A massive number of people believe that the configuration of the stars or other celestial bodies will influence the outcome of their lives. They also believe th

A massive number of people believe that the configuration of the stars or other celestial bodies will influence the outcome of their lives. They also believe that humans have achieved mastery of this celestial language. Millions of people believe very strongly that a divine force keeps track of the bad and good things that each person does, and will make each balance the other through happenstance. People really believe that. And the most shocking thing is that there are people who know about this and dont appreciate the fact that the world is an ocean of insanity that dashes all good things against the rocks. I know this for a fact because there was considerable surprise at the sudden popularity of “flat earthers.” Anyone who has any sense would not be surprised because this is tame stuff compared to religion, karma, horoscopes and all the other nonsense that preoccupies a terrifying number of people. Flat earth has echos of logic or at least the superficial appearance of sanity. I almost welcome it. But anyway I have been saying for many years that the dogma that has infected the liberal camp is very similar to the dogma that made Christianity so infamous. They are very similar: kernels of truth that deflect criticism of moral dogma that fuels a race to the bottom which ultimately results in hilarious contortions of the human condition and mental gymnastics that resist enlightenment no matter how blinding. The mistake is that people associate dogma with religion. The only true association is with stupid people. Soon wokeness and it’s dogma will be uncool and abandoned just like religion but the dogma will not die with wokeness. And what scenario do you imagine when you imagine confronting dogma? You probably imagine painstaking effort being put into conveying reason to the afflicted. It’s always the same pensive expression on the face of that person. And that effort is always met by bulging veins up the neck and forehead. For all of history it has been pensive wincing at bulging veins and slamming fists. And the epiphany that I have had is that it is completely a fools errand to engage in that exchange. No matter how perfectly you do it, they won’t understand.