God's Got My Attention With Latest Earthquake in San Francisco

I should watch what I read! I took a small break from reading my Bible last night to browse through this pictorial book Earth SHOOK Sky BURNED. Published in 1959 by William Bronson, one of the better pictorial books I obtained a few years ago.  I didn't have much time to read, just wanted photos.

Then at 6:49 a.m. I awoke to a 4.0 earthquake in San Francisco.  I didn't connect the dots for a a couple of hours that maybe I had a premonition of sorts to pick up this book. In any event, I'm glad it was a relatively small earthquake.

This is God's way of getting my attention, no doubt.

See also:

Megaquake - California Earthquake Prediction - August 16, 2015

 The Really Big One - July, 2015, The New Yorker

Sleaziest Generation Ever Wears Nose Rings to Church

I don't know why I felt a need to pierce my ears in high school, maybe it was Sheila Rogers, future writer for Rolling Stone Magazine, and her ear piercing machine she brought into school giving free piercings. Back in 1976, nose piercings were rare and anyone who went beyond multiple piercings on the ear lobe was considered sleazy.

Fast forward to 2015,  the young people of this generation are so horrendously revolting and nasty, rebellious in every way against God that they even sit in church with their nose rings and body paintings and demand you leave if you bring up the facts of God's opposing body piercing and their lack of reverence for God's church.  That's right, they will ask you to leave as if you've offended them!

As I walked in to Sherith Temple one fine Sunday, a temporary abode for my Christian Church due to remodeling, I looked over and saw a 23 year old man walking in behind me, nose ring and all prompting me to comment "wow, you sure have a lot of reverence for God, don't you?"  The casual attitudes, tank tops and shorts with flip flops entering such a beautiful temple dedicated to God!  Dress code anyone?  

A few fools came into the Israel Sherith Temple calling themselves Christians who believe no matter what they do and how much they abuse God's Grace, they will be saved from eternal hell and enter the Kingdom of God,.  The fact is that Gentiles such as themselves shouldn't be so cavalier they've got eternity sealed up with Jesus because God is looking for any opportunity to graft Jews back into the vine who might repent and accept Jesus as their Messiah.

Doctrine.org The Olive Tree:

"In verse 17, Paul issued a warning to the wild branches (Gentiles):

• Warning to Gentiles: Do not boast against (κατακαυχάομαι) the natural branches (Israel).
• Question: Why not?
• Answer: Because the wild branches (Gentiles) do not support the root (God, the source of blessing)–the root supports the branches.
• Objection: But they (the natural branches, i.e., Israel) were broken off so that I (the wild branches–Gentiles) might be grafted in.
• Rebuttal: Correct–but remember–the natural branches (Israel) were removed because of unbelief. The wild branches (Gentiles) stand only by faith. Don’t be conceited but fear. If God broke off the natural branches (Israel) do you think He would not remove wild branches (Gentiles)?

22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be 23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree? (Romans 11.22-24)

The kindness of God was grafting wild branches (Gentiles) into the olive tree. His severity was breaking off the natural branches (Israel) from their place of blessing. God’s kindness is experienced upon response to His kindness (faith). Paul warned that Gentiles, like Israel, only stand by faith."

I can assure these arrogant abusers of God's Grace, God will gladly graft a converted Jew back into the vine who accepts Jesus and displace them because they have taken the broad path in life, nose rings and all.  

"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it." - Matthew 7:13

What Does the Bible Say About Piercing The Body? - Albatrus.org

John Lennon's Dreamer's Godless Utopia Nothing New in Human History

The following video by The Fuel Project (creators of the 77 part series Know Your Enemy) explores John Lennon's influence over our culture with his most highly acclaimed song Dreamer while countering with what happens when nations and cultures reject Him.

When people don't learn from history or God, they're destined to repeat it again.  

Whenever the real God's rejected, a lesser god steps in singing peaceful lulliby's like Lennon's to the world in hopes of hypnotizing to program people into a very dangerous spiritual condition leading to tyranny.

John Lennon's in eternal hell having rejected Jesus as Messiah and his spirit even today is going to likely bring multitudes there due to ignorance of God's Word through rebellion and stupidity.

Cops Are Criminals Under Civil Forfeiture Law 'Thou Shall Not Steal'

According to Biblical Scripture, it's true that a cop today in America is nothing more than a hypocrite lying criminal thief with a badge under the helm of a corrupt unlawful government that creates ungodly evil laws for its own benefit.

The truth is out that police officers across the U.S. are participants of a nationwide criminal enterprise stealing from innocent citizens they hold under suspicion for the purpose of stealing from them.  Under these so called civil forfeiture laws the police have become like pirates on the open sea sabotaging the lives of innocent people who get caught up into their web of fabrication and dishonesty.   

You see, "thou shall not steal" is one of God's Ten Commandments the police in America have been violating on a system wide basis as if it's lawful and necessary to take other's property without just cause. It doesn't matter if the States or Federal government made these actions lawful, they are a violation of God's laws!  You cannot steal another's property based on "suspicions" about them for obvious reasons.

"According to the latest exhaustive investigation conducted by the Drug Policy Alliance, civil asset forfeiture law allows the government to seize and keep cash, cars, real estate, and any other property – even from citizens never charged with or convicted of a crime. Because these assets often go straight into the coffers of the enforcement agency, these laws have led to a perversion of police priorities, such as increasing personnel on the forfeiture unit while reducing the number of officers on patrol and in investigation units." Above The Law: An Investigation of Civil Asset Forfeiture In California - April, 2015

After exhaustive research there's been a direct connection noted when police budgets are cut that these thieve cops accelerate confiscation of their victims' property as a means to offset their deficit.  What this amounts to is a deliberate, calculated and planned means of confiscating innocent people's property for their own police department's budget deficit!   

What every U.S. citizen needs to know is just how far the corruption has trickled down to enable cops to systematically steal everything, including real property, from innocent people based on mere suspicions is in the following report.  Above the Law: An Investigation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuses in California is a multi-year, comprehensive look at asset forfeiture abuses in California that reveals the troubling extent to which law enforcement agencies have violated state and federal law.  

Drug_Policy_Alliance_Above_the_Law_Civil_Asset_Forfeiture_in_California.pdf

These police departments are flat out criminal according to Scripture.  Thieves!  Pirate-like actions to plummet innocent peoples lives with a clear intent to enhance their department's budgets. They rationalize their budgets are cut severely that they need civil forfeiture projections to fund their departments when it's nothing but organized crime! 


What this amounts to from a spiritual perspective is the police officers at all of these departments that take part in this systematic theft of innocent people are going to eternal hell for stealing from them and sabotaging their lives. 

All of these cops who don't repent and turn from their sins are going to the pit of hell for VIOLATING THE 8TH COMMANDMENT (HYPOCRITES) "THOU SHALL NOT STEAL". 

So consider this, whenever you see any cop in America today, you're looking straight at a participant of an enormous nationwide criminal system disguised under false pretenses. It's gotten so bad that even the State of California had to present new legislation to rein in the crooks in uniform.

"When ordinary people don’t even have to be charged with a crime before having their assets permanently seized and added to police coffers, constitutional rights are at stake," said Senator Holly Mitchell, who represents South Los Angeles. - Bill To Rein In Asset Forfeiture Sails Through California Senate - 38-1. June 5, 2015

In spite of all this horrific news of how far men and women in uniform have fallen into sin, be of good cheer knowing the evil hypocrites who love to inflict severe punishment and hardship on so many innocent people's lives, including shooting their pet dogs whenever they trespass on their property, will not get away with their sins against God who knows all they do! 

The criminal police in the U.S. kill pet dogs and lie about them being a threat
when they wander onto the wrong property such as "looking for a lost child".

Don't allow these gaping astronomical black holes to suck you down into the pit of hell along with them. Forgive, forget and move on with your next Bible memory verse lesson. If you have trouble forgiving, remember what Jesus did for us on the cross forgiving us all of our sins that we accepted Him as our Savior.  God commands us to forgive everyone for their trespasses against us that's a key element to entering eternal life with the Lord Jesus.  "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who prosecute you." Matthew 5:44

Also See:

Swat Team Destroys Man's Home to Capture Shop Lifter - June 6, 2015

God's Wrath On Houston Over Lesbian Mayor Annise Park?

It's only been six months since Christian Pastors across America sent hundreds of Holy Bibles to Lesbian Mayor Annise Park in response to her abuse of authority to subpoena Pastor's church records.  The Mayor wanted the Pastors to turn over their constitutionally protected sermons and other communications simply so the City of Houston could see if the Pastors have ever opposed or criticized the city.  

Since such time, the Lord has clearly responded to His people's cries for intervention to such an outrageous Jezebel spirited woman. Within just six months look at the mess Houston's in! 

Today's headline on the U.K. Daily Mail read:

Houston swamped with 100,000 gallons of raw sewage, thousands of homes destroyed, and 20 dead: Officials warn that dam is on the brink of failure and say Texas could be hit by MORE flooding.

Since last year's disgraceful activities Mayor Parker hadn't let up. 

"Sen. Ted Cruz got in Parker's face about her illegitimate demands, assuring the bold mayor she has no power and no legal authority to silence the church. Refusing to back down, Parker then refiled the subpoenas, with jail threats no less. Soon, Mike Huckabee, Phil Robertson and Ben Carson, among others, started lifting their voices. And the U.S. Civil Rights Commission rebuked Parker for her actions. Finally, Christians around the country flooded her office with Bibles and Parker finally withdrew the subpoenas." - Charisma News - Houston We've Got a Problem - January, 2015 

Mayor Parker's latest appalling activities continued down the same path to hell even after all those Bibles were sent to her she didn't take as God's warning of coming judgment. After warnings were given to her, she was still abusing her authority.

Fast forward to January and the drama is heating up again over the so-called bathroom bill. The City of Houston has filed several motions and is asking a Texas district court to deny pastors a jury hearing. That means a final decision on the bathroom bill would be in the hands of a single judge in what they are trying to classify as an election dispute. The pastors followed all the requirements and paid all the costs to hold a jury trial.  Charisma News - Houston We've Got a Problem - January, 2015 

Within just a few months 100,000 gallons of raw sewage flood Houston, thousands of homes are destroyed and a dam may break along with more flooding.  People need to know God responds appropriately when you mess with His people. The Mayor was given full warnings but continued with her reckless activities without repentance. God has responded.

People shouldn't take it lightly the kind of people they elect to public office. God's watching and there will be consequences, not only to a nation that rebels against God and His Word, but to a city such as Houston that elected such an evil ungodly beast for Mayor.

 13"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate. - Proverbs 8:13

Consider the possible election of  traitor Hillary Clinton for President that would surely be the end of America in a heart beat.  It's that serious, the people Americans elect into power that everyone will suffer the consequences for such ignorance of supporting such evil disgraceful people for public office.  

Why Romans 1:28 'Reprobate Minds' Apply To Hillary Clinton Supporters

I'm not a likely source to ask about this Scripture Romans 1:28 only to say I too once had a reprobate mind that there is hope to heal it, that it's not all physically related. There is a spiritual element to why human beings develop reprobate minds from rebellion against God that's a combination of cultural and physical influences including drugs and other forms of brain abuse.  

Let's review the scripture:

"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not fitting;" Romans 1:28

Do Hillary Clinton's alleged supporters demonstrate a reprobate mind? 

To any well informed intelligent human being, it can be said voting for Hillary Clinton for President in view of the facts falls under the Scriptural category of "not fitting". Intelligent people need to know how America's being threatened within by what Natural News refers to as "mindless zombie voters".  

Unlike Scripture, Mike Adams of Natural News views the reprobate mind as physically damaged without any spiritual perspective of cause: 

"In essence, these people are brain damaged. That part of their brain which should confer critical thinking skills has been deactivated, possibly poisoned by fluoride in the water and mercury in the

vaccines. So they are no longer "citizens" in the classic definition of the term, because they cannot interact with society in a reasonable, informed and clear-headed manner. They are, instead, sheeple who are herded from one contrived crisis to another, cajoled through information indoctrination while being fed nonsense justification lines they can internalize and invoke to make themselves believe they have arrived at a reasonable decision." Mike Adams -  Zombie Apocalypse Mindless Voters Irrational Thinking - Natural News, May 18, 2015 

It should be obvious by now to any well informed American who does their research on the subject that television media has done a lot of damage to the American mind and culture in general. Television is among the worst that causes American zombies to be unable to think for themselves. Numerous studies have been done showing how television dumbs down the human mind, especially at a young age.

The solution to America's cultural ills are as follows:

The Mind Set On The Spirit Is Life and Peace - Roman 8:6 

"For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.  For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God." Romans 8:6-8 

Christian author Rhita McPhearson teaches in this four part series how Christians deal with their former reprobate minds in the spirit through Jesus.

"Can a Christian have a reprobate mind? Someone who has sincerely accepted Jesus Christ by faith will not have this mindset because the old person with a reprobate mind has been recreated into a new creation: “The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Christians are basically “new” people. We live differently and speak differently. Our world is centered on our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and how we can serve Him. Also, if we are truly in the faith, we will have the Holy Spirit to help us live a God-honoring life (John 14:26). Those with reprobate minds do not have the Spirit and live only for themselves." Questions on Reprobate Mind 

A true Christian has a healed and obedient mind to God's Scripture, yielding to the wisdom and things of God. 

RED ALERT: Idiots Are Fracking Baldwin Hills CA Oil Fields Triggering Earthquakes Over Major Fault

From 1962-1971 I lived in Baldwin Hills California where the state-of-the-art Baldwin Hills reservoir dam broke in 1963. Today I noted yet another earthquake happened this morning in Baldwin Hills from trending news on Facebook. This morning there was a 3.9 and a month ago a similar quake struck the area.  Now, while that isn't considered a significant quake, many are concerned of a pattern and the fact oil companies are fracking there.

Here's a news break from Stop Fracking California State's FB page:

BREAKING: 4:10 am - Baldwin Hills, the largest contiguous oil field in CA, and one of the three largest contiguous oil fields in the U.S. just had a 3.9 according to ABC 7. This is the second earthquake in Baldwin Hills in about the last month. This area they are fracking is unstable as the Inglewood/Newport fault line runs right through it. If set off, we are looking at a 7.4+ if memory serves. Think of Nepal, and get angry. They have no right fracking, and drilling in Baldwin Hills, or anywhere in CA! We will be posting as updates come in. 

In 1963 oil companies drilling caused an entire neighborhood to be destroyed and 5 deaths due to  ground movement from underestimated oil field activity, a factor in its flawed design. In 2015 they're now intensifying fracking over a major fault that could trigger a 7.4 earthquake

Historical footage of the Baldwin Hills dam break of 1963

After the dam broke they conducted studies pointing to oil drilling causing the dam to break.  This is why I wanted to be a conduit to spread the news that these oil companies are recklessly fracking Baldwin Hills over a major fault that could possibly trigger as much as a 7.4 earthquake causing widespread damage to Los Angeles.

Though dam's no longer there, the main concern is the major fault coming alive beneath.  That's why it's important to spread the news to those in Los Angeles that idiots from the oil companies are fracking there triggering these small earthquakes.

USGS seismoligist responded to my sending her a link of the oil field ground influence of the dam.

I received a response to my tweet from Dr. Lucy Jones, USGS Seismologist confirming the study Ground Rupture in the Baldwin Hills Dam by Stanford University.

The study's conclusion: "That the earth-crack ground rupture of the Baldwin Hills dam was genetically related to high-pressure injection of fluid into the previously faulted and subsidence-stressed subsurface seems established beyond a reasonable doubt. The fault activation appears to be a near-surface manifestation of stress-relief faulting triggered by fluid injection, a mechanism identified as being responsible for the 1962-65 Denver earthquakes and for generation of small earthquakes at the Rangely oil field in Western Colorado. 

Experience in the Baldwin Hills dam break suggests that, although fluid injection operations may be carried out for beneficial purposes, the effects of such injection on the geological fabric can be serious and far-reaching. 

Please like Stop Fracking California State's on FB and spread the word they shouldn't be fracking in earthquake country California that could trigger major faults.

VIDEO: Nepal Christians Sing 'He Makes Nations Tremble' At Moment Of Earthquake

Throughout my life I've noted God's work has a lot to do with timing, especially when confirming He hears and responds to Christian prayers. While many hardened worldly folks attribute an earthquake to mere scientific patterns based in fact, Christians often experience such events with deep spiritual significance.

A video has surfaced online of Christians in Nepal singing about God making the nations tremble at the exact moment that the earthquake rocked the country on April 25, 2015.

Nepal Earthquake Begins after Christians sing "who makes the nation's tremble"

Three young men had begun singing the hymn “Almighty, Unchangeable God” at a house church meeting.“Who spread out the clouds before Him? Who fashioned the earth with His hands?” the men sang. “Who created the starry host and formed the earth at His command?” The congregation sat listening quietly. “Who scatters lightning before Him? Commands the rain and snow to fall?” “Who makes the nations tremble?” they sang. - Video Surfaces of Christians Singing ‘Who Makes Nations Tremble?’ at Moment Earthquake Rocked Nepal - End Time Headlines - May 2, 2015

God works in mysterious ways that the people of the world are largely oblivious to. Fearing God means hating evil.  Had I been at this church meeting I wouldn't have screamed but stood in awe of Him.

Devil's Secret -- Weather Warfare Being Done Against Civilization

"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Genesis 1:28

As many Americans watched the Bruce Jenner interview, there's an ongoing life and death battle happening they have no idea exists in their skies.  I'm reposting the following article with permission from Geoengineering Watch.

"The very essentials needed to sustain life on earth are being recklessly destroyed by weather modification aka geoengineering programs. This is not a topic that will begin to affect us in several years, but is now already causing massive animal and plant die off around the world, as well as human illness.

The debate over whether geoengineering programs are going on is now a moot point. We have more than enough data to confirm it. We have actual footage showing tankers spraying. The materials showing up on the ground are exactly the same materials mentioned in the numerous geoengineering patents and documents. Visit our website for a list of these government patents and documents.

Get educated on what's happening. Dane Wigington presents hard data which reveals what these catastrophic programs have done to our planet to date and what they will do if they are allowed to continue. Please take the time to watch this video, follow up with some investigation of your own on our site — geoengineeringwatch.org, and share this information far and wide.

Our skies today are simply not normal. Upon examination this cannot be denied. They are filled with nanoparticulates of heavy metals. But the skies have been filled with grid patterns for so long now that we are used to them and do not see them anymore. Sadly, the fact is that people do not look up.

To be clear, what we are seeing is not cloud seeding to increase rainfall. These particulates are designed to block the sun and move the jet stream. Dane explains how this is causing the drought and deluge being experienced around the globe.

Our atmosphere is nothing but a massive physics lab to geoengineering scientists who have no concern whatsoever about the consequences to humanity or any living thing, including themselves. The experiments are literally tearing the planet apart and destroying life on earth.

Dane reports, among other things, on:

• Geoengineering related climate disruptions, extreme drought and deluge
• Ozone depletion
• Methane release
• Drastic reduction in arctic sea ice
• Global oxygen content reductions
• Oceans on the brink of collapse
• Massive fish die offs
• 200 species becoming extinct every single day
• A drastic rise in Autism, Alzheimer’s, and Dementia
• Crisis level forest reductions
• The sterilization of soils making it impossible for plants to grow without Monsanto’s aluminum resistant seeds

Dane Wigington presents hard data which reveals what these catastrophic programs have done to our planet to date and what they will do if they are allowed to continue. Please take the time to watch this video, follow up with some investigation of your own on our site — geoengineeringwatch.org, and share this information far and wide.

Thank you,

GeoengineeringWatch StaffLink to Website"

UPDATE: Dear God: What Does Ken Sachs and Yun-soon Suk the Trolls Look Like?

**UPDATE** 4/21/15 Another troll, Yun-soon Suk also teamed up with Ken Sachs on LinkedIn with vicious demonic attacks of me (see end of article).

"Dear Forum Moderator:  TROLL ALERT:  There's some 71 year old crotchety old fellow who won't stop harassing and attacking me on this forum for no reason. Will you please remove him from this notary forum? He's not even a real notary, but some accountant in New Jersey. Thank you!"

It's so sad there are so many men out of touch with reality these days.  One of the lost souls was busy on a forum attacking me wildly this evening.  Ken Sachs, 71 from New Jersey at K&S Accounting has a lot of time on his hands to be stalking, annoying and harassing me.

As Ken typed wildly on the keyboard in his obsession with me after I submitted a troll alert to the forum moderator, I figured the mentality of this person was that of a well aged individual from an era far beyond mine who had no business accusing me of anything as a complete stranger.

After two cease and desist letter faxes, I hope I finally got through this sinner's thick skull he doesn't belong in my life this way and he best turn to Jesus for his salvation and repent of his sins.  I do
forgive the old goon, I know he can't help himself being a flawed human being in need of God in his life who he has not yet turned to for his salvation.

People get away with too much behind the keyboard these days and it's very sad that when they are clearly outed for their obsession and bad behavior, nothing's done about them because they're men.  I do forgive and pray for them, but they need to have some kind of supervision on these forums because they behave like kindergartners.

2 Timothy 3:1-5:
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant,
abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless,
unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,
treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather
than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. 

As you know, you should "Avoid such people."

UPDATE 4/21/2015: Here is the response to my Linkedin message for Yun-soon Suk's viral attacks on me working as a team with Mr. Sachs, the other troll on the forum.  They appeared to be laying in wait for my appearance on a notary forum again since I haven't been on any for about 2 1/2 years.  Ken Sachs was on my very first post right away and Yu Soon-Suk followed right behind him with a rude message.

This is what a demonic attack looks like:

Blink! Women don't really write like this, do they? Demonic spirits sure sound behind these two trolls.

As you can see here, this person whose profile claims to be from Canada, appears on Ken Sachs the troll's supporter's list.  I'd put up a screen shot of their affiliation except I already blocked him on LinkedIn. Yun-soon Suk used her real name on LinkedIn and I've been able to find another more accurate profile that demonstrates the kind of things Ms. Suk is all about as an unsaved sinner.

Here is a list of her groups she belongs to on her BlackPlanet.com profile, Fetish City, and durtybackgrounds.

Yun-soon Suk's groups she belongs to on BlackPlanet.com  Gross!

I use the term "depraved" and "depravity" in describing such people but these synonyms can also apply used depending on the circumstances -  "degenerate mind", "debased", "deviant", etc.

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Yun-soon Suk's born and raised in China, divorced and living in Canada without a boyfriend.  

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More troll mischief for Ms. Suk on her Disqus Page

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If I'm understanding her comment clearly, Ms. Suk doesn't believe in Jesus Christ.

This is how trolls work on LinkedIn, they pair up with another and target an individual. Mr. Sachs has been waiting a long time for me to reappear on a forum again because he is one of those kind of people who take offense easily and will not forgive and forget.  He has a dangerous mindset in my humble opinion.

My Judgment Awarded for Defamation -  $25,136,  May, 2010

This is a photo of the defamation judgment award I received in 2010 related to a similar kind of hateful person who falsely accused me who was extremely delusional.  These troll people are so crazy they don't even know they are.

These trolls take offense to the smallest things and do not forgive and move on. They lay in wait like predators for their prey to reappear anywhere they can attack again like a pack of wild dogs. I did absolutely nothing wrong to Yun-soon Suk. This is what Christians call a spiritual attack from Satan.

See also:

Yun-soon Suk's Disqus Page

The Ungodly's Level of Insanity Duly Noted - April 19, 2015