I’m starting my message with definitions, because to have a sane discussion, we must use words accurately and understand their weight. This, I believe is paramount. And everyone reading this might not know exactly what these words mean.
Definitions
dogma
a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.diatribe
a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.pedantic
excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous.derail
obstruct (a process) by diverting it from its intended course.
I do not believe that you are correct.
I do not think that these matters are minor, or that I'm excessively concerned with them.
Identifying a WNDR hoax is not a minor detail; it is the identification of a falsehood and a lesson in media litteracy (It's actually called literacy but litteracy, from the word litter, or rubbish looks a bit funny). In the pursuit of Truth, there are no "minor" lies.
I strove not to communicate dogmatically, or act as what I said was incontrovertibly true, as can be seen in my messages above, where I included words like "I believe" or "probably". I then provided material as evidence of what I was saying.
I understand how and why you might you feel I am being forceful or attacking you. I am not.
If you perceive bitterness, I ask you to read again. I am communicating out of brotherly love, not hate. To see a brother or sister being deceived by a poor analysis (Maxwell) "hoax factory" and to say nothing would be an act of hate, not love.
This response addresses the "derail" accusation by reframing the purpose of the thread and the forum as a whole. It uses the "Prison Planet" logic from The Way home (TWH) and the site's official "Direction and Guidance" to show that focusing only on external "monsters" is a trap of the ego.
The Mirror of the "Monsters"
(under construction)
Regarding the accusation of "derailing" this thread:
The title of this thread is "MONSTERS WALK AMONG US." While it is easy—and even satisfying to the animal ego—to point the finger at high-profile "monsters" like Epstein or Maxwell, we must not let that spectacle distract us from a more uncomfortable Truth.
As established in the In-depth Direction and Guidance for this forum, our purpose here is not merely to gossip about the world's corruption, but to reinstate God’s Law and organize the "Elect." To do that, we must understand exactly who and where we are.
According to The Way home or face The Fire, we are not "innocent bystanders" watching a horror movie. We are convicted felons serving time on a Prison Planet. We were sent here because we rebelled against our Creator. If we focus solely on the "monsters" out there, we conveniently forget the monster within: the "Self" (the animal ego).
If we act with pride, bitterness, or deception, we are simply acting like the very monsters we claim to despise. We are "monsters" in training until we master the "Self" and bring it into subjection to the Being.
This forum is intended as a practice ground. It is a place where the "Chosen" must learn to communicate and cooperate with absolute honesty and unselfishness. If we cannot even handle a correction regarding a hoax article without resorting to ego-defensive labels like "pedantic" or "derailing," how can we ever hope to govern under God’s Law?
I am not "derailing" the thread. I am trying to keep it on the only track that matters: the one that leads us out of this prison.
Why focusing on "Self" is Vital (The Logic of the Prisoner)
- The Pharisee Trap: Focusing on the sins of others makes one feel "righteous" by comparison. This is a delusion. A prisoner who mocks a more famous prisoner is still a prisoner.
- The Course of the Website: The guidelines state clearly: "Defending-Gibraltar was not created for people to argue about irrelevant topics; it was created to help The Lord take over Gibraltar and build the Kingdom."
- The Communication Test: If we cannot distinguish between "rubbish" (satire) and "Truth," our communications are corrupted. We cannot cooperate if our "Signal" is full of "Noise."
Scriptural Scaffolding: The Internal Monster
1. On the "Felon" Status and Humility
- Luke 18:13-14: " And the taxman, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified [rather] than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." - The Point: We are all "felons." The moment we think we are better than the "monsters" we discuss, we lose our justification.
2. The Beam in Our Own Eye
- Matthew 7:3-5: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?... Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
- The Point: The "Self" is the beam. If we don't handle our own "monster" (the ego), we are blind to the reality of the world.
3. The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart (The Animal Self)
- Jeremiah 17:9: "The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
- The Point: The "animal body" and its emotions are naturally "monstrous." Our task is to overcome them, not to feed them with sensationalism.
4. On Cooperation and the Body of Christ
- 1 Corinthians 12:25: "That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same care one for another."
- The Point: If we treat each other with "bitterness" or ignore corrections, we create a "schism." We fail the practice of the Kingdom.
5. The Warning to the Watchman
- Proverbs 10:17: "He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth."
- The Point: Refusing a correction (about the hoax) is the definition of "erring." Accepting it is the "way of life."
Peace be upon you,
Staffan