Ignorance helps tyranny. Those who cannot read, write, or do simple math are not able to defend themselves against the powerful forces the state levels against them.
Those able to do simple math find, for instance, that Social Security is among the worst of scams. Rather than change Social Security so that people can have more money, fans of big government prefer to make it impossible for most people to figure out what a massive theft it is. For that, and similar reasons, we have “new math”.
Naive concerns about “improving education” are always welcome. Suggested “improvements” are a valuable tool in diverting people into the meaningless, hopeless activity of endless meetings and committees while allowing the perpetuation of ignorance to continue.
Catholic Fundamentalists are aware of this, and are not unduly disheartened. We understand that ignorance does free minds from a lot of contradictions. In fact, high school graduates are usually such “blank slates” that they can understand God’s ability to program in three dimensions more quickly than those whose minds are more encumbered with the kind of “knowledge” that a state wants to impart.
They can quickly see the reality of The Trinity by picturing God as The Programmer. They can understand The Son as The Program, who, in human form, was the Perfect Program. The Holy Spirit, of course, is The Holy Wireless Connector, keeping us in contact with the Program and Programmer who love us and want the very best for us.
Open, uncluttered minds can read something as simple as “New Road to Rome”, which is downloadable free in the “books” section of this site. They can understand how real God and His Church are with amazing speed. The second half of the book tells them the basic flows of history, moves of people and peoples toward, and away from, God.
Once they understand that, they are far ahead of high school graduates of past generations. Their elders did know much more, but nothing so important.
