There is a sure way to destroy any nation. It has been done over and over again with great success. You will have no trouble doing it. It is very easy to do with very little effort on your part. You will find most people will gladly give you all the support you need to get it done.
The first thing to do is to get everyone to believe you are helping them improve the peace and well-being of their lives. Make them feel you have their best interests in mind. The rest is easy.
Get a scapegoat. You will need this when everything starts to fall apart. Give the citizens the impression that there are people among them that are to blame for all the problems they are experiencing. Then go to work to destroy these “enemies” of the people. First, define the “enemies” as hateful people that are just working for their own interests. Call them hypocrites, warmongers, liars, giving many “reasons” for believing this to be a true report of these “wicked” people. Never allow these “wicked” people to stand up with a defense for themselves. Accuse them of things like censoring, or being uneducated, outdated, misinformed, unscientific if they attempt to do so. Then, incite the people to war against these people who are accused of causing division and strife among them.
If this does not work at first, just keep at it until nearly everyone believes the
“ruling elite” have all the answers and these people are not to be trusted. Get the people looking to the state to supply all their needs. Do not allow the family the freedom to make their own decisions. Never allow the people to think. The state will do all their thinking for them. All they have to do is serve and obey the state. If anyone refuses to obey the state, destroy them in such a way as to strike fear in anyone else who thinks to follow their example.
Having overcome your opposition, you are now ready to tear down everything the citizens trust to be true. Get into their schools, churches, governments, medias, families, courts, businesses, entertainment and sports. Tell them there are no moral absolutes. Get the people believing they can do what gives them the greatest pleasure. All the while do not let anyone question or oppose you. Accuse those who oppose you of treason and subversion. Ban their books, close their churches, outlaw their organizations as being against the people. If this does not silence them, destroy them any way you can.
By all means, remove any thought of an exclusive Creator-Redeemer God from them. Preach love and peace. Do not allow anything to be preached about judgment for rebellion against this Creator-Redeemer God. Remove songs from their hymnals that refer to judgment for sins, the blood atonement, warring against the devil and his cohorts. Rewrite the Bible to your liking. Be sure to point out all the bad things in the Bible. Make the Bible contradict itself. Do not let anyone think the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Call it a man-made book. Say it is outdated with many mistakes. Call its creation account a myth. Say evolutionary processes created everything. Tell people they can create their own religion. Tell them we are all serving the same god in our own way. Tell them all religions are equal. If anyone tells people anything else, make them an example of people who hate the state.
Let anyone join the church, preach tolerance, social justice and equal rights, let anyone preach in the church regardless of their moral or spiritual values. If anyone objects, accuse them of hate crimes or censoring. Preach separation of church and state. Call their national documents worthless pieces of paper. Rewrite their history books to your own liking. When the nation starts falling apart, blame “the scapegoats” for it.
What I have described above is called socialism outside the church and liberalism inside the church. Its foundation is a mixture of lies, deception and intimidation. The end result is slavery to a “ruling elite” who rule over us with an iron fist. This is the end result of a secular society under humanist control. IS THIS REALLY WHAT WE WANT?
There is a way that seems right to us but the end thereof is the way of death—Proverbs 14:12; 16:25. We need to shake ourselves free from the hypnotic influences of the world, the flesh and the devil that are the driving forces behind this ungodly organization. If we do not turn to the True and Living God and His Word, we are destined to be ruled by tyrants. Now is the day to turn to God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength—Luke 10:27. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty”–2 Corinthians 3:17. It is “the truth that shall make us free”–John 8:32. Jesus is “the way, the truth and the life”–John 14:6. Only Jesus has “the words of eternal life”–John 6:68. Jesus came that we “might have life” and that we “may have it more abundantly”–John 10:10.
LET US SING! “Our fathers’ God, to Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing: Long may our land be bright With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King!”–My County, ‘Tis of Thee, verse 4.
LET US PRAY! Lord God, Creator-Redeemer of us all, forgive us for allowing our enemies to rule over us. Give us the courage to turn from our evil ways. Help us to resist the devil and his cohorts. Help us live for You and those around us. Make us everything you have created us to be. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Howard Eugene Wright is a retired pastor and author of “Deceitful Masters” and the “God’s Treasure Chest of Biblical Truth” series.