A CALM VOICE Chris Ranly: Recent Episodes
Chris Ranly
This podcast seeks to bring a calm voice of reason to a world that seems to only hear the voices that scream the loudest or those deemed the credentialed elite. A CALM VOICE does not come from an elitist and will not insult you with screaming but hopefully reflects some common sense from 20 plus years of pastoring diverse churches and another 20 in the blue collar world. My only hope is that you will glean a little wisdom from my hoary head.
This will be my final podcast as I will concentrate on my 2 You-Tube channels, A CALM VOICE IN A CHANGING WORLD and BLOODY FORK HOMESTEAD. Thank you for taking out time to listen to my podcasts and I hope you will join me on one or both of my You-Tube channels. Chris
Tribalism has been part of every nation from the beginning of civilization. Traditional tribalism was influenced by a common geography, ethnicity, particular religious cultic practices, common customs and heritage. The most influential form of tribalism today is ideological tribalism; groups united by the same core beliefs with the same common enemy. This type of tribalism is alive and well in politics today and the biggest danger of polarized tribalism is totalitarianism from either polarized extreme.
Elitists are those by virtue of their education, income, profession or other station in life believe they are supremely qualified to run everyone else's life. This superiority can be very subtle but quite obvious to those who feel slighted by the elitist. This podcast offers a few solutions to this malady which begins with an admission " I am an elitist ".
The battle that is playing out in many areas of the world centers on group morality vs. individual morality that in centered in the conscience. This podcast series explores the dynamics of the individual conscience and how different groups seek to influence it for their own agenda. When corruption is evident there are times when the individual must stand up for the convictions of their own conscience rather against the corrupt dictates of the group.
When the queen of science (theology) is rejected the is no lasting objective basis for morality. Morality becomes the arbitrary dictates of government control or is abused by individual freedom. Ultimately morality must be informed by the 2 greatest commands given by God.
Destiny in the evolutionary scheme is death defined as ceasing to exist. If the origin of humankind does not have a supernatural component there is no eternal destiny. But the queen of science (theology) points to humankind's earthly and heavenly origin that gives us a twofold destiny.
Because the queen of science (theology) has been rejected the purpose of humankind in evolution is survivalism. But the image of God in humanity gives us four purposes that supersede this futile perspective.
The "all in dogma" concerning the origin of humankind is the theory of natural selection originally proposed by the prophet Charles Darwin. Because this doctrine was totally bought into despise glaring discrepancies, the words of the queen of science have been ignored, marginalized and dethroned. Dogmas are born out of ideologies. They are formed by a God bias or an antigod bias. Perhaps the queen has a more plausible explanation for origins than what biased science has led us to believe.
Education is in a state of flux, confusion, and without ultimate meaning because she is being controlled by the ideologies of postmodernism, humanism and tribalism. These arbitrary and competing "isms" have taken precedence because the queen of science has been dethroned in postmodern education. The queen of science gives us a metanarrative, an answer to fundamental questions of meaning but she has been divorced from education leaving confusion and futility in its wake. The queen, however, is not dead. She is very much alive and will bring ultimate meaning when her throne is acknowledged.
Obsolescence is part and parcel to everything we experience in this world. This podcast explores the elements of obsolescence , the futility of living for the obsolete and contrast this reality with what is eternal.