My Goodness

Well, I see that the last posting was THURSDAY.  Are you kidding me?

Friday morning I left fairly early for a funeral Mass at SPJ.  So maybe that gives me a partial excuse.  But Saturday I have no excuse at all to offer.  Mental tiredness?  A brain hiccough?  A delusion that I posted on the two days?

At any rate, once again I find myself needing to apologize.  So sorry.

So today I'm going to Cleveland to see my sister and go to a dinner with the reunion committee.  We have some business to attend to, including how we are going to gift our old high school and if we are going to have a mini-reunion when we turn 70.  We also have envelopes to stuff with thank-yous and pictures.  The place is a wine bar just off Detroit Road in Rocky River.  I'll GPS it just in case.

Well, I was thinking last night about the sociology thing again.  The theory that we tend to do as others do and this normally keeps our behavior in check.

I have an extension to that theory.  It is that the social media has become a quasi-institution in its own right.  Not just like schools, churches, and government -- but an influencer of great magnitude.  So as such, people who think weird thoughts and would like to do weird things can go on social media and find someone just like they are.  And that would be fairly empowering, especially when you have a suspicion that you might not be exactly right in the head.  All of the sudden there would be a rush -- I KNEW I wasn't crazy -- see there's all these people out there who want to behead people just like me.

So my new theory is that this institution -- social media -- is a causative factor in the behavior of people in our society.  Fetishes?  Sure they're out there.  Violent tendencies?  Of course.  Anger and frustration?  Yep.  Revenge seekers?  Sure.

No matter the nature of an oddity that would normally have stayed inside someone's house, there is a good chance to find another of that same ilk.

And the good and evil that I see as a big driver of the behavior of people is also there.  It's everywhere actually.

Fr. Kevin was talking about "new age" stuff in church on Sunday.  Apparently, there is a "new age" store in town now.  They promise healings and sell crystals and candles and all of that kind of thing.  This is not real and it is dangerous, in fact.  That's what he said and I believe him.

Evil can come all nicely packaged and appear to be good.  That's the sickest part of it.  So we need to always pray for discernment so that we can figure it all out.  If we forget the basic moral code that we should live by, the trap of evil is there to ensnare us.

Well, today there could be patches of decent weather, but there is a good chance of rain.  Take care, everyone.  Talk to you tomorrow, I promise.  Early dental check-up but somehow I'll post.