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1.0 PrologThis web article examines the so-called Dark Matter, which is turning out to be
one of the newest Holy Grails of modern astronomy ...
2.0 NotesHere is the text (slightly adapted) of the entry on " Dark matter" in my favorite, free, user-editable online encyclopedia Wikipedia — as well as from other sources as specified ... Dark matter In astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is hypothetical matter that does not interact with the electromagnetic force,
but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible
matter. According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies, as well
as Big Bang cosmology, dark matter and dark energy account for the vast majority of the mass in the observable universe.
Dark Matter [...] Remarkably, it turns out there is five times more material in clusters of
galaxies than we would expect from the galaxies and hot gas we can see. Most of
the stuff in clusters of galaxies is invisible and, since these are the largest
structures in the Universe held together by gravity, scientists then conclude
that most of the matter in the entire Universe is invisible. This invisible
stuff is called 'dark matter'. There is currently much ongoing research by scientists attempting to
discover exactly what this dark matter is, how much there is, and what effect
it may have on the future of the Universe as a whole. — imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html
Dark Matter We believe that most of the matter in the universe is dark, i.e. cannot be
detected from the light which it emits (or fails to emit). This is "stuff"
which cannot be seen directly — so what makes us think that it
exists at all? Its presence is inferred indirectly from the motions of
astronomical objects, specifically stellar, galactic, and galaxy
cluster/supercluster observations. It is also required in order to enable
gravity to amplify the small fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background enough to form the large-scale structures that we see in the universe today. For each of the stellar, galactic, and galaxy cluster/supercluster observations
the basic principle is that if we measure velocities in some region, then there
has to be enough mass there for gravity to stop all the objects flying apart.
When such velocity measurements are done on large scales, it turns out that the
amount of inferred mass is much more than can be explained by the luminous
stuff. Hence we infer that there is dark matter in the Universe. [...] — astro.berkeley.edu/~mwhite/darkmatter/dm.html
The observed phenomena which imply the presence of dark matter include the - rotational speeds of galaxies,
- orbital velocities of galaxies in clusters,
- gravitational lensing of background objects by galaxy clusters such as the Bullet cluster, and the
- temperature distribution of hot gas in galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
Dark matter also - plays a central role in structure formation and galaxy evolution, and
- has measurable effects on the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background.
All these lines of evidence suggest that galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and
the universe as a whole contain far more matter than that which interacts with
electromagnetic radiation: the remainder is called the "dark matter component".
It's Dark Out There.... "Dark matter" refers matter of an unknown type that astronomers and
cosmologists believe must make up the majority of the mass in the universe. It
is called "dark" because it does not emit any light. We know of its presence
because of the gravitational effects it has on objects that we can see. For
example, galaxies in clusters move at speeds that are too high to be attributed
just to the visible galaxies. In addition, astronomers measure high temperature
gas in these galaxy clusters. This gas is at too high a temperature to remain
bound to the cluster without some additional, hidden, mass. For galaxies and
groups, the X-ray data have often indicated very extended dark matter halos far
beyond the radius at which one sees starlight or galaxies. The total inferred
dark matter mass is often 10 times that in the "visible" galaxies alone. Dark matter also plays a role in the early universe. Astronomers theorize that
the presence of dark matter helps to explain the relative amounts of light
elements and isotopes produced in the Big Bang. Results from the Wilkinson
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) show that 23% of the Universe is made up of
dark matter. [...] — imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/dark_matter.html |
The dark matter component has much more mass than the "visible" component of
the universe. At present, the density of ordinary baryons and radiation in the universe is estimated to be equivalent to about one
hydrogen atom per cubic meter of space. Only about 4% of the total energy
density in the universe (as inferred from gravitational effects) can be seen
directly. About 22% is thought to be composed of dark matter. The remaining 74%
is thought to consist of dark energy, an even stranger component, distributed
diffusely in space. Some hard-to-detect baryonic matter is believed to make a contribution to dark
matter but would constitute only a small portion. Determining the nature of
this missing mass is one of the most important problems in modern cosmology and
particle physics. It has been noted that the names "dark matter" and "dark energy" serve mainly
as expressions of human ignorance, much like the marking of early maps with
"terra incognita."
Dark Matter Dark matter (DM) candidates are usually split into two broad categories, with
the second category being further sub-divided: - Baryonic
- Non-Baryonic
- hot dark matter (HDM) and
- cold dark matter (CDM),
depending on their respective masses and speeds. CDM candidates travel at slow
speeds (hence "cold") or have little pressure, while HDM candidates move
rapidly (hence "hot"). — astro.berkeley.edu/~mwhite/darkmatter/dm.html Observational evidenceThe first to provide evidence and infer the existence of a phenomenon that has
come to be called "dark matter" was Swiss astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky, of the California Institute of Technology [Caltech] in 1933. He applied the virial theorem to the Coma cluster of galaxies and obtained evidence of unseen mass. Zwicky estimated the cluster's total mass based on the motions of galaxies near
its edge. When he compared this mass estimate to one based on the number of
galaxies and total brightness of the cluster, he found that there was about 400
times more mass than expected. The gravity of the visible galaxies in the
cluster would be far too small for such fast orbits, so something extra was
required. This is known as the "missing mass problem". Based on these conclusions, Zwicky inferred that there must be some
non-visible form of matter which would provide enough of the mass and gravity
to hold the cluster together.
Dark Matter Nearly 50 years ago, Fritz Zwicky realized that clusters of galaxies consisted
predominantly of matter in some nonluminous form. The search for dark matter
has dominated cosmology for half a century. Precise measurements were obtained
over 20 years ago, when dark matter was first mapped in galaxy halos. Only
recently has the existence of dark matter over much larger scales than even
galaxy clusters been confirmed. The density of matter in the solar neighborhood is measured by sampling a
uniform population of luminous stars that extends well above the disk of the
galaxy. The average velocities of the stars and the vertical distances they
traverse above the disk provide a measure of the gravitational restoring force
that keeps these stars in the disk. From the strength of this force, one can
deduce the total density of matter that exerts this gravitational pull.
Comparing this density with actual counts of stars, one finds that the number
of observed stars falls short, by perhaps as much as a factor of 2, of the
number needed to account for this density. This is the first hint of any dark
matter, and it is present in the vicinity of the sun. It should be noted that
the amount of such a shortfall in the disk matter is controversial. There is at most an amount of dark matter in the disk equal to the amount of
luminous matter. A more conservative estimate might place the amount of dark
matter at about 25 percent of the amount of luminous matter. In fact, this
additional component of matter need be nothing very exotic. What could the dark matter be? The dark matter in the disk most likely consists
of very dim stars, such as white and even black dwarfs. White dwarfs are the
destiny of stars like the sun, attained when the nuclear fuel supply is
exhausted. A typical white dwarf has a mass of about 0.6 the mass of the sun
but a size smaller than that of the earth. It formed as the hot core of a
planetary nebula, the final luminous phase of stellar evolution when the
envelope of a red giant is ejected as the core burns the last remnants of
nuclear fuel. A white dwarf fades slowly to oblivion as it cools down to become
a black dwarf. [...] — imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html
Much of the evidence for dark matter comes from the study of the motions of
galaxies. Many of these appear to be fairly uniform, so by the virial theorem
the total kinetic energy should be half the total gravitational binding energy
of the galaxies. Experimentally, however, the total kinetic energy is found to
be much greater: in particular, assuming the gravitational mass is due to only
the visible matter of the galaxy, stars far from the center of galaxies have
much higher velocities than predicted by the virial theorem. Galactic rotation curves, which illustrate the velocity of rotation versus the distance from the
galactic center, cannot be explained by only the visible matter. Assuming that
the visible material makes up only a small part of the cluster is the most
straightforward way of accounting for this. Galaxies show signs of being
composed largely of a roughly spherically symmetric, centrally concentrated
halo of dark matter with the visible matter concentrated in a disc at the
center. Low surface brightness dwarf galaxies are important sources of
information for studying dark matter, as they have an uncommonly low ratio of
visible matter to dark matter, and have few bright stars at the center which
impair observations of the rotation curve of outlying stars. Gravitational lensing observations of galaxy clusters allow direct estimates of
the gravitational mass based on its effect on light from background galaxies.
In clusters such as Abell 1689, lensing observations confirm the presence of
considerably more mass than is indicated by the clusters' light alone. In the
Bullet Cluster, lensing observations show that much of the lensing mass is
separated from the X-ray-emitting baryonic mass.
Nonbaryonic dark matterNonbaryonic dark matter refers to substances containing no atoms and does not interact with
electromagnetic forces, such as black holes, axions, and supersymmetric particles. Dark matter is hypothetical in itself, not to mention the nonbaryonic form. As
dark matter has no true shape or being, it is easily imaginable without atoms.
This form of dark matter has extremely high or low
mass, contributing to the dissimilarities in galaxy rotation curves. There are three promininent theories on nonbaryonic dark matter, which are - Hot Dark Matter (HDM),
- Warm Dark Matter (WDM), and
- Cold Dark Matter (CDM),
where WDM is a merger between the other two theories. This sort of dark matter [nonbaryonic dark matter] normally deals with
hypothetical calculations about what happens in a black hole, around a black
hole, and forming a black hole. Although there are still many skeptics, nonbaryonic dark matter is generally
accepted as existing, even in our own galaxy.
3.0 YouTube Videos
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dark matter energy space physics black holes universe 3.2 Video SummariesHere are the YouTube video summaries:
Title: NOVA scienceNOW | The Dark Matter Mystery | PBS From: PBS Added: June 23, 2008 Info-Description: www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow We can't see dark matter, and some skeptics doubt its
existence, but many scientists think it makes up 20-some percent of our
universe. Astronomer Doug Clowe explains how the Bullet Cluster, a group of
galaxies billions of light years away, may shed some light on this mysterious
stuff. Don't miss the new season of NOVA scienceNOW, airing every
Wednesday at 9pm starting June 25 on PBS. Watch past episodes of the program,
try out interactives, and more on our Web site: www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow
Title: Patricia Burchat: The search for dark energy and dark matter
From: TEDtalksDirector
Added: August 25, 2008
Info-Description: www.ted.com
Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic
ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the
universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is
immense.
Title: Hubblecast 05: Hubble finds ring of dark matter
From: rshida
Added: May 15, 2007
Info-Description: An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space
Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a
colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that
dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from
the distribution of ordinary matter. Read more at:
www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0709.html
Title: Dark Matter - scientist interview
From: suzzalana
Added: January 08, 2007
Info-Description: Excited scientist and interviewer on the latest 'dark matter' discovery
in space.
Title: Dark Matter 3D Map
From: rshida
Added: May 29, 2007
Info-Description: COSMOS Video News Release
For the first time ever, astronomers have been creating a
three—dimensional map
of how the dark matter is distributed across the Universe. An international
team of scientists, among them groups from Marseille, the Max-Planck Institutes
and Paris have been using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The
results are published in nature online of 8 January 2007, and at the meeting of
the American Astronomical Society in Seattle. This Video News Release discussed
this discovery. More on:
www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0701.html
Title: Dark Matter Dark Energy & the Unknown Universe
From: Sarastarlight
Added: August 13, 2007
Info-Description: Dark Matter Dark Energy & the Unknown Universe, by Rhawn Joseph, Ph.D.
Title: The Universe: Dark Matter/Energy (5 parts/clips)
From: alwaysblazen
Added: January 23, 2008
Info-Description: ...
Title: Most of the Universe is Missing (1 of 5) to (5 of 5)
From: Melkane
Added: August 23, 2007
Info-Description: Documentary
4.0 EpilogThis web article comprises some notes and YouTube video clips,
on the modern scientists'/astronomers' Holy Grail known as Dark Matter ... Nuff said!
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Sciences ... Four Categories of Science By Stanton T. Friedman (Former Nuclear Physicist)Some people have insisted that if I can't provide a piece of a [flying] saucer
or an alien body, there is nothing to support my claims. I was quite surprised
during my last visit with Carl Sagan in December 1992, when he claimed that the
essence of the scientific method was reproducibility. In actuality, as I wrote
Sagan later on, there are at least four different kinds of science: - [Category-1 Science] Yes, there is a lot of excellent science done by people who set up
an experiment in which they can control all the variables and equipment. They
make measurements and then publish their results, after peer review, and
describe their equipment, instruments, and activity in detail so that others
can duplicate the work and, presumably, come to the same conclusions. Such
science can be very satisfying, and certainly can contribute to the advancement
of knowledge. However, it is not the only kind of science.
- [Category-2 Science] A second kind of science involves situations in which one cannot
control all the variables, but can predict some. For example, I cannot prove
that on occasion the moon comes directly between the sun and the Earth and
casts a shadow of darkness on the Earth, because I cannot control the positions
of the Earth, moon, or sun. What can be done is predicting the times when such
eclipses will happen and being ready to make observations when they occur.
Hopefully the weather where I have my instruments will allow me to make lots of
measurements.
- [Category-3 Science] A third kind of science involves events that can neither be
predicted nor controlled, but one can be ready to make measurements if
something does happen. For example, an array of seismographs can be established
to allow measurements to be made at several locations in the event of an
earthquake. When I was at the University of Chicago, a block of nuclear
emulsion was attached to a large balloon that would be released when a
radiation detector indicated that a solar storm had occurred (something we
could neither produce nor predict). Somebody would rush to Stagg Field and
release the balloon. When the balloon was
retrieved, the emulsion would be carefully examined to measure the number,
direction, velocity, and mass characteristics of particles unleashed by the sun.
- [Category-4 Science] Finally, there is a fourth kind of science, still using the rules
to attack difficult problems. These are the events that involve intelligence,
such as airplane crashes, murders, rapes, and automobile accidents. We do not
know when or where they will occur, but we do know they will. In a typical year
more than 40,000 Americans will be killed in automobile accidents. We don't
know where or when, so rarely are TV cameras whirling when these events take
place. But we can, after the fact, collect and evaluate evidence. We can
determine if the driver had high levels of alcohol in his or her blood, whether
the brakes failed, whether the visibility was poor, where a skid started, and
so on. Observations of strange phenomena in the sky come under this last
category.
In all the category-4 events, we must obtain as much testimony from witnesses
as possible. Some testimony is worth more than other testimony, perhaps because
of the duration of observation, the nearness of the witnesses to the event, the
specialized training of the observer, the availability of corroborative
evidence such as videos and still photos, or the consistency of evidence when
there is testimony from more than one witness. Our entire legal system is based
on testimony — rarely is there conclusive proof such as DNA
matching. Judges and juries must decide, with appropriate cross-examination,
who is telling the truth. In some states, testimony from one witness can lead
to the death penalty
for the accused. We should take note of the fact that even instrument data is dependent on
testimony from the observer of the instruments, and on appropriate calibration
and validation under standardized circumstances. Also, our courts place limits
on requirements for testimony, such as that against one spouse by the other.
Furthermore, there are rules about hearsay testimony, and rules regarding legal
evidence are complex and detailed. When it comes to flying saucers, we must remember that the reason most
sightings can be determined to be relatively conventional phenomena, often seen
under unusual circumstances, is that most people are relatively good observers.
The problem comes with the interpretation of what was observed. People watching
the sky late at night may get excited about a very bright light that moved very
slowly. Checking on the position of the planets at that time may reveal that
that light was Venus, because we have good information as to the angle of
observation, the direction of the light from the observer, the relatively slow
rate of motion, the location of Venus at that time, and so on. On three
occasions, when living in Southern California, I was called by people who
described an unusual object moving rapidly. I tried to make sure that I
analyzed their observations, such as, what time was it? In what direction were
you looking? In what direction did it seem to be moving? Was there any sound?
What was its apparent size, say, as compared to the moon (just covered by an
aspirin held at arm's length)? Two of the people wanted to tell me that the object was just over the next
hill. I stressed that this was an interpretation, because even huge objects far
away can seem to be small objects nearby. In all three cases, I felt that what
was being described sounded similar to a rocket launched down the California
Coast when the sun had gone down, but while the object was high enough to still
be in sunlight. I had seen such a spectacular case once myself. I checked, in
all three cases, with Vandenberg Air Force Base, which launches many rockets
down the U.S. West Coast. Indeed, there had been a launch at the right time in
each case. One case was especially intriguing, because several witnesses were
looking out across the ocean from a beach area and described the thing they saw
as similar to a string of popcorn. It turned out to be the launch of a special
weather satellite with extra solid boosters being dropped off multiple times. The people were good observers. To say the least, it would be irrational to say
that people are good observers when their input allows us to identify the
object being observed, and yet poor observers if we can't identify the UFO as
something conventional. — Stanton T. Friedman (Nuclear Physicist)
Flying Saucers and Science
Subtitle — A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes,
and Government Cover-Ups
(Chapter 1 - "The Case for the ET Origin of Flying Saucers")
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As an ex-military officer, I assure you that I am in the habit of reading,
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call all the stuff we read, view and digest, 'military intelligence' ... The
same applies with 'business intelligence' in the business world, of course. Our aim, as usual, is to find out what others (including our friends, enemies,
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speak — we have to remove our humongous
ego! — else we will never ever really have gotten started in
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are lots of stuff presented in this website that I do not believe in ... which
had even led some to label me as "Fundamentalist"! ... Whatever! Matthew 7 1Judge not, that ye be not judged.2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest
not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;
and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. — Jesus the Christ
(Yahoshua ha Mashiach;
Yeshua/Yesua; Ieosus; Joshua),
"Sermon on the Mount"
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In short, in this website, I present many things that, I am hopeful, would be
of interest to a student, explorer and investigator of the Mysteries of the World ... but this doesn't mean that I believe in any of the stuff presented. ... Got it? ... Right! - Here is a purpose that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
[Mysteries, Monsters, Mutants, Myths, Miracles & Much More ...]Our purpose ... is to describe the rich variety of anomalous, unexplained,
sometimes totally bizarre phenomena that people have experienced in all times
and places and that are still occurring today. ... the nature of the world and
of our existence are quite different from that which we were taught at school.
The reality is far more interesting, humorous and expansive than any religious
or rational, scientific world-view can possibly accommodate. It is not our intention here to dispute anyone's beliefs or
theories — but we should like to point out their limitations.
There are things that happen in this world - and have occurred throughout the
whole of human experience - for which there has never been a lasting
explanation. Explanations are temporary products, coming and going in response
to fashions. Meanwhile, the happenings they are supposed to explain carry on as
mysteriously as ever. — John Michell and Bob Rickard
The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena (Rough Guide Reference)
(New York, NY: Rough Guides Ltd, 2007) - Here is a sentiment that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
As I sit down to redo this book for an American audience, what rises before me
is last night's dream: I'm in a broad and beautiful land among many trees. It's
night. I look up at a huge old tree that's dark against the starry sky in its
detail of twig and branch. There is room enough here for all of us, I realize,
here in this big, intricately textured park. But I see that some want to cut
down the trees and level it out, so huge throngs of people can gather to gaze
up at the sun's glare. I watch dark twigs fingering the remote, untouchable
stars. A voice speaks: "Don't turn this into a Copernican Garden." Waking up, I remember that I went to sleep wondering how to put this book
together. And I take "Copernican Garden" to mean a parking lot vista where
masses gather to honor the bright sun of traditional science with its old rules
as the center of the universe. So I will not cut down the trees and level this book out. It is between you and
me [or you and I], a conversation as we stroll along in a moonlit fractal
garden past webby connections of thought that merge to patterned insight. Here
hidden delights nestle in scaling patterns of self-similar but never quite
repeating beauty. Here the tree of life hold stars in its branches. No matter
how huge, this garden stays human-sized because we have a place in it, you and
I. No need to cut down the connective forest and level things out for that
bright Sol [sun] of left-brain logic whose daytime dazzle — so
close and glaring — can blind us to the myriad constellations
beyond. [...] — Katya Walter, Tao of Chaos
Sub-title: Merging East and West
(1994, 1996) - Here is an observation (adapted) made in the Acknowledgement page of a book ...
It takes many minds to produce a book [including an e-book, of course].
Although most authors [especially of non-fiction books and articles] would
prefer not to admit this fact, fundamentally they are merely 'synthesisers' of
accumulated knowledge. The process of synthesising may unveil a new reality map, or paradigm, which,
in due course, will be used by future pioneers to unveil further paradigms. This principle was summed up by Sir Isaac Newton when he remarked: "If I have
seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". [...] — Christian von Nidda, Our Secret Planet
(2005) - Here is an observation about UFO-Aliens cover-up or conspiracy that may be of
general interest, although some readers would not agree with the observation
(e.g., they may say that some whistleblowers, such as Bob Lazar on the
Roswell-type flying saucers in secret Area-51 labs, have already come forward)
...
If any long-term coherent cover up of UFO information does exist, however, then
it must operate at all levels of government and the media. It must encompass
all the relevant written materials, from the briefest handwritten note in
government files to entries in squadron log books to letters in the personal
papers of members of the Establishment. Hundreds of politicians, service
personnel, police officers, clerks and officials, over half a century, would be
required to excise any reference to the reality of UFOs from official documents
and the media. The number of people who would have taken part in this cover up
would be vast, yet not one person has broken ranks to 'blow the whistle' on the
greatest story ever told. Meantime, millions of dollars are being spent every
day on space probes and radio telescopes that are searching for evidence of
alien life. Would there be any reason for a conspiracy of silence if that
evidence already existed? — Dr David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows
(2002) - Even though I am a "Charismatic Christian", the views presented herewith, in
this Mysteries of the World Website, will NOT be colored by this fact of being a Charismatic Christian. Rather, where and
when I find it necessary (and usually, I would NOT find it necessary, since I find it tiresome to repeat myself, again and again
and again ..., ad infinitum ..., but if I should find it necessary to repeat myself), I will then state
what my Charismatic Christian beliefs lead me to believe
in — even though I am aware that my own Charismatic Christian
beliefs may or may not be the same as, or in accord with, those beliefs of
others who also may want to regard themselves as Charismatic Christians
(nb/note well: there appears to be so many varieties of Charismatic Christian
beliefs, including from those who are simultaneously of the
traditional-historical denominations — such as the Roman
Catholics, with their purgatories, mortal and venial sins, and their Mother
this and Mother that. Shudder! Shudder! Shudder!).
Thus, for example, I do not necessarily "believe" in "ghosts", even as I (will
later) examine the entire gamut of so-called "paranormal events or phenomena",
especially of those with a psychic bent (truly, these are bent!, as in
less-than-straight, aka "crooked", thinking variety). Many so-called "ghosts"
are probably some form of "fallen angels" or "demons" of the Biblical kind,
masquerading as either gods, demons, spirits, ghosts, or even "angels of light"
(when they are obviously "fallen" and are "angels of darkness", or "sons of
darkness" as used in one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e. The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness). Anyway, the author of 1 John, gave us a simple test against any "spirit" to see
whether that spirit is of light (God; Christ/Son of God; Holy Spirit of
God/Comforter/Advocate/Paraclete/The One; Jehovah/Yahveh/Yahweh/God the Father)
or of darkness (Satan, Lucifer, the Devil; the Anti-Christ; the False Prophet;
the Beast): 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is
already in the world. — First Epistle of John
(1 John 4:2-3; New
International Version/NIV)
(Note: many Catholics like NIV
and dislike KJV! Tough!) Whatever the case may be about "ghosts" and other "apparitions", in this
website, I have stated that we will be truth-based and science-based. Despite
this, definitely, I will not be ashamed of being a Charismatic Christian or of
God's Word:If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him
when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy
angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Luke 9:26; NIV)If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's
glory with the holy angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Mark 8:38; NIV) I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. (Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans; Romans 1:16; NIV)
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