Ghosts and Stuff.

I just watched the latest ghost hunters international.

They went to a place where, supposedly, the devil himself lives.

First time ever I heard one of them say, "In the name of Jesus I command you to leave...". It made me giggle a bit.

But anyway, I was reminded by my wife of when we were newly married and living on campus at seminary.

We were aware of many "odd" things going on. Many people would have thought the place to be haunted but we knew/know better. Apart from the usual mysterious goings on, we noticed some very odd non normal mysterious things:

1. In the mens dorms, all of one side of the corridoor got sick.

2. In the girls corridoor there is only rooms on one side, in every alternate room the occupant got sick.

3. People started fighting and arguing for no apparent reason, and quite out of character.

4. My wife awoke to see a man standing over me in the middle of the night. He disappeared before her eyes.

5. My wife refused to leave the room alone after dark because she felt she was being watched. 3-4 of the other wives in the married quarters felt the same.

6. While sitting praying in the Library, I looked out the window and saw what appeared to be a pentagram painted on the lawn in white paint. On further inspection it appeared to be floating above the ground. A little later I noticed 2 friends of mine standing on this piece of grass, hands in the air, eyes closed praying. I went and asked them what they were doing, they replied "we were walking around the place praying and we felt there was something odd here, something demonic, so we prayed against it". I told them what I had seen.

7. A few days later I saw my friends prayer walking again and my wife and I joined in. We noted way at the back of the grounds and old shed that was falling apart and no longer used. We felt there was something wrong there and we all prayed that should that shed be "wrong" that God should remove it. A few days later it was removed. I asked the grounds caretaker about it, and he said that they had plans to remove it, and when they went in side to start demolition, the found pentagrams, 666, and odd symbols carved into the walls and floor. They found candles and other stuff that suggested it had been used for some ritual of some kind quite recently.

8. One of the wives was leaving the grounds, and it was raining. She saw a lady walking up the drive and offered her a lift in the car. The person responded "I will NOT ride with you, christian". The Christian lady said the person fairly spat the words out as if she had put soap in her mouth.

9.A little while later I saw my friends prayer walking in the evening. My wife and I joined with them again. It was a moonless night and there was little light from the campus, but no shadows. However, while praying we could see shadows moving in the shadows. It is odd I know, but it is something the ghosthunters mention quite often. We basically performed an exorcism of the grounds that night. We noted that within a day everyone who was sick got better, and all the bickering and fighting stopped.

I dont believe in ghosts, but I do believe in demons. The bible tells us that there are only alive people, dead people, angels and demons. Alive people dont haunt. Dead people are dead and cant haunt. Angels have no reason to haunt. Demons purpose to distract people from God by any means possible, haunting, appearing like aliens, etc etc.

I think we decieve ourselves if we look at it any other way.

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The Number of the Beast

We all know that 666 is the Number of the Beast. But did you know:

· $665.95......................Retail price of the Beast

· $699.25......................Price of the Beast plus 5% sales tax

· $769.95......................Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul

· $656.66......................Walmart price of the Beast

· $646.66......................Next week's Walmart price of the Beast

· 00666.........................Zip code of the Beast

· 1-666 .........................Area code of the Beast

· 1-900-666-0666 ............ Live Beasts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute.

· 670............................Approximate number of the Beast

· DCLXVI.....................Roman numeral of the Beast

· 666.0000.....................Number of the High Precision Beast

· 0.666 .........................Number of the Millibeast

· / 666 ..........................Beast Common Denominator

· 666 ^ (-1).....................Imaginary number of the Beast

· 1010011010..................Binary of the Beast

· Phillips 666..................Gasoline of the Beast

· $6.66 9/10....................Price of a Beast gasoline

· Route 666....................Way of the Beast

· 666 F.........................Oven temperature for roast Beast

· 666k..........................Retirement plan of the Beast

· 6.66%........................5 year CD rate at First Beast National Bank, $666 minimum deposit.

· i66686........................CPU of the Beast

· 666i .......................... BMW of the Beast

· DSM-666.....................Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast

· 668............................Next-door neighbor of the Beast

· 666 mg........................Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast

· Lotus 6-6-6...................Spreadsheet of the Beast

· Word 6.66....................Word Processor of the Beast

· 6 h. 66 min....................Beast Standard Time (BST)

· Boeng 666....................."A jet for the Beast Age"

· Beverly Hills 66666..........Beast's favorite TV show

· 6/6/66..........................The birthdate of the Beast

· 666-66-6666..................The Social Security number of the Beast

· 6666............................The PIN of the Beast

· 25.806975.....................The square root of the Beast

· Motel 666......................Beast Western

· Windows 96 ver.666.........OS of the Beast

The Christmas Blog

The Christmas story is kind of interesting, as it has a number of anomalies in it.. the first one being that the Christ was born before herod died, and herod died in 1-2 BC, so Christ was born before Christ was born.

We can thank Dionysius for that. Dennis the smaller (thats what his name means) came up with some random calculation while working out his easter calendar. He also chose December 25 as the birthday, but without any real evidence. Oh well.

The second one is that Mary and Joseph werent married. Why register for a census together if you arent married? And why go all that way with a woman who's about to drop a bundle? Perhaps because tongues were wagging in the hometown and this is a chance to get away from the nastiness.

Quote from Ben Witherington III's blog:

But there is a further factor in the story seldom noticed. Joseph and Mary are registering for a census in Bethlehem, but if we ask what the function of such a census was, it was to count heads so that they could be taxed. Every able-bodied male and female between 13 and 62 had to be registered so they could be taxed. It was a head tax, and they were expected to pay a silver denarius each—yes ‘the render unto Caesar coin” which Jesus was later to say Jews should ‘return to sender’. These coins had the image of Augustus Caesar on them in those days, a ruler soon to be dubbed a deity. But the real deity was Jesus himself the spitting image of his heavenly Father, unlike the poor likeness of the Emperor on those tribute money coins.

The blog I got this from

Interestingly, Ben tells us that the Greek here says “she wrapped him in cloth and laid him in a corn crib, as there was no room in the guest room”. In those days the guest room was at the front of the house, and there was a cave out back where the prized beast was kept so it couldnt be stolen. So, when Joe and Mary turned up at the relatives place, they were too late for the guest room, so they got the stable.

Thanks to Ben Witherington for posting this information on his blog. Be sure to go and have a read.