Near the end of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith is strapped to a table in the Ministry of Love, and his torturer, O’Brien, holds up four fingers. “How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?” “Four.” “And if the Party says that it is not four but five—then how many?” The dial goes up. … Continue reading Two Plus Two and the Law of God: A Simple Test for Telling Divine Law from Human Law