Southwestern Adventist University - Mizpah Yearbook (Keene, TX)

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But the mind of man created in the image of God refused to be subjected to the deception of Satan forever. A resistance built up, weak at first, then stronger and stronger, like flood Waters piling up again And when the dam could cope with the flood no longer, the flood burst upon the World in a blinding flash - the Renaissance. st a dam

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Centuries of sin and degradation eventually perverted the mind in its quest for knowledgeg increasing until it reached its climax in that area of the earth's history known as the Dark Ages. During this time the basic need of man for knowledge became effaced almost beyond recognition. Knowledge became something to be feared. Man ceased to think for himself and clung to any superstition or idea advanced by the clergy

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Drops of knowledge flung around the world blended each decade into the intricacies and complexities of the twentieth century. Man's very existence demonstrates the results of knowledge when put to the uses of Satan. Around the world nations are now actively training men and women in an education designed to further the destructive power of this perverted knowledge. 9