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Okay, let me start with how I should be thankful perhaps, for God opening my eyes and showing me exactly how strange beliefs, ideologies, perceptions, can get implanted into people’s minds under the guise of being “biblical.” Downright abusive things sometimes, things that just make me go, huh??
I have often heard something strange and wondered, how in the world did you read the same scripture that I did and come to that conclusion? What the heck? God has clarified that to me six ways past Sunday, so it is not as if I haven’t gone directly to the Author Himself. Where in the world did this perversion come from?
This is how it all happens! People take their own perverse ideologies and try to bend scripture to conform to them, rather than allowing our own perverse ideologies to bend and conform to scripture. Than they write books. Then people read those books, are validated in their flawed thinking, and begin to call it “biblical. “
Scripture molds us, we don’t mold it.
That is how you wind up with insane things like how a husband is a mini Christ who stands between God and a wife’s salvation, or how scripture declares women are inferior and therefore husbands can abuse them, or how women are still under the curse of Eve for all of eternity, while men were redeemed by Jesus, or a myriad of other foolishness I don’t even want to go into. Suffice it to say, our values and belief systems shape our behavior, and behavior shaped under false teachings can get pretty dark and ugly, fast.
Not in my bible, not in my faith. I just won’t have it. God is steadfast and true,the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
So of course I now read of Deep’s plans to write a book and just roll my eyes, because this is what I have been talking about for so long, the potential problems arising with red pill infiltration into our churches. He says,
“Dalrock has pretty much exposed almost every pastor for pandering and pedestalizing wives in marriage. Unfortunately, the “red pill” has a bad reputation, even though much of the information is true due to users using it in immoral ways. The only way you could possibly make any sort of in-roads into a Church is through a book based solely on Scripture.”
Right off the bat, when you have allegedly exposed every single pastor as being dead wrong, there is a slight possibility something is awry with your own thinking. Iron sharpens iron, if nearly every speck of iron around you is now deemed unworthy, something is way off. I am the last one to believe in mob authority, but there is a certain kind of authority written into, “the bulk and majority of other believers everywhere…..”
Let me take note of the second irony, red pill has a bad reputation, much of which is true due to users using it in immoral ways? So supposedly there is some “moral” way to engage in pick up artistry, porn, dread game, to psychologically and emotionally abuse women, to convince her God Himself has designed her to be worthy of such treatment?
We have a name for that. It’s called olde and boring game, totally predictable game, third day of having to eat beans in the pot game. It’s not original, it’s not even interesting. But there are casualties of that game, there is collateral damage, there are women who do not have the eyes to see, women who trust men spiritually and get really hurt by this nonsense.
Men subscribing to these beliefs are also going to shut down their own growth, quench the Holy Spirit, remain trapped in wounding and brokenness. When men abuse women it’s not her spirit I worry about, it is his. I am NOT accusing every single red pill of abusing women, but I am flat out saying, these are the ideas and mindset that pretty much always lead to abuse of some kind.
Many people have tried to ease my concerns by simply announcing, it’s all good, red pills aren’t “real Christians,” they aren’t actually saved. Besides, no one reads them anyway. Yeah, right. I’ve seen the numbers. I’ve also seen the many Christians, churchgoing ones, married ones, embracing red pill ideologies, errr praxeologies, or whatever rhetorical trickery you wish to use for basically just saying, we believe that male dominance, perpetual superiority, and any perversions ensuing thereof now trump all else and shall be perceived as “moral and good.” As biblical. As scriptural.
I suppose there is nothing new under the sun and I have now gotten very philosophical about false prophets and wolves in sheep’s clothing. They are everywhere. I can’t stem the tide, I can’t slow them down, and I can’t point them to the Light either.
So, Deep, and even Dalrock, good luck with that book of yours. As the saying goes, it often seems as if you two are, “just one epiphany away from a good paradigm shift.” May it be a soft landing and not a road to Damascus moment.
Anybody who ever wondered why pastors often say, “will everyone turn to their bibles,” or, “I’m reading out of such and such today,” this is a rather pragmatic example of that “why.” I’m pretty sure that people who teach us things all wrong are going to be in a heap of trouble, but just the same, a whole lot of our suffering could be prevented if we would just take the time to read the darn instruction manual for ourselves.
And the rest of us? Well, I suppose we just have to spread the Truth of the Good News a little bit harder and level up our whole game.
craftysurf said:
Don’t get mad, bro 😂
Yeah, the Bible gives us a heads up that we’ll be frustrated by what we see. Even Jesus had a facepalm moment on the Cross…
“Forgive them Father, because they’re being dumbasses right now. They’ll sober up later.”
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insanitybytes22 said:
Ha! “Don’t get mad bro.” We should get mad though,otherwise we’re just swallowing all the bitter and that’s not healthy. Just don’t be mad forever 🙂
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Patrick Dykie said:
Amen. You said some of the things, I want to say, but just can’t seem to put into words. Maybe, it’s because I need to take out my manual, and read it a little more. Thanks for reminding me.
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insanitybytes22 said:
LOL, yes, one of my favorite sayings is, “just read the instruction manual,it explains everything.” Like duh, how come I always forget that? 🙂
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oneta hayes said:
Hey, IB, I’m glad you have the motivation to keep up with what is going, the brains to discern, the propensity to get angry, and the words to “enlighten.” 😀
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The Night Wind said:
Note in Deep Strength’s article how he wants to hide the Red Pill connection from unsuspecting readers. This is so typical of how cults operate. And of course the ‘fact’ that every church in the world is corrupted except theirs, that’s a sign of a cult too.
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Stone said:
Feminism has a bad reputation. Should we find a way to repackage that to make it more palatable? It certainly can be argued that has already been done. Christian feminism, etc. In fact, they would say the feminism in the churches in feminism repackaged to appeal to Christians. So now they want to take the red pill and make that appeal to Christians.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Any idea how we could get Christ to start appealing to Christians?
Sorry, just my bitterness slipping out. 😉
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MJThompson said:
Well thought out, and from my perspective – quite literally true! All wolves-in-sheep’s clothing, ignorantly interpret the Word of God in err. The’ Natural Man’ (apart from the residing presence of the Holy Spirit) CANNOT receive nor understand the things of God. That is Scriptural. But NONE are so blind as THEY that will not see. They are so narcissistic that they believe the lies they spread, drawing silly naive followers after them. “The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables”. 2Tim.4:3,4.
Wolves, or red pills, popular authors – whatever their rightful moniker, they’re ALL fools who have “exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen” -Ro. 1:25.
I remember all too well the ever increasing list of preachers of whom I once had very favorable impressions, but that changed when they took unscriptural interpretations and presented them as sound doctrine. I thought many of them (due to their popularity) must have been better educated in spiritual matters and enjoyed a closer walk with God than I – but NOT!
I won’t embarrass them by naming them, although I should indeed warn anyone of their followers I may have personal occasion to meet. But most of them have since died, and the ones still spreading their lies, I have long ago left to God’s vengeance. “Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head”. – Ro. 12:20. MY hope is that such ‘burning conviction’ will purge the self-centered need for superior knowledge – which is what I perceive is the origin of their lies. Yes, the ‘father of lies’… has many children.
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pamelaparizo said:
AMEN! I went to Romans chapter 1 as well after reading some of these pseudo-Christian red pill, patriarchal bloggers. The really sad part is there are women trapped in marriages with these fools, and worse, possibly daughters, who are suffering their abuses. I have to wonder though whether they are hiding behind pseudonyms because they espouse decidedly non-Christian theologies such as polygamy, pornography, pre-marital sex, etc. because I can’t imagine ANY church advocating for these things.
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M Simon said:
The core red pill truth is that women like (some crave) dominant men. The Old Book (Torah for us Jews) covers this well. When a woman has found the man she wants she should cleave to him. i.e. stop looking.
Red pill is about what is in most women’s DNA. Women want the best deal they can get. And most are always looking for a better deal. Unchecked this monkey tribe behavior leads to the kind of culture we have today. It in fact conforms to Islam’s view of women. I don’t subscribe to the Islamic cure.
In time we will go back to the Western way – social pressure. With allowances for the “fallen”. The Futurist predicted it would start happening around 2020 – about as exact as social predictions can get. SJW culture has peaked. That will be recognized in a very few years.
BTW red pill works. I have done the field experiments. I got my first clues from my first girlfriend Back in ’62. And it works in marriage – every time a young girl (in their 20s) gives me “the look” and some still do (I’m going on 73) the wife makes sure I know she wants me more. Red pill in action.
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M Simon said:
I should add that my first girlfriend taught me how to be dominant. Before that (age 18) I was a complete dud with women. My dad was so worried about it that he left a box of Playboys in the basement (just like “Married With Children”) hoping I would get interested.
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M Simon said:
What got us here? Abundant resources. Birth control. Women’s liberation (social and physical – household machinery). And the biggest one – no fault divorce. Supported by more than a few Christians.
We will have to build a new culture taking all that into account. What changed me? Children. Divorce is very bad for them. If there is one thing we should teach it is our responsibility to our children. And we should get rid of ZPG notions. Children are good for you. Despite the expense.
People with no children have no responsibility to the future.
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OKRickety said:
“Right off the bat, when you have allegedly exposed every single pastor as being dead wrong, there is a slight possibility something is awry with your own thinking.”
Your own bias is blatantly shown here and so I “roll my eyes”. In the first place, you change “almost every pastor” to “every single pastor”. Words matter and in this case “almost” is the one to consider here. After that switcheroo, it is difficult for the discerning reader to seriously consider the rest of your post.
“… but there is a certain kind of authority written into, “the bulk and majority of other believers everywhere…..”
It’s rather a weak kind of authority. Otherwise known as argumentum ad populum. For example, do you agree with the Roman Catholic belief that Mary was immaculately conceived and never sinned? After all, the bulk and majority of Christians in the world believe this.
“I’ve seen the numbers.”
I am curious. What are the numbers?
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insanitybytes22 said:
Rick, I’m going to make a bold and unpleasant statement here. Any Christian unable to discern the obvious evil lurking within the red pill, is heavily deceived and has simply placed their hands over their eyes.
Break that curse, because those claiming Christ’s name and subscribing to the red pill are without excuse.
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OKRickety said:
Knowing your utter distaste for those who believe in the idea of a Biblical curse on women, what curse do you refer to here?
As usual, you ignore the points of my comment: your misleading almost-quote, your fallacious argumentum ad populum, and my request for “the numbers”. I request your response to those items.
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insanitybytes22 said:
The curse of being deceived by false teachings, the curse of regret, the curse of depriving yourself of God’s healing power. False doctrines create misery, often for oneself more than anyone else.
There is no biblical curse on women or on men, either. God never cursed His children,He cursed the ground and He cursed the serpent. Even if one insists on believing in such nonsense, Jesus Christ came and broke the alleged “curse.” One either accepts His grace or one does not. There is no lukewarm here.
The red pill is so blatantly and transparently wrong headed and evil, it embarrasses me that I even have to point such things out to grown men. I request you leave Latin to the adults and just start by buying yourself a clue.
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OKRickety said:
“I’ve seen the numbers.”
I am curious. What are the numbers?
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insanitybytes22 said:
You can go run an analysis or go checkout book sales, examine blog traffic, and get the precise numbers you are looking for.
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OKRickety said:
I supposed you had a ballpark answer. I’m curious but I’ll manage to sleep without knowing.
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