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The idea that swine can transmit leprosy has been a subject of common conversation. However, it is without foundation and can not be objectively demonstrated. In actual fact, there is a limited amount of knowledge as to how leprosy is transmitted. As to the Biblical disease that is commonly thought to be leprosy, that is also subject to much speculation. It probably was some sort of skin disease. In fact, it may have been several such. In any case, it can not be assumed that it was absolutely leprosy.

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5 Things You Didn't Know About World War II_2 On September 1, 1939, World War II began as an estimated 1.5 million German troops crossed Germany's shared border with Poland. Here are 5 things you probably didn't know about World War II... Poland Had One of the Largest Armies That Fought in World War II In addition to more than 700,000 troops, both men and women, Poland also had 400,000 partisans that made up one of the war's biggest underground armies. Because of its large number of forces, Poland had the fourth largest Army that fought during World War II. According to Winston Churchill, Poland also had the best spies, which helped lead the Allied Forces to victory. Hitler’s Nephew Served in the U.S. Navy During the War Hitler’s brother, Alois, had a son, born in 1911, who was named William Patrick Hitler. William Hitler lived for a time in Germany but became stranded in the United States while visiting because of the war, so stayed and obtained his citizenship, after which he joined the U.S. Navy, serving as a pharmacist’s mate. Following the war, Hitler changed his last name to William Stuart-Houston and operated a medical laboratory in Long Island, New York. The Largest Tank Battle of World War II Happened in Russia The Battle of Kursk in July 1943 was Germany’s last chance to dominate the Eastern Front. On the battlefield, around two million German and Russian soldiers, 4,000 aircraft and 6,000 tanks faced off in what became Germany’s final blitzkrieg. By later in August 1943, the Red Army of the Russians had taken over the 1,200-mile front line, which put the Germans into the retreat that eventually led to their surrender. The Only Town Bombed by the Japanese in the Continental United States Was in Oregon Nine months after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, Japanese pilot Nubuo Fujita dropped four thermite bombs in an area near Brookings, Oregon, with the hope that they would set the forest on fire and burn down the surrounding towns. However, it being Oregon, it was too wet, and the bombs fizzled out without doing any damage. Years later, as a gesture of goodwill, the residents of Brookings invited Fujita and his family to visit during the annual Azalea Festival, where he presented the town with his most cherished possession, a Samurai sword that had been in his family for 400 years. The Nazis Considered Transporting all the European Jews to Madagascar In 1940, leaders in the Nazi party considered sending all the European Jews to the island of Madagascar, revoking their citizenship and then confiscating their property, while placing the island under the rule of the Nazi SS. The idea appears to have been Heinrich Himmler’s, according to a piece of correspondence by him in 1940 to Hitler. The Nazis thought they would be able to use ships confiscated from the British Royal Navy after they had conquered the United Kingdom to transport so many people, but Great Britain was uncooperative by fighting back against the Nazi threat and the plan never came to fruition.

Gustave, the open discussions in this forum, between you, myself and the others, who may or may not be SDA members demonstrates the range of belief that is allowed in the SDA denomination and our willingness to dialogue with people. Does every member demonstrate this? No. But it exists in the SDA denomination.

Yes, there was a time when J. H. Kellogg was a valued member of the SDA Church. But, his heretical beliefs about the nature of God preceded his publication of The Living Temple and his essential separation from the denomination. I will suggest that his relationship is more complex than Gustave has implied it to be.