Put your ideologies aside for a moment and imagine a world where anything goes. It’s not that hard is it? I mean, we’re getting closer to be sure. No matter what your personal feelings about Western Society operating firmly within the Judeo-Christian ethic, it was at least a guiding system that held up internally. Well, that is until most of its adherents stopped actually believing in it. (Maybe it’s just the Covid speaking, but I feel grumpy.)
I can understand the historical energy and excitement behind the progressive movement. After all, it was progressive. But the one thing that never made sense to me was that there never seemed to be anything offered to replace what was getting torn down. Words like zeitgeist don’t actually do it for me. God bless you if you find yourself in the camp that believes Anne Frank was right when she said, “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” But I find the evidence against this statement to be overwhelming.
No biggie, right? Science will lead the way! How did that go over? Scientists have less credibility than lawyers these days. Once again, Homer Simpson summarizes things most succinctly: “Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true. Facts schmacts.” This brings us to the only appropriate answer for replacing all that moral guilt and shame that used to dictate our societal behavior, once again visualized best by The Simpsons when they proposed the annual “Do What You Feel Festival” in replacement of the former “Do What We Say Festival.” You can probably imagine the hyginx that follow from everyone doing what they feel.
I get this from my youngest son a few times a week: “But I don’t feel like it!” Was that ever a thing back when I was a kid? I’m guessing I tried it once and the result was feeling a leather belt to my backside, afterwich I felt like “Doing What We Say.”
But seriously, how are we supposed to make decisions these days? Surely I can’t do whatever I feel like whenever I feel like it. How am I supposed to even know what to eat and what not to eat? Again going to the Simpsons, the character Jesse Grass states that he “won’t eat anything that casts a shadow.” I heard from someone this last week that they won’t eat anything with a face. (But they still eat shrimp. What’s up with that? They won’t eat anything with a cute face?) Whatever happened to simple fish Fridays? Or the idea of being good stewards of the earth? Oh, that’s right, greed happened. I realize I’m going out on a limb here. I might be the first to cut it off. But without a loving God or an angry God, maybe there’s nothing left to stop people from doing whatever they feel. And that might not be a good thing.
If You Wish to Start Reading The Green Ones…
[Click here to start at the beginning.]
Thanks so much for taking the time to read these scenes of Boundaries, Season 2 of The Green Ones. I’ll be publishing FREE daily scenes from The Green Ones until…I die…or something terrible happens. Seriously, I’ve got over 100 scenes written so far, and I’ll be writing more until the story reaches its natural ending. You are totally welcome to read the entire story for FREE! If at any point you decide you would rather finish the story in ebook or print format, just click the buttons below and you can do that as well. If you enjoy reading the serial releases, BUT you would also like to support me as a writer (my kids need wine!) please subscribe to my premium content for bonus scenes, exclusives, and insider access to my process. And of course, I’d be grateful if you would share this post with any of your reader friends who you think would enjoy The Green Ones. Happy reading!