Lying Spirits

Lying Spirits—and the influence of doublespeak (Part One)

(Part Two)

I do not believe that the Antichrist will appear as a sinister man with a perceptibly diabolical spirit.  Instead, he will be gregarious, charismatic, charming, and very clever with words.  Consider the power of words.  A man can take over a nation, convince the intelligentsia to commit incredible acts of brutality, exterminate over 6 million Jews, and start a world war, with nothing but words.  Likewise, Satan’s Antichrist, personified by Satan himself, will rise to the highest level of influence by the power of diabolically inspired rhetoric.  Other leaders captivated by his words will become his puppets, and they will have puppets under them. He will be one of the most proficient masters of doublespeak.

 What is doublespeak?

“Doublespeak is language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words.  Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., “downsizing” for layoffs, “servicing the target” for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable.  It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning (for example, naming a state of war “peace”).  In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.  Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language.” (Wikipedia)

“Doublespeak is language which pretends to communicate but doesn’t.  It is language which makes the bad seem good, the negative seem positive, the unpleasant seem unattractive, or at least tolerable.  It is language which avoids, shifts, or denies responsibility; language which is at variance with its real or purported meaning.  It is language which conceals or prevents thought.   Doublespeak is all around us.  We are asked to check our packages at the desk ‘for our convenience’ when it’s not for our convenience at all but for someone else’s convenience.  We see advertisements for ‘preowned,’ ‘experienced’ or ‘previously distinguished’ cars, not used cars and for ‘genuine imitation leather,’ ‘virgin vinyl’ or ‘real counterfeit diamonds.'” (William Lutz)

To depict more clearly how much society is controlled by doublespeak, consider that there was a time when a popular person caught in a major wrongdoing would be forced into obscurity by outrage by the public and shame.  Now they simply deny and doublespeak until all the dust settles.  It is not long before he or she is treated with respect and honor as if nothing ever happened.  Politicians today are caught in sexual scandals, financial improprieties, making shady deals, and etcetera, but survive because they continued to deny and doublespeak until the atmosphere clears.  It works quite well because of the fact that people get tired of a news story after a few days.  Additionally, people are not easily outraged nowadays, and certainly not for a very long period.  As a result, we now have a significant number of people governing our nation that, if not for their fame, would never be allowed permission to enter our homes.  What is even more ominous is the fact that many politicians now believe that they can get away with almost everything.   They not only make themselves appear innocent, they make themselves likeable.   As the words become more clever, the fruit becomes more poisonous or rotten.

Noam Chomsky makes the following statement about doublespeak in Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.

“The point is that in a … totalitarian state, it doesn’t much matter what people think because … you can control what they do. But when the state loses the bludgeon, when you can’t control people by force and when the voice of the people can be heard, … you have to control what people think. And the standard way to do this is to resort to what in more honest days used to be called propaganda.  Manufacture of consent.  Creation of necessary illusions.”

To illustrate the degree of deception that doublespeak can produce, one individual compared doublespeak to an experiment where one group of rats were fed sugar water and another group was fed saccharine water.  When they were deprived of food, none of the rats in either group appeared to be hungry.  However, the rats that were fed saccharine water died from starvation.

“This experiment suggests certain analogies between the environments created for rats by the scientists and the environments created for us humans by language and the various mass media of communication.  Like the saccharine environment, an environment created or infiltrated by doublespeak provides the appearance of nourishment and the promise of survival, but the appearance is illusionary and the promise false.” (Terrence Moran)

It is important to realize how doublespeak is affecting Christianity today.  We are obviously in a different period.  Something has changed in the past few decades that has turned secular society into a maze of lies.  Trying to get to the truth about each controversial matter is very difficult.  Attempting to convince a significant number of people about a deceiver and his/her deception is a near impossible task.   It takes volumes of words to expose the works of the deceiver or heretic.  However, in the past decade, an cacophony of lying voices have now invaded Christianity.    This is a period of intense deception and apostasy.  In fact, I believe that this is the period prophesied by the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10:

“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”

“One will not be able to detect them by their words, by their appearance, or by any other visible means except their fruit.”

This means that an unprecedented number of lying spirits have been unleashed in this world.  There are many wolves that make no attempt to hide their wolfishness, but there are many more wolves in sheep’s clothing.  We ought to be aware and not forget that Christ declared there was only one way to recognize a wolf in sheep’s clothing.  One will not be able to detect them by their words, by their appearance, or by any other visible means except their fruit.  The religious wolves know this very well.  They also know that most people are subject to having their attention diverted from their fruit to something less important.  All the wolf has to do is mesmerize them with doublespeak, and they submit their minds and spirits.

Satan, the master wolf, is literally controlling the world today with doublespeak.  Christ declared that Satan was a liar from the beginning.  In the beginning, Satan used doublespeak to convince Eve to disobey (Genesis 3:1-4).  He convinced her that she would be like God.  Similarly, he is convincing a plethora of Christians today that they can be gods.  The fact is that Satan lied and his emissaries are lying today.  Their lies are practically undetectable by the undiscerning masses because they are woven with doublespeak.

“What is really important in the world of doublespeak is the ability to lie, whether knowingly or unconsciously, and to get away with it; and the ability to use lies and choose and shape facts selectively, blocking out those that don’t fit an agenda or program.” (Edward S. Herman)

Doublespeak has become a powerful force in Christianity in these last days.  That is probably due in great measure to the outpouring of satanic deception with an inundation of demon spirits.  False Christians have come to realize that the method works very well.  They now use it to do whatever they wish while avoiding the consequences.  When they are confronted, they simply deny the charges, speak all the right words that portray them as true Christians, and doublespeak.  In the process, they shift the focus from their fruit to semantics, and eventually to their accuser(s).  Often, they are able to paint their accuser(s) as harsh, bitter, ignorant, or of having some carnal agenda for attacking them.  As a result, they have attained high levels of fame, influence, and wealth.   Heresy is invading on a large scale so that virtually no one is unaffected.   Paganism has been introduced into Christianity practically unhindered through Contemplative Spirituality.  Chrislam is gaining momentum as at least one large denomination has formed an alliance with Islamic groups.  Other heresies and heretical people are spreading at a rapid rate throughout Christianity with little or no resistance.  It was predictable that doublespeak would eventually be employed as a tactic by heretics, but I do not know of anyone that predicted it on this scale.  However, if it can be used to control a nation, why wouldn’t wicked people use it to control Christianity?

An example of how the religious wolf uses words to counter charges that might expose him is as follows.  A famous pastor was recently accused of “partnering” with Muslims. He vehemently denied “partnering” with Muslims, but insisted that he was “building a bridge”. Partner means; “Somebody who is involved in an activity with somebody else.”  Bridge-building means; “Efforts to establish communications and friendly contacts between people in order to make them friends, allies, and etcetera”.   It is obvious that the pastor knows that he is involved in activities with Muslims, and therefore has partnered with them. He may indeed build a bridge, but that bridge is to facilitate involvement in activities with Muslims.  But by attacking the word “partnering” and redefining it, he is able to distract the reader from main topic.  He manipulated the semantics, plus extolled his virtues, and thus shifted the focus from him to his detractors.  There is no fear of any serious repercussions for his actions (fruit) because he knows that the greater majority of people will be influenced by his words.  If you ignore his doublespeak and simply consider his works (fruit), you realize that he is doing exactly what you thought he was doing before becoming distracted by his doublespeak.

(Part Two)