Intelligent Design and Biblical Scripture

I have sought the universal truth and have failed. I have lived life in a manner that I felt was right in all instances and have failed. I have sought higher education and have failed. I do fall to the earth and pray for the guidance of my Lord whom I have turned unto after my dismal failures and have received resurrection of my wrecked life feasted upon by our evil element in our society which has become dominate; although, the evil flees from the Lord as does the sun light at sunset.

I have endeared to view all of the philosophies, religious beliefs, and scientific postulates and laws, and the worldviews- even unto synthesizing them into one worldview. Where is science in this theology? The dynamics of physics suggest that there is a Creator by observing sustained order in the universe. Does the universe have a beginning? For decades, the atheists dominated, believing that the universe had no beginning and that it has always existed. Lo and behold, in cosmic time, the most prominent physicists have come to believe in the Big Bang Theory and that the universe has a beginning. So, as it goes, Christian belief is being spotlighted by science. I could not add one cubit to the Gospel. The devils are on the run as they throw rocks back at us for the fear of our Lord, Jesus.

Upon review of my life while fallen to earth and praying to God, our Creator, my most grievous sin was to violate love because God is Love. I have violated God. I hurt the one that loved me. I have prayed for forgiveness, but a burr has been placed in my side. I cannot successfully apologize for my ungodly acts. She shall always view my apology as insufficient making me feel insufficient in this worldly existence. I am in the sunset of my life and the only resort for me is to donate my life to God, the love of all life. My Savior, Jesus mediates my life while God accounts His Son, my substitute, as being righteousness. I cannot live a perfect life, but Jesus has.

I became aware that the disciplines of higher education were channels leading unto an unknown outcome and not being the universal truth. I became disappointed and fell into despair because I could not evaluate all of the disciplines during my one life. Thank God that I was inspired by the LORD that our Hevenly Father knows all things in one eternal moment. In faith, I could in the name of Jesus I could ask and receive-God’s Holy Spirit comes, bring into remembrance what Jesus has said, and guides the believer through all Truth.

The 23 Psalms is appropriate for all of my needs and I can safely say for all and each of our needs as I (we) constantly encounter evil in the world:

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
²     He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
³     he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
    for his name’s sake.
⁴ Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,^[a]
I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
⁶ Surely your goodness and love will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

By Will Myers

By Roderic Duplechain

In the shadows of modern society, a sinister force thrives – organized stalking, a cruel and relentless campaign aimed at terrorizing individuals deemed undesirable or dangerous. Unlike the tales of supernatural entities that once plagued our collective consciousness, the perpetrators of this heinous crime are all too human. We, the targeted individuals, are living proof of this disturbing reality. As we delve into the historical roots of mental disorder attribution, let us explore how Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) once shared the stage with demons and malevolent spirits. But make no mistake, this is not an article of the past. It is a battle cry for the present, urging society to unite and dismantle the campaign of fear and silence that perpetuates organized stalking.

From Demons to NPD: A Shift in Understanding

In times long past, before the advent of modern psychology, mysterious afflictions of the mind were often ascribed to supernatural or demonic causes. Among these ailments was NPD, a condition characterized by excessive self-admiration and a lack of empathy. Such traits were wrongly associated with evil characteristics, and individuals with NPD often faced public reprimand and social ostracization in various cultures.

Imagine a world where NPD was synonymous with demonic possession – a dark and misunderstood ailment that subjected sufferers to exorcisms and spiritual cleansing rituals. The success of these exorcisms depended solely on the beliefs and expertise of local spiritual or religious leaders. The lines between reality and superstition were blurred, leaving individuals at the mercy of subjective interpretations.

Organized Stalking: The Modern-Day Witch Hunt

Fast forward to the present day, and the malevolence of organized stalking emerges as a haunting parallel to historical witch hunts. Targeted individuals find themselves subjected to manipulative tactics, disinformation campaigns, and psychological warfare, all designed to exert control and instill fear. Victims are left feeling powerless, isolated, and emotionally abused, mirroring the trials faced by those accused of witchcraft centuries ago.

The perpetrators of organized stalking, much like the witch hunters of yore, lack empathy and compassion. Fueled by the desire for power and control, they seek to dominate those they consider inferior. In a world that prides itself on progress and enlightenment, the persistence of such dark and malevolent acts is a grave testament to the lengths some will go to assert dominance over their fellow humans.

Unite and Confront: A Call to Action

As targeted individuals, we bear the scars of a society that turns a blind eye to organized stalking. Despite its illegality, this cruel campaign persists, leaving countless lives shattered in its wake. It is time for us to rise, united and strong, demanding acknowledgment and accountability from our communities and governments.

In recognizing the historical context of mental disorder attribution, we see how societal beliefs and behaviors have evolved. Today, we must continue this evolution, exposing organized stalking for what it truly is – a grave violation of human rights and dignity. By breaking the silence and uniting against this dark force, we can usher in a new era of compassion, empathy, and justice.

Conclusion

We, the targeted individuals, stand as a testament to the indomitable spirit of humanity. No longer will we allow ourselves to be silenced and victimized. Together, we shall cast light upon the darkness of organized stalking, unmasking the demons within our society. Let this be a rallying cry for change, a demand for accountability, and an end to the modern-day witch hunt. The time for unity and action is now, and through our collective strength, we shall prevail.

 

These fools are aided by special interest groups who collect sensitive, intimate knowledge about each citizen, formulate and disseminate it to select people in order to target and assault an individual in order to play a deceptive mind game (The devil personified) with the purpose to control their thought-life and movements.

In America, groups are developing virtual minds on supercomputers at present as detailed by our whistle-blower, Ed Snowden.

The why: SIG snakes are operative for hyper-communism (The for what) whereas each individual has a virtual mind stored on supercomputers for the purpose to control their thought-life and movements. The government and oligarchs of big business finance the SIG snakes. They target individuals (Ti) for their benefit and destroy the Ti’s individuality (assassinate their character) and livelihood in most cases – destroying individuality goes hand and hand with destroying our democracy and free society.

These fools are anti-religion, anti-Jesus Christ, and as you know, have pushed Jesus out of public schools thereby stigmatizing Christ. The special interest groups (SIG) are of Satan. The SIG snakes empower gang stalkers (the fools and devils) who assaults a targeted individual for the purpose of controlling their thought-life and movements and destroying the Ti’s individuality, allowing the destruction of their concept of democracy and free society. A fool gang stalker thinks that they are doing what is right and is Americanism. SO WRONG!

I have labeled the fusion centers (HSA) as special interest groups (SIG) snakes. We must destroy the fusion centers. My research has led me to the old College Of Science and Warfare and Sociology which was the top secretive operation in America. They were developing dossiers on every citizen in America and essential persons abroad.

After too many leaks during the 50s, the government delegated the operations to private parties known today as think tanks. Spying on American citizens has become legally justified by the 911 attack. We now have special interest groups (SIG) snakes who not only spy and collect sensitive, intimate knowledge about private citizens, they empower gang stalkers and organize them to assault an individual in order to control their thought-life and movements.

SIG snakes are operative for bringing into fruition hyper-communism that owns the virtual mind of each citizen for control of each citizen not falling short of mentally enslaving any citizen. America is moving away from a true democracy toward hyper-communism. If targeted by the SIG snakes then you are a “JOB” as in the biblical book. Look unto God, Christ Jesus, and God’s Holy Spirit.

By Will Myers

Our American government has joined the oligarchs of big business for the financing of domestic spy agencies which was revealed by the whistleblower, Ed Snowden who was last heard of and was detained in Russia. He may not be alive at present. We can deduce from this act that America and Russia are sleeping together somewhere. Logically, we can assume that it is about future social ordering. President Bush immediately after 911 stated that we had entered a new world order. After being gang stalked for over 30 years I definitely believe Bush.

Being a targeted individual for over 30 years I have come to conclusions that I strongly believe. Just like police having methods of tracing backward from the victim’s bullet entries to establish where the gun was held when shot. Also, the blood spatter determines the blows of a weapon. After hundreds of thousands of assaults upon my person, I have traced backward and labeled the source of the gang stalking to be special interest groups (SIG) snakes (because they are secretive) who collect, analyze, formulate, and disseminate the information targeting an individual (TI). The SIG snakes empower the gang stalkers by providing directions for Geo-accuracy and very timely assaults upon a TI. The nature of the enormous number of assaults is Satan.

Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.”

The above scripture in past America was adhered to as a goal until recently. Because of the recent mass killings, I lay the cause at the feet of the SIG snakes gaining more power in America. The first thing that SIG snakes do is to steal one’s joy and happiness; SIG snakes perpetrate hate directed at an individual (TI) and promote it to the people as being good.

The SIG snakes work to invade the inner sanctuary of the mind; thereby, destroying the peace of mind of the TI who must stand keeping the faith.

The TI must keep kindness as would Jesus Christ who said a kind act is like pouring hot coals on the head of your enemy. Goodness is of the Lord and one shall receive blessings from the Lord.

God’s faithfulness is perfect. God shall reveal the acts of the gang stalkers and punish them. No evil deed shall go unpunished.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

Matthew 5:37

“All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”

The biblical scriptures are like a light when applying psychological forensics in one’s life which leads to the intelligent design of others. Since humans seek power then the work of the SIG snakes is to establish hyper-communism whereas the virtual minds of each citizen are stored on supercomputers for the purpose to strongly influence the thought-life and movements of each TI.

  By Will Myers

Why are we as a nation experiencing so much violence? Recently, why have we begin to experience school shootings, the killing of innocent kids.? I have been pondering directly upon the reason. I repeat for the umpteenth time; it’s special interest groups (SIG) snakes who collect sensitive knowledge and analyze it, followed by orchestrating servers of the snakes and manipulating situations in order to affect a targeted individual for the purpose of controlling their thought life and movements.

The SIG snakes are operatives for bringing into fruition hyper-communism whereas the government owns each citizen’s virtual-mind using hi-tech and confers with the individual on a daily basis, dictated by the magnitude of the servers of the snakes.

What should we do? Matthew 7:12;

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

We are pawns, but we don’t have to play the devil’s games in order to receive favors in life. All goodness comes from the LORD.

What do you think the government is going to do with all the hi-tech toys? All of the new surveillance toys? All of the brain trust of scientists of the life sciences collectively is doing what – taking America toward an authoritarian government? Are you too naive to know that the government is going to use them? Just ask Ted Koppel of the famed 60 Minutes Show in the spirit. The crap about terrorist cells calling the listening to our electronic communications was an excuse to invade our privacy and collect sensitive and intimate knowledge about each of us. The FBI was quite capable of investigating any person(s) or group no matter the number of suspected perpetrators.

The goal of the government is to control the masses more so than serve their needs and welfare. The oligarchies, contrary to common belief, control the government and they are capitalist with the goal of making money. The common citizen must serve the oligarchies in order to have any wages for their livelihood. The control of the common citizens favors the oligarchies (Owners of big businesses); therefore, the Homeland Security Agency HSA was instituted in the USA. It is a domestic spy agency as revealed by Ed Snowden, the people’s whistleblower; make no bones about it.

Be not naive; the incredible development of technology (Most likely 30 to 50 years beyond the conscientious mind.) is going to be used or already in use to a frightening degree. As noted, I have labeled the government that is coming into fruition hyper-communism that owns the virtual mind of each citizen for the purpose of controlling their thought-life and movements. As hi-tech nations join to form a collision then we shall have a stronger one-world government in the making. This shall be at the cost to the person’s “Individuality”, and civil liberties with privacy becoming nonexistent.   

The fact that Trump attempted a coup is a very significant sign that the hyper-communist are approaching (political grounds becoming fertile enough) the instituting an authoritarian leader which means that enough servers of the SIG snakes have committed to the hyper-communist party as being their manager for their lives. This sh*t shall destroy our democracy. Remember what one of our famed Supreme Court Justices stated “regardless of how knowledgeable a person or group and claims to know what is best for you, the right to be “let alone” is far superior. The U.S. Constitution supports this concept for each citizen(s). The SIG snakes have been subverting our constitution for years; immediately after the house cleaning of the 50s by the McCarthy Committee. I have realized that the publicity of how bad and crude the committee was pushed by the SIG snakes in order to insure their heads before taking another step toward hyper-communism. Now, in America, where does this leave our common asses?

As we approach the end times, death and deception are our last enemies. Satan is the master of deception and the father of lies. Satan opposes the Word of God 24/7; therefore, Satan has positioned himself in a state of being a complete liar. Many people shall follow Satan during the end days. They shall stand against God knowing that their destruction is imminent as they face God. IN THE END; THEY HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.

Our nation is experiencing a movement that is based on lies. Liars are working to take over our country and make it an authoritarian government. The Orange Anal is shouting stop the steal as he is stealing control of our nation. He is saying take back our country as he attempts to politically steal our country. He is shouting about saving our country as he is working to destroy it. M F’s S.O.Bs!!!!

Why are we as a nation experiencing so much violence? Recently, why have we begun to experience school shootings, the killing of innocent kids.? I have been pondering directly upon the reason. I repeat for the umpteenth time; it’s special interest groups (SIG) snakes who collect sensitive knowledge and analyze it, followed by orchestrating servers of the snakes and manipulating situations in order to affect a targeted individual for the purpose of controlling their thought life and movements.

Special interest groups (SIG) snakes collect and analyze sensitive information about your privacy and thought life has been moving against the citizens. A Hyper-Communist Party for the purpose of controlling each targeted citizen and owning the virtual mind of each citizen who exists. The snakes are invading the inner sanctuary of the mind of the targeted person. This is why violence has increased drastically. Only God and the Son Of God can enter the holy holiest sanctuary of the mind without violent rejection by the victim.

School shootings’ has been caused by SIG snakes. They increase the infuriating factor of the individual by ten times by disrupting the peace of the targeted person. SIG thrives on disruptions and conflicts until the death of the targeted person. SIG is a parasite.

Give thanks to God for your salvation and for providing His Word of Truth. The SIG snake operatives shall not face God because it would be their end. GLORY TO GOD.

The SIG snakes are operatives for bringing into fruition hyper-communism whereas the government owns each citizen’s virtual mind using hi-tech and confers with the individual on a daily basis, dictated by the magnitude of the servers of the snakes.

What should we do? Matthew 7:12; “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Modern propaganda comes from hyper-communism with its operative SIG snakes. The hyper-communist desires to own the virtual minds of each private citizen. It is a master of deception with powers of anticipating the thoughts and movements of the targeted citizen, the private individual.

A worthy note to append to the post is that the government now has the HSA, a domestic spy agency in America for the first time. It listens to everyone’s electronic conversations. The facade that eavesdropping is activated by keywords used to investigate terrorists is a big lie. It collects sensitive info on every citizen alive. SIG snakes are the operatives working to invade the inner sanctuary of each citizen’s mind. Why in the hell do you think they have pushed Jesus out of schools and workplaces?

As we approach the end times, death and deception are our last enemies. Satan is the master of deception and the father of lies. Satan opposes the Word of God 24/7; therefore, Satan has positioned himself in a state of being a complete liar. Many people shall follow Satan during the end days. They shall stand against God knowing that their destruction is imminent as they face God. IN THE END; THEY HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.

Our nation is experiencing a movement that is based on lies. Liars are working to take over our country and make it an authoritarian government. The Orange Anal is shouting stop the steal as he is stealing control of our nation. He is saying take back our country as he attempts to politically steal our country. He is shouting about saving our country as he is working to destroy it.

We exist in a temporary universe; even the sun shall burn out and explode as determined by theoretical physics. It continues to amaze me how truthful the Word of God is. The secular world fights to suppress and hid this truth so that they can claim the truth for themselves. In actuality, the secular world caters to Satan. The secular world hi-jacks God’s Truth but is in the wrong spirit with evil intent.

America has always been a leader among nations supporting self-determination for each citizen. During our nation’s 200 years, the recent 30 years we have been on a path moving to make self-determination innately more difficult to negotiate during our life.

Individuality is becoming an endangered entity. Special interest groups (SIG) snakes are erasing the term, concept, of individuality. We are being conditioned to serve the group; the people own our life. Yes, we now have a hyper-communist party that is being brought to fruition by the SIG snakes.

It is easy to imagine why the hyper-communist want to push God out of America; they want to own the minds of the citizen, not God. The operative, SIG snakes, are working to develop the virtual minds of each citizen on computers to control their thought-life and movements and bring hyper-communism into fruition

2 Peter 3:10-12:

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything that was done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Galatians 5:22-23

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.”

We are pawns, but we don’t have to play the devil’s games in order to receive favors in life. All goodness comes from the LORD. Treat each person by doing to them only what you would like for them to do unto you and vice versa – not doing to others.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS! AMEN.

Are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The fruits of the Spirit demonstrate the character of God. Although, I have experienced the Anti-Christ who are the special interest groups (SIG) snakes who have crawled back since the McCarthy Committee on un-American activity cleaned house of the (SIG) snakes during the 1950s in America.

I have noticed that it’s the SIG snakes who advertise how bad the committee was because they are insuring their heads from being decapitated as they have slowly crawled back with the use of hi-tech and communist scientists who want to control our thoughts and movements.

Firstly, the SIG snakes always stigmatize and isolate the targeted individual, thereby killing love. No potential spouse wants to enter the space of the servers of the evil SIG snakes. The SIG snakes encourage illegal activities.  

The special interest groups (SIG) snakes use their sophistication and hi-tech resources to kill one’s joy by constantly placing adversities into the targeted individual’s life.

The SIG snakes thrive on conflicts and personal anger of the targeted individuals; therefore, SIG snakes work constantly to destroy one’s peace.

The SIG snakes must destroy the patience of the targeted individual because patience is a virtue that leads to hearing God.

The SIG snakes must discourage kindness because that would lead to being like Christ Jesus. SIG snakes are anti-Christ.

The SIG snakes must oppose goodness because it would lead to thanking God and being conducive to possessing peace, and not desiring to cause conflicts and fights.

Faithfulness by design leads to loving God and His Word. The SIG snakes are Satan.

Gentleness causes peacefulness; cursed are the SIG snakes who live on conflicts.

Self-control restrains one from breaking peacefulness and instead one obeys the laws.

The SIG snakes are operatives for the movement, the hyper-communist party, that works to own the virtual mind of each citizen or each person in the world. This is hyper-communism; a movement perpetrated with the use of hi-tech and scientists (PHDs) of the life sciences. The organization is an enemy of our democracy and our free society with freedoms and liberties without adversities being placed into each life. The SIG snakes are scandalous.

A wise pundit once said regardless of the superior knowledge possessed by an entity, and its purpose to know what is best for you; the right to be let alone is far superior. As a matter of fact, our freedoms and liberties are based on being “let alone.”

Luke 6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

                        MY WITNESS FOR CHRIST, WILL MYERS

by Guest Writer

Joseph Palmer

September 8, 2022

An African proverb has been recounted to say, “Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.”

The contention of this article is that God is hidden in plain sight both to our senses and to our souls. We can know him if we want to.

Romans 1:20 says that when we look at creation, we see him clearly.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Creation reveals God’s “invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature . . .” Dare we say, “WE KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE?” Is this not what this verse is saying? If so, then how can I possibly know what I’m looking at when I see creation? The answer lies in the previous verse, Romans 1:19:

since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

This answers the question directly. We see God in creation because we have an inborn “God file” filled with “what may be known about God.” Here’s one way to look at it: our minds contain an innate “pattern” about what God is like; when we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell things that are parts of that pattern, we “recognize” it. Pattern recognition is the key to understanding every objective thing.

Is this what verse 19 is saying? Take a closer look:

since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them (emphasis added).

We need to pay special attention to two Greek words in this verse. The first word is gnostos, translated here as “what may be known.” It is a Greek adjective with a definite article which marks it as a substantive (a word that functions as a noun) and as the subject of a clause. Here it means “the known” or “what can be known.”¹ If the quantity of information about God is “what may be known,” then it is the entire amount of information about God.

The second word in verse 19 is the preposition “en.” Unfortunately, the NIV translation obscures the existence of this word by translating it as “to.” This is a possibility, but the preposition “en” is not necessary if “to” is all one wanted to say. The New American Standard Bible translates this phrase as “is evident within them,” (emphasis added) which takes into account the preposition “en.”

For two reasons we should translate en as “in.” First, its core semantic meaning is “in,” and any other meanings are derived from this. The second reason is even more substantial. In Romans 2:15, the apostle Paul writes (emphasis added):

They show that the requirements of the law are written on [en] their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.

The law of God is written on [in] the hearts of individuals. In the Greek text, the preposition “on” in this verse is the word “en.” Since this is the case, it is most probable that what “is known about God” is also written in the hearts of individuals.

How can the knowledge of God be in us? Contrary to Thomas Aquinas and John Locke, it’s impossible to say that a human mind at birth is a “blank slate.” Every other sentient being seems to know how to do many things apart from any learning process. Bees communicate with one another by doing dances, and yet there’s nothing like a school for dance and dance interpretation for bees. Many kinds of birds, fish, and butterflies migrate with no other possible way of knowing their destination apart from an inborn knowledge. Consider the monarch butterfly; its migration both north and south annually is a multigenerational quest. No single monarch makes a round trip. How do they know where to migrate? Their tiny brains aren’t blank slates. They emerge from their pupal stage with information on what to do, how to do it, and where to go when it’s time. If butterflies and bees have inborn information, certainly we do too.

As I’ve said, God can only be understood through creation if people already have an intuitive understanding of him. The notable theologian Bruce Demarest agrees and says,

Thus, against the classical empirical tradition, we assert that the mind is not a tabula rasa. Apart from observation and sense experience, the human mind, abetted by a general illumination, effably intuits timeless truths, including the first truth, God. Indeed, the mind’s intuitive consciousness of God logically precedes and grounds all reasoning about God from the observable world. For unless the term God is invested with meaning through the religious a priori, all God-talk is not only meaningless, but impossible. Unless man acknowledges God in and of Himself in his mind, all predication about God on the basis of causation or order lacks signification.²

So, Demarest links the observable general revelation mentioned in Romans 1:20 with the intuitive preprogrammed information of Romans 1:19.

All of this is to say that we are without excuse before God, because we know he is there, and we know we are guilty before him of many crimes. Whatever one may think about the noetic effects of the fall of Adam, Romans 1:19–20 and the Bible as a whole speak most often as though we have the genuine ability to make free decisions for which we will be justly held accountable.

If we would be honest with ourselves, rather than suppress the truth, we would seek God’s forgiveness. The gospel would be a simple deduction from what we know about God, what we know about ourselves, and what we could expect as a result. We are guilty and alienated from God. Since God is love, he wants to rescue us from the terrible consequences of our sin. Since he is perfect love, he would be willing to love to the ultimate degree—“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”  (John 15:13).

God isn’t hidden! He has allowed us to suppress the truth and to put some cognitive distance between ourselves and him so that we can be free to choose him or choose to get away from him. He has made it obvious that he is present and powerful and good through what has been made. Moreover, he has infused in us the knowledge of himself, and we betray our attempts to deny him by opening our mouths to speak of good and evil, when no such things can exist if he does not. Then on we go toward some goal when there can’t be any genuinely significant telos (purpose) if we’re but “dust in the wind.” It’s always a good time to be honest with ourselves about what is intuitively and objectively clear.

Endnotes

1. Johannes P. Louw and Eugene A. Nida, eds., Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains,2nd ed., vol. 1(New York: United Bible Societies, 1989), 342.
2. Bruce Demarest, General Revelation: Historical Views and Contemporary Issues (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1982), 22.

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By Robert Reich

One week after a team of F.B.I. agents descended on his private club and residence in Florida, Trump warned that things could get out of hand if the Justice Department kept the heat on him. “People are so angry at what is taking place,” Trump told Fox News, predicting that if the “temperature” isn’t brought down, “terrible things are going to happen.”

But Trump and his allies are doing all they can to increase the temperature. Last Sunday, one of Trump’s closest allies, Senator Lindsey Graham, warned of “riots in the streets” if Trump is prosecuted.

On Tuesday, Trump spent much of the morning reposting messages from known purveyors of the QAnon conspiracy theory and from 4chan, an anonymous message platform where threats of violence often bloom. Some of Trump’s reposts were direct provocations, such as a photograph of President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi with their faces obscured by the words, “Your enemy is not in Russia.”

Online threats are escalating against public servants. Bruce E. Reinhart, the federal magistrate judge who approved the warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, has been targeted with messages threatening him and his family.

How to respond to this lawlessness? With bold and unwavering law enforcement.

If Trump has broken the law – by attempting a coup, by instigating an assault on the U.S. Capitol, by making off with troves of top-secret documents — he must be prosecuted, and if found guilty he must be imprisoned.

Yes, such prosecutions might increase tensions and divisions in the short term. They might provoke additional violence.

But a failure to uphold the laws of the United States would be far more damaging in the longer term. It would undermine our system of government and the credibility of that system — more directly and irreparably than Trump has done.

Not holding a former president accountable for gross acts of criminality will invite ever more criminality from future presidents and lawmakers.

It is also important for all those in public life who believe in democracy to call out what the Republican Party is doing and what it has become: not just its embrace of Trump’s Big Lie but its moves toward voter suppression, takeovers of the machinery of elections, ending of reproductive rights, book bans, restrictions on what can be taught in classrooms, racism, and assaults on LGBTQ people.

Last week, Biden condemned “ultra-MAGA Republicans” for a philosophy he described as “semi-fascism.” Today he will deliver a rare prime-time speech outside the old Independence Hall where the Framers of the Constitution met 235 years ago to establish the basic rules of our democratic form of government. The speech is will focus on what the White House describes as the “battle for the soul of the nation” – the fight to protect that democracy.

President Biden’s earlier conciliatory tone and talk of uniting Americans and “healing” the nation from the ravages of Trump has obviously not worked on most of the Republican Party. With the notable and noble exceptions of Liz Cheney and a few other courageous Republicans — most of whom have been or are being purged from the GOP — the Republican Party is rapidly morphing into an anti-democracy movement. With each passing week, it becomes more rabid in its opposition to the rule of law. Republican lawmakers who took an oath of allegiance to the Constitution are repudiating it in word and deed. Republican candidates are lying about the 2020 election and whipping up our fellow countrymen into angry mobs. And as Republican lawmakers and candidates exchange their political integrity for power, Fox News and other rightwing outlets continue to exchange their journalistic integrity for money.

The essential political choice in America, therefore, is no longer Republican or Democrat, right or left, conservative or liberal. It is democracy or authoritarian fascism. There can be no compromise between these two — no halfway point, no “moderate middle,” no “balance.” To come down squarely on the side of democracy is not to be “partisan.” It is to be patriotic.

As Adam Wilkins suggested on this page yesterday, while today’s Republican party does not have its own paramilitary, such as the Nazi’s Brownshirts, the GOP is effectively outsourcing these activities to violent fringe groups such as the “Proud Boys,” “Oathkeepers,” and others who descended on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and who continue to threaten violence.

Yet Democrats cannot and must not take on this battle alone. They must seek common ground with Independents and whatever reasonable Republicans remain. As Eric T noted on this page, we must continue to appeal to truth, facts, logic, and common sense. We must be unwavering in our commitment to the Constitution and the rule of law. We must be clear and courageous in exposing the authoritarian fascist direction the Republican Party has now chosen, and the dangers this poses to America and the world.

It is also important for Democrats to recognize — and to take bold action against — the threat to democracy posed by big money from large corporations and the super-wealthy: record amounts of campaign funding inundating and distorting our politics, serving the moneyed interests rather than the common good.

Indeed, the two threats – one, from an increasingly authoritarian-fascist Republican Party; the second, from ever-larger amounts of corporate and billionaire money in our campaigns and elections – are two sides of the same coin. Americans who know the system is rigged against them and in favor of the moneyed interests, are more likely to give up on democracy and embrace an authoritarian fascist demagogue who pretends to be on “their side.”

The battle to preserve and protect American democracy is the most important battle of our lifetimes. If we win, there is nothing we cannot achieve. If we lose, there is nothing we can achieve. We have the best DESIGN.