The secular mind prides itself on being scientific as opposed to what it
derisively refers to as the faith based mindset of those who are religiously
inclined.
That no one seems to notice that this conception of
things is total sheker and that the true state of affairs is 180 degrees in the
other direction is one of life’s great ironies. The
truth of the matter is that vis รก vis Teva, the Ani Ma’amin of the faithless is
all that they have on which to lean because they closed their eyes years ago to what's actually doing at street level.
And who can blame them? After all, who is so solid in his
beliefs, whatever they may be, that he can maintain his equilibrium amidst the
revelation of their absolute falseness?
Denial is sometimes a very effective defensive
mechanism. In context of the secular
mindset it’s more than just effective.
It’s a complete role reversal. Fuggedabout
the scientific method of experimentation which seeks to flesh out empirical
evidence in the search for truth.
In the derech of the three wise monkeys of Japanese
tradition who see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil, it’s bye bye science
and hello faith as the secular mind turns itself inside out so as avert its
gaze from the reality that’s in its face.
And just what may that reality be anyway?
It seems that, since the inception of the scientific
era in the latter part of the nineteenth century, things aren’t quite what we
have been led to believe them to be. It
turns out that the people of faith have resorted to classical scientific
methodology to substantiate their beliefs.
By close observation of the various phenomenon which taken together
constitute Teva, it has been established beyond any possibility of dispute that
there is nothing that can be seen with the naked eye, the most powerful
electron microscope, or the largest telescope that controverts in the slightest
detail the foundational and bed rock principle of all existence, which is that
this a world of plan and purpose in which everything was created by a Master
Intelligence.
And what of that oxymoron known as the secular scientific mindset?
As we mentioned above, that acute
observation of all known phenomenon in Teva for over more than one hundred years
has not revealed even a nano shred of evidence to rebut the fact of Creation. And yet,
the so called secular scientific mindset, ever
so faithful, loudly proclaims Ani Ma’amin B’emunah Sheleima that this a hefker
world, the totality of the evidence against such a proposition notwithstanding.
And in yet one more irony, this so called secular scientific mindset looks in vain to the
scientific method for its validation, while what we see most certainly validates what we believe.
