**** "S, at one year after his session , continued to regard himself as "transformed" and to behave as he feels he could only behave as a consequence of an authentic transformation. These two criteria: subjective certainty that a transformation has occurred, and behavioral changes of a positive character supporting the certainty of transformation, seem to us to be sufficient evidence that the person has in fact been transformed" **** This quote is not from a great theologian or religous leader. Instead, it is an excerpt from the book "Varieties of Psychedelic Experience". These people were trying to prove that mind altering drugs had a lasting, positive effect on people. They used several tests to prove that people had been truly transformed after using these drugs. They carefully examined the behaviour and attitudes of the subjects for extended periods of time after the drugs were taken. When we accept Christ, we are transformed. We are changed - we become one of God's kids. We are a new creation. Do our actions prove that an "authentic transformation" has taken place? If we as Christians were exposed to the same degree of scrutiny that the people in these tests were, would we pass? Would others looking at us see a change in us? As leaders, our boys look at us under a microscope. They watch our reactions and interactions. They watch how we act around them and around other adults. What are they seeing? In His Service, Allen R. Cook - Cookie Royal Rangers Senior Commander Belton A/G -- Belton, Missouri e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page: http://www.crosswinds.net/~rrcookie/ website submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
