Opus 2024-389: Always Never

It always amazes me how people who seem to be so intelligent eventually emerge as “Never Trumpers”.  It shows up in the most unexpected places, but it’s very real.  It is not a mental condition that surprises me because I run into a parallel inability to think on regular basis.  You’ve seen it too, but you just don’t recognize it.

I’m talking about the “Never God Syndrome”.  Relax.  I am not making a parallel between Trump and God.  I do not believe that Trump is the savior. That role is reserved for Jesus.  But the train of thought is similar.  You take a category and no matter what the situation you rule it out.  It cannot be possible.  Even if it is the only logical conclusion, never!

Right now I am in the middle of a four hour interview between Joe Rogan and Eric Weinstein.  Weinstein is waxing strong on all kinds of physics.  As he says, it’s his language.  It’s the language he speaks the best.  And it’s a language that means I have no idea what he’s talking about.  He will throw around words that you understand but when you put them together, they’re just so much jargon.  Are they real?  Probably.  Do they mean anything?  There’s a good chance that the answer is, “No.”

The topic that generated enthusiasm on this podcast was UFOs.  They have gone into many deep holes and down many rabbit trails, and there are no conclusions coming out except the government is deceiving us.  Whether they’re deceiving us because they have some secret program developing a secret weapon, or whether they have actual evidence of extraterrestrial life, we don’t have a clue.  Or at least they don’t have a clue.

That’s all well and good, but they are leaving out one of the explanations that I have heard, and that is demonic forces.  No, I’m not a big one for the spectacular, emotional, panic over demons and such.  I believe they exist.  I believe they’re active.  But they are limited.  However, it makes good sense to say that these sightings might be supernatural.  I’m not saying they are, I’m just saying that there is this mental block to even consider the possibility.

Another topic this comes up is the beginning of the universe, what is called the Big Bang Theory.  For you Democrats out there understand that I am not talking about the TV program.   It was originally resisted by science because if you believe in the Big Bang theory, one of the possibilities you would have to consider was the existence of a God.  Since these uber-wise scientist know there is no God, that whole train of thought is ruled out.  It’s kind of a form of never Trump.

Real science, real intellectual pursuits, real philosophy, all of these need to be open to all options if they are to be true investigations.  You may rule out many things, but you can’t say they are no possibility.

You can get along without Trump.  You can’t get along without God.

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