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The Further Flight from Reason

February 1, 2024
T. A. McMahon

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD….” —Isaiah:1:18 

Two years ago (February 2022) we published a TBC article titled "The Flight from Reason." At that time, certain things were taking place that made you wonder if the world and the church had indeed taken leave of their senses, or, in the church's case, a huge slipping away from God's truth (Hebrews:2:1), verging on complete irrationality.

Reason, even at the level of just plain common sense, has ceased to be the criterion of everyday living. That was certainly obvious in the realm of politics. Although the mantra of the various left-leaning agendas claimed it was for the good of society, the "good" was either short-lived or quickly destructive. Gaining control over the populous was their main goal, and the objective was to impose a certain ideology on the masses by whatever means. For Bible-believing Christians it became necessary to enter into the political realm as voters when the promoted agendas dealt with moral issues such as abortion and the legalization of mind-altering drugs. We certainly have a responsibility as US citizens to affect the outcome of what our government attempts to adopt, especially regarding the consequences related to our children. However, that's not the primary concern of this article. It's the effect that the seeming abandonment of reason is having on the church.

As will become clear, the flight from reason is well upon us. Observation certainly confirms that to be true. Yet we hold it to be true because of the fact that numerous scriptures set the groundwork and supply details prophetically for it to be taking place. Here are just a very few of the verses: 

2 Timothy:3:1-2 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy....

Matthew:24:3-4 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Luke:18:8 Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Those verses and many others imply that the church will undergo the most challenging spiritual warfare in its history, being subjected to the flood of evil poured out from the Adversary right up until the return of Jesus Christ in order to remove His bride as He takes her to heaven in the Rapture. Nevertheless, God's people will prevail prior to that event.

At the heart of the battle is the truth of God's Word versus the lies of Satan. The Wicked One's sin from the beginning was the lie of godhood, starting with himself in heaven: “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High" (Isaiah:14:14). He brought that lie to earth and seduced Eve (Genesis 3). Satan’s design throughout history has been not only to convince himself of his own godhood, but to seduce humanity into his grand delusion with every wicked device imaginable (and many unimaginable).

What then of the truth of God's Word? It's hardly a secret, or complex! 

Isaiah:43:10-11 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Mark:12:32-33 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 

But is God's Word the truth? Or is there another source? 

1 Thessalonians:2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 

2 Corinthians:10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds [arguments against the truth];) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

John:17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 

On God's side is the objective truth of His Word. It "is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever" (Psalms:119:160). It couldn't be stated more emphatically. God's Word is truth, not men's wishful reasonings, which are lies (Proverbs:30:6).

Since Satan is a liar, and he "abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him" (John:8:44), everything he offers is a lie. What Satan has ramped up in our day (because he has been using the device for centuries) is the false belief that one's emotions are the chief arbiter of truth. Feelings therefore rule. And by "rule," that's hardly a euphemism. It's entered our courts. If someone is offended by one addressing another person by using an objectionable pronoun (he rather than she or vice versa), the next communication could well be from an LBGT hired attorney.

As noted, Satan's promotion of the subjective is not new, it's only the transgender's agenda that has given it a huge boost today. The absolute fact that males and females are different biologically is completely irrelevant to anything having to do with science, sports, morals, common sense, medicine, education, sex, etc. Unless, of course, it adversely affects one's emotional state, one's feelings. That's because how one feels is said to be the chief judge of its importance to the value of one's life. It's all about self!We can thank the pseudo-science of psychotherapy for that criterion and Christian psychology for ushering it into the church as a major source of false doctrines and practices. The subjective emphasis on one's feelings is out of the sphere of science. Nevertheless, feelings rule...or so we're told. The same is at the heart of the world of psychological counseling. 

Furthermore, there is nothing Christian about Christian psychology other than that it is prophesied in 2 Timothy 3: "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves...." That's a chapter that clearly indicates the rejection of God's objective truth. 

Christian psychologist James Dobson, following the "counsel" of atheist psychologist Eric Fromm, wrote, 

In a real sense, the health of an entire society depends on the ease with which the individual members gain personal acceptance. Thus, whenever the keys to self-esteem are seemingly out of reach for a large percentage of the people, as in 20th-century America, then widespread mental illness, neuroticism, hatred, alcoholism, drug abuse, violence, and social disorder will certainly occur.1

Doctor Dobson made that up; the opposite is true (see—https://bit.ly/47HFEBp). There's absolutely no evidence to support his statement. 

Dobson is also quoted as saying:

If I could write a prescription for the women of the world, it would provide each one of them with a healthy dose of self-esteem and personal worth (taken three times a day until the symptoms disappear). I have no doubt that this is their greatest need.2

One of the verses that clearly fits the outcomes of Satan's subjective approach to so-called revealing truth is 2 Timothy:3:7: "...Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." The latest proof of that scripture is the revisiting of the self-love/self-esteem movement through what's termed "The Narcissistic Church." The delusion that self is man's hope is hopeless and worse.

The church today is given a clear warning in two similar verses in Proverbs:14:12 and 16:25, both having to do with turning from God's objective truth to the subjective nature of mankind's feelings: "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death”(14:12). Although humans are thrilled with making their own choices, the "end thereof" of their choices are not so thrilling according to God's truth. "Death," although it may not mean physical death but rather "separation from the truth," is still a bad option.

Many of us have been made aware of the tragic consequences involving young people who submitted to transformational sex change surgeries. Some testified that they were not informed that the medical procedures were not reversible, even in the cases when the surgeries were successful physically. There were also situations in which medical doctors themselves decided to avoid their medical training because of the pressure generated by the transgender agenda (and their students). This puts their employment at their school at serious risk, which is hardly new to academia. For decades professors who realized that evolution is a fraud and abandoned the teaching as a matter of integrity have been subject to dismissal. Furthermore, these doctors have been blackballed from being hired at another school. As bad as that is, however, it doesn't compare with this frightening thought: What of a surgeon who is coerced to dismiss his medical science training because of a belief that has no basis in truth—or reality, for that matter?

A human who has all the physical makeup of a male cannot be mentally and physically refigured into a female. Sixty years ago, John Hopkins School of Medicine (which was the leader in such surgeries) completely ended the practice because of the harmful short- and long-term mental and physical results. Nevertheless, the LGBT and transgender folks have clawed their way back into regaining some of the support they lost. Yet their goal is no more possible than a leopard being able to change its spots. Even a cursory review of the results of the sex-change surgeries reveal heartbreaking suffering.

The history of the flight from reason, especially biblical reason, (Isaiah:1:18) is quite extensive. A key to that development is something that the church promoted bigtime for years. It's referred to as "entertainment." Pressure was put on youth pastors decades ago to come up with ways and means to attract youth to church and keep them involved. It didn't take long for the truth of God's Word to take a backseat to the prophecy of 2 Timothy:4:3-4:“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."

Having a background as a Hollywood screenwriter as well as a studied knowledge of the Bible, I have no doubt that the church has been overwhelmingly turned from "the truth and turned unto fables." The "fables" are indeed attempts at translating the Bible visually (see Visual Idolatry, https://bit.ly/42cVHpD) through so-called biblical movies such as Exodus: Gods and Kings; The Passion of the Christ; Noah; The Chosen;and of late, Journey to Bethlehem.All of them are additions from the minds of script writers (Proverbs:14:12; 16:25) to which Proverbs:30:6 declares, "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." All so-called contributions by humanity to God's Word are antichrist. They are Satan's primary devices to turn the lost from the Gospel and lead believers astray from God's Word. "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John:8:31-32). Satan's last days are coming on as a flood of lies. Our prayer is that the Holy Spirit will enable us to counter the Adversary's flood by continuing in God's objective truth. “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD….”

TBC

Endnotes

  1. Dobson, James, Hide or Seek, Revell Pub., 1974, 12-13.

     2. Dobson, James, What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Women, Tyndale House, 1975, 60.

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