Briefing on Hostile Philosophical Ideologies to Christianity & Counter-Intelligence tactics
- Jeremy Elliott
- May 29
- 10 min read
Updated: 20 hours ago
THE OFFICE of the MESSENGER OF THE GREAT COUNCIL (M.G.C.) has identified threats to Christianity in all seven (7) major war theaters (family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business, and government). Intel suggests the enemy (i.e., the Dark Council) is engaged in various operations to kill, steal and destroy the faith of believers. The M.G.C. has directed the DEPARTMENT OF WARFARE to commence covert, counterintelligence “active-missions” directed by the ARCOSOLIUM AGENCY’s, SPEC OPS DIVISION, PSYOP operators, to prevent further attacks. Due to the severity of the threat the AGENCY has assigned you to spearhead the response. Your briefing is detaled below.
Part I: Philosophical Ideologies
Below is a list of core ideas the "Dark Council" uses to confuse, contradict and compromise the historic Christian faith. As an Arcosolium Special Agent (ASA), memorize these terms, their fatal flaws, and the tactical questions required to begin the "Ideological Subversion" and provide a systematic defense for the Christian faith as well as an offensive "polemic" against beliefs hostile to Christianity. Remember our motto:
DESTRUIMUS ENIM CONSILIA ET OMNEM ALTITUDINEM EXTOLLENTEM SE ADVERSUS SCIENTIAM DEI
(ET IN CAPTIVITATEM REDIGENTES OMNEM INTELLECTUM)
...taken from 2 Corinthians 10:4. The Latin phrase means:
"Destruimus enim consilia" (We demolish arguments): Tearing down false philosophies and deceptive reasoning.
"et omnem altitudinem extollentem se" (and every pretension): Overcoming human pride and arrogance.
"adversus scientiam Dei" (against the knowledge of God): Defending the truth of YHWH against anything that opposes it.
"et in captivitatem redigentes omnem intellectum" (and we take captive every thought... ): Capturing rebellious thoughts and making them obey Christ.
1. Secular Humanism Definition: Asserts that human reason and ethics, rather than divine revelation, should guide human life and morality.
The Core Flaw: They claim humans have supreme value but believe humans are just accidental, evolved animals. The view smuggles in the Christian concept of the "sanctity of human life" while discarding the God who "gives life its sanctity."
Tactical Questions:
“If humans are just highly evolved animals, why do humans have rights, but mosquitoes and bacteria don't?”
“On what basis do humans have inherent dignity if we are just an accidental byproduct of a blind, purposeless universe?”
Biblical Foundation: Genesis 1:27 (The Imago Dei is the true source of human value) and Jeremiah 17:9 (Human hearts are corrupted by sin and cannot serve as the ultimate moral compass).
2. Nihilism Definition: Argues that life lacks objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic moral value.
The Core Flaw: Nihilism is practically unlivable. A true nihilist cannot logically complain about any injustice, cruelty, or theft done to them, because doing so implies that an objective moral standard matters.
Tactical Questions:
“If life has absolutely no meaning or moral baseline, then is it fair to say that Hitler wasn't actually 'wrong,' he just did things you personally disliked?”
“If a person robs you tomorrow, will you be genuinely upset, or will you accept it as a meaningless event in a meaningless universe?”
Biblical Foundation: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (Fearing God and keeping His commandments is the whole duty of man) and John 10:10 (Christ offers abundant, purposeful life).
3. Scientism Definition: Holds that empirical science is the only reliable path to absolute truth and knowledge.
The Core Flaw: Scientism is self-refuting. The statement "science is the only path to truth" cannot be "proven true by the scientific method" as it is a philosophical statement about science. Since science cannot account for the laws of logic, mathematics, or objective morality, (all of which it must assume to function), a complete body of knowledge (or truths) fall "outside" the "realm of science." This means the statement "science is the only path to truth" is incorrect as it cannot account for the other known paths of truth.
Tactical Questions:
“Can you prove the statement 'science is the only way to know truth' using a scientific experiment in a laboratory?”
“Science tells us how a nuclear bomb works, but can science tell us whether it is morally right or wrong to drop it?”
Biblical Foundation: Colossians 2:3 (In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge) and Psalm 19:1 (The physical heavens declare the glory of God; nature points to a creator).
4. Moral Relativism Definition: Claims that moral right and wrong are defined by cultural preferences or individual perspectives.
The Core Flaw: Relativism contradicts itself. The claim "there are no absolute moral truths" is stated as an absolute moral truth. Additionally, no relativist lives consistently; if they are wronged, they immediately appeal to an objective standard of fairness.
Tactical Questions:
“When you say, 'there are no absolute moral truths,' is that an absolute truth?”
“If morality is entirely relative to culture, then did the abolition of slavery in America represent genuine moral progress, or just a change in cultural fashion?”
Biblical Foundation: Romans 2:14-15 (God's moral law is written on the hearts of all people, meaning conscience testifies to objective morals) and Isaiah 5:20 (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil).
5. Scientific Materialism (Physicalism) Definition: Posits that only physical matter exists, denying spiritual realities, souls, and God.
The Core Flaw: If only matter exists, human thoughts are merely the byproduct of chemical reactions in the brain determined by physics. If thoughts are completely determined (i.e., determinism), humans have no free will to choose truth over falsehood, making the materialist's own belief an accidental chemical reaction, not a reasoned choice. Therefore, those that adopt the scientific position only do so because they are determined by scientific determinism to accept scientism determinism and not because it is "true."
Tactical Questions:
“If your brain is just a physical machine controlled by the laws of physics, how do you know your thoughts are actually true, rather than just a mandatory chemical reaction?”
“Do things like love, justice, or the laws of mathematics have a physical weight or take up physical space? If not, how are they real?”
Biblical Foundation: John 4:24 (God is spirit, proving reality extends beyond matter) and Hebrews 11:3 (The visible universe was framed by the word of God, meaning the material came from the immaterial).
6. Deism Definition: Believes in a creator God who launched the universe but does not intervene in human history.
The Core Flaw: If a God exists who is powerful and intelligent enough to fine-tune the laws of physics and launch the universe from nothing, it is logically inconsistent to claim He lacks the power or desire to communicate with or intervene in His creation that He as actively sustained for 13.8 billions years.
Tactical Questions:
“If God is intelligent and powerful enough to fine-tune the entire universe and create human consciousness, why would He lack the ability or desire to communicate with us though He must sustain it/us "moment by moment"?”
“Why would a Creator design humans with a deep desire for relationship and meaning, but remain completely silent Himself?”
Biblical Foundation: Hebrews 1:1-2 (God has actively spoken to humanity through prophets and directly through Jesus Christ) and Acts 17:27-28 (In Him we live and move and have our being).
7. Pantheism Definition: Equates God with the universe itself, viewing nature and the divine as identical.
The Core Flaw: If everything is God, then evil, disease, cancer, and cruelty are also part of God. Pantheism destroys the distinction between good and evil. Furthermore, since the universe has a beginning and is changing; a changing, finite universe cannot be an eternal, immutable God.
Tactical Questions:
“If God and the universe are the exact same thing, does that mean cancer, suffering, and cruelty are also perfect parts of God?”
“The universe is constantly changing and had a beginning. If God is the universe, does that mean God had a beginning and is changing?”
Biblical Foundation: Romans 1:25 (Exposes the error of worshiping and serving the creation rather than the Creator) and Genesis 1:1 (God existed before and outside of the physical universe).
8. Atheism / Agnosticism Definition: Atheism denies the existence of any God; agnosticism claims God's existence is fundamentally unknown or unknowable.
The Core Flaw: To absolutely declare "God does not exist" requires omniscience (knowing everything in/outside the universe to prove He isn't "hiding" somewhere), making the dogmatic atheist claim logically impossible. Agnosticism correctly notes human limits but ignores the heavy cosmological fine-tuning and historical evidence that point to a knowable God.
Tactical Questions:
“What percentage of all the knowledge in the universe do you personally possess? Is it possible that evidence for God exists in the portion you don't know yet?”
“If you are agnostic because God is 'unknowable,' what kind of evidence would convince you that a Creator exists?”
Biblical Foundation: Psalm 14:1 (The fool says in his heart, "There is no God") and Romans 1:19-20 (God's existence is clearly seen through what has been made, leaving humanity without excuse).
9. Panentheism Definition: Proposes that the divine pervades every part of the universe but also extends timelessly beyond space and time (God is in the universe, but greater than it).
The Core Flaw: If the universe is a necessary part of God's being (like a body to a mind), then when the universe suffers, decays, or changes, God suffers, decays, and changes. This destroys the concept of an independent, perfect, and self-sufficient supreme being. Further, if the “transcendent” is infinite and the universe is finite then God is both finite and infinite, perfect and imperfect, limited and limitless at the same time and in the same sense – This is a complete, closed contradiction.
Tactical Questions:
“If the universe is 'inside' God like a body, does God get weaker or corrupted as the physical universe decays according to the laws of entropy?”
“Was God incomplete before the universe existed?”
Biblical Foundation: Malachi 3:6 ("I the Lord do not change") and Job 41:11 (God owns everything but depends on nothing).
10. Existentialism Definition: Focuses on individual autonomy and freedom, insisting that humans must construct their own meaning and essence in an indifferent universe.
The Core Flaw: Self-invented meaning is just a psychological trick; it isn't objectively real. A person cannot create objective value “out of thin air.” If meaning is purely subjective, the existentialism “of a tyrant” is just as valid as the existentialism “of a saint.” Whose the third party standard or referee to judge one correct and the other incorrect?
Tactical Questions:
“If meaning is entirely something we invent for ourselves, then isn’t the idea of “meaning is something we invent” also invented?” If so, it is just part of an endless chain of “meaninglessness” claiming to provide meaning, - just like this statement, no?
“If a person decides that their self-invented purpose in life is to exploit other people, on what basis can you tell them their purpose is wrong?”
Biblical Foundation: Jeremiah 1:5 (God established our identity and purpose before we were born) and Ephesians 2:10 (We are God's workmanship, created for good works prepared in advance).
11. Pragmatism Definition: Holds that the truth or value of an idea is determined solely by its practical consequences and real-world usefulness.
The Core Flaw: Pragmatism confuses utility with truth. A lie can be highly useful and have positive practical consequences (e.g., lying to save your life), but that utility does not make the lie a factual truth. It bypasses the fundamental question of what is actually real.
Tactical Questions:
“If a doctor lies to a patient about a terminal diagnosis because it makes the patient happy, does the usefulness of that lie make it a factual truth?”
“Are you looking for a worldview that just makes life run smoothly, or are you looking for what is actually, factually real?”
Biblical Foundation: John 14:6 (Jesus does not say He is useful; He says "I am the way, the truth, and the life") and Proverbs 14:12 (There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death).
12. Rationalism Definition: Argues that human reason and deductive intellect —rather than divine revelation or sensory experience—are the primary sources of ultimate truth.
The Core Flaw: Human reason is finite and easily corrupted by bias, emotion, and incomplete data. If human reason is the ultimate judge of truth, rationalists cannot explain why equally intelligent rationalists arrive at completely contradictory conclusions about metaphysical realities.
Tactical Questions:
“If human reason is the ultimate tool for finding truth, why do equally brilliant rational thinkers come to completely opposite conclusions about life and death?”
“How can we trust our finite human reasoning to fully understand an infinite reality?”
Biblical Foundation: Proverbs 3:5-6 (Lean not on your own understanding) and 1 Corinthians 1:25 (The foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom).
13. Postmodernism Definition: Characterized by a deep skepticism toward "metanarratives" (universal truth claims), viewing truth and morality as social constructs tied to language and power dynamics.
The Core Flaw: Postmodernism is completely self-refuting.
The claim "there are no absolute metanarratives" is itself an absolute metanarrative. The statement "truth is entirely a social construct" is presented as a truth that is not just a social construct.
Tactical Questions:
“When you say 'all truth is just a social construct invented by people in power,' is that statement also just a social construct invented by people in power?”
“If there is no objective truth, why should I believe your view instead of mine?”
Biblical Foundation: John 17:17 ("Your word is truth"— establishing an absolute, objective metanarrative over all cultures) and Hebrews 13:8 (Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever).
14. Logical Positivism Definition: Asserts that a statement is only meaningful if it is empirically verifiable or logically tautological, rendering all theological language literally meaningless.
The Core Flaw: This philosophy destroyed itself in the 20th century. Its core rule, the Verification Principle ("a statement is only meaningful if it can be empirically or logically verified"), cannot itself be empirically or logically verified. Therefore, by its own standard, it is meaningless.
Tactical Questions:
“You say a statement is only meaningful if it can be proven true by science or logic. Can you prove that specific rule true using science or logic?”
“If your core rule cannot pass its own test, doesn't that make the rule itself meaningless by your own definition?
Biblical Foundation: 1 Corinthians 2:14 (The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit because they are spiritually discerned; reality includes things that cannot be tested in a lab).
15. Determinism (Hard Determinism) Definition: The belief that all human actions, choices, and historical events are fully determined by prior natural causes, denying free will and moral responsibility.
The Core Flaw: If determinism is true, a determinist did not choose to believe in determinism based on evidence; they were forced to believe it by prior physical causes. Consequently, determinism destroys the validity of rational debate, human court systems, and praise or blame for any action.
Tactical Questions:
“If human beings have absolutely no free will, is it fair for a judge to punish a criminal who was physically forced by pre-determined chemical reactions to commit a crime?”
“Did you logically choose to become a determinist based on evidence, or were you just forced to believe it by a random chain reaction of atoms?”
Biblical Foundation: Joshua 24:15 ("Choose this day whom you will serve") and Galatians 6:7 (A man reaps what he sows, which requires genuine moral agency and responsibility for choices).
16. Solipsism Definition: The extreme philosophical position that only one's own mind is sure to exist, rendering knowledge of an external world or an objective God impossible.
The Core Flaw: Solipsism cannot be argued or taught. If a solipsist attempts to write a book or debate someone to convince them that only their own mind exists, they are acting as if other minds exist to be convinced, nullifying their own premise.
Tactical Questions:
“If you truly believe that only your mind exists and I am just an illusion, why are you spending your time trying to debate a figment of your imagination?”
“If everything outside your mind is an illusion, did your mind invent the entire history of mathematics and physics before you went to school to learn them?”
Biblical Foundation: Genesis 1:1 and Colossians 1:16 (God created things outside of human perception, establishing an objective reality independent of our individual minds).
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