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Watching the discussion/debate between Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes crystalized for me the importance of speaking directly to the issues Fuentes’ raises around black Americans, so-called “black culture” and black intelligence/IQ. The approved strategy when it comes to Fuentes and his followers (Groypers) is to ignore them or name-call them. This ineffective strategy is driven by fear. His followers spam, harass, threaten, and intimidate his critics. Others fear engaging with Fuentes’ arguments because they’re not adequately equipped to refute them.
Only light drives out darkness. The canceling of Nick Fuentes paints him as a martyr and strengthens his following. I think Candace was wise to publicly engage with Fuentes. Believers should not fear the Pharisees, the Gnostics, or the heretics. But a woman cannot adequately rebuke a personality as formidable as Fuentes.
I’ve considered inviting Fuentes to my studio for a conversation. I haven’t done it (so far) because my suspicion is that Fuentes is an op. My engagement style with any subject in public discourse is respectful and non-combative. I let people speak. I have no interest in embarrassing anyone or having a gotcha moment. The way the social media matrix and Wikipedia are currently rigged, a non-combative discussion with a polarizing figure is framed as endorsement. I don’t endorse Nick Fuentes. He claims a Christian/Catholic/Christ is King faith while never pointing his followers to Christ. In fact, I believe he does the opposite. He directs them away from Christ.
Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
Nick leans way too much into his own understanding. His argument that ties IQ to skin color cannot be found in the Bible, the source of all truth.
Genesis 1:27: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
When Fuentes and Owens went back and forth over the difference between African and European IQ and development of civilizations/societies, Candace humbly acknowledged that she was not prepared to fully engage on the topic. She rightly acknowledged that history has been so abused and distorted that she could not rule out the possibility that historical events – not skin color – could explain the differences. On a topic this important and polarizing – while not dismissing Fuentes’ contention – she smartly declined to lean into her own understanding or man’s. She’s sticking with God’s Word expressed in Genesis. We’re all made in God’s image.
Let me give you an example of what we might learn when we meet our Maker: We may discover that parts of Africa were plagued for sustained periods of time by incestuous mating habits, and that slavery in both Africa and Western Civilization accentuated incestuous mating habits. No wheel in Africa limits travel and the ability to mate outside a very tiny circle. Limited freedom in America during slavery diminished mating options.
I’m not arguing that this is true. Nor am I trying to give black Americans another excuse for failing to excel, assimilate, and evolve intellectually. I’m arguing that as Believers we should accept the truths spelled out in the Bible and avoid developing our own set of beliefs outside the word of God. Our understanding is limited to the Bible and our individual experiences. God’s understanding is limitless.
Deuteronomy 29:29: “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”
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