The Five Grand Deceptions of Man

From the very beginning of man’s history on this earth, Satan has been extremely active in scheming to deceive every person born on this earth. No one is exempt. He will deceive the very poor, the very rich, the intellectually challenged and the very bright and educated; and he will deceive the advantaged and the disadvantaged. He does not care who you are, your social status, your wealth, your country, race, religion, gender, or anything else about you. No one is favored.

From the temple ceremony we learn that Satan was here from the very beginning, that he deceived Adam and Eve, and everyone since. We learn that he claims this earth as his own and that he is very successful in his grand scheme if disinformation.

I once believed that Satan would really only deceive regarding morality, the church, crime, drugs, etc. But Satan’s primary objective is to deceive one regarding his origin, the nature of God (or the absence of one), and to get people to engage in any and every activity without guilt or remorse. Every culture on this planet believes in God but Satan has succeeded in deceiving nearly all into believing erroneously about that god. He misleads about God’s nature, his involvement in our lives and in the purpose of life. Satan will deceive anyone, anywhere, anytime on any topic…and he does.

Evolution

It’s more than coincidence that Charles Darwin and Joseph Smith were contemporaries and that shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, Darwin published his theory regarding evolution. Joseph Smith made clear that God exists, that he lives, that he has a body of flesh and bones, that he is our father, that he created this earth, that there is purpose to our being here, and that there is life after this life. He also made clear that God created all life on this earth, indeed, that he is the source of all life on this earth.

Darwin, on the other hand, through his theory of evolution makes an intellectually pleasing argument that God did not create this earth, or all the life that exists upon it, that God created nothing, that he does not exist and that life evolved from some magical warm pond scum. God is not even allowed anywhere in the theory of evolution, then or now. So the differences between Joseph Smith and Charles Darwin could not be more extreme. This is not by accident. The origin of the gospel of Jesus Christ is Christ himself. The origin of Darwin’s theory of evolution is Satan himself.

When Charles Darwin put forth his theory of evolution he did not spend a single effort in disproving the Bible, the creation, or Biblical history; he simply dismissed it without even giving it a fair trial. By the 1840s Satan had already deceived so many so completely that he had a ready audience for any theory that would contradict the Bible, Biblical history, God and the creation itself. But Darwin’s theory would not work, he believed, unless evolution had a lot of time to work in. So Darwin began to postulate that the evolutionary process began so far back in time that no one could dispute it. Thus, “deep time” and millions and billions of years of past time began to make its way into the history and “science” of the universe.

But, you may ask, what about all the radiometric dating that gives precise dates of the rocks, the geological formations, and their origin and time of existence? Geology, like evolution, is a compilation of much fiction and fabricated data. Radiometric dating is completely unreliable and is used only to fit data into the geologic narrative, a narrative that was first written, and then the data was found (fabricated in most cases) to support the narrative. The same is true with the theory of evolution. The classic evolutionary chart that shows an ape like man on all fours ascending up through millions of years of evolution to the upright and intelligent man of today is complete fiction. Those characters do not exist, have never been found—but the chart is published worldwide without explanation or apology. It is all fiction, made up of whole cloth.

The theory of evolution is about as unscientific as is possible to be, and it is shocking that any thinking, educated scientist could possibly give the theory any serious consideration. It is this surprise that gives evidence to the fact that Satan has been extremely successful in his plans to deceive everyone born on this earth, and the deceit begins at a very early age. Satan deceives anyone, anywhere, anytime. He does not care the topic or the context, his purpose is to deceive.

There are five broad areas of organized, orchestrated and conspiratorial deceptions. I use the word “conspiracy” intentionally because Satan always employs conspiracies, implemented through his myriad of secret combinations to perpetrate his extensive deceptions.

Geology

Geology and the cosmos are mere extensions of the theory of evolution and are part and parcel of Satan’s scheme to deceive at all levels. Geology has irrationally pushed the creation of the earth so far back in time that no “unlearned” person could ever challenge the “data” or its conclusions. And the geological society very tightly protects their findings and conclusions, they are not given out to the layman or anyone else to test or disprove. All such “facts” are accepted as truth and beyond challenge.

“Scientists” of the cosmos are obligated to the same theory of evolution and time scale. No reputable scientist is allowed credibility or recognition if they depart from this theory, age of the cosmos, evolutionary principles, and most importantly that any intelligent design was involved in the creation of the universe.

Education has to be included in this grand secret combination because education is the vehicle by which Satan’s deceptions and falsehoods are passed on from one generation to the next. If he did not control education, he could not control the content and the anti-god conclusions of all scientific fields. It is astonishing to the objective observer that science and modern education is billed as how all knowledge is learned and discovered, that it is the source of all we know. It is presumed that any research would be welcome, any new information willingly embraced, and any new evidence hailed as important. We should not be so naïve. As exhibit “A” I submit the fact that public education will not even allow discussion of intelligent design, God, and the origin of life—regardless of the data and evidence available for it. Evolution would be dead on arrival if a fair and balanced review of all the evidence were allowed; therefore, all the evidence is not allowed.

The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s greatest geological wonderlands, it exposes numerous layers of strata and formations that geologists say make it easy to read and know the history of the formation of the canyon. But read anything anywhere about the Grand Canyon and it will say something like this “the Colorado River has carved the Grand Canyon over a period of 5 to 70 million years.” First of all, that is a very wide gap of history. Secondly, if you actually read the geological publications about the Grand Canyon (which I have), you will discover that they pretty much have no idea how the Grand Canyon was formed, it is a complete enigma, and it contradicts all the evolutionary narrative about geology, erosion, deep time and the formation of the entire Colorado Plateau. Yet, the narrative is put forth in absolute terms as though geologists know exactly how it was formed, and when. They don’t.

Even more curious is the fact that most of the geologists who study the Grand Canyon admit that one or more catastrophic events contributed to the formation of the canyon. But using the term “catastrophic” is forbidden in geology because it violates the theory of slow erosion over millions of years. So they use creative terms like “a single pulse event” or “unusual erosional event” to describe what you and I would call catastrophic or even the Biblical flood.

One problem with the notion that the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon is the fact that the Colorado River has not eroded the canyon at all in hundreds, or thousands of years. Geologists don’t like to talk about this either but the wild, fast and erosive content of the Colorado River rides on a layer of protective silt and gravel that prevents the river from eroding at all, even a single millimeter. So how did this relatively small river erode the entire Grand Canyon with its hundreds of side canyons as well? And there lies a second big problem. All of the side canyons are eroded down to the same level as the canyon in which the Colorado River flows—but those side canyons rarely have any water in them. How is it they have eroded down to the same elevation as the main channel, carved by this wild and erosive river? The only explanation is that the canyon is actually quite young and it was created when the Biblical flood occurred about 4500 years ago; it was a singular event, a catastrophic event, and it didn’t take 70 million years to happen.

And there are other issues the evolutionists have with the Grand Canyon such as, 1) why are their missing formations, whole formations that should be there but aren’t? 2) Why does a perfectly flat formation that took 5 million years to form have no debris, no erosion, no volcanic ash, etc? 3) And if all those cubic miles of slowly eroded soil were sent down river, why does it not show up in the Muddy Creek, just below the Grand Canyon? It should be there but it isn’t. 4) And why do rocks from down river show up two hundred miles upriver from the canyon? These and numerous other problems frustrate the geologists who make up elaborate fictional narratives to explain things that the Biblical flood explains very easily—but the Biblical flood is something that geologists are not allowed to talk about or even allowed to bring into the conversation.

No geologist can get published by writing a Biblical narrative or a catastrophic explanation for observable geological events. Only evolutionary narratives are allowed, and thus, Satan controls the information that the rest of us receive and are deceived by.

The Cosmos

Cosmology is the study of the origin of the universe. The field of cosmology has some real rock stars used to deceive both the educated and the uneducated. Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, and many others are contributors to the third leg of this grand deception. But you cannot spend even five minutes reading about the cosmos but what the Bible will be ridiculed for its explanation of the origin of the universe (six days, etc). And in its place you will read a very comprehensive, technical and “scientific” explanation of how things began, how they exist, and how God had nothing to do with this. If you are uneducated or unread or unable to think critically, this can all be very persuasive—especially when everyone you know, your high school biology teacher, your college geology professor, and your friends on the internet, all agree with the brainwashing they have received through the course of their lives.

But all of this “scientific” and “educated” theory has some very big problems. For example, if everything began with the “big bang” and the universe is expanding outward, why is everything we observe in the sky remaining stationary? The North Star does not move, the sun, the earth, the moon, are always in the exact same positions, and have been for a very long time according to the same theorists who claim the universe is expanding.

And why did the “bang” occur at all? And why is their life at all? Why are all the elements necessary for life, very abundant life, in place on this planet and not on every other? There are millions of life forms on this planet and no one has yet been able to produce life in any form or explain why all the pieces are in place here and not elsewhere. To be honest, they have no answers because the only answer is that God designed this universe, this solar system, this earth, and he created all the life that exists here.

Government

Government is the fourth frontier of Satan’s great deception. Government has the power to force or enforce anything it wishes, and Satan is force if he is anything at all. Freedom cannot be tolerated; individual liberty is anathema to his theories. The United States Constitution was designed and written by men inspired by God to prevent abuse of power. In a nutshell, that is the American form of government—to prevent abuse of power. In a single stroke it destroyed kings, dictators, oligarchies, communism and all other forms of government where individual liberties are violated. Consequently, Satan has been on the attack ever since his failure to prevent the constitution from being ratified. Remember Satan is a deceiver and he has deceived governmental leaders into believing they must deceive too, they must not be transparent, and they must hide the truth, deceive the masses and consolidate power around them.

Education

Consider this: Neither the theory of evolution nor the theories of geology nor the theories of the cosmos (the universe), through the educated, scientific community will allow anything having to do with God, Christ, the Bible or anything divine, to be included in their false theories. No expert in any of these disciplines will get anything published, reviewed or endorsed by another “expert” if that person brings God or Christ or intelligent design into the publication.

Many in public education have tried and failed to allow instruction on intelligent design into the curriculum. Intelligent design (God, Christ, etc) is not even allowed to be discussed in the public schools. And should a teacher teach intelligent design or talk of Christ or bring the Bible into the discussion, he would be fired for doing so. Isn’t that most interesting? One would think that in the realm of education, any defensible idea would be welcome; but it is not so. Satan will not allow it; evidence that he controls education, the curriculum, the text books and the discussion.

In the area of Egyptian history, for example, there is considerable disagreement between archaeologists and Biblical scholars over Moses, the exodus from Egypt and Joshua’s conquest of the land of Israel. The issue seems to be that Egyptian chronology is off by a couple of hundred years. If that chronology is adjusted by a couple of hundred years then the Biblical account of Moses and the exodus matches perfectly with Egyptian history—and with the archaeological record in Egypt and Israel, but the archaeologists will not budge, they insist they are right—and if they make the adjustment, then the Bible history is confirmed, and they simply cannot allow that. So the deception of the “myth of Moses and the exodus” continues.

How Can One Know The Truth?

But how can one know if something is true or false? Satan is so good at his deceptions that it is not always clear what is true and what is false. Satan uses the highly educated and the very intelligent to convince the rest of us that God does not exist, that creation is a myth, that all life and the universe has come about as a result of some mythical accumulation of chance.

Near the end of the Book of Mormon, Mormon (through his son Moroni) gives us the key to knowing truth from falseness: “But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth the devil work, for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels; neither do they who subject themselves unto him.” Moroni 7:17

It is no accident that Mormon states clearly that the key to knowing truth from error is whether or not that thing persuades men to believe in Christ. How very interesting. He does not state that we can know the truth by studying it, or by researching it, or by listening to the learned experts in a given field, or by meditating about it on some remote mountain. How truth is discerned is simple, if the matter in question leads one to believe in Christ, then it is true. If something leads men to deny Christ then it is false. And he does not say that “you can be pretty sure something is false,” but he says “then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil.” Mormon then goes on to explain that this is how Satan works, “for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels; neither do they who subject themselves unto him.” And who are those “who subject themselves unto him?” It is anyone who denies Christ and teaches to not serve God. He makes it very plain, very clear; there is no mystery about it.

Satan is the great deceiver. He has and will deceive in all fields of science, medicine, nutrition, history and learning. Geology is a glaring example of this.
Other Examples of Satan’s Deception:

Climate Change

It is rather astonishing to observe the rapid and indefensible notion of climate change becoming accepted by very intelligent and very educated people everywhere. How is it done? Climate change and global warming are both complete fiction. But the environmental movement has successfully found the holy grail of stopping the use of fossil fuels even though the planet is not warming, the climate is not changing and fossil fuels are not guilty. But truth does not matter here; remember, Satan is a deceiver and he will deceive anyone, anywhere, anytime. Deception, misinformation and falseness are the horses that Satan rides, they are his only weapons; he cannot use truth because that works against him, so he uses lies, deception, misinformation, and plain old fiction. This is how he works.

Again, only through deception can falseness gain their cloak of truth and be embraced by billions of people. For example, only a fool would believe that carbon is a pollutant. Carbon is the basis of all life on this planet, without carbon there would be no life. Yet, influential environmentalists have persuaded millions of people that carbon is a great evil and must be eliminated, that causes global warming, that fossil fuels are the culprit and that these must be eradicated by radical governmental action.

First of all, global warming is fiction. The earth is not warming. The ice caps are not melting. The polar bears are not dying off, and the oceans are not rising. There are two sources of determining global temperatures, 1) land based temperature recording devices, and 2) satellite temperature measurements. Over the past thirty or forty years all of the remote (mountains, deserts, agricultural land, etc) sensing stations have been removed and replaced by additional urban stations. Urban stations all give higher temperature readings than do the remote stations because urban stations have concrete, asphalt, and other heat producing elements. Honest weather scientists know that urban temperatures are going to be higher than temperatures recorded outside the city (on a farm, for example). So the numbers are being manipulated to support the deception.

Furthermore, satellite readings are not subject to all that urban heat producing influence and they can record temperatures on the seas, the deserts, in the mountains—all the remote areas that are no longer included in the temperature analysis. Not surprisingly, the satellite readings do not show any global temperature increase (beyond normal cyclical variations). And if you have been paying attention you will know there has been a huge battle going on between whether land based temperature readings (which do show a global temperature increase), and satellite based temperature readings (which do not show any global temperature increase). The environmental radicals want the satellite temperatures thrown out so that the land based temperatures can be used to influence governmental policy and funding (funding is a really big deal here). At the very least, they want the satellite temperatures “adjusted” to reflect “reality.” Satan never sleeps and he misses no opportunity to deceive.

Same Sex Marriage

On its face, same sex marriage is really quite absurd. Why would anyone even consider it? Even if one accepts the idea that homosexuals have been around for a long time; not until about ten years ago did any of them even consider marrying someone of the same gender. Historically, homosexuals (especially men) had hundreds and even thousands of sexual partners; marriage to one male was the furthest thing from their minds.

Even now, after a bizarre supreme court ruling established that same sex marriage to be the law of the land, I, for one, do not believe married homosexuals care about marriage but rather they care about changing everything, changing the definition of marriage, doing away with religion—especially religious freedom, and performing an in your face action that they know offends most people.

It is more than chance that the First Presidency issued A Proclamation to the World exactly twenty years ago. At the time, some people thought the First Presidency letter a bit odd, and “what was that all about?” kind of thing. But prophets see the future and the prophets definitely saw the future on this one.

The irony of the “gay” movements is they demand tolerance and acceptance for themselves and their values, but refuse to exhibit any tolerance and acceptance for anyone else. Gays have historically exhibited anger towards religion and religious people, and yes, even towards Jesus Christ. Moroni’s doctrine regarding how to know the difference between truth and falseness is exhibited here.

But to the point, Satan will deceive anyone, anywhere, anytime. He deceived five of the Supreme Court justices, numerous federal and state justices, many state and federal legislators, and millions of Americans into believing that this same sex marriage issue is a discrimination issue.

Again, I reiterate, Satan will deceive on any topic, he does not care what it is, he is a deceiver—that is what he does and he takes pleasure in deceiving. I include nutrition to make this point, Satan does not care what the topic is, he is going to deceive, and if one is not vigilant and if as Latter-day Saints we do not adhere very closely to the words of the prophets, living and dead, we too will be deceived.

Doctrine and Covenants Section 89 was given to the Prophet Joseph Smith in Kirtland, Ohio in 1833 “In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days. I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom.”

Let’s analyze this for a minute. This revelation was given “In consequence of evils and designs which DO AND WILL EXIST” in the last days. This was not just a response to the tobacco spitters in Emma’s house (that was merely the justification for the revelation), it was a warning even in the area of nutrition that evil exists and will continue to exist throughout the last days. Then the Lord says he has “warned you” and [I} “forewarn you.” He is warning into the future as well.

Wine and strong drink is forbidden. This has been interpreted as anything that is harmful to the body or habit forming. God wants us free, unencumbered by addictive habits, Satan wants the exact opposite. Tobacco is then included and declared to be “not good for man.” It goes on to include hot drinks (modern prophets have made clear this is coffee and tea and any other habit forming drinks). So anything that is addictive is not good for man.

Then the Lord goes on to list what is good for man, herbs, fruits, grains, vegetables (fruits of the ground) and “flesh” of beasts and fowls of the air.” And declares they should all be used sparingly (that is, none should be eaten to excess—even the grains, the herbs and fruits.)

So anyone who advocates not eating of meat (vegetarians), or not eating wheat or eggs or white flour or gluten or any other extreme dietary practice, is going beyond what the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith—and has been deceived. I have known many vegetarians, vegans and those who advocate some extreme diet that excludes all dairy, meat, eggs, wheat, flour, sugar, etc. And nearly all of those I know personally will defend their position, their diet, to the death. They will not change.

They are more faithful to this diet of theirs than they are to the living prophets. Elder Boyd K. Packer, in general conference 1999, spoke very specifically against those who erroneously advocate that meat not be eaten, and that they are being deceived. Indeed they are. Satan does not care who he deceives or on what topic. It is his mission to deceive. I asked one of these friends of mine “If the prophet told you to eat mean, would you eat mean?” He thought a minute then said, “I’d have to say no.” We’re not talking about eating poison here, or radioactive uranium, just meat, a piece of chicken or fish or a hamburger. Satan has them, fully, completely deceived—and committed to a whole new religion.

The organic foods movement had its origin in People’s Park in Berkeley, California in the middle of the radical hippies, feminist, environmentalist and anti-government, anti-capitalism rhetoric that permeated that entire event. It is not of Christ, it does not bring people to Christ, it is a deception.

In Conclusion, My Testimony

I bear my testimony that evolution is false, that evolutionary geology is false, and that evolutionary cosmology is false. I bear my witness that the educational system is controlled by Satan and his co-conspirators, and that Latter-day Saints must be very wise, and very skeptical of anything they are taught in the public schools and universities. Not everything is false that is taught there but if you do not question it and apply Moroni’s truth to what is being taught you may be deceived.

I bear testimony that same sex marriage is a gross evil and a gross deception, it is not the Lord’s way, and no prophet has ever supported such wicked nonsense. Regardless of what the world may advocate or defend or teach or promote, this is falseness and deception at its very worst.

I bear testimony that the Word of Wisdom must be the guide in all nutritional decisions. Meat must not be removed from the diet, or dairy, or wheat, or any other healthy and beneficial food the Lord has given us. I know something about organic gardening and organic foods, and declare that organic foods are a grand fraud, they have no nutritional benefit and they cost two to three times more than regular foods. This is not the Lord’s “wisdom” but man’s, and it is false and another deception. (only in the case of medical conditions such as celiac disease, lacking the dairy digesting enzyme, or some other disease, should there be a refrain from what the Word of Wisdom teaches.)

It is my testimony to anyone who reads this that if you are not very careful, if you do not understand the scriptures and the living prophets, and if you do not run everything you hear through the filter of the Holy Ghost, and keep your eye keenly on the living prophets, you will be deceived…and you don’t need to be. The Lord wants you to live in light and truth, not live among the weeds of Satan’s darkness and deception.
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