Ontological Certitude

Let’s first be fair here (as Timothy, wherever the heck he is, might say): Plenty of religious people have been goofy by doing the equivalent of counting how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. They just never called it “science.”

I’ve been noticing a spate of black hole articles lately. And although black holes hold some intrinsic interest, I think it’s crystal-clear that their real attraction is religious-like. These are people in search of the validation of their own materialist/atheistic world views.

It’s interesting to note that in all the science of the last several centuries, we know next to nothing about the big questions. I read some idiot writer (at Ars Technica?) the other day who showed his or her religious devotion to their world view. They showed their indoctrination. They pointed out how “science” had displaced the old superstitions of god as the cause of this or that phenomenon, and thus the use for god at all.

It’s not too strong a word to call people who think like this “morons.” "Uninformed" would be a little kinder description. Science has certainly delved into the details of the workings of nature. And this knowledge, as applied with technology, has given us a lot of useful toys. But science can still say nothing about the nature of nature itself. It can describe it from the inside it but it can’t explain why it is in the first place or why it has the attributes that it does.

As Dennis Prager so eloquently explains, it was the Jews (and later the Christians) who separated religious thought from the superstitions of river gods, forest gods, moon gods, etc. The Jews understood God as the creator of nature, not nature itself. And that idea has in no way been overturned, nor do the atheists give any credit to the Jews being the bringers (with divine help, for sure) of the true Age of Enlightenment. This age (forgotten by most, even most religious people) replaced the low-brow material-worshiping pagan world with (quite arguably…as Dennis does) the world whereby nature could finally be probed, measured, and in some sense understood because it was a thing unto itself and not a god. This mindset (separating god from nature) arguably allowed science itself to flourish.

I see black hole worship as an outgrowth of LMA’s (liberal moronic atheists). Yes, for sure, there is a lot of clever science involved here and I wouldn’t want to diminish it. But I posit that unless God decides to communicate more directly, a thousand years of “science” will only ever show us finer and finer details of the mechanics of nature. But we’ll remain (at least via this method) as ignorant of the Big Questions as ever.

Many call this “scientism.” And it’s a good name for it. If all you believe in is the material, then the only path to so-called enlightenment is through a microscope or telescope. And this method makes people blind.

That’s a good analogy and makes me think of the incredible supercomputer and micro-machine protein-making factories in our own cells. Astonishing. There’s no way that these things somehow increments themselves into being. And if they do, there is zero (no exaggeration) evidence for this. Every reasonable statistical study says it is impossible.

So we have that clock — about 15 trillion of them — inside our bodies right now. And we don’t have even the beginning of explanation for it. All we have is the pseudo-science of Darwinism.

So my nephew is in town from Tennessee and it took him all of two days before he needed to call emergency services.

He bought some joints of pot at a local store. He smoked one of them and then was having trouble breathing. Sorry, I have to admit there is a Darwin award here. I asked him what he was thinking. He’s a Christian and I asked him “Wasn’t there a little voice from Jesus in your head saying this was a bad thing to do?” He said he was hoping it would help releave his many pains. His many pains, in my opinion, stem from psychological knots. His mother is a nightmare. There are likely other issues that I can’t be sure of.

I would take it further. Pain is how most people learn.

Western intellectuals across the centuries have used the so-called "Socratic method" aka dialectic, to teach. Too often, this method has little to do with reality and actual learning. 

Case 1:

Student: "Teacher, what is it like to be kicked by a horse?"

Teacher: "It hurts." 

Student: "I think I understand." 

While that is all well I good, it is clear that the two are talking about theory, thus the lesson is not empirical, leaves room for doubt, and is quickly forgotten. 

Case 2:

Student: "I wonder what is like to be kicked by a horse?"

Horse: Kicks student.

Student: "That hurt like hell! I not only understand, I know." 

Which case do you believe is more instructive? 

What I find scary is how many people today can't even learn through pain. They are so dumb or brainwashed that the believe it when they are told that the kick in the head they just experienced was actually a loving caress from BLM, ANTIFA or the government. The communists/progressives have always had this problem because they are masochists, sadists or both. Not properly wired. 

One thing that continually popped up in my discussion with the yute was that the implicit backdrop to any issue was that perfect was the norm. The idea of pain, failure, and inequality being the norm is beyond most yute’s ability to comprehend. They look out at the world and if something isn’t the way they want it, they assume some nasty force is making it this way.

Although he’s not the typical leftwing clown, there still is that backdrop where racism and sexism is central to the way he parses the world. I stated flatly that there are about zero obstacles to anyone willing to work and preserver. If some welfare queen is sitting on her fat ass complaining about how life is unfair, she needs to looking into the mirror.

This basic point is not engrained in today’s yute (or their parents, for that matter). This is a grand success of the Communists. They have made perfect the enemy of good. Everywhere. In everything. They are monsters and have turned people into whiny and selfish little brats.

I’m not describing my cousin. But in his world view, this kind of stuff leaks out like second-hand smoke.