Trust your religion and religious
leaders more than science, logic and reason. Trust your gut over scientific
research and objectively collected data. Trust the story about a friend of a
friend’s third cousin over documented and investigative studies. And then—TRUST
NO ONE!
Our slippage into an under-educated
population occurred gradually. First, we forced the content of our public
schools to dumb down to standardized testing levels. Then an Us VS Them
mentality bloomed that tainted legitimate media. Finally, we allowed Christian
religious beliefs to seep into public and governmental institutions, to become
a litmus test for viable candidates for many elected positions. The message
shifted to TRUST NO ONE (unless that person has the same religious views as
you).
So now we find ourselves, as a
country, mired in obvious lies and more obscured half-truths that our
gullible population cannot unravel. They blindly turn to sources for
information that foster more confusion and promote distrust.
These are the most recent theories
I’ve followed. Each one disturbing because they prey upon fear. Fear that
someone’s out to take your jobs, undermine your marriage and family, or
physically harm someone you love.
THE NEW DARK AGE
BELIEFS (in no particular order):
First, women should have no rights to determine their own reproduction.
This includes using any birth control. Women are secondary to men in many
faiths, and therefore, deserve lesser pay. They shouldn’t expect respect within
the work force. Legal protection for women being abused by men should be
limited.
Troubling, isn’t it! We
actually have a growing population that believes a woman’s place in in her
home, where she may not even be safe.
Second, all of the “research” on climate
change is false. Climate change is a liberal lie to undermine our profitable
use of fossil fuels. They have some kind of secret agenda that will wipe out
our economy if we turn to reusable energy and protect the air we breathe and
water we drink. They have a plot, as yet unknown in details, to subvert the
entire course of modern civilization by implementing laws internationally that
could begin to contain the destruction of our environment. Many people actually
believe that God will step in, wave his magical hand, and wipe away all of the
damage we’ve done to the planet.
I cannot fathom why
anyone would risk our entire planet just to prove they are right about a
possible liberal agenda.
Third, anyone who’s different from
you threatens you, your family and your community. Therefore, anyone
immigrating here is suspect of engaging in behaviors ranging from taking your
jobs to murdering you and your entire family, as you sleep peacefully in your
home. (Thus, you must arm yourself with an arsenal of weapons and ammunition).
Anyone who has a difference in sexual orientation must be ostracized. You have
a duty to deny this group their rights to job security, medical care,
purchasing homes, or even marriage. Many people actually shift blame to current
weather disasters to God’s punishment for acceptance of “differences.”
I keep wondering why
God punishes all of the “innocent” people, too, through these floods, famines,
and other natural disasters.
Fourth, Big Pharma controls all of
our doctors and scientist. Therefore, any program that benefits pharmaceutical
companies should be rejected. This belief meshes together the facts and data
that these companies have one agenda alone—PROFIT. Therefore, nothing that comes
from these companies can be trusted. The latest, of course, is vaccinating our
population. Many people believe these companies actually inject cancer causing
agents into our systems in order to generate future clients dependent upon
medications to survive. Many people believe that by refusing to vaccinate their
children, they are protecting them.
I know that
pharmaceutical companies drive all decisions by profit, but I also believe that
resurgence of diseases like tetanus, measles, and polio far outweigh worry that
Big Pharma want to make a buck.
Fifth, colleges are indoctrination
centers that subvert the core religious beliefs of families and undermine the
structure of American society.
I will admit that
colleges do expose young minds to new worlds. The curriculum should drive
students to critical thinking. My worry about colleges stems more from the fact
that they are driven by profit instead of aiming for the purer goals of student
self-actualization.
How do we get out of all of this
mucked-up thinking? I look to our youth with optimism that they will filter out
the lies and filth that my generation’s heaped upon them and create a
courageous new world of enlightenment.
Copyright 2019 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman
