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	<title>William Cody Bateman</title>
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	<description>Ardent American Patriot and Lover of Israel</description>
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		<title>WHY ARE WE APOLOGIZING?</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/16/israel-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MK Yariv Levin (Likud) spoke to Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew news service on Thursday and expressed confusion over Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s apology regarding construction in Jerusalem. “We have the absolute right to build anywhere in the land of Israel and especially in Jerusalem, there doesn’t need to be any policy of apologizing,” he said.]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton attacks Netanyahu and Israel</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/16/clinton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As though she were scolding a child, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a 45-minute phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to chew him out over the decision to build 1,600 more homes for Jews in a part of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinians.]]></description>
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		<title>The Avatar Gospel &#8211; Part IV</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/14/avatar-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christianity Today, the Emerging Church Movement, Rick Warren's Global P.E.A.C.E. plan, and those among some mission and parachurch organizations (e.g., those that follow the leadership and teachings of C. Peter Wagner) have a penchant for trying to find buried nuggets of Christ in the culture, or accommodating Christianity to the culture, and vice versa. Many are about sanctifying and redeeming the paganism of a society, or at least trying to harmonize and work with all religions.]]></description>
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		<title>The Avatar Gospel &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/14/avatar-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“First of all, it shouldn’t be surprising that the beliefs of most people are not derived from Sunday school or church teaching but rather religious ideas they pick up from a wide variety of sources as they go through life.”]]></description>
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		<title>The Avatar Gospel &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/14/avatar-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cameron has added his own twist to native shamanism by having the Na'vi communicate with the Eywa, spirits, and animals through fiber optics in their braided hair tails. The Na'vi plug the strands into similarly compatible devices found in animals and plants. Although at odds with the actual practice of shamanism, this does reflect the necessity of "experiencing" a god that cannot be "known" through reason, intellect, or science. It also solves a problem for Cameron the filmmaker. In what was no doubt a box office-related decision, he avoids the method commonly used by shamans to contact the spirits: inhaling or imbibing hallucinogenic drugs. Na'vi "doing drugs" would have forced Avatar out of a PG-13 rating, eliminating an age group that is prone to seeing such a movie many, many times, as well as being a top consumer of Avatar-related merchandise. 

In true shamanism, there is no physical "plugging into" or direct biological connection to the spirits. The spirits are nonphysical entities. Other than the drugs that are taken to produce an altered state of consciousness, connecting with the spirits is a mental process. Yet Cameron's deviation from true shamanism ultimately leads to the belief in Eywa. Dr. Grace Augustine, the female scientist in the movie, declares that all of the so-called spiritual phenomena she has observed on Pandora can be explained biologically. In the end, however, Dr. Grace undergoes a conversion. As she lies dying beneath the Tree of Souls, her final words are those of a materialist who allows her "experience" to override her "science" as she declares her belief in the panentheist goddess of the Na'vi: "Eywa--I see her. She's real!" Grace became what C. S. Lewis described as the ideal work of Satan--a "materialist magician." She submitted to a "Force" god without acknowledging the reality of personal spirits behind such an entity, i.e. demons. Jake, on the other hand, although he initially disdained what he called the "tree-hugging" stuff of the Na'vi, fully commits himself to their "natural" way of life and their mother goddess Eywa.

After reading dozens and dozens of comments by young people enamored with the theology in Avatar, it is apparent that its false gospel is finding fertile soil worldwide as it introduces and attracts millions of moviegoers to shamanism.
James Cameron has presented what the Bible calls the "doctrine of devils" promoted by Satan, the father of lies, and taught directly by demons. Cameron's pagan beliefs are diametrically opposed to what the Bible teaches. Furthermore, his idealistic view of the natural purity of an indigenous tribe such as the Na'vi is pure propaganda (see my interview with a former Yanamamo shaman in TBC 11/03). The belief that naturalism produces a life of harmony, fruitfulness, and peace is a lie taught by many anthropologists yet contradicted by the experience of every shamanic society wherever they may be found. How can I be so sure? All indigenous groups are made up of people, who, like all people everywhere, are sinners. This innate evil, moreover, is compounded by seducing spirits bent on deceiving and destroying the humans who find themselves in bondage to them. No anthropologist has ever produced a tribe that was an exception to this destructive condition. 

Cameron is certainly entitled to preach the shamanic gospel of Avatar. 

Christians, however, need to be aware of what they are being fed along with the overpriced popcorn. It is a general lack of discernment among them that is often maddening and spiritually treacherous for the upcoming generation of believers. 

The maddening part comes when professing believers attempt to read Christianity into popular movies that are thoroughly antichrist. It happened with Star Wars, the Harry Potter series, and too many others to list. 
It's a foregone conclusion that we will see much of the same for Avatar. Christianity Today, for example, often leads the way in anointing the world's popular delusions as Christian. In its supported blog site directed at women and titled Her·meneutics (ironically a play on the word that fosters accurate Bible interpretation), a female Princeton Seminary student writes the featured article, suggesting that the character of Grace (mentioned above) may have been "Avatar's Christian character," and then adds a qualification, "Well, Christian-ish anyway." 

Christian-ish?! James Cameron would be appalled at the suggestion; I am angered. The only insertion of any thing "Christian" in the entire movie is the name of a floating mountain range ("Hallelujah") and the mention of the Lord's name, which is used as a curse word. That's also a paradox for a story set more than a thousand years from today, seemingly far removed from the religious content missionaries supposedly used to "spoil the purity" of the noble savages. Although Christianity has obviously died out in the movie's future setting, ironically its God remains in the psyche and on the foulmouthed lips of the characters in the movie.

Christianity Today, the Emerging Church Movement, Rick Warren's Global P.E.A.C.E. plan, and those among some mission and parachurch organizations (e.g., those that follow the leadership and teachings of C. Peter Wagner) have a penchant for trying to find buried nuggets of Christ in the culture, or accommodating Christianity to the culture, and vice versa. 
Many are about sanctifying and redeeming the paganism of a society, or at least trying to harmonize and work with all religions. This is all fodder for syncretism and ecumenism. They are contributing to the religion of the Antichrist. A. W. Tozer took such an endeavor to task by noting that Moses did not enter into a panel discussion with the Israelites for finding some spiritual merits of the golden calf, nor did Elijah trade edifying insights with the prophets of Baal, and neither did Jesus seek a meeting of the minds with the Pharisees. Furthermore, promoting a "group hug" among contradictory religions with the intention of solving the world's problems is a grand delusion at best. Isaiah, speaking for Jehovah God, makes His view absolutely clear: "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this [God's] word, it is because there is no light in them" (Is 8:20). 

Warnings are also clear in the Word of God that a great spiritual battle is being waged all around us, that we are in the days of rampant apostasy in the church, and that we are being subjected to an increasing antichristianity in the world. What then must a believer do? We must diligently follow the Lord's prevention and protection program, the heart of which is found in Psalm 1: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." But certainly there's more: prayer and fellowship, for example. We need to circle the wagons at times--for spiritual protection, counsel, encouragement, and ministry to one another. If such things become our disciplined practice of life, though the Apostasy dries up the spiritual environment around us, we and our families nevertheless shall be fruitful in the Lord.]]></description>
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		<title>The Avatar Gospel &#8211; Part I</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/14/avatar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cults, Occults and False Religions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[But what kind of spirituality are we talking about here? Reminding me a great deal of Kevin Costner’s Dances With Wolves, Cameron’s depiction of the Na’vi not only elevates tribal customs and rituals, it blurs the boundaries between God and the environment. Here the creator and her creation are indistinguishable.]]></description>
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		<title>Another Jesus</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/09/jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ba-manna-bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false teachers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The verses following our text contain an enlightening warning about false teachers. One should NOT carelessly follow a personable religious leader merely because he "preaches Jesus" or urges audiences to "receive the Spirit."]]></description>
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		<title>Apostasy and Prosperity &#8211; Modern Day Paganism</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/08/wealth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mammon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[riches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most tragic movements in Christendom today teaches that God promises to make each Christian prosper in material wealth.]]></description>
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		<title>NORTH KOREA ASSISTING IRAN ON MISSILE SITE!</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/07/israel-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Israel - Chazak Amenu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran’s development of a missile launch facility in the northern province of Semnan and its Simorgh missile project both indicate that the militant Shiite theocracy is probably collaborating with North Korea on its missile program. The platforms seen on the Semnan launch pad’s new gantry tower – a multi-level tower for servicing missiles before launch – resemble those seen on the gantry tower at North Korea’s new Tongchang launch pad.]]></description>
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		<title>The United States is Nearing Financial Ruin</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/05/treason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[america]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back them it could appear a bit overblown, but now even US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke is warning the US Congress about the danger. In a statement before the House Financial Services Committee,[3] he said that the US public debt might no longer be sustainable very soon.]]></description>
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		<title>ISRAELI CRITIC EXPOSES &#8220;LIE OF APARTHEID&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/04/israel-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[None other than Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, a long-time and fierce critic of Israel, has exposed the lie behind tying the Jewish State with the term “apartheid.” His column on Tuesday, under the headline “Israel has its faults, but apartheid isn’t one of them,” tore apart the description as “pure racism.”]]></description>
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		<title>Christians are Called Before Birth</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/03/01/birth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And so it was with all the human writers of the Bible. God's Word (like Christ Himself) is both human and divine, yet meeting all our needs. This is mysterious indeed, but well within the capabilities of our omnipotent and gracious Creator.]]></description>
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		<title>Only Jesus was Sinless</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/25/sinless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here John is writing to Christians, and his epistle is full of exhortations to the Christian to purge sin from his life, with grave warnings to any who do not. Yet he also says that for a Christian to claim sinless perfection is self-deception. "If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us" (1 John 1:10).]]></description>
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		<title>EUROPE WANTS TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE NOW</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/23/israel-6/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/23/israel-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[End Time Views?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[destruction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos have launched an initiative to officially recognize a sovereign Palestinian state in 18 months, even if negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have not concluded.]]></description>
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		<title>The Ancient Earthquake of the Prophet Amos &#8211; Science Proves Scripture Account</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/22/amos/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/22/amos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible is often regarded as a book of stories based on a primitive people's understanding of the world around them. As such, many people--and even some Christians--believe that it is not a reliable source of history. But science continues to prove them wrong.]]></description>
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		<title>Syria Warns: Next War Will be Ruinous</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/21/syria/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/21/syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Otari on Saturday warned Israel that any new Mideast war would be catastrophic for the region and beyond.]]></description>
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		<title>What is the U.S. Doing With Syria?</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/20/israel-5/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/20/israel-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel - Chazak Amenu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united states]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the U.S. seeks to get closer to the Arab world, Washington seems ready to re-engage Damascus, sharing with it American concerns over problems in the region – chief among them, of course, the Iranian threat, and terrorism.]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus is Worthy and Declares His Own Children the Same</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/17/worthy/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/17/worthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ba-manna-bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repentance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salvation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The saint has been found “worthy” to have his name confessed before the Father, not because of an actual “work” of confessing his Savior before men, but because the heart attitude of he who confesses the Savior is a heart of faith that leads to salvation – that Jesus, the Christ is God and has raised from the dead to give life to all who will repent and call upon Him]]></description>
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		<title>The Dangerous Deception of Christian Philosophy &#8211; Gnosticism</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/15/gnoticism/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/15/gnoticism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ba-manna-bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gnostic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gnosticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconcile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In general, Gnosticism was the belief that matter itself is evil and spirit is good, the body being a prison of the soul. Philosophers who tried to combine this belief system with Christianity insisted that Jesus could not have had a human body (since bodies are evil) and therefore could not have been crucified.]]></description>
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		<title>A Coming Earthquake That Will Change the Face of Earth</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/08/earthquake/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/08/earthquake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ba-manna-bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creation and Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally will come "a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. . . . And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found" (Revelation 16:18, 20).]]></description>
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		<title>Unless One is Born Again &#8211; He Will Not See the Kingdom of God</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/03/repent-2/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/03/repent-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ba-manna-bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Born again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repentance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.]]></description>
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		<title>The Accuracy of the Bible &#8211; Scientifically and Reliably</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/02/evidence-3/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/02/02/evidence-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creation and Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyewitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many would suggest that the Bible is an antiquated religious book, filled with scientific fallacies and mistakes. Others believe that the Bible is a book of true religion, but dealing solely with spiritual subjects, with any matters of science and history to be interpreted spiritually or allegorically.]]></description>
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		<title>The Accuracy of the Bible &#8211; Historically</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/01/30/evidence-2/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/01/30/evidence-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creation and Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible has proven to be more historically and archaeologically accurate than any other ancient book. It has been subjected to the minutest scientific textual analysis possible to humanity and has been proven to be authentic in every way.]]></description>
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		<title>The Authenticity of the Bible</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/01/28/evidence/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/01/28/evidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creation and Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are over 3,000 different religions in the world, all of which claim to teach the way to eternal happiness. It has often been said that each of them provides a different path to the same end, and that men are free to choose the path that best suits their own disposition and culture. The Word of God is insistent that this is not so!]]></description>
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		<title>Why Question God</title>
		<link>http://codybateman.org/2010/01/25/why/</link>
		<comments>http://codybateman.org/2010/01/25/why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ba-manna-bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever one begins a question with “Why?” he should realize that the answer must necessarily be theological, not scientific.]]></description>
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