I like the username! Maybe pulling from my bag of quotes can "get the noggin joggin" for anyone reading!

You have been taught to insidiously plant the seeds of jealousy and hatred between communities, provinces and states that were at peace, and incite them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create revolutions and civil wars in countries that were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the sciences and enjoying the blessings of peace. To take sides with the combatants and to act secretly in concert with your brother [insert group name here], who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected; only that the church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means. ceremony of induction and extreme oath of the [group] as seen in the library of congress catalog card number 66-43354

I wonder what group this oath of obedience may be referring to? Why the word obedience specifically? And the church that it serves?

if a [group] writes a book it is in essence the [group] General who sanctions it in view of the oath of obedience. pg 490 of the book The [group] by Malachi Martin

Who did the first translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War in 1772? Did he belong to this same group? Did something seemingly happen to this group shortly after? What about the church they serve?

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:3

Let's take a look at some quotes from The Art of War and see if it relates to this oath of obedience. Did the events told surrounding sun tzu and the kingdom of wu really happen?

I. Laying Plans: 18. All warfare is based on deception. 26. Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple were the battle is fought

IV. Tactical Dispositions 12. Hence his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom nor credit for courage.

V. Energy 1. The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

VI. Weak Points and Strong Points 1. Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; 9. O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

XI. The Nine Situations 35. It is the business of the general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; 36. He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.

Which group and church also do this, and have been doing this for over a millennium? Does it span back millennia? How may they employ such tactics of deceit? Who are they deceiving? Why are they deceiving?

This is a group that stands diametrically opposed to God.

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Isaiah 45:19

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. Isaiah 48:16

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. Mark 4:22

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Luke 8:17

For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. John 7:4

Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. John 18:20

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ephesians 5:8-14