By L.A. Winnen
March 19th 2025
Who is to say our world is on fire? Science says it's on so. It has been for a while. It seems like it has been the same story for years with a few twists added here and there, but always the same outcome in the end game. Many people want to be in denial. They act like science is just an option, only religion holds the truth. I guess it matters what kinds of truths you are looking for. To build a future where you don't have to change the way you consume but then think your children will have the same choices you had. A future that sees everything as the most "intelligent" animal's destiny, part of God's divine plan, yet lets other animal species go extinct like they were never part of the plan. A future where you turn a blinded eye to the sick, weak, humble, and marginalized. A future where you pretend to exist for many, but only privately acknowledge the few. We are destined to self-destruct in this kind of climate. The pretense will only be able to follow that kind of ideology so far.
Science is the observer of truths, a foundation never told in absolutes because the theories are ever-changing, they are workable like a ball of clay. Science is designed this way, where we ask a question, turn it into a hypothesis, and then test and tease out the facts. The more questions asked the more the ball of clay can take shape, but it is never laid out to dry. The clay must be made in such a way that the final design is always in question but the structure of the form, built from previous answers always provides a firm, but pliable foundation. When science functions like a religion, the diamond foundation cannot be cut, it chips away like a glass prism. The colors might be lovely when shining on the wall, but their delicate edges can be distorted over time.
When seen through the eyes of the observer, science stands the test of time and consequence, moving with the trends of humanity with a classic timeless grace. Religion is made to be stiff and unyielding. Its walls are rigid. The temple can be torn or damaged but never torn down, it will just be rebuilt and re-imaged for a modern era. When religion is applied to science in this way, the observers become like gods, and the clay is no longer malleable. The dried-out edges will chip and distort the factors over time losing its pliable foundation and becoming hard and unyielding like religion's rigid walls.
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