Black Friday stirs up greedy, materialistic, covetous attitudes. When a nation reaches a materialistic mindset, it is on its way to oblivion.

John Locke rejected all contact with any influence of the will of God, promoting secular liberty and human reason as the final arbiter of all truth.

Apostate philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas sought to elevate human reason above the knowledge of God, compartmentalizing secular from sacred knowledge.

Advancing secularism has been the result of Satan's work through human henchmen over the last 600 years, bringing the world back to the time of the Nephilim.

If people turn away from God and His laws, the only way they can move is to liberalize toward non-restraint and license.

John Dewey immersed himself in the works of Rousseau, Darwin, and Marx, applying their doctrines to his Humanist Manifesto.

Satan has been working in the educational system, recognizing that the educator (secular or religious) can do more lasting damage than any other leader.

Man's obsession with new things most often turns out to be a recycled idea from the past attempting to satisfy the irrepressible itch for novelty.

Apostasy in nominal Christianity has come from major philosophers, serving as 'educators' within the worldly churches, causing great damage with their pens.

Karl Marx was an angry, rage-filled, madman from Trier, whose philosophy is responsible for the mass murder of upwards to 200 million people.

The partisan interview conducted by ABC's David Muir is an example of how shamefully low the media have stooped to destroy the reputation of a public official.

The past 70 years has seen a systematic undermining of morality by humanists, and a bizarre redefinition as to what constitutes normal and abnormal.

Humanism stems from the Renaissance, a time men felt free to exalt human reason and self-realization over religion and divine authority.

In Darwin's teenage years, his mind became twisted, leading him to commit sadistic acts of cruelty against animals and killing them for pleasure.

Although Transcendentalism as a movement never had an abundance of adherents, Emerson's teachings did permeate the schools of philosophy of the Ivy League.

Paul warned the Colossians of scholarly men who would try to mix God's truth with vain philosophy based on the tradition of men instead of Jesus Christ.

Rousseau's and Robespierre's philosophies encouraged abortion, the destruction of the family, and the ascendancy of the state.

Ralph Waldo Emerson's insistence that every person is free to be his own god served as the underpinnings of the ascendant, emergent religion of humanism.

The pressures and conflicts that the church has undergone is part of the spirit of the time that has embroiled religious and political institutions worldwide.

Philosophers and educators have been Satan's chief tools in recent history. God has allowed Satan to do his work, realizing that all humans require testing.

When faced with doctrinal change, we must remember that the truth of God is simple. Even complex doctrines are easily understood by those who truly seek God.

Three English humanistic philosophers were closely related in ideas and outlook, namely Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Bertrand Russell.

Rousseau crafted the blueprint followed by proponents of socialist/communistic governments, disparaging private property, free enterprise, and the family.

Human reason and logic are practically useless as tools in determining the nature of God. Only the Bible gives a complete revelation of God.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's foremost practitioner of Transcendentalism and Pantheism, which equate the creation and the Creator, ignoring Him.

Legions of 'progressive' humanist academics of American and European universities have proclaimed Marx the most influential voice of the last millennium.

Our culture places God on an equal plane with Allah, Brahma, Buddha, or any other deity, resulting in mass confusion over who or even what the true God is.

We can glimpse Gnosticism in Paul's epistles to the Galatians and Colossians, in which he combats Gnosticism's twisting of the truth of Jesus Christ.

Without the acknowledgement of God, epistemology has no authority to set humanistic standards in place of the Creator.

Prior to the Flood, mankind's thoughts and intents were evil continually. A parallel time of demonic activity is on the horizon for those living today.

Pragmatism relies on what is convenient rather than what is right, cowardly kicking the can down the road for future generations to pick up.

Satan and his demons know that their time is short and are determined to destroy as many people as possible, especially the Israel of God.

Rousseau's modern disciples, gaining ascendancy in today's political climate, have plans to dismantle the family, replacing it with the State.

A person who is puffed up parades his knowledge by exhibiting impatience, intolerance, or a false modesty, marginalizing what the uneducated in their minds.

Ever since God created the first man and woman in Eden, Satan has been interested in nothing else but the eradication of humanity from his "proper domain."

The Colossian Christians were criticized by ascetics for the way they were keeping the Sabbath and holy days. Paul argues against a philosophy, not the law of God.

Every one of the philosophers who have wreaked havoc upon greater Israel were themselves Israelite and Semitic, bringing curses on their fellow Semites.

The Gnostics criticized by Paul in Colossians 2:16-17 were guilty of bringing in ritualistic ascetic discipline to propitiate demons.

Scripture regards truth as divine or spiritual while knowledge refers to physical or experiential understanding. We must live the truth.

Outcome based religion exalts numerical growth and feeling good over the truth of God, promoting the use of modern psychology over 'divisive' biblical doctrine.

The dangerous false belief of inherent immortal life has led to an acceleration of sin and the danger of eternal oblivion. Only God can give eternal life.