Modern Evangelism and Communism

A standard tactic among the Communists- especially in China- was to lie publicly. The intent was simple- if you assented to the lie the leadership knew you were controllable.

Now, it ultimately doesn't work out so well, but it is an ever present temptation to people in positions of power.

Do you believe in Climate Change?

From fundamental standpoint, this is stupid, like asking someone if they believe in gravity. Why is there such, heh, gravity given- why is it so important that you personally believe in climate change?

Because it has nothing to do with science. Instead it has to do with the distribution of resources. They give unto those who demonstrate they are controllable. They do not spend this money on real research- they don't even give significant thought to the sort of infrastructure necessary to take the Earth's temperature. And for decades now, the one demonstration that they realize the core hypothesis has failed- i.e. that CO2 raises temperature, is the very political change of terms, from global warming to climate change, so they can be more vague.

They also do silly things, like claiming hurricanes in environments where hurricanes are a normal, seasonal event is climate change, but a season or several seasons without hurricanes is not climate change.

Now, we must take what may seem to be an abrupt turn, except it is not really so abrupt as one might think, because everybody responsible for this stuff are bureaucrats- taught by bureaucrats, with bureaucrat morals and mindset:

Modern non-denominational or ecumenical evangelism follows the same pattern. Belief seems to be the all encompassing issue. They seek your assent. And someone, somewhere, is seeking to see if you are controllable. Probably not everybody. I remember well this poor guy who asked me if I believe in Jesus while he was working behind the counter at a liquor store. I said yes, and thought- some "Christian" leader has dealt horribly with this man. He needed a job. What's more, he needed the kind of leadership that helped him build a life- get married, and all the things that St. Paul wrote about to the elders of the church, but that our elders ignore, because resources placed in the hands of a young couple so that they have the means of production for starting a family means fewer resources for consumption.

So, the individual evangelist is often being counseled to harm himself. I've been to that store many times since, and he's not there. No doubt he was fired soon after I met him.
He, personally, sacrificed much, and was likely quite sincere. And whoever his elders were likely have much to answer for.

And the name of Jesus is in this pattern of the lie, which is a terrible thing indeed.

This doesn't stop at the point of evangelism, especially among the newer protestant sects (although this behavior can happen anywhere). Every Sunday, every sermon, any sort of meeting- there can and often will be either a lie or something as trite as 'climate change' that one must assent to. Or at least appear to, so that your leaders can see you are still controllable. Don't mistake any of this for discourse- that they might actually welcome discussion. Much like the carbon footprint people don't want to talk to anyone who has read any of the science, your 'Christian' leaders don't want you do delve into much beyond entertainment. If you sit down and read a council or seven, you will seem dangerously subversive to them.

The other aspect of this that is similar to Communism- the globalism.