Agreed, right on point. Jones is Aristotelian but very diligent, he's been around and has a prolific output, improving with age as well imho. A bit of a maverick. Be interested in your thoughts. I'll likewise come back to you on the Singer book.
I have listened to the first half and began the Q & A, but have to help my wife with her car. But I want to address some points while still fresh in my mind.
The keystone to his speech is his statement that we have 2 options for reasons: either we conform our desires to the Truth, or we try to conform the Truth to our desires.
That is a profound statement.
Later he followed up that statement with we can only apprehend Truth when we live the Truth.
I have walked with Christ for 30 years. Seeking and living the truth has caused me quite a bit of resistance from many people who call themselves Christians. I came to Christ before I was aware of the Truth movement. After Bush Jr invaded Iraq, that had nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden, and had not attacked the USA, I realized that the Republican party was no better than the Democratic party and began researching the truth. Becoming involved with the Truth movement also opened my eyes to the truth of organized religion. After 20 years of membership in different denominations, I sought fellowship in house churches.
Sadly, I came across the same problem in house churches where sheep try to control other sheep in the name of the Shepherd. In one fellowship I was told I had to qualify all my statements with "in my opinion". My response was that if I knew something that was true, I would not qualify my statement. And for those things I was uncertain about, I already used such an expression to let people know that I was uncertain. They kicked me out of the fellowship.
This discouraged me greatly, but the Lord kept singing a refrain from the Paul Simon song, The Boxer. "A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest". I realized this is the reality of all humanity.
Walking with Christ means walking in humility so one can be teachable and ready to repent when in error. Both statements by Dr. Jones have the same spirit behind them. He focuses on sexual sin because that seems to be the most catastrophic sin. As the Apostle Paul had said,
1Co_6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
so it is a powerful tool of Satan and his human minions. Dr. Jones followed up with his statement that "vice opens the door to control" and this is what the globalists want: total control of mankind. They know that the Church - not organized religion - but the body of Christ is the biggest road block to that control. This is why the Rockefellers infiltrated organized religion to undermine people's walk with Christ that would keep them free. How did they do that? Subtly, by encouraging believers in thinking grace removes necessity for obedience. Sloppy agape as it is called is why Christians divorce, commit adultery, fornicate, touch to porn and a myriad of other things that puts them back into bondage.
The truth is, Christ gives us grace to repent, not to sin. His grace is there to help us overcome sin and to walk in genuine freedom.
I was surprised in the first Q & A to hear that the Rockefellers also approached the Vatican to write the encyclical on contraception. Dr. Jones's sequence makes complete sense: contraception opened the door to fornication, fornication opened the door to adultery, sexual "freedom" opened the door to homosexuality and the continuing list of perversions.
While Rockefeller failed with the Vatican, he succeeded with Catholic academia, thus eroding Catholicism as well.
When I come back from taking care of my wife's car, I will listen to the rest of the Q & A and give you further feedback. Thanks for sharing the video.
One last point, tho. When I dove deeper into the Truth movement, it created great anger and bitterness in my heart to realize the deception and mind control the whole world has been subjected to. The anger and bitterness spilled over onto organized religion, which is why I stopped participating with them and sought alternatives.
Anger and bitterness is a defilement of heart that no Christian should allow to remain in their heart for long. I left politics until Trump came along, since I saw a new hope. Not that my hope is in Trump. My hope is in Christ using Trump just as He did with Cyrus to free Israel from the Babylonians.
Likewise, regarding organized religion, there is a place for it. It is still a place to meet with other believers and there are pulpits with speakers who genuinely are seeking the truth even though the system they use is the world's system imposed upon the body of Christ.
When you read "The Unholy Alliance" it is forewarn you of the world's influence, but do not allow bitterness or anger to come into your heart because of it. There is much to be gained from organized religion.
Post Script
Finished watching Q & A and saw the impact of the moral relativism on the students as they tried to "out smart" Dr. Jones. He finished with the reminder that truth and goodness are intrinsically linked. Another great point.
