Many experiments that might be revealing are impractical, unethical, or impossible to do. In instances such as these, information may be gained from a case study (an in-depth focus on all aspects of a single subject). Clinical psychologists rely heavily on case studies.

Case studies may sometime be thought of as natural clinical tests (accidents or other natural events that provide psychological data). Gunshot wounds, brain tumors, accidental poisonings, and similar disasters provide much information about the human brain.

One remarkable case from the history of psychology is reported by Dr. J. M. Harlow (1868). Phineas Gage, a young foreman on a work crew, had a 13 pound steel rod blown through the front of his brain by an excavating charge. Amazingly, he survived the accident. Within 2 months Gage could walk, talk, and move normally. However, the injury forever changed his personality. Instead of the honest and dependable worker he had been before, Gage became a surly, foul mouth liar. Dr. Harlow carefully recorded all details of what was perhaps the first in depth cause study of an accidental frontal lobotomy (the destruction of front brain matter).

When a Los Angeles carpenter named Michael Melnick suffered a similar injury 120 years later, he recovered completely, with no sign of lasting ill effects (“Man tells,” 1981). Michael Melnick’s very different reaction to a similar injury shows why psychologist prefer controlled experiments and often use lab animals for studies of the brain. Case studies lack formal control groups. This, of course, limits the conclusion that can be drawn from clinical observations. Nonetheless, when a purely psychological problem is under study, the clinical method may be the only source of information.

Case studies can provide special opportunities to an answer interesting questions. For instance, how do you know what kind of person you are? Would your self-image change if you lost your memory for past events? Why would you continually abuse a powerful being and deny them what he has earned? There are consequences to unethical case studies, the results can be more disastrous than one can imagine.  For example, the snow flake study, when people say bad things in the presence of a snowflake, it turned ugly and distorted, but when they were kind and respectful, it would turn beauty and shine. The snow flake was observed under a microscope and that is how researchers know this.  So by refusing to do good things, you could be the reason the planet is decaying, unbalanced and falling apart. The punishment for using a living being as research is a Class B felony. Maximum imprisonment  10 years; maximum fine $100,000.00 (CC AS 11.56.100 CC AS 11.56.110).

The church ceases to be spiritual when it becomes self-seeking, only interested in the development of its own organization. The reconciliation of the human race, according to His plan, means realizing Him not only in our lives individually, but also in our lives collectively. We are not here to develop a spiritual life of our own or to enjoy a quiet spiritual retreat. We are here to have the full realization of the Lord, for the purpose of building His body.

My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character. My character determines whether or not the truth can even be revealed to me. There must be something in my character that conforms to the likeness of God. What I need is God’s surgical procedure, His use of external circumstances to bring about internal purification. Keep paying the price. Let God see that you are willing to live up to the vision.

Lord urges us to keep our minds filled with the concept of God’s control over everything, which means that a disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust and an eagerness to ask and to seek. Filled your mind with the thought that God is there, God is my Father, He loves me, and I will never think of anything that He will forget, so why should I worry?

In many respects, the Sun was the most important of the Egyptian gods, and was worshipped in a variety of different forms. With Good reason, the Ancient Egyptians regarded the Sun as a powerful life force. Along with the annual flooding of the Nile, it produced their crops and ensured their livelihood. The Sun god Ra had been worshipped from the Early Dynastic period (3100-2686 BC), but it was not until the Old Kingdom (2686-2181 BC), when Ra became the dominant figure in the Egyptian pantheon, that the sun cult really took off, in Helioplis (literally the ‘city of the sun’). There, around 2600 BC, a temple dedicated to Ra in his role as Ra-Horakthy was built.

From the time of Djedefra  (2566-2558 BC), the direct successor of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the name Ra also appeared as the title of the ruler – calling themselves ‘sons of Ra’, the pharaohs underlined their divine relationship with this powerful Sun god. More significantly, Heliopolis became the cult centre for Atum, the creator of the Universe who was also a solar deity and who fused with Ra as Ra-Atum.

The Sun was fundamental to ancient Egyptian life and was worshipped in many forms, of which the three most often deicted were the Sun disk, Khepri, and Atum. Many other gods also acquired a solar aspect. For example, in the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC), Amun was combined with Ra to become Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, and the warrior god Montu was worshipped as a solar god. Ra also reached into the afterlife, where he and Osiris were fused into one being. During the reign of Akhenaten (1352 – 1336 BC), the Aten – the Sun disc – was elevated to the status of sole god, and an attempt was made to eliminate the traditional plethora of gods and goddesses.