An Essay On The Fall Of Man In Today's America

All of information and man conspire to keep us from the truth about life. They've labored quite thoroughly to keep us from the spiritual, to keep us from the truth about God. But we see it. Beyond all the noise, technology, false philosophies, and half-baked theories, we see the truth. The truth is God is real, and Jesus is alive.

Yet I must lament for the sorry state of affairs. No decent person deserves it, though none are decent. No wicked person deserves it, or is accustomed to it, for we live in a twisted state of affairs.

A twisted state indeed; What I like to call the tangent universe. The phrase tangent universe actually comes from the film called "Donnie Darko." The tangent universe refers to the altered reality that is formed when a jet engine falls into Donnie's bedroom. The "artifact" comes from outside the system, and thereby changes the fundamental nature of the universe, changing it into the tangent universe. The tangent universe is highly unstable, in fact it collapses after 28 days. Donnie's mission is to somehow return the artifact to the static universe before the tangent universe destroys itself, and the human race with it.

We find ourselves in a similar state of affairs. Isn't it impressive how within so many films, books, and stories we find reflections of the real overarching saga of man and God? Much like the reflection off water, we see in ripples, imperfectly the themes of Christ, eternity, and judgment within the sagas of man's imagination. Is it any surprise that we are so inspired by them and so drawn to them?

For within each of us is the divine imprint, within each of us is grafted the very splinter of eternity. That splinter either becomes a hemorrhage or it becomes the meaning of our existence. There is no middle ground, at least none that can be maintained.

Tis a bright splinter, engulfed in darkness. Engulfed in the malady of the human race, that thing which is so apparent, yet so hidden, that thing that is so obvious, yet so minimized, so self-evident yet so denied.

It is the reason God come to Earth was nailed to a cross. It's the reason Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. It's the reason Socrates was required to drink the hemlock. It's the reason good men feel helpless. It's the reason young girls are bought and sold as sex toys on cruel markets. It's the reason unborn child are exterminated by the millions, body parts sold for profit. It's the reason your heart aches, and my heart aches, and the world is so corrupt and broken. Though so many deny it we must face it, we must face that terrible thing they call "sin." What does sin mean? To fall short of doing what is right. To do wrong.

Your in the tangent universe. And the clock is ticking. What will you do? Donnie Darko had to learn to defeat the laws of physics and use the power of his mind to send the jet engine back to the static universe. We have to find Jesus, and find faith in Him.

Reality was once perfect. It must've been serene, sublime, unbelievably beautiful, shockingly succinct, prone to ecstatic ecstasy, and righteousness. It must've been particularly nuanced. Like a painting. And oh, the presence of God himself walking through the garden! Living in closeness with the Creator! And living with the animals in harmony. Timeless, at peace with nature and each other. No need to even be clothed, for the full perfection of life itself leaves nothing needing to be hidden. Only the truth, perfection, faith and at the highest, love was the center of all things. It must've been wonderful.

Did you think life on Earth was suppose to be this way? Mankind has confused it so greatly, hidden the truth beneath layers of B.S. propagated by experts in many fields, constructing this false reality based on pithy half truths, unscientific nonsense, revisionist history, philosophical contradictions, half-hearted speculation and outright lies; all fueled by an internal hatred for the righteous and a longing, an internal impulse to flee from God, to hate God and to blame God, and to fight with every bit of their energy to snuff out God, to deny God's existence, and to destroy God. What wicked fools they are, and how they have multiplied in our land. How they've conquered the media, academia, the sciences, psychology, history, all the disciplines. Amazing in only a few generations we've been swept aside.

I didn't know this before. In fact I was part of the insurrection. I was a rebel in arms, fighting against the Christian majority. I sure felt self righteous about it too. We were gonna show those dumb religious nuts who was boss! I was a junkie, a selfish freak, a self serving self destructive troll, a bridge troll looking for those whom I could corrupt and looking for any and all ways to feed my base desires.