of national dissolution, the country had already been experiencing inflation at rates that exceeded 75% annually. It was discovered that the leader of the then Serbian province had plundered the national treasury by issuing $1.5 billion of loans to cronies. This forced the government to print excessive amounts of money so it could take care of its financial obligations.
Hyperinflation quickly enveloped the economy, erasing what was left of the country’s wealth and forcing its people into bartering for goods. The rate of inflation nearly doubled each day until it reached an unfathomable rate of 300 million percent a month. The government quickly took control of production and wages, which led to food shortages. Incomes dropped by more than 50% and production crawled to a stop. Eventually, the government replaced its currency with the German mark which helped to stabilize the economy.

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Familia ya dinosaria yapatikana Tanzania

Mojawapo ya jamii wa awali wa dinosaria alikuwa na maumbile yanayofananishwa na mamba, matokeo ya utafiti Tanzania yanaonyesha.
Wataalam wa masuala ya uhifadhi wa mabaki ya wanyama wamejiuliza familia ya dinosari wa kitambo walifanana vipi, kwani maelezo ya rekodi kutoka enzi hizo ni nadra.
Wengine walidhania walitembea kwa miguu miwili, wakifanana kama dinosari wadogo.
Lakini mnyama mpya aliyeelezewa alitembea kwa miguu minne kama mamba, nakala ya Nature iliripoti
Mnyama huyo mla nyama mwenye urefu wa kati ya mita 2-3 aliyevumbuliwa Tanzania kusini, aliishi takriban miaka milioni 245 iliyopita wakati wa kipindi cha kwanza cha maisha yao (Triassic)

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Korea kaskazini: tupo tayari kwa vita kamili.

Korea Kaskazini imeionya Marekani kutoanzisha vitendo vya uchokozi katika eneo la Korea ikisema kuwa iko tayari kulipiza kisasi kupitia mshambulio ya kinyuklia.
Taifa hilo limesema hivyo wakati ambapo kiongozi wa Korea Kaskazini, Kim Jong-un, amehudhuria gwaride la heshima katika mji mkuu wa Pyong yang, akiadhimisha siku ya kuzaliwa ya babu yake, marehemu Kim II-Sung, ambaye ni mwanzilishi wa taifa hilo.
"tumejiandaa kwa vita kamili'' ,alisema Choe Ryong-hae, anayeaminika kuwa mu wa pili mwenye uwezo mkubwa katika taifa hilo.
''Tuko tayari kulipiza kisasi na mashambulio ya Nuklia kwa mbinu zetu dhidi ya shambulio lolote la Kinyuklia''.
Huku kukiwa na wasiwasi kwamba Korea Kaskazini inakaribia kupata ufanisi wa kukamilisha silaha za Kinyuklia, Gwaride la Jumamosi ilikuwa fursa kwa bwana Kim kuonyesha uwezo wa kijeshi wa taifa hilo.
Vifaa vilivyoonyeshwa kwa mara ya kwanza vilikuwa vile vilivyotajwa kuwa manuwari za Pukkuksong ,makombora ya masafa marefu yanayoweza kwenda kwa takriban kilomita 1000.
Wachanganuzi wa vifaa vya kijeshi pia wanasema kuwa kuna makombora mawili mapya yanayoweza kurushwa kutoka bara moja hadi jingine, lakini haijulikani iwapo yamefanyiwa majaribio.
Kulikuwepo na sherehe za kawaida, kama vile mamia ya wanajeshi kupiga gwaride na msafara wa magari ya kivita huku yakiwa yamebeba silaha kama vile makombora.
Maonyesha ya silaha nyingi yanaendelea nchini humo wakati ambapo kuna hali ya uhasama kati ya Korea Kaskazini na Marekani kufuatia mazoezi ya makombora ya kinyukilia yanayoandaliwa na Korea Kaskazini.
Hali ya wasiwasi imekumba eneo la Korea kwa ujumla kufuatia majaribio kadhaa ya makombora ya kisasa na Korea Kaskazini na mapema Jumamosi shirika la habari la taifa hilo lilionya Marekani kusitisha kiherehere chake cha vitisho vya kijeshi.
Marekani imetuma meli kadhaa za kivita katika Rasi ya Korea.
Hiyo jana waziri wa mashauri ya kigeni wa Uchina alionya kuwa vita vyovyote kati ya Korea Kaskazini na Marekani havitamfaidi ye yote.

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Tanzania yaanza kujenga reli ya kisasa kutoka Dar es Salaam hadi Morogoro

Rais wa Tanzania John Magufuli leo hii ameweka jiwe la msingi la ujenzi wa awamu ya kwanza ya mradi mkubwa wa reli ya kisasa ya Standard Gauge ambayo hapo baadae itaunganisha nchi za Rwanda na Burundi pia.

Lakini katika awamu hii ya kwanza, ujenzi utakuwa wa reli yenye urefu wa kilomita takribani 300, ambayo itatoka jijini Dar es Salaam na kuishia mkoa wa jirani wa Morogoro.
Ni reli ya kisasa, na ya kwanza Afrika Mashariki na kati itakayokuwa na uwezo wa kupitisha treni zitakazoendeshwa kwa nguvu ya umeme.
Reli hiyo itajengwa kwa awamu ya kwanza na kampuni kutoka nchi mbili, uturuki na Ureno kwa gharama ya takriban dola bilioni 1.2 za Kimarekani.
Reli hiyo itakuwa na uwezo wa kubeba treni yenye kuvuta mabehewa 100 na kubeba mzigo wa mpaka tani 10000 kwa mkupuo sawa na uwezo wa Malori 500 ya mizigo.
Mradi huu utaleta ahueni kwa wasafiri wa Dar es Salaam mpaka Morogoro ambpo wataweza kusafiri kwa mwendo kasi kwa saa 2 na dakika 50 pekee
Rais wa Tanzania Dokta John Pombe Magufuli katika sherehe hizo amesema kuwa Tanzania itanufaika kutokana na Mradi huu kwa maendeleo ya uchumi,
Hivi sasa Serikali ya Tanzania inaelekeza jitihada zake za ujenzi wa reli wa awamu ya pili yenye urefu wa kilometa 336 kutoka Morogoro mpaka Dodoma yalipo makao makuu ya nchi na tayari serikali ya Uturuki imeonyesha nia ya kushirikiana na Tanzania kujenga sehemu hiyo.

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Simu zinaweza kufichua siri kuhusu maisha yako

Chembechembe zinazopatikana kwenye simu za mikononi zinaweza kuashiria kiwango cha afya na maisha ya mmiliki, ikiwemo matibabu na aina ya chakula anachopendelea.

Wanasayansi kutoka California waligundua chembechembe za kafeini pamoja, dawa za kupunguza msongo wa mawazo na vipodozi vya ngozi kwenye simu 40 walizozichunguza.
Utafiti unaonyesha kuwa hata kunawa mikono mara kwa mara hakutazuia kusambaa kwa chembechembe hizo katika vitu vingine.
Watafiti kutoka chuo kikuu cha California kilichopo mjini San Diego, wamefanya tafiti za sampuli 500 kutoka kwenye simu 40 za watu wazima na mikono yao.
Dkt Amina Bouslimani ambaye ni mwanasayansi msaidizi katika utafiti huo alisema matokeo yalionyesha kuwa inawezekana kupata maelezo ya kina kumhusu mtu kutoka kwenye simu,
''Kwa kuchunguza chembechembe zilizoachwa kwenye simu zao...tunaweza kubaini iwapo mtu ni mwanamke, na anatumia vipodozi, na kupaka rangi nywele zake, anakunywa kahawa na, anapendelea bia kuliko divai, anapenda kula vizuri, anatibiwa msongo wa mawazo, anaikinga ngozi na jua, kupulizia marashi, mara nyingi hupenda kutumia muda wake mwingi nje ya nyumba …. na vitu vingine kama hivyo,'' alieleza.
Mara nyingi Chembechembe hizo zinaweza kutoka kwenye ngozi na jasho la mikononi kwenda kwenye simu za watu.
Dawa za mbu na zile za kuzuia miali ya jua zimekuwa zikidumu kwa muda mrefu kwenye ngozi na kwenye simu hata kama hazijatumiwa kwa kipindi cha mwezi mmoja.
Tafiti zilizopita zilizofanywa na watafiti haohao zinaonyesha kuwa hata kama mtu hajanawa kwa siku tatu hivi, bado ataonekana kuwa msafi na mrembo.
Utafiti unaonyesha uchunguzi wa simu unaweza kutumiwa:

• Kuonyesha mmiliki wa kifaa bila kutumia alama za vidole.
• Kuangalia kama mtu alikuwa anatumia dawa
• Kutoa taarifa sahihi za mtu husika kama ameshika uchafu.

Mtafiti anataka kujua zaidi juu ya wingi wa bakteria walioko kwenye ngozi zetu na wanaanisha nini kuhusu sisi.
Mwandishi mkongwe prof Pieter Dorrestein amesema kuwa mwili wa binadamu una bakteria ambao si chini ya 1000 tofauti tofauti katika sehemu mbalimbali za mwilini.

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Je! Wajua ni kwa nini kamba za viatu hufunguka zenyewe?

Sasa wanasayansi wanadhani kuwa, wanajua sababu, ya vifungo hivyo kufunguka.
Wamebaini kuwa nguvu ya miguu kukanyaga ardhi, huvuta na kisha hulegeza kifundo cha kamba kilichofungwa, sawa na mkono usioonekana, ukifungua kamba hizo taratibu.
Watafiti wanasema kuwa uelewa huu wa namna kamba za viatu hufunguka, uko sambamba na namna DNA inavyofanya kazi.
Kwa kutumia camera inayonasa na kuwasilisha picha kwa mwendo wa pole, na mfululizo wa majaribio, wahandisi wa mitambo katika Chuo Kikuu cha California Berkley, wamepata kuwa "kushindwa kwa kifungo cha kamba" hufanyika kwa sekunde kadhaa, inayochochewa na nguvu kadha wa kadha.
Mtafiti mkuu Christopher Daily-Diamond, anasema kuwa: "unapozungumzia aina ya vifundo, ikiwa utaweza kuanza kuelewa kamba ya viatu, bila shaka utatumia mbinu hiyo hiyo, kwa vitu kadhaa, kama vile DNA au namna kitu kinapojiunda na kuweza kuonekana tu kwa uwezo wa mtambo wa microscope, chini ya nguvu imara.
 
"Hii ni hatua ya kwanza kuelewa, namna vifungo vingine huwa bora kuliko vingine, ambayo hakuna mtu ambaye amewahi kufanya."
Utafiti huo ulianza kwa ushirikiano wa uasisi na mwanafunzi mmoja wa chuo kikuu Christine Gregg, alifunga viatu vyake vya kukimbilia na kufanyia mazoezi kwenye kifaa cha eneo la mazoezi au Gym, huku mwanafunzi mwenzake akipiga picha ya video.
Kutokana na nguvu hiyo, kifundo hicho hujinyosha na kujikunja tena.

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Waafrika wanauzwa Libya katika biashara ya utumwa

Raia wa Afrika wanaojaribu kuvuka na
kuelekea barani Ulaya, wanauzwa na watekaji
wao na kuuzwa katika "soko la utumwa"
nchini Libya. Hayo yamesemwa na shirika la
kuwahudumia wahamiaji duniani
International Organization for Migration
(IOM).
Wahasiriwa wameiambia IOM kuwa, baada
ya kuzuiliwa na walanguzi wa biashara ya
watu au makundi ya wapiganaji,
wanapelekwa hadi kwenye viwanja vya mji
au kwenye maeneo ya kuegeshea magari na
kuuzwa.
Wahamiaji walio na ujuzi kama vile upakaji
rangi au ukulima, wanauzwa kwa bei ya juu,
kiongozi mkuu wa shirika hilo la IOM nchini
Libya ameiambia BBC
Libya imekuwa katika ghasia tangu mwaka
2011 pale wanajeshi wa shirika la kujihami
la mataifa ya magharibi-NATO
yalipomuondoa madarakani Rais wa nchi
hiyo Kanali Muammar Gaddafi.
Kwa mjibu wa IOM, maelfu ya wanaume
chipukizi kutoka mataifa ya kusini mwa
jangwa la Sahara wameuzwa katika masoko
hayo ya utumwa wa binadamu.
Mhamiaji mmoja kutoka Senegal, ambaye
jina lake limebanwa ili kumlinda, amesema
kuwa amewahi kuuzwa katika masoko kama
hayo katika mji wa Sabha kusini mwa Libya,
kabla ya kuwekwa katika gereza moja bovu,
ambapo zaidi ya wahamiaji 100 walikuwa
wakizuiwa.
Amesema kwamba, wahamiaji wanaozuiliwa
waliambiwa kuwapigia simu familia zao,
ambao waliulizwa kutoa fedha ya kikombozi
ili waachiwe huru, na baadhi yao wakapigwa
wakiwa bado wanazungumza kwenye simu,
ili kuwafanya jamaa zao wasikie wakiteswa
ili watume haraka fedha hizo.
Ameelezea kuwa ni matendo ya "kutisha"
ambapo wahamiaji walilazimishwa kuhimili
kula kiwango kidogo mno cha chakula, lakini
kwa wale wasioweza kulipia wanauwawa au
wanaachwa ili wafe njaa, ripoti hiyo
inaongeza.
Mfanyikazi mmoja wa IOM nchini Niger,
amesema kwamba ripoti ya biashara ya
utumwa nchini Libya ni ya hakika, baada ya
kuzungumza na wahamiaji waliotoroka
kutoka kambi za kuwazuilia wahamiaji.
"Wote walielezea hatari ya kuuzwa
walipokuwa wamezuiliwa kwenye viwanja na
karakana za magari huko Sabha, aidha na
madereva wao au wenyeji wanaowaandikisha
wahamiaji kufanya vibarua vya kila siku mjini
humo, wengi wao kama wajenzi.
"Baadaye, badala ya kulipwa, wanauzwa kwa
wanunuzi wapya."
Baadhi ya wahamiaji, wengi wao kutoka
Nigeria, Ghana na Gambians
wanalazimishwa kufanya kazi" kama walinzi
katika majumba ya kupokea fedha za
kikombozi au katika 'soko lenyewe",
mfanyikazi huyo wa IOM aliongeza.

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Mwanamke ambaka dereva wa teksi Marekan

Mwanamke mmoja katika jimbo la Ohio
nchini Marekani ameshtakiwa kwa kum'baka
dereva mmoja wa teksi kwa kutumia kisu
kabla ya yeye na mwanamume mwengine
kumuibia kulingana na maafisa wa polisi.
Brittany Carter mwenye umri wa miaka 23,
anadaiwa kufanya tendo la ngono na dereva
huyo mwenye umri wa miaka 29 huku Corey
Jackson mwenye umri wa miaka 20
akimshikia kisu shingoni.
Maafisa wa polisi wanasema kuwa wawili
hao waliiba dola 32 kutoka kwa mwathiriwa
kabla ya kutoroka katika eneo la mkasa
katika mji wa Findlay.
Hatujui ni kwa nini alifanya hivyo,luteni wa
polisi Robert Ting alisema.Pengine ilikuwa
hali ya kumpumbaza kwa sababu pia
walimuibia pesa .
Unyanyasaji huo ulitokea baada ya bi Carter
kumuita dereva wa teksi hiyo ya kampuni ya
Trinity Express Cab mapema mnamo tarehe
28 mwezi Januari, kulingana na maafisa wa
polisi.
Alikamatwa baada ya dereva kuripoti kisa
hicho .
Bi Carter anakabiliwa na shtaka la ubakaji
pamoja na lile la uhalifu katika mahakama
ya kaunti ya Hancock.
Alishtakiwa mara mbili kwa makosa ya dawa
za kulevya mwaka 2016 na anadaiwa
kumiliki dawa ya kulevya aina ya heroine.
Bi Jackson hajakamatwa huku agizo la
kukamtwa likitolewa kulingana na polisi.
Anashtakiwa kwa kuchochea wizi na njama
ya kutaka kufanya ubakaji.

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Why is Freemasonry Wrong? . . .

Months later my wife was ministering deliverance to a young lady who told my wife she felt like she had curses on her from her father. She said "he was the Grand Something of a Masonic lodge up north and he had molested her as a young girl." She also said, "he spoke things over her, maybe some kind of prayers or chants." I told her about the "prayers of release for Freemasons and their descendants that I had and how bizarre they were. This girl was so desperate to be free; she was willing to try anything.

I dug out the prayers and studied them again and they were still weird. I then got a book on Freemasonry. As I researched it, I started to see specific spirits behind Freemasonry, spirits of antichrist, bondage, witchcraft, error, infirmity, and perversion. I then decided to give the prayers a try at our next session. As we prayed the prayers with this girl she began to manifest. We were all amazed and pleasantly surprised by the results. This girl was set So Free!!!

From that day on we began asking people if they had Freemasonry in their background. If indeed they had, we would lead them through the prayers and we started seeing incredible deliverance's, and healings. We continue to receive powerful testimonies. One of the ladies on our ministry team prayed the prayers quietly while I was leading another lady through them. She felt something physically lift off her chest and shoulders as we prayed. She was set free from a life long asthma condition.

Once we started using the Questionnaire, pages 21-30 of the "Deliverance Training Manual" we started to notice some very distinct patterns with people who had Masonic ancestry. What we actually started to notice was the fruit produced by the Stronghold of Freemasonry. We noticed, that almost without exception, women whose parents or grandparents (but more often grandparents) had been involved in Freemasonry had been molested as children, not necessarily by their family members but by someone. Many had however been molested by a close family member.

Regardless of what Masons believe or say, Freemasonry is a false religion steeped in witchcraft, which mixes the Holy with the profane and invites in spirits of error and perversion among others. Once the door is opened and the enemy has been given a legal right, the attack against the children is relentless until the devil gets his due. I cannot tell you the number of horrible stories of perversion, rape, molestation, and incest we've heard. The next fruit of Freemasonry we see is infirmities, primarily breathing or lung disorders, with asthma and allergies leading the list. We also see a host of other ailments we can directly attribute to the curses of Freemasonry. Two emotional areas we see heavily affected by Freemasonry are anger and fear. As we look into the rites and rituals of freemasonry the reasons for the fruits of Freemasonry become quite evident.

Rites and rituals of Freemasonry
The deceptive nature of Freemasonry begins with induction and membership in the lodge. When a member of the lodge wants to get someone to join the lodge, he is not allowed to ask that person to join. Instead he has his wife ask that person's wife to have him to ask the member about the lodge. This is deliberate in order to give the devil a legal right to torment that person and his family. He opened the door himself by asking about membership in the lodge. When they join the lodge they go through an initiation ceremony.

In that ceremony the initiate is bare-chested and blindfolded with a noose around his neck. He is then taken outside the lodge, they knock on the door and a person inside asks the initiate what he wants? He then answers by saying, "I want to come out of the darkness and enter into the light of freemasonry." The initiate is then brought into the lodge still blindfolded and a dagger or sword or other sharp object is placed against his bare chest. He then swears the first of many blood oaths and curses over himself and his family. He agrees to be murdered or mutilated if the oath of the degree is violated.

The spirit of infirmity comes in from the noose around the neck, which is evidenced by the fruit of asthma, allergies and other breathing disorders in the descendants of Freemasons.
It is the belief of Freemasons that each degree obtained, brings them closer to the light, and to enlightenment. However deception is a key ingredient in Freemasonry, the initiate never really knows the truth. Albert Pike, considered to be the father of modern freemasonry; in his book "Morals and Dogma of Freemasonry" Wrote this:
"Masonry like all religions, all the mysteries conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect and use false explanations and misrepresentations of its symbols to mislead those who only deserve to be misled…
He also wrote:
"The Blue Degrees are but the outer court or portico of the temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally mislead by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended he shall imagine he understands them."
Albert pike wrote his book Morals and Dogma of Freemasonry in 1871, after spending much time studying the Hindu "Vedas." Which are said to be written so as to prevent understanding of them. As well as immersing himself in the occult teachings and witchcraft of the French lodge. The teachings of the French lodge were so demonic and steeped in witchcraft the English and American lodges had boycotted them since 1765. Pike studied the French lodge, and later wrote a 6-volume work containing 1,460 pages. He then used these writings to redesign the 4th to the 33rd degrees of the Scottish rite. Albert pikes writings are considered to be radically anti Christian and occultic in nature. Pike was also known to be a Luciferian, heavily involved in magic and astrology. And spent considerable time studying Jewish kabala (Jewish mysticism), which may have contributed to his frequent bouts with depression and seclusion. I'll make a personal observation here; every person I have ministered to that has been heavily involved with witchcraft and the occult has battled with severe depression and suicidal thoughts, so I don't find it strange that Albert Pike did also. Every tree produces fruit, a good tree produces good fruit and a bad tree produces bad fruit.

The Masonic lodge has 3 basic divisions the blue lodge is where the first three degrees are earned. You will see a blue Masonic building in almost any town in this nation. Once a person achieves the third or Master Mason Degree, he then moves on in the degree work either in the York Rite or the Scottish Rite. Once a person reaches the 32nd degree he is then eligible to become a Shriner. The 33rd degree can be earned or it can be honorary. Some Presidents and other influential people have been given honorary 33rd degrees for public relations reasons.

Albert Pike, when he was Sovereign Grand Commander of the supreme council of the Grand Sovereign Inspectors General of the 33rd Degree wrote this:
"That which we say to a crowd is, we worship a God, but it is the God one adores with out superstition. To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and the 30th degrees - The Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian Doctrine….Yes Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also God…. Thus the doctrine of Satanism is heresy…Lucifer, God of light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, God of darkness and evil."
If you knew nothing else of Freemasonry this should be all you need to know, to know it's demonic. However, I want you to have a broader understanding of the rituals and how they effect the initiates and their families to the 3rd, 4th and even the 10th generation. We've already looked at the noose around the neck and the obvious connection to choking and breathing disorders in the first or entered apprentice degree. Also in that degree the worshipful Master of the lodge lays hands on the initiate, and dedicates him to the God of the Lodge (which you now know is Lucifer.) He also asks that by the secrets of the lodge and by the secrets of their art he may gain eternal life. In the third degree the initiate is blind folded and again led around by a noose around his neck. In this degree the initiate is approached by three ruffians who demand the initiate to tell them the secrets of Hiram Abiff. Hiram Abiff is the legendary builder of Solomon's temple and founder of Freemasonry. The person leading the initiate speaks for him and refuses to tell the three ruffians, so they proceed to Symbolically beat him to death. He is then placed into a coffin or stretcher in a symbolic burial. Which by the way invites in a spirit of death. After a while the worshipful Master of the Lodge directs a person with a glove that resembles a lions paw, to reach down and pull the initiate out of the darkness of death and into the light of freemasonry. This ritual is an absolute mockery of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the ritual of the 18th degree, and in other degrees, the initiate takes part in a false communion. This includes a biscuit, salt and white wine. Also in many false communions the wine is drunk from a human skull. This again is an absolute mockery of Jesus Christ and the sacrament of Holy Communion.

In the higher degrees of Freemasonry, the initiates proclaim Lucifer to be God. They also invoke a wide variety of other Gods and Goddesses during their ceremonies, including Egyptian and Hindu deities. The principle spirit behind Freemasonry is Witchcraft. The Masons have drawn from every type of witchcraft trying to gain power. The power to control the rest of mankind. (New world order?) Perhaps.
History of Freemasonry
Freemasons claim their ancestry back to Solomon's temple. Their rites, rituals and worship as well as the statues and icons of the various lodges display origins back to ancient Egypt. However its documented history only begins in 1717 with the London, England lodge.
Freemasons also claim to be a Christian organization; they even include the Holy Bible in their ceremonies and rituals. There are even Masonic Bibles in print. If you look through a Masonic bible you'll see a classic example of mixing the Holy with the Profane. What they don't tell you is that they will also use the Koran, The Hindu Vedas or the laws of Confucius if the initiate's religious beliefs so dictate. That's a far cry from being a Christian organization.

To the public the Freemasons appear to be a fraternal organization that does good deeds, caring for children and orphans, including the Shriners who sponsor and support Children's hospitals. I have a copy of a Masonic Scholarship Award one of our Bible School students received from the lodge in her hometown. Now that all seems to be very noble doesn't it? Sadly, the reason behind their good works is based on one of the biggest and most deceptive lies of Freemasonry, which is; "Man is not sinful but merely imperfect, and therefore can redeem himself through good works." Therefore negating the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary.
The Shriners, plainly proclaim Allah to be God. Allah is believed by many to be another name for God, but in all actuality Allah is the name of the moon god worshipped by the Arabic tribe that Mohammed was born into.

Shriners are also known for their little red hats with a tassel. What people, including most Shriners don't know, is that hat called a Fez is named for a town in North Africa. In the 7th century Mohammed ordered the destruction of all infidels (anyone who would not bow to Allah) including all Christians. As the Muslim warriors swept across North Africa they came to Fez a Christian stronghold and they killed everyone in the town, they then dipped their hats in the blood of the Christians martyrs. They wore these blood red hats as a celebration of their victory and a warning to Christians, to convert to Islam or die. Have you ever driven by a Shriners temple? They are nothing more than an Islamic Masque. Many Masonic temples resemble an Egyptian tomb or temple.

It's also interesting to note that the symbolism in Masonic ceremonies is almost identical to Witchcraft ceremonies, including the initiation ceremony. In which the initiate must be recommended by a current member, he is stripped and blindfolded with a noose around his neck. In both ceremonies a knife or sword is put against the breast and a blood oath is made never to tell the secrets of the lodge or coven.

In fact all of the symbolism of the Masonic lodge is a symbolic act of what is actually done in witch covens around the world as they worship Satan and proclaim him to be god!

Endnotes:
Dr. Selwyn Stevens, Unmasking Freemasonry, www,jubilee-resources.com,
William M. Sudduth, The Deliverance Training Manual, (RAM Inc. Publishing, Pensacola, Fl, 2001)
Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of Freemasonry, page 104-105, From Internet article, Do Freemasons worship Satan? www.cth.com.au/corp/despatch/worship.htm, 5/11/98
ibid, page 819
Dr. Robert A. Morey, The origins and teachings of Freemasonry, (Crowne Publications, Southbridge, Ma,) 1990 Page 35
ibid, page 39
ibid, page 36
ibid, pages 35,39
Albert Pike, Instructions to the 23 Supreme Councils of the World, July 14, 1889. (Recorded by A. C. De La Rive in La Femme et l' Enfant dans la Francmaconnerie Universelle) page 588rom Internet article, Do Freemasons worship Satan? www.cth.com.au/corp/despatch/worship.htm, 5/11/98
Gene Brooks, Freemasonry: A Curse, www.geocities.com/Heartland/ Hills/6240/mr520-a.htm, page 2, 5/8/98wddddc
Dr. Robert A. Morey, The Origins and teachings of Freemasonry, (Crowne Publications, Southbridge, MA, 1990) page 71
Ron Carlson, Fast facts on freemasonry, Audio Tape, From, Fast Facts on False Teachings, (Harvest House Publishers, Inc.) 1994

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