Lighthouse Daily – 20th August 2026…
Good day, fellow citizens and brothers and sisters in Christ,
Today’s update is about an 8-minute read.
In this update:
- The Intimacy and Closeness of God’s Constructive Love
- Is Richard Thomas Stupid or Evil? Or Both? Part 2
If you are new to our work at Lighthouse Global and want to know why the Establishment attacked us, click below to read a statement from our CEO and founder, Paul S. Waugh.
A Statement by Paul S. Waugh – Why Lighthouse Global is a Provably Observable Threat to The Top-Tier Establishment and Its Totalitarian Agenda and Why They Have Attacked Us in Order to Destroy. Click the + to expand and read the full explanation.
I have written this statement as a contextual precursor to all articles written in relation to the Establishment, BBC, agencies and mainstream media attacks on us.
It is critical that you understand the real underlying reason we were — and are — continually and increasingly attacked in order for us to be destroyed by their hand.
Here is a starting question…
Why would they spend five very long years (to date) and tens of millions of pounds attempting to destroy us?
SPOILER ALERT — I will tell you this, it’s not because we are this micro “cult” founded and run by a petty liar, mind-controller (like them) and non-criminal (like me).
Note: I would like to be clear that our main restraining force to getting the truth out to date is, has been and will be the extent, or lack of global public reach; something the BBC, mainstream media and agencies are working hard on behind the scenes to deny us (such reach) at all costs.
They cannot afford for us to expose and reveal them for who they really are, for what they have done and are doing.
They will never be trusted by the public ever again once they are fully exposed, in line with their diabolical modus operandi.
This is now about to change dramatically for the Glory of God and His Truth…
So why did the Establishment spend millions on attacking Lighthouse Global?
Well it certainly wasn’t because they were "exposing" this tiny micro entity (or "cult") called Lighthouse for all the laboriously false reasons they gave in their provably fake documentary.
A documentary with literally hundreds of falsehoods, lies and deceptions in it, which we will reveal comprehensively.
Here is the real reason why the Establishment spent so much time, effort and money on us...
They spent millions of pounds attempting to destroy the credibility of the people (us at Lighthouse) in order to obliterate the most ground-breaking human potential research ever.
This is totally in line with our plans to influence the building of millions of purpose-built, solution-orientated, problem-solving communities worldwide.
Secularly speaking, most of these purpose-built communities would not be formed under or initiated by Lighthouse (as this huge dark "sinister cult" - cue sinister BBC music...) but independently started and run.
Why?
So that people would not be as reliant on the state and the Establishment and so they could be in better control of our common problems.
Governments would be smaller and taxation a fraction of what it is now.
Here is the problem to the Establishment, especially those at the top tier... They do not want to relinquish control.
They want more.
How much more? Totalitarian levels of more.
They therefore desperately need to stop us.
Note: Additionally, many of these purpose-built communities would be started by us Christians, in line with our commission in Christ, and our obstacles to achieving the Kingdom's said aims and objectives etc.
When the Establishment realised this... they REALLY pulled out their big war chest and their collective big guns!
So what did they do?
They spent millions of pounds to prevent our research, findings and evidence being revealed publicly.
They simply could not afford to be exposed.
They spent millions of pounds and years of effort using huge multi-agency teams to try and destroy us.
They spent millions of pounds and put hundreds of people to work at huge risk to their reputation, credibility and existence.
Why?
As said, to do their absolute damnedest to destroy this Christian initiative of global purpose-directed community teachers and builders.
No… they were not using all these resources over the last five years to attempt to destroy a little micro “cult”. A supposed cult that was taking over a relative handful of people's lives (20 or so at the time)... apparently.
They were out to destroy our work because its potential to empower people’s lives threatened their very existence as a totalitarian-intentioned Establishment.
It threatened their power, position, their totalitarian-control agenda and their stranglehold on all resources and wealth.
Most of the Associates at Lighthouse have had little idea of the extent, breadth and depth of our research program. It had to be kept largely, almost extensively under the radar.
The Last Days: A Critical To-Do List
There is an entire series of books coming out on this and our proposals on what to do about it moving forward in Christ entitled;
“The Last Days: A Critical To-Do List: 22 years of Ground-breaking Research - Warning: Christian Interventions Needed Soon, Lest It Be Too Late”.
There will soon be a comprehensive write-up (ongoing) on this series starting in the next few weeks.
No matter how much they endeavour to destroy myself, Paul S. Waugh, with their lies — or even the truth (which would be an extreme change) — it does not and will not change the truth about the systemic strategies they use to drastically limit the masses, A.K.A. the non-elites.
Destroying us by smearing or otherwise will not change who they are and what they are doing.
It will not change the truth.
We will vindicate the truth by eliminating the false narrative between us (the people and the truth) that is being orchestrated by a corrupt media and its establishment.
We will soon be launching our new desperately needed organisation, Vindicate International, for this very purpose. We will correct the record one way or the other.
We will lobby and do the necessary advocacy work in relation to how correction of the record is implemented and most notably stymied at an implementation level by various regulatory organisations, like Ofcom and IPSO.
So attempting to destroy us at Lighthouse Global will not change the truth... or who hears it.
In fact, all this time, money and effort spent intending to destroy our work and our lives has just served to make their problem - and the consequences for their heinous actions against us - worse at an exponential level!
We are now seeing that they are slowly starting to realise this.... finally.
They still have a way to go, but they are getting there.
To attempt to ruin myself, Lighthouse Global and its Associates - or not - is to ruin themselves. They have done and intend to do terrible things to the global population.
The Establishment simply, by God’s own laws and principles, cannot TALK themselves out of what they have collectively ACTED themselves into!
In The Final Analysis...
When an Establishment organisation like the BBC needs to destroy someone or a group that are doing the right thing that is genuinely in the public interest (especially for the Glory of God), but against their overlord and elites’ ruinous agenda, they need to find a fabricated and contrived reason in the so-called public interest to do so.
They did this with their fake documentary “A Very British Cult”.
THEN THEY PROVABLY GOT ESTABLISHMENT AGENCIES AND CO-CONSPIRATORS TO GRANT IT FALSE CREDIBILITY.
This ultimately all comes imminently with two ruinous things for them:
- A terrible price in the medium and long term across the board.
- A very short timeline from here.
We are about to reveal our research with full evidence of how the establishment and its media have attempted to destroy us. All glory to our Lord, Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
You are all in our prayers.
Yours sincerely,
Paul S. Waugh
1. Body of Christ Zero Degrees of Separation and Last Days Critical To-Do List
The Intimacy and Closeness of God’s Constructive Love
“Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” — John 14:19-21
Christ wants us to be as close as possible to Him. Zero degrees of separation close.
Given what we’ve been exploring about what it means to love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength, today we reinforce the intimacy and closeness that comes from God’s Constructive Love.
In the verses from the Gospel of John above, Jesus Christ prepared His disciples for His imminent crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.
Yet He wasn’t just speaking to the Apostles; through His Living Word, He was speaking to all followers of Christ.
He provides the reassurance that He abides in us as He abides in God the Father.
Not just this, but He shares the immense love that comes from this profound threefold relationship where He is in the Father, believers are in Him, and He is in us as believers.
In the coming days, we’ll be coming back to what it means to be close to God in the way He wants us to be.
2. Vindicate International’s Correct the Falsified Public Record Campaign
Is Richard Thomas Stupid or Evil? Or Both? Part 2
““Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” — Proverbs 27:6
Yesterday we asked whether Richard Thomas’s conduct was stupid, evil — or both.
Today, we want to move from motive to choice.
What happened when Richard was given an opportunity to stop, reflect and reconcile?
As his mentor, Shaun Cooper knew Richard Thomas for around five years. He valued him, invested enormous time and care into Richard Thomas’ development, and supported him through extremely difficult periods, including months of pro bono mentoring. They even committed to one another that, whatever difficulties arose, they would come to the table and work through them.
As you’ll see below, Richard Thomas viciously attacked Shaun Cooper as someone who, for years, was Richard Thomas’ closest confidante.
Richard Thomas became hateful and toxic towards Shaun Cooper when his wife, Antonia Brider-Thomas, turned on him.
Growing up as a child, Richard Thomas was starved of love and affection, never hugged by his parents, and now he turned on the person he trusted to help him, no matter how hard it got.
Pre-attacks from his wife, when speaking to Paul S. Waugh and Shaun Cooper on 1st August 2020, Richard Thomas expressed his deep appreciation for the care and support he was receiving:
“Thank you. Look, thanks very much… I am really touched by what you are saying there and also touched personally by your care.”
Post-attack from his wife, Richard Thomas turned on Shaun Cooper. More explained in this article: The Jezebel Syndrome: Exposing How Antonia Brider-Thomas (of XDP Ltd.) Coerced Richard Thomas to Attack Lighthouse Global.
Today we will show what Shaun Cooper did to try to reconcile with Richard Thomas on a personal level in an attempt to try to stop Mr Thomas’ destructive behaviour. Yet hatred has an extraordinary ability to make someone forget what they once received.
“They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.” — Psalm 109:5
By 12th January 2022, Lighthouse Global knew Richard was already deeply involved in an escalating online anti-Lighthouse hate and smear campaign. KIBO Commerce/Monetate (Richard’s employer at the time) had been notified the previous month of his criminal activity.
Yet Shaun Cooper still contacted Richard Thomas privately given his personal relationship with him.
Why?
Because Shaun Cooper still cared about Richard Thomas and hoped an appeal to his conscience might cut through the anger, resentment and poor judgement driving Richard Thomas’ vindictive and hateful behaviour.
Shaun Cooper told him:
“I would love us to turn this around and make good of this situation.”
Shaun Cooper reminded Richard Thomas of their commitment to sit down and resolve problems.
Below is Shaun Cooper’s email sent to Richard Thomas as evidence of Shaun Cooper’s efforts to reconcile with Richard Thomas.
More than four years later, Lighthouse Global is growing in every way – theochristologically, humanly, materially and financially – despite the relentless attacks online, in the mainstream media and through the weaponisation of government agencies. Richard Thomas, meanwhile, finds himself in a far worse place… out of work and knowing that he’s lost all respect of his wife, Antonia Brider-Thomas.
In an upcoming post, we will be publishing Richard Thomas’ reply in full along with a comprehensive response to his really silly, slanderous and maliciously false allegations.
Truth does not belong to Richard Thomas. It does not belong to Shaun Cooper. It does not belong to Paul S. Waugh. It does not belong to Lighthouse Global.
We are either prepared to submit ourselves to what is true — or we are not. We can be on the right side of it, or the wrong side, but we can never own the truth.
Despite everything, we genuinely pray Richard Thomas repents wherever he needs to repent, and that one day we could still sit down and resolve matters.
We would much rather tell a story of repentance, reconciliation and restoration than having to continue correcting the falsified and corrupted public record about Lighthouse Global.
“…if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth.” — 2 Timothy 2:25
That door to truth and reconciliation was open then.
In principle, it remains open now. Sadly, after everything that has happened since, we are not holding our breath.
3. Application and Moving Forward
Being intimately close to God is essential to have any hope of optimising our lives.
Therefore, we ask the question for you to consider and reflect on:
What does it mean for you to have an intimate and personal relationship with God?
Tomorrow…
We will continue to look at what it means to build a more intimate and loving relationship with God, along with more for us all to learn from the case of Richard Thomas and his attacks on Lighthouse Global.
Note: Given Paul’s longstanding ill health resulting from the multiple Establishment attacks on him, these daily updates are generated by the team, drawing from recent and older meetings and transcripts that Paul has shared with us. We ask for you to keep him in your prayers as he builds strength and renews in our Lord.
God bless,
Paul S. Waugh, Chris Nash and Shaun Cooper
| About us.. We are a group of dedicated Christians who run a secular human growth and research organisation called Lighthouse Global since 4 November 2004 only and undeniably made possible by God’s love and Grace. |
Related articles:
25th June 2026 – Lighthouse Thursday Update – The BBC Savile Syndrome Explained 
4th August 2026 – Lighthouse Tuesday Update – How Antonia Brider-Thomas sabotaged Richard Thomas’ £25k Lighthouse Refund Offer 
5th August 2026 – Lighthouse Wednesday Update – Conscience: The Human Endowment the Establishment Wants to Destroy 
6th August 2026 – Lighthouse Thursday Update – The Establishment’s Systematic Efforts To Render Us Dependent
Whenever I think of the relationship that Shaun and Richard Thomas had and how Mr Thomas’ behaviour changed so radically so quickly it does make me sad. Every relationship has challenges but to see how Mr Thomas became so full of animosity so quickly when it was his actions that led to this situation- it’s an example of not taking any responsibility.
Thank you for sharing so unequivocally about Richard Thomas and the correspondence that took place regarding his departure from Lighthouse. It is a terrible disease to bite the hand of the one who has tried to help you and has helped you. I have certainly suffered from this myself, and it is only through sanctification and redemption in Christ that this is changing.
It shows that a reconciliatory hand was extended, but there was no response other than increased animosity, lies, fabrications and falsehoods. We pray for Richard and his family, that they will do what is right in the eyes of God.
This makes the first part about reaching zero degrees in Christ all the more significant, crucial and vital. Thank you for this education. To know the love of the Father, our Father in heaven, is the greatest gift each of us can receive.
God bless, lots of love x x
Wow, this was – and is – powerful: We are either prepared to submit ourselves to what is true — or we are not. We can be on the right side of it, or the wrong side, but we can never own the truth.
The evidence, which shows the truth of what’s happened at Lighthouse, reveals all. No one can hide from or outrun the truth, from God.
It’s rare to have relationships with people who really care. The change from Richard Thomas saying that he was very touched by Shaun Cooper’s support to attacking him and Lighthouse, and not being open to coming back to the table, reveals a lot about Mr Thomas’ character.
He obviously hasn’t learned how to work through challenges, and that’s why he came to Lighthouse in the first place, if I understand it correctly.
I pray that he will see the truth of what is really happening and that he will repent.
Something I feel is absolutely vital when people are unfairly targeted: understanding what is happening, having the courage to stand firmly in the truth and evidence, and then pursuing proper redress rather than allowing fear or injustice to silence you. I love the passion and facing tyranny of people, who lie and try to throw you under the bus when the wind blows a different direction. It;s deeply saddening and vexing on the other side. God bless.
Reading this I was struck with the reality that the truth is the truth. Whatever any of us thinks it is or isn’t, no matter how convinced we may be or not, it doesn’t change what is actually true. The truth is independent of our agreement or disagreement with it and yet when we are not in agreement with the truth and don’t align ourselves with it, the only thing that can be left – to that degree – is falsehood, lies, deceit, deception, delusion and illusion. In other words, nothing that is real and non real things have no actual substance because they don’t actually exist.
The only real thing about a lie is that it’s true that it’s a lie, it’s true that its false. I think of that and Mr Thomas and what you and Lighthouse are pointing out in these articles and all we are seeing is the facts and the evidence of the truth that is there and always has been and will be there playing out. The lessons here for Mr Thomas are lessons for us all in terms of where we foolishly think and believe we can not be aligned with truth and still do well in life. By this measure, Mr Thomas’ life cannot be any bed of roses right now. All those years festering in and fostering his lies and delusions. That’s hell right there. I pray he can snap out of it by God’s grace, wake up and come to seek redemption.
The case of Richard Thomas is indeed a tragic one. An example of a middle-aged male seeking to grow and then having his wife beat him into the ground mentally, emotionally and spiritually to the point he turned on someone he had entrusted to help him.
Antonia Brider-Thomas evidently couldn’t help Richard Thomas with his struggles so he needed to look elsewhere.
As is stressed, he’s an example for us all to learn from… the need to be vigilant of those around us.
What changes a man’s, or woman’s, opinion about someone so quickly? How can someone turn on someone who has helped, supported and cared for, for so long? So many turned against Jesus Christ so quickly even after all He did. What God is showing us here, is how quickly brother can turn against brother, friend against friend. This is the world that John wrote about in Revelation. The end times are near…
This is deeply sad and disturbing. To see Shaun’s message to Mr Thomas, appealing to him to find a resolution, it paints a very different picture than the one that Mr Thomas tried to portray. I do not believe it would be too late to still make things right, although the terms have significantly changed as Mr Thomas has caused more damage since that email was written.
Reconciliation, is always better than confrontation.
Richard Thomas’ attitude and behaviour is deeply concerning…he is a Dad and has shown he is unwillingly, not incapable, but unwilling to sit down and resolve issues when needed. This is a tragic and highly unnecessary situation that Richard Thomas could have resolved years ago.