Generals draw up battle plans, their
theory on how the battle should be fought and ultimately won.
Politicians have
theories on everything, often with little or no actual experience to
inform their opinion. Economists are quick to theorize, usually poorly.
Meteorologists and climatologists put forth theories daily, calling
them forecasts, and we have all experienced their accuracy. Although we
don’t usually think of it in this way, we all have theories about all
sorts of things. When we chat about the reasons why something happened,
or didn’t, what we think is going to happen or some action to take, we
are floating theories. Theories based on experience typically have
value, while theories based on no more than wishful thinking are hot air
until implemented, the consequences realized, truth demonstrated. Truth
is never subjective and often stark in its reality. If the local
weather prognosticators get it wrong, the truth is typically no more
painful than a ruined picnic or toting around an umbrella on a sunny
day.
Battle plans which go badly can result not only in
death but in reshaping the map. Economists theories
should be placed in the newspaper next to horoscopes, unfortunately
decisions affecting everyone are based on their theories, were if a
horoscope is wrong it won’t possibly put thousands of people out of work
or raise taxes. Politicians and the price of demonstration
for their
theories? Examples can be found daily on the front page of any paper or
leading the nightly news.
So perhaps, just perhaps we should look at things in a different light.
Consider: Wars, slavery, economic inequality, one religion attacking
another, bigotry, etc have been with us throughout our history, only the
intensity modulating. The truth is we as a people keep making the same
mistakes, based in flawed theories and thinking, one generation to the
next with the same inevitable results. So clearly "secular" theories of
living are at best problematic, even foolhardy in light of the results.
So to truly change will require
surrendering the old theories and embrace a new basis of living. How?
Stay tuned.
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