Dan 11:32
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn Daniel 11:32 we read that "the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action." Our goal with Dan 11:32 is to help equip Christians to do exactly that - providing tools to recognize the challenges that are coming at us from all sides, the encouragement to stand firm, and suggestions for how we can take action.
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Dan 11:32 Episode 23: Augmenting Humans for Fun and Profit (and Military Success)
July 05, 2021 21:35 - 2 hours - 32.4 MBIn May 2021, the British Department of Defence, in partnership with the German Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning, published "Human Augmentation: The Dawn of a New Paradigm." In this episode, we continue to explore the important theme of Transhumanism, as we examine this publication to learn about the presuppositions behind the military Transhumanist agenda, and the dangers inherent to human augmentation.
Dan 11:32 Episode 22: Canada's Transhumanist Future
June 25, 2021 21:54 - 2 hours - 34.2 MBPolicy Horizons Canada has looked into our future, and has discovered that it is transhumanist. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at Policy Horizons' document, "Exploring Biodigital Convergence." We examine the worldviews that shape the forecasts being made by this Canadian governmental organization, and evaluate its conclusions according to the Biblical, Christian worldview. Is there a "Brave New World" in our future? Or does it look more like a dystopian nightmare? Policy H...
Dan 11:32 Episode 21: An Introduction to Technocracy
June 21, 2021 16:54 - 1 hour - 22.1 MBWhat does a 100 year-old political movement have to do with our rapidly-changing 21st Century society? As it turns out, a whole lot! In this episode, we begin an in-depth look at Technocracy, using Patrick Wood's book Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation as our starting point. Patrick Wood's website is www.technocracy.news, (not technocracy.info, as I mistakenly mention in this episode), and it is a very helpful source for the most up-to-date news on how the te...
Dan 11:32 Episode 20: Monkey/Human Hybrids at the Salk Institute
June 14, 2021 17:35 - 1 hour - 22 MBOver the past year we have heard this refrain more and more: "Don't question the science." In this episode, we'll take a look at the chimerical research being done at the Salk Institute in California, and what this type of research means for our understanding of the purpose, place, and ethics of science. When it often appears that the question guiding scientific experimentation is, "What can we do," and not, "What should we do," there are many serious questions that need to be asked, ...
Dan 11:32 Episode 19: Conspiracy Reality Again - Canada and the Great Reset
June 07, 2021 23:46 - 2 hours - 28.9 MBMany, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, claim that any concern about the "Great Reset" is just a "conspiracy theory." In this episode, we learn that it is anything but, as we look at the Canada Beyond 150 document, "Capital and Debt."
Dan 11:32 Episode 18: When "Conspiracy" becomes... Reality?
May 31, 2021 17:27 - 1 hour - 16.1 MBLast week, what had previously been considered a "conspiracy theory" worthy of censure was suddenly transformed into an acceptable subject to be discussed on Facebook. In this episode, we consider what happens when "conspiracy theory" becomes "conspiracy reality."
Dan 11:32 Episode 17: Dumbing Us Down
May 25, 2021 16:55 - 2 hours - 33.3 MBIn this episode we learn how to create a mass society made up of compliant and unthinking followers - in other words, the history of compulsory schooling. Beginning with John Taylor Gatto's book The Underground History of American Education, we see one of the ideological movements that has led us to the situation in which we find ourselves today.
Dan 11:32 Episode 16: Preaching Eugenics
May 17, 2021 17:06 - 1 hour - 26.7 MBWhat happens when Christian leaders jump on the bandwagon of the latest “scientific” fad? The acceptance of eugenics by many Christians in the early 20th Century provides one example of how the forces of wickedness work to co-opt the church, and how successful they can be. In this episode, I go through some of the history, and speak about why this history is very relevant today.
Dan 11:32 Episode 15: Margaret Sanger's Pivot of Civilization
May 10, 2021 17:45 - 2 hours - 33.6 MBIn 1922 Margaret Sanger's best-known book, The Pivot of Civilization, was published. In this episode we'll take an in-depth look at Sanger's message in this book, and the influence that her ideology continues to have on society nearly a hundred years later.
Dan 11:32 Episode 14: Sir Francis Galton, Father of Eugenics
May 03, 2021 16:47 - 2 hours - 35.6 MB"Eugenics" is “the study or practice of attempting to improve the human gene pool by encouraging the reproduction of people considered to have desirable traits and discouraging or preventing the reproduction of people considered to have undesirable traits.” In this episode, we examine the work and legacy of Sir Francis Galton, and the continuing influence of eugenicist ideology on the spirit of the age in the 21st Century.
Dan 11:32 Episode 13: Arthur Koestler, Transhumanism, Morality Pills
April 26, 2021 19:53 - 1 hour - 25.7 MBIn this episode we continue to explore transhumanist ideology, focusing on Arthur Koestler's 1968 book The Ghost in the Machine. Why is this important in 2021? Because Koestler's ideology is alive and well, and more dangerous than ever, as we can see in the work of a bioethicist who argues that a "morality pill" could be a solution to the Covid19 "pandemic."
Dan 11:32 Episode 12: The Media Is Not Your Friend, Part II
April 19, 2021 16:47 - 1 hour - 20.5 MBDo you ever get the feeling that you're being sold a bill of goods? That you're being played? That you're being manipulated? In this episode we discuss "artificial scarcity," a marketing technique that has come to the fore recently, as the issue of "vaccine envy" has suddenly become a thing.
Dan 11:32 Episode 11: The Big Ideas - Transhumanism
April 12, 2021 17:58 - 2 hours - 28.2 MBIn this episode we look at the meaning of transhumanism and the roots of transhumanist ideology, by examining the work of Julian Huxley, who coined the term. This is another one of the "big ideas" that are shaping 21st Century culture, and understanding the poisonous root of this ideology will help us to deal with its poisonous fruit!
Dan 11:32 Episode 10: The Big Ideas - Utopia
April 05, 2021 17:13 - 1 hour - 24.7 MBWhat can a book published in 1516 teach us about the dangers confronting us in the 21st Century? As it turns out, a whole lot! In this episode, we consider Thomas More's "Utopia," utopian thinking, and why utopianism is such a destructive and dangerous ideology.
Dan 11:32 Episode 9: The Perils of Big Tech II - Facebook
March 29, 2021 16:54 - 2 hours - 28.4 MBMark Zuckerberg's Facebook is one of the "big four" tech giants that has taken over the world over the past two decades. In this episode we explore the history of Facebook, the story of Mark Zuckerberg, and talk about the dangers inherent to this social network and the way it's being used to shape society.
Dan 11:32 Episode 8: Propaganda, Pt.3 - Joost Meerloo
March 22, 2021 16:51 - 2 hours - 29.6 MBIn 1956, Dr. Joost Meerloo published "The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing." In this episode we summarize some of Meerloo's work on the techniques of mind control used in wartime, in totalitarian societies, and their use in propaganda today - and how we can be prepared to counter the effects of propaganda in our own lives.
Dan 11:32 Episode 7: Conspiracy Realities, Part I - H.G. Wells
March 15, 2021 19:26 - 2 hours - 30.3 MBH.G. Wells is best-known today as one of the "fathers of science fiction," as the author of The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Time Machine. But his lasting legacy goes far beyond his contributions to literature. In this episode of Dan 11:32, we'll look at Wells's "Open Conspiracy," his visions for a future technocratic society, and the continuing importance of his ideas.
Dan 11:32 Episode 6: The Media Is Not Your Friend, Part I
March 08, 2021 17:28 - 1 hour - 21.2 MBHow can we use critical thinking skills to avoid being deceived by the distorted messages that the media is sending out? In this episode, I examine two specific examples to show how the corporate media is shaping the news, and why.
Dan 11:32 Episode 5: The Perils of Big Tech, Part I
February 26, 2021 19:21 - 1 hour - 20.7 MBAs the influence of Big Tech continues to make itself felt, its dangers become all the more apparent. This episode introduces the issues surrounding the tech giants and their place in our lives.
Dan 11:32 Episode 4: Conspiracy Theory? Or Conspiracy Reality?
February 19, 2021 17:55 - 1 hour - 22.6 MB"Conspiracy theory" and "conspiracy theorist" are two phrases that have been thrown around more and more over the past year. In this episode I talk about my preferred expression: "Conspiracy Realism."
Dan 11:32 Episode 3: Propaganda, Pt. II
February 11, 2021 17:34 - 1 hour - 19 MBContinuing our discussion of propaganda, we turn to the "father of public relations," Edward Bernays, and his 1928 book, Propaganda.
Dan 11:32 Episode 2: Propaganda, Pt. I
February 08, 2021 18:01 - 1 hour - 18 MBPart I of a discussion of propaganda, beginning with a look at Jacques Ellul's book Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes. We live in a propaganda society. What does this mean, and how can we avoid getting sucked in by it?
Dan 11:32 Episode 1: Welcome
February 02, 2021 01:13 - 42 minutes - 12.6 MBWelcome to Dan 11:32, where we seek to equip Christians to "stand firm and take action." In our first episode, Jim Witteveen explains the purpose behind the Dan 11:32 podcast, and what he hopes to accomplish with it. Join us!