THE 'SETTLED SCIENCE' OF EASTER

   So another Easter in postmodern America has come and gone. The Junta made an Easter statement by issuing a Cease-and-Desist Order to bar Catholic clergy from ministering to the sick at military hospitals. Not to be outdone, Arch-RINO Ron DeSantis signed legislation criminalizing Christian organizations providing aid to immigrants. DeSantis already deploys the Florida National Guard in patrol boats to turn away refugees---many who've arrived in craft that were not seaworthy to begin with. This is happening in spite of the fact that Florida beaches are too polluted for human use and its fisheries are contaminated with narcotics; but owning the Libtards---that's the important thing. 

   Ameroboobs responded to this bipartisan holiday attack on Christians in a predictable manner.

      Naturally, too, the Atheist Left couldn't resist pouncing upon any article daring to comment upon the spiritual significance of Easter. It's like a mania with these people. They don't believe in God, yet they have a near OCD-level urge to argue with anybody who does. I recall a few years ago, Pope Benedict visited Turkey during Easter and a controversy arose over it. Some news anchor---I don't remember whom---reported the story with an incredulous sneer and then turned to a Bishop whom he was supposed to interview for commentary. The first question out of Smart Journalist's mouth was "Archbishop: This is the 21st Century! You mean that there are still people out there who take this whole Easter business seriously?" 

     Ahhh...the tolerant spirit of the Whacko Left Wing. Sometimes I really miss the older generation of Atheists who actually read the Bible and Theologies, and whom one really had to engage in serious debate. In the Postmodern Era, the intellectual effort that goes into promoting Atheism is less than impressive, to put it mildly.

     Blogger Colorstorm wrote an Easter reflection with an analogy between the Resurrection and Botany which drew down more Atheist commentary than the length of his entire article itself. It's truly amazing how once upon a time, Philosophers actually thought that Science would put an end to superstition and fanaticism and draw people closer to a rational knowledge of God. In fairness, they really couldn't foresee Scientism, since Scientism really hasn't any known historical parallels. This is one reason why Faith is important; because we don't always know how these innovations---even well-intended ones---will turn out.

    Atheism is a false theory. It's only really growing in our decaying society because the postmodern inquisitors in Academia, Incorporated have shut down any logical debate on the Existence of God. The superstitious nonsense of postmodern Scientism is based on monist materialism and moral relativism. According to contemporary doctrine, Mankind's existence is due to a purposeless, random combination of atoms and elements which (somehow) managed to produce a species vastly superior to all other species. Although all beliefs are socially programmed, the idea of the rational mind is an illusion. How illusions are created without the ability to reason independently, or how this programming supposedly took place in prehistoric times without societies to do it, they also haven't explained. Yet, they tell us that religious faith is no different than a belief in magic. This in spite of the fact that religions teach that Mankind has a purpose according to a divine plan, whereas Scientism that natural laws can be transformed simply by changing one's attitudes or perceptions towards them. 

     Science can't do any more than explain processes. It can't explain purposes or meaning behind any of them; so some more shallow thinkers presume that no such purposes or causes exist. What those who believe in Scientism (or Atheism in general) can't account for is:

     1. How a belief or concept of God came into being without any Evolutionary purpose for it;

     2. How humans came to conceive of God as a Perfect Good when there is no archetype in Nature from which they could have drawn such a conclusion;

     3. Why humans have always believed that we possess a nature inclined to Sin and that Righteousness is living in harmony with Divine Law when there is no logical reason to do so (i.e. in this life, good is not always rewarded and evil is not always punished; in fact on earth the opposite often happens);

    4. Why humans should have developed a conscience discerning Good and Evil when no such ability exists in any other species;

    5. How the concept of the Immortality of the Soul or the existence of life after death came into being when there is no empirical evidence of any such thing. 

    The only answer based in Reason is that "And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul." That is, at some point in our prehistory, Mankind had a direct encounter with God, Who elevated him to a spiritual being, which in turn developed these beliefs into an instinct not possessed by other species. If the practitioners of Scientism and Atheism didn't have minds so hopelessly closed to even the possibility of God's Existence, they would see the obvious as everyone else does. In fact, probably much of their fanatical hatred for religion is driven by subconscious motives to repress their own instincts, which urges them to believe. Like most of Scientism, Atheism is, at its core, a theory that refutes itself. 

    The fact that Religion (or philosophy) hasn't all the answers to the mysteries of life is no more an argument against it than the belief that Science is false because it can't explain everything. This fallacy is one that Cult leaders exploit: whackos like  Owen Benjamin and Aga Khan who are simultaneously religious heretics and science deniers but are believed infallible both by themselves and by the fools who follow them. 

    For those---and there are many---who've grown up without any religious instruction, the thing to do is to trust your instincts first. Ignore the phony pundits and trust God to lead you on the right path. Faith doesn't require one to know everything---which is impossible anyway since Eternity, Infinity, and Divine Perfection are beyond any human understanding. One needs only the general idea the simple mustard seed of faith and go on from there.