Orwell captured the horror of tyrannical government in his novel 1984 with such precision that today we shorthand descriptions of the acts of tyrants with the adjective “Orwellian.”
The famous British author coined terms that resonate today, such as Big Brother, Thought Police, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak and more. We marvel at his prescience in describing, in his work of fiction, the reality manifested by today’s so-called leaders.
Of course, with the heinous mind-control operation dubbed MKULTRA and the nefarious programmed Matrix arising from malignly programed Artificial Intelligence, we find ourselves confronted by an even darker future: one in which our grandchildren will become “wetware” or “flesh bots.”
It behooves us to pause for a moment to consider our effortless slide into a dystopian state, in spite of Orwell’s astute literary warnings. It is also imperative that we carefully evaluate the failure of religious institutions to prevent the widespread decline in our culture’s view of man’s essential nature.
If there was an intellectual and theological pivot point, it was acceptance of the view that man is an animal, a herd animal. The “man is an animal” viewpoint is the hallmark of materialistic psychology and Marxism. It grants tyrants the green light to poke and prod and corral the human species.
“Man is an animal” thinking provides the rationale for mind-altering drug regimens and human experiments, such as the COVID bioweapon mRNA “vaccines.” The view that humans are only a couple notches above a lab rat, that we’re merely barnyard animals, justifies transgender surgeries and hormone therapies. It justifies the coercive control of tyrants.
If we accept humans as merely biological entities to be herded and tortured by powerful but ethically-neutered members of the species, we need not look to the future for our entrance into hell; no, we will have already arrived at the portal to Dante’s realm. Nihilistic fear will soon overwhelm us.
But, first, we must sincerely ask, Why do we accept such profound theological failure? Why do we countenance clergy who bow down before Orwellian tyrants?
Why are we satisfied with preachers who prattle on with silly sermons or humorous homilies that fail to defend our immortal nature as souls? Why do we allow the Church to act as if Enlightenment “tanks of reason” flattened our spiritual enterprise. Why do we kneel before reason with genocidal aims?
Why are clergy not calling out those who promote the faulty views of materialism? Why do they fail challenge those who promote “man is an animal” propaganda? Why are we complacent with silence that enables tyrants to erect a hellish regime on earth?
If we’re truly going to be peacemakers in a troubled world, we need to hold clergy—those who have been handed the wisdom of our very nature—to account.
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