PROPAGANDA ATTACKS THE MIND

[Bible Speaks]

THIS IS A FRIENDLY REMINDER: 

PROPAGANDA ATTACKS THE MIND
 
    YOU are under attack ! And our chief enemy, the great propagandist, Satan. Satan uses his system of things to discourage Bible reading and study. Do not fall for his devious schemes !is using a very dangerous weapon against you. Is it Propaganda ! A weapon specially designed to attack, not your body, but your mind. We need to read the BIBLE and meditate on what we've  read and then we will be protected from various forms of propaganda. 

PROPAGANDA—HOW DANGEROUS IS IT ?  

What is propaganda ? It is the use of biased or misleading information to manipulate the way people think and act. Some “lies, distortion, deceit, manipulation, mind control, [and] psychological warfare” and associate it with “unethical, harmful, and unfair tactics.”—Propaganda and Persuasion.

    It is insidious—like an invisible, odorless, poisonous gas—and it seeps into our consciousness. A behavior specialist 
observed: “Many of us are being influenced 
and manipulated—far more than we realize.” Under its influence, says one scholar, men and women have been “quite easily led into the most preposterously dangerous behaviour”—such as ‘genocide, war, racist hysteria, religious intolerance and many other forms of irrational behaviour.’

    Satan has studied human behavior since man was created. “The whole world” now lies in his power. He can use any part of it to disseminate his lies. (1 John 5:19; John 8:44) So effective has Satan been in ‘blinding people’s minds’ that he now ‘misleads the entire inhabited earth.’ (2 Cor. 4:4; Rev. 12:9) But, how can you resist his propaganda ?

    JESUS gave this simple rule for combating propaganda: “Know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31, 32) But since truth is often the first casualty of war, you—like any other soldier in the heat of battle—need a source of trustworthy, reliable information to prevent the enemy from playing tricks with your mind. JEHOVAH has provided this. In the pages of the BIBLE, you can find all you need to combat Satan’s propaganda.—2 Tim. 3:16, 17.

     Keep in mind that Satan does not want 
you to think clearly or reason things out well because propaganda “is likely to be most effective,” says one source, “if people . . . are discouraged from thinking critically.” So never be content passively or blindly to accept what you hear. (Prov. 14:15) Use your GOD-GIVEN thinking abilities and power of reason to make the truth your own.—Prov. 2:10-15; Rom. 12:1, 2.A