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What Our Readers
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Australaslan Comments
1 have been impressed with
the high production quality and
obvious conviction of the new
TV programs.
The timeless penetrating ar–
ticles of recent issues combined
with improved printing and dis–
tribution arrangements have
also given
The Plain Truth
new
life.
Don G- HetJSiey
Margate Beach, Queensla nd
The quality of tbe articles
and the color production is a
great credit to the
pu~lication
and its desire to understand the
message of God. For the past
few years
1
have been reading
your magazines and studying
your booklets. In this troubled
world it is a great joy to have
the opportunity to read a maga–
zine such as yours relating
God's words with today's prob–
lems.
Samson
lC
Wenie
Alotau, Pa pua New Guinea
Your magazine and many
booklets have benefited me tre–
mendously.
1
am
21
years old.
All my life
1
have been looking
for just what
1
am receiving
now.
1
realize there is more to
life than just myself.
l
can look
at life more calmly and appre·
ciate all the things
1
have.
1
have finally come to understand
the words of God.
& niface Lucas
Lutong, Sarawa k
1
like what your magazine
has to say.
It
pleases me that
you tell the truth and are not
concerned with popularity.
George BaJJ
Towradgj, New South Wa les
1 have been reading
The
Plain Truth
for about a year
Aprll 1982
now, and have always found ita
very interesting magazine.
There are still sorne areas
where
1
find myself in disagree–
ment; however,
l
could not
agree more with you when you
state that this world is rapidly
drawing toward the end of its
present age.
1,
too, look forward
eagerly to the Kingdom of God.
Surely
it
is the only hope for
this world.
R.J. H ermano
Redcliffe,
Queensland
New Readers
The article "Wbat Is the
Rational Diet
?"
attracted my
attention. (My dad had t he
magazine turned to that page.)
After
1
read that article and
found it was interesting, 1
turned to the contents.
1
ended
up reading the whole maga-
zine.
J anice Bamett
Gary, Indiana
Today 1 was introduced to
your magazi ne
The Plain
Truth
by a very dear friend
who receives it, and
1
th ink it is
great! Especially t he article
"Britain's Last Gasp of Joy and
Splendor." You see, 1 was born
in Birmingham, England, a nd
carne here in my late teens.
Even though
1
married an
American and had four won–
derful children,
1
still love my
native oountry and enjoy to the
fullest all written or seen of the
Royal Family. To me they are
very dear! 1 am now 80 years
young and a great st udent of
t he Bible.
Dorotby Reifel
Josbua T ree, California
A Universal Language
I'm really surprised by tbe
way Mr. Raymond F. McNair
in his article entitled "A Uni-
versal Language" stated: " In
1887, a Russian Jew, Lazarus
Ludwig Zamenhof (Dr. Esper–
anto) published bis now–
famous work, Esperanto."
l
would like to mention that Mr.
Zamenhof was not a Russian
J ew, but a Polish Jew, who
always said to bis friends:
"1
am a Pole, Hebrew religion."
Therefore, he was a really Pol–
ish patriot.
Czeslaw Witkowski
Fort Lauderda le, Florida
• In 1887. Poland did not exist
as a separate nation, though
the Polish peop/e retained
their identity under Czarist
rule. Zamenhof was a Russian
citizen and a Polish patriot.
Lesson In Financing
1
am amazed that you are
able to publish such an excel–
lent magazine without actively
soliciting paying subscribers,
and/or advertisers.
In any case, many of our
week ly periodicals could cer–
tain ly take a lesson from your
staff, in the straightforward,
clear and concise manner
which the staff presents each
topic within
The Plain Truth .
Martin
J.
Feldman
Panorama City, California
Chemlcal Wastes
1
would like to express my
appreciation of Jeff Calkins'
recent article "Chemical
Wastes- They Ruin the Eart h
and Poison Our Water!" Such
a report gives us a
good
indi–
cation that our present civiliza–
tion is on the verge of calamity.
As you may know human
society annually produces three
to four billion [thousand mil–
lion, for our British readers]
tons of solid waste in addition
to 20 billion tons of carbon
dioxide from the combustion of
fossil fuels. Certainly it is dif–
ficult to see how mankind can
survive many more years as
long as we continue to pollute
our biosphere so profusely.
1
found Mr. Calkins' statement
"the time of God's Kingdom
wi ll probably be an era when
t he very nature of certain phys–
ical processes wiJI be trans–
formed by new and surprising
knowledge," to be extremely
encouraging.
Paul Justus
Mission, Kansas
Key to Radlant Health
Just recently, Mr . Arm–
strong,
1
read your article
"The Key to R adiant
Health" ... We eat far too
much carbohydrate (particu–
larly simple sugars)...
You ask why excess carbo–
hydrate does not r aise our
body temperature. The reason
is that the body has a thermo–
stat in the brain to control
body temperature. In addition,
cellular metabolic rates are
under control by hormones
and feedback mechanisms. Ex–
cess carbohydrates are stored
in the liver or adipose and
not
excreted in the orine (unless
there is already sorne pre–
exist ing pathology, i.e., dia–
betes). Consumption of excess
carbohydrate can, therefore,
lead to obesity. Carbohydrates
are
not
fats (or oils), nor are
fats (or oils) converted into
carbohydrates in animals. On
t he other hand, carbohydrates
may be converted into fats (es–
pecially triglycerides). Fats
and oils are known as
lipids.
LL
Schroeder, Ph.D.
Assistan t Professor
of Biocbemistry
Roseau, Commonwealth
of Dominica
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