"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"

The Way

The Truth

The Life

A Survey of
The Way That Seems Right to Mankind
Contrasted with
The Way of God

Draft Table of Contents

 

Foreword

Part One - The Marketplace of Ideas

Section A - Introduction

Mankind's Proclivity for the Lie
History a Willing Teacher, Mankind Unwilling to Learn
Why Mankind is Unwilling to Learn
Obstacles to the Truth
Man Has Sought Out Many Inventions

Section B - The Folly of Human Philosophy

Will Durant's Comment about foolishness in philosophy
The Battle Between Catholicism and Secularism
   Truth Left Out of the Battle Though Persecuted by Both

"Gibbon, Hume, Volney, and Voltaire were men whose want of faith in the Bible was mainly attributable to the hearts and brains of the clerical orders of their respective countries. Volney and Voltaire only knowing Christianity as burlesqued in the sprinkled Paganism of Europe, renounced “the church,” and uttered impieties against the Jesus of the idiotic and demoniac priests of Rome. Gibbon and Hume were surrounded by similar influences. They looked at Christianity through the state religions or prostitutions of Britain, and rejected it, as the Jews now reject it, because they do not understand the Old and New Testaments, and confound Romanism, Protestantism, and Sectarianism with the doctrine of Christ. It is the clergy that make men infidels, by teaching them nonsense which makes the Bible unintelligible and fabulous to all thinking men who try to interpret it, by their traditions. This Gibbon, Hume, and others found it impossible to do; and, therefore, instead of rejecting the foolishness of the clergy, and holding on to the Bible as not responsible for the ignorance and sophistry of learned fools, they rejected the whole affair, and avowed themselves the disciples of nature, and the hierophants of what is termed by that school ‘Nature’s God.’"

The Dark Ages Ruled Over by False Religion & Superstition
The Modern Dark Ages Ruled Over by a New Pope -- the Blind Secularist
   How They Have Become What They Pretended to Hate
The Philosopher's Testimony… Against the Philosophers
   Doctrine
   Behavior
The Results of Human Philosophy - Empty Lives in Search of Purpose and Meaning
   Usually Resulting in Societal Sociopathy
      The Rejection of all Restraints: Law, Religion, Morality, Culture, Tradition
      The Animal "Rights" Movement / PETA
      The "Environmentalist" Movement
      Feminism
      Hedonism / Free-Love Movement
      Narcissism
      Gay "Lifestyle" Choice Movement
      The Druggie Movement
      Genocide
   A Life Centered on Consumerism
   One World Movements / Peace Societies
   "Human Rights" Organizations
The Clayfooted Gods of the Atheists
   Aristotle
   Plato
   Francis Bacon
   Rene Descartes
   Frederick Engels
   Niccolo Machiavelli
   Friedrich Nietzsche
   Benedictus de Spinoza
   John Locke
   Jean-Jacques Rousseau
   Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire
The Course of Human Philosophy
   Early Philosophy
   Enlightenment and The God of "Reason"
   Modernity
   Modernism: The Rejection of Reason; The New Paganism
The Myths and Hypocrisy of Liberal and "Free"-Thinker Ideology
   Expressed in Culture
   Expressed in Politics
   Expressed in Religious Matters
A Common Theme in Humanistic / False Religious Argument: Fairness to Man - Man Worship
The Wisdom of the World vs. God's Wisdom

Section C - The Folly of Man's "Science"
   How Evolution Has Set Science Back and Continues to Impede Genuine Scientific Advances

Section D - The Folly of Self-Willed Religion

Different Foundations of Religiosity

Emotion
Superstition
Will-worship
Ceremonialism
Intellect
Intellect and Emotion

Christendom's Wholesale Apostasy From the Bible Was Predicted
The Shadow That Modern Christianity Is
The "Early Church Fathers" Amalgamated Paganism and "Christianity"
The Clergy's Testimony… Against the Clergy

Doctrine
Behavior

Objection Answered: How Can Such A Large Group Be Wrong?

Part Two - About the Bible

Principles of Understanding the Bible
Bible Light on The Past, The Present, The Future
The Bible Provides the Only Reasonable Explanation for the Origin of Life
Mankind's Nature and Tendencies Explained by Genesis

Mankind's Proclivity to Believe the Lie Explained by the Genesis Account
Women's Subordinate Position Explained by the Genesis Account
Mankind's Self-Will Explained by the Genesis Account
Mankind's Spiritual Nature Explained by the Genesis Account
   Mankind's Proclivity to Desire "the Hidden Wisdom"
Mankind's Physical Nature Explained by the Genesis Account
Mankind's Sexual Nature Explained by the Genesis Account

The Tendency Towards Corruption, not "Civilization"

The Testimony of History
Israel After the Flesh
Christianity

The World's History Put in Context

The World's History Predicted
The World's Past History Explained
The Future Offered
Objection Answered: Christendom's Bloody History

Divine Nature and Human Nature

Why Understanding These is Essential
The Divine Nature
Human Nature

The Promises of God

Edenic
Abrahamic
Davidic
Messianic

True Christianity and Its Relationship to the Jews

Why the Jews Are Hated By So Many in the World
The Claim of the Bible: The Jews Are Gods Chosen People
Hatred of the Jews Fulfills Bible Prophecy
The Jews Have Historically Served as a Convenient Scapegoat
False Christianity – the Bloody Hatred of the Jews
The Many Manifestations of Jewish Hatred
"I Will Bless Them That Bless Thee, and Curse Him That Curseth Thee"

The Two Great Foundations of the Gospel

The Kingdom of God
The Name of Jesus Christ

Two Great Principles of the Bible

God Manifestation
God Exaltation
   The Atonement

The Narrow Way that Leads to Life

The Many Pitfalls of Human Life

Perspective
Competitions
Union and Schism
Self-Will
Pride
Parental Pride
Submission
Lusts
Jealousy
Legalism
Pride of Relationship
Nothing-But-Graceism
Ritualism
Family and Other Relationships

Part 3 - Reference

Major Religions of the World

Baha'i
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Atheism - Secularism

Tactics Used to Fight Truth

Against Ideas

Exaggerated Arguments
Hypercriticism
Lies
Philosophical/Metaphysical Arguments
Misrepresentation
Revisionism

Against Persons

Slander
Misrepresentation
Lies
Threats – Intimidation
Bribery
Appeal to Man's Vanity
Imprisonment
Death