day no. 16,753: the new normal

"I can say abnormal things in modern magazines. It is the normal things that I am not allowed to say. I can write in some solemn quarterly an elaborate article explaining that God is the devil; I can write in some cultured weekly an aesthetic fancy describing how I should like to eat boiled baby. The thing I must not write is rational criticism of the men and institutions of my country."  — G.K. Chesterton, A Miscellany of Men

Absurdity is not profundity even if the new normal is the unusual. Saying unorthodox things is not the same as saying creative things. Thinking outside the box is, after all, a cliche, not an original aspiration.

Romans 1:28-32

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

God has made man in His image. Among other things, this means that man is creative. He has the capacity and the desire to take existing things and to make things that have not previously existed. When this spark is kinked, it aims at new combinations of unthinkable evils. It can only shock by showing how far down the drain it is willing to spiral. It focuses its energies on combining what should not be joined and separating what has always gone together. And though they know this goes against the grain of all reality, they not only continue to go forward (i.e. down) with their warped project, but concoct award shows to congratulate themselves and others on their wicked achievements (i.e. depth of descent).

This is a sure sign of God's wrath.

Romans 1:18-22

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Being immersed in this kind of thinking is a sign that God has given you up. When the grace of God lets go, things go downhill quickly and when the bad dogs off their leashes, they give chase to see who can fall the furthest the fastest.