Dear Friends,
It seems to me, a lot of people want to be led, it saves them having to think for themselves. Historically, it was the societal religion, now it has evolved into “scientists.” In both examples, from witch doctor to physicist, the authority to make arbitrary decisions is granted, to save the people from having to weigh matters of great import themselves. Today, when someone assumes authority because, science, it is no different than another asserting authority based on Marduk. Our skeptical secular world has rejected that which is not temporal. With the arrogance to think scientists know all there is to know, or at least enough to assume so, so we turn to them to answer all our questions… most having nothing whatsoever to do with science. “Scientists” today have become like the Magi in ancient times.
Our belief in science has become religious. Because of the great leaps our species has made in the physical sciences we believe science is a god. Why not, it has given us godlike powers. The elite can eat breakfast in Paris, Lunch in Milan and dinner in Palm Beach, all while decrying man made global climate change on their Youtube channels. Our homes are warmed or cooled at the turn of a thermostat, we have potable running water to shower, flush toilets and cook with, as well as electrically derived light, entertainment and communication all in our homes and at our fingertips. You nor I invented any of these luxuries but we take them for granted. Heck, most of us have no idea how they even work. That ignorance makes it a small step to worship “science” as a god like deity.
The easy way is to allow others to do your thinking. People are like water, we seek the easiest path to what we want. If the current will just carry us along, why not go with the flow? This is the mindset of many. They prefer to burn calories in their brains, on examining the stats of their football team, who will win The Masked Singer and keeping up with the Jones’. To worry about existential threats like censorship, thought laws and unlimited government, enforced by cancel culture, is both too great a burden and too ugly a truth to look at. Most will ride the current down the river until they have to get off. Of course, it may be too late then, there may be a waterfall at the end of some rapids. Which is to say, that letting others do your thinking may appear easy, it is in fact much harder in the long term.
We are all granted intellect for a reason… to use it. Natural law says you are sentient, worthy of life and an individual. Our intellect is what elevates us above the animals. While they feel pain, have emotions, and many understand in their own way, right from wrong, a dog for instance, and can even choose wrong instead of right, they don’t have the ability to moralize about their actions. Human beings alone have that capability. We can contextualize our actions in a moral and strategic sense. Examine our actions, from the past, or of others, then extrapolate what those actions will lead to. For example, would you do a play action pass on a fourth down, with twenty yards to a first down, when you are in field goal range? Of course not, yet we allow the elite unlimited power, rather than think it through.
Babies don’t want to learn to walk, leave the cradle or learn language… but they must, else they become infantilized. Many people are like this when it comes to thinking for themselves. They find it easier to go with the flow, and bow to the “scientists,” or anyone in authority who claims to speak for the “scientists.” Turning our scientists into witch doctors and our politicians into crazy eyed zealots, very progressive. We waste our God given intellect on games when humanity itself hangs in the balance. Being easily distracted, from Cuomo’s killing thousands of people, to his sexual harassment. Pointing us from an ugly truth to a political expedient. Perhaps it is time for us to grow up, discard our modern witch doctors, the scientists and their oracles, politicians… open our eyes and think for ourselves?
Sincerely,
John Pepin
