tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79797270403722479902024-03-13T01:44:47.584-04:00The Dead KinistThe Christian, Reformed, Anabaptist, Kinist, Agrarian Minded City Folk. Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-48989350472539259702021-07-06T11:49:00.000-04:002021-07-06T11:49:00.256-04:00Book Review: 100 Cupboards and Dandelion Fire by N.D. Wilson<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">This is a Guest Post by Elisabeth Gygax,
daughter of Hans Gygax</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">This article was originally published at Faithful Nation, which website is at least temporarily shut off by the web hosting company.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our family has watched many videos of Doug Wilson. He’s a godly
Christian man. And we’ve seen his son, N.D. Wilson, follow in his steps. So
when my Dad saw that he’d written some children’s books… well, what could go
wrong?</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">So Dad ordered his first two books in a series- </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">100
Cupboards</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> and </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">– from the library. And
he brought them home for us children to read. We all love reading, so I and
three of my younger brothers immediately pounced on them. From what our Dad and
my older brother had gathered from what they had read, we got the impression
that these books would be spiritual- written as if one is deep within the
spiritual realm and it is real life. So we didn’t quite catch what was going on
at first.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
The first book we had some questions about, but it wasn’t obvious. But when it
came to the second one… it was too much. I told my brothers to stop reading the
books but finished them myself for the full context. I brought my concerns to
my dad. He asked me to write a review, which I did. And then he asked me to
write this article.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although N.D. Wilson is highly imaginative and a very talented
writer, there are some major concerns I have about his books that I strongly
feel must be addressed. I do this because I am concerned for my fellow
Christians who may read Wilson’s books- especially because they are written by
a Christian author. We, as Christians, don’t want to create anything that will
dishonor God, do we? And as Christians, do we want to fill our minds with
things that displease God, even though they’re just make-believe? I know what’s
right and what’s wrong, you say. A little make believe won’t hurt me.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Philippians
4:8: “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any
virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And what about 2 Corinthians 10:5?</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into
captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
When we read a book or watch a movie or anything in between, we need to ask
ourselves this question: What lessons is this teaching? And we need to pray
that God will give us discernment, for although we are Christians and Satan
cannot control us, we can still be oppressed by him if we allow it. Evil
spirits can still influence us if we open ourselves up. Even if we don’t
realize it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">
And how will we answer this question? With the Word of God. The answer to all
our questions when determining right from wrong can and should be found there
(see 2 Timothy 3:16-17, for example). So this is what we are going to do with
the two books </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">100 Cupboards </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">and </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">: we’re going to break
them down and answer that question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please note that I am not, by any of this article, implying that N.D. Wilson is
not saved and/or that he did anything wrong purposefully. Our family used to
defend “white” magic in books, movies, etc., as well, thinking of it as just a
fun, make-believe thing. But now that God has opened our eyes, I cannot say
nothing to my fellow Christians if the occasion arises. And I believe that the
need has arisen. I do this for my fellow Christians. I do this in prayer that
maybe the Lord will use this article to help them to consider that perhaps we
have blended with the world’s thinking in some areas. I write this not only for
the sake of N.D. Wilson’s work, but to compare all magic with Scripture. What
does the Scripture say about this subject? We must know. So without further
ado, let’s begin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Question: What lessons are 100 Cupboards and
Dandelion Fire teaching?</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That
there are two kinds of magic: “Black” and “White”</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
This fact will be obvious to anyone who reads these books. “White” magic is
“good” magic. And if the good people in the books are using magic for good…
well, then the books are obviously saying that there is such a thing as good
magic. Magic can be used for either good or evil, they say… but stop. What does
God tell us about magic?</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“There
shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to
pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a
wizard, or a necromancer. For all these things are an abomination to the Lord.”
— Deuteronomy 18:10-12</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><br />
</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The subject of magic can
be found all over in the Bible, but these are some of the prominent verses that
first came to my mind. After I wrote that down, I decided to look up the Hebrew
definitions of several words pertaining to our subject.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here they are:</span><br />
</span><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Divination</span></i></b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">–
Divine sentence- witchcraft<br />
<b>Witchcraft</b>– To whisper a spell- to enchant or practice magic sorcery<br />
<b>Enchanter</b>– Whisper a magic spell<br />
<b>Witch</b>– To enchant or practice magic- a sorcerer<br />
<b>Wizard</b>– A conjurer</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
And for a few other words not contained in Scripture, I used the Webster’s 1828
dictionary, a very reliable source for the older definitions of words and a
reliable Christian dictionary as well. Webster even references to verses
oftentimes.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Conjure </span></i></b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">(Webster’s
Dictionary): To expel, to drive or affect, in some manner, by magic arts… or by
use of certain words, characters, or ceremonies to engage supernatural
influence; as, to conjure up evil spirits…</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><br />
<b>Magic</b> (Webster’s Dictionary): The art or science of producing
wonderful effects by the aid of superhuman beings, or of departed spirits;
sorcery; enchantment</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
In no place in the Bible is magic portrayed as good. It’s always evil. It’s a
bonding of the soul with demons, and using their power. Those who practice such
works are to be put to death (see Exodus 22:18). So we see clearly that even
“white” magic is forbidden and completely wicked. There cannot be “good” magic-
especially because it is a force apart from God’s power.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
But what if, you say, God could portray His power with magic?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why in the world would He do that? Why would He show forth His
holy power using something He hates? Why would He permit His children to use
the power of demons? A witch is clearly to be killed (Exodus 22:18) so why
would He allow His children to do as witches do? There are no such things as
“good” witches. Witches are sorcerers, ones who whisper magic spells. This is
not God’s power working through His children. This is the work of demons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">But, you protest, the witch in the two books </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">was</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> portrayed as evil!
Well, let’s look again at the definition of the word </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">witch </span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in Hebrew.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Witch</span></i></b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">–
To enchant or practice magic- a sorcerer</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
By this definition, aren’t a whole lot of characters in the book practicing
witchcraft? God will cut off those who go a whoring after wizards and familiar
spirits (see Leviticus 20:6). Wizardry and using the devil’s power are one the
same. In 2 Kings 21:6, it says that King Manasseh </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">“made
his son to pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments,
and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the
sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.” </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">So here we see that
sacrificing our children, observing times, using enchantments, and dealing with
devils and wizards are all in the same category!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
For there are only two powers in the world: God’s and Satan’s. The wizards get
their power from the familiar spirits (devils). But, you protest, white magic
cannot be the power of devils, for the users are doing good. They are using
magic for a good cause.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cannot Satan appear to do good? He himself appears as an “angel of
light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). It is often incredibly difficult to see through
Satan’s disguises, and that is why we need to</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“[B]elieve not every spirit, but try the
spirits to see whether they are of God”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">(1 John 4:1)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How will we try the spirits? Through God’s Word. For it is
profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness
(1 Timothy 3:16).</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Hebrews 4:12:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Besides, they are clearly not using God’s power in Wilson’s work,
or in any of the books/movies I’ve seen throughout my life with white magic. No
one ever gives any credit for anything to God. Is this the case throughout
Scripture, with the people who served God? The miracles and wonders God works
are clearly His doing. Consider Elijah. What about Elisha? What about Jesus?
The apostles? It was God’s hand at work throughout all the miracles, signs, and
wonders, and everyone knew it. And, if they didn’t, the ones whom God used to
work the miracle made sure it was known to be God’s hand. In 1 Kings 17, after
Elijah prayed to God and God brought the widow’s dead son back to life, Elijah
brought the widow’s son to her, saying, </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">“See, thy son liveth.” </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">And what was her
response? </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">“Now by this I know that thou art a man of
God, and that the Word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.” (1 Kings
17:23-25). </span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When God used Paul and Barnabas to heal a lame man in Acts 17, and
the people would have worshipped them, Paul and Barnabas ripped their clothes
and ran among the people, saying that they themselves were also men, and that
they were only trying to preach that the people should turn to God (see Acts
14).</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;">2. </span><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">That there is, ultimately, no God</span></b><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Even though N.D. Wilson does mention God twice in his book when Henry (sort of)
prayed on page 225 of Dandelion Fire and when Eli swears “before God and these
witnesses” on page 338, the books, as far as I know, never mention Him before
or afterwards and never give Him any credit for anything. I don’t see why
Wilson even bothered to mention Him at all.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
And listen to this part; when Henry, our main character, was being christened,
what his beautiful, gentle mother Hyacinth (yes, definitely portrayed as a good
character) told the priest who was christening Henry:</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Priest:
“Who fathered this child?”<br />
Hyacinth: “Mordecai Westmore.”<br />
Priest: “Who bore him?”<br />
Hyacinth: “I did.”<br />
Priest: “What path is meant for his feet?”<br />
Hyacinth: “The one true path.”<br />
Priest: “What God shall walk before him?”<br />
Hyacinth: “<b>The true <u>Gods </u>shall be the God before him.</b>”<br />
(Dandelion Fire, page 415. Emphasis added)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Here, clearly, it says God<b>s</b> (plural). And who on earth are the
“true Gods”? The Bible clearly says that there is only ONE God (see Mark 12:32;
1 Timothy 2:5) and that we shall have NO other gods before Him (see Exodus
20:3).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
If N.D. Wilson’s work is not pressing God as God, who is it pressing as God?
Who should you trust? Wilson’s work answers. Yourself, and the power in you.
The magic you possess. Your own power. Not God’s.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">(Ex: </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion Fire</span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">, pages 450-454)</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Listen to what Caleb, Henrietta’s uncle (who is definitely portrayed as a good
character), says to Henrietta on page 341 of </span></span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dandelion
Fire</span></span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“Be
stubborn,” Caleb said. “As stubborn as a stone mule.” She (Henrietta) clenched
her teeth and expanded her fistfuls of mane. She could do that. Caleb
continued, his voice a chant. “Your life <b>is your own</b>, your
glory <b>is your glory</b>, but you will lose it if you keep it for
yourself. Grasp it for the sake of others.” (Emphasis added)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">She (Henrietta) clenched her teeth and
expanded her fistfuls of mane. She could do that. Caleb continued, his voice a
chant. “Your life <b>is your own</b>, your glory <b>is your glory</b>,
but you will lose it if you keep it for yourself. Grasp it for the sake of
others.” (Emphasis added)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
As Christians, our life is </span></span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">not</span></span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> our own- it’s Christ’s (See Mark 8:34-36) and our glorying
must be in the Lord (see 2 Corinthians 10:20) because we can do no good on our
own (see Psalm 53:2-3). True, the quote says not to keep our honor for
ourselves, but to “grasp it for the sake of others”? We are to give our lives
and glory to God- not grasp it for ourselves or others.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. <b>Occult</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
N.D.’s work also includes occult practices, such as:</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Astral
walking</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Astral walking is the practice of leaving one’s body and traveling wherever one
wants. The first time Henry did it, it was an accident, but he practices it
later and uses it when imprisoned to leave the room and wander about (see </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">, pages 313-319).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
Astral walking is very real and is practiced today. Why in the world do we want
our children to do this occult practice? Oh no, you exclaim, that’s not true!
Isn’t it? You give your child a book in which the reader becomes attached to
the “good” characters, and you don’t expect them to imitate and admire those
characters’ actions? We become like those we are around, whether those people
live next door or live in the book on the shelf. Our hearts are tied to them
and we, though we may be unconscious of it, become like them. (See Proverbs
13:30 and Mark 6:21).</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">
Books on magic</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Everyone knows that witches have their spell books and all, right? And everyone
knows that magic can be used for either good or evil, right? Wait!- that’s
wrong. Magic is wicked and damned by God, so it is not justified if we use it
for a good purpose. So if you found spell books, what would you do with them?
Well, in Wilson’s book, Monmouth- the “good” wizard who becomes Henry’s friend-
read them. After all, who wouldn’t want to study magic, right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
Let’s look to the Scripture. Yes, books on magic do occur- in Acts 19. Let’s
see:</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“And
many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them
also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them
before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand
pieces of silver. So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed.” (Acts
19:18-20)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
What happened when the people at Ephesus who formerly used curious arts (magic)
were converted? They burned their books on magic. Those books cost fifty
thousand pieces of silver altogether, and they burned them. And it says that
the Word of God grew and prevailed mightily.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Dreamwalking</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Dreamwalking is a very real thing that people practice today and is altogether
wicked and full of magic. It includes being able to control one’s own dreams
even to the extent of choosing where one is, being able to enter another’s
dreams, and even being able to possess another’s mind, whether human or animal.
You can find articles made by people explaining how to dreamwalk all over. It
is similar to astral walking but not the same. Do you know what they say? Using
dreamwalking, one can see and commune with spirits. With demons.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In </span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Dandelion Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, our main character
uses this dreamwalking multiple times, primarily on pages 310-313 of </span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, just before he astral
walks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
4. <b>Other Questionable Topics</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">The
ability to look inside others and see who they are</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
This happens in a few places on N.D’s book. Henry did this to Nella, the kind
woman who took care of him with her husband, both of whom possessed the second
sight, and to Monmouth (pages 167-168, 312 of </span></span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dandelion
Fire</span></span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">). This goes against
what the Bible teaches, that only God can see the heart (1 Samuel 16:7,
Jeremiah 17:10). Monmouth also did this to Henry at the same time as Henry did
it to him.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><br />
The World</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
In Wilson’s world, everything is magic. I mean, everything. Everything is made
up of magic. Of words, spirals, songs, magic. Everything. Including people.
It’s a magic that can be read, if you have the second sight and the knowledge.
This is what Wilson has replaced with God’s beautiful world. He’s replaced it
with something God hates.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Special
Powers</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Wilson’s books also teach that if one is a seventh son, they
automatically have the second sight, that any random woman can have the second
sight, and that seventh sons can bind to living things, to green growing
things. (See </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">, pages 167-169, 296).
When you are a seventh son, especially a “green man” (seventh sons who are
connected to green growing things) you don’t need to be a wizard. You have the
magic powers already.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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What in the world are we teaching our children? That because of your order of
birth you automatically have the second sight? That having the second sight is
perfectly okay and if you want to be cool like Henry, you actually </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">want</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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can triumph over good if it is strong enough</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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When we are Christians, the very gates of hell cannot stand against us (Matthew
16:18) because of Jesus, who won the keys of hell and death (Revelation 1:18)
and who reins over all and sits on the right hand of God (see 1 Peter 3:22). We
have all power through Jesus’ Name over even demons (see Luke 10:17-19) and we
are heirs with Christ (Romans 8:16-17).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Yet despite all this, Wilson’s books- as seems to be the case with all magical
books- have it so that good can triumph over evil if it’s strong enough. You’d
just better hope that the white magic inside you is stronger than a wizard’s
black magic if you happen to run into one, because if his black magic happens
to be stronger…</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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This concept is easily seen by anyone who reads Wilson’s books. This concept
can be found, I believe, in nearly every book wherein there is white magic vs.
black. Thinking back to all the books and movies I read and watched before God
opened my parents’ eyes to the truth about magic, I can see this concept
everywhere. And yet, can evil triumph over good? Can the devil ever triumph
over Jesus? No. The only way the devil could triumph over a Christian would be
if they weren’t trusting God or were sinning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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I’ll tell you why black magic can triumph over “white” magic. Because they’re
both evil. So that’s not really the problem. The problem is that if we are
teaching that magic can be either good or bad, and we have the evil triumphing
over the “good”, then what is that teaching our children about good and evil?</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>
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even the good can be possessed by evil, used by evil</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Henry, our main character, would have been possessed by Darius, an
evil man-wizard, been bound to him and made his, the man-witch’s blood in his
veins- had not the son-binding warpspasm malfunctioned (</span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">, pages 92-96). Like
being possessed by an evil spirit. Henry’s mind would no longer have been his
own- it would have been Darius’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What if Henry would have died during the warpspasm process? Well,
then Darius would have absorbed Henry’s spirit and its power of the second
sight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">This is what Nimane, the witch, using Darius to help, did to
everyone that she sensed die- she absorbed their spirits and the power inside.
When she destroyed the life of the land, she didn’t just destroy it, she
absorbed all its power. Of both good and bad people (See </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">, pages 96, 274,
360-363,451). This all is contrary to Jesus’ promise that, as Christians, our
souls are safe in Christ and no one will be able to pluck us out of His hand
(John 10:28), and that nothing on earth can separate us from His love (Romans
8:38-39).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yet, all that’s not really a problem, for none of our characters
are Christians anyway. Exactly! you say. So why bring it up at all?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why would we want our children to delve themselves into the realm
of evil? We are supposed to be wise (knowledgeable) about good and simple
(unlearned) about evil (Romans 16:19). Every book our children read and every
movie they watch, they will be affected by. If we allow them to read books that
portray evil as good, their little minds, which are still moldable and forming,
will be twisted. Subconsciously. Do we want that for our children? Do we want
that for us? Do we want to bring evil into our minds?</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b>Characters</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Another concern I have is the characters’ characteristics, especially the
children’s. For example:</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Henrietta</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Proud and independent, Henrietta refuses to show any signs of weakness, and
will lie freely to guard herself. She hides things from her parents and
friends, and has almost no remorse at all about lying and even stealing (A few
examples: pages 11, 15-16, 19, 55, 239-240, of </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">). She sneaks into
dangerous places without asking or telling anyone (ex: pages 42-50 of</span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;"> Dandelion
Fire</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">). She does a lot of
this with Henry, who isn’t quite as bad but still does hide lots of things from
people (ex: pages 44-49 of </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">100<br />
Cupboards</span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">).</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Anastasia</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
The youngest of the Willis family, Anastasia has almost no remorse about lying
or sneaking on other people’s conversations (ex: pages 90-94 of </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0in;">100
Cupboards</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">). Why
would she, anyway? Her older sister does it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Are these all characteristics we want our children to have? Do we
want them to lie or steal, or hide important or dangerous things from us? No,
of course not! And yet some of our favorite characters have these as realities
in their lives.</span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Leviticus
19:11: “Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, nor lie one to another.”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Conclusion</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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My conclusion is this: that if we desire to follow and love the Lord with all
our heart, soul, and mind, then we need to always measure everything against
His Word. And never accept something just because everyone else, Christian or
not, accepts it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Greetings in Jesus' name! We have not posted on this blog for quite some time. This summer/autumn has been extremely busy! You can learn more of our happenings on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKVqZZmz4G68LajTl5RkSA?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>.<br />
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Here is the most recent article Hans posted on <a href="http://faithful-nation.com/2017/12/14/why-god-is-not-answering-your-prayers/" target="_blank">Faithful Nation</a>:<br />
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As a Partial-Preterist, I certainly do not believe we are in the last days. But the United States of America may very well be in her last days. And the sad state of Christianity is not helping things either; as even those Christians who appear to be strong, courageous, and uncompromising are falling by the wayside; getting caught up in the same mind as the secular Alt-Right (rather than having the mind of Christ- 1Cor. 2:16), and involved in various other destructive and unbelieving behaviors.</div>
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A lot of this has to do with our refusal to obey the commandments of the Lord Jesus, such as:</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“</em><span class="text Matt-6-32" id="en-KJV-23315" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” — Matthew 6:33</em></div>
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As opposed to the rest of the world who do not know Christ;</div>
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Yet it is these very same Christians who ignore the principles of scripture and the commandments of our Lord Jesus Christ, who complain about God not answering prayer. So I want to address the reasons why, professing (or perhaps genuine) Christian, God is not answering your prayers.</div>
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There are very basic and easy to discern scriptures that address this very issue of unanswered prayer. The attitude with most Christians who complain about their prayers not being answered, is that God is here to serve us, and not vice-versa. This is the crux of the entire issue. They are practicing a self-serving Christianity; whether it is ultimately to please their carnal desires, or to see <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">their own</strong></em> desires for good fulfilled for other people they love (yes, even including our people/race/nation). Their goal is not ultimately the glorification of God.</div>
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Let us examine the scriptures to identify some of the primary reasons prayer is not answered:</div>
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1) <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“ye… desire to have, and cannot obtain…yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” – James 4:2,3</em></div>
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God doesn’t answer our prayers when we pray for OUR will to be done, but rather, he responds when we seek to glorify him..</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” — John 14:13.</em></div>
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God answering our prayers depends on our <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">MOTIVE</strong>— seeking to glorify HIM.</div>
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NOT, that we may get what WE desire. Think back again at James chapter 4.</div>
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Our family has gone through a few spells of prolonged disobedience to God, and during that time, God did not answer prayer. We also noticed that when we prayed for things that WE WANTED he tended not to answer us consistently. But he has consistently answered us when our prayers were directed at glorifying him.</div>
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2) <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”</em></div>
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This makes it clear that answered prayer is conditional upon our <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">OBEDIENCE</strong>.</div>
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3) Moreover, the parable in Luke 11 regarding <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">PERSISTENCE</strong> in prayer is applicable. We cannot pray one or two times and then give up. Part of our demonstration of FAITH is that we believe God will answer, to the extent that much time and effort is given, until an answer is received; because why would someone spend hours praying about something if he did not believe it would make a difference? He may as well go spend his time on something he thinks is actually profitable and will make a genuine difference.</div>
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4) The principle of being <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">FAITHFUL</strong> in that which is least. The principle of being <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">FAITHFUL</strong> in unrighteous mammon:</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.</em><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?</em><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?” — Luke 16:10-12</em></div>
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We cannot expect God to give us more than what we have until we have been faithful with the little we received thus far. If God isn’t giving you more, perhaps it is because you haven’t been faithful, thankful, and content with what he has already given you. And if you are looking for great spiritual or physical blessings when you haven’t been faithful in the simple things of life, it’s not going to happen.</div>
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These are just a few principles of scripture. If you are carrying the attitude that I am seeing displayed by many Christians, it’s very clear and obvious why you are in the position you are in. These sins of unfaithfulness, unbelief and self-glorification must be confessed and forsaken.</div>
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As always, it is good to be reminded (2Peter 3:1) of the fact that we are here to serve God; he is not here to serve us. And as Christian Nationalists who desire to see our people blessed, we must be forever cautious that our primary desire and concern should be that God’s kingdom is exalted and God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:10). It is good to seek the good of our self, our family, and our people/nation. But it comes secondary to our chief concern of glorifying Christ. Every other blessing is a byproduct of the goodness and mercy of God.</div>
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-14777757744339643802017-06-24T19:59:00.000-04:002017-06-24T20:00:53.346-04:00Motorola Has Committed Suicide under Lenovo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hans is back.. sort of. I have been so busy with the new job (over the past year and a half) that I have had not much time to write anymore. I don't have time to read either. I typically have to settle for listening to books or other material, when possible. But today I felt the urge to write. <br />
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This blog and even our YouTube channel is likely going to take on the nature of an actual blog. Rather than writing articles or posting videos about specific teachings, we will be using the blog and YouTube channel to simply document what is going on in life. This will likely make things more interesting, especially since we are (hopefully) closing a deal on a 5 acre property very soon. We are pretty excited to share and document, in real time, our adventures of getting started on a <em>real </em>homestead. <br />
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I was writing to Anna on my Motorola Droid Turbo 2 from work this morning. She has the Moto Z Droid. When I was typing, I kept running into the problem where the phone zooms in automatically. I noticed this just recently. If you type too fast, it will make your screen zoom in. This did not use to happen. My wife told me, without me even prompting her, that the same thing happens to her, and that it didn't use to happen. She thought at first it was her new phone (she had to get her phone replaced because it was not charging properly, and she only had it for a few months). But what we are discovering is that this is a software problem.<br />
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Here are the problems we have had with both of our Motorola phones recently. They are ALL confirmed software problems:<br />
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1) When Anna got her Moto Z Droid, shortly after there was an update on the system. This system update effectively made her notification sounds (including texts) barely audible, rendering that portion of the phone practically useless. This software problem continued for some 5-6 months before it was finally solved. You can read about the issue <a href="https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-Z-Force/Quiet-notifications-moto-z/td-p/3420410" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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2) Recently, Anna had problems with the phone intermittently not giving any sound, on texts, notifications, phone calls, etc. <br />
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3) My Droid Turbo 2's turbo charging no longer works. I have to use a wireless charger to even get it to charge. The Verizon store confirmed this was a software issue as well. <br />
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4) Zooming in when typing, as noted above. <br />
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So with all these software problems, that happen after so called "upgrades", the thought hit me, "Motorola has committed suicide". Which is true. They are basically running their company into the ground and almost having to give their phones away. I thought it was strange that a $700 flagship phone was on sale last year (when my wife bought it) for barely over $100.00-- and this also included mods for a stereo speaker and additional battery pack. <br />
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It is really quite unbelievable how bad of a company Motorola has become since being taken over by Chinese owned Lenovo. There is so much more I could say about these phones. The sad thing is, Motorola phones are actually quite good when they work. I like a lot of the features they have. But I will never buy another Motorola again.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-82174046101584110832017-05-18T07:00:00.001-04:002017-05-18T07:00:11.853-04:00YouTube: Beyond Off Grid<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello! Its finally here! <a href="http://beyondoffgrid.com/" target="_blank">Beyond Off Grid</a> has finally been released, and Hans and I want to share our take on this amazing documentary. Be sure to check it out and take advantage of the offer at the end! (And a few funny bloopers!)<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-13338146744420663752017-04-10T07:09:00.001-04:002017-04-10T07:09:23.289-04:00Life Is Busy! Updates And A New YouTube Video<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello dear readers! We are finally back! Hans and I have been overwhelmed with responsibilities lately, both online and in real life.<br />
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In between teaching classes for his work, Hans was able to take our family, all 10 of us, along with him on another recent business trip to West Virginia. The children are loving all of this traveling. Hans, not so much!<br />
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We have been working non-stop, fixing up our house to ready it for market. Hopefully by summer we will be able to share with you how God has provided us our homestead!<br />
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<a href="http://gmwhiteamerica.com/" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a> has been filling every spare moment of our time producing weekly radio productions, another teaching on humility by Hans which will be posting this week, and hosting <a href="http://gmwhiteamerica.com/churches/" target="_blank">bible studies every Sunday</a>. All of us a GMWA are slowly but surely finding our foot in this chaos, and fine tuning all the way. The vision of actual, local church bodies, an official ministry, and raising more leaders besides Adam, Clement, and Hans are becoming realities. Watching God's hand move in it all has been such a blessing!<br />
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As far as our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKVqZZmz4G68LajTl5RkSA" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, I have been so busy editing for GMWA, gutting the house and yard, preparing our backyard homestead for spring, and being a busy, homeschooling mama of 9, that it has fallen on the backburner. But the end of house projects is in sight, and the school year is winding down. I hope to edit our most recent part of our series on Good Morning White America, on homebirth for Biblical National Principles In Every Decision, and get it up on the Swiss Kinist channel soon. If you haven't tuned into GMWA recently, you will soon be able to here our 7 part section on our birth stories and why homebirth is our decision on YouTube.<br />
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We do, however, have a treat for you today! Another fun in the kitchen video, we decided to do another "How To" tutorial. This time, Hans and I share a special recipe, one our family has passed down for generations. It is an absolute favorite to all who try it. We hope you enjoy it! (And be sure to watch all the way to the end...you don't want to miss a thing!)<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-87441375295664918292017-02-25T12:06:00.000-05:002017-02-25T12:06:45.839-05:00Bible Studies, Sermons, YouTube, and GMWA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello all! Anna here again. I hope you all don't mind that I've taken over writing for Hans so much! It's been a very busy season, with Hans traveling much, many household projects, as well as lots going on over at <a href="http://gmwhiteamerica.com/" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a>.<br />
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We are currently posting our audios that have been airing on GMWA weekly, over on our YouTube channel. It is for our ongoing series <i>Biblical Nationalist Principles In Every Decision</i>. We are a bit behind, but if you have missed hearing our episodes on GMWA, you can catch them over on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKVqZZmz4G68LajTl5RkSA" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. We are trying to post a few a week until we catch up, but for now, you can watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj8TUrM5xa0&t=1s" target="_blank">Household Products</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWYsFOg-SR8" target="_blank">Buying Quality Products</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8jyTgoTckE" target="_blank">Gardening and Organics</a>. We hope to get a separate YouTube exclusive video up this week as well for you all!<br />
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We are also very excited to be a part of Good Morning White America's launch of Essential Christianity Bible Studies. Starting Sunday, March 5th, Hans, <a href="http://gmwhiteamerica.com/" target="_blank">Adam Grey</a>, <a href="http://truesonsofabraham.com/" target="_blank">Clement Pulaski</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/GreyRebel65" target="_blank">Grey Rebel</a> will be teaching each study as we dive into the Bible and break it all down into the foundations of Christianity. <span style="color: blue;">(Edit: Hans speaking here) : This will be live on Google Hangouts, and although all are welcome, please understand that these studies presuppose the Protestant Reformation version of Christianity as truth, and the studies will operate under this assumption. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The purpose of these studies are the glorification of Christ; edification of one another, learning to know and walk with Christ. The meetings will not be a place of debate between Protestant/Catholic/Orthodox, etc. The meetings will not be a place of debate between different Protestant denominations either. But rather, in these meetings we will be <i>"endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." (Ephesians 4:3) --end of Hans' writing</i></span><br />
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Currently there is an East Coast and West Coast group, with Hans leading East, and Adam leading West. For more information on how to join, visit <a href="http://gmwhiteamerica.com/churches/" target="_blank">GMWA</a>, and click under the "Churches" tab. You can also download, or buy a physical copy of the first installment of study guides on Genesis. Hans, Adam, and many others are praying this opens a door for God to plant physical local churches of like-minded believers across America. We hope you can join us!<br />
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Within the next month Good Morning White America will also be posting sermons, teaching important biblical topics. Adam, Clement, and Hans will be rotating every three weeks, with Hans being on the third each time. We pray that these will bless you and help you grow in your Christian walk!<br />
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Also, if you have children or know someone who does, we highly recommend Adam and Mary Grey's new book that has just recently been published! We are so very excited for them, and also very excited to finally have a children's book written from a godly Nationalist mindset! Be sure to get a copy of <a href="http://gmwhiteamerica.com/books/2016/12/09/walls-and-fences/" target="_blank">Walls and Fences</a>. We look forward to many more wonderful books like these from the Grey's! <br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-8342931828278740472017-01-20T18:57:00.000-05:002017-01-20T18:57:15.350-05:00Moore Family Films Review (It Is Your Life: The Moody Family): Good Morning White America<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today we have a special video to post on YouTube. It was actually an audio, originally aired on <a href="http://gmwhiteamerica.com/" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a>, as a review of a <a href="http://moorefamilyfilms.com/" target="_blank">Moore Family Films</a> movie. We want to share 'It Is Your Life: The Moody Family' with you. Be sure to watch the video to see how we hope to bless you with a copy of this wonderful film!<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-34817980513957098022017-01-03T19:03:00.000-05:002017-01-03T19:03:28.825-05:00YouTube: Good Morning White America - How To Butcher Coturnix Quail<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Join Hans and Anna on their journey of health, thrift, and independence. Continuing in our series on Biblical Nationalist Principles In Every Decision for <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a>, we decided to share with you a glimpse of one way that we take our food preparation into our own hands. Literally.<br />
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Processing meat is a must-know to prepare for building Biblical Christian Homestead Communities in the future. It's best to learn how to process your own meat by starting with a small, easy animal. On this video, Anna and little Christian Gygax demonstrate how we butcher Coturnix Quail in our little backyard homestead.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-16317281827155892972016-12-27T13:19:00.001-05:002016-12-27T13:19:38.406-05:00YouTube: Homeschool Children Deprived of Childhood Without Santa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello people! Anna here. Hans has been so busy lately, I am gonna' update you all again this time! Two posts in a row....aren't you lucky?<br />
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We have been excitedly moving forward on our series Biblical Nationalist Principles In Every Decision on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a>. The last two episodes have been discussions in the food aspects of life, and touching base on the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681/gmwa-25-tues-dec-20-2016" target="_blank">health</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681/gmwa-23-trump-oz-fake-news-send-prisoners-christmas-cards-appreciate-local-cultures-more" target="_blank">"from scratch"</a> issues. We also have put out a few interviews with Adam Grey on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681/gmwa-22-white-pills-god-and-race-news-italian-christmas-poetry-history-hockey" target="_blank">Christmas traditions</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681/gmwa-24-thurs-dec-15-2016" target="_blank">White Nationalist boycotts</a>. Be sure to check out all of those episodes, as well as stay tuned for next week when we talk about our food budget!<br />
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We have put a few random videos up on YouTube recently, but my favorite so far has been Homeschool Children Deprived of Childhood Without Santa, starring several of the Gygax children. Such a fun little skit that we enjoyed putting together as much as watching! If you are ready for a smile, be sure to watch! <br />
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Stay tuned, as I am hoping in my free time (Ha! Said no mother of 9 children ever!) to have a giveaway review posted on YouTube for you all. Hans and I are looking forward to what God has in store! <br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-40199790425270745022016-11-17T09:49:00.000-05:002016-11-17T09:52:22.618-05:00YouTube: Biblical Nationalist Principles In Every Decision: The Foundations (For Good Morning White America - GMWA)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi there! Anna Gygax here. Don't worry, we didn't forget about you! Hans and I have just been extremely busy, albeit we have been keeping up pretty regularly as guests on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a>.<br />
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We might be a bit behind, but we wanted to share our second episode on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">GMWA</a> in our on-going series on Biblical Nationalist Principles In Every Decision. On this particular installment, we discuss two primary foundations and how important they are to the life of every Christian. <br />
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Be sure to show your support and visit <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a>!<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-3320397942760172452016-10-04T10:04:00.000-04:002016-10-04T10:04:30.986-04:00Good Morning White America (GMWA) Christian Nationalist Radio Program and other Ideas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Of course, as with any Focus on the Family type production, political correctness and virtue signaling toward the Marxist Anti-Racism Agenda had to be established as a sacrifice to their god. This isn't to say that all of the dramas themselves are totally bad, but it is still very disappointing. In the particular episode, we focus on the way Christian businesses advertise no differently in their tactics than the world does, and are conformed to the world in this way (Romans 12:1,2). <br />
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In other adventures, Hans and Anna Gygax have joined the team of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">Good Morning White America</a>. GMWA is a Christian Nationalist Morning Radio Show that will air every Tuesday and Thursday Morning. It can be downloaded and listened to at approximately 7am on the show dates. Adam and Mary Grey are the hosts of the former podcast AM Grey, a Christian Kinist Husband and Wife Duo, which was very enjoyable and encouraging to listen to. You can listen to archived shows on their <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">SoundCloud page for Good Morning White America</a>. </div>
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Hans and Anna have a segment on the Inaugural show from <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681" target="_blank">Tuesday September 27, 2016</a>; we provided a condensed version in audio of our YouTube episode titled <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxALKjH0ZnI" target="_blank">The Futility of Nationalism that is not Christ Centered. </a></div>
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On <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adamgray-577846681/gmwa-3-good-morning-white-america-tues-oct-4-2016" target="_blank">the show for Tuesday October 4th</a>, we have a segment that begins hopefully a lengthy, continuous series called "Biblical Nationalist Principles in Every Decision". Tuesday's segment is the introductory part of the series. This is going to be audio only. But we do have a new microphone that has a better sound quality, and we are very excited to begin using it more. </div>
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God, have mercy upon your people and upon our race, and cause us to turn to you with all our hearts; starting at home with us!</div>
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-61590578426216307112016-08-31T21:47:00.001-04:002016-08-31T21:47:47.785-04:00You Tube: What Does It Mean To Love Your Neighbor? Genuine Christian Hospitality and Laying Down Your Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Do you love Christ? What does it look like to really follow him? Christians today do not know how to lay down their lives for others...and if we can't show love to those around us, how can we expect to show the world the love of God?<br />
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Is racism really a sin? Can it be proven from the scriptures? Or are modern American Christians simply seeking the approval of the world around them to avoid being persecuted?<br />
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We find today that Marxist Churchianity is tolerant of everything and everyone, except for Biblical truth and those who hold to it at all costs. A true Christian seeks to protect those who are being oppressed, even if he is misunderstand, forsaken by all, or rejected by society.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-31658799838057825772016-08-12T15:19:00.003-04:002016-08-14T15:39:17.199-04:00Upcoming Videos for Swiss Kinist YouTube Channel: August and September 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our first few months of YouTube has been challenging, enjoyable, frustrating, and encouraging, at the same time. We are trying to keep the mindset that this blog emphatically states in it's <a href="http://thedeadkinist.blogspot.com/2014/12/holiness-to-lord.html" target="_blank">introduction</a>, that what we have belongs to Christ. As General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson said, "Duty is ours, consequences are God's". We are called to speak the truth of God's word and to glorify Christ. Whether we get 5 views or 100,000, that is God's business. <br />
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We have struggled to keep our video time length below the 15-20 minute mark, on most videos. We realize that in this generation people do not want to sit through long videos. There is a good Christian brother that we follow on YouTube who posts hour long videos of himself talking about subjects, sometimes multiple times per week. While we would enjoy watching them all, we simply do not have time.<br />
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I was praying the other night about random things and the LORD brought to my mind a couple of different routes to go with the videos to try to make them as short as possible, while remaining hard-hitting and relevant. I received two ideas for a series we will probably go through in the coming weeks:<br />
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1) A series titled, "Woe unto you Christian Hypocrites". Sort of a knock-off of Jesus' Matthew 23 "Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites". The religious hypocrites of our day are in the Church. The primary topics we would cover would be regarding the issue of Kinism. They would follow a pattern as follows:<br />
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Christian Hypocrite Argument: "If you do not allow your daughter to marry a Negro, that means you hate Negroes".<br />
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And I plan to turn these into acting skits, if possible. Would be a fun project, perhaps.<br />
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2) Going through the <a href="http://faithandheritage.com/faq/" target="_blank">FAQ list on Faith and Heritage website</a>; each video would be answering one of the frequently asked questions regarding Kinists. We would add our own commentary, and perhaps make an acting skit out of these as well. <br />
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These are just off the top of the head ideas. Let me know what y'all think in the comments. <br />
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We still have two more videos to post this week and afterward, that are already recorded. <br />
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May the Lord Jesus Christ receive all the glory.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-3782686180658512932016-08-05T11:33:00.001-04:002016-08-05T11:57:40.816-04:00Everybody's Got a Price<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, Professional Wrestling was still something to be taken sort of serious. One of the "heel" (bad guys) wrestlers, a rival of Hulk Hogan, was "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase . In his entrance theme music the lyrics say, "Everybody's got a price". DiBiase's character would frequently buy off other wrestlers and managers to join him in his evil, against the "face" (good guys) wrestlers of the WWF.<br />
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The Million Dollar Man's belief that "everybody's got a price" was a testimony to the sinful nature of man. Apart from Christ, we can all be bought out to do evil, given the proper price. Whether that price is money, fame, worldly acceptance, acceptance in the church, or whatever else our sinful hearts desire.<br />
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It seems that everyone, even most professing Christians have a price; the price they can be offered to compromise the word of God. Usually it takes the form of a doctrinal belief that they developed and hold on to through pure emotion. For some, it is the <em>KJV-only</em> issue. Others, it is their belief that we are in the <em>end times</em>. <br />
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Now of course, the conservative Christian does not hold to all 3 equalities described in this scripture passage. They reject (usually) the doctrine of equality of gender. They still hold to male/female roles. They also reject social equality. They do not hold a socialistic view of society. But in this, they are merely inconsistent. If Galatians 3:28 is teaching the practical equality of all races (and not just their equality in their place in Christ), then it is also teaching the practical equality of men/women, and of social classes. To be consistent, you must take all three, and believe in total Egalitarianism and Socialism. <br />
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Conservative Christians will also tell you that you cannot believe one race is superior to another; either in general, or in anything (unless it is in favor of non-whites). Giving them the benefit of the doubt that this is true, then at least be consistent. If you cannot say one race is superior to another in anything, then you cannot say men are superior in strength to women. You could not say women are superior in nurturing, to men.<br />
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This scripture presupposes the superiority of men to women, for roles of leadership.<br />
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They have adopted the belief of equality in races, which is entirely delusional, when considering pure observation of both history and current day. They believe that the Marxist inspired Civil Rights movement was a righteous thing. Not based on scriptural conviction though; Christians prior to the Civil Rights movement, and even a bit afterward, did not hold to equality among the races. It is only now, after years of indoctrination, that it is entirely unacceptable to hold to the same beliefs our Christians forefathers held on the subject (which were inspired by the scriptures). <br />
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Conservative Christians are unwilling to follow Christ to the death; their price is social acceptance in the form of not being labeled racist. They are unwilling to be called a racist for the truth's sake, for the sake of Christ. They are unwilling to forsake all for Jesus. <br />
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On a friend's Google Plus post, I recently had a long conversation with a young Christian homeschooler; we will call him Noe, for the sake of anonymity. Noe first told me that I should kill myself, violating the 6th commandment. He offered no scripture, and called me names, even while I persisted in a calm manner, and refused to join him in offering railing for railing (1Peter 3:9). He eventually even told me that he will be laughing while I am burning in hell. <br />
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This is something he wouldn't even tell a complete Christ-denier. I strictly warned him of the scriptural passages in which Jesus warned about calling your brother worthless (Matthew 5:22), and about the passages in 1John, where John warns that those who hate their brother are in darkness and are murderers, with no eternal life abiding in them (1John 3:10-15). Another brother on the post who does not even agree with me 100% on the topic even admonished him to examine his own profession of faith, due to his attitude.<br />
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Noe has a price. And this is unfortunately very typical of the average Christian home schooled young adult. We are failing in home schooling in America. We are churning out a more Marxist way of thought than even the public schools are doing. We are encouraging our families to adopt Negroes from foreign countries in an exercise of virtue signaling. <br />
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You can discern who the true disciples of Christ are by judging their reaction to taboo doctrines. If they are unwilling to, in humility, consider that they may not be correct, then you understand you are not dealing with a disciple of Christ, but rather someone who calls Jesus, Lord, but in works denies him (Matthew 7, Titus 1:16). His house is built on the sand, without a foundation.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-72238439592668886612016-08-02T20:59:00.000-04:002016-08-02T21:01:58.757-04:00YouTube Video: Loving One Another Every Day with Genuine Christian Charity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Due to the birth of our 9th child, we had not posted a video for about a month. In this episode of the Swiss Kinist YouTube channel, we cover the topic of charity, giving points that are referenced in my article titled, <a href="http://thedeadkinist.blogspot.com/2015/12/being-godly-christian-friend-only-in.html" target="_blank">Being a Godly Christian Friend Only in Tragedies</a>.<br />
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We decided to cover this topic, being reminded of the Christians we know, who we basically only hear from when we either have a baby, or some tragedy occurs. A true friend is someone who is there for you on a daily basis.<br />
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The Christians in our land are starving from lack of true Christian Fellowship. They are too busy or they just do not care. The church needs to be a place of local community. But sadly, most churches consist of members who only see each other on Sunday and Wednesday at best, for the "service", which I call, a <i>show</i>. This dearth of true fellowship and communion is one of the many plagues that have come upon us due to Industrialism.<br />
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This video will be Part 1 of 3 videos that were recorded this week. They will likely be posted one week apart, or two weeks apart, depending on how long the editing takes.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-18165662858687993202016-07-01T06:01:00.000-04:002016-07-01T06:01:22.164-04:00YouTube: The Idolatry of Cleveland Cavaliers Fanatics and Worship of Lebron James <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A Biblical commentary of the reaction of NE Ohio to Lebron James and the Championship the Cleveland Cavaliers won in 2016:<br />
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The true character of North East Ohio was on full display after the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship for the 1st time in history. It was idolatry in the highest, an abomination to God, and a dishonor to Jesus Christ. Professional Sports is a tool of Satan to lead the world and also professing Christians astray. Those who follow sports are idolaters and children of the devil.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-5369176767547483342016-06-24T16:34:00.002-04:002016-06-24T16:34:41.166-04:00YouTube: Genesis And Wordly Opinion (Hans Gygax As A Guest On True Sons Of Abraham Podcast)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
June 16th, I was again a guest on Clement Pulaski's True Sons of Abraham, podcast. We discussed Ken Ham's view of race and the importance of preaching the WHOLE truth of Genesis, The pro-sodomy propaganda that is emerging after the Orlando shooting, and a few other similar topics, from the Christian Nationalist, Christ-centered worldview.<br />
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This week we were a little bit late posting our video. Typically we try for every other Saturday, but traveling for work to New Jersey for an entire week threw things off a little bit. I actually have a review planned for the hotel that I stayed in, and the overall experience in New Jersey that I had. It is all going to happen, mainly because the review I left for the hotel was rejected for approval to post, because it was not a favorable review. That calls for the hotel chain being called out on both my blog and YouTube. They'll be sorry they ever rejected my review. I have 19 YouTube subscribers! Ha!<br />
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Anyhow, the video below concerns Ken Ham and his unbiblical and cowardly view regarding race. "There is only one race, the human race" is the mantra Ham subscribes to. This is equivalent to say, "there is only one breed of dogs, 'the dog breed'". Obviously we have many different varieties of each kind. Mankind also has variation. What utter dishonesty you have to stoop to, in order to make foolish statements asserting that the only difference between a White European and a Negro is the color of his skin. <br />
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Of course, I believe, as well as David Carlton in <a href="https://faithandheritage.com/2014/02/ken-ham-on-darwinism-and-race-part-1-is-race-a-darwinist-construct/" target="_blank">his article on Faith and Heritage</a>, that Ham takes his position on race in order to try to score political/societal points. He wants people to believe in Creationism, so he desperately seeks to assure people that Creationism does not violate the Marxist principle of Diversity and Antiracism. As Carlton perfectly states:<br />
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<em>Today, it’s fashionable to make the abstract concept of “racism” into the worst of evils and to demonize any basis for white identity which runs contrary to the cosmopolitan spirit of the age. Ken Ham knows this implicitly. Hence he guilts his intellectual opponents into agreement by teaching that those who reject his views are evolutionists and hence “racists” and Nazis. <strong><u>Ham’s hope is that the guilt and social pressure accompanying the “racist” label will suffice to silence those who disagree with him, convincing them to renounce their evolutionary views and embrace creationism.</u></strong></em><br />
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My wife and I argue that not only is Ken Ham's stance unbiblical, but it is harmful to the Christian message, and to the creation message. What Ham and others like him are doing, is showing contempt for the word of God, to gain approval from the world, thus making himself an enemy of God in a sense (James 4:4). <br />
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Ham makes a big deal out of trusting the word of God at all costs, rather than infallible man. Yet in the area of race, he caves into the social pressure and ascribes to humanist doctrine, against the word of God. This is typical for 21st century Christians, however. They are cowards, and afraid to stand up for the truths of God's word. <br />
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I for one, refuse to participate in the denial. The Bible does not condemn slavery, and our Christian forefathers defended the practices of slavery and racialism with the scriptures. Holy men of God like R.L. Dabney was a champion in this regard. He presupposed the Bible as the truth, not the culture around him. Ken Ham does this well in the area of Creation vs. Evolution, but refuses to presuppose the Bible as truth regarding racial issues. <br />
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As stated in a <a href="https://youtu.be/DNn0yXclF7A" target="_blank">previous video</a>, we as Christians are commanded to love and obey the truth at all costs. It is time for a public rebuke to the cowards in leadership in American Christianity, starting with it's most blatant example, Ken Ham and his ministry Answers in Genesis. <br />
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In this bi-weekly edition of Swiss Kinist on YouTube, we cover the topic of Atheism; but this time we look at how utterly futile it is to be a Nationalist and advocate for your own people, while holding a worldview that is either Atheistic or Anti-Christ. Yea, we also hold that <a href="http://thedeadkinist.blogspot.com/2015/11/christ-must-have-preeminence-in-all.html" target="_blank">if what you are doing is not entirely Christ centered, all is for naught. </a><br />
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The only legitimate reason to advocate for your people, is if there is actually a purpose to life. In Atheism, there is no purpose of life. When we die, that's it. So why waste your time trying to preserve the white race? When we die, we die. And when mankind ceases to exist, nothing will ultimately matter, if there is no God.<br />
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So we argue that the Atheist should stop borrowing from the Christian worldview, and live consistent with his own worldview. Live entirely for self indulgence. Stop caring about anything other than your own pleasure and happiness. Why would you sacrifice anything for anyone or anything, if nothing matters in the end? Why are people willing to die for an evolutionary accident, like race?<br />
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Race only matters in the context of our Eternal God and Creator, Jesus Christ. He created the races for the purpose of them seeking him, and glorifying him thereby (Act 17:26,27). There are and have been racial distinctions and nations divided out, with purpose and intention, by the Sovereign Hand of God; that we might fulfill God's mandates to make disciples of all NATIONS (plural) that are based on common bloodline, religion, culture, language, etc.<br />
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To the White Nationalist who puts race above Christ, we present the following scriptures, which entirely prove the futility of trying to unify the white race, apart from Christ having the preeminence:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers."</i> Isaiah 1:7</span></span><br />
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<span class="text Dan-9-10" id="en-KJV-21999" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Neither have we obeyed the voice of the <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. </i></span></span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him." </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daniel 9:10-11</span></div>
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Atheists are a fickle people. In reality, they are the most dishonest white folks you will ever meet (and most of them are white, from what I have observed). The reason they are dishonest, is so they can be their own god. Yet not a single Atheist I have met is consistent with the doctrines of his worldview. And yes, I am aware, the Atheist will try to play word games and lie, saying that Atheism has no worldview, no dogma, etc. But this is utter nonsense and deception.<br />
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Every religion has a worldview. And yes, Atheism is a religion. They will lie until they are blue in the face, denying that Atheism is religious. They will argue and say that Atheism is simply a "non-belief". But does someone with a non-belief:<br />
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Yes, Atheists have even go so far as to create their own churches in some situations (look it up, it's true). I would say those kind of Atheists are closer to being honest about the religiosity of their worldview.<br />
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The Atheist would argue that he is trying to stop "the evil" of Christianity and/or religion. Yet the very existence of good and evil is established by the Christian worldview. If there is no God, then there is no such thing as good or evil. Things simply just are. Because in order to have absolute good or evil, there must be absolute truth.Without an absolute law-giver, then it's just every man does what is right in his own eyes. So good and evil are defined by man. And man never has a consistent, unchanging opinion.<br />
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The Atheist's answer is that whatever society decides is what is good or evil. But he cannot account for the fact that societies have in the past, and will in the future, condone and condemn that same behaviors: For example, even societies that are not Biblical have forbidden Sodomy. Yet America of present condones it. Who is to say which society is right? Is Sodomy good or evil? If it depends on the societal opinion, then you have a clear problem.<br />
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Yes, Atheists are hypocrites and they must borrow from the Christian worldview to even assert anything is good or evil. I would take them a lot more serious if they were consistent with what they say they believe; But they want to mix certain aspects of Christ's teachings with their anti-Christ religion. And they are, in fact anti-Christ, in addition to being extremely religious. The difference is, instead of worshiping Christ, who is worthy, they worship self. They won't turn to Christ, not because of lack of evidence of some sort, but because they love their sin and want to rule their own lives. I don't waste my time arguing with them, in most cases.<br />
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There is going to be a theme of <i>Christianity vs Atheism</i> in the coming posts and videos, and this writing came about while I was preparing an Intro to my newest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRirDRqWl0Y" target="_blank">YouTube video</a>, which will be posted, probably tomorrow. Every now and then I will offer a rebuke to an Atheist on Twitter or YouTube. I don't spend a whole lot of time on them though. I speak the word of God, the truth, and if they have ears to hear, and Christ chooses to draw them, well. If not, I won't lose any sleep over it. And I care little about winning an argument. I have better things to do. But I am commanded to speak the truth and preach the gospel, so thus I do.<br />
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I take this approach because the problem with the Atheist has little, if anything to do with him not receiving satisfactory answers to his objections. He loves his sin, and wants to be his own god. That is the <b>true reason</b> for his rejection of God and Christ. So to spend my valuable time that I could be doing better things, which glorify God, on arguing with someone (and trying to prove the Bible true to someone) who has his ears closed, is foolish, to say the least.<br />
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I will attempt to touch on this in more detail in the future, hopefully in a video some time; but Christians really need to stop trying to prove that Christianity is "scientific". In one sense it is; because no scriptural truth is outside the realm of actual, real truth. Yet, when you define "science" the way an Atheist does, Christianity is very unscientific, or at least should be.<br />
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The scientific community is a group of God-haters who interpret everything in the universe by an anti-Christ worldview. The interpretation they ascribe to verifiable facts is then called "science". It contradicts the Bible, sure. But that is because of the games they play with definitions. The Bible does not contradict truth, it contradicts science. But science today contradicts science of yesteryear. Was the science of past years not really science? Those scientists of the past certainly believed they held the truth, as they condemned the holy scriptures. And yet, as the years go by, and we discover more, and have newer interpretations, which contradict current science, will that make today's science, not really science?<br />
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"Look it up in the dictionary", the Atheist scoffs, when he sits and claims that Atheism is not a religion. But as I like to point out, every definition in the dictionary is based on the worldview of the person defining the word. So if a Christ-hater is defining marriage, as with today's dictionary, it says this:<br />
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<i>Marriage</i><br />
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<i>(broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage:</i><br />
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<i>Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times.</i><br />
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Yet if a Biblical Christian is defining marriage, such as Noah Webster in his 1828 dictionary, we show quite a different definition of the same word:<br />
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<i>Marriage</i><br />
<i>MAR'RIAGE, noun [Latin mas, maris.] The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. marriage is a contract both civil and religious, by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. marriage was instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes, for promoting domestic felicity, and for securing the maintenance and education of children.</i><br />
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<i>Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled. Hebrews 13:4</i><br />
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One definition makes it clear that marriage is defined in terms of a man and a woman, and that the terms of marriage are for life, and that it is an institution which God created. It also defines it as being sacred, in that, if we have a dishonorable marriage, God will judge us. This is the Christian definition.<br />
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The Humanist, or Atheistic definition defines marriage in terms of which, it does not need to be between a man and woman. It does not include any moral obligations either. And it is something instituted by man, rather than God. Quite a huge change in the definition of what is the same word, in not even 200 years.<br />
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So for an Atheist to say, "Look at the dictionary" as if this were some kind of authority for truth, this is utterly ridiculous. I might actually not chalk this up to dishonesty as much as stupidity in some cases. It is probably a combination of both. But I think it is more of the way that Atheists have trained their entire beings to be dishonest, in order to avoid being accountable to their Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
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Coming back around to the original thought: Christians need to refrain from trying to prove the Bible is "scientific". Why? Because in thus doing, they are admitting to the Atheists that science is God, rather than Christ being God. Society has been trained to believe that whatever the Scientists tell us is true, must be true. To the Christian defending that the Bible is accurate with Science, he admits that Science is the ultimate arbitrator of truth; he tries hard to prove that the Bible is in step with the true God: Science. It really should be the other way around, and it used to be.<br />
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When the Bible states something is true, it is true regardless of what some man thinks is true, based on his faulty human faculties. So if a Scientist is researching and his findings (or what he perceives) contradicts the word of God, he ought to conclude that his reasoning, his interpretation, etc. are in error, not the word of God.<br />
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This is notwithstanding the fact that the scientific community is dishonest and untrustworthy. When a study is conducted and the scientists performing the study tell us their findings, how do we know of 100 % certainty they are telling us the full truth? We don't. (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF6h_hyraGQ" target="_blank">See Kent Hovind's 'Lies in the Textbooks'</a><br />
which exposes many things evolutionists have taught through the years that have been proven to be manipulative lies.) We have to <i>trust</i> them. To say that "science proves it" is to put an unquestionable <i>faith</i> in the word of the scientists. Yet, Atheists ridicule Christians for trusting the Word of God. The total irony, right?<br />
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Consider <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/22/lies-damn-lies-and-medical-research.aspx" target="_blank">this article on Dr. Mercola's website</a> regarding studies about Drug Safety. Doctor Mercola exposes how scientific studies are manipulated to promote the lies that Drug companies want us to believe. Any honest person seeing these kind of facts knows that the scientific community is entirely untrustworthy. They honor profit and the glory of man rather than truth.<br />
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The Atheist will usually respond to this by calling us a "conspiracy theorist" or whatever. So a group of scientists and/or government agencies are incapable of conspiring together for evil? They certainly want us to believe that the German government under Adolph Hitler <i>conspired</i> to murder 6 million Jews.<br />
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The Bible is very clear that conspiracies happen (Psalm 2) and history proves this out as well. The Biblical Christian knows full well, like the founders of America did, that man is utterly depraved without Christ. The only way a scientist could be fully trustworthy is if he is submitted to the Lord Jesus Christ in his life.<br />
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Top all that with this question: What reason does an Atheist Scientist have to tell the truth? If he can gain more money, more power, higher honor, or simply promote his own agenda, by telling falsehoods, twisting the truth, telling partial truths, etc., why wouldn't he? He believes he is accountable to no one, and that man is the ultimate authority. He believes that the highest being is man, and the only accountability he will ever face is via man. And if he is convinced he will never become accountable in this life for his dishonesty, what incentive does he have to be truthful? He has none. And his wicked heart (as we all have without Christ) will always lead him toward sin and death, and to do and say what gives him the most pleasure, happiness, and things that he wants.<br />
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It all comes down to a matter of who we are presupposing holds the keys of the truth. The Atheist and the Christian of today's America believe that man's opinion, interpretation, and reasoning should be trusted, and should be presupposed as being true. The true Christian presupposes the Word of God is the truth. Both camps are presupposing someone is true. One presupposes man is always true, and the other, God. Thus back to the original sin in the garden. It all comes down to who is God. Is the LORD God, or is man god? As for me and my house, we choose the LORD.<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-85734713669978682802016-04-29T01:13:00.000-04:002016-04-30T05:13:37.142-04:00Hans Gygax as Guest on True Sons of Abraham Podcast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
April 9th, I was a guest on Clement Pulaski's True Sons of Abraham, podcast. We discussed Donald Trump and a few other similar topics, from the Christian Nationalist, Christ-centered worldview. On the YouTube video below, I give a short video introduction to tell a little bit more about Clement and the important work that he is doing on <a href="http://truesonsofabraham.com/" target="_blank">his website</a>. Clement has also recorded several other off the cuff podcasts since our shared podcast. You can access his full list of podcasts <a href="http://truesonsofabraham.com/podcasts.htm" target="_blank">here</a>, but I also encourage you to view his articles and <a href="http://truesonsofabraham.com/books.htm" target="_blank">his online books</a> as well.<br />
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Unfortunately, due to my family's busy schedule, it took me a little while to get this posted. I do plan on recording another couple of videos this weekend, God-willing. They will probably be short in nature, but to the point:<br />
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1) A message regarding White Advocates who profess Christianity<br />
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2) A message regarding White Advocates who are Anti-Christ<br />
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After these, I have a vision to perhaps record another product review video or two. Over time, you should be able to see the kind of products we buy, and why. And maybe I can convince a few of you to put a little more thinking and prayer into the purchases you make and the other "little" decisions of life.<br />
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Comments and suggestions welcome!<br />
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Hans Gygaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585786656124091095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979727040372247990.post-10877279577255556572016-04-18T19:58:00.000-04:002016-04-18T20:01:31.437-04:00What I Mean When I Say I Am Anti-Technology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I want to start out by listing just a few of the resources that have inspired me in this area over the past several years:</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://northcountryfarmer.com/" target="_blank">North Country Farmer; a Christian Agrarian website hosted by Scott M Terry</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "open sans" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><i><a href="http://northcountryfarmer.com/?p=266" target="_blank">The Biblical Basis for Christian Agrarianism by Howard King</a> - Audio Sermon</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "open sans" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><i>(Both sermons are on the same page.)</i></span><br />
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<i>(This is a PDF version of the book, but you can buy a hard copy of it from many different online sources. The ending is not good, but the main principles taught throughout the book are very good.)</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yes, I Am Anti-Technology </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I say I am "Anti-Technology" I am half joking, but it is yet based on the truth of what I believe. I don't believe we should embrace technology just to embrace technology. I believe there is plenty of technology that might make things more convenient or easier, that should be rejected. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">An extreme example would be, if there were a technology that could track all of your thoughts. The reasoning behind such a technology, like with most technology that intrudes on liberty, would be that it prevents crime, or that it would help solve crime. In other words, increased technology, like most oppressive laws, are based on "safety" or some form of supposed societal good.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although it might be true that it could "help" in those ways, I am against such technology because that technology is not worthy enough to lose our freedoms over. I use this same reasoning as my basis to be against technology on less extreme things (even though they are not actually much "less extreme" when you really consider it).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is it worth it for our societies to have conveniences like automobiles, factories, the electrical grid system, air travel, cellular phones/mobile devices, etc., etc.? I would raise an argument that more evil has come from these things, than good. I believe that we lose more than we gain. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The reason why I believe most people would find the above statement to be borderline lunatic, is because they have embraced a humanist philosophy. While Rushdoony in no way endorsed my view, his view has shaped my thinking in this area. He explains that to modern man, because he has embraced humanism, man's life is the most sacred thing. This is in his section of The Institutes of Biblical Law where he speaks about the Death Penalty. Let me explain:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a God-centered society, the Death Penalty is used "to put away the evil". </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The glory of God is of highest value. Not only this, but it can be argued that God still yet places high value on human life; when a murderer is put to death, society is spared from further evil (in the form of murder). I argue the same points for being "anti-technology". </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will some forms of technology save certain individual lives? Certainly. But is that more important than being able to have a society that glorifies God, and that has liberty? The humanist thinks so; because human life trumps the glory of God. Furthermore, I would argue that such technology actually produces much death. Sure, you can rush your child to the hospital in an ambulance and save his life due to the automobile. But how many people are killed in car accidents every year? But even if this were not so, I would still choose against having that technology due to the former points. I would argue this on most things that have come from the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution is from the pit of hell, in the fruit it has borne.</span><br />
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do I still use these technologies? Yes. There isn't really any escaping it. But if/when new communities are built, when the current economic system collapses (it is not a matter of if, but when), and if I am a leader of a community, or have any authority, I am going to push for our societies to have as little of this as possible. I don't have all the details figured out. And I don't believe using the technology is evil in of itself. But I think the world would be better off for the glory of God if it didn't have certain forms of technology. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I am not actually against technology. A hammer is technology. So is a screwdriver. And a rake. And a shovel. I appreciate these forms of technology. But I do not appreciate drones, or security cameras, or metal detectors, or naked body scanners, and anything that is oppressive in of itself, or that can lead to oppression. I do not endorse technology that causes the family to scatter, the community to be broken up, and that induces individualism (rather than community living). </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is all part of my belief in Kinism. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If we go back to the local community, using God's natural means to live our lives (rather than worshiping self and what we can do), living off the land, using what he has provided (animals rather than machines is just one example), then Kinism is the natural result. This is why Kinists are wasting their time if all they do is pursue intellectual/doctrinal/political matters. We need to get practical first, and above all. The other things have their place, but the practical is where the meat is. And the chief of practical living is that every detail of all our actions are measured carefully by the word of God, and we honor Christ above all else. May we all seek to do this, and repent if we are not currently so doing. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am just scratching the surface on this all. I have not even touched on several things: How certain technologies have caused us to lose many of our jobs; what is the result? The corporate masters get more rich, thereby oppressing us more. We have millions of people without jobs that otherwise would have. Multiply this with the abuse that corporations have done to the earth (and no, I am not an earth worshiper, but we are still responsible to be good stewards). Add to that, how that our health has deteriorated due to our lack of physical activity. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We once were a strong people of courage and bravery, and were robust, tough and gritty. Now we are a bunch of pacified sissies who don't know how to fix anything, and don't know how to do anything. If the grid of electric and of "Just in Time" goods were to fail tomorrow, probably 90% or more of people would die because they have no clue how to live independent of it. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our DNA is being genetically altered by radio, internet, microwave, electric frequencies. The list can go on and on. I would keep going but I hope we all get the point now. I am Anti-Technology, and that for good reason. At least, according to this crazy blog writer, I am.</span><br />
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