<< Forgetting has a price

Maps of meaning includes a chapter titled "The hostile brothers". It’s in essence an elegant discussion on the nature of evil and how our lack of understanding towards it ends up planting it in society.  

Invisibility, however, is what the devil craves the most.- Jordan Peterson

In the era of objectivity we have dispensed with religion in an attempt to differentiate ourselves from that which we define as primitive from humanity. I mean, we live in a humanistic world now, why should we be tied by beliefs of the old? 

A funniest joke has never been told, never before have we been in such a danger for total annihilation. 

The pride and arrogance of the human mind, which creepily mimics Lucifer’s rebellion to god, repeatedly proves the devils it procreates and insists upon a repeated lie that twists that comfortably suits the many. We fail to grasp the mistakes of the great ideologies of the last century, many of them inspired in humanistic good deeds (communism) or offering solace in times of crisis to the lost ones (nazism). All these seeds ultimately can only flourish infernal flowers feeding on death and leading us to destruction.

The sheer arrogance of scientific objectivity blinds us towards totalitarian solutions at the same time the devil whispers in our ears the righteousness of our beliefs. It ain’t hard to understand though: temptation always has to show itself as appealing. (Otherwise, why would anybody sin?)

Try again, you’re not like them. You can achieve real change, triumph we’re so many have failed!

Vanity, at best. Without the perspective of religion and its clear personification of evil we lack a picture of what  composes evil in itself, and in doing so deny ourselves the capacity to recognize it. We neglected the enemy for so long that we don’t even mind as it approaches, for we have forgotten its face.

The sheer scale of this massive denial leads us to stupidly assume only good can ever come out of humanity, and because this comforts us we constantly adjust our objective criteria to better suit our collective slumber.

In doing so, it becomes much easier to simply get carried away by our just fights as we move through the world inflicting pain onto others. History will prove me right. We repeat constantly to ourselves. For we know better, we’re aware of the consequences of our sins way before its consequences knock into our door and our days are counted. 

What should we do then? Is darkness the only thing that remains? 

No, we should remember, and be brave. 

Remember the wisdom of the past, the cost of that which we have paid in blood and suffering, in strife and fear. Accept our flaws, reconcile science and religion both as divine tools, one of knowledge and the other one of the required morality to make use of the first one correctly. 

Only then can we expect true forgiveness, and a better world.

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