Teachinghearts	Persecution and the Personality "Explore the Word. Change the World"	Statistics: Time: 230 minutes Print: 45 pages

Prayer "Nothing ... will be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus"

Father, forgive me for all my sins. I surrender my life to you. Be close to me. Thank you.

This section was added to explore the relationship between personality, persecution and interrogation tactics.

By observing my friends and acquaintances over the years, I have noticed that certain personality types have traits that can be exploited in manipulative situations. This lead me to research the theories behind interrogation methods. So it was not a surprise to discover that investigators are taught to exploit their knowledge of you. One of their first tasks before an interrogation is to try to make these personality and psychological assessments.
But before we examine these, let us look at what God has given us.

God's Gifts

Armor of God		Fruits of the Spirit
Ephesians 6: 13-18		Galatians 5: 22-23 Ephesians 5: 9-10
Loins	Truth	Truth
Breastplate	Righteousness	Goodness, self control
Feet	Gospel of peace	Peace, gentleness, kindness
Shield	Faith	Faithfulness
Helmet	Salvation	Love, Joy
Sword	Word of God	Trying to learn what makes God happy
Mental	Perseverance	Patience

The good news is that despite our personality and psychological makeup, we will have abilities and assistance in the last days to withstand these forces, no matter how strong or weak or broken we are.

During times of persecution, God provides the gift of martyrdom. He also admonishes us not to prepare ahead of time, because He will give us what we need. As you will learn, it is difficult to defeat these psychological pressures on our own.

I have often heard people speak with fear about the persecution and I realize that they are evaluating the events based on their experience and personality. This is the same mistake that our persecutors will make. But God will provide the help to endure when we need it. He has already taught us the mental attitude we need to overcome - but common thinking looks at them as weak and useless.

God's help will not always be rescue from death or pain. In fact some of us will have to endure these things. But God will be with us - every step of the way. But it is our behavior and endurance that will cause the rest of the world to see the issues clearly.

God gives us many answers that we need to counteract the persecutor's interrogation. Ultimately, you will find that God's gifts to us are the personalities we will have for eternity. It is the method by which He now conquers sin - righteousness. Right living, right treatment of everyone, justice, mercy, goodness and faith. Believing in Him and His way of government. Our gifts are the permanent values He is trying so desperately to teach us.

• Love. Love is the basis of all behaviors and feelings that God inspires in you.
  "But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (Luke 6: 27-28; Matthew 5: 44)
  It is your Christian right and duty to demonstrate genuine love to the ones who are trying to destroy you. The interesting thing is that, a part of their tactic will be nurturing a bond between you and the interrogator. As long as you always remember that only God is omnipotent and that only His desires are to be obeyed - then go ahead and use this bond of friendship to speak the words of life and hope and forgiveness to those who are determined to be cruel.
  
  
• No Fear. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. (1 John 4: 18)
  For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, " Abba! Father!" (Romans 8: 15)
  If persuasion does not work, then coercive methods will be used. These usually depend on creating fear in you about someone or something that you love. Your family and friends, security, finances, job, freedom and pain.
  
  Again, if you realize that your only objective during this crisis is to remain faithful to God - then you must understand that God will someday make all your suffering an issue. So, you will feel sorrow, you will feel shame, they will make you feel guilty for your stubbornness. But do not worry. It is not your fault. They have chosen to limit you to unacceptable choices. So they are responsible for the consequences.
  
  
• No Guilt. Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8: 1)
  As part of the coercive methods, the enemy will try to make you feel guilty for past sins, or for the poor choices that they will impose on you.
  Remember that you have been and will be forgiven. God is in control.
  
  
• Do not Worry. "When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." (Luke 12:11-12)
  There are two things we do not need to worry about. The first is, how to defend yourself and what to say. You can only prepare for it by Bible study. In these remarkable times, God will use you to appeal to your captors based on His knowledge of their psychological makeup and background. Only He knows what to say to them, you do not.
  The second is, the threats used against you and your loved ones. The best way to deal with this is the one Abraham used when he decided to give Isaac as an offering to God. He believed God.
  He had faith that God had the power to resurrect the dead. You must have faith in a future heaven and judgment. Weeping and sorrow will occur. But joy will come in the morning.
  
  
• Gift of Martyrdom. (Philippians 1:29) If you are faced with death, remember that God gives this gift to those who need it. Also know that the threat of pain and death is less powerful than any threats against your children. Parents who reported being separated from their children have stated that not knowing what happened to their children was worse that the physical torture that they endured in detention.
  
  Remember that the issues are not just about your temporary sorrow, but it is about the way the whole universe will operate. So we must regard every action, every submission in terms of what is truly at stake. No form of evil can survive. No compromise with evil is possible. There is no concept of the greatest good. There is only good.
  
  Just know that all of heaven is on your side. So, go ahead and have imaginary conversations with God. It just might be the most healthy thing to do. In some circles we call this prayer.
  For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake. (Philippians 1:29)
  More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, (Philippians 3:8)
  
  Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.
  But if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:12,13, 16)
  
  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Romans 8:18)
  
  The world does not deserve us. It is our privilege to give all. (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground. (Hebrews 11:38)
• Duty to government. Your first allegiance is to God. Then it is your duty to pray for your leaders. To be good citizens and good neighbors. Pay your taxes. Do everything based on love. Romans 13 lists the duties of a Christian to their government. It did not distinguish between good or bad governments. The one guiding principle is love. Pray for your leaders - even if you think that they were trained in the pits of hell. Pray that they will see people as God sees all people. Pray that you will see them as God hopes they will become.
  
  Therefore, you should not be armed, involved in sabotage or force or any acts of humiliation or destruction. You should be involved in sacrifice, acts of kindness and love.
  
  But a Christian has a duty to denounce evil. It might get you killed, but silence in the face of horrendous evil is cowardly especially when evil interprets silence as agreement and consent. God does not ordain every leader, if that was true then He would be responsible for Hitler and the Nazis. What God ordained was the concept of hierarchical leadership. This is for the purpose of maintaining law and order.
  But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake of fire that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Revelation 21: 8)
  • John the Baptist. He confronted the evil governor.
    For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Heroidas, the wife of his brother Philip. For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her". (Matthew 14: 3-4)
    He was not diplomatic in his choice of words.
    But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Saducees coming for baptism he said to them "you brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3: 7)
  • Jesus. Jesus identified evil, despite the fact that it made Him a target.
    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its deeds are evil. (John 7: 7)
    Jesus acted.
    And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the table of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. (Matthew 21: 12)
  • Nathan. He confronted David about his sin with Bathsheeba. (2 Samuel 12)
  • Elijah. He mocked the priests of Baal. He confronted Ahab and Jezebel.
  • Isaiah. We should speak out about evil, injustice and cruelty and help the oppressed.
    Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean. Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. Seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. (Isaiah 1: 16-17)
    Isaiah was also told to mock the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14: 4).

Personality Theories
Personality theories try to measure your preferred method of reacting to the world. It does not account for your maturity or spiritual growth.

There are many different personality theories, that divide the personality traits into four or sixteen different types. The most popular is the Myers-Briggs system and the Kiersey system which is based on it.

These theories have been around since the time of Hippocrates. He defined four personalities based on the fluids in your body (blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile (serum)). They became more scientific with the research of Carl Jung who identified eight personality types. Myers and Briggs expanded on this even further when they identified the judging and perceiving types. This expanded the types to sixteen possible sets.
Kiersey added to the knowledge by observing that these sixteen types can be grouped into four that are similar to hipprocates' observations. Many researchers also describe the classification in four groups.

System		Personality 1	Personality 2	Personality 3	Personality 4
1	Brain Organization	Left Brain	Right Brain	Left Brain	Right Brain
2	Personality Types (Friedman /Rosenman)	Type A	Type B	Type C	Type D
3	FIRO-B	(eI, eC, wA)	(eI, eC, eA)	(wI, wC, eA)	(wI, wC, wA)
4	Hippocrates Four Humors	Choleric	Sanguine	Phlegmatic	Melancholy
5	Jung Personality Types	NT	SFT	STF	NF
6	Littauer	Powerful Choleric	Popular Sanguine	Peaceful Phlegmatic	Perfect Melancholy
7	Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)	NTJ, NTP	SFP, STP	SFJ, STJ	NFP, NFJ
8	Kiersey Temperament	Rational (NT)	Artisan/Hedonist (SP)	Guardian/Traditionalist (SJ)	Idealist (NF)
9	DISC Assessment	Dominance	Influence	Steadiness	Compliance
10	P-Types	Anesthetic	Hypomanic	Depressive	Hyperesthetic
11	Animals (Smalley/Trent)	Lion	Otter	Golden Retriever	Beaver
12	The Four Species (Judaism)	Lulav (Palm) Deeds	Aravah (Willow) None	Hadas (Myrtle) Torah	Etrog (Citrus fruit) Torah + Deeds
Bible examples		Paul	Peter, Judas	Moses, Abraham	Elijah, Jonah

The Brain Organization
The biological source of personality differences probably come from the different functions of the left and right brain. The left brain governs all analytical, mathematical and linear functions. The right brain is concerned with motives and reasons and other human factors.
I could not help but notice that in God's method of teaching the Israelites by the sanctuary and feast systems, that He used a right brain approach. The method is filled with symbolism. The right brain sees the big picture, the left brain the detail.

God uses the left brain approach when He makes His final actions and dispenses justice and the right brain to deal with humans in mercy.

Justice of God	Left Brain	Right Brain	Mercy of God
Ten Commandments	Verbal description, explicit	Non-verbal, implicit	The sacrifice of Christ
Laws	Word symbols	Image symbols	Sanctuary, Lamb, light, bread, incense, blood
Sabbaths	Sequential, orderly, counting	Simultaneous, spontaneous	Unconditional love, feasts
Christ	Action	Plan	Plan of salvation
Judgments	Conclusions based on reason	Willing to suspend judgment	Mercy and the gift of God
Death is the wages of sin	Head	Heart	No greater love than dying for a friend
Ceremonies	Detail	Context, assumptions, big picture	Patience of the saints and suspension of judgment
Israel chosen	Organizes	Supports	Comforter, Holy Spirit

Basic Personality Types
This system is based on defining the four extremes.

• Type-A Personality. This personality shows excessive competitiveness and ambition, driven, an obsession with accomplishing tasks quickly, workaholic, little time for self-reflection, and a strong need to control situations. They tend to have insomnia, indigestion, stress and heart disease.
• Type-B Personality. This personality is relaxed, uncompetitive, friendly, patient and inclined to self-analysis. They have less stress.
• Type-C Personality. Reticent, unassertive, nice to a fault.
• Type-D Personality. Anxious, insecure, gloomy, depressed.

Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation - Behavior (FIRO-B).
It measures three interpersonal needs (inclusion, control, affection) and two dimensions of these needs (wanted behavior or expressed behavior). These two dimensions measure how much you prefer to express these behaviors or how much you want others to express them. It is a fairly simple system that accurately measures the dimensions of personalities.

Dimensions	Inclusion			Control			Affection
Expressed Behavior	eI	Popularity Worship	Need for » Recognition » Belonging » Participation	eC	Leader	Need for » Influence » Leading, » Responsibility	eA	Love	Need for » Closeness » Warmth » Sensitivity
Wanted Behavior	wI	Observer Helper		wC	Follower Submission		wA	Be Loved
Torture	Isolation			Confinement, trivial rules			Sensory deprivation, overload

If FIRO-B included a fourth interpersonal need, I would call it the need for order or planning. Do we need to express order or do we want others to do all the order and planning. The sanguine just want to have fun, so order can be constricting. However, the melancholy love order.

Hippocrates and the Four Humors.

Body Fluid		Characteristic	Personality	Element	Season
1	Phlegm	Cold and moist	Phlegmatic	Water	Winter
2	Blood	Hot and moist	Sanguine	Air	Spring
3	Yellow Bile	Hot and dry	Choleric	Fire	Summer
4	Black Bile	Cold and dry	Melancholy	Earth	Autumn

Hippocrates said that health and personality are based on the balance between four body fluids. These fluids correlate to the four basic elements and the seasons. Each personality is based on having more of one fluid. Too much fire or yellow bile makes a person hot and dry or choleric. This is the theory that was believed for centuries and taught by Greek physicians like Galen. Modern theories eventually link to the same four basic sets of personalities.

Carl Jung Personality Types.
He identified eight personalities that are based on two types in which we have two opposite ways of functioning.

• Information Gathering. There are two ways to take in information or perceive things.
  1. Senses (S). Do we trust our five senses?
  2. Intuition (N). Do we rely on our instinct.
• Decision Making. There are two ways in which we make decisions. If this function is extraverted, the person will be a "judger" rather than a "perceiver".
  1. Thinking (T). Objective logic.
  2. Feeling (F). Subjective feelings or value systems.

Within these eight possibilities we have an order of preference for using these functions. Before the age of six we experiment with all four functions. But as we age the subordinate functions begin to emerge until we are balanced.

#	Type	Personality	MBTI		Preference
					1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Extraverted Sensing	Sanguine	ESFP	SF	S	F	T	N
		Sanguine	ESTP	ST	S	T	F	N
2	Intraverted Sensing	Phlegmatic	ISFJ	SF	S	F	T	N
		Phlegmatic	ISTJ	ST	S	T	F	N
3	Extraverted Intuition	Melancholy	ENFP	NF	N	F	T	S
		Choleric	ENTP	NT	N	T	F	S
4	Intraverted Intuition	Melancholy	INFJ	NF	N	F	T	S
		Choleric	INTJ	NT	N	T	F	S
5	Extraverted Thinking	Choleric	ENTJ	NT	T	N	S	F
		Phlegmatic	ESTJ	ST	T	S	N	F
6	Intraverted Thinking	Choleric	INTP	NT	T	N	S	F
		Sanguine	ISTP	ST	T	S	N	F
7	Extraverted Feeling	Phlegmatic	ESFJ	SF	F	S	N	T
		Melancholy	ENFJ	NF	F	N	S	T
8	Intraverted Feeling	Sanguine	ISFP	SF	F	S	N	T
		Melancholy	INFP	NF	F	N	S	T
The failure of this system is its inability to differentiate the sanguine and phlegmatic types. The judging and perceiving traits clarify the differences

1. Dominant (Age 6-12). This is the function that we use so frequently that it overshadows the other functions and forms our personality. We also extravert or intravert this function. This personality begins to emerge between ages six to twelve as the dominant function asserts itself.
2. Auxiliary (Age 12-20). This is the secondary function from the second pair of types that asserts itself between ages twelve to twenty. We also extravert or intravert this function to the opposite of the dominant function. Therefore, if the dominant function is extraverted, this function will be intraverted. A strong auxiliary function is needed to complement the dominant function for proper personality development.
3. Tertiary (Age 20-35). We begin to use this function more often from age 20 to 25.
4. Inferior (Age 35-50). Between the age of 35 and 50 we begin to use our fourth function. It may be in conflict with our dominant function. After the age of 50 we are more disciplined in the use of all four functions.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
The mother and daughter team of Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs-Myers used the work of Carl Jung. Isabel recognized the fourth personality dimension of the "thinking and perceiving" types. This expanded the eight personalities of Jung to sixteen. This system uses a set of four pairs of letters (eight letters) to describe differences in personality.

Pair		Trait	Population	Description	Measures	Dimension	FIRO-B
1	I	Intravert	25 %	Reserved, reclusive, self motivating	Our flow of energy. Where we receive stimulation. From interaction with others or from introspection.	Social. External exposure	Inclusion
	E	Extravert	75 %	Expressive, sociable, needs others for motivation
2	S	Sensory	75 %	Observant, curious, lives in the past	How we gather information. By using our five senses or do we rely more on intuition.	Spiritual/ Feeling. Mercy, Interaction	Affection
	N	Intuitive	25 %	Imaginative, introspective, lives in the future
3	T	Thinking	50 %	Tough, rules and regulations, patterns, standards, critical judgment	How we make decisions. How we process information.	Mental/ Thinking. Law and Justice. Analysis	Control
	F	Feeling	50 %	Friendly, sympathetic, understanding, values
4	J	Judging	50 %	Systematic, schedules, fixed, plans ahead, organized, plans, orders, need for closure	How do we act on the information in the external environment on a daily basis. Our method of problem solving.	Physical/ Working. Planning, implement, growth, self actualization	-
	P	Perceiving	50 %	Wait and see attitude, adapts, flexible, experiments, alternatives

Kiersey Temperament Sorter.
These four sets identified by Myers-Briggs are combined to form sixteen different personality types. David Kiersey grouped these sixteen types into four related sets that correspond to the original theories. They are the rational choleric (NT), the artisan or hedonist sanguine (SP), the guardian phlegmatic (SJ) and the idealist melancholy (NF). I focused on those traits of their personality that might be exploited by interrogation tactics.

Type	Myers- Briggs		Kiersey	%	Description
A			Lion	Strength. Visionary, practical, productive, strong-willed, independent, decisive, leader Weakness. Cold, domineering, unemotional self-sufficient, unforgiving, sarcastic, cruel
	NT		Rational	8%	Powerful Choleric. Acts on appearances of honor and reputation, propriety, authoritarian. Ingenious, independent, and strong willed
	Knowledge Seeking
	1	ENTJ	Field Marshall (Executive)	4%	Leaders, need to take charge, likes structure and order, strong willed, focused, likes to prioritize.
	2	INTJ	Mastermind (Scientist)	<1%	Self confident, prepares, practical, strong willed.
	3	ENTP	Inventor (Visionary)	2%	Curious, hates boredom, hates routine, likes to be on top, confident.
	4	INTP	Architect (Thinker)	<1%	Likes to design, seeks knowledge, hates nonsense, impatient with routine details, prefer to work alone and quietly, serious, compliant.
B			Otter	Strength. Outgoing, responsive, warm, friendly, talkative, enthusiastic, compassionate Weakness. Undisciplined, unproductive, exaggerates, egocentric, unstable
	SP		Artisans	38%	Popular Sanguine. Acts on good-hearted impulse, kindness, Liberal, hedonistic, self-indulgent. Unconventional, bold, and spontaneous
	Sensation Seeking
	5	ESFP	Performer (Performer)	14%	Smooth, witty, fun lovers, gives in easily to the wishes of others.
	6	ISFP	Composer (Artist)	5%	Fine arts, do not plan and prepare, act on impulse, sensitive to the pain and suffering of others.
	7	ESTP	Promoter (Doer)	10%	Witty, clever, fun people. Can influence others, manipulators, diplomat, good salesmen.
	8	ISTP	Operator (Mechanic)	9%	Concrete, utilitarian, practical, optimistic, generous, loves solitude, cannot be subjected to the rule of others, hates control of their will.
C			Golden Retriever	Strength. Calm, easy-going, dependable, quiet, objective, diplomatic, humorous Weakness. Selfish, stingy, procrastinator, unmotivated, indecisive, fearful, worrier
	SJ		Guardians	38%	Peaceful Phlegmatic. Acts without self-interest, prudence, knowledge, conservative. Dependable, helpful, and hard-working
	Security Seeking
	9	ESTJ	Supervisor (Guardian)	13%	Responsible, orderly, eager to enforce rules and procedures, hates violations, cooperative with leaders, expects obedience.
	10	ISTJ	Inspector (Duty Fulfiller)	6%	Need to see that all is right and proper, dedicated, loyal. Base their self image on being loyal. Trusts authority, neat, seeks security, not confrontational, pessimistic, conservative and yearn for belonging.
	11	ESFJ	Provider (Care Giver)	13%	Sociable, social harmony and cooperation. Cares for others in need, conscious of appearances. Hates personal criticism.
	12	ISFJ	Protector (Nurturer)	6%	Likes caring for others, safeguards friends and family, assists the downtrodden, shy, thorough, frugal, dependable, hates changing conditions.
D			Beaver	Strength. Analytical, self-disciplined, industrious, organized, aesthetic, sacrificing Weakness. Moody, self-centered, touchy, negative, unsociable, critical, revengeful
	NF		Idealists	8%	Perfect Melancholy. Acts on principles, righteousness, libertarian. Loving, kindhearted, and authentic
	Identity Seeking
	13	ENFP	Champion (Inspirer)	3%	Prefers intense emotional experiences, searches for truth, motivators, hates subordination, independent, inspires and manipulates others to their own ends
	14	INFP	Healer (Idealist)	1%	Caring, seeks unity, moral, idealistic, willing to sacrifice, martyrs, finds it difficult to believe in themselves.
	15	ENFJ	Teacher (Giver)	3%	Enthusiastic, value harmonious relationships, empathetic, social, takes on the concerns of others.
	16	INFJ	Counselor (Protector)	1%	Private, sensitive, make decisions quickly, thinks in terms of values, values personal integrity.

The Personality Continuum. This is the personality dynamics as best as I can illustrate it in two dimensions. The inclusion need or intravert and extravert characteristics are along the axis of the third dimension. People tend to think of the choleric and sanguine as the extraverts and the phlegmatic and melancholy as the intraverts. But there are rare examples of extraverts and intraverts in all categories.

Right Brain
Dopamine		(More) Noradrenaline						-	Acetylcholine (More)						Oxytocin
Fun, pleasure, vanity				Advertising Focus									Love, fear
Status				Conform			Common Opinion			Reform			Advocate
B	Want More Affection for Self						Affection			Express More Affection for Others						D
-	Artisan (SP)	Sanguine (SFP) (19%)				Charismatic (FP)					Melancholy (NFP) (4%)				Idealist (NF)	-
	Sanguine (STP) (19%)		Perceiving						Perceiving						Melancholy (NFJ) (4%)
		Perceiving	Feeling						Feeling					Judging
			Thinking	Sensory					Intuitive				Feeling
				Sensory	-	Extravert			Extravert		-	Intuitive
	Entrepreneur (TP)					-	Intravert		Intravert	-					Comforter (FJ)
							Inclusion
				Intuitive			Intravert		Intravert			Sensory
	Choleric (NTP) (3%)					Extravert			Extravert						Phlegmatic (SFJ) (19%)
				Intuitive					Sensory
			Thinking						Thinking
			Judging						Judging
	Rational (NT)	Choleric (NTJ) (5%)				Administrator (TJ)					Phlegmatic (STJ) (19%)				Guardian (SJ)
A	Express More Control of Others						Control			Want More Control of Self						C
(Aggressive) Action				Conform			Personal Opinion			Reform			Conviction (Passive)
Exclusivity, vanity				Advertising Focus									Fear, curiosity
Adrenaline		(More) Noradrenaline						-	Acetylcholine (More)						Serotonin
Left Brain

It is difficult to express a three dimensional idea in a two dimensional table. However the FIRO-B attributes are a little more complicated.

• Control. The left half of the table, choleric and sanguine, want to express more control of others. However, in the case of the sanguine, they want to express more control over other's emotions while the choleric want total control that must be expressed externally.
  The right half of the table, phlegmatic and melancholy want more control of self. The phlegmatic wants total control this is why they seem so stubborn. However, the melancholy want more control of other's emotions. They need to control how you feel.
• Affection. The left half of the table, choleric and sanguine, want more affection for themselves. However the choleric wants loyalty, while the sanguine wants friendship. The phlegmatic and melancholy want more affection for others. The phlegmatic wants to protect others physically and the melancholy wants to protect others emotionally.

God and Personality. An examination of the four personality types and the various Kiersey roles show a division along the roles assigned to members of the Trinity (godhead).

• Father. The "NT" rational personality clearly describes the authoritarian role of God the Father. He is the Master Mind of the universe. The architect, designer and inventor or creator of all we see.
• Son. The "SJ" guardian personality defines the role of the Son. He is the provider, supervisor and protector of Israel. He is the Guardian who went with them in the desert and the one who is with all humans. He will be the inspector or judge at the end of time. His role as Guardian made Him offer Himself as a sacrifice.
• Holy Spirit. The "NF" idealist personality represents the work of the Holy Spirit, who is called our companion and comforter. As our companion, healer, teacher, counselor and champion, He works to perfect us. Perfection is the goal of the idealist. He makes us perfect by writing the law into our hearts.
• Humanity. The "SP" Artisan personality and four others not defined by Kiersey (NP NJ ST SF), does not fit any of the defined roles of God in the Plan of Salvation. They might represent the basic personality or the human personality with the spiritual gifts. In our lesson on The colors of God", we show how God follows the laws of nature in combining three primary colors to make perfection. Here, He combines three personality dimensions.
  In the Jewish mind the perfect personality is one that combines all four persons. Personality is judged by our response to good through knowing God and doing good deeds.
  • Etrog ("Citrus Fruit"). Like the melancholy this person says, "I am perfect". They love the torah and do good deeds.
  • Hadas ("Myrtle"). These say "I am devoted to the persuit of wisdom, to know God". They know the Torah and consider the knowledge of God to be most important. They are the phlegmatics, seeking order by themselves.
  • Lulav ("Palm"). These say "I must do good deeds, what is knowledge without action". They are the cholerics who are people of action who concentrate on deeds.
  • Aravah ("Willow"). These say "I have nothing, I am nothing". They the sanguines who just like to have fun. They do not care about the Torah or good deeds. This is why I could not find a personality match among the trinity and the "SP". The only time God was judged as being and having nothing is when Christ took our sins and appeared as a sinner.

The combinations below are my own attempt at organizing the similar types that are not defined by Kiersey. Therefore, they should not be taken as significant findings.
The combination of complementary personalities are a perfect representation of leadership skills over certain assets, people or property in the role of guardian or promoter.
However, I find that the combination of opposite personalities represent a good blend that complements certain church planting and community building spiritual gifts. In the absence of a real spiritual gift, these mental talents and biological gifts can produce some of the benefits. Let us take a look at two groups that could function as a pastor.

• Talent (FP). This personality has the charismatic skills to to tell people what they want to hear. Usually this is about love, money, wealth, safety and power. They are good psychiatrists. In their performance on the pulpit, they can compose a story that will heal whatever ails you and become the champion who spurs you on every Sunday to stay with the story that he has composed for you. This is the genious of prosperity ministers. They promote you.
• Spiritual Gift (NJ). The gifted pastor does the work of God. He guides you to what God wants you to know not what you want to hear. Therefore, this pastor is an effective teacher of the word of God and a counselor to you about what ails you. In addition, they have the skills to plan and direct the work of God according to the master plan of the Holy Spirit. They promote God.

Law Enforcement. The interrogator looks for these behavioral traits and further tries to access abnormal personality types. Torture attemps to go against the flow of your personality, targeting your need for inclusion, affection and control. They specifically look for weaknesses that can be exploited. These weaknesses can be based on an abnormal personality or some dominant expression of a normal personality. I would not classify these as personality traits, but certain personalities may tend to exhibit one of these behaviors more easily.
For example, a perfectionist might be more guilt ridden. An extrovert might suffer from this also because they tend to need approval from others. Realizing this, they can be manipulated to feel guilt for not pleasing the other person.

The Exploited Personality. They also try to assess these characteristics because they are looking for weaknesses in the personality that can be manipulated during an interrogation.

Personality Weaknesses		Characteristic
1	Orderly - Obstinate	Frugal, orderly, cold, thinks things through, secretive, stubborn.
2	Optimistic	Impulsive, inconsistent, undependable, runs away from conflict.
3	Greedy, demanding	Clings to others, dependent, passive, wants all needs met.
4	Anxious, self centered	Fearful, hungers for approval or praise to the point of exposing themselves to their fears. Vain and sensitive.
5	Guilt ridden	All reactions based on their guilt or the guilt of others. Feels the need to be punished.
6	Wrecked by success	Fails at critical points in life.
7	Strange person	Unable to distinguish fantasy from reality
8	Exception	Believes the world owes them, claims privileges that others do not get. Thinks that they have suffered a great injustice. Wants to be treated as the exception.
9	Average or normal	Many occasionally exhibit some of the other behaviors. More objective about the world.

Marketing and Advertising. While torture attempts to motivate cooperation by creating an environment of fear, advertising elicits cooperation by creating an environment of pleasure and satisfaction. Both use the same psychological principles to gather information to structure the artificial environment. The external environment creates the correct mood through images, smells and sounds and the internal environment stimulates the chemicals that elicit preferred emotions.

Marketing uses the science of psychology and personalities in order to develop methods to motivate potential consumers to buy their products. Advertising companies have been very successful at creating a need where none existed. Not surprisingly, the military uses the media to market its propaganda in the form of advertisement, news, movies and television shows. There is an office in the Pentagon that collaborates with Hollywood on what types of movies and images to produce. In their latest collaboration they are trying to convince the public why torture is necessary and effective and efficient through the television show "24". The head of the office of Homeland Security actually toured the country with producers from the television show to speak to audiences.

A successful motivational, coercive or advertising campaign begins with an analysis of the demographics of the population. Although personality remains the same across the different demographic groups, the unresolved needs along Maslow's hierarchy may be used to motivate behavior if advertisers can create the need.

• Demographics.
  • Age. Younger people can be motivated by peer pressure and the need to belong. At their age, the only commodity they own is their group. Successful appeal is based on what the group approves, being left out, instant gratification, and popularity.
  • Gender. Appeals to women are based on beauty, desirability, family, children and values. Appeals to men are based on sex, power, being smart and triumphant.
  • Income. Appeals based on value, exclusivity and status. The poor can be convinced to buy the accessories that make them appear wealthy and successful. The rich buy accessories and access that only they can afford.
  • Education. The educated appreciate information to make an informed decision and those who are not are convinced to follow the crowd, or an expert or a popular celebrity.
  • Religion. Sensitivity to religion can expose opportunities for advertising. Religious seasons, festivals, values and traditions can create niche markets. Health foods, vegetarianism, Christmas, Easter, Passover sprung out of the religious community.
  • Race, Ethnicity, Culture. These affect roles and capacity, permission or ability to make decisions.
  • Family Structure. In some cultures, only the male can make decisions, so advertising should be aimed at convincing him what the family needs by instilling fear of those unfulfilled needs or appealing to love of others under his care.
  • Personality. This is the prize. Advertisers would love to know the personality profile of every person. I suspect there are efforts to collect this information in our schools. Sanguines and phlegmatics are both 38% of the population. Sanguines are easy to manipulate. Phlegmatics are harder. Since they are such a large section advertisers must develop strategies to reach them. I suspect the message about "value", and "being left behind" are meant to target them. The message is to let their self image catch up to the rest of the rational world.
• Decision Making Pattern. Personality theories are helpful in this analysis. Each personality dimension defines how we gather, process and act on information.
• Self Orientation. This attempts to define how we make decisions by looking at how we relate to the opinion of others. Because advertising focuses on gratifying self and defining popular opinion, it can create a subjective or objective experience that is designed to lead us to a particular decision.
  • Action. Motivation is based on practical reasons and their choice.
  • Status. They are motivated by common opinion, eager to please and move up the social ladder by conforming to the common and popular opinions of others. This group is an easy target for advertisers.
  • Advocate. They are motivated to reform common opinion and make it responsible for others. This group is impressed with projects that show care and concern for others.
  • Conviction. They are not motivated by common opinion, but by inner ideals. Successful advertising may be based on appealing to the effect of their decisions made for others.

  Color	Suggests
  Red	Stimulates appetite, hot. Encourages impulse buying. Heart beats faster, blood pressure increases, muscles tense. Excites, motivates, energy, aggression, dominance, strength, power.
  Orange	Stimulates appetite. Warmth, energy, excitement, activity, motion, affordable
  Yellow	Stimulates appetite. Temporary, new, cheer, optimism, vitality.
  Green	Stimulates appetite. Growth, rejuvenation, freshness, balance, well being, harmony, stability, security. Lowers suicide, tension and nervousness. Calming, concentration, money, wealth and heaven for Muslims
  Blue	Appetite supressant, cold. Truth, loyalty, trust, conservative, intellectual, control, management, education, tradition
  Purple	Appetite supressant. Mystery, royalty, creativity, dignity, inspiration, motherhood
  White	Cleanliness, purity, innocence, truth
  Black	Sophistication, confidence, wealth, power
  Baker-Miller Pink	Reduces stress, aggression, hunger and anxiety. Increases passiveness and compliance to authority.

• Color. We respond to color because of cultural, psychological associations and even physiological responses. Males and females respond differently to some colors. Color can be used to suggest a mood for a certain period of time. Eventually other psychological factors take effect and override the impulses.
  • Yellow. It is the first color recognized and babies and children respond well to it. It stimulates communication.
  • Baker-Miller Pink. It has been used in the receiving rooms of prisons to lower aggression and increase compliance.
  • Appetite. Red, yellow and green stimulates appetite because they are associated with the natural color of food. Blue and purple suppress appetite because foods are usually not that color.
  • Trust. Blue, green, yellow and Baker-Miller pink could be used to paint the walls of interrogation rooms. But your cells may be painted white or red to increase agitation or sap your strength. The interrogator may be dressed in black or red if they intend to intimidate and bully or they will dress in other colors when they want to play "good guy".
• Psychology. The study of chemicals on influencing behavior has opened a new dimension in motivational efforts. An examination of the messages and characteristics targeted by marketers show a remarkable similarity to the function of the limbic system.
  • Fear. Eliminate fear or use fear of losing, limited time and quanitity to motivate action.
  • Love. Loving, being loved, taking care of loved ones all are used to form a message.
  • Fun and Pleasure. Sex sells. Fun is popular. Sex is love.
  • Vanity. Popularity and beauty.
  • Curiosity. Satan used this very effectively on Eve. Natural curiosity is used to urge us away from our inhibitions while popular opinion helps us to conform to new ideas.
  • Exclusiveness. Satisfies the need for status to feel special or better than others.
  This discovery could also mean that scientists have mostly researched these characteristics because they are of interest to advertising companies.

The Self-Oriented Brain. This is the brain that marketers and advertisers would like to understand so they can motivate them towards a preferred action.

• Common Opinion. The opinions of others is more important in establishing personal value.
  • Sanguine. They want to conform to the popular opinions of others.
  • Melancholy. They want to reform the opinions of others to a higher ideal.
• Personal Opinion. Their personal opinion is more important than others.
  • Choleric. They want to make others conform to their personal opinions.
  • Phlegmatic. They want to reform their personal opinions to a higher ideal.

Advertisers and torturers need to reorient their target. The key is to have input on the information people use to form their personal opinions, even if this means separating them from their traditional values, religion and morals. This is best accomplished through ridicule and isolation and sometimes false science. When the majority has conformed, the appeal is now recast as "evolution" and "reason", not current fashion and opinion.

The Battle for the Subliminal Mind.
Since the areas of the brain that are responsible for aggression, fear, sex, hunger, thirst, sleep, reward and pleasure are connected, constant stimulation of one need may in fact be stimulating the other feelings. Advertising propels these feelings by constantly associating these needs. This is why successful advertising seems to be associated with loud music, sexy images, reward and pleasure. Also, entertainment events are associated with nudity, sex, drinking, drugs and risk taking. Advertising attempts to stimulate the same chemicals that are released in addictive behaviors.
The overwhelming onslaught of pictures, their meaning and associations, drugs, peer pressure and cultural messages produce an excess of certain chemicals that influence feelings and emotions. The excess and misdirected chemical responses makes the subconscious have more influence on our decisions than they should because it virtually bypasses all higher reasoning.

New messages, rules, friends	"Rules are made to be broken ... right?"
			Remove Inhibitions						Altered Response
Morals, conscience, experience		Parasympathetic		Subconscious Inhibitions				Learned Response
Physical Stimulus		Chemical Stimulus			Conscious Decision				Normal Response
Desires, hopes, relationships		Sympathetic		Feelings, emotions				Desired Response
Ads, images, drugs, music, MTV, parties, alcohol, violence, sex			Bypass Conscious Decision						Altered Response
	"If it feels good do it"

An Engineered Response Normal Response. This is usually a negotiation between learned and desired response. A truly spiritual response usually tips the balance in favor of learned response if the learning is based on a good biblical foundation. A purely desired response is giving in to the inner man who is at enmity with God. Altered Response. This tends to tip the balance in the opposite direction by relying heavily on the desires and by altering the rules based system of your learning.

• Oxytocin and Trust. Oxytocin is a hormone that is released in love relationships that involve trust and bonding. Scientists are experimenting with an oxytocin nasal spray. The only reason is to influence the environment where quick decision making is required. The oxytocin response is misdirected to trust and bond with destructive forces so that you lower your inhibitions.
• Dopamine. It is also involved in risk taking, gambling and attraction. Excess dopamine fuels the hedonistic life.
  Risk Taking. Although risk taking involves anticipation of danger it also makes us feel good. The need for thrill seeking leads us to smoking, drinking, alcohol and drug abuse, unsafe sex, reckless driving and gambling. It also associated with loud rock music, wild partying and viewing extreme horror and sex movies.
• Serotonin. It reduces fear, worry and calms the body. It could also be abused in trust situations.
• Adrenaline Rush Hour. The modern 24 by 7 work society with electronic peripherals that require constant attention creates a society that is never chemically at rest. Therefore, it is no accident that substance abuse, hedonism and pleasure seeking is the norm. Our work environment creates an internal hormonal environment that needs to play.
• Piggy Back Emotions. They can possibly stimulate one desired emotion by stimulating others since the limbic system is connected.

The Chemical Brain. Rather than being dominated by the four humors of Hippocrates, the personalities seem to be dominated by one neurotransmitter from the sympathetic and parasympathetic system. The parasympathetic neurotransmitters set the basis for the personality. They are either naturally energized or calm. The sympathetic chemicals are more controlled by personal choices and the personalities are further differentiated by the type of activities they choose to experience. Since the world values the choleric and sanguine personalities, most common opinion and advertising is geared towards choosing these behaviors because they are more fun. As a result, the other two personalities may resort to drug induced personality change to "fit in". In fact, the common concensus is that being shy is a negative trait that should be eliminated. I resent that. As a shy person I believe that we are wiser, more cautious, more loyal and more creative. Moses was a shy person and there is no prophet greater than Moses.

• Noradrenaline. This neurotransmitter automatically excites the body making them restless.
  • Sanguine (Dopamine). They always want to have fun.
  • Choleric (Adrenalin). They always want to accomplish tasks quickly. Workaholics.
• Acetylcholine. This neurotransmitter automatically calms the body.
  • Melancholy (Oxytocin). They always want to establish relationships of trust.
  • Phlegmatic (Serotonin). They want to slow down, focus and be content.

Stimulus	Neurotransmitter			Response
Light, Estrogen, Ritalin, prozac, ecstacy, ketamine, LSD, methamphetamine, tricyclics, antidepressants, MAO-A, SSRIs, cocaine, ecstasy, DOM	Parasympathetic			Relax, confidence, focus, sleep, satisfaction
		Serotonin
Carbohydrates, tryptophan. Omega-3 (Sugar and fat)
Darkness, high protein, endorphins, Melatonin, Progesterone, methamphetamine (long term)				OCD, ADHD, depression, suicide, stress, hyperactive, aggression
Love, child birth, breast feeding		Oxytocin		Trust, bonding
Nicotine, glucose, choline		Acetylcholine		Calm
Light, pain, stress, laughter, exercise, chocolate, fat, spicy foods, opiates, phenylethylamine		Endorphins		Feel good, increases pleasure, improves mood, minimize pain
Heroin, alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers, meprobamate		GABA		Tranquilizing effect
Caffeine				Stimulating effect
Sex, orgasm, nicotine, methamphetamine, amphetamines, fen-phen, bupropion (wellbutrin®), opiates, ketamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, ecstasy	Sympathetic			Alertness, attraction, lust, fear, risk, pleasure, reward, gambling, aggression
		Dopamine
Protein, tyrosine. High fat, endorphins
Alcohol, methamphetamine (long term)				Sedative
Stress, cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamine, ritalin, ecstacy, ketamine, antidepressants, MAO-A, tricyclics, bupropion (wellbutrin®), atomoxetine (strattera®)		Norepinephrine (Noradrenalin)		Action, wakefulness, energy
Protein, tyrosine, tyramine (cheese)
Work stress, caffeine		Adrenalin		Fight, flight, action
Glutamate, caffeine, cocaine, ketamine, PCP		Glutamate		Stimulating effect
Alcohol				Tranquilizing effect
Reward. If the interrogator wants you in a good mood, they will feed you with high fat foods, chocolate and junk food in the hours before interrogation. Punishment. If they want to punish you, you will be given a diet that enhances depression. Folic Acid. A lack of folic acid in the diet may be linked to depression. Eat oranges, turkey, asparagus, beets, soybeans, green leafy vegetables, spinach. Selenium. Low levels of selenium in the diet can make you grouchy, anxious and depressed. Eat whole grains, tomatoes, eggs, broccoli, tuna, and sunflower seeds Low Fat. Low fat can make you feel grouchy. Foods high in fat increase endorphins which make you feel happy. Low Protein. Protein increases alertness and helps give you more energy. Low Carbohydrates. Decreases serotonin and leads to depression. Chocolate may improve mood temporarily due to the high levels of sugar, fat, phenylethylamine, and caffeine.
• Stimulants: Caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine   » Amphetamines: Dexedrine, Ritalin, Cylert, Adderall, Fen-Phen. They are used to suppress appetite and treat ADHD. ADHD is treated with amphetamines, ritalin, strattera® • Antidepressants: MAO inhibiters, tricyclics, SSRI, Bupropion, Atomoxetine   » MAO Inhibiters: Increase serotonin and noradrenaline. Parnate®, Nardil®, Marplan®   » Tricyclics: Dulls pain. Increase serotonin and noradrenaline. Imipramine (Tofranil®), clomiprimine (Anafranil®), amitriptyline (Elavil®)   » SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibiters): Increase serotonin. Fluoxetine (Prozac®), paroxetine (Paxil®), sertraline (Zoloft®), fluvoxamine (Luvox®)   Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed drugs in the USA. • Tranquilizers: Reduce anxiety and tension but do not cause drowsiness. Librium®, Valium®, Halcion®, Xanax® • Opiates: Pain killers. Morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone, oxycodone. • Psychadelics: Distort perception of sights and sounds.   » Synthetic: LSD, ecstasy (MDMA), DOM or "STP", PCP.   » Natural: mescaline, psilocybin, dimethyltryptamine (DMT) • Sedatives: Cause drowsiness. Ethanol, barbiturates (phenobarbital, secobarbital, seconal®), meprobamate (Miltown®, Equanil®) • Marijuana: Acts as a sedative, opiate, psychadelic and improves appetite

The inevitable crash from this high intensity life style is fixed with another cocktail of misapplied neurotransmitter stimulants. Nicoteine, caffeine, alcohol, sleeping pills, opiates, antidepressants and amphetamines are used to produce the calming effects of serotonin.
God says we should come to Him and understanding based on reason, not feeling and emotion.
Come now let us reason together ... (Isaiah 1: 18)
Advertising uses the back door of stimulating emotion because they have stumbled across these principles that Christians ignore.

• Images (Television and the Internet).
  ... By beholding ... we become changed (2 Corinthians 3: 18)
  We should not look at or read what undermines our faith, or we will be changed by it. These lower our inhibitions, provide an alternate life style and change our moral center.
• Sound (Popular Music).
  So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10: 17)
  We should not listen to what undermines our faith, or we will be changed by it. Music lowers our inhibitions and attach emotions with the new moral messages. The music industry has already changed the Christian church because we have willingly become a market for their hybrid music. I honestly cannot tell the difference between sacred and secular music anymore. And it is not simply the words, it is the music. The words are generally designed to be flexible enough to fit in any love song market and the music is designed for a romantic dance party. That is not an anthem to the glory of God.
• Work (The Cares of Life). The new work ethic is designed to steal time away from God, your family and yourself. We develop a new sense of urgency to enjoy every minute of our lives not taken by work and find less room for God. Keeping up with the Jones is a measure of success.
  And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (Mark 4 : 18-19)
• Friends and Associates (Peer Pressure and Popular Opinion). Your friends and popular opinion will influence you. They provide the approval to go forward with our new moral code. Friendship means keeping terrible secrets and participating in destructive behavior. Anything else is being "a tattle tale" and "not being there" for your friend or "undermining trust" or "being judgmental". Tattle, tell somebody, object, risk losing the friendship. There is nothing heroic or virtuous about watching a disaster in motion. Being trusted to do nothing is nonsense. There should be zero tolerance for destructive behavior.
  You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4 : 4)

  Faulty Associations For decades the entertainment business has been redefining your inhibitions or associating them with a desired emotional response stimulus. • Love. Sex, nudity, popularity. • Acceptance. Popularity. • Desirable. Rich, thin, popular. • Morality. Outdated, stifling. • Hate. Old moral inhibitions.

• Diet and Appetite. Food conquered the world when Eve submitted to temptation. Daniel conquered himself and gained approval from God by eating the right foods. He rejected alcohol and meat and ate vegetables and beans and drank water.
  But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself.
  Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
  So the overseer continued to withold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables. (Daniel 1 : 8, 12, 16)
• The Law of Sin. Several simultaneous messages are meant to undermine our spiritual reasoning and make us fall back to the natural state of sin.
  We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. (Romans 7: 14-15).
  Even religious groups have adopted their own version of these secular values.
  • There is no right or wrong answer. Yes there is! This is the first message that is sent when they are trying to change a culture by appealing to the youth. They make a separation between the old and new values and undermine old values with such arguments. Often they will pick on the weakest tradition that they can defeat and slowly move from there.
    There are absolutes. There is a wrong or right answer in almost everything. By the time they have decimated your values they will have convinced you that you have been given the supreme value of choice. But they have concealed the pitfalls of your new freedom and you truly have no real choice. Choice is valued by God. We are free to choose good and evil but we bear the consequences. Switching your values for the decadent western values bring more heartache, exploitation, drugs, violence, disrespect, crime, diseases, dissatisfaction, loss of humanity, loss of family, lower ambition, separation and dishonesty. What they show you is money, success, freedom, flowers and blue skies.
    Judge and Jury. The religious version of this secular value is "Don't be judgmental".
    Persecutors and advertisers will make the argument for relevance instead of truth when faced with doctrinal questions. But relevance is a concept that depends on current opinion and immediate concerns. Truth is eternal.
  • Rules are made to be broken. This message is intended to bypass our moral conscience, setting aside "antiquated rules" such as the ten commandment.
    So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good (Romans 7: 12)
    Persecutors and advertisers will make an argument about "old fashioned ideas" to convince you to accept another set of paradigms based on the "rational views" of science.
    Science and Knowledge. For those who believe that they are above emotional reaction, a counterfeit knowledge takes the place of spiritual knowledge. This rational counterfeit also works hard at undermining the spiritual knowledge. Faith never contradicts scientific fact because it was God who created the physical world. But science tries to interpret everything it sees without acknowledging God. So for the intellectual crowd, their inhibitions are bypassed by the laws of science instead of the law of popular opinion.
    O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge". which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith Grace be with you. (1 Timothy 6: 20-21)
    Freedom in Christ. This religious version of this secular value is that "the old Jewish law of God has been changed". We now have "freedom in Christ".

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  • If it feels good do it. This message teaches us to rely on our lusts and emotion. We act without self control or restraint. It is a companion to the "majority rules" adage. If it "feels good" and "everybody is doing it" then we are foolish if we do not submit to these common desires. This is an argument made in religious persecution.
    but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin (Romans 7: 23-25)
    Success ("If it looks good acquire it and show it"). Profit and riches have become a moral imperative and is the sole determinant of success. Any definition of success without riches is not accounted as real success.
    Blessings. This religious version of this secular value is these are "blessings from God" to be sought after because they are your right and are proof of God's favor. Also "if it is good it is from God", but we have already redefined the meaning of "good".
    For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. (1 John 2: 16)
• The Power of Symbols. By accident I believe that advertisers have stumbled across the powerful nature of symbolism. It is a universal language of the mind. Symbols serve to link meanings to images while implying context. Symbols are how God kept His message pure for thousands of years. The Jews obediently followed the rituals and symbols of their feasts and laws for thousands of years. Even when they were disobedient to the laws, the seemingly useless symbolic ceremonies remained unchanged. Then Christ recognized Himself in the symbols and was able to fulfill the will of God.
  The Marlboro Man from Marlboro Country. "He is his own man in a world that he owned." This cigarette spokesman was handsome, rugged, virile, macho, healthy, successful, wealthy, simplistic and pressure free. The ad evoked images of freedom, desirability and he looked full of life clothed in his cowboy suit with the sexy cigarette. He is a masculine image in the fresh clean outdoors surrounded by women and stallions.
  Several actors who played him, died of lung cancer caused by smoking. Wayne McLaren (1976) died in 1992 at the age of 51. McLean died in 1992. David Millar Jr, the original marlboro man died of emphysema in 1987. David Goerlitz, the Winston Man had a stroke in his 30's. Will Thornbury, a model for Camel cigarettes died of lung cancer at 56. Janet Sackman, a Lucky Strike cigarette girl model was not so lucky. She had lung and throat cancer.

Biochemical Torture
By using food, drugs, coercive messages and actions, torturers can manipulate these internal chemical systems to create the perfect biochemical environment that will maximize your terror and achieve their results. The desired result could simply be more terror or a change in your response. A diet that is high in complex carbohydrates will increase serotonin levels. Torturers would prefer to keep this level low. So they may feed you high fat, high sugar junk foods.

The Power of Knowledge. God helped me to organize this information by putting the theories in my mind to research. If advertisers and psychologists have not put together this knowledge completely then why should I help them to assist torturers? The answer comes with the first lesson that God taught me about the mind and body decades ago. Once you know what is happening you can easily defeat it with your mind. There are other neurotransmitters for the higher brain powers that are not known, these can override any primitive response instantly.
I used to wonder why men seemed so much more attractive at regular intervals. After a few years I decided to chart these feelings and discovered that they were related to my menstrual cycle. After that, the next time it happened and I remembered why, the feelings and response disappeared instantly and they have never bothered me since. I make a conscious choice of how to feel.
So, if you are in a coercive situation remember that your body may also be fighting against your mind. Fight your way through the feelings through knowledge. Higher reasoning demands that you consider the consequences and remember your principles and remember God.

God's Remedy for Psychological Healing.

• Physical. Diet and exercise. In an environment of torture you have no control over this. But you can do what Daniel and his friends did, choose to eat only those foods that you know will help you.
• Mental. Sleep, worship. The torture environment is designed to counteract this. Therefore, counteract it internally through communion with God. If you are forced to stay awake think about your heavenly Father. Close your eyes to the images that they are trying to impose on you.
• Spiritual. Sabbath rest. The torture environment is designed to counteract this or even disorient you so that you do not know the passing of time, so make every day a Sabbath day. Take a break from interrogation, worry, work, from fun and play, from images, smells, conversations. Rest from everything except communion with God. Some people substitute excess "communion with nature" and "family fun time" with one on one communion with God. While some of this may repair personal relationships, it still falls short of the ideal of total spiritual rest and communion with God. Family time will involve some of the same images and activities that stimulate us. Excessive efforts to commune with nature such as hiking and "a Sabbath day at the beach" will give a dopamine high that will make you feel good but you are still stimulating the same chemical pathways to self satisfaction.
  Sabbath. The Sabbath is a key concept in the Plan of Salvation. The Sabbath is designed for rest from these chemicals and to build up the pathways in the brain that require higher thoughts. Through our study of the covenant and the law, we know that every action of God is based on legal standards. Legally, the Sabbath is the only day where He is allowed to do something extra special for humanity. He cannot legally do this on any other day to the extent that He can do it on the Sabbath. Perhaps the Sabbath rest is a key weapon to fight against this final tactic of Satan. A psychochemical attack on our higher reasoning.
  However, when evil tries to deprive us of this Sabbath blessing, God can resort to another law to help us.
  ... where iniquity abounds grace much more abounds ... (Romans 5: 20)

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

-					God
-				Best	Acquisitions
-			Respect	Contribution	Recognition
-		Friendship	Family	Intimacy	Church
-	Security	Health	Finances	Shelter	Employment
Breathe	Body Temperature	Water	Food	Sleep	Waste Disposal

One other interpersonal theory is useful in understanding how torture can be designed to fit your temperament.
Maslow identified five basic physical needs for survival. The last three higher order needs are the components of the personality. The personality affects the lower order physical needs in terms of importance, quantity and quality sought and the recipients of these valued items. Different personalities may seek more or less for themselves and for others. The need of self transcendence leads us to seek more of these basic and higher order needs for others.
Torturers exploit these basic physical needs to heighten the psychological terror. Because, if a need is not met it can be used as a motivator to coerce cooperation and behavior.

• Physiological. Breathe, regulate body temperature, water, sleep, food, dispose of body waste.
• Safety. Security, health, finances, shelter, employment.
• Social (Love and Belonging). Friendship, love, acceptance, affection, companionship, sex or intimacy, family, church.
• Self Esteem (Status). Need for achievement, attention, respect, value, contribution and recognition.
• Self Actualization. To be the best by reaching your full potential.
• Self Transcendence. Spiritual needs.

They know that everyone has these basic needs and they tend to exploit the most basic needs first. Then the next step is to assess your need for inclusion, control and affection in order to launch a psychological attack on your higher order needs. They manipulate your social and self esteem needs to trick you into false confessions.
Modern, traditional torture tends to exploit all levels up to self esteem. But the call to defend against new types of religious war means that they are exploring ways to exploit the higher needs. At the last moment they will resort to the medieval system of terror.

Religion. To torture the religious they will corrupt your morals with X-Rated videos, music or behavior. And they will violate your body by subjecting you to forced nudity and rape. They exploit special needs by denying or deliberately corrupting the need for special diet or special time for worship or access.
Ironically, self transcendence leads us to seek more of the good for others and less for ourselves. Therefore, the best way to torture the religious is to torture others and try to blame it on you. This will be your greatest test as victims look to you for a solution to their problem or the cause of it. The most heart breaking victims will be children, especially your own.
How easy or trivial the choice will seem to stop the rape of your child by simply worshipping your God on another day? Is a belief more important than a physical tragedy? Could you remember that the issues are much greater and much older than your current tragedy? You must remember Who is your greatest love and fall in love again.

Basic Need		General Method	Religious Method
Physiological		Removal or threatening of a basic item for immediate survival. Attack the five senses
1	Breathe	Simulated drowning in water, urine or toilet waste. Covering head in plastic bag. Sitting on chest
2	Regulate body temperature	Extremes of heat and cold. Exposure. Covering in cold water. Inadequate clothing or shoes. Standing in the snow. Tied to hot surfaces. Cigarette burns	Burning at the stake
3	Sleep	Sleep deprivation. Bright lights for 24 hours per day. Excessive noise.
4	Water	Lack of water, dirty water	Alcohol, unclean foods, forbidden food
5	Food	Starvation, plain, disgusting, old, contaminated food. Vermin filled food. Forced cannibalism.
6	Dispose of waste	No waste facilities. Forced to live in urine and feces. Space not cleaned. Vermin infested. Standing in open cesspools or living next to it	Urine and feces on religious property
7	Eliminate Pain	Cause pain, discomfort. Aggravate old wounds. Beating, punching, kicking, electrocution, noise
8	Five Senses	See. Hooding. Constant light or dark. No color. Confusing colors or designs. Warm colors. Hear. Noise bombing. Loud noise or white noise. No sound or contact for long periods. Smell. Bad smells, bad air, urine, feces. Choking, hot air. Difficult breathing. Feel. Heat and cold, hard, rough and sharp. Acid burns, cuts, beating. Isolation. Fear. Taste. Bad taste and texture. Bland. Balance. Hanging upside down. Beating ear drums, spinning and rocking. May cause nausea. Sensory Deprivation. No color, white noise (monotonous tone), no odors, bland taste, isolation Sensory Overload. Many warm colors. Loud continuous noise. Strong odors. Sharp, spicy taste
Safety		Removal or threat to means of acquiring safety and security. Gender is an important factor in this evaluation as culture determines the acquisition and distribution of the factors that satisfy this need
1	Person (Body)	Pain, beating, rape, threats, mind games, Russian roulette, terrorizing with dogs or wild animals
2	Shelter	Mortgage discrimination, foreclosures, seizing property. Imprisonment. Sensory deprivation. Plain, no color, hard, uncomfortable, confining, exposure, vermin infestation	Threats to tax status
3	Employment	Loss of job, denial of opportunities. No protection for religious needs	Sabbath
4	Security	Loss of job, home, property, family. Imprisonment, no access to lawyers	Threat against church
5	Finances	Seizing property, bank accounts, valuable personal items. Forced bankruptcy. Forced expenses
6	Mental	Maximize fears, phobias, aversions (religious, cultural, personal)
Social (Love and Belonging)		Removal or threat to close relationships by terrorizing loved ones, ruining your reputation. Psychological operations. Threats of exposure of real or manufactured secret behavior
1	Friendship	Solitary confinement, isolation	Reeducation
2	Family	Separation. No communication. Disturbing rumors. Lies	Remove children
3	Sex	Isolation. Rape, sodomy. Filming and distributing your degradation. Exposure to X-Rated movies or behavior. Castration	Forced to watch,read, participate
4	Church	Exposing past behavior or distributing lies.	Media propaganda
Self Esteem		Removal of any access to items, activity, information or communication that establishes your value to yourself or others. This is best done when a leader is incarcerated with their former subordinates
1	Respect	Public nudity. Degrading conditions and treatment. Cursing, bullying, shouting, laughing, ridiculing. Expose humiliation to former subordinates	Attack beliefs
2	Contribution	No activities, boredom	-
3	Recognition	Menial tasks, degrading assignments and conditions, ridiculing	Ridiculing beliefs
Self Actualization		Removal of opportunities or threats to opportunities
1	Pursue Goals	Absolute control. No access to books, opportunities, indefinite detention	Role reversal
Self Transcendence		Removal or threatening of your religious practice, existence, reputation and social structure
1	Authority	Humiliating former leaders. Demonstrating omnipotence. Taunting, "Where is your God?"
2	Submission	Forcing submissive behavior to your captives. Rape and prostitution of yourself and others
3	Guilt	Blaming you for their actions on your friends and family. Telling you that you enjoyed your rape
4	Rewards	Relabelling occasional indulgences as "blessings". Fake conversions. Fake friendships

The key to religious exploitation is taking advantage of false beliefs and ideas we have had about authority and submission. Most of this is blind submission to obvious degenerate and exploitative behavior. Their behavior will also be excused by you. Question everything like Job and realize that what you feel has value especially when your motive is pleasing God out of love, not fear.
In such extreme situations it is imperative that we forget our cautious attitude to God and approach God without fear. Because all their methods will be based on exacerbating physical, mental and social fear in order to cause spiritual fear. Only you can eliminate your spiritual fear. This is your weapon.
The next method of exploitation is to find a way to blame us for their treatment of others and making us believe that we can be the blessing or savior of our church.

The Methods of Interrogation
Interrogators and investigators have long known the powers of the mind and how deprivations of certain kinds for a certain length of time can lead to psychological breakdown. You eventually believe anything, you eventually say anything in order to survive at that moment. Truth or consequences are irrelevant, the current moment is the only reality.

As you read the following tactics and how they are meant to tear you down psychologically, remember that these are just the "civilized" methods. When the Spirit of God gives up men and women and no longer appeal to their conscience, while at the same moment demonic spirits fill in the vacuum left by God what type of evil will we experience?

The following was taken from a 1998 article by Mr. Steve Wright of the Omega Foundation, An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control in a subsection on "Interrogation, Torture Techniques and Technologies" he describes several methods and their psychological impacts. I have added information on spiritual defense.

One manual discusses using intense fear, deep exhaustion, solitary confinement, unbearable anxiety, standing to attention for long periods of time, sleep and food deprivation, stripping suspects naked and keeping them blindfolded in dark interrogation rooms with no windows and no toilet. All for the purpose of inducing rapid nervous breakdown through a process of sensory deprivation, high physical and psychological stress and terror.