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Scholars tell us about various methods by which we supposedly can “know” about reality. Most of the methods intellectuals propose for finding the truth actually deceive us. Christ often shows us truths through scientific observation and testing, Scripture, math, and other means, but it’s still Christ Who is revealing reality. And yet some people claim Christ’s glory for themselves and fail to thank Christ. Without Christ, we can know nothing. Our minds can even misinterpret the Bible if our minds aren’t depending on the Holy Spirit. How much more do we misinterpret scientific observations when our interpretations depend on made-up stuff (assumptions, axioms, or preconceptions)?

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Sometimes, persuaders define nonexistent concepts in great detail as if they existed. Sometimes persuaders define real things in ways that cause confusion and deception.

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All kinds of ideas come to an unsuspecting mind. These ideas come from many sources. They come from friends, teachers, and many forms of media. These ideas can seem real when multiple sources repeat the same lies.

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Human senses are weak and tricky and that makes human interpretations of observations or experiences unreliable.  Human appetites, preferences, and preconceptions create biases. The biases deceptively concoct stories. They make up notions beyond reality. They filter the ability to see reality as it is. That bias acts like a filter that controls interpretation, which, in turn, confirms the bias and reinforces the appetites, preferences, and preconceptions.

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Even though hundreds of fallacies exist, we can group all fallacies into one of two categories, and these two work together. We could call the first category of fallacies “making up stuff.” We could call the second category of fallacies “creating a smokescreen.” First, persuaders make up stuff. Second, they use smokescreen fallacies to give the illusion made-up stuff is real. Smokescreen fallacies make made-up stuff seem real.

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No one can reason to a true premise independent of Christ’s revelation. Many have claimed to know the truth without divine revelation. However, everyone who makes such a claim is making up stuff. They’re trying to give the illusion the made-up stuff is true. They end up in fallacies. They find themselves in an infinite regression of unproved so-called “proofs.” They find themselves in circular reasoning. They resort to many axiomatic-thinking fallacies. They use smokescreen fallacies. They can’t know anything with certainty.

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We understand the futility of leaning on the human mind for reasoning and truth because of the intense evil and trickery of the human mind and its ability to deceive.

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We aren’t just talking about Christ. We’re imparting Christ, the logos, the utterance, the word of God. He lives in the words we speak if we speak by the Holy Spirit. Whoever rejects those words, if they come from Christ speaking through us, is rejecting Christ directly.

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The testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy. Even if we just say Jesus is Lord, no one can sincerely make this confession unless that person is speaking by the power and authority of the Holy Spirit. Whenever we speak by the power and authority of the Holy Spirit, we proclaim Christ.

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When you speak by the leading and power of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is speaking through you. The testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy.

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