The best thing about being a Catholic Fundamentalist is the view. As we get closer to God, we get to see all the lies swirling around below. We also see some of God’s reasons for allowing liars to tell such lies. The theory of “evolution”, for instance, is quickly understood as being based on the miraculously complicated program He installed to “weed out” those more interested in the world than in The Kingdom.
Such theories, even when believed by holy men and women, keep them, to some degree, from more fully appreciating the Power of The Programmer.
It’s such a joy to look at the evening news and understand that Imaginary Problem after Imaginary Problem is brought forth with the implication “This must be funded.” interwoven into every pronouncement.
Their world is a pile of scary lies designed and built by those who are not in The Kingdom. Bogeymen are everywhere. Fear predominates. Shaking souls are afraid. Food, air, water, matter, and energy have all become fearful things. Each “problem” requires regulation. Regulation demands inspection. Regulators and Inspectors are hired, and paid great sums. Bribing Regulators and Inspectors becomes an institutionalized process.
Progress, to those of us who understand The Program a little more, was programmed into being to provide ever-newer sources of fear. “Radiation in the basement!” “Particulates in the air!”
All such lies are told to protect cash flows. Our job, as Catholic Fundamentalists, is to make ourselves skilled at seeing cause and effect. When information is provided by a worldly source, we condition ourselves to ask immediately, “Who benefits?” Romans who moved into The Kingdom asked “Qui Bono?” as they observed and assessed the world around them.
There is a danger. As we become adept at identifying the process by which others tell lies and profit thereby, we see that we are remarkably well-equipped to do the same thing.
In fact, understanding Catholic Fundamentalism automatically gives us a greater skill to manipulate Programmed entities. It is supposed to be that way. As we grow, we must forego ever-greater temptations for far greater rewards.
