Some such attempts at twisting the message have had more success in deception than others, and of course none of them has been completely honest in the advertising. No one comes to the front door, hands you a tract, and says, ‘Hello, I am here representing my father the devil, and I would like to share a false gospel with you.’ Rather, these subversions of the gospel have regularly come in the name of Christ. ‘For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works’ (2 Cor. 11:14–15).
Douglas Wilson
Tagged “deception”
Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
“What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mock; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation of the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour.” —Frederick Douglass Continue reading
“We see godly deception . . . in a time that was equivalent to war”
We see godly deception as an act of honorable war, or in a time that was equivalent to war, throughout Scripture.
Douglas Wilson
Deceitful Theology Part 4
The Kirk Is a Front that Covers for His Political Agenda
Torn between two Dougs. Continue reading
Doug’s Thug: “Fox News team witnesses GOP House candidate ‘body slam’ reporter”
“At that point, Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him.” New Saint Andrews College should award Greg Gianforte an honorary degree. Continue reading
Deceitful Theology Part 3
Does God Exist Bait & Switch?
I’m pretty sure he does not believe that God exists. Continue reading
Deceitful Theology Part 1
The principles of war as understood by Douglas Wilson culminate in the chief principle of war as well as the cornerstone of his theology — deception. Continue reading
“A good general wants the enemy to believe the opposite of what is actually the case”
Sun Tzu was right — warfare is deception. A good general wants the enemy to believe the opposite of what is actually the case, in as many instances as possible. He wants him to believe he is far away when he is close, and to believe he is close when he is far away. He wants him to believe he is strong when he is weak, and weak when he is strong.
Douglas Wilson
The Federal Division Part 2
“Heretics are slippery with words”
Douglas Wilson’s problem isn’t a failure to use clear terminology. His problem is his willingness to use clearly deceitful terminology. Continue reading
“You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness”
God does not only prohibit the invention of such lies, He prohibits us from circulating them. ‘You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness’ (Ex. 23:1). As Thomas Watson put it, very bluntly, it makes little difference if we carry the devil around in our mouth or in our ear.
Douglas Wilson
Omnibus: “Pretend you are a slave” part II
Autonomous, married, and a far-away family
A free slave writes a letter to his far-away family to inform them of his plans. Pretend indeed.
Stuart P. Green: “The Psychology of Plagiarism”
“Finally, there is undoubtedly a significant amount of plagiarism that is conscious and deliberate, the result of rational, if perverse, cost-benefit calculation.” — Stuart P. Green Continue reading
Omnibus Volume II: Church Fathers through the Reformation
“Making Your Own Confession”
“First, I wanted to win so badly that I was willing to bend the truth and to encourage others to bend it with me in hopes that I could win and lord it over my classmates. . . .” Continue reading