Teachinghearts	Persecution and the Personality "Explore the Word. Change the World"	Statistics: Time: 230 minutes Print: 45 pages

Prayer "Nothing ... will be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus"

Father, forgive me for all my sins. I surrender my life to you. Be close to me. Thank you.

This section was added to explore the relationship between personality, persecution and interrogation tactics.

By observing my friends and acquaintances over the years, I have noticed that certain personality types have traits that can be exploited in manipulative situations. This lead me to research the theories behind interrogation methods. So it was not a surprise to discover that investigators are taught to exploit their knowledge of you. One of their first tasks before an interrogation is to try to make these personality and psychological assessments.
But before we examine these, let us look at what God has given us.

God's Gifts

Armor of God		Fruits of the Spirit
Ephesians 6: 13-18		Galatians 5: 22-23 Ephesians 5: 9-10
Loins	Truth	Truth
Breastplate	Righteousness	Goodness, self control
Feet	Gospel of peace	Peace, gentleness, kindness
Shield	Faith	Faithfulness
Helmet	Salvation	Love, Joy
Sword	Word of God	Trying to learn what makes God happy
Mental	Perseverance	Patience

The good news is that despite our personality and psychological makeup, we will have abilities and assistance in the last days to withstand these forces, no matter how strong or weak or broken we are.

During times of persecution, God provides the gift of martyrdom. He also admonishes us not to prepare ahead of time, because He will give us what we need. As you will learn, it is difficult to defeat these psychological pressures on our own.

I have often heard people speak with fear about the persecution and I realize that they are evaluating the events based on their experience and personality. This is the same mistake that our persecutors will make. But God will provide the help to endure when we need it. He has already taught us the mental attitude we need to overcome - but common thinking looks at them as weak and useless.

God's help will not always be rescue from death or pain. In fact some of us will have to endure these things. But God will be with us - every step of the way. But it is our behavior and endurance that will cause the rest of the world to see the issues clearly.

God gives us many answers that we need to counteract the persecutor's interrogation. Ultimately, you will find that God's gifts to us are the personalities we will have for eternity. It is the method by which He now conquers sin - righteousness. Right living, right treatment of everyone, justice, mercy, goodness and faith. Believing in Him and His way of government. Our gifts are the permanent values He is trying so desperately to teach us.

• Love. Love is the basis of all behaviors and feelings that God inspires in you.
  "But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (Luke 6: 27-28; Matthew 5: 44)
  It is your Christian right and duty to demonstrate genuine love to the ones who are trying to destroy you. The interesting thing is that, a part of their tactic will be nurturing a bond between you and the interrogator. As long as you always remember that only God is omnipotent and that only His desires are to be obeyed - then go ahead and use this bond of friendship to speak the words of life and hope and forgiveness to those who are determined to be cruel.
  
  
• No Fear. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. (1 John 4: 18)
  For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, " Abba! Father!" (Romans 8: 15)
  If persuasion does not work, then coercive methods will be used. These usually depend on creating fear in you about someone or something that you love. Your family and friends, security, finances, job, freedom and pain.
  
  Again, if you realize that your only objective during this crisis is to remain faithful to God - then you must understand that God will someday make all your suffering an issue. So, you will feel sorrow, you will feel shame, they will make you feel guilty for your stubbornness. But do not worry. It is not your fault. They have chosen to limit you to unacceptable choices. So they are responsible for the consequences.
  
  
• No Guilt. Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8: 1)
  As part of the coercive methods, the enemy will try to make you feel guilty for past sins, or for the poor choices that they will impose on you.
  Remember that you have been and will be forgiven. God is in control.
  
  
• Do not Worry. "When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." (Luke 12:11-12)
  There are two things we do not need to worry about. The first is, how to defend yourself and what to say. You can only prepare for it by Bible study. In these remarkable times, God will use you to appeal to your captors based on His knowledge of their psychological makeup and background. Only He knows what to say to them, you do not.
  The second is, the threats used against you and your loved ones. The best way to deal with this is the one Abraham used when he decided to give Isaac as an offering to God. He believed God.
  He had faith that God had the power to resurrect the dead. You must have faith in a future heaven and judgment. Weeping and sorrow will occur. But joy will come in the morning.
  
  
• Gift of Martyrdom. (Philippians 1:29) If you are faced with death, remember that God gives this gift to those who need it. Also know that the threat of pain and death is less powerful than any threats against your children. Parents who reported being separated from their children have stated that not knowing what happened to their children was worse that the physical torture that they endured in detention.
  
  Remember that the issues are not just about your temporary sorrow, but it is about the way the whole universe will operate. So we must regard every action, every submission in terms of what is truly at stake. No form of evil can survive. No compromise with evil is possible. There is no concept of the greatest good. There is only good.
  
  Just know that all of heaven is on your side. So, go ahead and have imaginary conversations with God. It just might be the most healthy thing to do. In some circles we call this prayer.
  For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake. (Philippians 1:29)
  More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, (Philippians 3:8)
  
  Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.
  But if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:12,13, 16)
  
  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Romans 8:18)
  
  The world does not deserve us. It is our privilege to give all. (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground. (Hebrews 11:38)
• Duty to government. Your first allegiance is to God. Then it is your duty to pray for your leaders. To be good citizens and good neighbors. Pay your taxes. Do everything based on love. Romans 13 lists the duties of a Christian to their government. It did not distinguish between good or bad governments. The one guiding principle is love. Pray for your leaders - even if you think that they were trained in the pits of hell. Pray that they will see people as God sees all people. Pray that you will see them as God hopes they will become.
  
  Therefore, you should not be armed, involved in sabotage or force or any acts of humiliation or destruction. You should be involved in sacrifice, acts of kindness and love.
  
  But a Christian has a duty to denounce evil. It might get you killed, but silence in the face of horrendous evil is cowardly especially when evil interprets silence as agreement and consent. God does not ordain every leader, if that was true then He would be responsible for Hitler and the Nazis. What God ordained was the concept of hierarchical leadership. This is for the purpose of maintaining law and order.
  But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake of fire that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Revelation 21: 8)
  • John the Baptist. He confronted the evil governor.
    For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Heroidas, the wife of his brother Philip. For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her". (Matthew 14: 3-4)
    He was not diplomatic in his choice of words.
    But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Saducees coming for baptism he said to them "you brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3: 7)
  • Jesus. Jesus identified evil, despite the fact that it made Him a target.
    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its deeds are evil. (John 7: 7)
    Jesus acted.
    And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the table of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. (Matthew 21: 12)
  • Nathan. He confronted David about his sin with Bathsheeba. (2 Samuel 12)
  • Elijah. He mocked the priests of Baal. He confronted Ahab and Jezebel.
  • Moses. God mocked the Egyptian gods.
  • Isaiah. We should speak out about evil, injustice and cruelty and help the oppressed.
    Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean. Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. Seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. (Isaiah 1: 16-17)
    Isaiah was also told to mock the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14: 4).

Personality Theories
Personality theories try to measure your preferred method of reacting to the world. It does not account for your maturity or spiritual growth.

There are many different personality theories, that divide the personality traits into four or sixteen different types. The most popular is the Myers-Briggs system and the Kiersey system which is based on it.

These theories have been around since the time of Hippocrates. He defined four personalities based on the fluids in your body (blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile (serum)). They became more scientific with the research of Carl Jung who identified eight personality types. Myers and Briggs expanded on this even further when they identified the judging and perceiving types. This expanded the types to sixteen possible sets.
Kiersey added to the knowledge by observing that these sixteen types can be grouped into four that are similar to hipprocates' observations. Many researchers also describe the classification in four groups.

System		Personality 1	Personality 2	Personality 3	Personality 4
1	Brain Organization	Left Brain	Right Brain	Left Brain	Right Brain
2	Personality Types (Friedman /Rosenman)	Type A	Type B	Type C	Type D
3	FIRO-B	(eI, eC, wA)	(eI, eC, eA)	(wI, wC, eA)	(wI, wC, wA)
4	Hippocrates Four Humors	Choleric	Sanguine	Phlegmatic	Melancholy
5	Jung Personality Types	NT	SFT	STF	NF
6	Littauer	Powerful Choleric	Popular Sanguine	Peaceful Phlegmatic	Perfect Melancholy
7	Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)	NTJ, NTP	SFP, STP	SFJ, STJ	NFP, NFJ
8	Kiersey Temperament	Rational (NT)	Artisan/Hedonist (SP)	Guardian/Traditionalist (SJ)	Idealist (NF)
9	DISC Assessment	Dominance	Influence	Steadiness	Compliance
10	P-Types	Anesthetic	Hypomanic	Depressive	Hyperesthetic
11	Animals (Smalley/Trent)	Lion	Otter	Golden Retriever	Beaver
12	The Four Species (Judaism)	Lulav (Palm) Deeds	Aravah (Willow) None	Hadas (Myrtle) Torah	Etrog (Citrus fruit) Torah + Deeds
Bible examples		Paul	Peter, Judas	Moses, Abraham	Elijah, Jonah

The Brain Organization
The biological source of personality differences probably come from the different functions of the left and right brain. The left brain governs all analytical, mathematical and linear functions. The right brain is concerned with motives and reasons and other human factors.
I could not help but notice that in God's method of teaching the Israelites by the sanctuary and feast systems, that He used a right brain approach. The method is filled with symbolism. The right brain sees the big picture, the left brain the detail.

God uses the left brain approach when He makes His final actions and dispenses justice and the right brain to deal with humans in mercy.

Justice of God	Left Brain	Right Brain	Mercy of God
Ten Commandments	Verbal description, explicit	Non-verbal, implicit	The sacrifice of Christ
Laws	Word symbols	Image symbols	Sanctuary, Lamb, light, bread, incense, blood
Sabbaths	Sequential, orderly, counting	Simultaneous, spontaneous	Unconditional love, feasts
Christ	Action	Plan	Plan of salvation
Judgments	Conclusions based on reason	Willing to suspend judgment	Mercy and the gift of God
Death is the wages of sin	Head	Heart	No greater love than dying for a friend
Ceremonies	Detail	Context, assumptions, big picture	Patience of the saints and suspension of judgment
Israel chosen	Organizes	Supports	Comforter, Holy Spirit

Basic Personality Types
This system is based on defining the four extremes.

• Type-A Personality. This personality shows excessive competitiveness and ambition, driven, an obsession with accomplishing tasks quickly, workaholic, little time for self-reflection, and a strong need to control situations. They tend to have insomnia, indigestion, stress and heart disease.
• Type-B Personality. This personality is relaxed, uncompetitive, friendly, patient and inclined to self-analysis. They have less stress.
• Type-C Personality. Reticent, unassertive, nice to a fault.
• Type-D Personality. Anxious, insecure, gloomy, depressed.

Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation - Behavior (FIRO-B).
It measures three interpersonal needs (inclusion, control, affection) and two dimensions of these needs (wanted behavior or expressed behavior). These two dimensions measure how much you prefer to express these behaviors or how much you want others to express them. It is a fairly simple system that accurately measures the dimensions of personalities.

Dimensions	Inclusion			Control			Affection
Expressed Behavior	eI	Popularity Worship	Need for » Recognition » Belonging » Participation	eC	Leader	Need for » Influence » Leading, » Responsibility	eA	Love	Need for » Closeness » Warmth » Sensitivity
Wanted Behavior	wI	Observer Helper		wC	Follower Submission		wA	Be Loved
Torture	Isolation			Confinement, trivial rules			Sensory deprivation, overload

If FIRO-B included a fourth interpersonal need, I would call it the need for order or planning. Do we need to express order or do we want others to do all the order and planning. The sanguine just want to have fun, so order can be constricting. However, the melancholy love order.

Hippocrates and the Four Humors.

Body Fluid		Characteristic	Personality	Element	Season
1	Phlegm	Cold and moist	Phlegmatic	Water	Winter
2	Blood	Hot and moist	Sanguine	Air	Spring
3	Yellow Bile	Hot and dry	Choleric	Fire	Summer
4	Black Bile	Cold and dry	Melancholy	Earth	Autumn

Hippocrates said that health and personality are based on the balance between four body fluids. These fluids correlate to the four basic elements and the seasons. Each personality is based on having more of one fluid. Too much fire or yellow bile makes a person hot and dry or choleric. This is the theory that was believed for centuries and taught by Greek physicians like Galen. Modern theories eventually link to the same four basic sets of personalities.

Carl Jung Personality Types.
He identified eight personalities that are based on two types in which we have two opposite ways of functioning.

• Information Gathering. There are two ways to take in information or perceive things.
  1. Senses (S). Do we trust our five senses?
  2. Intuition (N). Do we rely on our instinct.
• Decision Making. There are two ways in which we make decisions.
  1. Thinking (T). Objective logic.
  2. Feeling (F). Subjective feelings or value systems.
  If this function is extraverted, the person will be a "judger" rather than a "perceiver".

Within these eight possibilities we have an order of preference for using these functions. Before the age of six we experiment with all four functions. But as we age the subordinate functions begin to emerge until we are balanced.

#	Type	Personality	MBTI		Preference
					1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Extraverted Sensing	Sanguine	ESFP	SF	S	F	T	N
		Sanguine	ESTP	ST	S	T	F	N
2	Intraverted Sensing	Phlegmatic	ISFJ	SF	S	F	T	N
		Phlegmatic	ISTJ	ST	S	T	F	N
3	Extraverted Intuition	Melancholy	ENFP	NF	N	F	T	S
		Choleric	ENTP	NT	N	T	F	S
4	Intraverted Intuition	Melancholy	INFJ	NF	N	F	T	S
		Choleric	INTJ	NT	N	T	F	S
5	Extraverted Thinking	Choleric	ENTJ	NT	T	N	S	F
		Phlegmatic	ESTJ	ST	T	S	N	F
6	Intraverted Thinking	Choleric	INTP	NT	T	N	S	F
		Sanguine	ISTP	ST	T	S	N	F
7	Extraverted Feeling	Phlegmatic	ESFJ	SF	F	S	N	T
		Melancholy	ENFJ	NF	F	N	S	T
8	Intraverted Feeling	Sanguine	ISFP	SF	F	S	N	T
		Melancholy	INFP	NF	F	N	S	T
The failure of this system is its inability to differentiate the sanguine and phlegmatic types. The judging and perceiving traits clarify the differences

1. Dominant (Age 6-12). This is the function that we use so frequently that it overshadows the other functions and forms our personality. We also extravert or intravert this function. This personality begins to emerge between ages six to twelve as the dominant function asserts itself.
2. Auxiliary (Age 12-20). This is the secondary function from the second pair of types that asserts itself between ages twelve to twenty. We also extravert or intravert this function to the opposite of the dominant function. Therefore, if the dominant function is extraverted, this function will be intraverted. A strong auxiliary function is needed to complement the dominant function for proper personality development.
3. Tertiary (Age 20-35). We begin to use this function more often from age 20 to 25.
4. Inferior (Age 35-50). Between the age of 35 and 50 we begin to use our fourth function. It may be in conflict with our dominant function. After the age of 50 we are more disciplined in the use of all four functions.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
The mother and daughter team of Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs-Myers used the work of Carl Jung. Isabel recognized the fourth personality dimension of the "thinking and perceiving" types. This expanded the eight personalities of Jung to sixteen. This system uses a set of four pairs of letters (eight letters) to describe differences in personality.

Pair		Trait	Population	Description	Measures	Dimension	FIRO-B
1	I	Intravert	25 %	Reserved, reclusive, self motivating	Our flow of energy. Where we receive stimulation. From interaction with others or from introspection.	Social. External exposure	Inclusion
	E	Extravert	75 %	Expressive, sociable, needs others for motivation
2	S	Sensory	75 %	Observant, curious, lives in the past	How we gather information. By using our five senses or do we rely more on intuition.	Spiritual/ Feeling. Mercy, Interaction	Affection
	N	Intuitive	25 %	Imaginative, introspective, lives in the future
3	T	Thinking	50 %	Tough, rules and regulations, patterns, standards, critical judgment	How we make decisions. How we process information.	Mental/ Thinking. Law and Justice. Analysis	Control
	F	Feeling	50 %	Friendly, sympathetic, understanding, values
4	J	Judging	50 %	Systematic, schedules, fixed, plans ahead, organized, plans, orders, need for closure	How do we act on the information in the external environment on a daily basis. Our method of problem solving.	Physical/ Working. Planning, implement, growth, self actualization	-
	P	Perceiving	50 %	Wait and see attitude, adapts, flexible, experiments, alternatives

Kiersey Temperament Sorter.
These four sets identified by Myers-Briggs are combined to form sixteen different personality types. David Kiersey grouped these sixteen types into four related sets that correspond to the original theories. They are the rational choleric (NT), the artisan or hedonist sanguine (SP), the guardian phlegmatic (SJ) and the idealist melancholy (NF). I focused on those traits of their personality that might be exploited by interrogation tactics.

Type	Myers- Briggs		Kiersey	%	Description
A			Lion	Strength. Visionary, practical, productive, strong-willed, independent, decisive, leader Weakness. Cold, domineering, unemotional self-sufficient, unforgiving, sarcastic, cruel
	NT		Rational	8%	Powerful Choleric. Acts on appearances of honor and reputation, propriety, authoritarian. Ingenious, independent, and strong willed
	Knowledge Seeking
	1	ENTJ	Field Marshall (Executive)	4%	Leaders, need to take charge, likes structure and order, strong willed, focused, likes to prioritize.
	2	INTJ	Mastermind (Scientist)	<1%	Self confident, prepares, practical, strong willed.
	3	ENTP	Inventor (Visionary)	2%	Curious, hates boredom, hates routine, likes to be on top, confident.
	4	INTP	Architect (Thinker)	<1%	Likes to design, seeks knowledge, hates nonsense, impatient with routine details, prefer to work alone and quietly, serious, compliant.
B			Otter	Strength. Outgoing, responsive, warm, friendly, talkative, enthusiastic, compassionate Weakness. Undisciplined, unproductive, exaggerates, egocentric, unstable
	SP		Artisans	38%	Popular Sanguine. Acts on good-hearted impulse, kindness, Liberal, hedonistic, self-indulgent. Unconventional, bold, and spontaneous
	Sensation Seeking
	5	ESFP	Performer (Performer)	14%	Smooth, witty, fun lovers, gives in easily to the wishes of others.
	6	ISFP	Composer (Artist)	5%	Fine arts, do not plan and prepare, act on impulse, sensitive to the pain and suffering of others.
	7	ESTP	Promoter (Doer)	10%	Witty, clever, fun people. Can influence others, manipulators, diplomat, good salesmen.
	8	ISTP	Operator (Mechanic)	9%	Concrete, utilitarian, practical, optimistic, generous, loves solitude, cannot be subjected to the rule of others, hates control of their will.
C			Golden Retriever	Strength. Calm, easy-going, dependable, quiet, objective, diplomatic, humorous Weakness. Selfish, stingy, procrastinator, unmotivated, indecisive, fearful, worrier
	SJ		Guardians	38%	Peaceful Phlegmatic. Acts without self-interest, prudence, knowledge, conservative. Dependable, helpful, and hard-working
	Security Seeking
	9	ESTJ	Supervisor (Guardian)	13%	Responsible, orderly, eager to enforce rules and procedures, hates violations, cooperative with leaders, expects obedience.
	10	ISTJ	Inspector (Duty Fulfiller)	6%	Need to see that all is right and proper, dedicated, loyal. Base their self image on being loyal. Trusts authority, neat, seeks security, not confrontational, pessimistic, conservative and yearn for belonging.
	11	ESFJ	Provider (Care Giver)	13%	Sociable, social harmony and cooperation. Cares for others in need, conscious of appearances. Hates personal criticism.
	12	ISFJ	Protector (Nurturer)	6%	Likes caring for others, safeguards friends and family, assists the downtrodden, shy, thorough, frugal, dependable, hates changing conditions.
D			Beaver	Strength. Analytical, self-disciplined, industrious, organized, aesthetic, sacrificing Weakness. Moody, self-centered, touchy, negative, unsociable, critical, revengeful
	NF		Idealists	8%	Perfect Melancholy. Acts on principles, righteousness, libertarian. Loving, kindhearted, and authentic
	Identity Seeking
	13	ENFP	Champion (Inspirer)	3%	Prefers intense emotional experiences, searches for truth, motivators, hates subordination, independent, inspires and manipulates others to their own ends
	14	INFP	Healer (Idealist)	1%	Caring, seeks unity, moral, idealistic, willing to sacrifice, martyrs, finds it difficult to believe in themselves.
	15	ENFJ	Teacher (Giver)	3%	Enthusiastic, value harmonious relationships, empathetic, social, takes on the concerns of others.
	16	INFJ	Counselor (Protector)	1%	Private, sensitive, make decisions quickly, thinks in terms of values, values personal integrity.

The Personality Continuum. This is the personality dynamics as best as I can illustrate it in two dimensions. The inclusion need or intravert and extravert characteristics are along the axis of the third dimension. People tend to think of the choleric and sanguine as the extraverts and the phlegmatic and melancholy as the intraverts. But there are rare examples of extraverts and intraverts in all categories.

Right Brain
Dopamine		(More) Noradrenaline						-	Acetylcholine (More)						Oxytocin
Fun, pleasure, vanity				Advertising Focus									Love, fear
Status				Conform			Common Opinion			Reform			Advocate
B	Want More Affection for Self						Affection			Express More Affection for Others						D
-	Artisan (SP)	Sanguine (SFP) (19%)				Charismatic (FP)					Melancholy (NFP) (4%)				Idealist (NF)	-
	Sanguine (STP) (19%)		Perceiving						Perceiving						Melancholy (NFJ) (4%)
		Perceiving	Feeling						Feeling					Judging
			Thinking	Sensory					Intuitive				Feeling
				Sensory	-	Extravert			Extravert		-	Intuitive
	Entrepreneur (TP)					-	Intravert		Intravert	-					Comforter (FJ)
							Inclusion
				Intuitive			Intravert		Intravert			Sensory
	Choleric (NTP) (3%)					Extravert			Extravert						Phlegmatic (SFJ) (19%)
				Intuitive					Sensory
			Thinking						Thinking
			Judging						Judging
	Rational (NT)	Choleric (NTJ) (5%)				Administrator (TJ)					Phlegmatic (STJ) (19%)				Guardian (SJ)
A	Express More Control of Others						Control			Want More Control of Self						C
(Aggressive) Action				Conform			Personal Opinion			Reform			Conviction (Passive)
Exclusivity, vanity				Advertising Focus									Fear, curiosity
Adrenaline		(More) Noradrenaline						-	Acetylcholine (More)						Serotonin
Left Brain

It is difficult to express a three dimensional idea in a two dimensional table. However the FIRO-B attributes are a little more complicated.

• Control. The left half of the table, choleric and sanguine, want to express more control of others. However, in the case of the sanguine, they want to express more control over other's emotions while the choleric want total control that must be expressed externally.
  The right half of the table, phlegmatic and melancholy want more control of self. The phlegmatic wants total control this is why they seem so stubborn. However, the melancholy want more control of other's emotions. They need to control how you feel.
• Affection. The left half of the table, choleric and sanguine, want more affection for themselves. However the choleric wants loyalty, while the sanguine wants friendship. The phlegmatic and melancholy want more affection for others. The phlegmatic wants to protect others physically and the melancholy wants to protect others emotionally.

God and Personality. An examination of the four personality types and the various Kiersey roles show a division along the roles assigned to members of the Trinity (godhead).

• Father. The "NT" rational personality clearly describes the authoritarian role of God the Father. He is the Master Mind of the universe. The architect, designer and inventor or creator of all we see.
• Son. The "SJ" guardian personality defines the role of the Son. He is the provider, supervisor and protector of Israel. He is the Guardian who went with them in the desert and the one who is with all humans. He will be the inspector or judge at the end of time. His role as Guardian made Him offer Himself as a sacrifice.
• Holy Spirit. The "NF" idealist personality represents the work of the Holy Spirit, who is called our companion and comforter. As our companion, healer, teacher, counselor and champion, He works to perfect us. Perfection is the goal of the idealist. He makes us perfect by writing the law into our hearts.
• Humanity. The "SP" Artisan personality and four others not defined by Kiersey (NP NJ ST SF), does not fit any of the defined roles of God in the Plan of Salvation. They might represent the basic personality or the human personality with the spiritual gifts. In our lesson on The colors of God", we show how God follows the laws of nature in combining three primary colors to make perfection. Here, He combines three personality dimensions.
  In the Jewish mind the perfect personality is one that combines all four persons. Personality is judged by our response to good through knowing God and doing good deeds.
  • Etrog ("Citrus Fruit"). Like the melancholy this person says, "I am perfect". They love the torah and do good deeds.
  • Hadas ("Myrtle"). These say "I am devoted to the persuit of wisdom, to know God". They know the Torah and consider the knowledge of God to be most important. They are the phlegmatics, seeking order by themselves.
  • Lulav ("Palm"). These say "I must do good deeds, what is knowledge without action". They are the cholerics who are people of action who concentrate on deeds.
  • Aravah ("Willow"). These say "I have nothing, I am nothing". They the sanguines who just like to have fun. They do not care about the Torah or good deeds. This is why I could not find a personality match among the trinity and the "SP". The only time God was judged as being and having nothing is when Christ took our sins and appeared as a sinner.

The combinations below are my own attempt at organizing the similar types that are not defined by Kiersey. Therefore, they should not be taken as significant findings.
The combination of complementary personalities are a perfect representation of leadership skills over certain assets, people or property in the role of guardian or promoter.
However, I find that the combination of opposite personalities represent a good blend that complements certain church planting and community building spiritual gifts. In the absence of a real spiritual gift, these mental talents and biological gifts can produce some of the benefits. Let us take a look at two groups that could function as a pastor.

• Talent (FP). This personality has the charismatic skills to to tell people what they want to hear. Usually this is about love, money, wealth, safety and power. They are good psychiatrists. In their performance on the pulpit, they can compose a story that will heal whatever ails you and become the champion who spurs you on every Sunday to stay with the story that he has composed for you. This is the genious of prosperity ministers. They promote you.
• Spiritual Gift (NJ). The gifted pastor does the work of God. He guides you to what God wants you to know not what you want to hear. Therefore, this pastor is an effective teacher of the word of God and a counselor to you about what ails you. In addition, they have the skills to plan and direct the work of God according to the master plan of the Holy Spirit. They promote God.

Law Enforcement. The interrogator looks for these behavioral traits and further tries to access abnormal personality types. Torture attemps to go against the flow of your personality, targeting your need for inclusion, affection and control. They specifically look for weaknesses that can be exploited. These weaknesses can be based on an abnormal personality or some dominant expression of a normal personality. I would not classify these as personality traits, but certain personalities may tend to exhibit one of these behaviors more easily.
For example, a perfectionist might be more guilt ridden. An extrovert might suffer from this also because they tend to need approval from others. Realizing this, they can be manipulated to feel guilt for not pleasing the other person.

The Exploited Personality. They also try to assess these characteristics because they are looking for weaknesses in the personality that can be manipulated during an interrogation.

Personality Weaknesses		Characteristic
1	Orderly - Obstinate	Frugal, orderly, cold, thinks things through, secretive, stubborn.
2	Optimistic	Impulsive, inconsistent, undependable, runs away from conflict.
3	Greedy, demanding	Clings to others, dependent, passive, wants all needs met.
4	Anxious, self centered	Fearful, hungers for approval or praise to the point of exposing themselves to their fears. Vain and sensitive.
5	Guilt ridden	All reactions based on their guilt or the guilt of others. Feels the need to be punished.
6	Wrecked by success	Fails at critical points in life.
7	Strange person	Unable to distinguish fantasy from reality
8	Exception	Believes the world owes them, claims privileges that others do not get. Thinks that they have suffered a great injustice. Wants to be treated as the exception.
9	Average or normal	Many occasionally exhibit some of the other behaviors. More objective about the world.

Marketing and Advertising. While torture attempts to motivate cooperation by creating an environment of fear, advertising elicits cooperation by creating an environment of pleasure and satisfaction. Both use the same psychological principles to gather information to structure the artificial environment. The external environment creates the correct mood through images, smells and sounds and the internal environment stimulates the chemicals that elicit preferred emotions.

Marketing uses the science of psychology and personalities in order to develop methods to motivate potential consumers to buy their products. Advertising companies have been very successful at creating a need where none existed. Not surprisingly, the military uses the media to market its propaganda in the form of advertisement, news, movies and television shows. There is an office in the Pentagon that collaborates with Hollywood on what types of movies and images to produce. In their latest collaboration they are trying to convince the public why torture is necessary and effective and efficient through the television show "24". The head of the office of Homeland Security actually toured the country with producers from the television show to speak to audiences.

A successful motivational, coercive or advertising campaign begins with an analysis of the demographics of the population. Although personality remains the same across the different demographic groups, the unresolved needs along Maslow's hierarchy may be used to motivate behavior if advertisers can create the need.

• Demographics.
  • Age. Younger people can be motivated by peer pressure and the need to belong. At their age, the only commodity they own is their group. Successful appeal is based on what the group approves, being left out, instant gratification, and popularity.
  • Gender. Appeals to women are based on beauty, desirability, family, children and values. Appeals to men are based on sex, power, being smart and triumphant.
  • Income. Appeals based on value, exclusivity and status. The poor can be convinced to buy the accessories that make them appear wealthy and successful. The rich buy accessories and access that only they can afford.
  • Education. The educated appreciate information to make an informed decision and those who are not are convinced to follow the crowd, or an expert or a popular celebrity.
  • Religion. Sensitivity to religion can expose opportunities for advertising. Religious seasons, festivals, values and traditions can create niche markets. Health foods, vegetarianism, Christmas, Easter, Passover sprung out of the religious community.
  • Race, Ethnicity, Culture. These affect roles and capacity, permission or ability to make decisions.
  • Family Structure. In some cultures, only the male can make decisions, so advertising should be aimed at convincing him what the family needs by instilling fear of those unfulfilled needs or appealing to love of others under his care.
  • Personality. This is the prize. Advertisers would love to know the personality profile of every person. I suspect there are efforts to collect this information in our schools. Sanguines and phlegmatics are both 38% of the population. Sanguines are easy to manipulate. Phlegmatics are harder. Since they are such a large section advertisers must develop strategies to reach them. I suspect the message about "value", and "being left behind" are meant to target them. The message is to let their self image catch up to the rest of the rational world.
• Decision Making Pattern. Personality theories are helpful in this analysis. Each personality dimension defines how we gather, process and act on information.
• Self Orientation. This attempts to define how we make decisions by looking at how we relate to the opinion of others. Because advertising focuses on gratifying self and defining popular opinion, it can create a subjective or objective experience that is designed to lead us to a particular decision.
  • Action. Motivation is based on practical reasons and their choice.
  • Status. They are motivated by common opinion, eager to please and move up the social ladder by conforming to the common and popular opinions of others. This group is an easy target for advertisers.
  • Advocate. They are motivated to reform common opinion and make it responsible for others. This group is impressed with projects that show care and concern for others.
  • Conviction. They are not motivated by common opinion, but by inner ideals. Successful advertising may be based on appealing to the effect of their decisions made for others.

  Color	Suggests
  Red	Stimulates appetite, hot. Encourages impulse buying. Heart beats faster, blood pressure increases, muscles tense. Excites, motivates, energy, aggression, dominance, strength, power.
  Orange	Stimulates appetite. Warmth, energy, excitement, activity, motion, affordable
  Yellow	Stimulates appetite. Temporary, new, cheer, optimism, vitality.
  Green	Stimulates appetite. Growth, rejuvenation, freshness, balance, well being, harmony, stability, security. Lowers suicide, tension and nervousness. Calming, concentration, money, wealth and heaven for Muslims
  Blue	Appetite supressant, cold. Truth, loyalty, trust, conservative, intellectual, control, management, education, tradition
  Purple	Appetite supressant. Mystery, royalty, creativity, dignity, inspiration, motherhood
  White	Cleanliness, purity, innocence, truth
  Black	Sophistication, confidence, wealth, power
  Baker-Miller Pink	Reduces stress, aggression, hunger and anxiety. Increases passiveness and compliance to authority.

• Color. We respond to color because of cultural, psychological associations and even physiological responses. Males and females respond differently to some colors. Color can be used to suggest a mood for a certain period of time. Eventually other psychological factors take effect and override the impulses.
  • Yellow. It is the first color recognized and babies and children respond well to it. It stimulates communication.
  • Baker-Miller Pink. It has been used in the receiving rooms of prisons to lower aggression and increase compliance.
  • Appetite. Red, yellow and green stimulates appetite because they are associated with the natural color of food. Blue and purple suppress appetite because foods are usually not that color.
  • Trust. Blue, green, yellow and Baker-Miller pink could be used to paint the walls of interrogation rooms. But your cells may be painted white or red to increase agitation or sap your strength. The interrogator may be dressed in black or red if they intend to intimidate and bully or they will dress in other colors when they want to play "good guy".
• Psychology. The study of chemicals on influencing behavior has opened a new dimension in motivational efforts. An examination of the messages and characteristics targeted by marketers show a remarkable similarity to the function of the limbic system.
  • Fear. Eliminate fear or use fear of losing, limited time and quanitity to motivate action.
  • Love. Loving, being loved, taking care of loved ones all are used to form a message.
  • Fun and Pleasure. Sex sells. Fun is popular. Sex is love.
  • Vanity. Popularity and beauty.
  • Curiosity. Satan used this very effectively on Eve. Natural curiosity is used to urge us away from our inhibitions while popular opinion helps us to conform to new ideas.
  • Exclusiveness. Satisfies the need for status to feel special or better than others.
  This discovery could also mean that scientists have mostly researched these characteristics because they are of interest to advertising companies.

The Self-Oriented Brain. This is the brain that marketers and advertisers would like to understand so they can motivate them towards a preferred action.

• Common Opinion. The opinions of others is more important in establishing personal value.
  • Sanguine. They want to conform to the popular opinions of others.
  • Melancholy. They want to reform the opinions of others to a higher ideal.
• Personal Opinion. Their personal opinion is more important than others.
  • Choleric. They want to make others conform to their personal opinions.
  • Phlegmatic. They want to reform their personal opinions to a higher ideal.

Advertisers and torturers need to reorient their target. The key is to have input on the information people use to form their personal opinions, even if this means separating them from their traditional values, religion and morals. This is best accomplished through ridicule and isolation and sometimes false science. When the majority has conformed, the appeal is now recast as "evolution" and "reason", not current fashion and opinion.

The Battle for the Subliminal Mind.
Since the areas of the brain that are responsible for aggression, fear, sex, hunger, thirst, sleep, reward and pleasure are connected, constant stimulation of one need may in fact be stimulating the other feelings. Advertising propels these feelings by constantly associating these needs. This is why successful advertising seems to be associated with loud music, sexy images, reward and pleasure. Also, entertainment events are associated with nudity, sex, drinking, drugs and risk taking. Advertising attempts to stimulate the same chemicals that are released in addictive behaviors.
The overwhelming onslaught of pictures, their meaning and associations, drugs, peer pressure and cultural messages produce an excess of certain chemicals that influence feelings and emotions. The excess and misdirected chemical responses makes the subconscious have more influence on our decisions than they should because it virtually bypasses all higher reasoning.

New messages, rules, friends	"Rules are made to be broken ... right?"
			Remove Inhibitions						Altered Response
Morals, conscience, experience		Parasympathetic		Subconscious Inhibitions				Learned Response
Physical Stimulus		Chemical Stimulus			Conscious Decision				Normal Response
Desires, hopes, relationships		Sympathetic		Feelings, emotions				Desired Response
Ads, images, drugs, music, MTV, parties, alcohol, violence, sex			Bypass Conscious Decision						Altered Response
	"If it feels good do it"

An Engineered Response Normal Response. This is usually a negotiation between learned and desired response. A truly spiritual response usually tips the balance in favor of learned response if the learning is based on a good biblical foundation. A purely desired response is giving in to the inner man who is at enmity with God. Altered Response. This tends to tip the balance in the opposite direction by relying heavily on the desires and by altering the rules based system of your learning.

• Oxytocin and Trust. Oxytocin is a hormone that is released in love relationships that involve trust and bonding. Scientists are experimenting with an oxytocin nasal spray. The only reason is to influence the environment where quick decision making is required. The oxytocin response is misdirected to trust and bond with destructive forces so that you lower your inhibitions.
• Dopamine. It is also involved in risk taking, gambling and attraction. Excess dopamine fuels the hedonistic life.
  Risk Taking. Although risk taking involves anticipation of danger it also makes us feel good. The need for thrill seeking leads us to smoking, drinking, alcohol and drug abuse, unsafe sex, reckless driving and gambling. It also associated with loud rock music, wild partying and viewing extreme horror and sex movies.
• Serotonin. It reduces fear, worry and calms the body. It could also be abused in trust situations.
• Adrenaline Rush Hour. The modern 24 by 7 work society with electronic peripherals that require constant attention creates a society that is never chemically at rest. Therefore, it is no accident that substance abuse, hedonism and pleasure seeking is the norm. Our work environment creates an internal hormonal environment that needs to play.
• Piggy Back Emotions. They can possibly stimulate one desired emotion by stimulating others since the limbic system is connected.

The Chemical Brain. Rather than being dominated by the four humors of Hippocrates, the personalities seem to be dominated by one neurotransmitter from the sympathetic and parasympathetic system. The parasympathetic neurotransmitters set the basis for the personality. They are either naturally energized or calm. The sympathetic chemicals are more controlled by personal choices and the personalities are further differentiated by the type of activities they choose to experience. Since the world values the choleric and sanguine personalities, most common opinion and advertising is geared towards choosing these behaviors because they are more fun. As a result, the other two personalities may resort to drug induced personality change to "fit in". In fact, the common concensus is that being shy is a negative trait that should be eliminated or treated with drugs. I resent that. As a shy person I believe that we are wiser, more cautious, more loyal and more creative. Moses was a shy person and there is no prophet greater than Moses.

• Noradrenaline. This neurotransmitter automatically excites the body making them restless.
  • Sanguine (Dopamine). They always want to have fun.
  • Choleric (Adrenalin). They always want to accomplish tasks quickly. Workaholics.
• Acetylcholine. This neurotransmitter automatically calms the body.
  • Melancholy (Oxytocin). They always want to establish relationships of trust.
  • Phlegmatic (Serotonin). They want to slow down, focus and be content.

Stimulus	Neurotransmitter			Response
Light, Estrogen, Ritalin, prozac, ecstacy, ketamine, LSD, methamphetamine, tricyclics, antidepressants, MAO-A, SSRIs, cocaine, ecstasy, DOM	Parasympathetic			Relax, confidence, focus, sleep, satisfaction
		Serotonin
Carbohydrates, tryptophan. Omega-3 (Sugar and fat)
Darkness, high protein, endorphins, Melatonin, Progesterone, methamphetamine (long term)				OCD, ADHD, depression, suicide, stress, hyperactive, aggression
Love, child birth, breast feeding		Oxytocin		Trust, bonding
Nicotine, glucose, choline		Acetylcholine		Calm
Light, pain, stress, laughter, exercise, chocolate, fat, spicy foods, opiates, phenylethylamine		Endorphins		Feel good, increases pleasure, improves mood, minimize pain
Heroin, alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers, meprobamate		GABA		Tranquilizing effect
Caffeine				Stimulating effect
Sex, orgasm, nicotine, methamphetamine, amphetamines, fen-phen, bupropion (wellbutrin®), opiates, ketamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, ecstasy	Sympathetic			Alertness, attraction, lust, fear, risk, pleasure, reward, gambling, aggression
		Dopamine
Protein, tyrosine. High fat, endorphins
Alcohol, methamphetamine (long term)				Sedative
Stress, cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamine, ritalin, ecstacy, ketamine, antidepressants, MAO-A, tricyclics, bupropion (wellbutrin®), atomoxetine (strattera®)		Norepinephrine (Noradrenalin)		Action, wakefulness, energy
Protein, tyrosine, tyramine (cheese)
Work stress, caffeine		Adrenalin		Fight, flight, action
Glutamate, caffeine, cocaine, ketamine, PCP		Glutamate		Stimulating effect
Alcohol				Tranquilizing effect
Reward. If the interrogator wants you in a good mood, they will feed you with high fat foods, chocolate and junk food in the hours before interrogation. Punishment. If they want to punish you, you will be given a diet that enhances depression. Folic Acid. A lack of folic acid in the diet may be linked to depression. Eat oranges, turkey, asparagus, beets, soybeans, green leafy vegetables, spinach. Selenium. Low levels of selenium in the diet can make you grouchy, anxious and depressed. Eat whole grains, tomatoes, eggs, broccoli, tuna, and sunflower seeds Low Fat. Low fat can make you feel grouchy. Foods high in fat increase endorphins which make you feel happy. Low Protein. Protein increases alertness and helps give you more energy. Low Carbohydrates. Decreases serotonin and leads to depression. Chocolate may improve mood temporarily due to the high levels of sugar, fat, phenylethylamine, and caffeine.
• Stimulants: Caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine   » Amphetamines: Dexedrine, Ritalin, Cylert, Adderall, Fen-Phen. They are used to suppress appetite and treat ADHD. ADHD is treated with amphetamines, ritalin, strattera® • Antidepressants: MAO inhibiters, tricyclics, SSRI, Bupropion, Atomoxetine   » MAO Inhibiters: Increase serotonin and noradrenaline. Parnate®, Nardil®, Marplan®   » Tricyclics: Dulls pain. Increase serotonin and noradrenaline. Imipramine (Tofranil®), clomiprimine (Anafranil®), amitriptyline (Elavil®)   » SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibiters): Increase serotonin. Fluoxetine (Prozac®), paroxetine (Paxil®), sertraline (Zoloft®), fluvoxamine (Luvox®)   Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed drugs in the USA. • Tranquilizers: Reduce anxiety and tension but do not cause drowsiness. Librium®, Valium®, Halcion®, Xanax® • Opiates: Pain killers. Morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone, oxycodone. • Psychadelics: Distort perception of sights and sounds.   » Synthetic: LSD, ecstasy (MDMA), DOM or "STP", PCP.   » Natural: mescaline, psilocybin, dimethyltryptamine (DMT) • Sedatives: Cause drowsiness. Ethanol, barbiturates (phenobarbital, secobarbital, seconal®), meprobamate (Miltown®, Equanil®) • Marijuana: Acts as a sedative, opiate, psychadelic and improves appetite

The inevitable crash from this high intensity life style is fixed with another cocktail of misapplied neurotransmitter stimulants. Nicoteine, caffeine, alcohol, sleeping pills, opiates, antidepressants and amphetamines are used to produce the calming effects of serotonin.
God says we should come to Him and understanding based on reason, not feeling and emotion.
Come now let us reason together ... (Isaiah 1: 18)
Advertising uses the back door of stimulating emotion because they have stumbled across these principles that Christians ignore.

• Images (Television and the Internet).
  ... By beholding ... we become changed (2 Corinthians 3: 18)
  We should not look at or read what undermines our faith, or we will be changed by it. These lower our inhibitions, provide an alternate life style and change our moral center.
• Sound (Popular Music).
  So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10: 17)
  We should not listen to what undermines our faith, or we will be changed by it. Music lowers our inhibitions and attach emotions with the new moral messages. The music industry has already changed the Christian church because we have willingly become a market for their hybrid music. I honestly cannot tell the difference between sacred and secular music anymore. And it is not simply the words, it is the music. The words are generally designed to be flexible enough to fit in any love song market and the music is designed for a romantic dance party. That is not an anthem to the glory of God.
• Work (The Cares of Life). The new work ethic is designed to steal time away from God, your family and yourself. We develop a new sense of urgency to enjoy every minute of our lives not taken by work and find less room for God. Keeping up with the Jones is a measure of success.
  And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (Mark 4 : 18-19)
• Friends and Associates (Peer Pressure and Popular Opinion). Your friends and popular opinion will influence you. They provide the approval to go forward with our new moral code. Friendship means keeping terrible secrets and participating in destructive behavior. Anything else is being "a tattle tale" and "not being there" for your friend or "undermining trust" or "being judgmental". Tattle, tell somebody, object, risk losing the friendship. There is nothing heroic or virtuous about watching a disaster in motion. Being trusted to do nothing is nonsense. There should be zero tolerance for destructive behavior.
  You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4 : 4)

  Faulty Associations For decades the entertainment business has been redefining your inhibitions or associating them with a desired emotional response stimulus. • Love. Sex, nudity, popularity. • Acceptance. Popularity. • Desirable. Rich, thin, popular. • Morality. Outdated, stifling. • Hate. Old moral inhibitions.

• Diet and Appetite. Food conquered the world when Eve submitted to temptation. Daniel conquered himself and gained approval from God by eating the right foods. He rejected alcohol and meat and ate vegetables and beans and drank water.
  But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself.
  Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
  So the overseer continued to withold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables. (Daniel 1 : 8, 12, 16)
• The Law of Sin. Several simultaneous messages are meant to undermine our spiritual reasoning and make us fall back to the natural state of sin.
  We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. (Romans 7: 14-15).
  Even religious groups have adopted their own version of these secular values.
  • There is no right or wrong answer. Yes there is! This is the first message that is sent when they are trying to change a culture by appealing to the youth. They make a separation between the old and new values and undermine old values with such arguments. Often they will pick on the weakest tradition that they can defeat and slowly move from there.
    There are absolutes. There is a wrong or right answer in almost everything. By the time they have decimated your values they will have convinced you that you have been given the supreme value of choice. But they have concealed the pitfalls of your new freedom and you truly have no real choice. Choice is valued by God. We are free to choose good and evil but we bear the consequences. Switching your values for the decadent western values bring more heartache, exploitation, drugs, violence, disrespect, crime, diseases, dissatisfaction, loss of humanity, loss of family, lower ambition, separation and dishonesty. What they show you is money, success, freedom, flowers and blue skies.
    Judge and Jury. The religious version of this secular value is "Don't be judgmental".
    Persecutors and advertisers will make the argument for relevance instead of truth when faced with doctrinal questions. But relevance is a concept that depends on current opinion and immediate concerns. Truth is eternal.
  • Rules are made to be broken. This message is intended to bypass our moral conscience, setting aside "antiquated rules" such as the ten commandment.
    So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good (Romans 7: 12)
    Persecutors and advertisers will make an argument about "old fashioned ideas" to convince you to accept another set of paradigms based on the "rational views" of science.
    Science and Knowledge. For those who believe that they are above emotional reaction, a counterfeit knowledge takes the place of spiritual knowledge. This rational counterfeit also works hard at undermining the spiritual knowledge. Faith never contradicts scientific fact because it was God who created the physical world. But science tries to interpret everything it sees without acknowledging God. So for the intellectual crowd, their inhibitions are bypassed by the laws of science instead of the law of popular opinion.
    O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge". which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith Grace be with you. (1 Timothy 6: 20-21)
    Freedom in Christ. This religious version of this secular value is that "the old Jewish law of God has been changed". We now have "freedom in Christ".

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  • If it feels good do it. This message teaches us to rely on our lusts and emotion. We act without self control or restraint. It is a companion to the "majority rules" adage. If it "feels good" and "everybody is doing it" then we are foolish if we do not submit to these common desires. This is an argument made in religious persecution.
    but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin (Romans 7: 23-25)
    Success ("If it looks good acquire it and show it"). Profit and riches have become a moral imperative and is the sole determinant of success. Any definition of success without riches is not accounted as real success.
    Blessings. This religious version of this secular value is these are "blessings from God" to be sought after because they are your right and are proof of God's favor. Also "if it is good it is from God", but we have already redefined the meaning of "good".
    For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. (1 John 2: 16)
• The Power of Symbols. By accident I believe that advertisers have stumbled across the powerful nature of symbolism. It is a universal language of the mind. Symbols serve to link meanings to images while implying context. Symbols are how God kept His message pure for thousands of years. The Jews obediently followed the rituals and symbols of their feasts and laws for thousands of years. Even when they were disobedient to the laws, the seemingly useless symbolic ceremonies remained unchanged. Then Christ recognized Himself in the symbols and was able to fulfill the will of God.
  The Marlboro Man from Marlboro Country. "He is his own man in a world that he owned." This cigarette spokesman was handsome, rugged, virile, macho, healthy, successful, wealthy, simplistic and pressure free. The ad evoked images of freedom, desirability and he looked full of life clothed in his cowboy suit with the sexy cigarette. He is a masculine image in the fresh clean outdoors surrounded by women and stallions.
  Several actors who played him, died of lung cancer caused by smoking. Wayne McLaren (1976) died in 1992 at the age of 51. McLean died in 1992. David Millar Jr, the original marlboro man died of emphysema in 1987. David Goerlitz, the Winston Man had a stroke in his 30's. Will Thornbury, a model for Camel cigarettes died of lung cancer at 56. Janet Sackman, a Lucky Strike cigarette girl model was not so lucky. She was struck with lung and throat cancer.

Biochemical Torture
By using food, drugs, coercive messages and actions, torturers can manipulate these internal chemical systems to create the perfect biochemical environment that will maximize your terror and achieve their results. The desired result could simply be more terror or a change in your response. A diet that is high in complex carbohydrates will increase serotonin levels. Torturers would prefer to keep this level low. So they may feed you high fat, high sugar junk foods.

The Power of Knowledge. God helped me to organize this information by putting the theories in my mind to research. If advertisers and psychologists have not put together this knowledge completely then why should I help them to assist torturers? The answer comes with the first lesson that God taught me about the mind and body decades ago. Once you know what is happening you can easily defeat it with your mind. There are other neurotransmitters for the higher brain powers that are not known, these can override any primitive response instantly.
I used to wonder why men seemed so much more attractive at regular intervals. After a few years I decided to chart these feelings and discovered that they were related to my menstrual cycle. After that, the next time it happened and I remembered why, the feelings and response disappeared instantly and they have never bothered me since. I make a conscious choice of how to feel.
So, if you are in a coercive situation remember that your body may also be fighting against your mind. Fight your way through the feelings through knowledge. Higher reasoning demands that you consider the consequences and remember your principles and remember God.

God's Remedy for Psychological Healing.

• Physical. Diet and exercise. In an environment of torture you have no control over this. But you can do what Daniel and his friends did, choose to eat only those foods that you know will help you.
• Mental. Sleep, worship. The torture environment is designed to counteract this. Therefore, counteract it internally through communion with God. If you are forced to stay awake think about your heavenly Father. Close your eyes to the images that they are trying to impose on you.
• Spiritual. Sabbath rest. The torture environment is designed to counteract this or even disorient you so that you do not know the passing of time, so make every day a Sabbath day. Take a break from interrogation, worry, work, from fun and play, from images, smells, conversations. Rest from everything except communion with God. Some people substitute excess "communion with nature" and "family fun time" with one on one communion with God. While some of this may repair personal relationships, it still falls short of the ideal of total spiritual rest and communion with God. Family time will involve some of the same images and activities that stimulate us. Excessive efforts to commune with nature such as hiking and "a Sabbath day at the beach" will give a dopamine high that will make you feel good but you are still stimulating the same chemical pathways to self satisfaction.
  Sabbath. The Sabbath is a key concept in the Plan of Salvation. The Sabbath is designed for rest from these chemicals and to build up the pathways in the brain that require higher thoughts. Through our study of the covenant and the law, we know that every action of God is based on legal standards. Legally, the Sabbath is the only day where He is allowed to do something extra special for humanity. He cannot legally do this on any other day to the extent that He can do it on the Sabbath. Perhaps the Sabbath rest is a key weapon to fight against this final tactic of Satan. A psychochemical attack on our higher reasoning.
  However, when evil tries to deprive us of this Sabbath blessing, God can resort to another law to help us.
  ... where iniquity abounds grace much more abounds ... (Romans 5: 20)

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

-					God
-				Best	Acquisitions
-			Respect	Contribution	Recognition
-		Friendship	Family	Intimacy	Church
-	Security	Health	Finances	Shelter	Employment
Breathe	Body Temperature	Water	Food	Sleep	Waste Disposal

One other interpersonal theory is useful in understanding how torture can be designed to fit your temperament.
Maslow identified five basic physical needs for survival. The last three higher order needs are the components of the personality. The personality affects the lower order physical needs in terms of importance, quantity and quality sought and the recipients of these valued items. Different personalities may seek more or less for themselves and for others. The need of self transcendence leads us to seek more of these basic and higher order needs for others.
Torturers exploit these basic physical needs to heighten the psychological terror. Because, if a need is not met it can be used as a motivator to coerce cooperation and behavior.

• Physiological. Breathe, regulate body temperature, water, sleep, food, dispose of body waste.
• Safety. Security, health, finances, shelter, employment.
• Social (Love and Belonging). Friendship, love, acceptance, affection, companionship, sex or intimacy, family, church.
• Self Esteem (Status). Need for achievement, attention, respect, value, contribution and recognition.
• Self Actualization. To be the best by reaching your full potential.
• Self Transcendence. Spiritual needs.

They know that everyone has these basic needs and they tend to exploit the most basic needs first. Then the next step is to assess your need for inclusion, control and affection in order to launch a psychological attack on your higher order needs. They manipulate your social and self esteem needs to trick you into false confessions.
Modern, traditional torture tends to exploit all levels up to self esteem. But the call to defend against new types of religious war means that they are exploring ways to exploit the higher needs. At the last moment they will resort to the medieval system of pure brute terror.

Religion. To torture the religious they will corrupt your morals with X-Rated videos, music or behavior. And they will violate your body by subjecting you to forced nudity and rape. They exploit special needs by denying or deliberately corrupting the need for special diet or special time for worship or access.
Ironically, self transcendence leads us to seek more of the good for others and less for ourselves. Therefore, the best way to torture the religious is to torture others and try to blame it on you. This will be your greatest test as victims look to you for a solution to their problem or the cause of it. The most heart breaking victims will be children, especially your own.
How easy or trivial the choice will seem to stop the rape of your child by simply worshipping your God on another day? Is a belief more important than a physical tragedy? Could you remember that the issues are much greater and much older than your current tragedy? You must remember Who is your greatest love and fall in love again.

Basic Need		General Method	Religious Method
Physiological		Removal or threatening of a basic item for immediate survival. Attack the five senses
1	Breathe	Simulated drowning in water, urine or toilet waste. Covering head in plastic bag. Sitting on chest
2	Regulate body temperature	Extremes of heat and cold. Exposure. Covering in cold water. Inadequate clothing or shoes. Standing in the snow. Tied to hot surfaces. Cigarette burns	Burning at the stake
3	Sleep	Sleep deprivation. Bright lights for 24 hours per day. Excessive noise.
4	Water	Lack of water, dirty water	Alcohol, unclean foods, forbidden food
5	Food	Starvation, plain, disgusting, old, contaminated food. Vermin filled food. Forced cannibalism.
6	Dispose of waste	No waste facilities. Forced to live in urine and feces. Space not cleaned. Vermin infested. Standing in open cesspools or living next to it	Urine and feces on religious property
7	Eliminate Pain	Cause pain, discomfort. Aggravate old wounds. Beating, punching, kicking, electrocution, noise
8	Five Senses	See. Hooding. Constant light or dark. No color. Confusing colors or designs. Warm colors. Hear. Noise bombing. Loud noise or white noise. No sound or contact for long periods. Smell. Bad smells, bad air, urine, feces. Choking, hot air. Difficult breathing. Feel. Heat and cold, hard, rough and sharp. Acid burns, cuts, beating. Isolation. Fear. Taste. Bad taste and texture. Bland. Balance. Hanging upside down. Beating ear drums, spinning and rocking. May cause nausea. Sensory Deprivation. No color, white noise (monotonous tone), no odors, bland taste, isolation Sensory Overload. Many warm colors. Loud continuous noise. Strong odors. Sharp, spicy taste
Safety		Removal or threat to means of acquiring safety and security. Gender is an important factor in this evaluation as culture determines the acquisition and distribution of the factors that satisfy this need
1	Person (Body)	Pain, beating, rape, threats, mind games, Russian roulette, terrorizing with dogs or wild animals
2	Shelter	Mortgage discrimination, foreclosures, seizing property. Imprisonment. Sensory deprivation. Plain, no color, hard, uncomfortable, confining, exposure, vermin infestation	Threats to tax status
3	Employment	Loss of job, denial of opportunities. No protection for religious needs	Sabbath
4	Security	Loss of job, home, property, family. Imprisonment, no access to lawyers	Threat against church
5	Finances	Seizing property, bank accounts, valuable personal items. Forced bankruptcy. Forced expenses
6	Mental	Maximize fears, phobias, aversions (religious, cultural, personal)
Social (Love and Belonging)		Removal or threat to close relationships by terrorizing loved ones, ruining your reputation. Psychological operations. Threats of exposure of real or manufactured secret behavior
1	Friendship	Solitary confinement, isolation	Reeducation
2	Family	Separation. No communication. Disturbing rumors. Lies	Remove children
3	Sex	Isolation. Rape, sodomy. Filming and distributing your degradation. Exposure to X-Rated movies or behavior. Castration	Forced to watch,read, participate
4	Church	Exposing past behavior or distributing lies.	Media propaganda
Self Esteem		Removal of any access to items, activity, information or communication that establishes your value to yourself or others. This is best done when a leader is incarcerated with their former subordinates
1	Respect	Public nudity. Degrading conditions and treatment. Cursing, bullying, shouting, laughing, ridiculing. Expose humiliation to former subordinates	Attack beliefs
2	Contribution	No activities, boredom	-
3	Recognition	Menial tasks, degrading assignments and conditions, ridiculing	Ridiculing beliefs
Self Actualization		Removal of opportunities or threats to opportunities
1	Pursue Goals	Absolute control. No access to books, opportunities, indefinite detention	Role reversal
Self Transcendence		Removal or threatening of your religious practice, existence, reputation and social structure
1	Authority	Humiliating former leaders. Demonstrating omnipotence. Taunting, "Where is your God?"
2	Submission	Forcing submissive behavior to your captives. Rape and prostitution of yourself and others
3	Guilt	Blaming you for their actions on your friends and family. Telling you that you enjoyed your rape
4	Rewards	Relabelling occasional indulgences as "blessings". Fake conversions. Fake friendships

The key to religious exploitation is taking advantage of false beliefs and ideas we have had about authority and submission. Most of this is blind submission to obvious degenerate and exploitative behavior. Their behavior will also be excused by you. Question everything like Job and realize that what you feel has value especially when your motive is pleasing God out of love, not fear.
In such extreme situations it is imperative that we forget our cautious attitude to God and approach God without fear. Because all their methods will be based on exacerbating physical, mental and social fear in order to cause spiritual fear. Only you can eliminate your spiritual fear. This is your weapon.
The next method of exploitation is to find a way to blame us for their treatment of others and making us believe that we can be the blessing or savior of our church.

The Methods of Interrogation
Interrogators and investigators have long known the powers of the mind and how deprivations of certain kinds for a certain length of time can lead to psychological breakdown. You eventually believe anything, you eventually say anything in order to survive at that moment. Truth or consequences are irrelevant, the current moment is the only reality.

As you read the following tactics and how they are meant to tear you down psychologically, remember that these are just the "civilized" methods. When the Spirit of God gives up men and women and no longer appeal to their conscience, while at the same moment demonic spirits fill in the vacuum left by God what type of evil will we experience?

The following was taken from a 1998 article by Mr. Steve Wright of the Omega Foundation, An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control in a subsection on "Interrogation, Torture Techniques and Technologies" he describes several methods and their psychological impacts. I have added information on spiritual defense.

One manual discusses using intense fear, deep exhaustion, solitary confinement, unbearable anxiety, standing to attention for long periods of time, sleep and food deprivation, stripping suspects naked and keeping them blindfolded in dark interrogation rooms with no windows and no toilet. All for the purpose of inducing rapid nervous breakdown through a process of sensory deprivation, high physical and psychological stress and terror.

General Method	Effects	Examples	Defense
Monopolisation of Perception	Fixes attention upon immediate predicament. Fosters introspection. Eliminates stimuli competing with those controlled by captor. Frustrates all action not consistent with compliance.	Physical isolation. Darkness or bright light. Barren environment. Restricted movement. Monotonous food.	Focus on the love of Jesus for both you and your captor. Sing.
Threats	Cultivates anxiety and despair.	Threats of death. Threats of non return. Threats of endless interrogation and isolation. Threats against family. Vague threats. Mysterious changes of treatment.	Perfect love removes all fear
Occasional indulgences	Provides positive motivation for compliance. Hinders adjustment to deprivation.	Occasional favors. Fluctuations of interrogators' attitudes. Promises. Rewards for partial compliance. Tantalizing.	Practice self-denial if you can. If not, remember that this is a plot to frustrate you.
Isolation	Deprives victim of all social support of his ability to resist. Develops and intense concern with self. Makes victim dependent upon interrogator.	Complete solitary confinement. Complete isolation. Semi-isolation. Group isolation.	Jesus is with you. You are not alone.
Induced Debility Exhaustion	Weakens mental and physical ability to resist.	Semi-starvation. Exposure. Exploitation of wounds. Induced illness. Sleep deprivation. Prolonged constraint. Prolonged interrogation. Forced writing. Over-exertion. Stress positions	Focus on the joys ahead
Demonstrating omnipotence	Suggests futility of resistance.	Confrontation. Pretending co-operation taken for granted. Demonstrating complete control over victim's fate.	God is in control
Degradation, Humiliation	Makes cost of resistance more damaging to self esteem than capitulation. Reduces prisoner to 'animal level' concerns.	Personal hygiene prevented. Filthy infested surrounds. Demeaning punishments. Insults and taunts. Denial of privacy. Detainees were urinated upon. Rape of all kinds. Chile used rape by German Shepherds during the period of the 'disappeared'.	Jesus defines who you are.
Enforcing Trivial Demands	Develops habits of compliance	Forced writing. Enforcement of minute rules.	Obey your adversary quickly. You are pleasing God not them.
Sensory Deprivation	Visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic deprivation	Hooded before interrogation. White noise in the background. Periods of immobilization. Wear loose overalls several sizes too big.	Focus on the promises of God. Design your mansion in heaven.
Chemicals. Mimics sensory deprivation	Deprives brain of oxygen and nutrients and changes the metabolism	Hooded before interrogation. Days of sleep deprivation. Little or no food or drink.
Psychological torture	Produces intense fear. Stupid people minimize the horror of psychological torture. When this is the type of fear that will drive people permanently insane	Russian roulette; firing blanks, blindfold; the use of stockings and surgical masks by the assailants; forcing men to stare at a white perforated wall in a small cubicle. Awakened immediately after you have fallen asleep.	Do not be afraid. God has conquered death.
Physical torture	Pain	Beaten, bribed, kicked, burned, suffocated, spalled, ears drummed, torturous exercises for days, terrorized by dogs. Attempted drowning or suffocation. Electrocuted.	Focus on your Lord during the crucifixion. Do not feel forsaken.
In the war on terror, all these methods are being used. And since most of this is hidden, we do not know what else is being done. We have even developed other names for some of these techniques. New Definition of Torture. Apparently, the Geneva convention is fuzzy and confusing. So our new definition of what is torture and what is not, has nothing to do with pain. Whatever does not cause organ failure or death is not torture. Silly me! I thought torture is whatever causes constant physical, mental or emotional pain. So by definition, if you are not killed by whatever they do to you then they have not committed torture. People, are you listening? Do you see what is happening? The final inquisition is here and the inquisitors general are running the country! What is interesting about this is that the most vocal elements of the religious community have wrapped up war, torture and patriotism into the American flag as a gift from God. Therefore it is unamerican and ungodly to criticize their position. I criticize loudly. I condemn it vigorously. And because I am allowed to judge those who claim to be part of the body of Christ, I say shame on you. You and your gutter gods! You never knew YHWH. Go and read the Seventh Day Adventist prophecies. They predicted this over 150 years ago. Read a book called "the Great Controversy" by Ellen G. White.
Long Time Standing Forced to stand for long periods. Often hooded and with electrodes attached. Donald Rumsfeld is reported to have asked why they cannot stand longer than forty hours. He needs a lesson in biology and a more important one in decency and humanity. Attention Slap and Attention Grab Beating and threatening Water Boarding Hung upside down, face in cellophane and water poured on your face. This is drowning or suffocating Palestinian Hanging A stress position in which one is hanged by the wrists and pulled out of the sockets. People have died from this (Mandel Al Jamadi) Cold Cell Naked in a 10º to 5ºC cell with cold, freezing water thrown on you

Medieval Torture Methods	Death	Burning at the stake, the rack, drawn and quartered, iron maiden, the pear, Judas cradle, hanging, eaten by animals, buried alive. Amputation, beheading.
	Pain	Rape, burns, exposure, water torture, degradation, strappade (Hanging or suspending by weights), terrorized by wild animals, finger nails and toe nails removed, peeled skin.
New Methods		Electrical shocks, tazers, chemical weapons (Phosphorous melts skin down to the bone).
	Death	We will do worse things than any other previous generation.
Four years after I wrote this, I still marvel at the fact the Holy Spirit guided me into this. He was the one to tell me to make the connection between your personality and torture. I found no literature on the subject, so I used my education and personal observations to guide my thinking. I am even more amazed that our country is doing this. I did not expect it so quickly. Just like the Nazi Germany doctors, our military doctors are being used to identify psychological weaknesses so that interrogators can exploit it and then to medically revive them so that they can be conscious for more and longer periods of torture. The Image to the Beast In July 2008, lawyers for a Canadian boy of Afghani descent told the people that their government was lying about this child who was arrested at 15, tortured and not been tried after six years. As the boy cried in despair, aware that nobody believed him and nobody was there to help him, he said something that was shocking to me. "I have no eyes, I have no legs". The extent of his psychological and emotional torture had confused him so much that he thought that he was blind and lame! These are the conditions under which we are willing to take testimony from people and these are methods that we call "not really torture". Imbecile! Your mind a a putrid grave. I even heard one Christian say, "they are not doing real torture". How stupid can one be? Unless she sees the bed of nails and the other Medieval torture devices then all this physical and psychological suffering is simply "college fraternity pranks" as the war criminal Rumsfeld calls it. We are using both modern and medieval torture techniques and devices. But when the goal is death, and not the "noble goal" of gathering information about "the guy with his finger on the trigger of the nuclear bomb" then the other deadly methods will be used. And at that point, the same god-fearing Christian woman will find a reason to excuse this behavior also because at her core she only loves herself and her kind. People have now been found with their skin removed, finger nails removed, beaten to death, homosexual rape, rape with foreign objects and rape simulations, terrorized by dogs and lions, children are raped. Contractors do drive by shootings at innocent civilians as if they are in the middle of a video game. It was a contractor who raped a child in prison. He was an eleven year old boy. Others raped some young girls under twelve years old. On video, American soldiers were raping Iraqi women and we forced an Iraqi father and son to have sex with each other. How much more evidence do we need to show that we are barbaric and the final inquisition will soon be upon us because we are learning to find excuses for this behavior. In fact, the persecution is upon us. It just has not reached your group yet. In September 2006, the new army manual forbids these "enhanced interrogation" methods but the CIA is exempt from these rules.

The Interrogation of the Church. Remember that in all situations, God is trying to reconcile people to himself, so no matter how hopeless a person seems, your response could trigger his or her repentance and salvation. The trick is to focus on God, focus on the spiritual needs of your enemy. Do not focus on yourself because, you see, all the methods are designed to have you focus on yourself, your immediate predicament and your escape.

Remember in all things that God "will not give you more than you can bear", so smile with confidence. God thinks you are a really brave person. Read the tale of the martyrs, they died singing, they died with joy, they kept their eyes on Jesus. Use your mind creatively, focus on Jesus and his death on the cross, His love for you, His love for your captors and His generous gift to mankind.
I could tell you to focus on a time when this will be our war stories, when we will laugh at the arrogance of those who think they are omnipotent and in full control, to look at the reward of the wicked. But I have the feeling it will not be about our stories but it will be about His.

The Descent of a Nation The road to despotism is paved with the lives of the innocent and the guilty - and it starts with leaders who believe that they have the capacity to always act civilized - and gets its approval from people paralyzed by hate and fear. Men who believe that their cause is just. That God is only on their side. Leaders who exploit fear or who are guided by fear. Nations that are seduced into seeing temporary evil as a good solution. Nations that eventually lose the capacity to love. Nations that will eventually be condemned by the court of human history - and who have already been condemned by God. I wrote this before Abu Ghraib, before Guantanamo Bay, before the Patriot Act and military tribunals, at what I believed was the request of the Holy Spirit. Never in my wildest Armageddon scenario would I believe that we (our generation) would be guilty of torturing and raping children under normal war conditions. And, that religious leaders would turn a blind eye because "extraordinary actions are needed in extraordinary times".

Now that the anti-terrorism act is law, indefinite detentions may be done. Torture is openly allowed in the name of national security. This brings up the possibility of more false confessions.

During this period they try to extract "confessions" and incriminating evidence. Most people will give false confessions to end the brutal psychological treatment.
It is therefore frightening that the government has turned to a special justice system for "terrorists" in which these tactics are allowed - but the accused is subject to indefinite detention, has no rights to a lawyer (or anyone that can help their fragile mental state) and the rules of a military court proceedings are different.

It is equally alarming that the United States has applied for, and received, a "special exemption" from the United Nations for immunity from war crimes. What alarms me is that I did not think that it was possible. There are no civilized laws or group of people to protect you.

The road to despotism is paved with the lives of the innocent and the guilty - and it starts with leaders who believe that they have the capacity to always act civilized - and gets its approval from people paralyzed by hate and fear. Men who believe that their cause is just. That God is only on their side. Leaders who exploit fear or who are guided by fear. Nations that are seduced into seeing temporary evil as a good solution. Nations that eventually lose the capacity to love.
Nations that will eventually be condemned by the court of human history - and who have already been condemned by God.

The Interrogation Environment
Any good interrogation environment first establishes control, then tries to secretly assess personality. All acts of torture or coercion are meant to exploit this advantage in order to gain what is needed.

Interrogation Objectives. The interrogators have several goals and a precise order in which these are carried out.

1. Control the environment.
   The religious detainee must realize that God is there with them. So do not be afraid.
2. Obtain knowledge about you and your activities.
   The religious detainee must realize that no matter what horrible secrets they know about you, you are forgiven. So do not speak to them. Under the new laws you have no right to an attorney and you are guilty. Nothing you say will be helpful to you. Anything you say gives them an idea about your fears and weaknesses.
3. Assess your personality, strengths and weaknesses.
   The religious detainee must realize that Christ is their strength, there will be justice and God is watching. Apathy, silence and disinterest is your only weapon. Do not be baited by arguments designed to make you respond based on the things about which you are passionate or on arguments that you think you can win. You cannot win. So if they want to say that the earth is flat, let them.
4. Match the appropriate investigator to your personality.
   The religious detainee must realize that no one is your friend. A fake interest in your religion, family and hobbies is just a pretense.
5. Create an interrogation plan suited towards your personality and religion. Later, they may change to coercive methods if they believe that milder methods will not work.
   The religious detainee must realize that they will torture you, no matter what. There is nothing you can do to stop it. They will make you feel guilty by telling you that you could have stopped it, but do not believe anything they say. Assume that every time they open their mouth a lie falls out.
6. Develop a relationship between you and the interrogator. You create emotional bonds because your freedom or needs in captivity depends on this person. They hope that you will get to the state where you do not want to disappoint this person.
   This is the role that the religious detainee must keep separate. God is your friend, these people are not. Since I wrote this article four years ago, I found evidence this year that the government has contracted with a company to find methods to deal with religious detainees. They will probably concentrate on methods that evoke guilt and shame. Rape, sexual situations, homosexual torture, guilt, unclean foods and public shame.
7. Get you to a breaking point and "help" you to find a way out through submission.
   The religious detainee must submit to God only.
8. Confession, conversion, cooperation.
   The religious detainee must not convert.

There are some fundamental differences between ordinary criminals versus people targeted for persecution. This changes the goals of an interrogation, but not the psychological methods.

Comparison	Criminal	Religious Detainees
Characteristic	May tell a lie	No lying, silence
Goal 1	Confession	Conversion
Goal 2	Information on crime	Information on others or beliefs
Strengths	Innocence	Holy Spirit
Weaknesses	Fear, guilt	Loved ones
Opportunities	Alibi, money, lawyer	Testimony, witness about God, Bible study
Threats	Imprisonment	Torture, imprisonment and death

In an atmosphere of religious persecution we have a moral advantage over that of normal detainees. We are not criminals. This is our basic situation:

• We are not criminals. In fact, we are in this predicament because we want to be faithful to God.
• We have information they need - (location of other members)
• We refuse to behave in a prescribed manner on moral grounds.
• We are compassionate. Because of this they can attempt to exploit guilt by limiting options. (for example, a terrible act will occur because we refuse to do what they demand). This will be blamed on us. But this is false. They are the ones who are limiting our choices. They are the ones who will perform this terrible act.

Phases of Interrogation

1. Establish bonds. The theory is that you are less likely to lie to this person and later on in the interrogation, you might feel the need to please this person. Or you may feel stress about their opinion of you.
2. Establish normal behavior. Through the use of body language, they determine how you behave when you are being truthful or deceptive. The interrogators use two basic techniques
   1. Kinesic Interview. Establishes how you act when you are telling the truth.
   2. Neurolinguistic Interview. Establishes how your brain works when you are processing information. What you do when you are thinking versus remembering.
3. Preliminary determination of guilt. By using thinking and memory questions. Observation of body language will tell whether or not you are being deceptive about the nature of the crime. In a normal criminal investigation, it is at this point where a determination is made to continue the questioning. If they believe that you are being deceptive, then the interrogation will continue.
   
   For cases involving religious persecution, you will move to the next phase no matter what. Because the motive is not confession it is coerced conversion, or justification for extermination.
4. Direct accusation. Using a combination of lies and displays of dominance, you will be lead to believe that they have information that they do not have.

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5. Theme Development. The prisoner is not allowed to talk other than to confess. They will talk fast, use absurd logic, answer their own question with the answer that they want you to give. During this time the interrogator provides them with an "acceptable" reason for committing the crime that fits with their personality and beliefs. They develop several different stories for the theory of the crime and try to determine, by body language, the story that you are more likely to accept. For cases of religious persecution, they may use logic or scholarly argument.
   
   This is where knowledge of the personality can give them ideas about how to structure their stories. They may emphasize duty to the ISFJ and ESFJ. To the ESFJ who hates criticism, they may base the acceptable story on one that no one can criticize.
   They will give you several alternate reasons for committing the crime or for cooperating. They try to establish which reason is more or less acceptable. They continue this activity for hours until you are at the point of surrender. It may take as little as four to eight hours to break you.
   
   Notice that the objective is no longer truth - but believing that you are guilty they will attempt to find the story to which you will confess. And why will you confess if you are innocent? Because you are tired. You have been psychologically drained. You have been repeatedly told that you are lying, that no one believes you, that you are guilty, or even that they sympathize with your reasoning and actions. You feel trapped. You want a break, a way out. Your one thought is to do anything to get home, get some rest and deal with this later. And they have crafted just the right story that you will accept. And because you have regressed to an infantile state you will believe and do foolish things.
   
   To deal with this, believe in your innocence, then remember that these will be the war stories of your life experiences. When we get to heaven, we will be telling these stories. So remember every detail and remember every loving word of encouragement that God has given you.
   You may find yourself actually saying, "If I had more to give, I would gladly give it to God".
6. Cooperation. The interrogator gives the suspect two options for confession. One will be rejected and the other will be accepted by the prisoner.

Tactics
The strategy will be to try to assess the person and match them with the appropriate investigator.

Preparation

• Control
  • Physical - arrest, location of interrogation.
  • Psychological - deliberately withhold information that could put your mind at ease. In fact, they might try to imply that the worst might or will happen - if you do not cooperate.
    
    They might also try to minimize the threat or seriousness so that you might cooperate.
• Analysis of your personality through several methods.
  • Body language
  • Interview
  • Friends and acquaintances - background interviews.
  • Test questions
• Analysis of your beliefs to target on the weaker points.
  • Will use false logic where faith is the key.
  • Will appeal to the views of the majority.
  • Will target on your arrogance. How could you be right and so many people are wrong?
  • Will exploit your education or lack of it.
• Analysis of your response
  • Body language
  • Scientific methods - lie detectors like the polygraph or the new lie machine.

Coercive Methods
There are many methods to gain compliance. These can be enhanced with the proper environment, psychological torture, deprivation and drugs.

• Force. This was the method used most often in the middle ages.
  • Torture. With this method the church killed 50 - 100 million people.
  • Threat. To yourself, family and friends.
  • Debility. Weakness through starvation, exposure and exhaustion.
  • Drugs. Detainees are reporting the use of psychotic drugs such as LSD. Drugs will be given to make you more relaxed and talkative or to increase your terror through mental delusions or to create a physical addiction that they can use to trade drugs for cooperation during your painful withdrawl. Drugs like LSD and methadone cause severe pain with the withdrawal symptoms.
• Technology. The use of instruments to measure your involuntary physical responses.
  • Polygraphs. Perfected by the year 1939, it measures, pulse rate, blood pressure, respiration, perspiration. These measurements normally increase as you are lying.
  • The Lie Machine. Invented in the year 2002. It measures involuntary changes in the blood supply around your eyes - without your knowledge.
  • Brain Wave fingerprinting. This analyzes the P300 brain wave and detects when you see something familiar. You are asked to view a series of photographs and your reaction is measured.
  Suppose you know the hiding place or name of church members that they want to get. They may show you names of places or images and guess the correct answer by observing your response.
  With the new lie machine, they will measure the blood rushing to your eyes as you see the name of the street where they are. Your brain will show increased activity for the same reason. These are all involuntary responses that the normal human cannot control.
  
  Your best defense to all questions is silence, and closing your eyes and prayer.
• Truth Serums. They do not force people to tell the truth, they lower our inhibitions so that we talk more. The more we talk the more information we give. So shut up!
• Hypnosis. Under any form of investigation, you should never subject yourself to this. Resist. You are fighting for control of your mind. If you allow this, you are subject to human and demonic forces.
• Friendliness. This is a lie. Their objective is to establish a bond so that you will feel intense guilt at betraying this person. Remember that only God deserves such loyalty. Think about betraying God versus man.
  
  If you think you can control your emotions - then you underestimate the effect on your mental wellness under these tactics. You will seek out any friendly human face anyone who sympathizes with you - even your torturer.
• Exploiting your expected weaknesses. These are assessed through general personality traits, abnormal psychological behaviors or external concerns (children, property, job, or finances).
• Lying. They will lie about evidence, about other people confessing, about knowing information that they are trying to get from you.
  
  They can also "lie" by setting up the environment to make you believe something that is not true. This is usually done when two or more people are involved. They might make you think that the other person has talked by letting you "accidentally" see them smiling or acting friendly towards the other person. In your state of shock and turmoil, your mind will create false answers for the situation. In a panic you will do the wrong thing and unknowingly give them information that you want to keep a secret.
  
  Was This a Trap? In April 2006, the government announced that they had dismissed one of their agents for leaking information to the press. They did this on a Friday so that they could have a two day advantage over the week end. This announcement followed a new policy of giving everyone a lie detector test to see where the embarrassing leaks came from. By the next work day the person in question claimed that she was never fired and had not confessed. Whatever the truth is, it points to a possible scheme to determine who might be involved in the leak. They have now claimed the right to eavesdrop on any phone conversation without court approval. One can assume that this was being done. In making this announcement of a confession, it seems that they may have been trying to scare the journalists and agents involved. And, they probably monitored the behavior and phone calls of the handful of people that they suspect might be involved. In an atmosphere of panic, the people probably did not follow their normal precautions. So they have probably been trapped by displaying certain expected behaviors. Therefore, this was probably just disinformation and propaganda.
  
  Propaganda. In the case of religious persecution, there is also the coercion on the general population. The news media will be used to tell lies about you. They will invite you on their shows so that they can make you look like an idiot. This is easily done by repeating the false statements about you and then not allowing you to defend yourself. You will constantly be interrupted in the middle of your sentence. You are left to repeat yourself at every opportunity or try to analyze how much of your position you think was clearly stated. It makes you look like you are incoherent and have no arguments. However, the host and the opposition are allowed to say whatever they want. The host is always on the side of the opposition.
  People will infiltrate your church and commit deliberate acts of violence and degradation so that it can be applied to you. The only way you can fight this is to continue to be a loving person to those around you.
• Body Chemistry. They can change the body's chemical response by drugs, hypnosis or enforced weakness through lack of sleep or food. You are less likely to think clearly and defend yourself under these conditions.
• Physical Pain and Discomfort. These are some of the methods of torture.
  • Bagging - attempted suffocation with a plastic bag.
  • Electric shock
  • Beating
  • Tying to a radiator or heat source.
  • Exposure to temperature extremes
  • Water torture
  • Humiliation - nakedness, rape. Men are not immune.
  • Attempted drowning.
  • See a list of medieval torture methods.
• Disorder. This tactic does not allow you to maintain a routine. You do not know when you will be allowed to eat or sleep. They may feed you too often or not enough, wake you up just before or just after sleep. This frustrates every attempt at order.
• Enforcing trivial demands. This demonstrates control over nonsense. It is frustrating.

Body Language
The body, especially the face and the eyes, betray a lot about the internal emotions. Interrogators will look at your expressions before, and after a question has been asked. One obvious way to defeat this system is to be silent or to keep your head and eyes down so that they cannot evaluate facial expressions. This may be counter productive, because they might resort to more coercive methods. But if you are innocent and you believe that this is a witch hunt then try to give as little information as possible. Conceal your body language. Do not accept the theory that only the guilty person will be uncooperative.
In the case of religious persecution, it is not a question of guilt. It is a question of annihilation. So, you may have information on the location of friends that they want to capture, and you may not. If the strategy of the group is to answer no questions, then they cannot tell why you are not answering. But if you answer some questions and refuse to answer others, then they will have reason to explore those areas that you are avoiding.

Finally, remember that apathy is their number one enemy. They do not want you to get to this point. If you do not care what happens then you will not give in to their threats.

Body Language - Visual Evaluation
An experienced interrogator can use a lie detector and body language to guess if you are exhibiting deceptive behavior. The speed and number of times you blink your eyes, shaking your foot or leg, crossing or uncrossing your legs, the tilt of your head, the direction (left or right) in which you turn your head when you are thinking of an answer, amount of perspiration and skin temperature fluctuations. All these are indications of deception.

Here is a summary of some body language evaluations:

• Thinking. The eyes will move to a certain spot. Usually to the left or straight up. This includes questions such as mathematical calculations.
• Remembering. The eyes will generally look to the right. For example, what did you have for lunch yesterday?
• Creating. Your head might tilt to the right if you are accessing the creative side of your brain.
• Truth or deception. You might be deceptive if you are trying to think of an answer that you should be remembering.
• Surrender position. Head down, head in hands with elbows on your legs.
• Nervousness. Arms, leg and shoulder movement.
• Dominance. Arms outstretched, feet spread apart.

Body Language - Electronic Evaluation
The old lie detector could read the changes in respiration, heart rate, perspiration and other physical changes that indicate that there is discomfort and possibly deceptive behavior. This machine had to be physically connected to the suspect and evaluated by experts.

In January 2002, a new device that can indicate deception was introduced. It requires no experts and can be in use without your knowledge. It reads the thermal images around your eyes. It is based on an involuntary response when people lie. Usually the muscles around the eyes change slightly, and this causes an increase in blood flow around that area of the face. It is said to be 80% accurate.

So, learn to plant your feet firmly on the ground, close your eyes, look straight ahead and say nothing. Wiggle your eyes every once in a while and learn how to blush for no apparent reason. They will not know if you are reacting to a question or not.

You can confuse them by deciding to alternate where you are looking as you answer a question. Or keep your eyes fixed straight ahead and closed, but you may not be able to fool the new lie detector. Their results will be random and inconclusive if you can control your other behaviors.

In a criminal case, this tactic might prolong your interrogation. In a persecution scenario, this might not matter since their intent is to detain you no matter what. And they will lie about the fact that they have a lie detector - so believe nothing they tell you.

Effect on the Personalities. Many of these psychological methods are designed to make you turn inwards. To regress to an earlier stage. People usually progress from a stage of daydreaming to hallucinations. For this reason, the intravert may hold out longer. Since 75% of the population is extrovert and the rarest personality types are all intraverts or those who turn inwards for guidance, it is no accident that these methods are designed to fit the majority. Most methods are based on control.

Therefore, the intravert and rare personality types may be targeted for more severe coercion earlier on in the interrogation. So your personality type should be guarded with just as much diligence as your DNA or back account. It is the key to your mind.

General Method	Need	Personality Trait Exploited
Monopolisation of Perception	Control	Choleric will react to the lack of control. The sanguine will be overcome by boredom. ENTJ, ENTP and ISTP will react to the control. ENTP will hate the boredom
Threats	Control	All personalities
Occasional indulgences	Affection	Sanguine and melancholy personalities will be trapped in a cycle of hope and despair
Isolation	Inclusion	Extravert will be depressed by the lack of human contact
Induced weakness or exhaustion	Control	All personalities. Phlegmatic or stubborn will eventually resist. Choleric may resent loss of control, ENTJ, INTP and ISFJ may be the first to react to the chaos and disorder of this tactic.
Demonstrating 'omnipotence'	Control	Choleric will not like the control forced on them. ENTJ, ENTP and ISTP will react to the control.
Degradation, Humiliation	Control	All personalities. Extroverts, sanguine and perfectionists may initially react to the perception of others. ISTJ and ESTP are the neat personalities.
Enforcing Trivial Demands	Control	Sanguines will be bored. Phlegmatics will eventually become stubborn.
Sensory Deprivation	Control	All personalities. Extroverts and "sensing" types will be the first to react because they depend on the external environment.
Chemically mimic sensory deprivation	Control	All personalities
Psychological torture	Control	All personalities
Physical torture	Control	All personalities

This is not meant to imply that only some personalities suffer. All personalities will eventually be affected by all methods of torture and coercion. But some will become victims more easily than others to some of these methods.

Consequences
One of the consequences of long hours of questioning while being told repeatedly that you are not telling the truth is false confessions. With children, they will tell any story that they think the adult wants them to say. Often, people get an idea of what the interrogators want by the theme development process. So, you must be certain of the truth before the interrogation starts. Because several hours later, you will be tempted to believe what they say. They will convince you that you have committed terrible crimes and "blocked it out of your memory" because you are basically a good person and your mind could not deal with this uncharacteristic act. You will believe this because they will lie about the evidence and your mind will want to believe it.

So ...
If you walked in believing in your innocence - do not give up!
If you walked in determined to trust in God - do not give up!
If you walked in worshipping alligators on Tuesdays - do not give up! This is not the time to make a drastic change in beliefs - especially to the beliefs of your captors. God's methods would never involve arrest, torture and forced conversion. Being stupid is better than being evil any day. But being stupid and evil has to be a tragedy begging to happen.

In cases of persecution, you have to make a decision that this type of coercive environment is not the place to change your beliefs. You should only reevaluate your beliefs when you are not under immediate threat of life or death. If your basic desire is to be obedient to God - He will understand. So what, if you cannot defend this or that doctrine at the moment? Do you love God? This is the only question you should be asking.

Manufactured Evidence
Another tactic that can be used is manufactured evidence. The police can currently do that legally to force you into a false confession. But, besides rogue investigators and prosecutors, I believe that this will be used to get false convictions to keep public opinion on their side. If the court now allows evidence obtained by torture, despite the knowledge that such evidence is almost always false, and if the government can keep you incarcerated despite the fact that their own biased military tribunals finds you innocent, then they will manufacture physical evidence. They can lie about documents and evidence and create false reports about laboratory analysis. During interrogation, they can also trick you into getting forensic evidence after the fact to support their theories.

• Tortured Confessions. Do not tell a lie or give in just to end the terror.
• Fingerprints. If you are given any documents to handle on the pretense that you should look at it to see if you have ever seen it before then they will have your fingerprints on those documents. Fingerprints cannot disclose what time they were created. What is left is your fingerprint on a signed document applying for membership in a terrorist organization, or embezzling funds or commiting crimes. Signatures are easy to fake. Finger prints are hard to fake.
• Photographs and Videotape. With computer technology and image editing you could be pictured in incriminating or embarassing acts. The false pictures could be used to blackmail or convict you.
• Audio. Audio technology could be misused in the same way that image technology is used.
• DNA. Your DNA can be collected and placed in incriminating places.

If you allow them to trick you into surrendering forensic evidence, then when they turn around and try to use that false evidence to convince you of forgotten wrong deeds it might create some inner conflict and initial confusion. So let them take this evidence by force. If they confront you with it then at least you know that you are not a criminal with memory problems.
These tactics are not only used against you, but they could be used to make you believe errors about other people. This is valuable for propaganda but also for getting your cooperation.
So, apathy and silence are your best friends. Do not talk, touch, taste, handle or look at anything they produce. Much talking gives them voice samples. Touching places your fingerprints on incriminating objects or documents. Tasting gives your DNA and provides an opportunity to drug you. Looking gives them an opportunity to read brain patterns and eye movements.

False Confessions
People usually try to avoid the punishment and torture or choose to accept the lesser of two evils by agreeing to a lighter punishment. The innocent might do this through a false confession. There are three types of false confessions:

1. Voluntary Confessions. No external pressure. People do this because of some need for fame and attention.
2. Coerced - Compliant Confessions. An innocent person confesses to receive a promised reward (lighter sentence, end of the interrogation) or to avoid a penalty (death sentence, more torture).
3. Coerced - Internalized Confessions. An innocent person believes they are guilty.

Most people would deny that false confessions exist, especially the last two. But research demonstrates that it is possible, and even when faced with contradictory evidence - some grow to believe that they must be guilty and that they are mentally blocking the details of the horrors. Others even fabricate nonexistent details to complete the story.

In one study 69% signed a false confession and 28% believed they were guilty. This study was divided into two separate groups, among one of the groups 100% signed the confession, 65% of them believed that they were guilty and 35% made up elaborate stories surrounding the incident. This experiment did not involve torture and the crime was less serious - but it still demonstrates how quickly people can be led into believing something false - even when they are not being tortured. The psychological methods were the key factor.

People can be induced into false confessions simply to obtain a lesser punishment - if they believe that there is no other way out or to avoid more punishment. They hope with a good night's sleep, a lawyer and time the evidence will prove their innocence.

Forced Recruitment The same tactics that are used to obtain false confessions are used to coerce recruits. They isolate, befriend, lie and intimidate. Cults do the same thing. The fact is that you should never make any important decisions in a coercive or highly emotional environment. Because if you comply out of fear or confusion you will become a victim or you will victimize others around you.

Police use several techniques to obtain confessions:

• Control Environment. They isolate you by cutting off communications with family and friends. The best way to do this is to place you into custody in their own environment. Then they remove all methods of communications.
• Friendship or Sympathy. This is a lie. They are acting friendly and showing sympathy to gain your confidence.
• Lying. The interrogator will say that there is evidence (fingerprints, photographs, eyewitness) that implicates you. They might also say that an accomplice has confessed implicating you.
• Physical Discomfort. Bright lights, loud noise, soundproof or bare room.
• Mental Discomfort. Sleep deprivation, long interview sessions with no breaks.
• Intimidation. Use of profanity, approaching too closely. Military recruits will call you a coward.
• Torture. Most people would accept any offers to avoid this punishment
• Appeals to God and religion. If you believe in God and you believe in an unfriendly angry God who must be appeased then you are more likely to be affected by guilt. The military will appeal to patriotism.
• Church, Friends and Relatives. In the last days these people will be used against you.
• Hypnosis. False memories can be planted under these techniques. Do not submit to hypnosis for any reason whether or not you think it is a friendly environment.

Bible Studies
The government is in the process of penalizing and monitoring thought. On October 23, 2007 the congress passed the "H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" by 404: 6. Interestingly it was written by businessmen. Section 899A, Part 2 defines "Violent radicalization as follows:

The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.

This law gives them more right to go after any group. It is part of the same weird pattern of the government infiltrating pacifist environmental organizations soon after September 11 as a part of looking for "terrorists". They spent resources infiltrating a group of sixty year old women who were trying to preserve trees! Why use critical resources at such a critical time to promote a business agenda?
Somehow business interests that the public would normally scrutinize are being lumped into laws about terrorism. Businesses have also been known to infiltrate consumer organizations to gather information, intimidate members and produce or create evidence for law suits.

Although section 899F appears to guarantee civil rights and civil liberties, to be committed to neutrality and to monitor compliance, we see from the six years under the Patriot Act that such declarations are a farce and window dressing for the willfully blind. The fact is, that in Europe, Britain, Canada and some democratic Asian countries the definition of "facilitating", "promoting" and "preventing" has come to include the belief that anything that "might cause" violence or harm "is not inclusive" or "is divisive" should be criminalized. Therefore, you now cannot "insult" another person's belief or person. Violence is now being reinterpreted as "causing harm". This is not only physical harm, but any actual or perceived and subjective non-physical harm or potential harm. So now the emphasis is not on what you said or meant, the emphasis is on how your potential enemy interprets your actions. Whatever they feel is the basis for the criminal charge. Whaterever the government thinks "could lead to civil disturbance" is the basis for criminal charge. It is not your actions or even your intent.

In this twisted logic, promoting peace is harmful if their policy is war. The government is now penalizing any church that even mentions peace or any statement that remotely criticizes their policy. At the same time they allow other churches to tell their congregations who to vote for and who tell their congregations to support all government activities, including torture. Your pastor may be unable to advise you. Your leaders may be unable to support you because of the rules under their tax exempt status. Therefore, as a private citizen it is up to you to start and support bible studies in your home. Make sure that it can only be said that you are a member of a particular church but that it can never be said that the church supports your activities even if the church believes in your religious teachings. People might actually join your group to get you focused on "peace" groups with a "moral agenda" whose sole purpose is to get you involved in activities or with a group that will discredit you by your innocent association.
Keeping in mind the fact that the government or businesses sends people to infiltrate your organization and that such people may even be the ones to propose or discuss radical ideas, you can minimize your exposure. Here is a set of policies you can use for your own personal bible studies. It protects you from being held responsible for any activities of the church and it protects the church from being blamed for any activities that might be connected to your group.

• Money. Do not collect money or dues. Financial entanglements puts you at risk for a whole new set of scrutiny and charges.
• Contact Information. Do not keep membership lists, addresses or phone numbers and do not give out the personal information of other members.
  Church Directories. Sooner or later these lists will be used against us. Let them work hard for any information they want.
• Meeting Places. Do not use church property to meet in or produce your materials for your Bible studies.
• Radical Members. Do not let anyone steer you towards any activities or conversation other than Bible studies and the issues related to it. Even if they are morally legitimate concerns. Do not be sucked into "peaceful" activities such as demonstrations or letter writing campaigns.
• Bible Study Only. Do not lose focus. Discuss the word of God, discuss prophecy, discuss current events but do not get involved in any activities that might support violence. Your only activities with this group must be the weekly meetings that you have. Make it a rule not to meet any where, any place, any time for any other activities. I am not saying that activism is wrong. In fact you should speak up for the helpless and oppressed. You should be offended by torture and intimidation and exploitation. However, under the current legal environment, it will be too easy to disrupt your Bible study effort by a single person whose sole purpose is to entrap you into expressing ideas that the government wants to construe as a threat. All you need is one news story with your name, religious affiliation and their innuendoes to ruin you.
  Mark of the Beast Bible Study. No matter what you do this aspect will be interpreted negatively. But you now have the evidence all around you to show that what we have been predicting for 150 years is now occurring. Here is a sample of how you can get in trouble by what you have to say.
  • "Promoting and extremist belief system". The idea that the government in union with the church is the Antichrist and is the fallen Babylon the Great. This is substantially no different from the Muslim belief that the United States is the "Great Satan".
  • "Facilitating ideologically based violence". They have to take a great leap to make this charge but they could argue that what we are doing is potentially harmful.
    Cleansing the Temple. However, I believe that in the defense of justice and the name of the Lord we will do something similar to what Christ did when He cleansed the temple. He was charged with "violence against trade" and they cemented their plans to kill Him. At some point, we have to be courageous about defending the name of God when Satan is in the church and in protecting the innocent. However, it will not be with weapons.
  • "Advance religious or social change". Leave Babylon, "come out of her My people".

Arrest
Anyone can be arrested for charges such as "disorderly conduct", "inciting a riot", "disturbing the peace", "loitering" or "trespassing". Heaven does not credit your suffering as worthy if you deliberately try to instigate a confrontation to force the police to take more restrictive actions. In fact, you would have caused this person to sin by preying on his weakness or on the weakness in his system of justice.
We are assuming that any actions against you are the result of religious persecution. So you may be arrested in your home, church or at a peaceful, noncombative demonstration. So never cause a confrontation and pretend to be the innocent victim. Traditional civil disobedience strategies may be immoral for you. But, if you are ever unjustly attacked never do the following.

• Resist Arrest. Never handcuff yourself to other objects or become a dead weight that the officers have to drag away.
• Sudden Movements. Do not make sudden movements or put your hand in your pocket or clothing. Make sure your hands are visible so that the officer has no legitimate reason to feel threatened. Wait for them to give you instructions.
• Argue. Be genuinely respectful. Do not argue, scream or talk back, especially when it is obvious that they are baiting you. You have a right to know the charges so you can ask. But wait until they are ready if they refuse to answer.
• Beaten. If you are being beaten or electrocuted or forcibly restrained, your body will automatically or involuntarily respond to the pain. Those natural actions will be used to further beat and restrain and bring on charges of resisting. So curl yourself into a fetal position and protect your head with your arms if possible. If you cannot breathe make that known as loudly as possible because you are in immediate danger.
• Disobey. Obey all their moral requests. Turn the other cheek if you have to.
• Cooperate. You only have to be silent about information that they will use to persecute others. Your cooperation should not extend any further. Remain silent.

Prison
If you are captured, your options are limited. You will probably be given the gift of martyrdom This does not mean that you will die, but it does mean that you will be given the spirit of joy and courage. To survive, remember who you are and remember these principles and be happy that these are the last days.

• Jail Cell. In your jail cell, sing, repeat Bible verses, witness to other prisoners at the top of your voice. God will tell you what to say.
• Interrogation. Be polite. Practise apathy. During interrogation do not say anything and close your eyes. Do not look at pictures or other documents. Put your face in your hands if possible. Ignore their questions. God will tell you what to say if He needs you to appeal to someone. For every negative label that they throw at you, tell yourself that this is their problem. This is their sin. If they call you a liar, it is because they are liars. If they call you stupid, it is because they are stupid and lack even the basic intelligence of a chimpanzee. Never accept the role that they are trying to impose on you. God is your master, not them. You are a human being of worth, not them.
• Court. God will tell you what to say. Under the Patriot Act and the military tribunal system, they do not care about what you have to say. Think of this as the process by which God is gathering evidence against them, not the forum in which you can prove your innocence.

Fighting Back

Torturing the Religious In 2005, years after writing this page, I learned that the government has commissioned a study on the effects of torture on a religious person. I laugh at this because this is a battle that they cannot win. They will resort to tactics that involve degradation, sexual humiliation, ritual uncleanliness and pain. Just remember that in this place, "I have no friend but God. I have no friend but God. I have no friend but God."

Fighting back effectively requires you to be assured that it is God who is ultimately in charge.

• Pray. Constantly talk to God and imagine that He is there with you. Remember that the whole universe is watching you in awe. You are a hero. At that moment God is designing a medal for you that rewards your struggles.
• Silence. Jesus used this tactic when He was arrested. It is useless to talk to them. A prisoner of war is only required to give their name, rank and serial number. You are only required to give a bible study. You are not required to prove that their views are wrong. This will be impossible since you are approaching life from two different sources of authority. You believe in the bible only. They believe in human philosophy.
• Feelings. Do not give in to any extremes of emotion. They can be influenced by drugs, diet and your surroundings. Go by what your know about God, not what you are feeling. If you are unsure, just remember that your situation is not His will and that He is close by you. Do not try to understand why He is not helping. Jesus experienced the same sense of abandonment on the cross, but He still submitted to God and waited.
• Apathy. Apathy is your best friend. If they think that you care about something then they have power over you. So do not worry or care about anything. Do not let their threats, promises or actions cause you any distress.
  Do not let them know what you care about, especially your fears. Do not accept indulgences. Do not ask for favors or get excited about anything. Whatever you enjoy or hate or are afraid of will be used as a weapon against you.

  An Air of Superiority or Humility? In anger you might be tempted to harbor feelings of hatred, resentment and even moral and religious superiority. Do not! Yes, they are moral degenerates. Yes, God says rejoice at their punishment. But I am trying to help your mental state. God would rather that you show an attitude of kindness and mercy even though you have the right to salivate at their impending destruction. Maintaining this attitude is better for your present mental health than for your future feeling of vindication. This is the only attitude that might lead someone to repent. Hatred will not.

• Songs of Pain. I discovered that I could reduce the effect of pain by simply moaning and groaning. I also found that if I moaned the tune of a song that I could feel even better. Sometimes I could only groan every other note if the pain is intense. Or, if I could not make any sounds then I could breathe the tune of a song. The shallow breaths helped to manage the pain.
  At some point in the interrogation you will not be allowed to speak, so they might not want you to entertain yourself. So if you groan on alternate notes or breathe the tune they will not know.
  • Defensive. Sing songs that are cheerful or that remind you of God.
  • Offensive. Sing songs that remind your captors of love, brotherhood and humanity. God will be working with you. They cannot walk away from the fact that you are human and should not be treated in a cruel manner. You may have to choose secular songs of which God would approve. For example, "He ain't heavy, he's my brother", "What the world needs now is Love", "I'm only human" or "We are the world".
• Self Denial. Now that I have the model of Guantanamo Bay and our "black sites" and secret prisons, I see that this web page must have been inspired by God just as much as the lessons on religion. But I must expand on one advice that I listed briefly. I have learned that they will use one tactic against another to trick or force you into a state of disobedience so that they can justify your punishment. Never give them these opportunities. Let them torture you with a total knowledge of their degenerate nature.
  
  Two Styrofoam Cups. One trivial rule in our concentration camps say that no prisoner should have more than one cup. But prison guards would deliberately give their prisoners two cups. Prisoners would use one for drinking and the other for personal hygiene. Later they would be beaten and cruelly man handled for having two styrofoam cups.
  The army used an "occasional indulgence" to break a "trivial law" and the prisoner is innocently lured into this. They have no control over the distribution of cups.
  So, when you are in prison, learn their laws and do not violate them if they are not related to the moral laws of God. One way to do this is to practice self denial. Never give in to an occasional indulgence. Remember the advice of Jesus. If they force you to give them your coat, give up your cloak also. Your attitude should be to let them stuff themselves with all they want to steal or forcibly take. You see, in their future, it is God who will make them vomit these things out of their mouths, out of their ears, out of their nostrils and out of their rear ends. Let them heap coals of fire on themselves and help them in this process by shoveling more coal to them.
  As for you, remember to be content in all things and always give thanks.
• Good. Overcome evil with good. Be a moral and ethical person. Be outraged at their behavior and act if you have the capacity to do so but limit your action to the moral tools you have. Kindness, compassion, faith, courage and perseverance. Always stand up for the oppressed no matter what it costs you. But be willing to be oppressed in your pursuit of justice.
• Unity in Adversity. Do not submit to their tactics to divide and conquer you. Be the servant leader by sharing their misery. One method is to enlist you to be a leader of a group as a reward for your "model behavior". Do not accept these positions. Christ is the leader of each prisoner. Make every effort to share the same burden as your brothers and sisters. Do not accept a privilege or status that they do not have. Do not entertain the lie that you can somehow affect their treatment. You will be used as a conduit for their evil and psychological torture.
  Become a flat organization without a human leader. Encourage each other. Encourage those who are accustomed to looking to others for guidance to have confidence in their own decisions. Tell them to look to Christ only. He will guide their decisions.
  The dependent people will be seen as the weaklings in the pack and they will circle in for the kill. For the same reason they will target those who assume a mantle of leadership so that they can demoralize the others. So be equal, be flat and let no one stand out.

Hiding from Persecution

Promise God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change. - Psalm 46: 1, 2

Even now Christians in many parts of the world are suffering from persecution. This is especially true for the Christians in Sudan. The strategy of "total war" used by the government has caused them to have their watering holes poisoned, taken as slaves, limbs amputated, starved, homeless, raped and tortured. Just because they are Christians. This long term persecution can only be handled by God and the work and prayers of their brothers and sisters around the world.
It has now become true for Christians in Iraq. Instead of the war being "a blessing from God to open up the Middle East to the Gospel", it has become a disaster for Christianity. The Christians are being driven out of the one Muslim country that used to protect them.
We can only pray that when the final persecution of the church comes that it will be short - although it will be very intense.

The above discussions talk about what to expect in captivity, but what do you do if you have to run? Probably the best way to hide is in a large city. But we are instructed to leave the cities when a certain event happens because of what God will do there. However, here are some of the short and long term evasion tactics:

• Urban evasion. Live in the city among the homeless population. If necessary, act insane or feeble minded.
• Secret hiding places. These are temporary solutions until you can decide what to do. Unlike the days of slavery, anyone who is not hiding is on the other side.
• Wilderness evasion. Hiking and camping, living in caves.
• Supernatural Help. This is your only long term solution.

Outdoor Problems • Keeping clean • Finding water • Food preparation • Taking care of your feet. Cut toe nails. • Large groups • Young children • Hiding body heat • Noise

Through your Social Security number (or other government Identification), bank records, income tax records, Vehicle tag number, and utility records the government will have the following information to use against you

• Freeze financial assets
• Confiscate property - they could assume that you are using wilderness property to hide
• Monitor roads and transportation terminals
• Know your religion
• Track you electronically as you escape through phone calls, using credit cards or checks, driver's license plates, speed passes, vehicle theft devices and any mobile electronic services that you have.

As you see events unfolding, prepare your equipment and be ready to leave in 15 minutes. From my experience, a backpack weight of 40 pounds is ideal.

Militia Groups
Militia groups are a growing number of citizens who are arming themselves for the war to come in the New World Order. Many of them are hate groups who rebel against the progress of minority groups. Most believe in violent resistance.

Do not get involved. Do not learn their ways. Do not take their advice. Do not support them by buying their materials.
Their violent methods are contrary to God's methods. Their methods will implant a mental attitude that is contrary to what God requires you to do. You must approach your persecutors with love and kindness - even at the risk of being caught. Use the sword of the Spirit (the word of God) not the sword of defense (gun). Finally, since God says we should not prepare, all their advice may be a violation of that command.

Although my advice seems like preparation also, what I am actually doing is to tell you about the things that you will help you to physically adjust as quickly as possible so that you can concentrate on spiritual matters.

Tracking and Trailing

Good Conditions
• Hot sun • Strong wind • Heavy rain and lightning • Fog • Hard ground: asphalt roads, rocks • Running water • Strong animal scent - skunks • Cloudy, moonless nights
Best Practices
• Fire - no fires • Shoe sole - no patterns • Small groups - less than ten • Camping rules - take out garbage • Toilets - six inches deep for single use • Silence - noise travels far • Walk under trees • Clothing color - no bright colors • No perfumes or deodorant • Bathe whenever possible. Keep dry. • No running - increases odors • Protect your feet and legs • Under forty pounds in backpack • Silk clothes • Use bandana for a towel and many other uses
Evasion Tactics
• Walk on rocks or hard surfaces • Backtrack • Wear shoes backwards • Walk backwards • Tiptoe • Walk on edge of foot • Multiple trails • Walk in stream and leave many exits
Evading Technology
• Walk under tree covers • No fires, no cooking • Camouflage colors • Silence • Hide body heat (caves, underground locations) • No phones or electronic equipment • Limit activities in the open • Abandon vehicles • Leaders should avoid public terminals • Cash transactions only
Food
Develop recipes that do not require cooking. • Water • Raw oats, Grapenut cereal. Total™ cereal. • Powdered milk • Raisins, dried fruit • Nuts • Candy bars • Cereal bars • Crackers (reduced salt) • Nutritional Yeast • Couscous If you must cook. These require minimal cooking. • Couscous (can cook in cold water) • Presoaked lentils
Independent Living
If you are fortunate enough to have a hide away out in the country, invest in the following. • Bicycle • Solar homes or emergency solar generator • Organic farming • Well water or independent water system Apartment and City Living. • Bicycle • Solar generator • Farming in pots on balconies or near windows • Water storage containers

Everyone imagines a time when we will be running for our lives in the woods or hiding in caves. Others believe that they will be safe living in their homes out in the "country".
It is probably impossible for several small groups with a grand total of even 3000 to escape undetected in the woods of any major country. Therefore, the only strategies that I can think of, is to alert you about the things that are not helpful to you. Beyond this, it is the work of God to protect hundreds of thousands of us and our children. In the past God has used weather conditions to stop the enemy. Expect this. Be grateful for poor weather conditions. Rain and lightning are some of the worst walking and camping conditions - but they are good for confusing tracking dogs.

Technology

• Night vision
  • Thermal imaging can "see" body heat even through dust or smoke
  • InfraRed "sees" low levels of light
• Ground radar
• Pain beams
• Monitoring electronic transactions
• Satellites can see objects the size of a cigarette box even through clouds

Scent Trails
These conditions are not good for tracking, because they help to leave or retain body scent that can be tracked by dogs.

• Air and ground temperatures approximately equal
• A mild dull day with moisture in the air and slow evaporation
• Damp ground and vegetation
• Ground overshadowed by trees
• Blood
• Running gives off more body odor than walking away calmly.
• An unclean body - this will be a problem
• Heavy growth of vegetation

Visible Signs
These conditions are not good for tracking, because they leave visible signs of your presence that can be tracked.

• Carry out all garbage
• Dig a deep potty hole, insects will gather around the area
• Do not disturb cobwebs
• Do not break leaves, branches, vegetation, trample grass
• Do not kill insects
• Do not disturb stones, moss
• Silence - develop a system of sign language
• Footprints and pattern impressions of shoes
• Muddy ground

Leaving a False Trail
On land the best way to hide tracks is on hard ground or rocks. The only other way to hide trails is to brush away footprints or to walk backwards in mud. Then disguise your trail when you find a water crossing.

River Crossing

False Water Trail
Before making your false trail change direction of travel and approach the stream at a 45⁰ angle and use one of these methods to leave a false trail.

River Crossing
Point of entrance Real exits Cross diagonally Walk down center of stream Double back False exits Foot Prints Blue = walking backwards Black = Normal prints

• Pretend to cross the stream.
• Leave many false exits and disguise your true exit.

Disguise your real exit

• Leave the stream on hard, rocky ground or where there is no moss or vegetation.
• Walk backward over soft ground when leaving a stream.
• Do not cross the stream in a straight line to your real exit.
• Do not exit on moss covered rocks or tree roots.
• Always cross diagonally or walk over 100 meters (80 yards) down the middle in deep water before exiting.

Supernatural Help
There are several ways that God can work with you to cause confusion by using nature to help you. So remember my advice about respecting nature and not harming the small creatures.

1. Cloudy, moonless nights
2. Wind direction
3. Fog
4. Sun spots and electromagnetic storms to disrupt electrical signals and satellites.
5. Spiders can weave a web across the trail after you pass by. I actually saw this happen!
6. Other animals. Skunks and plants can confuse the odor trail for dogs. Birds can choose to remain quiet as you pass by or another flock far from your location can fly off as if they are disturbed. If the enemy comes across and area where birds are disturbed by his presence, then he will assume that you did not go that way since he saw no visible signs of disturbance when you walked by.
7. Methods we know nothing about. An angel stopped Baalam's donkey. Birds fed Elijah. The lions did not eat Daniel. Fish obeyed God and swallowed Jonah, swam into the nets of the disciples, and swallowed money to pay taxes.

Survival Guide Strategies

Sign language
Right hand to indicate direction. Left hand to indicate subject. Everyone who clearly understands the signal should mimic it so that those behind or not in the line of sight of the leader will get the message. Direction signals. Visual signals by pointing with right arm Touch signals with clenched hands tapping or pushing upper body Signal Visual Touch Turn left left left shoulder Turn right right right shoulder Turn back Point back over your shoulder Tap back of neck Go forward straight forward Push back of neck Stop Palms flat, turned out and vertical at shoulder height Hold arm firmly Bend or crouch Palms flat pointing down make a downward motion Push down on shoulder Get up Palms flat pointing up make an upward motion Pull up under arm Attention Wave Back Danger signals. Enemy approaching. Make a "V" with your second and third finger of your left hand and place your wrist on top of your forehead. (We are forming a devils horn). Use your right hand to indicate the direction of approach. Silence. right pointer finger over your mouth Touch signals. if there is danger at night, wake each person and make the signals on their face. Finger on their lips for silence and "V" on their forehead for enemy. Encouragement signals. God is in control. Point straight up and draw a big circle Heaven. (we are nearing home) - both hands straight up
How to whisper. Take a normal breath, exhale half of it, and then whisper into the other person's ear using the remainder of your breath.

• Supernatural help. We will have this even though we may be unaware of it.
• General Rules. Know the standard camping and backpacking rules.
• Communication. Simple sign language system when absolute silence must be maintained. There must also be signals based on touch that can be used in the darkness. Walk in single file or no more than two together. Get rid of all phones. Do not take them with you because they can still transmit your position even when you are not using them.
• Property. Before you run make copies of all your legal documents. Make arrangements while on the run and back it up by mail to turn off all utilities and services. Even if your assets are illegally frozen, pay your taxes and bills for the next month to one year. If this is not the last days, then you might have something to fight back legally. Take a record of these, check numbers and other verification and bury them in a plastic container somewhere.
  Get out of debt now, so that all you will owe are the annual tax liabilities.
  Get all the cash you can - in small bills (nothing over $100 bills and no coins).
• Be prepared.
  • Water. Whenever you see a water supply everyone should drink as much as they can and then fill up all water bottles. Before you leave a water source drink as much as possible even if you think that you are too full.
    Water will help you to walk faster and farther. Rely on God for your water. Your enemy may be planning on monitoring or ambushing known water sources.
  • Equipment. All gear must be packed and ready to go at all times. Your sleeping bag may be the most important property, pack it as soon as you wake up, unpack it just before you go to sleep.
  • Minimum Supplies. Just in case you are separated, everyone should carry everything they need to survive (sleeping gear, food and water).
• Visiting a Town. Designate one person who does not look as if they are living in the woods to go to populated areas. Only this person should have town clothes, deodorant and clean fingernails. While the group still has cash, you can go shopping. Town clothes should be kept in a separate plastic bag so that they do not pick up the smells of your other clothes. You will lose the ability to know how bad you smell. To manage the odor, keep a sheet of scented dryer sheets with the clean clothes and sleeping bags.
  
  Also try to avoid shopping like a camper - if you are the only one around. Try to disguise your profile. Authorities will be on the lookout for vegetarian, non-smokers who are camping. You will most likely be buying raisins, nuts, dried fruit, batteries, pasta and toilet paper. If you think you look suspicious buy a pack of cigarettes and throw them away later or buy liquor to wash wounds.
  Cash. Coins are prohibited for hiking. They are simply too heavy. However, new RFID technology may be embedded in cash by 2005. At certain distances this gives away your location. Their range is about three to five meters (15 feet) but with more sensitive receivers that range could be increased. This only becomes a problem if it is used to track people in wilderness areas where any presence of this technology is an indication of human life. The tags might cost about 5 to 25 cents each. Therefore, they may be embedded in larger bills. So wrap your money in tin foil. This may block the signal. But take it out of the tin foil before you go shopping!
• Strangers. If you meet strangers be prepared to leave your campsite. If you are a small group of adults you may not look suspicious. But if you have small children in such a remote location then you will be suspected.
  If they talk to you they will probably find out who you are by your conversation and lifestyle.
• Children. Play outdoor games in silence.
• Elderly. Younger members should team up with them to help them carry their extra water supply. They should be able to carry the minimum gear they need.
• Camp sites. We should probably not stay on marked trails or known campsites. Therefore, if you find a suitable location two hours before sunset use it. Campsites are very difficult to find in mountainous regions.
  If you decide to move to another campsite plan your move so that you leave as early as possible. Spend the previous day eliminating signs of that you were there. Do not stop to eat. Divide the food each person needs for their meal on the previous day and pack it with the water bottle. Eat as you walk.
  
  These are the types of camping locations you should choose. If you find a water source try to find a campsite nearby. Use your reflective blanket to shield your body heat.
  • Under a thick canopy of trees - you need a heat shield to hide your body heat at night.
  • Cave or underground
  • Crevice in a hill side or rock - use a heat shield to protect the open side
  • Abandoned tunnels or dry sewer pipes
• Toilet. This can quickly become unmanageable so that there will not be a safe spot remaining to dig a toilet. The ground is always too hard to dig the correct depth at the exact moment you need it. So, when you enter a campsite, dig two toilets as deep as possible so that it can be used more than once. If you have run out of toilet paper, find leaves that can be used. Pick leaves carefully so that we leave minimum signs of breaking the trees. Each person uses it and covers up with some of the dirt. Then it is their duty to go to the site of the third toilet and dig at least four inches. Cover the full toilets with rocks, then dirt, then dried leaves when you leave the camp. Hopefully, the layer of rocks will prevent accidental reuse. We are trying to hide any body odor or signs of camping, or insect activity.
• Food. Repack all food in reusable plastic bags so that you will have no garbage to leave behind.
  Dried food only. Raisins, grape nut cereal, and powdered milk.
• Noise Makers. I cannot stress enough how much noise travels. No pots, pans or metals that can make noise. No cooked meals. Walking sticks are wonderful but noisy, cover them with duct tape.
• Duties. Know the duties of each member especially with a large group or groups with children.
  Security. One person should guard each entrance to the camp. Listen for sounds coming from the camp and look for approaching strangers. Try to keep the noise in the camp down.
  Inspector. Have tents packed and ready to go during the day. Set up again in the evening.
  Someone should make sure that everyone's gear is always packed.
  Even when sleeping, only the sleeping bag should be out. Everything else should be packed.
  Guard. When hiking, a leader should be in front and behind the group.
  Drills. Know what to do if the enemy is coming in the day and at night. Have unexpected drills to practice packing and leaving in five minutes under different circumstances.
• Laundry. When you are reasonably secure and you have the time, take turns washing your gear. Everybody's sleeping bags should not be wet at the same time. In an emergency you can share.

  Backpack

  • Two Heavy duty trash bags to line the inside of the pack. Place sleeping bag and clean clothes and dirty clothes in separate bags.     • 1 poncho (ground cloth, shelter, raincoat)     • Sleeping bag light weight ( 50 or less)     • 1 extra shorts, silk shirt, socks, underwear     • Wear 1 long pants, 1 silk shirt.     • Hat, Sun visor and bandana     • Toilet paper in ziploc bags.     • Food repackaged in plastic bags     • 1 plastic cup (wide mouth bottle with cap)     • 1 metal spoon     • Sandals     • Baby wipes     * All purpose soap     * 1 Plastic shovel     * Duct tape, water bottles     * Regular bleach to purify water (4 drops per quart)     • A three pound tent (A luxury)     • A good ground pad - self inflating Cold Weather.     • Fleece jacket     • Reflective blanket - to minimize heat escaping Desert.     • White clothes, beige or light color. Visor * When travelling in groups these can be shared Use only green, brown, blue or dark blue colors or camouflage patterns in forests. Use white or light colors in deserts. AVOID COTTON CLOTHES in cold weather!

• Reducing your load.
  Children can share sleeping bags and other equipment.
  Families can share cups and spoons and take turns eating. The best "cup" is a wide mouth bottle with a lid. You only need one plastic cup and one unbreakable plastic spoon to eat any kind of meal.
  Groups can share one small Bible and soap.
• Spiritual Gifts. Use the spiritual gifts of the group so that you know what to do. Right now, we have no experience in this area but it should be more than just a feeling or people saying "the Lord said this or that". Many times I have heard people say this and I know it is not true because it is based on what they want to believe. I can recognize that it is false because of the situation, their attitude and the evil things that they want to do.
  However, at this point in history we should have experienced the latter rain and have some idea about how the miraculous gifts are administered.
  
  So, do not rely on members who are leading because they have experience or have learned good camping and hiking skills. Rely first on the members who have spiritual gifts.
• Sabbath. Have faith, rest on the Sabbath
• Worship. This is also the time when we will be under the worst spiritual oppression. Our conversation should center mainly around the love of God, forgiveness and the hope we have. Help each other to memorize a new Bible promise for each day. Let the children memorize a simpler version.
• New Converts. Be aware of the spiritual struggles of new converts - especially those who had no prior religious life or converted Roman Catholics who still believe that they must suffer or that God is angry.
  We are told that these times involve intense spiritual battles. It will be hard for those of us who have been faithful for years, it will be much harder for those plucked from the fire.
• Defections. If someone wants to leave, give them what they need and let them go. Leave quickly, travelling as long as possible. Disguise your direction of travel.
• Physical Conditions. I believe the time will be characterized by heat and drought. So, hopefully you will not have to deal with rain. Even though you will be hot and thirsty, remember that cold and wet is more miserable. Why do you think that one common method of torture is to subject prisoners to cold water?

Survival in Persecution and Prolonged Disaster
Since the final Christian persecution will be the worst, it helps to know what will be needed to manage your personal needs if you are fortunate enough to be independent.

Emergency Survival Kit
Item	Use
Water	Three week supply
Bleach, 2% iodine	Disinfectant, water purification
Plastic Bottles	Water storage
Large bucket	Toilet
Garbage Bags	Toilet. Window cover
Duct Tape	Repairs, bandage
Bandana	Face mask
First Aid	Injuries
Manual appliances	Can opener, scissors
Food	Crackers, honey, oats, powdered milk, dried fruit, nuts
Candles, batteries, flashlight	Light
Blanket	Warmth
Rotate into normal use and replace items with every sale

• Housing. A home with an independent or alternate source of green energy. Solar energy is the best. Otherwise a solar battery or generator to cool your refrigerator in the day and recharge batteries for light sources.
  Fallout Shelter. At least one interior room or a panic room should be designed to be used for this purpose.
• Emergency Power. Generators that do not use petroleum. I envision an emergency solar generator and battery recharger capable of operating a refrigerator but I have never seen one.
• Food. Organic garden and farming.
• Water. One quart per day per person is required. Well, river water and water purification. Rain water collection barrels and grey water recycling. That is using waste water for plants. Two methods are available for emergency water purification.
  » Chlorine Bleach. 16 drops of bleach in a gallon of water.
  » Iodine. 12 drops in a gallon of water.
• Transportation. A bicycle with a basket or vehicle that uses electricity or green fuels.
• Security. There should never be any weapons or plans for violence. Depend on God and kindness as your weapons.
• Work. See if you can telecommute. Check out what you need at home now.
• Communication. Car radio or battery operated radio.
• Health. Apply sterile techniques, liberal hand washing and use regular bleach to disinfect. Cook with onions and garlic because they contain sulfur which is a natural fungicide. Also cayenne pepper and grapefruit skin (white layer) kills viruses.

Nuclear Disaster. In this case, the biggest problem after survival of the inital blast is inhalation or exposure to contaminated dust. Stay indoors, cover mouth, nose and eyes. Cover windows with plastic and duct tape. Use stored water. Turn off ventilation systems that do not have filters.
Remember that the world will not be destroyed by a nuclear weapon.

99% Radiation Reduction
Particles	Material	Thickness
Gamma, X-ray	Steel	6.6 (17 cm)
	Lead	4 (10 cm)
	Concrete	24 (60 cm)
	Earth, brick	36 (90 cm)
	Water	48 (121 cm)
	Wood	76 (192 cm)
Beta	Wood	2 (5 cm)
Alpha	Clothing	Most

Fallout Shelter Principles. Gamma or x-ray particles are invisible and penetrate solid objects easily. Alpha and beta particles are dangerous if ingested or inhaled or left on the skin but they do not penetrate solid objects easily. The concern is to stop them from entering your body through the eyes, nose, mouth and skin.
So, place as much mass between you and the radiation, away from ground floor or roof and windows for about two weeks. Use doors, stacks of books and news papers, fill tubs, canned goods, steel cabinets, steel hurricane shutters, furniture, refrigerator. Use iodine pills or iodine water purification methods to minimize absorption of radiactive iodine. Remove clothing worn outside.
After the first two weeks there is still danger from contaminated soil and dust and from the human tragedy and diseases that will occur.

• Fallout Shelter (Below Ground). 3-5 feet of dirt.
• Apartment Buildings. Middle floors, center of building.
• House (Basement). Under the steps. Add shielding above you and in exposed areas away from windows.
• House (Above Ground). Panic rooms which are shielded by concrete and steel. Add shielding to interior, windowless rooms or closets or under stairs.
• Car. It is not a good shelter and the radiation might disable the electronics. So if you can place it over a ditch, in a tunnel or under pass and get underneath the engine block of if the trunk is filled with material it will give some protection.

Shelter Design

Mine, Cave, Underground Dirt Dirt Roof or Floor Dirt   Floor Dirt	Stair, Inner Room, Basement Upper Floor - Books, book shelf, cans Stair - Books, paper, cans - Stair - Stair - Stair Floor	Tunnel, Overpass Air Vehicles Road Dirt Concrete Dirt - - Dirt	Trench, Car Air - - Dirt - Door Dirt Dirt Dirt
Natural Shelter. Any planned space or cavity underground. Exposed basements need shielding like sandbags at windows and shielding above.	Home (Closet, Under Bed). Surround windowless inner room, closet, stair with furniture and boxes filled with books and other material. Fill tubs above this space with water or space with containers of water.	Emergency Shelter. Under car, in a trench, bank vault, inner room, tunnel, under bridge. Apartment Building. Middle floors, center room or hallway and basement. Do not go to first floor or top floors.
Unless you have two days advance notice of a nuclear disaster. It will be impossible to build a good emergency shelter with available items. You will be lucky if you get one hour of advance notice.

Food and Water. Those kept in sealed containers are good for human consumption. Even the penetrating gamma and X-rays will not harm the food. Your only danger is radioactive dust that may have fallen on the exposed containers. But your garden soil and food growing in the garden are contaminated. Sealed and covered water containers can double as your shield and then be used as your remaining water supply after the first two or three weeks when the extra layers of shielding in no longer needed.

Roof. The problem with all emergency shelters and basements is the shielding in the roof. Your home may not be designed to give adequate shielding, so it must be added above the space. The problem with emergency shelters is to build a roof that will not collapse and that is waterproof.

Outdoors. Even after the first two weeks of greatest exposure, the outdoors should be treated as contaminated. Limit your exposure. Wear protective clothing and remove them before entering your shelter.

Air. The major problem is keeping radioactive dust from entering the shelter. A damp sheet over the air intake vent will trap particles. The next problem is carbon dioxide build up inside the air tight shelter. The air will not become radioactive. But fine particles of radioactive dust will be in the air. If you can filter or trap this dust the air will be clean.

Automobiles. Cars provide no protection but they can hold your protection material. You can pack it with water, books, paper, supplies and all sorts of materials then place it over your trench to provide a thick layer of protection above. Use a door or other material against the side and pack earth against the door. Several vehicles can form a barrier at an overpass or bridge while the occupants stay under the bridge.

Car, Under Bed Air Boxes of Dirt Boxes of Dirt Door or Metal Sheet Boxes of Dirt Buckets of Water Car Roof Buckets of Water || || Ground Side View
Boxes of Dirt or cans - Dirt Buckets of Water Dirt H2O Car Car Car H2O Dirt Open door exit H2O Car Car Buckets of Water Boxes of Dirt Bathroom Top View of Car Buckets of Water Boxes of Dirt
Supplies. Car 180x72x52 inches (LxWxH) Doors. 2-3 Boxes. 250+50 Buckets. 126

Emergency. Under a truck full of supplies, such as water, dirt, building material or metal. This gives shielding above. You just need to protect the open sides by parking it next to an object or surrounding it with other vehicles. It may be easy to fill boxes, strong plastic containers with dirt or water. The water should later serve as your emergency supply.

A Design. Keep a supply of boxes and clean, stackable industrial plastic containers as your emergency plan. Boxes may be hard to fill with dirt but buckets and garbage cans can be filled with water to create a confined space that is three feet high and three feet deep on the sides for a space for one person. Round cans should be staggered. The best design is to surround your car with these objects.
On the right is a proposed design based on box sizes 12x18x12 inches (LxWxH) and buckets 18 inch high and 12 inches round. It takes two rows of boxes and buckets to give the optimum shielding.
You can use plywood sheets or cardboard instead of boxes to outline the walls to hold the dirt in a 18 inch space. Use one row of water on either side to hold up the wall.

Wall Design 1		Wall Design 2
9 inch	Boxes of Dirt	Buckets of Water	12 inch
9 inch	Boxes of Dirt	Plywood Walls and Dirt	18 inch
12 inch	Buckets of Water
12 inch	Buckets of Water	Buckets of Water	12 inch

Park in a garage to give extra shielding and security.

• Make an Exit. Open one car door. Roll down window. Leave a path to enter and exit. This requires a third or staggered wall at the end of the exit to replace the missing shield.
• Water Wall (H₂O). Stack industrial strength buckets of water around car up to the roof. This water can be used for water supply later. Stacks are three buckets high.
  Quick Build!. Apply this same system to an inner room or the portion of the basement that is above ground.
• Dirt Wall. Stack boxes of dirt or cans of food around this. This is your food supply later. Stacks are five boxes high.
  Quick Build!. If you build sturdy shelves on three walls of your garage and keep them filled with your canned goods and water supply you already have three walls built. You only need to build a wall at the door and the roof and the entire garage will be a shelter.
• Roof Shield. Place doors across the top and stack boxes or piles of dirt on top. You can place boxes around the edge on a layer of plastic as a border and pile dirt on the inside (2-3 Layers)
  Quick Build!. If the space above the garage is an attic, then place plywood sheets over the space permanently. To build the emergency shelter, cover the floor above with boxes of dirt or books or canned goods. Fill bathtubs with water. Or build a canopy with three doors on top of eight columns of cinder blocks over the car. You can also build the supports for one side of the roof columns into the wall shelves.
• Storage. Store food and supplies under the car and in the trunk and on top of the trunk and hood.

The Real Time of Trouble
The truth is that when we are on the run we might have to leave without shelter, food or sleeping bags. God tells us not to prepare, because in His laws are the elements of our preparation. If we observed the feast of Tabernacles we would be learning the skills we need to survive. Here is what might really happen.

• Shelter. We will be making a shelter from the materials in nature.
• Food. God will have to feed us.
• Clothing. God will make sure our clothes do not wear out.
• Exposure. God will protect us from the heat and cold.
• Mental Health. The traditions and readings for Tabernacles will give us the hope we need and the signs to look for.
• Leadership. The Holy Spirit will guide us.

Summary
I write these words as if we will behave as normal or like a civilized society. I write as if we were on the brink of the final persecution. I write to people who are preoccupied with acquiring as much as they can squeeze from this world - who secretly wish that God will delay His coming until they have acquired all their dreams. I write to people who would rather not think about a distant persecution or prophecy being fulfilled. I write to the people of the future who will suddenly and unexpectedly be propelled into this strange world. I write to people who are so afraid of themselves that they fear the future as prophesied in the Bible.

My one message is - Know yourself, know God - then do not be afraid.

The persecution of the Middle Ages was brutal and without compassion. They did not waste time convincing you, they gave you a single choice. Often, the hearts and minds of the public were against you. It is hard to conceive of our generation as tolerating such brutality for peaceful religious differences.
Therefore, the situation will be highly unusual, or they may do this in secret, claiming military privilege. Or it may be preceded by massive fear and negative propaganda shortly before they attempt these arrests.

If I believed that the Christian nation will be dominated by the Moslems, then I might believe that forced conversions or persecution could happen publicly as they do in Sudan. But, we will be persecuted by a dominant Christian movement, supported by democratic governments. How is this possible? With secrets and lies. With the surrender of human rights. Because they are afraid. Good men will make terrible decisions because they are afraid.

But always remember that it is during this time, that the vast majority of the people of God will leave Babylon. The church will lose it's support. Politicians will turn against each other. Allies will start blaming each other and the church. Your nonaggressive, peaceful, loving response will make the difference as the Holy Spirit appeals to the hearts and minds of the people.

Conspiracies do not last. Some of the very people who are torturing you will become your allies. They will spread the word. Through them the secret will be exposed. It only takes one person with a video camera. So, be kind and loving to them - as you ought. But be faithful to God alone.

January 2006: A Note from the Author
When I wrote this in early 2001 as part of the initial release, I was fascinated by "the strange compulsions in my head" to study certain topics and then have them linked into a pattern in my mind. I call them "light bulb moments". I found this lesson fascinating. I came to believe that people could use psychological profiles to create the maximum effect for torture by creating a personalized torture regimen. I also knew because of our prophecies that it would happen in this country, the United States in the future. But I did not think that the current American public would so easily accept these things. Nor could I accept that a government that claims to represent the values of the religious right could so openly practice these things with the approval of religious leaders. I knew that it was prophesied. I quit my job and spent all my assets to produce this web site because I believed that it could happen with this generation. Yet I refused to accept that the people I knew would accept such dire behavior based largely on future fear.
So my advice on running and hiding seemed premature and "kooky" as someone described it. I was asked to remove it. But I could not. By that time, the strange forces that were giving me home work to study and write about scientific concepts were now training me in religious knowledge. I know this web page and this advice is from God and I stand by every misspelled word and sentence fragments.

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