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Here's a short portion from my new devotional entitled "Death: The Last Defeated Enemy" specially written for this Resurrection Week!

"Death once had a sting when man was declared righteous or unrighteous through their ability to keep the Law.
But now that we are under the New Covenant of Grace, it is no longer about our works to justify us because our righteousness is a free gift from God!
The sting of Death is rendered powerless."

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Exposing the Four Horsemen

“I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!” And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” Another came out, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword. When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand. I heard a voice in the middle of the four living creatures saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don’t damage the oil and the wine!” When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.” (Revelation‬ ‭6:1-8‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

In this world there are demons wreaking havoc, but the major calamities that affect the whole world are set in motion by the four horsemen that apostle John saw in his vision.

They are evil spirits that were released when Jesus unsealed the title deed to the earth, after His resurrection.

The one on the white horse causes religious deception. He appears like Jesus who will return on a white horse at His Second Coming. This horseman raises false Messiahs and an apostate church.

We see this horseman at work in the heretical sects that closely imitate Christianity but are actually leading multitudes to damnation.

Jesus warned of this horseman when He said that many would come in His name and pretend to be Him.

The one on the red horse ignites wars. In recent times we see tensions, fightings in the Middle East and the relationship between big world powers treading on thin ice.

Jesus warned of this horseman when He said there would be wars and rumors of wars, as well as nation rising against nation.

The one on the black horse causes famine and economic chaos. Economic hyperinflation, depressions and starvation are instigated by this horseman.

The prices for the wheat and barley in the passage are highly inflated, showing us that this horseman causes economic chaos.
When you see major stock market crashes or crises related to natural resources, this horseman’s surely got a hand in it.

Jesus warned of this when He said there would be famines.

Finally we have the one on the pale horse called Death. Death has the authority to kill in various ways, and the way I haven’t mentioned yet is natural disasters, plagues and pestilence, such as the bushfires in Australia, volcanic eruption in Philippines an the coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan in China.

Jesus warned of Death when He said plagues and earthquakes would happen.

“Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.” (Matthew‬ ‭24:4-8‬ ‭WEB‬)

These four horsemen work closely with Hades, who is the evil spirit who rules Hell. Their collective goal before the Tribulation is to cause destruction on earth and drag as many souls down to Hell as possible.

In these end times, those villains are rampaging more intensely than ever before.

The solution is in the passage above. The four living creatures before God’s throne invite us to “Come and see”.
When we see this truth in God’s word, the four horsemen and their nefarious activities can’t remain hidden.

When you know that these are some of the major culprits behind the world’s calamities, you will know what to pray against.

God never shows us something without inviting us to pray about it. Through prayer, we become fellow workers with Him, to make earth as it is in Heaven.

Let’s pray together: “In Jesus’ name and by His blood, we bind the four horsemen and declare them powerless to continue their evil activities. We loose God’s power to restore all the victims. Let life and life more abundantly be poured out upon this earth. When sin abounded through the four horsemen, we declare superabounding grace for a massive harvest of souls for God’s kingdom worldwide. We pray this together in Jesus’ name, Amen!”

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【科普文分享】從《地球不是圓的》一窺地平論者①︰他們並非特別蠢／Kayue

／／起初我在Netflix上見到記錄片《地球不是圓的》（Behind the Curve）的時候，誤以為那是宣揚陰謀論的電影，看了後我認為這套影片非常值得有志於科學傳播、普及的人觀看。

導演雖然明顯不是地平論者，但拍攝手法非常克制，沒有醜化、嘲弄這些地平論者，反而把他們呈現得頗為立體，同時不會變相宣揚地平論。此外我也欣賞影片中訪問的天文學家、心理學家的態度，如果希望消滅偽科學、反科學的說法，應該向他們學習。

電影主要拍攝幾個地平論者的經歷，特別是他們如何從網上平台宣揚地平論到舉辦或參與「地平論國際會議」（Flat Earth International Conference）的故事︰

馬克．薩金特（Mark Sargent）因製作地平論影片上載到YouTube，成為了地平論者之間的明星；
傳教者內森．湯普森（Nathan Thompson）因為不斷被踢出Facebook群組而自己開了一個「官方地平與地圓討論小組」（Official Flat Earth & Globe Discussion），14個月內有近5萬4千個成員（現時Facebook顯示有超過12萬成員），這是他非常自豪的成就；
帕翠西亞．史提爾（Patricia Steere）在YouTube上製作節目《地平說跟其他的燙手山芋》（Flat Earth And Other Hot Potatoes），認識了薩金特後一起做節目；
工程師巴伯．諾德（Bob Knodel）具備專業知識，會進行實驗嘗試證明地平論；
工匠克里斯．彭提斯（Chris Pontius）自言不懂製作影片，他協助宣揚地平論的方式是製作地平模型，讓人更容易明白地平論的概念。
這些人既在地平論群體中為人熟識，又各有特色，不會太過單一。

雖然我知道，看到地平論者相信如此荒誕的論調，很難不認為他們愚蠢、輕信，不過地平論者有不少思維傾向其實跟普通人相似，只是他們把這些傾向推至極端，以致我們難以辨認。

地平論者都會接觸其他陰謀論，這個現象在《地球不是圓的》可謂顯而易見。

薩金特表示他最初接觸地平論時希望反駁其說法，更稱所有地平論者都是如此︰起初打算駁斥地平論，最終卻相信了。不過這種說法即使屬實，也不代表地平論可信，畢竟薩金特本來已對各種陰謀論都非常有興趣，直到對「普通的陰謀論」感到沉悶時，便開始看地平論。

身為傳教者的湯普森信念顯然深受基督教影響，例如他認為地平論以地球為中心，符合聖經的宇宙觀，批評「太陽中心的模型基本上就是太陽崇拜」；又認為「學校系統裡的人」虛構恐龍存在，以「鞏固地球有60億年歷史的說法」，想法跟美國基要派相信地球僅有數千年歷史的「年輕地球創世論」（Young Earth Creationism）吻合。

在電影中史提爾展示了她的書櫃，並提到有若干陰謀論書藉，畫面拍攝到的除了地平論著作外，可見到其他書本標題宣稱九一一恐襲是由「定向能量武器」引致、不明飛行物體（UFO）存在，以及陰謀論者古柏（Milton William Cooper）暢銷著作《Behold a Pale Horse》——此書集合各種陰謀論，例如認為某個秘密的世界政府存在、美國前總統甘迺迪（John F. Kennedy）因意圖公開外星人存在而被暗殺等。

其實史提爾有一點說得不錯，她認為「所有的陰謀論或是信仰系統就像是個蜘蛛網」，對她而言地平論就在中心。
我們都會相信很多東西，但信念——此處指我們相信的說法，可以有證據支持，也可以沒有——往往不是獨立存在，而是連結着相關的信念。例如相信演化論的人，應會接受細菌演化出抗藥性的說法；相信地平說的人，通常不會相信日心說（雖然邏輯上兩者可以並存）；相信另類療法的人，往往傾向質疑主流醫學，甚至會持反疫苗信念。這些關聯可想像成史提爾用來比喻的的「蜘蛛網」，有些信念處於核心位置，有些則在邊緣——邊緣的信念容易改變，中心的信念較難拆除。

位於這張網中心那些難以動搖的信念，除了我們所認定的事實之外，還有身分認同——包括宗教信仰、政治傾向、道德觀等等。對於事實和價值的信念會互相影響（有時候也難以區分兩者），而處於核心的信念不但不易改變，更可能是修改其他信念的基礎，例如相信了地平論，便需要認定美國太空總署（NASA）以至整個體制都在說謊，自然更容易相信登月片段造假的陰謀論、認為反抗體制的一切都合理。

正如加州理工學院的天文物理學家漢那奈．格寧—鄧斯摩爾（Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore）所言︰「你不能只相信地平論而不相信有某個重大陰謀，因為你需要一個解釋『現時所有（地圓說的）證明都有問題』的理由。假如那些證明都錯誤，背後一定有人偽造——這樣陰謀就出現了。」

基於自身經驗，我們的祖先最初相信地球是平的，要是跟那時候的人類說「地球是個球體」，他們應該覺得難以置信——為甚麼另一邊的人類不會「掉下去」？當然，現在我們知道因為有重力。我們在地球上亦看到太陽圍繞地球轉，古人按此觀察發展出各個星體圍繞地球運行的理論，不過隨着日心說模型出現，成功取代了地心說模型，人類不再誤以為地球是宇宙中心。

科學史上出現不少起初看來違反直覺的理論，正因為科學家致力進一步了解世界，才能夠發現真相，使人類不受表象誤導。不過，有些地平論者似乎想走回頭路。

被問到相信甚麼資訊來源的時候，史提爾說︰「我自己。」甚至舉例說除非她自己的腿被炸掉，否則她不會相信波士頓爆炸案發生了。對她而言，地平論「就是能夠觀察到的東西，要知道自己住在哪裡，不需要複雜的數學算式」。

薩金特亦持類似態度，他認為地平論勝過（主流）科學，原因是科學只會拋出數字，他們則會（在海邊指向對岸）說「那邊是西雅圖」來「證明」沒有曲面。他更稱「一張圖勝過千言萬語」，認為這種直觀的「證據」比科學理論可靠。

我們固然不像地平論者極端，全盤否定科學、認為自己眼見的才是證據，不過依賴直覺的思考傾向絕非地平論者獨有。心理學家發現人類思考時有不少認知偏誤（cognitive bias），除非我們小心思考，否則往往難逃認知偏誤的陷阱——而這些「陷阱」對我們而言，往往是最直觀的選擇。跟統計數據相比，故事——那怕是道聽途說——要打動人心容易得多。／／

Today I let my whole American family try the best and strongest Filipino alcohols for the first time, including San Miguel Pale Pilsen, Red Horse Beer (extra-strong!), Ginebra gin (Ginebra San Miguel), Tanduay Gold Asian Rum, and Don Papa 10-Year Old Rum. We basically tried ALL the Filipino alcohols! This was their first time trying Filipino alcohol, and it was super cool to get their reactions to these crazy spirits!

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My American brother mixed ALL Filipino alcohols into one MASSIVE shot, combining San Miguel Pale Pilsen, Red Horse Beer (extra-strong!), Ginebra gin (Ginebra San Miguel), Tanduay Gold Asian Rum, Don Papa 10-Year Old Rum, plus some raw eggs and beef broth?! It was kind of a weird gross shot but an interesting experiment nonetheless!

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