Florence Nightingale 1860

" Diseases are not individuals arranged in classes, like cats and dogs, but conditions, growing out of one another. 

"  Is it not living in a continual mistake to look upon diseases as we do now, as seperate entities, which must exist, like cats and dogs, instead of looking upon them as conditions, like dirty and clean condition, and just as much under our control; or rather as the reactions of kindly nature, against the conditions in which we have placed ourselves?

"  I was brought up to believe that smallpox for instance, was a thing of which there was once a first specimen in the world, which went on propagating itself, in a perpetual chain of descent, just as there was a first dog, or first pair of dogs, and that smallpox would not begin itself, any more than a new dog would begin without there having been a parent dog.

"  Since then I have seen with my own eyes and smelled with my own nose smallpox growing up in first specimens, either in closed rooms or in overcrowded wards, where it could not by any possibility have been "caught", but must have begun.

"  I have seen diseases begin, grow up, and turn into one another. Now , dogs do not turn into cats.

"  I have seen, for instance, with a little overcrowding, continued fever grow up; and with a little more, typhoid fever; and with a little more, typhus, and all in the same ward or hut.

"  Would it not be far better, truer, and more practical, if we looked upon disease in this light (for diseases, as all experience shows, are adjectives, not noun-substantives):

     -True nursing ignores infection, except to prevent it. 

Cleanliness and fresh air from open windows, with          

unremitting attention to the patient, are the only defense

 a true nurse either asks or needs.

     -Wise and humane management of the patient is the

 best safegard against infection. The greater part of       

 nursing consists of preserving cleanliness.

     -The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of

 weak, uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule       

 in the medical profession. There are no specific diseases;

 there are specific disease conditions."

Bechamp or Pasteur ?

"Bechamp's deep insight had taught him the connection between science and religion - the one a search after truth, and the other the effort to live up to individual belief. His faith had widened to a breadth incomprehensible to those who even suggested the appointment of a commission to recommend the placing on the Roman Index of his book Les Mycrozymas, which culminates in the acclamation of God as the Supreme Source. Bechamps teachings are in direct opposition to materialistic views. But his opponents had not the insight to see that the Creator is best demonstrated by understanding the marvels of [His] Creation."

So then, the materialistic view  - the Germ Theory - of Pasteur wins,      
 for a time, over the Truth found by Bechamp and discussed in
 Les Mycrozymas . 

Therefore, in these modern times we still lift up the materialistic
 view and fight against God by pasteurizing our food - milk,
 meat, vegetable, et. all.

We are so blind. God help us to see. 

Quote From "Ideas Have Consequences"

" The decision of modern man to live in the here and now is reflected in the neglect of aging parents, whom proper sentiment once kept in positions of honor and authority. There was a time when the elder generation was cherished because it represented the past; now it is avoided and thrust out of sight for the same reason. Children are a liability. As man becomes more immersed in time and material gratifications, belief in the continuum of the race fades, and not all the tinkering of sociologists can put homes together again. "

Written in 1948 it is a good description of today 2011. Christians have let go of their inheritance, and sold it for a here and now porridge.

It's never to late for redemption.

There Is No Alternative

"We must not focus our attention exclusively on the material, because though important it is not the main issue. The economic success of the western world is a product of its moral philosophy and practice. The economic results are better because the moral philosophy is superior. It is superior because it starts with individuals. " Margaret Thatcher

The moral philosophy she spoke of is none other than Christendom.

Quote of the Day

"“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.” - Jim Rohn

" In God is our trust"

"O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause. it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"

Francis Scott Key

Praying through Psalm 6 (VanOene)

Chide America, O Lord no longer,
Nor chasten her in anger.
In Mercy hear her groans,
O Lord do see her languish,
Heal Thou her bitter anguish,
For troubled are her bones.

Her soul is troubled greater’
O hasten Thou to aid her.
Why dost Thou tarry, Lord?
Turn back and show Thy favor;
Her in thy love deliver,
According to Thy Word!

How can the dead adore Thee,
Or bring their thanks before Thee?
Or Praise Thy Holy name?
She’s weary with her moaning
Worn out with constant groaning
And overcome with shame.

All night instead of sleeping,
She drenches her couch with weeping,
With grief her eyes grow weak.
Since foes with hate surround her
And without ceasing hound her
Her ruin they all seek.

Depart from her transgressors,
Flee now, all you oppressors:
The Lord did heed her cry!
He heard her supplication,
Her pleas for consolation
And with His help is nigh.

The Lord heard when she pleaded
And her appeals He heeded
Her foes shall be ashamed,
For sudden fear shall shake them
And panic overtake them
Their doom has He proclaimed.

Old Books

"You can find all the new ideas in the old books; only there you will find them balanced, kept in their place, and sometimes contradicted and overcome by other and better ideas. The great writers did not neglect a fad because they had not thought of it, but because they had thought of it and of all the answers to it as well. " G. K. Chesterton