Take the blue pill. Destroy reality.
Give me a minute to explain.
Richard Weaver’s book Ideas Have Consequences has reverberated through my life every time I read it. You don’t need to scan any further than the introduction to see Weaver’s concern: men have dismissed transcendence, universal ideals, logic, realism, objective truth, and original sin. Some want to take down the original pillars of Western culture set upon these biblical truths which is a recipe for cultural suicide.
Perhaps our best reminder of our present state is from a 1999 movie The Matrix. Lawrence Fishburne’s character is trying to impress upon Keanu Reeves’ character Neo how the world really is. The Matrix is honest reminding us that real life includes not a nameless calamity, but a desert of our own sinful making. Ideas do have consequences. Sometimes it takes a movie to remind us.
Thanks for spending this minute with me, Dr. Mark Eckel.
Mark Eckel (MA English, ThM Old Testament, PhD Social Science Research) is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration, Liberty University.
“Give Me a Minute” is an ongoing effort to simply, clearly, and quickly explain aspects of true Truth.
Gratitude, as always, to my longtime friend, videographer, and tech guru Josh for his continued service.