The Source of the Pattern of Lies and Deception

By:  Dale Weckbacher

Genesis 3:1-5

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"

2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

NKJV

The context of this scripture is man and woman living in a pristine garden.  God supplies everything they need and the Adam and Eve even has direct contact with God their creator (Genesis 2:8-9).  It is in this pristine environment that the Bible introduces us to Satan.  Right off the bat we see Satan as the great liar and deceiver (Genesis 3:1-5). 

Satan begins by getting Eve to question the command of God allowing them to eat of any tree of the Garden except the one in the middle of the garden, telling them that if they eat of it they will die.  Satan is able to twist the command of God and cause Eve to believe God is depriving her and her husband of the ability to know good and evil.  Unfortunately both Adam and Eve fall for the deception and the fall of man is complete causing God to evict them from the pristine Garden before they could eat of the Tree of Life and be sentenced to eternal life in their sinful rebellious state (Genesis 3:22-24). 

We still see this pattern of lies and deception followed today by people desiring to push an agenda.  For example:

1)      The LGBT agenda – On the Rush Limbaugh show for July 16, 2014, Mr. Limbaugh posited the question “How gay is America.”  (1)  Rush’s question was prompted by an article appearing in the July 15 Washington Post.  (2)  Rush postulated that if we were to poll Americans and ask them how much of America was gay, they would most likely come up with a number higher than the 1.6% from the CDC report cited in the Washington Post article.  (2)  Rush theorizes that the media and academia have successfully created an appearance of a greater number of gays in the population.  This theory has credence with some of TV’s top executives admitting in an interview that they use their clout to advance a liberal political agenda.  (3)  This is similar to the tactic used by Satan in the Garden creating the appearance that God was depriving Adam and Eve of the knowledge of good and evil.

2)      Global warming – According to John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel, the theory that the human use of carbon-based fossil fuels will lead to catastrophic global warming or climate change is a hoax and even criminal.  (4)  We now also know that scientists even manipulated and ignored data in order to advance the man-caused climate change agenda.  (5)  When Eve told Satan that God did not permit them to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge for if they did they would surely die, Satan replied with a lie saying they would not surely die.  Even in the midst of data showing the manipulation and destruction of data, climate change activists tell us to ignore the facts just as Satan asked Adam and Eve to ignore what God said.

3)      Common Core – Supporters of Common Core believe that having a standardized uniform set of education standards will improve public education.  It is like going into a clothing store and buying an article of clothing with the size marked as one size fits all.  Anyone that is in the least bit observant will notice that people come in many different sizes and it is a myth to believe that there is a one size fits all size for clothing.  The same is true of education.  (6)  We also have to consider the agenda of those choosing the standards for education.  In the case of Common Core, they are individuals with a leftist agenda.  Once again, we see that Common Core is a deception touting that it will create a generation of super educated individuals when the truth is that it will create a generation of indoctrinated individuals, indoctrinated with a left leaning agenda.  (7)

4)      Southern border invasion – As one living in a state that borders Mexico many in my community are concerned with the incursion, or as I like to refer to it invasion at our southern border.  For many years, politicians on the left have spewed their propaganda telling us that these individuals were coming into our nation seeking a better life and that they are the future of our nation.  (8)  As we now see an invasion of people at our southern border, we are seeing a glimpse of what that future may look like.  The people invading our border are mostly children whose parents have sent them out on a very dangerous journey across Mexico to our southern border.  If a parent were to do that within the borders of our nation, they we would rightfully arrest them for child abuse.  I agree that we as a civilized and humane society need to provide shelter, clothing, and food for these minor children but this does not mean we must disperse them into our society, exposing our citizens to dangerous diseases.  (9)  We need to look at the big picture here and address the reason these children’s parents are sending them here.  The nation’s these children come from are poor but only because of corruption within their governments and violence caused by drug lords and human traffickers.  The long-term solution to this problem involves reuniting these children with their parents and sending them back to their country while withholding aid to these countries until they clean up the corruption and crime within their borders.  Of course, we also must secure our borders and screen all people entering our country and only allow those into our country that choose to come here legally.  It is unrealistic and deceptive for our nation and its leaders to believe our nation can be a dumping place for all the worlds’ refugees.  Our government’s duty is to protect its citizens, a duty our leaders are failing at as evidenced by what is occurring at our southern border.  We are not falling for the myth that these poor and sick people are the bright future of our nation for just as Satan deceived Adam and Eve with the myth they would become like God by disobeying Him.  We know that these poor and sick people coming into our country are only going to provide a future of a larger entitlement class for our nation that will cause increased deficits and debt for our nation until it eventually goes broke. 

The pattern of lies and deception introduced by Satan in the Garden of Eden has not changed through the years.  As we see that pattern at use in our world today, we now understand the source of this pattern of lies and deception and are able to discern the lies and deception.  This understanding allows us to discern the truth and knowing the truth will set us free (John 8:32). 

1. Limbaugh, Rush. How Gay is America? Not So Much. www.rushlimbaugh.com. [Online] EIB Network, July 16, 2014. [Cited: 17 2014, July.] http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/07/16/how_gay_is_america_not_so_much.

2. Somashekhar, Sandhya. Health survey gives government its first large-scale data on gay, bisexual population. www.washingtonpost.com. [Online] The Washington Post, July 15, 2014. [Cited: July 17, 2014.] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/health-survey-gives-government-its-first-large-scale-data-on-gay-bisexual-population/2014/07/14/2db9f4b0-092f-11e4-bbf1-cc51275e7f8f_story.html.

3. The Hollywood Reporter. TV Execs Admit Hollywood Pushes a Liberal Agenda. newmediajournal.us. [Online] New Media Journal. [Cited: July 17, 2014.] http://newmediajournal.us/indx.php/item/1725.

4. Hendrickson, Mark. Climate Change: 'Hoax' Or Crime Of The Century? www.forbes.com. [Online] Forbes, September 16, 2012. [Cited: July 17, 2014.] http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhendrickson/2012/09/16/climate-change-hoax-or-crime-of-the-century/.

5. Taylor, James. Climategate 2.0: New E-Mails Rock The Global Warming Debate. www.forbes.com. [Online] Forbes, November 23, 2011. [Cited: July 17, 2014.] http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2011/11/23/climategate-2-0-new-e-mails-rock-the-global-warming-debate/.

6. Erickson, Erick. The Common Core. www.redstate.com. [Online] Red State, May 6, 2014. [Cited: July 19, 2014.] http://www.redstate.com/2014/05/06/the-common-core/.

7. Catholictradition.org. Common Core and Cair: Why You Should Care. www.ctholictradition.org. [Online] [Cited: July 19, 2014.] http://www.catholictradition.org/common-core.htm.

8. Gehrke, Joel. Obama" 'Our Future REsts' On the Success Of DREAM Kids. www.nationalreview.com. [Online] The National Review, June 11, 2014. [Cited: July 19, 2014.] http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/380193/obama-our-future-rests-success-dream-kids-joel-gehrke.

9. Wilde, Robert. 40 CASES OF ACTIVE SCABIES AND HEAD LICE FOUND AMONG ILLEGAL ALIENS IN CALIFORNIA. www.breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart News, July 2, 2014. [Cited: July 4, 2014.] http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/07/02/7-Cases-of-Active-Scabies-Found-on-Illegal-Immigrants-in-Chula-Vista.