The Mind Renewed : Thinking Christianly in a New World Order

We are joined again by theologian Dr. Martin Erdmann, former Professor of Philosophy at North Greenville University and Director of the Verax Institute in Greer, South Carolina. In this second of two interviews on the subject of Technocracy and the Smart Grid, Dr. Erdmann introduces the Smart Grid, an energy distribution, allocation, monitoring and control infrastructure which is being quietly constructed across the globe, and which threatens to be the long-awaited tool of Technocracy in its utopian dream to forge a perfect world order. But the crucial step will be that we uncritically welcome the Smart Meter into our homes. Replete with enticements, and apparently benign, the WiFi-enabled Smart Meter will eventually communicate with every appliance in the home, always making the most rational and energy-efficient choices based on computer algorithms programmed according to political policies aimed at steadily reducing the power consumption of the monitored populations. But in so doing, it will usher in a world in which citizen privacy, consumer control, and ultimately freedom will be things of the past. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

For the first of two interviews on the subject of Technocracy and the Smart Grid, we are again joined by theologian Dr. Martin Erdmann, former Professor of Philosophy at North Greenville University and Director of the Verax Institute in Greer, South Carolina. In this interview, Dr. Erdmann introduces the technocratic movement of 1930s' America under Howard Scott and M. King Hubbert, and traces its intellectual roots to the positivistic, anti-supernaturalist and utopian ideas of the 18th/19th-Century French philosophers Henri Saint-Simon and Auguste Comte. But, explains, Dr. Erdmann, Technocracy is far from dead; bewitched by its ideals of a fair, efficient and ecological economy, and now emancipated by the wonders of smart technology, the utopian dreamers of our day are gradually resurrecting Technocracy, and quietly ushering in an Orwellian nightmare of global, totalitarian control. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

We are joined by Pete Griffiths of Ex-Scientologists UK for an in-depth interview on the history, beliefs and practices of the so-called Church of Scientology, and on its founder L. Ron Hubbard. Once an active staff member of the Church of Scientology, Pete shares with us the many reasons why he came to reject the organisation and why he now considers it both deceptive and dangerous. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

On Christmas Day 2009, Kurt Haskell and his wife Lori were on-board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam bound for Detroit, on which the so-called "Underwear Bomber", Farouk Abdulmutallab, attempted to set off an explosive or incendiary device. According to the official version of events, this was an Al-Qaeda attack against the United States of America. Joining us to dispute this narrative, is Kurt Haskell himself, who, as a witness to this event, explains why he believes he was in the presence of a staged, false-flag operation, organised by the U.S. itself. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts joins us to discuss his recent article "Washington Is Insane", in which he dismisses as pure propaganda the claim by the U.S. that Syria's President Assad ordered the use of chemical weapons, thus crossing the "red line" declared by Obama. Indeed the real "villain of the piece" is Washington itself, or rather the "military-security complex" that controls it. (Subjects include: the NSA, false flag terror and the possibility of economic collapse.) (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

"When we allow science to become political then we are lost. We will enter the Internet version of the Dark Ages, an era of stifling fears and wild prejudices, transmitted to people who don’t know any better." (Michael Crichton) So prefaced, is the website of Dr. Tim Ball, retired professor of Climatology at the University of Winnipeg, who joins us for an in-depth interview on the history of the politicisation of Climate Science. From the genius of Maurice Strong and the machinations of the IPCC, to the famous Hockey Stick Graph and Climategate, Dr. Ball explains with precision and ease. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

So, when did it all become "history"? Two years ago the world was told that Osama bin Laden was assassinated by U.S. Navy SEALS and his body buried at sea. Many disbelieved and mocked. But now? Lest Orwell's warning go unheeded, we take a second look: "And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed — if all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth." (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

An important message from James Corbett of BoilingFrogsPost and TheCorbettReport.com. Yesterday, 11 June 2013, James posted a very important video, which he has asked people to share as widely as possible. Centred in the recent news that the National Security Agency of the US is involved in an unconstitutional and Orwellian mass-surveillance programme with the consent of the political establishment, this message seizes the moment of public awareness, in order to help people see the bigger problem that faces us all; and to indicate solutions. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

In the media, "celebrity becomes more important than Truth, and rhetoric is more important than Truth." (Ward) For the "half-term" break we take the opportunity to present a Guest Episode courtesy of the Centre for Public Christianity, based in Australia. In two separate, but related, interviews, the U.K. philosopher-turned-theologian Keith Ward (one-time Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University), and the U.S. theologically-motivated analytical philosopher Alvin Plantinga (currently John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana), give their reactions to the so-called "New Atheists", and ponder some of the deepest questions in life. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), Global Sea Level is rising at an alarming rate, threatening millions who live in coastal regions and islands around the world, thanks to the global-warming activities of human beings on planet Earth. To challenge these claims, we are joined by Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner, former Expert Reviewer for the IPCC, and erstwhile Head of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics at the University of Stockholm in Sweden, whose research into sea levels around the globe paints a very different picture. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

My guest for this interview is Prof. Edgar Andrews, Emeritus Professor of Materials Science at the University of London. With his book "Who Made God?" as our focus, we explore the explanatory limits of the natural sciences and discuss how his concept of the God Hypothesis offers a coherent explanation of reality. Prof. Andrews also expresses his concern about the increase in atheistic propaganda in the mainstream media, and shares his experience of debating Richard Dawkins at the Oxford Union in 1986 on the motion: "That the doctrine of creation is more valid than the theory of evolution." (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

Tony Gosling, investigative radio journalist and ex-BBC reporter, joins us for the fourth interview in the World Government series; this time on the Bilderberg Group. Drawing upon his years of research, Tony traces both the official and unofficial histories of this secretive globalist organisation, and assesses its influence in the modern world. (Tony also shares his views on the BBC and mainstream journalism today.) (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

Marc Morano of ClimateDepot.com joins us to discuss his recent Climate Depot Round Up: "The great warmist retreat has officially begun. The mainstream media cannot maintain the official man-made global warming narrative any longer." In a characteristic tour de force of climate-realist commentary, Marc also addresses Climategate 3.0, how massive public funding has distorted science through incentivising pro-warmist research, and why Climate Science is the new astrology. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

Julian Charles interviewed by Leon Pittard of Fairdinkum Radio on April 11, 2013. Leon asks about my journey to faith in Christ, what motivated me to start The Mind Renewed, and how I see current world events relating to biblical prophecy of the End Times. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

What is the true nature of the hypothesis of Anthropogenic Global Warming Climate Change Climate Disruption Global Weirding? Is it scientific? Or is it essentially political? Joining us to affirm the latter, and to express his concerns about current geo-engineering programmes, is Dr. Eric Karlstrom, Emeritus Professor of Geography at California State University, Stanislaus, and long-time researcher in Quaternary Paleoclimatology. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)