Donald Trump's favorite logical fallacy is probably.....poisoning the well. With this method....one merely throws a little bit of poison....a splash if you were a chef....onto the pan. This is done in the preparation stage of debate....where someone might be so helpful to add during an argument or debate...."might I remind you....this man spent time in prison." Having heard this....or been reminded of it....whatever that man might say in defense of his position is....already poisoned to a certain extent. The poison as added by Trump is....fake news....hoax and witch hunt also are effective. All of the books out there on Donald Trump....and there are probably a couple hundred....I've read close to a hundred myself....have long ago been tainted as fake news. So what we have is a life of seventy-six years....filled with con games of all sorts....decades of involvement with Russian monies....absurdities all along the way....lying as easily as breathing....all documented to a great degree....and all ignored.....as fake news.
The liberal media has its favorite logical fallacies also....obscurantism would be one. Bob Woodward....(I've read all of his books)....very recently and very publicly made the statement that Donald Trump is to America an...."unparalleled danger." It would be an accurate assessment if not for the fact that Joe Biden....if it were not for Trump....could be described as an unparalleled danger. Both sides of our political divide today do yeoman's work in describing the horrors of the other side....while seemingly blinded to the horrors of their own side.
God provided a way for the Christian to navigate this storm. It's called discernment.....read His Word....rely on His Word....trust solely in Christ.....stay vigilant.....remain sober-minded....constantly examining our own motivations....and we will see what is going on in this Babylon/Vanity Fair that we are pilgrims within....but we substituted talk radio and Fox cable and podcasts for God's Word....we do not trust solely in Christ....in fact we do not trust at all in Christ....for we did not remain vigilant....we let emotion rule our minds....and we do not examine our habits nor our motivations....and do not have pulpits with men in them who challenge and warn us of where we are....how there are wrong roads to take....and who and what has come against us to deceive us.
Please consider the following prayer that I bring back week after week....hoping that we in the church might see that many years ago we took the wrong road....a wide super-highway.....to Washington....where we should have taken the narrow road....and the straight road....with rest stops and service areas areas all along the way....to the Celestial City.
Lord if it by Thy will may this be the day that Thy Holy Spirit awakens our pulpits. May this day before see Thy servants....our shepherds.....toss and turn this night....trying to deal with what Thy Spirit is calling them to do. Lord take thy church back to the old paths from which Thy servant Jeremiah instructed us to go. We are besot upon Lord from every direction. We are drowning Lord in a sea of unbelief. We are confused Lord.....in chaos even....so much so that a false prophet has bewitched us....and we followed him.....and he changed us......and took our eyes off of Thee. Thy glory has departed Lord. We meet and offer praises but our attention span is determined by the plans that we had already made for the day....acceptable and honorable plans in themselves Lord....but not acceptable on the day that Thou has given us to renew our strength. Thus Lord Thy glory and Thy power has departed from us. Restore us Lord. Thou has set boundaries on the sea....where it may go no further.....set boundaries Lord on the deceptions of this world....that they no longer overwhelm us. Do this Lord for Thy name sake.....for Thy glory alone. Bring a new day upon us Lord.....where we are once again a peculiar people....where we once again look with great hope and expectation for Thy return. Do all this Lord to Thy glory....may every breath we take be to Thy glory....every plan we make....every thought....every act of repentance....every offering of praise! Bring others into Thy kingdom Lord....use us Lord....fill the banquet hall! May we never lose astonishment Lord on how Thou has had mercy upon us....never forget our past state....our deadness to Thy Word....our hopelessness....and thus always be in remembrance of Thy grace and mercy....and may we therefore never stop praising Thee. Even when our minds are enmeshed in difficult and complicated tasks of the day....may Thy voice be as clear as in total silence....and Thy presence as overpowering as when we first believed!
