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Basic Challenge Before Us All... What is truth? That was the rhetorical question of Pontius Pilate when he was facing Truth, in Person... Dr. Chuck Missler
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The Basic Challenge Before Us All... What is truth? That was the rhetorical question of Pontius Pilate when he was facing Truth, in Person. Like Pilate, we are all faced with this basic challenge: “What is truth?” Perhaps that question can be refined even more, to the most crucial question: “How do we know the Bible is true?” The first step is to recognize today’s sceptical environment. There are attacks on every side for the very existence of truth. Society espouses relativism by saying, “You have your truth; I have mine.” This is accompanied by attacks on the Bible itself—the very fountain of truth for mankind, the very basis of our heritage. Of course, there are also attacks on the Lord Himself...
ISSACHAR 13 Fake Images by Dean Packwood
The subject of Fake News (as Ron Matsen discussed in the January, 2017 Personal Update) has been in the headlines over the last few months as though it’s some newly discovered phenomenon. Fake news and reports have been around for thousands of years, and many of us get caught out from time to time with fake news, but what about fake images? Isn’t seeing believing? Images and videos are usually regarded as the most concrete, honest evidence of experiences and events we cannot witness ourselves. This is often the case in court, in the news, in scientific research, and in our daily lives. Words, we know, can lie. But that trust makes it all the more shocking— and serious—when images lie to us, too...
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Why study the book of Jude? Because it is written for us, today. It is written for the end times, for the end of the Church Age. Jude is the only book devoted entirely to the great apostasy. “Shall the Son of Man find faith on the Earth?” (Luke 18:8). Apostosia: “Falling away” (2 Thess 2:3); departure from the faith (1 Tim 4:1); unwillingness to endure sound doctrine (2 Tim 4:3); false teachers, damnable heresies (2 Pet 2:1; 3:3). Jude is the “vestibule” to the book of Revelation. It is a book tragically neglected by students, yet filled with fascinating Old Testament references and allusions. Join Dr. Chuck Missler in his in-depth commentary on the book of Jude. 4
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e are told that the people of Issachar “were men that had an understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.” These were men of action. In the New Testament we see James teaching that “faith, if it hath not works, is dead,” so too understanding without action is dead. We live in the age of deception where our quest for truth is made more difficult by the fog of false information making it almost impossible to know whom to believe and what to do. Fortunately, we have a heavenly promise of divine direction that is offered to all who put their trust in God. God told Israel, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” In HIS service, Ron Matsen Under Rower, Koinonia House and Koinonia Institute
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he Basic Challenge Before Us All
What is truth? That was the rhetorical question of Pontius Pilate when he was facing Truth, in Person. Like Pilate, we are all faced with this basic challenge: “What is truth?” Perhaps that question can be refined even more, to the most crucial question: “How do we know the Bible is true?” The first step is to recognize today’s sceptical environment. There are attacks on every side for the very existence of truth. Society espouses
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relativism by saying, “You have your truth; I have mine.” This is accompanied by attacks on the Bible itself—the very fountain of truth for mankind, the very basis of our heritage. Of course, there are also attacks on the Lord Himself. This is all happening with a cosmic warfare going on in the background. Scripture makes it clear that we are faced with spiritual adversaries whose principal weapons are deceit and doubt. That was Satan’s first move in the Garden of Eden. To ask the question, “Hath God said?” raises doubts that God really said what He said. That strategy echoes throughout the centuries and is very, very pervasive in our civilization today. So how do we know the Bible is true? The traditional approach to defending the Bible tends to be a bit scholastic. There is another approach that uses branches of science that would not commonly be connected with the Bible. It’s quite astonishing to realize how the discoveries of modern science in just the last century have totally altered our understanding of the reality in which we live. This approach is an exploration of the very boundaries of what we think of as reality. It may seem strange, but this approach will even require consideration of messages from outside the boundaries of our reality. These are messages that are BIO These are messages extra-terrestrial; Dr. Chuck Missler that are extra- President/Founder, they actually have their origin outside terrestrial; they Koinonia Institute a distinguished the space-time of actually have their After military career and more earth. There are origin outside the than 30 very successful years in the corporate also some hidden space-time of earth. business environment, discoveries in the Chuck was led to pursue a life-long endeavor Biblical text itself that may be surprising. This is the rather unorthodox line of inquiry that we will use as we examine the basis for having confidence in the Bible.
of teaching the Bible on a full-time basis. He founded Koinonia House, an organization devoted to encouraging people to study the Bible. He also founded Koinonia Institute to enable people to have a Kingdom effect on the world today.
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Attacks on Truth There are attacks from the pagan left that are very organized, very sinister, and possibly motivated supernaturally. One attack comes from a very popular book, The Da Vinci Code,by Dan Brown.1 This is a very readable, and very cleverly crafted, novel. Although it masquerades as a novel, it confronts the reader with a fact sheet in the front of the book with three paragraphs claiming that these things are true and accurate when they’re not; they’re deliberate deceptions. The statements are not accidental misunderstandings, but a deliberate attempt to deceive, confuse, and disrupt the faithful. That book has given rise to a whole cottage-industry of rebuttals. Anyone interested in a rebuttal has an abundance of books to help them sort out the various premises and misinformation that pervade Dan Brown’s colorful, but blasphemous, novel. Despite that, The Da Vinci Code was heralded by the press. “A masterpiece that should be mandatory reading,” says The Library Journal, “a compelling blend of history and page-turning suspense.”2 “An exhaustively researched page-turner” was the quip from Publisher’s Weekly.3 That’s astonishing, because it is full of misinformation and twisted history. To make matters even worse, a major blockbuster movie by Ron Howard was released under the same name.4 This is very much launching a tsunami across our culture; it’s certainly raising questions, feeding the skeptical and confusing the marginally faithful. The situation should challenge those of us who take the Bible seriously to really understand its origins and its foundation. While all this is going on, the National Geographic joined in the exploitation. In their May issue of 2006, they featured an article on 1 Brown, Dan. The DaVinci Code: A Novel. New York: Doubleday, 2003. 2 "The Greatest Conspiracy of the Past 2000 Years Is About to Unravel." Dan Brown. Accessed August, 2014. http://www.danbrown.com/the-davinci-code. 3 "Fiction Book Review: THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown, Author. Doubleday. PublishersWeekly.com. Accessed August 18, 2014. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-50420-1. 4 The Da Vinci Code. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. Film.
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The Gospel of Judas.5 They were obviously exploiting, as best they could, the groundswell from the Da Vinci movie, which was being released that same month. The National Geographic had a very slick presentation, very skillfully designed to undermine traditional Biblical beliefs. The Gospel of Judas, which is the subject, was discovered in the 1970s. It was known at the time that Irenaeus refuted it back in 180 A.D.;6 so this is neither new, nor newsworthy. It is certainly not historical, but it’s among those documents that are used to confuse people who don’t read and know their Bible. Mel Gibson directed a movie called The Passion of the Christ. 7 His reviews were a little different than Dan Brown’s. The New Republic said, “A repulsive masochistic fantasy, a sacred snuff film.”8 “Courting bigotry in the name of sanctity,” was the comment in the New York Times.9 “A real nut case whose ulterior motive was making money,” said 60 Minutes. The contrast here is something strange. The deliberate deceptions of The Da Vinci Code are ignored by these reviewers; they seem to collude with Brown in his attempts to undermine the veracity of the Bible. The attacks on The Passion of the Christ expose a bias against the truth. How else can we explain the portrayal of an historical event as “masochistic fantasy,” while the fictitious marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene can be called “researched material fact”? Along with Dan Brown and the National Geographic, we have the Jesus Seminar. This gathering was an astonishing array of pseudo-experts who, in the 1980s and 1990s, exchanged subjective, speculative hunches for serious scholarship. Add to that, Peter Jennings’s TV Special, the History Channel’s “The Banned Books of the Bible,” Hugh Schonfield’s The Passover Plot (many years ago, in 1966), and The Last Temptation 5 Kasser, R. (2006). “The Gospel of Judas: From Codex Tchacos.” Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. 6 Ireneus wrote in Doctrines of the Cainites; "They declare that Judas the traitor was thoroughly acquainted with these things, and that he alone, knowing the truth as no others did, accomplished the mystery of the betrayal; by him all things, both earthly and heavenly, were thus thrown into confusion. They produce a fictitious history of this kind, which they style ‘The Gospel of Judas.’" 7 The Passion of the Christ. Director: Mel Gibson. Icon Productions, 2004. 8 Dowd, M. (2004, February 26). “Stations of the Crass.” The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/26/opinion/stations-of-the-crass.html 9 Dowd, M. (2004, February 26). “Stations of the Crass.” The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/26/opinion/stations-of-the-crass.html VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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of Christ in 1960. Even Mel Gibson’s phenomenal movie fails to communicate just who Jesus Christ really is, and that is the crux of the whole issue in the first place. So what’s going on here? This is a This is a reversal of reversal of values. Fiction is promoted values. Fiction is as fact, and fact, even the deity of Jesus promoted as fact, and Christ, is passed off capriciously as mere fact, even the deity of fiction. Even the undeniable grandeur of the creation itself is attributed, in Jesus Christ, is passed off capriciously as our schools and in our culture, to the randomness of a cosmic accident. How mere fiction. astonishing—how distant this is from any real grasp of reality. This excerpt is from Dr. Chuck Missler’s briefing pack What is Truth? Available in video, audio and eBook formats from https://resources.khouse.org.
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US$84.85 US$69.95 AVAILABLE on our online store: resources.khouse.org Jude Commentary Why study the book of Jude? Because it is written for us, today. It is written for the end times, for the end of the Church Age. Jude is the only book devoted entirely to the great apostasy. “Shall the Son of Man find faith on the Earth?” (Luke 18:8). Apostosia: “Falling away” (2 Thess 2:3); departure from the faith (1 Tim 4:1); unwillingness to endure sound doctrine (2 Tim 4:3); false teachers, damnable heresies (2 Pet 2:1; 3:3). Jude is the “vestibule” to the book of Revelation. It is a book tragically neglected by students, yet filled with fascinating Old Testament references and allusions. What is Truth? • How do we know what is really true? • How do we know that the Bible is true? • How sure can we be? We live in a skeptical environment, where even the very existence of truth is questioned. Lately, the Bible - and even the Lord Jesus himself - has been under attack. Critical Thinking • How do we separate reliable information from unreliable information? • How can we determine what is relevant evidence supporting a position and what is superfluous? • What is the difference between evidentiary burden and persuasive burden? • How does the quantum of proof differ in the court of public opinion from the court of competent jurisdiction? • What is evidential apologetics versus pre-suppositional apologetics? • How does the Bible sharpen our discernment? Join Chris Corlett as he explores these questions while addressing Critical Thinking. VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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Of all the end-time themes discussed in the Bible— such as global disasters (Matt 24), the rise of the global super-state, the identity of the Antichrist, the mark of the beast, and the Magog invasion (Ezek 38-39)—“deception and apostasy in the church” is listed more times than any other end-time “sign of the times.” Are we currently living in the Age of Apostasy? Ron Matsen explores the evidence and causes of apostasy and provides an antidote for apostasy in this timely study. 12
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Dean Packwood Art Director, Publications and Web, Koinonia House
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he subject of Fake News (as Ron Matsen discussed in the January 2017 Personal Update) has been in the headlines over the last few months as though it’s some newly discovered BIO phenomenon. Fake news and reports have been around for thousands of years, and many of De an Packw ood, A r t Di re c t o r, us get caught out from time to time with fake news, Pu b l i c a t i o n s a n d Koinonia House but what about fake images? Isn’t seeing believing? Web, De a n Pa c k w o o d , Images and videos Images and videos are usually regarded are usually regarded as the most concrete, as the most concrete, honest evidence of honest evidence of experiences and events experiences and we cannot witness events we cannot ourselves. This is often witness ourselves. the case in court, in the news, in scientific research, and in our daily lives. Words, we know, can lie. But that trust makes it all the more shocking— and serious—when images lie to us, too. The Importance of Intent Intent is the meaning behind what you do. If a man takes a sharp knife and cuts someone, it’s not the act that is necessarily good or bad – it’s the intent. A good intent maybe a doctor using this sharp knife to save a life; the bad intent is the attacker wishing to inflict bodily harm. Intent behind the creation of
New Zealand born, spent most of his professional career, before joining K-House, in Pre-Press, Graphic Arts and I.T. Wi n n e r o f Na t i o n a l and International print awards, he now finds some of the most challenging tasks, are taking Chucks ideas for product covers and creating them. Dean comes from an artistic family. His father Don Packwood is an internationally recognized artist. Dean felt the Lord was leading him to join K-House a few years before Chuck set up a base at The River Lodge, New Zealand. He took a leap of faith, resigning from his secular job and moving his family to Taupo (NZ). He was fortunate to meet Chuck and Nancy, joining the team a few months later with the establishment o f Lyo n s h e a d Me d i a in 2010. VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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Intent behind the creation of a fake image is all the more important. Images can It is always important to remember encourage, entertain, that an image is a snapshot of time. horrify or vilify With only a photograph as reference, a fake image is all the more important. Images can encourage, entertain, horrify or vilify to name a few.
there is no way of knowing the details of what lies outside of the photograph. This is implied, assumed or garnered from external supporting sources. Objectivity when looking at a photograph is virtually impossible. Everyone has a context in which they see the world, our current emotional state, whether we With only a photograph had a good sleep last night or even how our day is going, and this can as reference, there influence how we read and interpret is no way of knowing images. Our interpretation can the details of what be further influenced by an image lies outside of caption or accompanying text, the photograph. whether it be factual or false. Believe it or not, there are actually people that seemingly have way too much time on their hands with seemingly nothing else better to do than to go through Dr. Chuck Misslers videos frame-by-frame, hoping to catch a compromising expression or hand gesture. Only to post it on Social Media with a headline “Look, Chuck Missler’s a Freemason!” or “Chuck’s a Satanist.” I have often use a phrase, “That smacks of effort.” They’re essentially saying that Chuck spends years of Bible study and tens of thousands of dollars to produce a 24 hour Bible Commentary in the hopes that he can slip in a single frame hand-gesture to turn everyone into Satanists? That smacks of effort! As the production crew in post editing, we do our best to edit out Chuck’s slip-ups, sneezes, drinks of water etc., but it’s essentially a live recording. A single take, for the most part, in front of a small live audience. It’s not an old-school animation in which every frame is hand drawn and everything in that frame is there by design. Whenever you film anyone, and they have something in their eye for example, and use the wrong finger to scratch it away and BOOM! “In video frame x he was flipping the bird,” but was there any real intent 14
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behind it? No, these people already have a certain viewpoint and a desire to attack Chuck’s credibility. So they will go to extraordinary lengths to try and do just that. I think those people perhaps should just watch the video at normal speed and potentially learn something. Misrepresented, manipulated or fabricated images can do serious damage to our sense of the past. Take, for instance, a 2007 paper titled “Changing history: doctored photographs affect memory for past public events.”1 The researchers showed participants, young and old, either an original or a doctored photograph of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing or a 2003 protest in Rome against the war in Iraq. The manipulated images distorted the memories of the pictured events for those who saw them. They “remembered” the Tiananmen Square protests as being larger, and protests in Rome as being more violent— more property damage Top: An unknown Beijing citizen who would come to be known as “Tank Man” stands in front of tanks and injuries—than those on the Avenue of Eternal Peace on June 5, 1989, who saw the unaltered as military clashed with protesters in Tiananmen Square. images. The ones exposed Bottom: Fake image made to depict to the doctored images protests as being larger. even indicated they would be less likely to participate Misrepresented, manipulated or 2 in protests in the future. fabricated images can do serious
damage to our sense of the past.
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But fake images have been around for a while, long before digital technology and Photoshop. Compositing is probably the most common. Compositing is taking multiple images or exposures and combining them to make a single image. Take this 150-year-old portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (below left), in which he looks every bit the all-American hero. All is not as it appears - as although it is undoubtedly the 16th Commander in Chief ’s face staring at the camera, the body in fact belongs to a prominent southern politician.
Stitched up: This portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (left) is a composite of Lincoln’s head and the body of Southern politician John Calhoun (right)
It has led to claims the 1860 portrait, stitched together from two pictures as ‘no sufficiently heroic portrait of Lincoln had yet been taken’.3 Other interesting images from down the years show how the art of photographic trickery has developed over time.
“Although we may have the impression that photographic tampering is something relatively new - a product of the digital age - the reality is that history is riddled with photographic fakes.”
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Fake: The photo on the left appears to be of General Ulysses S Grant in front of his troops at City Point, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It is in fact created from three pictures, the head from a portrait of Grant; the horse and body from Major General Alexander M McCook; and the background of Confederate prisoners captured.
Digital forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid said: “Although we may have the impression that photographic tampering is something relatively new - a product of the digital age - the reality is that history is riddled with photographic fakes.�4
Regal doctoring: King George VI was removed from the original photograph of himself, Queen Elizabeth and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in Banff, Alberta, because, it is believed, the PM wanted to paint himself in a more powerful light.
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as an artworker at a design company in Wellington, New Zealand, one of my tasks was to take concepts from the designers and make it a finished work. This often consisted of hiring models, a photographic crew and venue. Then we would select the best photos from that shoot and composite a piece over several days suitable for publication. Another example, we would be publishing an annual report for a large company that would require a group photo of the board members. Trying to get all the members in for a photo shoot at the same time proved to be difficult. So, we would photograph them around their regular schedules, individually or in several smaller groups. I would then construct a single composite image for publishing. If I did my job right, you should not be able to tell it was a composite. Now I work for K-House, that whole process is very expensive and time-consuming. So, we discuss ideas, and I usually then peruse stock image sites5 (if we can’t take photos, or fully create the image ourselves) purchase a license for a couple of images (maybe $6-$30) and then proceed to composite the desired image over a day or two. There’s no malicious intent. When you’re dealing with ancient or supernatural themes, sometimes there’s just no photographs in existence. Behold a Livid Horse briefing pack cover by Dean Packwood. Some source images (left) and final composite image (right)
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With photorealistic and hyperrealistic painting and drawing skills, artists can also completely create photorealistic representations that cannot be easily distinguished from real life.
From left to right: Sir Ian McKellen by Joongwon Charles Jeong (South Korea), acrylic paint on canvas. Old Man by Dean Packwood (New Zealand), digital painting. An elderly man by Olga Larionova (Russia), pencil.
In staging an image or scene for a movie, it can be prohibitively expensive to have physical sets, so a chroma keying will often be used. This process includes live action filmed or photographed in front of a Green or Blue screen that can be easily selected and removed in post-production making it possible to add different backgrounds. Done well, and you would not be able to tell.
Left: From the Movie The Chronicles of Narnia. Right: From the movie The Monuments Men. Photos from Moving Picture Company (https://www.facebook.com/pg/Moving.Picture.Company).
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the background is digitally composited. Sports feeds can add in field lines or even billboard advertising to the original footage.
Example of set used for a virtual studio using green screen. Background will be added in digitally.
Image misrepresentation Let’s now go beyond some of the practical necessities for creating images (discussed earlier) and look at some examples of misrepresentation or even a more sinister agenda behind image creations. During hurricane Sandy this photo (below) was being spread on Twitter.
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The image was accurate in that it did show soldiers at the Tomb. But it had been taken a month earlier, not during Sandy. The picture had been posted on the Facebook page of the First Army Division East.6 In 2016, protesters turned violent against Trump supporters at a rally in San Jose. And the conservative media had been posting photos of people injured in the clashes. Some photos, however, aren’t actually from the protests. The Twitter account Cons_Nation posted a photo (below left) claiming, “Here’s what happened to female Trump supporter when she met ‘peaceful’ and ‘tolerant’ liberals.” But it’s not from the protests at all.7 The photo is real, but actually shows Samara Weaving, an Australian actress from the series Ash vs. Evil Dead. The “blood” is makeup, photos of which she posted to her Instagram back in January 2016 (below right).
A digital composite of a British soldier in Basra, gesturing to Iraqi civilians urging them to seek cover, appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Times shortly after the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. Brian Walski, a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times and a 30-year veteran of the news business, was fired after his editors discovered that he had combined two of his photographs to “improve” the composition.8 6 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/10/29/163875922/photo-despite-sandy-soldiers-standguard-at-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier 7 http://gizmodo.com/7-more-viral-photos-that-are-totally-fake-1764101952 8 http://pth.izitru.com/2003_04_00.html VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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A digital composite (top) and source images (bottom) of a British soldier in Basra composited by Brian Walski, a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times.
Mark Twain once said, “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.”9 Some may think this is quite harmless; “If you don’t read the however, once it’s revealed that the newspaper, you are photos are fake or misrepresented, uninformed. If you do you naturally start to have doubts the read the newspaper, event actually took place and doubt the credibility of its source. There’s a lot of you are misinformed.” discussion about the Moon Landings and fake images. That’s a larger discussion, but some of the photos we see on the web may be real, some retouched and some fake. I could create a fake moon landing image, but because you may discover errors and that it’s a fake, that does not prove the event never took place. On December 24, 1968, the astronauts of Apollo 8 took a gorgeous shot of the “earth rise” as came from the dark side of the moon.10 It was the first photo of our planet from the perspective of another 9 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Mark_Twain 10 https://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/14day4_orbits456.htm
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planetary body. Although a color photo was taken moments later, In 2013 NASA produced a computer-generated re-creation of the first photo, in full color. But ever since, people have been passing the recreation around as an authentic photo.
Left: Computer generated image, 2013. Middle: Original first photo taken in black and white, 1968. Right: Color photo taken moments after the 1968 photo.
Distorting the truth It is believed that this doctored photograph (right) contributed to Senator Millard Tydings’ electoral defeat in 1950. The photo of Tydings (below left) conversing with Earl Browder (below right), a leader of the American Communist party, was meant to suggest that Tydings had communist sympathies.11 A 1993 photo showing what appears to be an Israeli boy and a Palestinian boy overlooking Jerusalem with their arms around each other is one of the best-known photographs from the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Tweeted by Rihanna in 2014 – and retweeted over 40,000 times – 11 http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~beki/cs4001/ history.pdf VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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the photograph seemed to exemplify hopes for coexistence and peace in the region.12 But Rihanna was likely unaware that the photo was staged. American photojournalist Ricki Rosen who took the photo for a story on the Oslo Peace process, told The Forward “it was a symbolic illustration” and was never intended to be a documentary photo. A photograph apparently taken by a man pursued by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) is revealed to be stunt by Israeli-Arab rapper Tamer Nafar from the band DAM – but that does not prevent it sweeping the internet. In reality, the IDF soldiers chasing the man are two actors and was taken on a film set that’s based on a true story. This was clarified later on Twitter but the clarification post was much less popular.13
Staged photo: Israeli-Arab rapper Tamer Nafar, from the band DAM, pursued by actors posing as IDF soldiers.
Another photo circulating on Facebook that purports to show an IDF soldier aiming his rifle at the neck of a Palestinian youth is apparently staged, Israeli Channel 2 news reported.14 12 http://time.com/3624953/israeli-palestinian-friendship-photo-staged-fake/ 13 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/11393953/Palestinian-manchased-by-Israel-soldiers-fake-selfie-goes-viral.html 14 http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/06/08/the-staged-photo-circulating-around-facebook-that-isdelegitimizing-israel/
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According to the report, both the “Israeli soldier” and the “Palestinian youth” in the image are actors, and a follow uppicture, discovered by websurfer Roi Rahmani shows the pair standing together for a selfie shortly after the initial photo. Facebook photo purporting to show an IDF soldier aiming his
Rahmani, who posted rifle at the neck of a Palestinian youth, was proved to be staged. the photo and its explanation on Facebook explained that it “was taken by actors, and their goal was to present the soldiers of the IDF in a negative light.” But the fake image posted on social media this week went viral within minutes, notching up over 15,000 re-tweets within 24 hours. How many sites have we seen with accusations presented with supporting ‘screen grabs’ of tweets, posts, webpages or emails as proof? To determine a fake The two actors pose for a selfie after staging a scene of Israeli brutality – Facebook photo. from an authentic can be virtually impossible if you don’t have access to the original source. These screen grabs can be easily faked. VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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Here is a screen grab of USA.gov website. The website was not hacked in any way, but the screen grab was edited on my computer with some alterations I made in under a minute.
Fake screen grab of the USA.gov website.
Imagine the damage to a person’s Imagine the damage to reputation should a fake screen grab be shared of an email or tweet. a person’s reputation We see these on Facebook all the should a fake screen time, and we are all too quick to grab be shared of an believe and share. From time to email or tweet. time I see a shared post on Facebook showing a cctv image of an alleged thief with a headline “Share this so we can catch these shoplifters!” Before you re-share, remember the following: You have no idea where the image originated or if it’s been manipulated. Or it could just be an internet troll causing trouble. If it’s a direct post from a ‘friend’, then it’s relatively easy to get in touch with them to verify. If it’s a shared post, that can be a lot more difficult, so I usually will not share unless I can verify its authenticity. Online tools to help verify the authenticity of a photo It may come as a surprise that the technology for manipulating images is improving so rapidly that it seems we’re actually getting worse at detecting altered or fake photographs. 26
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If the artist is an expert, it can be virtually impossible to detect if an image is fake. Knowing full well what is capable in image manipulation, I usually take that position that an image may not be authentic and go from there. Here are some online tools that may help you verify the authenticity of a photo: • Findexif.com – a free tool where you could upload a photo or provide a reference to it and Findexif will identify EXIFdata (when and with what device a photo was made, image characteristics, sometimes a place, where a photo was made, could also be identified). www.findexif.com • Foto Forensics – a web-site that can run error level analysis (ELA), that is to find parts of a picture that were added to it after editing. After processing a photo the program produces the image with edited parts standing out. Besides, the program will also provide EXIF-data of a photo. fotoforensics.com • Google Search by Image – reverse image search. You could upload a photo there in order to find its origin source and to examine where else it was published. images.google.com • TinEye – one more tool for reverse image search. tineye.com • JPEGSnoop – a program that has to be installed (only for Windows). It shows metadata not only of images, but also of such formats as AVI, DNG, PDF, THM. The program could be used for different purposes. For example, it makes it possible to detect errors in corrupted file, to find out if an image was edited and so on. sourceforge.net/projects/jpegsnoop • Image checking algorithm 1) To determine a photographer or an origin of a photo, the most obvious, and often the most efficient way to do it, is to contact the person who uploaded the photo or sent it to an editor. Ask if this person made that photo by himself/ herself. Also, it is obligatory to try to find this photo with a reverse image search. Google also shows similar images VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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and sometimes it helps to determine if the photo was edited. It is likely that a reference to a high-resolution image would be the original source. 2) You also have to check the person that spreads the information. There are several different tools that can help to gather information about him/her. Though they are mostly designed for US residents, there are also some that will be useful for residents of other countries. For example, Pipl.com looks for “internet trace” of a user, helps to identify him/her and to find photos. You have to enter the name of the person in Latin, and the program will run a search through all American social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace). The feature of the program is that it runs a search through deepWeb, finding items that are usually ignored by ordinary search engines and is not normally available for users. An additional useful tool, WebMii (webmii.com), searches the reference with the name of the person and produces the “web visibility” rating, with which you could find out fake accounts. Thanks to this tool everyone can find references to his/her name on international sites. You can also use people.yandex.ru for a search through Runet. 3) The next step is to determine the place, date and approximate time of the photo. The easiest way is to ask the photographer (if he/she is available) or ask him/her to make more photos of that place. Then you should check the given data with the above-mentioned programs. Journalists, who are good in digital photography, will understand numerous characteristics, provided by this program. The most important information for the others is time, place, and the type of a camera. If metadata is not available, you have to examine carefully the picture: license plate numbers, weather conditions, landscape, mode of dress, advertisements, buildings, stores. All these details can help to determine the place and sometimes they could even testify forgery. 28
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Actor Denzel Washington dropped “What is the longthis truth bomb on the American term effect of too much mainstream media December 2016, information? One of “What is the long-term effect of the effects is the need to too much information? One of the be first, not even to be effects is the need to be first, not true anymore...” even to be true anymore. So what a responsibility you all have, to tell the truth, not just to be first, but to tell the truth. We live in a society now where it’s just first, who cares? Get it out there, we don’t care who it hurts, we don’t care who we destroy, we don’t care if it’s true, just say it, sell it! Anything you practice you’ll get good at.”15 Fake news and images are everywhere. Magazines, web, social media, news media, even in educational and scientific publications. As Christians, we should be a little more cautious and exercise a little more wisdom and discernment the next time we see an odd or controversial image in the news or on or social media. Take a pause before hitting that share button. You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Exodus 23:1
Additional References: • Photo Tampering Throughout History – http://pth.izitru.com/ • 20 Epic Fake Pictures that Have Fooled the Whole World – http://photodoto.com/epic-fake-pictures-that-have-fooled-thewhole-world/ • 69 Viral Images From 2016 That Were Totally Fake – http://gizmodo.com/69-viral-images-from-2016-that-weretotally-fake-1789400518 • Stop Fake – http://www.stopfake.org/en/13-online-tools-thathelp-to-verify-the-authenticity-of-a-photo/ 15 http://www.dailywire.com/news/11411/fake-news-alert-denzel-washington-blasts-john-nolte VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 2 |
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• How do we separate reliable information from unreliable information? • How can we determine what is relevant evidence supporting a position and what is superfluous? • What is the difference between evidentiary burden and persuasive burden? • How does the quantum of proof differ in the court of public opinion from the court of competent jurisdiction? • What is evidential apologetics versus pre-suppositional apologetics? • How does the Bible sharpen our discernment? Join Chris Corlett from the Executive Briefing Room at the River Lodge, New Zealand, as he explores these questions while addressing Critical Thinking. 30
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Leadership for the End Times
Return of the Nephilim
Ron Matsen
Dr. Chuck Missler
Leadership for the End Times” serves as the NEXT STEP in equipping ourselves with the tools and insights we need to be a guiding light to a world coping in the Last Days darkness of chaos and deceit. This follows the wonderful success of the “Weathering the Coming Storm”
This subject has not gone away. On the contrary, much new evidence has surfaced with global implications. Chuck explores the Biblical relevance and disturbing agenda of the apparent extraterrestrial life forms that have been forcing themselves into our global consciousness and reveals their most disturbing agenda.
Church in the End Times
Angels, Volume I: The Angelic Realm
Dr. Chuck Missler
Dr. Chuck Missler
What are Christians called to do during these turbulent times? How can you make a difference in your family, among your friends, and within your community? This follows the wonderful success of the “Weathering the Coming Storm”
For thousands of years most of us have either had or still hold to misconceptions, myths, legends, or traditions about angels and our own reality. In this study we will deal with these fascinating entities.
Weathering the Coming Storm
Angels, Volume II: The Invisible War
Dr. Chuck Missler & Ron Matsen
Dr. Chuck Missler
Soul Survival – Keeping your “lamp full” during the hard times ahead. Join Dr. Chuck Missler and Ron Matsen in the Executive Briefing Room of The River Lodge, New Zealand, in an intensive summary outlining what lies ahead and how we can prepare for the coming storm.
Volume two of a two part series, this DVD deals with these and many of the questions you may have such as: What is Hell, Hades and Gehenna? How do Demons differ from Angels and what's their limitations and agenda? What is Satan's origin, agenda and destiny? What is the Age of Hybrids?
The Next Holocaust
Angels, Volume III: The Denizens of the Metacosm
Dr. Chuck Missler Jesus warns the dwellers in Judea that when they see the "Abomination of Desolation" - a desecrating idol installed in the Holy of Holies of the Temple - to flee to the mountains. In this study, Chuck explores some of the less familiar prophecies of the End Times, the Tribulation, and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Chuck Missler Volume 3 explores the contradictory behavior of UFOs and other demonic deceptions characteristic of the End Times. Explore these topics in more detail in this two-hour briefing, Angels Vol 3: The Denizens of the Metacosm.
The Spiritual Gifts
Golgotha
Dr. Chuck Missler
Bob Cornuke
The apostle Paul told the Corinthian Christians, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.” Sadly, today many people are confused about the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
Maybe it’s time you learned the truth about the true location of where Christ was crucified. Golgotha makes a captivating case that Jesus didn’t die where tradition tells us he did.
Death of Discernment
The Feasts of Israel
Ron Matsen
Dr. Chuck Missler
Of all the end-time themes discussed in the Bible—such as global disasters (Mat 24), the rise of the global super-state, the identity of the Antichrist, the mark of the beast, and the Magog invasion (Ezek 38-39)—“deception and apostasy in the church” is listed more times than any other end-time “sign of the times.”
We live in a skeptical environment, where even the very existence of truth is questioned. Lately, the Bible - and even the Lord Jesus himself - has been under attack.
Entire Bible on MP3
Critical Thinking
Dr. Chuck Missler
Chris Corlett
‘The Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed and the New Testament is the Old Testament concealed.’ Now available in a single package—the entire Bible on MP3 PC DVD-ROM. This comprehensive verseby-verse collection will provide hours of uplifting and transforming discoveries and insights.
How do we separate reliable information from unreliable information? How does the quantum of proof differ in the court of public opinion from the court of competent jurisdiction? How does the Bible sharpen our discernment?
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FEBRUARY 2017 | Personal UPDATE Topical Studies by Chuck Missler on CD or DVD - For Download Pricing visit resources.khouse.org Each study is US$19.95 and contains approximately two hours of audio or video
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GETTING STARTED SERIES A Walk Thru the Bible
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How to Study the Bible
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How We Got Our Bible
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The Grand Adventure
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Behold a Black Horse
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Behold a Livid Horse
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Behold a Red Horse
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Armor For the Age of Deceit
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Behold a White Horse
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Being Faithful in Faithless World
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Church in the End Times
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Halloween: Invitation to Occult?
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Eternal Security
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Kabbalah
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Footprints of the Messiah
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Spiritual Gifts - 3 Hours
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Fulcrum of the Entire Universe
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Heaven and Hell
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Thanksgiving
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Hidden Treasures
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The Architecture of Man
Inheritance & Rewards
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The Da Vinci Deception
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Israel and The Church
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The Once & Future Church
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Jesus: Who & Why?
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Jonah - The Reluctant Prophet
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Letters To Seven Churches
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Manifesto of our King
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Return of the Nephilim
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Beyond Coincidence
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The 7th Day
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Beyond Newton
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Beyond Perception
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The Beginning of Wisdom
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Beyond Time & Space
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Digging Up the Truth
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The Feasts of Israel
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Twilight’s Last Gleaming?
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What Is Truth?
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In the Beginning…was Information
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Seat of Mercy
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The Rapture
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Signs in the Heavens
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The Trinity
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The Holographic Universe
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The Whole Counsel of God
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This Generation
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Technology & the Bible
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Thy Kingdom Come
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The Mysteries of Mars
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Defending the Bible - Matsen
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Discovering God - Matsen
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Doctrines of Demons - Matsen
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Human Nature - Matsen
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Jihad: America’s New War
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The Gospel - Matsen
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Myths of Eschatology
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Roots of War: Profiling MidEast
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The Love of God - Matsen
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The Kingdom of Blood
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The Kings of the East
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The Magog Invasion: Alt. View
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The New World Order
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A Legacy of Hate (Chuck & Avi)
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Antichrist: Alternate Ending
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Babylon: Alternate View
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Betrayal of the Chosen
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Daniel’s 70 Weeks
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Europa Rising
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Hosea, Can You See?
The Next Holocaust
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The Sword of Allah
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Robert Cornuke Golgotha - Searching for the True Location of Christ’s Crucifixion * NEW * (DVD approx. 2 hrs) In Search of the Lost Shipwreck of Paul (Hardcover) Mountain of Fire - The Search for the True Mount Sinai - (Approx. 1 hr) On the Trail of Discovery - (Approx. 2 hrs) Search for the Ark of the Covenant - (Approx. 1 hr) Search for the Lost Shipwreck of Paul - (Approx. 1 hr) Search for Noah's Ark - (Approx. 1 hr) Temple
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Against the Tide: Getting Beyond Ourselves -- Book Be Ye Transformed Be Ye Transformed Leader's Guide -- Notebook Faith in the Night Seasons Faith in the Night Seasons Leaders Guide -- Notebook Hope Against Hope -- Book Never Give Up! -- Book Private Worship: The Key to Joy -- Book Re-Igniting the Passion - DVD (4 hours) Reflections of His Image: God's Purpose for Your Life -- Book The Choice: Hypocrisy or Real Christianity? -- Book The Key: How to Let Go and Let God -- Book The Kingdom, Power & Glory The Kingdom, Power & Glory Leader's Guide -- Notebook The Kingdom, Power & Glory Workbook The Way of Agape The Way of Agape Leader's Guide -- Notebook Tomorrow May Be Too Late -- Book Why Should I Be The First to Change -- Book (Introductory)
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Conferences Strategic Perspectives 2016 DVD Set * NEW * Strategic Perspectives 2016 Audio CD Set * NEW * Strategic Perspectives 2015 DVD Set Strategic Perspectives 2015 Audio CD Set
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ROBERT CORNUKE
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A former police investigator and SWAT team member, Bob Cornuke is a biblical investigator, international explorer, and author of nine books. He has participated in over sixty expeditions around the world searching for lost locations described in the Bible. These journeys include searching for Robert Cornuke Mount Sinai in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, looking for the remains Searching for the True Lo of Noah’s Ark in Turkey with astronaut Jim of Christ’s Cr cation ucifixion Irwin (the eighth man to walk on the moon) and researching ancient Assyrian and Babylonian flood accounts in Iran. Cornuke's latest book Golgotha: Searching for the True Location of Christ’s Crucifixion, is about to turn history on its Head! Searching the True Loca for of Christ’s Cruc tion ifixion
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