‘Deification’ of science should come to end

In modern times, the word “scientific” has carried with it an almost unassailable aura of credibility. It is my sincere hope that the era of false deification of science is close to its end. When so-called academics begin to espouse scientific theories like they are established fact and treat those who dare disagree as blasphemers, have we perhaps allowed the pendulum to swing too far? How is this different from the certainty of religious zealots? A short 50 years ago the overwhelming majority of climate scientists were absolutely certain we were on the verge of a modern ice age. I wonder of what they’ll all be certain tomorrow? It will likely be whatever pet theory allows them access to the endless dollars available for progressive-funded government studies (like global warming does today)? How dare those greedy corporations try to make money for their stockholders when it’s far better off in the hands of Big Brother, right?

Speaking of reason, every polemic aimed at pro-life Americans is couched in a discussion about an amorphous clump of cells. Secular humanist Progressives quietly cheer but don’t want to discuss the fact that 177 duly elected members of the House of Representatives voted against banning infanticide recently in our nation’s capital. These absolutists, who fight any and every attempt at the reasonable regulation of abortion, have the temerity to call those who jealously defend their Second Amendment rights as “extremists.” How reasonable.

How about the science of history — as in learning from the past? Central planning, big government (Marxism, Socialism and Communism) has never worked in the history of mankind. It has, in fact, led to the mass murder of more human beings than religious wars by any reasonable accounting. Academics like columnist Art Hobson have, in my humble opinion, a verifiable disability. They are fatally incapable of distinguishing reality from the artificial world they envision in their “superior” minds. Sure, Communism didn’t work out before — but it will this time!

In the real world there is evil. It is the job of good people to stand up against it. In the artificial “faculty lounge” world, all you need to do is have a good talk with evil doers — they just want to be understood. And, after all, it’s probably something those evil Christians did that’s causing them to crucify, behead and immolate innocent people as well as rape women and children before selling them into slavery.

Secular humanists have every right in our fine country to live their lives in the way that seems best to them. They have, though, aggressively attacked religion in our public lives for the last 50-plus years and, like Mr. Hobson, seem to think we’d be better off without it altogether. Those of us who still believe in the value of a spiritual life aren’t mystified by the lack of humanity that seems to be growing in our midst.

Art’s not mystified either, though — he knows it’s the fault of all those evil guns, right, Mr. Hobson? STEVE BLEVINS

Fayetteville