But one common standard in many churches is the tacit, self-imposed restriction to avoid discussion, dialog, or communication of the questions that many people, including many Christians ask.
Questions like: Is the virus real?
Here in March 2021 in America, most churches are still either shut down entirely, or, if they are meeting in person, meet with a reduced capacity, or meet virtually or by virtue of a livestream broadcast, or a combination thereof. Very few have reopened to pre-pandemic occupancy; most continue to follow their state or local government’s emergency health orders.
After an entire year, why do churches continue to follow these health orders?
Simply put, it’s faith — but not faith in God. Rather, it’s faith in the institutions of government, media and medicine . . .
Acquiescence to wearing a mask is submission to lying authority and may weaken our ability to be faithful to God.
Lie: Passive use of the Internet is harmless, part 3
Truth: Passive use of the Internet is participation in a system of systems designed to create a false and idolatrous reality.
In part 1 of this series, I described the data collection and control system and its components. I did that to give some context for part 2, which outlined the spiritual problem with this system. Now in this part 3, I’ll extend the outline of the problem in terms of how it appears to be rolling out, right under our noses. But before we get to that, let’s revisit a couple of things. What do I mean by ‘passive use?’
Lie: Things I can’t sense do not exist, and if they do, it doesn’t matter.
Truth: Most of reality, even most of what is important, cannot be seen or sensed at all.
We see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. — I Corinthians 13:12
We experience so much today – our eyes are assaulted with images, our ears with sounds. We are drenched – overstimulated by a world of TV images, phone apps, YouTube, iTunes and more. The sheer volume of sights and sounds quickly overwhelm our senses. It’s no wonder we forget the unseen world when the seen-world fills our vision.
Lie: I’m immune to deception.
Truth: We are complicit in our own deception.
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe. — Demosthenes
We like to be deceived. — Blaise Pascal
Not only are we susceptible to deception – we ourselves are complicit in it. That may seem impossible; after all, how could we deceive ourselves – deception presupposes that we be unaware of it. But we forget that our deception runs deeper than we think. Much deeper. To understand this we must first see what deception is and then how it works.
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