The word gullible implies a certain sense of naivety or stupidity, and in many instances that implication is applicable. For instance, we could say small children are extremely gullible concerning such things as Santa Claus and Easter Bunny, etc. And that is totally understandable because they are not yet educated in the basic principles of life and existence — the proper term is ‘ignorant’. They are not stupid or totally naïve — they simply do not know.
To some degree or another, that same principle applies to every adult who ever lived— no human has ever known or ever will know every truth in the ‘perfect truth system’ which exists in our universe. So, in that sense, we all have been, are now, and always will be, gullible in many areas of our lives. However, there are many areas of our lives where gullibility is inexcusable. For instance, any time we have opportunity to learn and deliberately reject it, we are establishing a circumstance for ‘culpable gullibility’.
There have been, and likely still are, innumerable instances in our lives when, through no fault of our own, we have been led down the ‘primrose path’ of ignorance by the ‘know-it-alls’ to believe all sorts of erroneous things — remember when the earth was flat? — remember when the earth was the center of the universe? — remember when our little solar system was the universe? In most instances, the people who convinced us of such nonsense were ignorant of the truth. However, their understanding and ‘dogmatic teachings’ fit into a scheme of imagination and ignorance much larger — it was an integral part of their ‘totally controlling religion’. Remember the ‘Tower of Babel?’ Those people were certain that heaven was in the sky and reachable by a tall enough tower— such was their ignorance.
So how do we avoid gullibility? We can’t completely. There are so many things we must take on ‘faith’. And what is faith? It is the acceptance that something is true without personal scientific knowledge. However, if something sounds ‘too good to be true’, it behooves us to investigate and learn the real facts for ourselves if possible. If not possible, we’re simply stuck with a possible myth without being able to know factually.
It is only through ‘science’ that we come to know the truth. The word science comes from the Latin word scientia which means knowledge. Knowledge is truth, and there is only one truth about anything in our ‘perfect truth system’. It behooves us to know all the truth we possibly can and to seek out others who have investigated and learned truths which we have not or cannot. But, there again, we must put our trust in others — needles to say, a $64,000.00 question in itself.
The gullibility I wish to specifically address today is that found in the followers of any and all religions, worldwide. All religions and their thousands of subdivisions had their beginning in the ignorant imagination of someone(s). Without any scientific knowledge of any kind, they uniformly and systematically developed a scheme of religion based on their miniscule, superstitious minds. Not only that, but in most cases, their scheme ultimately gave them ‘control’ of their followers. Often that control afforded the leaders not only control of their followers’ minds but also their purses — religion became a self-serving scheme. That is ever so much more obvious today.
In the case of so-called Christianity, that exact scenario was so rampant and obvious that it prompted Jesus to give his life in a failed attempt to educate his people and, not only eliminate their oppression, but also simultaneously, relieve their gullibility — from my perspective, he was a total failure. His commands and teachings of love have been totally ignored by those who purport to represent him. Each of them has a ‘different angle’ of disinformation with which to control their gullible followers —and gullible they are.
I came to that conclusion as a juvenile and young teenager. I could clearly see that the God about whom I had been taught did not exist. I had been taught that God would answer our prayers, but my observations told me differently. Absolutely nothing that I or our entire parish prayed for ever came to fruition — not even once. When I asked my parish priest why that was, he stated very directly and correctly, “it is God’s will”. From that moment on, I knew that begging God for something was a total waste of time and energy, but I didn’t know why —I determined at that very moment to find out.
It was several years later while studying philosophy, including Logic, in college that I recognized the basic problem — no one knew who Gad is. They all were expounding and pontificating about an entity that was a myth —no one had ever defined the essence of God — minus an essential definition, nothing has meaning. I determined at that very moment that I would define God’s essence. Little did I know the seemingly insurmountable task it would be. Sixty years later while still diligently searching, I found it. In the eternal realm of Quantum Mechanics (particle physics), I discovered that everything tangible in this universe is made of identical particles of energy with various names, which cannot be further subdivided, cannot be identified from any one of its counterparts, are perfect in both form and function, cannot be created nor destroyed by man, and cannot be changed in any way. Are we not alluding to something that exists in eternity? I believe without doubt that we are. Therefore, everything that makes up the basics of all temporal things (atoms and molecules) are themselves eternal. Cumulatively, they represent and present a perfect rationality. With that understanding are we not then obliged to ascribe that Perfect Rationality to a Perfect Intellect? And if so, who has a Perfect Intellect other than a Perfect Rational Being? Can there be any Perfect Rational Being in this universe other than the one we call God? I think not. Therefore, we can say with certainty that God is a Perfect Rational Being and God’s essence must be defined as ‘Perfect rationality’.
More importantly, that essential definition implies a graphic understanding of the Trinity: A Perfect Intellect (God the Father) would reflect upon himself and see a mirror image which being supernatural is a living being identical to its generator (God the Son). Then two identical Perfect Intellects viewing each other would have no choice except to love, accept, choose, will each other (the Holy Spirit — Will of God) — a perfect graphic of the Trinity dispelling all the fabricated myths about Jesus. As a matter of certainty, Jesus never suggested nor said he came to die for our sins by appeasing the Father. His intention was to ‘liberate us from the blanket of guilt’ imposed on us by Moses for purpose of control, and which later was used to extract our hard-earned money under the guise of appeasing a vengeful God. Jesus’ God was/is ‘all love’. That identical ruse of appeasement is still being used by most Christians today.
For the uninitiated to my works, I have published four books. Wilderness Cry, Peace in Spirituality, and Provocative Catholic spell out my philosophy clearly and succinctly. Growing Up in Fancy Farm Kentucky will give you a humorous insight into my childhood and upbringing through age 22. All are available Amazon-Kindle, and from me, autographed. handg@comcast.net
I might add that Wilderness Cry was Online Book Club’s ‘Book of the Month’ in Dec 2020. It also was their ‘Book of the day’ on two separate occasions — a considerable honor.
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WILDERNESS CRY by Hilary L Hunt MD 