Reflections on the modern Virus Myth – As an atheist (or maybe agnostic), it is either disconcerting or comical that I have more faith in "God's Creation" than the self-professed "Christians" (among others) who run around in fear of a virus (as if God is out to kill them). Where is the faith in the essential goodness of the universe which God made? Were viruses (if they are even real) put here to test our faith in "science" and "scientists"? Judging from the rhetoric of the past several months, it would appear that people do think that way.
Observe the cat and baby in the picture posted here. There are millions of such images depicting the harmony of life on earth. Yes, there are millions more depicting the opposite but we should not dwell on the negatives. Most of us have grown up having at least one pet which we have learned to cherish (I am sorry for those who have not). We do not fear our pets because we are not taught to do so and most people have not had the misfortune of dealing with a dangerous animal. Fear is learned both from experience and from what we have been told by others.
Fear of a virus is not something that is learned from experience. We do not suddenly become fearful of viruses or bacteria because of a difficult illness. We are taught to fear these things. It is entirely due to the influence of the schools and the media. The "science", we are told, has established that these things are dangerous (despite the fact that we each have trillions of viruses and bacteria in our bodies right now). We are told to be afraid and so we are.
Imagine that you are told that a cat can smother a baby by, say, sucking its breath or laying on its face. Would you be concerned for the life of the baby in the picture? Probably not but you might think differently if you have never seen a cat before. You can't see viruses. It might make sense to fear a virus the same way that you would fear the presence of a ghost in a haunted house (or an unseen cat). Sometimes, logic has nothing to do with it. Fearing the unknown or the unseen is a natural survival response.
Much like a dog looking up to its master, humans throughout the ages have looked up to a god or gods for a sense of place in the universe. We imagine that the supreme beings mean well and are not intent on our destruction. That is how humans try to make sense of things which are beyond their understanding. Humans have also imagined that their invisible gods could sometimes become angry and thus they also learned to fear them.
Today, we do not fear the gods so much. Instead, we fear invisible pathogens which we imagine are out to destroy us or at least make us miserable. We have learned that there is no positive side to these pathogens. They are bad and that is all there is to it. Quite a turnaround from the beliefs of our ancestors. Hail Virus, the angry god of our time.
What do you believe? Is there an angry god that wants to destroy you? Do you need priests and soothsayers to tell you what you need to do to save yourself? Do you need to be told what sacrifices to make? Do you need to be told when the god has been appeased? Do you think that is ridiculous? Behold what your religious leaders want you to believe (and weep):
https://www.christianpost.com/news/2700-evangelicals-warn-against-politicizing-coronavirus-urge-christians-to-take-vaccine.html
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