Francis Berger's Blog, page 85
October 24, 2021
"I See You": Three Simple Words That May Help Keep Things in Perspective Concerning the Spiritual War
The dark powers waging spiritual war against us do not want us to acknowledge the war as fundamentally spiritual in nature. On the contrary, they strive to keep consciousness focused exclusively on the material - that we perceive developments and events from a purely worldly perspective.
They want us to believe everything the mainstream media funnels to us. They want us to believe everything happening now is random and arbitrary. That none of it actually means anything beyond the level of the material. They want us to believe in nothing but the external, and they want us to act and think in ways that reflect that there is nothing beyond the external.
At every turn, the dark powers strive to undermine and sabotage our personal intuition and discernment. They work diligently to jam and sever the communication lines between us and the Divine and substitute these lines of communication with their own insidious manipulations and lies.
Their efforts are readily comprehensible. If they can keep the spiritual war hidden in plain sight, they can effectively separate us from Reality and efficiently lock us into the machinations of their anti-reality.
One method I use to acknowledge the spiritual war - to help keep it in the proper perspective - is to utter or think three simple words - I see you - every time I detect or discern Satanic influence or activity in the world around me (and within myself!).
For example, the other day I drove past a billboard featuring a pudgy-faced, bespectacled medical expert pushing the peck as a global panacea.
I see you.
Later that same day, I received workplace email that informed me of the reintroduction of mask mandates and social distancing on campus.
I see you.
An hour later, I read an email from a friend who told me about looming shortages at his local grocery stores.
I see you.
Before going home, a colleague bitterly complained about the unpecked and blamed them for the reintroduction of mask mandates.
I see you.
On Sundays when the local priest praises the peck program and the Church's stance on the issue.
I see you.
This little three-word confirmation has helped to keep the spiritual war in perspective. It reminds me that the things I experience everyday are not random, accidental, arbitrary, or meaningless. It reminds me consider the whole picture and to see situations and experiences in their proper relation and proportion to everything else.
Having said that, it's important to note that "I see you" also works as an affirmation of Good and the active acknowledgement of Divine activity.
Whenever I encounter an individual who recognizes the deeper spiritual implications of all that is transpiring now.
I see you.
When I read a blog post or article that not only speaks truth and reality, but has been obviously influenced by the Divine self of the author or the Divine working through the author.
I see you.
When I arrive home after work and kiss my wife and son after they happily ask me how my day went, despite everything.
I see you.
When I look upon a sunset and feel the last warm rays bathe my face before the sun sinks below the horizon.
I see you.
When I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in places I would least expect it.
I see You. I see You. I see You.
More than that, I want You to know that I see You in the same way You see me.
I see you.
These three words not only help keep the spiritual war in the proper perspective, but they may also help our side in ways we can barely imagine.
They want us to believe everything the mainstream media funnels to us. They want us to believe everything happening now is random and arbitrary. That none of it actually means anything beyond the level of the material. They want us to believe in nothing but the external, and they want us to act and think in ways that reflect that there is nothing beyond the external.
At every turn, the dark powers strive to undermine and sabotage our personal intuition and discernment. They work diligently to jam and sever the communication lines between us and the Divine and substitute these lines of communication with their own insidious manipulations and lies.
Their efforts are readily comprehensible. If they can keep the spiritual war hidden in plain sight, they can effectively separate us from Reality and efficiently lock us into the machinations of their anti-reality.
One method I use to acknowledge the spiritual war - to help keep it in the proper perspective - is to utter or think three simple words - I see you - every time I detect or discern Satanic influence or activity in the world around me (and within myself!).
For example, the other day I drove past a billboard featuring a pudgy-faced, bespectacled medical expert pushing the peck as a global panacea.
I see you.
Later that same day, I received workplace email that informed me of the reintroduction of mask mandates and social distancing on campus.
I see you.
An hour later, I read an email from a friend who told me about looming shortages at his local grocery stores.
I see you.
Before going home, a colleague bitterly complained about the unpecked and blamed them for the reintroduction of mask mandates.
I see you.
On Sundays when the local priest praises the peck program and the Church's stance on the issue.
I see you.
This little three-word confirmation has helped to keep the spiritual war in perspective. It reminds me that the things I experience everyday are not random, accidental, arbitrary, or meaningless. It reminds me consider the whole picture and to see situations and experiences in their proper relation and proportion to everything else.
Having said that, it's important to note that "I see you" also works as an affirmation of Good and the active acknowledgement of Divine activity.
Whenever I encounter an individual who recognizes the deeper spiritual implications of all that is transpiring now.
I see you.
When I read a blog post or article that not only speaks truth and reality, but has been obviously influenced by the Divine self of the author or the Divine working through the author.
I see you.
When I arrive home after work and kiss my wife and son after they happily ask me how my day went, despite everything.
I see you.
When I look upon a sunset and feel the last warm rays bathe my face before the sun sinks below the horizon.
I see you.
When I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in places I would least expect it.
I see You. I see You. I see You.
More than that, I want You to know that I see You in the same way You see me.
I see you.
These three words not only help keep the spiritual war in the proper perspective, but they may also help our side in ways we can barely imagine.
October 23, 2021
Autumn Mood
Muddy Road At Dusk In Autumn - László Mednyánszky - Date Unknown
October 22, 2021
Living Dangerously Is Far Safer Than Playing it Safe
In more conventional times, "playing it safe" was often regarded as a sign of wisdom and good judgement. In this sense, "playing it safe" was understood to be a virtue - a testament against rash decisions, foolish impulses, and uncontrollable urges. Those who played it safe were living, breathing testaments to the power of poise and prudence. They responded to the lull and tug of chaos with calmness and confidence, self-assured in their ability to resist needless risk and reckless temptations.
The birdemic has changed all that.
In a world ruled by the global diktat of none are safe until all are safe, the "playing it safe" in a conventional, material sense has become the most reckless, risky, and dangerous approach an individual can take.
The largely unnoticed global coup was largely unnoticed precisely because it was constructed upon the premise of "playing it safe." The involuntary home confinements, the forced social isolation, the facial coverings, the closure of churches, institutions and businesses, the peck and subsequent peck mandates are all shining examples of "playing it safe."
Going out in public with a bare face is risky. Why not play it safe and wear a facial covering? Going out in public with a facial covering is potentially perilous. Why not play it safe and stay home? The very notion of "public" is dangerous. Why not play it safe and shut it down. Other people, including the family you live with, may be potential carriers of the dreaded birdemic plague. Why not play it safe and avoid meeting them in person? The birdemic plague is virtually everywhere. Why not play it safe and get pecked? Without the peck you remain a walking biological weapon who could wipe out a good portion of humanity. Why not play it safe and get pecked again? Your life and freedom are important, but they musn't jeopardize anyone's health or safety. Why not play it safe and get this passport to prove that you are playing it safe?
And so on so forth.
Over the past nineteen months, playing it safe has been the response of millions - if not billions, but I would be hard pressed to label the response as wise or prudent. On the contrary, it has proven to be the most reckless and dangerous approach a person can take.
Playing it safe has devastated societies, sabotaged economies, and ruined health. All of this is perfectly apparent, yet the vast majority continue to abide by the play it safe approach, firm in the belief that they are practicing sound judgement. After all, what's the point of shouldering unnecessary risk or exposing oneself to potential danger?
Well, I think we've reached a point where it has become painfully obvious that playing safe is actually living dangerously, both in the worldly, material sense and, more significantly, in the spiritual sense.
With this in mind, I believe it is crucial to come to grips with the fact playing it safe in a purely material sense has become virtually impossible.
Those who have played it safe by obeying the global diktat of none are safe until all are safe have, ironically enough, put their health, families, societies, and souls in grave danger, and despite their best efforts, the dangers continue to mount and expand with each passing day.
Those who have resisted the global diktat of none are safe until all are safe are also in grave material danger. Their livelihoods, financial security, and worldly freedom are in jeopardy. At the same time, their souls are very likely protected.
And souls are what playing it safe comes down to in this time and place. Play it safe in the worldly sense, endanger your soul. Live dangerously in the worldly sense, and you may just save your soul.
More than that, living dangerously may just open the floodgates of spirit and make life more meaningful than it has ever been.
As I ponder the notions of living dangerously and playing it safe, I come to the realization that the definitions of the two approaches depend heavily upon motivation and perspective.
From a primarily material perspective, playing it safe entails actions and thoughts that strive to preserve material well-being, comfort, stability, pleasure, and survival. Living dangerously includes anything that jeopardizes material well-being.
From a primarily spiritual perspective, playing it safe entails actions and thoughts that aim to keep one faithful to and aligned with God and Creation. Living dangerously includes anything that jeopardizes faith and alignment.
Thus, the Christian approach to playing it safe and living dangerously should be the polar opposites of the conventional definitions of the two approaches to life.
When a mainstream atheist, materialist plays it safe (un-repetantly follows the global diktat, does everything to preserve his material situation, willingly lives by lies, etc.), Christians should perceive the approach as living dangerously.
When a Christian plays it safe (remains faithful to God and Creation, trusts and follows his own personal discernment and experience, refuses to live by lies, is willing to sacrifice material well-being for the cause of truth, love, and freedom, etc.) the side against God and Creation will perceive it dangerous living.
So in the eyes of atheist-materialists, the Establishment, and the whole Satanic order, Christians should strive to live dangerously.
In the eyes of God, Christians should strive to play it safe knowing full well that the discipline, prudence, and good judgment they exercise in this pursuit will be rewarded eternally in Heaven.
As I write these words, I can't help but think of Jesus. In the eyes of the world, He was living dangerously - yet in the eyes of God, he always played it safe.
It's time for Christians to play it safe in the right way, which implies living dangerously in the world during our mortal lives.
The birdemic has changed all that.
In a world ruled by the global diktat of none are safe until all are safe, the "playing it safe" in a conventional, material sense has become the most reckless, risky, and dangerous approach an individual can take.
The largely unnoticed global coup was largely unnoticed precisely because it was constructed upon the premise of "playing it safe." The involuntary home confinements, the forced social isolation, the facial coverings, the closure of churches, institutions and businesses, the peck and subsequent peck mandates are all shining examples of "playing it safe."
Going out in public with a bare face is risky. Why not play it safe and wear a facial covering? Going out in public with a facial covering is potentially perilous. Why not play it safe and stay home? The very notion of "public" is dangerous. Why not play it safe and shut it down. Other people, including the family you live with, may be potential carriers of the dreaded birdemic plague. Why not play it safe and avoid meeting them in person? The birdemic plague is virtually everywhere. Why not play it safe and get pecked? Without the peck you remain a walking biological weapon who could wipe out a good portion of humanity. Why not play it safe and get pecked again? Your life and freedom are important, but they musn't jeopardize anyone's health or safety. Why not play it safe and get this passport to prove that you are playing it safe?
And so on so forth.
Over the past nineteen months, playing it safe has been the response of millions - if not billions, but I would be hard pressed to label the response as wise or prudent. On the contrary, it has proven to be the most reckless and dangerous approach a person can take.
Playing it safe has devastated societies, sabotaged economies, and ruined health. All of this is perfectly apparent, yet the vast majority continue to abide by the play it safe approach, firm in the belief that they are practicing sound judgement. After all, what's the point of shouldering unnecessary risk or exposing oneself to potential danger?
Well, I think we've reached a point where it has become painfully obvious that playing safe is actually living dangerously, both in the worldly, material sense and, more significantly, in the spiritual sense.
With this in mind, I believe it is crucial to come to grips with the fact playing it safe in a purely material sense has become virtually impossible.
Those who have played it safe by obeying the global diktat of none are safe until all are safe have, ironically enough, put their health, families, societies, and souls in grave danger, and despite their best efforts, the dangers continue to mount and expand with each passing day.
Those who have resisted the global diktat of none are safe until all are safe are also in grave material danger. Their livelihoods, financial security, and worldly freedom are in jeopardy. At the same time, their souls are very likely protected.
And souls are what playing it safe comes down to in this time and place. Play it safe in the worldly sense, endanger your soul. Live dangerously in the worldly sense, and you may just save your soul.
More than that, living dangerously may just open the floodgates of spirit and make life more meaningful than it has ever been.
As I ponder the notions of living dangerously and playing it safe, I come to the realization that the definitions of the two approaches depend heavily upon motivation and perspective.
From a primarily material perspective, playing it safe entails actions and thoughts that strive to preserve material well-being, comfort, stability, pleasure, and survival. Living dangerously includes anything that jeopardizes material well-being.
From a primarily spiritual perspective, playing it safe entails actions and thoughts that aim to keep one faithful to and aligned with God and Creation. Living dangerously includes anything that jeopardizes faith and alignment.
Thus, the Christian approach to playing it safe and living dangerously should be the polar opposites of the conventional definitions of the two approaches to life.
When a mainstream atheist, materialist plays it safe (un-repetantly follows the global diktat, does everything to preserve his material situation, willingly lives by lies, etc.), Christians should perceive the approach as living dangerously.
When a Christian plays it safe (remains faithful to God and Creation, trusts and follows his own personal discernment and experience, refuses to live by lies, is willing to sacrifice material well-being for the cause of truth, love, and freedom, etc.) the side against God and Creation will perceive it dangerous living.
So in the eyes of atheist-materialists, the Establishment, and the whole Satanic order, Christians should strive to live dangerously.
In the eyes of God, Christians should strive to play it safe knowing full well that the discipline, prudence, and good judgment they exercise in this pursuit will be rewarded eternally in Heaven.
As I write these words, I can't help but think of Jesus. In the eyes of the world, He was living dangerously - yet in the eyes of God, he always played it safe.
It's time for Christians to play it safe in the right way, which implies living dangerously in the world during our mortal lives.
October 20, 2021
The Rule We Followed is Worse Than Useless
A moment before unceremoniously ending Carson Wells' life with a shotgun blast in Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men, the renegade psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh asks the hapless Wells the following haunting question:
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?
Christians who continue to insist on the usefulness of standard politics in our demonically totalitarian world should be asking themselves the same question.
Christians have been following the rule of Enlightenment-inspired secular, liberal democratic politics for over two centuries - and what has it brought us?
Enlightenment politics was meant to be a phase in consciousness - a high mark of human autonomy and alienation from God. At some point during this phase of autonomy consciousness, Christians should have come to the realization that autonomy and alienation from God were untenable and, more significantly, undesirable.
At some point in the past two-and-a-half centuries, we should have recognized the limits of our autonomous mode of existence and turned back to Christ full in the understanding that without Jesus there is no way forward for man. Without Jesus, there is no advancement in consciousness - only regression.
And regression is precisely what we are experiencing now. Consciousness is receding from autonomy and is plunging into the chasm of unprecedented despiritualization in which man surrenders his spiritual freedom in favor of being ruled exclusively by external forces.
Standard politics is a misnomer and a category error. For starters, there is nothing standard about the unparalleled demonic totalitarianism we are currently experiencing. Moreover, demonic totalitarianism has eliminated all forms of potentially "good" politics and is little more than factions of lesser evil challenging factions of greater evil.
Thus, willing participation in "standard politics" is willing participation is the support of evil. Despite arguments to the contrary, we cannot employ evil means to attain good ends. We cannot utilize the tools of Satan's kingdom to draw closer to the Kingdom of God.
Involvement in standard politics in this time and place is to burrow ever deeper into despiritualized consciousness ruled by the kingdom of Satan. Our task now is not to defend or save that which is no longer there; our task now is to transform and bring forth that which has always been there, but was rarely tested, rarely tried.
To remain committed to the external machinations of "the rule we followed" of standard politics is to flirt with spiritual death. We should instead commit to breaking through autonomous consciousness and turning back toward God with renewed spiritual motivations fueled by a deeper understanding of human creativity and freedom.
The rule we followed brought us to this. Blindly adhering to the rule will keep us imprisoned in this. The only way forward is to realize that the rule is now worse than useless.
Following the rule of standard politics is to place yourself in the same predicament as Carson Wells. Good luck negotiating with the devil on his terms.
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?
Christians who continue to insist on the usefulness of standard politics in our demonically totalitarian world should be asking themselves the same question.
Christians have been following the rule of Enlightenment-inspired secular, liberal democratic politics for over two centuries - and what has it brought us?
Enlightenment politics was meant to be a phase in consciousness - a high mark of human autonomy and alienation from God. At some point during this phase of autonomy consciousness, Christians should have come to the realization that autonomy and alienation from God were untenable and, more significantly, undesirable.
At some point in the past two-and-a-half centuries, we should have recognized the limits of our autonomous mode of existence and turned back to Christ full in the understanding that without Jesus there is no way forward for man. Without Jesus, there is no advancement in consciousness - only regression.
And regression is precisely what we are experiencing now. Consciousness is receding from autonomy and is plunging into the chasm of unprecedented despiritualization in which man surrenders his spiritual freedom in favor of being ruled exclusively by external forces.
Standard politics is a misnomer and a category error. For starters, there is nothing standard about the unparalleled demonic totalitarianism we are currently experiencing. Moreover, demonic totalitarianism has eliminated all forms of potentially "good" politics and is little more than factions of lesser evil challenging factions of greater evil.
Thus, willing participation in "standard politics" is willing participation is the support of evil. Despite arguments to the contrary, we cannot employ evil means to attain good ends. We cannot utilize the tools of Satan's kingdom to draw closer to the Kingdom of God.
Involvement in standard politics in this time and place is to burrow ever deeper into despiritualized consciousness ruled by the kingdom of Satan. Our task now is not to defend or save that which is no longer there; our task now is to transform and bring forth that which has always been there, but was rarely tested, rarely tried.
To remain committed to the external machinations of "the rule we followed" of standard politics is to flirt with spiritual death. We should instead commit to breaking through autonomous consciousness and turning back toward God with renewed spiritual motivations fueled by a deeper understanding of human creativity and freedom.
The rule we followed brought us to this. Blindly adhering to the rule will keep us imprisoned in this. The only way forward is to realize that the rule is now worse than useless.
Following the rule of standard politics is to place yourself in the same predicament as Carson Wells. Good luck negotiating with the devil on his terms.
October 19, 2021
My Post About Christianity and Politics That Wasn't Meant to Be
I spent two hours working on an acerbic post challenging the argument that Christians should involve themselves in politics to help stem the tide of evil in this time and place only to have the Weebly platform mysteriously and irretrievably devour the post before I could publish it.
My initial frustration and disappointment over my "lost post" was quickly eclipsed by the revelation that the style in which I had chosen to write the post - mostly dismissive, somewhat ruthless - was not meant to be.
I will take a different approach to the topic and attempt to re-write the post tomorrow.
In the meantime, I will leave you with the main idea of my "lost post":
Christians should not focus on politics today because all politics is lies, all politics is external, all politics is firmly entrenched in the kingdom of Satan (our totalitarian world).
Christians should focus on inner transformation of consciousness, on truth, on the internal, and on sincerely connecting with Christ and the Kingdom of God.
My initial frustration and disappointment over my "lost post" was quickly eclipsed by the revelation that the style in which I had chosen to write the post - mostly dismissive, somewhat ruthless - was not meant to be.
I will take a different approach to the topic and attempt to re-write the post tomorrow.
In the meantime, I will leave you with the main idea of my "lost post":
Christians should not focus on politics today because all politics is lies, all politics is external, all politics is firmly entrenched in the kingdom of Satan (our totalitarian world).
Christians should focus on inner transformation of consciousness, on truth, on the internal, and on sincerely connecting with Christ and the Kingdom of God.
October 17, 2021
Let Us Not Be Frightened
"Resist him, steadfast in faith, knowing that your brethren spread throughout the world are undergoing the same sufferings. "
October 16, 2021
In Which Francis Berger Falls From a Helicopter (Jumps, Actually) and Is Eaten By a Shark
No, not yours truly, but a character named Francis Berger who appears in a terrible B movie called Cruel Jaws.
B movie Francis Berger is a police chief, and in the scene below he decides to go helicopter shark fishing. What follows is one of the most poorly acted death scenes I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. (Warning: the clip contains a bit of strong language.)
Enjoy!
B movie Francis Berger is a police chief, and in the scene below he decides to go helicopter shark fishing. What follows is one of the most poorly acted death scenes I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. (Warning: the clip contains a bit of strong language.)
Enjoy!
October 15, 2021
Safe Means Spiritually Dead
The global diktat of none are safe until all are safe is not about health, but about souls.
Anyone who believes - I mean truly believes - in the global diktat of "none are safe until all are safe" is spiritually dead. And that's exactly what the demonic powers are aiming for - a world of mass spiritual death in which every single soul has been "safely" damned.
From a demonic perspective spiritually dead people are "safe" in the sense that they have been effectively neutralized in the spiritual war.
"Safe" people pose no threat to the demons. Moreover, "safe" people make effective accessories in the assault against God and Creation.
Most significantly, "safe" people allow the demons to increase efforts against the unsafe and the dangerous - those troublesome individuals who continue to reject being safe in favor of being saved.
Anyone who believes - I mean truly believes - in the global diktat of "none are safe until all are safe" is spiritually dead. And that's exactly what the demonic powers are aiming for - a world of mass spiritual death in which every single soul has been "safely" damned.
From a demonic perspective spiritually dead people are "safe" in the sense that they have been effectively neutralized in the spiritual war.
"Safe" people pose no threat to the demons. Moreover, "safe" people make effective accessories in the assault against God and Creation.
Most significantly, "safe" people allow the demons to increase efforts against the unsafe and the dangerous - those troublesome individuals who continue to reject being safe in favor of being saved.
October 14, 2021
The Failure to Recognize Evil Renders Man Powerless
Every serious conception of life implies the vision of evil and the admission of its existence. To ignore it or not to see it makes a man irresponsible and superficial, cutting him off in some measure from deeper and more profound elements of life. To deny evil is to lose the freedom of the spirit and to escape the burden of freedom.
Our present age has witnessed a terrible increase of evil coupled with the denial of its existence. But man is powerless to resist evil if he fails to recognize it as such.
Human personality deceives itself when, having made a distinction between good and evil, it thinks itself competent to delimit evil. When we abolish such limits and when man finds himself in a state of confusion and indifference, his personality begins to disintegrate, for the power of conscience is inseparably connected with the denunciation of evil.
In the confusion and state of indifference resulting from the loss of the perception of evil man loses his freedom of spirit and begins to reach out after a good which is guaranteed to him by necessity , and thus his center of gravity ceases to be within himself but passes into the external and outward, and he ceases to be determined from within.
Rationalism denies the irrational mystery of evil because it denies that of freedom. It is more difficult for the rationalist to believe in the devil than to believe in God, and people with this mentality elaborate a variety of theories which deny the existence of evil, and by means of which evil is transformed into a mere insufficiency of goodness or else a stage in its development.
-Nikolai Berdyaev, Freedom and the Spirit
Thoughts:
About the only thing that continues to surprise me these days is people's (continuing and seemingly endless) failure to recognize evil.
You would think that after enduring over eighteen months of unrelenting demonic pressure people would be wise to evil. Ironically enough, in most cases the exact opposite appears to be true. The more intense the evil gets, the less people see it.
Here's a simple little rule of thumb - those who fail to recognize evil also fail to recognize Good.
Our present age has witnessed a terrible increase of evil coupled with the denial of its existence. But man is powerless to resist evil if he fails to recognize it as such.
Human personality deceives itself when, having made a distinction between good and evil, it thinks itself competent to delimit evil. When we abolish such limits and when man finds himself in a state of confusion and indifference, his personality begins to disintegrate, for the power of conscience is inseparably connected with the denunciation of evil.
In the confusion and state of indifference resulting from the loss of the perception of evil man loses his freedom of spirit and begins to reach out after a good which is guaranteed to him by necessity , and thus his center of gravity ceases to be within himself but passes into the external and outward, and he ceases to be determined from within.
Rationalism denies the irrational mystery of evil because it denies that of freedom. It is more difficult for the rationalist to believe in the devil than to believe in God, and people with this mentality elaborate a variety of theories which deny the existence of evil, and by means of which evil is transformed into a mere insufficiency of goodness or else a stage in its development.
-Nikolai Berdyaev, Freedom and the Spirit
Thoughts:
About the only thing that continues to surprise me these days is people's (continuing and seemingly endless) failure to recognize evil.
You would think that after enduring over eighteen months of unrelenting demonic pressure people would be wise to evil. Ironically enough, in most cases the exact opposite appears to be true. The more intense the evil gets, the less people see it.
Here's a simple little rule of thumb - those who fail to recognize evil also fail to recognize Good.
October 12, 2021
Good Conscience and The Peck
This may strike some as harsh, but in my mind any argument that the peck can be taken in good conscience is in and of itself a sin.
To be of "good conscience" means to be free of any feelings of guilt or wrongdoing. Thus, anyone who declares that the peck can be taken in good conscience either does not recognize the obvious wrongness of the peck and everything associated with it or refuses to acknowledge this wrongness as wrongness.
To claim that Christians can take the peck in good conscience is to claim Christians are free to engage in an obvious immoral act without the need for acknowledgement, let alone repentance.
Let's be clear. Christians who have taken the peck must not deceive themselves into believing that they "did the right thing".
No matter what the circumstances, getting pecked is the wrong thing. Thus, a Christian who has decided to get pecked or who has been "coerced" into getting pecked is not at liberty to file away the matter under "good conscience."
Regardless of the circumstances involved, accepting the peck should induce bad conscience - the knowing or thinking that one has done something bad, wrong, and immoral. The action should produce some sense of guilt.
Guilt is a moral emotion. It tends to surface when you have compromised certain standards of conduct or when you have violated moral standards. The deepest form of guilt for Christians occurs when they compromise and/or violate God and Creation. Compromising or violating God and Creation includes compromises and violations against the Divine Self.
All attempts to flip bad conscience to good conscience solely via reason and the intellect (prudence) only serve to increase and expand bad conscience.
The only way to flip bad conscience to good conscience - to be redeemed from guilt and sin - is through repentance. And that repentance has to come from the heart. From thinking that emanates from the heart rather than the head.
But repentance requires the acknowledgement of sin, and sin can only be acknowledged once the illusion of good conscience is recognized for what it really is - an illusion.
To be of "good conscience" means to be free of any feelings of guilt or wrongdoing. Thus, anyone who declares that the peck can be taken in good conscience either does not recognize the obvious wrongness of the peck and everything associated with it or refuses to acknowledge this wrongness as wrongness.
To claim that Christians can take the peck in good conscience is to claim Christians are free to engage in an obvious immoral act without the need for acknowledgement, let alone repentance.
Let's be clear. Christians who have taken the peck must not deceive themselves into believing that they "did the right thing".
No matter what the circumstances, getting pecked is the wrong thing. Thus, a Christian who has decided to get pecked or who has been "coerced" into getting pecked is not at liberty to file away the matter under "good conscience."
Regardless of the circumstances involved, accepting the peck should induce bad conscience - the knowing or thinking that one has done something bad, wrong, and immoral. The action should produce some sense of guilt.
Guilt is a moral emotion. It tends to surface when you have compromised certain standards of conduct or when you have violated moral standards. The deepest form of guilt for Christians occurs when they compromise and/or violate God and Creation. Compromising or violating God and Creation includes compromises and violations against the Divine Self.
All attempts to flip bad conscience to good conscience solely via reason and the intellect (prudence) only serve to increase and expand bad conscience.
The only way to flip bad conscience to good conscience - to be redeemed from guilt and sin - is through repentance. And that repentance has to come from the heart. From thinking that emanates from the heart rather than the head.
But repentance requires the acknowledgement of sin, and sin can only be acknowledged once the illusion of good conscience is recognized for what it really is - an illusion.
