Chapter 7: The Courtroom of Conscience
How should one classify a universal plague that turns everyone it contacts mentally ill?
Tracing the pandemic to its origin, the calamity can best be classified as a foodborne disease. Earliest reports indicate that the human race contracted this deadly virus from a piece of fruit. No accident. We chose it. The tree we plucked it from was clearly marked.
The Knowledge of Good & Evil is a mental disease. IT is fatal malignant brain cancer. IT eats Truth and releases falsehood. IT inspires evil simply by presenting to us the possibility that both Good... AND Evil... “exists.” Psychologically, IT overpowers and replaces our Factory Setting (IT'S-ALL-GOOD). The instant we become infected with The Knowledge of Good & Evil, out of our imaginations we instantaneously concoct a thought-master and thrust ITS sovereignty into our heads — CONSCIENCE. Did God say to Noah that MAN is Evil? No. God told Noah that...
“...the imagination of MAN'S heart (CONSCIENCE) is evil.”
By referring to “MAN'S heart,” one must know exactly what the Old Testament authors are writing about. Modern-day scholars of Scripture consistently misinterpret what the Old Testament authors mean by “heart.” Certainly, the OT authors were not talking about the beating one with valves. Nor were they referencing feeling and/or emotion, as in: I love you from the bottom of my... “heart,” the very notion entailed in our day and Age, where we paste cute little hearts on our Valentine’s Day cards. Nor should the OT reference to “heart” be confused with intestinal fortitude — bravery, stamina or chutzpah. Boy, that guy has sure got a lot of... “heart.” Rather, in these specific OT references to “heart,” the OT author is always referring to CONSCIENCE.
Back when the Old Testament books were written, we humans had no word for “conscience.” Even in the twenty-first century, we still have a hard time seeing CONSCIENCE as residing in our heads. Most people refer to IT (in modern English) as something in our gut — or even AS our gut. After weighing it out in MY GUT, I’ve finally come to a decision. For an introspective snapshot of our mental disease, take a telltale look at how we depict CONSCIENCE in animation. Always as a little angel on one shoulder and a little devil on the other. Let’s slow down and read this next paragraph very carefully.
No human being is evil. Our ALTERED imagination filtered through CONSCIENCE is what is evil. Not MAN (humankind). Let’s read this imperative distinction again and let it sink in: Our ALTERED-imagination filtered through CONSCIENCE. We are going to clarify this predicament in great detail throughout this chapter as well as in the next three. Meaning? We are going to clarify EXACTLY how our IMAGINATIONS have become ALTERED.
What does this epiphany tell us about Evil itself? Evil is imagined within us. The Lord God says that MAN (just like everything else the Lord created) is “VERY GOOD.” Yet, from the moment we concoct our Thought-Master (usually about the age of two), we consider and contemplate that which is evil.
Genesis 8:21 (KJV) “...the imagination of man's (conscience) is evil from his youth...”
Starting at around two-years of age. Starting at when we “come of age.” Starting at when we grow — actually, when we concoct — CONSCIENCE. Rarely does it happen any earlier than one-and-a-half. Likely no later than four, provided we have the mental capacity to concoct one. IT is our Diabolical Baptism. For, indeed, concocting a conscience is the equal and opposite equivalent of inviting the Holy Spirit to come into us. The moment we concoct a conscience, we allow Death to come into us — specifically, we invite the Miserable Comforter along for the ride. We invite IT into the very core of what we Truly are. Not that we want Death. Curiosity kills not only the cat. We are Diabolically enchanted by the mystery of Death and so we chose to know IT. And, we continue to choose to know IT.
Why do we keep choosing Death?
For the same reasons we praise having a conscience. For the same reasons we encourage our brothers and sisters to know shame. Ready for our glorified reasons? Ignorance, stupidity and carelessness.
Our “belief-system” would have us “believe” that Shame is a *Good* thing.
Correct?
Having a Conscience is a *Good* thing.
Right?
Church-Taught Christians teach: “We are convicted of our sin by the Holy Spirit.”
The same Church-Taught Christians teach: “God is too Holy to look upon sin.”
Sounds to me like the biggest “fall of man” is The Church. If we are to “believe” that the Living God is too Holy to look upon sin, how can the Living God show us our sin?
Waste no time trying to manufacture a theological answer. Instead, we should consider the more important question. Why is it that Judge Fleming has no idea which Team the Principle Players are on? Hello, Church. The accusation of SIN comes from Team-Darkness.
The Desolate One (Satan) is our Accuser. The Miserable Comforter is our Court Reporter.
The First Living Being (Jesus) is our Rescuer. The Holy Spirit is our Comforter.
We are the idiots in the middle who (under the destructive guidance of Master Knowledge of Good & Evil) are doing ALL the Judging. Go ahead. Assimilate ALL of the Church-Taught knowledge available to humankind. Become the most “thoroughly equipped” Christian in the universe... and you will still be ill equipped to judge.
As humans, we have a limited perspective. A limited perspective coupled up with The Knowledge of Good & Evil is a dangerous combination. Suffice to say, we are terribly ill-equipped to judge what is Truly Good and what is Truly Evil. Duh. We keep choosing Death. That should tell us something. Are we idiots? Yes, apparently so.
Janice, a Pentecostal Mature-Christian declares, “Read your Bible! The Bible teaches us what is Good and what is Evil. It is by God’s Word we are able to discern. Our eyes ARE wide open! We are Bible-Wise and, therefore, well-equipped to discern!”
Okay then, Janice. Be a sound, Bible-Wise, well-equipped, discerning juror and answer me this. Are “shame” and “having CONSCIENCE” Good things?
Yes.
Do you really think so?
Yes!
Bible-Wise? Let the facts from the Book of Genesis discern the Truth of this for us.
Fact: We gained CONSCIENCE and Shame DIRECTLY by eating the fruit of The Tree of The Knowledge of Good & Evil.
Fact: This was Parentally-Forbidden to us. Our Heavenly Father (Team-Light) warned us NOT to eat of IT — NOT to open the door to CONSCIENCE and Shame.
Fact: It was the serpent, being worked by the Desolate One (Team-Darkness), who convinced us to eat this forbidden fruit, opening the door to CONSCIENCE and Shame.
Are you hearing ALL this, Janis? Or is it static and garbled, like “Blah, blah, blah”? How about if we try Tarzan-English? According to Heavenly Father: Not have CONSCIENCE and Shame... GOOD. Have CONSCIENCE and Shame... BAD.
Everything was fine and dandy with being naked in full view of the Living God, until Adam and Eve imagined (through their newly concocted CONSCIENCE) that there was something *wrong* with being naked in full view of the Living God. Immediately, what did the Living God ask them?
Genesis 3:11 (KJV) “Who told thee that thou was ‘naked’?”
Janice? Whom do you say... “told”... Adam and Eve that they were “naked”?
The Holy Spirit.
(Buzzer sound!) Worse than “wrong.” If Janis actually understood what she is saying, she would be guilty of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. True blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is knowledgeable and ongoing. It cannot be sent AWAY. However, it can be backed-AWAY from. Janis, I suggest you immediately back-AWAY from this nonsense — accusing the Holy Spirit of convicting Adam and Eve of seeing anything *wrong* about themselves. Keep in mind, Adam and Eve are God’s VERY GOOD creation. It is not the Holy Spirit that condemns us. It is “the imagination of our heart” that condemns us. Not the beating one with valves. CONSCIENCE, run by our self-appointed landlord — Master Knowledge of Good & Evil. THAT is what “convicts us” of sin. Better said, THAT is what condemns us:
1John 3:20 (Original Greek) “That if our conscience should condemn us, God is greater than our conscience, and knows ALL things.”
The God’s-Honest Truth? There is no worse level of blasphemy against the Living God than to say: “The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin.” And, yet, this is exactly what those taught by the Church-Taught teach. Passed on from one generation to another, this teaching is profane and beyond error.
Why would Christian clergy openly and continually teach blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?
In ALL fairness, it is not culpable blasphemy against the Holy Spirit unless you KNOW that it is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and you continue onward with it. Christian-Pilots who teach that the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin simply do not know any better. They know not the Truth. Without knowing the Truth, such teaching is what Jesus refers to as “idle words.” (Oh, boy. Now, we have “idle words” to discuss. See? The farther into the woods we go... ) Many a Church pilot (especially avid students of Paul) would have us “believe” that Jesus’ statement about “idle words” is directed at the person who may tell an off-color joke at the water cooler or someone who uses the F-word. Hardly. Jesus’ statement is specifically directed at anyone running his or her mouth while claiming to represent the Living God of Light. You had best keep your preaching mouth shut about God and the Kingdom of God unless you ABSOLUTELY KNOW that what you are saying is the God’s-Honest Truth. Anyone who speaks in this capacity will have to give an account for every spoken word. Jesus is warning every future sky-pilot — from stump preacher to mega-church senior pastor equipped with vocal transmitter clipped to his behind — anyone who takes it upon himself to “pilot souls” will be held personally accountable for every idle word spoken about God and the Kingdom of God. (Matthew 12:22-37) Jesus is talking about the decimation of lies. Jesus is talking about ignorantly repeating religious venom (falsehoods) — falsehoods studiously learned and blindly accepted to the detriment of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Back to the subject at hand. The Holy Spirit does not convict us of sin. Follow the bouncing ball: The O Silent Ones have fatally infected us with The Knowledge of Good & Evil... The Knowledge of Good & Evil inspires our imagination to erect CONSCIENCE within us... to convict us of sin. Most of the New Testament writers follow Old Testament tradition, referring to IT as “the heart.” The Holy Spirit tries Her best to make it clear to Paul (within the first five and-a-half chapters of Romans) that “the heart” and “CONSCIENCE” are indistinguishable. Bearing identical witness, they are in fact one and the same.
Romans 2:15 (Original Greek) “In the hearts of them, their conscience bearing joint-witness.”
Accepting the notion that both Good & Evil exists is what inspires a human being to grow a conscience. IT happens instantaneously. That is the power of imagination. Within the mental framework of our Factory Setting, we have the phenomenal ability to leap beyond our Factory Setting into the Boundless Bigness — what we call “our imagination.” The place of dreams, fantasy, creativity and discovery.
The Good News is, CONSCIENCE is not a God-Given part of us. Neither is Sin. Most people assume that a human being is born with a conscience (same as being born with fingers and toes). The God’s-Honest Truth? Having a conscience is foreign to what we naturally are. IT is nonhuman. At best, IT is extra-human. To put IT in human terms, a conscience is the mutation of both courtroom and Judge amalgamated into one entity. The Courtroom of Conscience. Each one of us builds our own Courtroom of Conscience out of our own imagination — an imagination shanghaied by The Knowledge of Good & Evil. Within IT, we Judge what we “believe” to be *Good* and what we “believe” to be *Evil.* Our Judgeship is certainly not bestowed upon us by our Creator. IT is self-appointed. Growing a conscience was and remains expressly forbidden to us by our Creator. With GOOD reason. Father knows best. Our Creator set our Factory Setting to “VERY GOOD” (as did He with ALL of Creation). To continually do Good in a world in which EVERYTHING is already ALL-GOOD is the natural order of things.
And, yet, human beings are responsible for bringing evil into this world. Before we could do that, we had to imagine what evil is. Same as anything else we bring into this world. Consider the wheel. We had to imagine the wheel. And, then... what did we do? We brought the wheel into this world.
One of these days (hopefully soon) we will come to the conclusion that “being made in His Image” is more than enough for us in the “being like God” department. Gaining the Knowledge of Good & Evil makes us “like God” only in that we know simply that both the idea of Good... & Evil... exists. Period. As to the ongoing discernment of what actually is Good and what actually is Evil, well... that is exactly what is determined by the “evidence” (both considered and imagined) within the shadowy depths of our Diabolically inspired invention: The Courtroom of Conscience.
Is our conscience really a Diabolically inspired invention of human imagination?
What do you think? (That’s a trick-question.) Before you consult your conscience, keep in mind, growing one is the direct result of the human mind gaining The Knowledge of Good & Evil. You cannot have one without the other. Some Bible translations actually refer to The Tree of Knowledge as “The Tree of Conscience.” Without The Knowledge of Good & Evil, there is no reason for the human imagination to erect a Courtroom of Conscience out of the Boundless Bigness — EVERYTHING is ALL-GOOD. However, upon gaining The Knowledge of Good... and Evil... our entire way of thinking about EVERYTHING changes to: “Divide and conquer.” As in, let us don our robes as “Judges” of what is *Good* and what is *Evil* and proceed to divide *Good* from *Evil* throughout our world — throughout Creation. Yes... we actually chose to imagine such an absurd quest. An impossibility pursued within a fool’s errand. Searching for “Evil” within God’s “VERY GOOD” Creation.
Consider the True absurdity of such foolishness. At the beginning of our quest to uncover “Evil,” where could we find anything evil within the Living God’s Creation? We had no idea. For, EVERYTHING in God’s Creation was ALL-GOOD. So, then with the help of Master Knowledge of Good & Evil, let us become damned and determined to imagine WHAT (in what God created) is Evil. In putting our imaginations to work at the task of dividing *Good* & *Evil,* we are the ones who were conquered. We became the active field slaves of Master Knowledge of Good & Evil. And, ever since? What do we produce in great abundance o’er here on the plantation? We have become the workers of every evil upon this earth. The idea ITSELF (Good & Evil) is more powerful and more overwhelming to us than anything else in the entire universe. IT is the cause of our decline. IT is the stumbling block in the way of our advancement. We pursue IT endlessly to our loss, thus far, barely scratching the surface of The Knowledge of Heaven & Earth. IT dictates how we think. IT decides our actions. IT being ALL that we imagine to be *Good* and ALL that we imagine to be *Evil.* IT dictates ALL of what we do. Some of us even imagining little angels and little devils, one atop each of our shoulders, whispering into our ears.
Consider the vast Biblical evidence already revealed to us in this discussion. There is no Christian apologist who can refute it. And, yet, the evidence is unending. So stealthy is IT within the overall presence of ongoing human existence, it took us many generations to even pinpoint this thing we call “conscience” as something that speaks to us from the mind. As you already know, our ancestors “believed” IT spoke to us from the heart. The Biblical evidence of this fact is Truly overwhelming.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the word “conscience” first appears in the New Testament. That is historically accurate. Meaning? The word “conscience” is entirely absent from the vocabulary of the authors of the Old Testament Hebrew texts. Although these ancient generations had no specific word for “conscience,” still, they wrote plenty about IT. Referring to CONSCIENCE (this internal GPS-voice of human Judgment) as one’s “heart.” Again, not, by itself, the beating one with valves. Rather, the idea of thinking in one’s heart. “Speaking in mine heart.” (Genesis 24:45) “The breastplate of Judgment upon his heart.” (Exodus 28:29) This is not Biblical-Theory. This is Biblical-Fact.
Moses is the first inspired author to accurately copyright the Truth about the human conscience. That this voice-of-the-“heart” is not given to us by the Living God; rather, IT is imagined within us. Yes, the greatest Hebrew patriarch wrote about the Living God revealing this Truth to Noah. Our IMAGINATION is what gives birth to CONSCIENCE. Moses (the author of Genesis) PERFECTLY nails it:
Genesis 6:5 (KJV) “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart (his CONSCIENCE) was only evil continually.”
Jeremiah also confirms that this “voice of the ‘heart’” (the voice of CONSCIENCE) is IMAGINED within us. See 3:17, 7:24, 9:14, 11:8, 13:10, 16:12, 18:12 and 23:17 (ALL Jeremiah, KJV verses).
Perhaps the worst deception of CONSCIENCE is ITS own self-promotion; inasmuch, CONSCIENCE likes to convince us that having a conscience is a *Good* thing. Nothing could be further from the Truth. There came a day when, save for Noah, the adult human collective-conscience had become universally loud and entirely Evil — “evil-continually.”
It is quite common to hear it said of a serial killer in his posthumous bio-documentary: This is a man who had no conscience. When, in Reality, a serial killer is a prime example of a man HAVING a conscience — a conscience that goes into super-drive, speaking loud volumes above ALL reason. “Toxic masculinity”? Hardly. Women are equally dominated by CONSCIENCE. A woman’s God-Built, instinctive nature is to comfort and protect. Yet, every day we see mothers drown, stab and abort their own children; ALL while CONSCIENCE screams: “It’s the *right* thing to do!”
Consider Jeremiah’s illustrious warning:
Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) “The heart (CONSCIENCE) is deceitful above ALL things, and desperately wicked.”
What is the worst contributing factor we (human beings) bring to the “imaginary bench”? We have a limited perspective. Judging EVERYTHING in terms of Good & Evil in our imagined Courtroom of Conscience always backfires against us, leading us directly into Shame, Guilt and Death. The growing of a conscience is more foreign and fatal to a person’s natural GOODNESS than the growing of a brain tumor. Much worse. For, IT is non-human. MAN is a slave to IT. He neither plants IT nor does he own IT. Master Knowledge of Good & Evil is the plantation owner — the one in charge. To the Master, we are ITS property. After ALL, we were born of slave-parents who, before us, were also born on ITS plantation. Thus: Master does with us as IT pleases. About the time we turn two-years of age, Master bids ITS overseers to hold us down while IT hammers a strange yoke (CONSCIENCE) into one of the sides of our heads. Initially, IT is a tiny thing about the size and composition of a wooden toothpick. Indeed, as the slave grows, IT grows. IT grows every bit as big and strong as the slave. As a fully-grown slave (on the average) each one of us is carrying around with us, everywhere we go, a hundred-pound foreign object fixed into our heads — a four-by-four wooden beam, protruding temple through temple — stuck right through the middle of our brains.
We are doomed! Oh — if only there were a cure for this psychological calamity!
Well... there is. Be IT the size of a splinter or a beam, the Jesus-Concept annihilates IT. Making IT dead to us... one individual person at a time. Truly-Accepting the Reality of What’s-Been-Done-For-Us-On-the-Cross NUKES the “& Evil” part of “The Knowledge of Good & Evil.” Nukes IT into a fading ghost — an emasculated hallucination.
And, yet, for the last two-thousand years, Judge Fleming has concentrated his efforts on teaching the awesome (and debilitating) power of IT — the psychological disease. The Time has come for us to be entrusted with the Thermonuclear Power of the psychological cure.
The importance of ALL these Truths is not merely seeing that what The Church teaches is false, blind, backward, blasphemous, twisted, idiotic and, legally, by its own mouth, “sinful.” The real importance of ALL these Truths is in knowing the Truth.
Why is it so important for us to know these God’s-Honest Truths?
Because (as some guy in-the-know once said), “The Truth shall set you FREE.” Honestly, do we really think that becoming part of The Church is what sets us FREE? We delude ourselves. We join The Church very much like an escaping prisoner digs his way through the wall of his cell only to find himself in the next prison cell. We LIVE in a Diabolical Matrix. The Church is inescapably part of IT.
Evil coming into this world was never an “Original Sin” problem. Rather, it was and continues to be a “Knowledge of Good & Evil” problem. Our problem is not religious, spiritual, metaphysical nor supernatural. Not even theological. Our problem is entirely psychological. Send me your cards and letters and correct me if I am wrong: “Knowledge” (as in, “The KNOWLEDGE of Good & Evil”) and “The-Way-We-Think” (as in, the first Words out of adult Jesus’ mouth: “You need to change THE WAY YOU THINK”) BOTH fall under the category of PSYCHOLOGICAL. We have evil in this world because of our Change-in-Thinking problem.
As Jesus would say of Adam and Eve, “They changed their way of thinking” (once again, the Greek Word is metanoeo).
As the sheriff would say, “What we have here is a Change-In-Thinking problem.”
