A great many people have little enthusiasm for being free and autonomous. Such a prospect terrifies them! Most want to “have a place,” to be a piece of the “in” swarm, to be in the place where the “activity” is. They need to hitch their wagon to a “cause,” to a religious or political master – a idea that will in any event, loan a feeling of direction to their generally hopeless reality. Thus, many are ready to end up as “genuine adherents” to a political or religious cult!
Trick or Treat?
The LORD of hosts is His name; great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
-Jeremiah 32
Herbie’s Near Death Experience
A “Near Death Experience,” or NDE, has been a phenomena that parapsychologists have studied for more than a hundred years. Sometimes when a patient dies on the operating table, or has a heart attack, and if and when they recover, many have related strange happenings during the time that they were technically “dead.”
Politicians and Priestley Type of Parasites
Here is Argentina’s Javier Milei who walked into the United Nations and told the bureaucrats sitting before him exactly what he thought of them.
Ones opinion on this subject will depend largely on whether one prioritizes individual autonomy over the collective order of the church. Those priestley types who leverages spiritual authority in order to extract tithes, order obedience, and complete social control of the adherents may not be who they claim to be.
And then we have those useless politicians whose campaign promises are longer than their actual service records. But don’t worry, they’ll send you a nice tax bill for the privilege of listening. Truly, these modern-day shepherds are just so dedicated to feeding the flock.
Both groups are living off the productive labor of others while insulating themselves from accountability. A classic parasitic dynamic where the host bears costs while beneficiaries face none.
Birth of a Demon. July 31st
We should accept the fact that there’s a special, dark corner of Hell for the likes of Hitler, Stalin, and Herbert…
