A recent commenter on my story asked why there are so many references to the Bible in my account of long-term directed energy weapons torture and community-policing based harassment (often referred to as gangstalking). Frankly, I would not have survived the ten years of abuse I’ve endured without reliance on God’s Word. The teachings of the Gospels are my primary protection against the cruel, unjust attitudes and behavior of my antagonists. The Christ taught by word and example how we should view and treat our neighbor. He even taught us to “love our enemies.”  Allowing his thoughts to shape my conduct has been a trustworthy and powerful bulwark against the tides of cruelty that daily seek to erode my humanity.

There is also another fundamental reason why I refer to the Bible so frequently. I strongly believe that the extraordinary abuses I and many others endure would not exist if the churches of Christendom had not failed so miserably in teaching the principles of the Gospels. These abuses are symptomatic of a generation far removed from Godly thinking. Sadly, in truth, it was the corrupt church that pioneered the cruel practices that afflict many today!

The modern day methods of psychological warfare and torture have their roots in the Inquisition, a murderous attempt to stamp out all who disagreed with the church. It began in Europe in the 13th century, and spread to the Americas, lasting over six centuries. Officially sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church, it remains to date the most far reaching and long lasting campaign of torture and slaughter ever conducted. Therefore, we should not be surprised that modernized forms of these practices are being cultivated and employed in the fertile soil of nations of the Christian world.

Peter De Rosa, who states that he is a “patriotic Catholic,” says in his book Vicars of Christ—The Dark Side of the Papacy: “The church was responsible for persecuting Jews, for the Inquisition, for slaughtering heretics by the thousand, for reintroducing torture into Europe as part of the judicial process . . . What history shows is that, for more than six centuries without a break, the papacy was the sworn enemy of elementary justice.”

Victims of modern-day covert torture, psychological attacks and isolation may see a striking similarity in the life of Galileo. Galileo, in the 1600’s was one of the most renowned scientists of his time. His support of the discovery that the sun was the center of our universe was considered criminal by the Catholic church, who taught as doctrine, that the earth was the center of our universe. As a result, he attracted the attention of the Inquisition. Please take note of the tactics employed against Galileo and others by the Inquisition in the book The Crime of Galileo By Giorgio De Santillana: “A man may be belabored (definition: to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule) without defense by investigating committees, deprived of a living, or at best, as happened in Inquisition surveillance, under praeceptum non discedendi or non accedendi, which may mean that he is cut off from his family, his friends, or his future, without any reason whatsoever having to be given by the authorities.” To some, those techniques may sound all too familiar: Subjecting a victim to persistent scorn and harassment without protections due by law, destroying his ability to earn a living, causing social isolation, yet, never revealing why the targeted person is being attacked.

Indeed, most modern methods of psychological and physical torture and coercion (including the controversial waterboarding techniques) employed by covert / military organizations were refined or developed by the Inquisition. The modern process of criminal profiling was pioneered by Medieval Inquisitors. Psychological “no-touch”torture methods, designed to destroy the psyche without leaving physical evidence,” are based upon the “Inquisition’s trademark tortures.” The murderous, cruel, and insensible foulness of the Inquisition has darkened the judiciary systems of all governments of Christendom and beyond.

Can we see the link between this shameful religious legacy and modern harassment techniques that are “the sworn enemy of elementary justice?’ The right to a trial by peers, the right to make a defense, the principle of “innocent until proven guilty” and other basic tenets of justice are trampled upon by emerging forms of covert torture and community-based mob harassment. They are nothing more than the practices of the Inquisition in modern form! There is much truth in the proverb that ” . . . there is nothing new under the sun” — Ecclesiastes 1:9. Don’t you agree?

I agree with Galileo’s observation: “Even though Scripture cannot err, its interpreters and expositors can, in various ways.” My clinging to the truth found in the Bible helps me to reject erroneous thinking and abuses. As a Christian, I find the thought of any involvement in such practices repugnant. Indeed, what responsible Christian would willfully imitate Inquisition abuses that Pope John Paul II, in 1994, called a “violation of the rights of the human person” and compared to “the crimes of Hitler’s Nazism and Marxist Stalinism?” Rather than condone or cave-in to such practices, I must stick to the reliable guidance found in the Gospels under all circumstances.

“YOU heard that it was said, ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ However, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU: Continue to love YOUR enemies and to pray for those persecuting YOU; that YOU may prove yourselves sons of YOUR Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. — Matthew 5:43-45

Footnote: The image above shows Dirk Willems, a victim of the Inquisition in the 1600’s. According to accounts, he was condemned to death for being a follower of Christ. Imprisoned, and awaiting execution, he was able to escape through an unlatched window. He was hotly pursued by one of his jailers across a frozen moat surrounding the prison. The jailor slipped and fell through a patch of thin ice, and was in danger of drowning. Seeing that the man would perish if not rescued, Dirk turned around and pulled the jailer out of the freezing waters, saving his life. The jailer held firmly to Dirk, who was severely weakened by his imprisonment, and led him back to prison. As a result of his extraordinary act of compassion, Dirk was severely tortured and finally put to death by “slow, lingering fire.”

Dirk Willems’  adherence to Christ’s command  to “love your enemies” cost him great pain and finally his life. In spite of all the cruelty that Dirk had endured, he never stopped showing Christian love . . . Could the same be said of his Inquisitors? Can the same be said of you?  How determined are you to heed the message of the Gospels and show love for your neighbor? Your answer to that question, and mine, determines our authenticity as Christians.

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