Sola Sentiens

When the people of the future look back on the west, they will say ‘But how did this civilisation, with all of its military power and technology, fall? It had no enemies capable of defeating it, it had no great revolution, no disaster fell upon it. How did it disappear?’ The answer lies in these three great benefits. When a man is fighting for his life, he knows that every move he makes, every action, must be dedicated towards success, towards survival, and every move away from that is a mistake. Mistakes must be learned from and not repeated, or else you will fall closer and closer to death.

It is only when one is comfortable that they stop caring for these things. ‘Who cares if we waste a little time here or there? We are content and satiated, what matters it to us?’ You may look at the Roman Empire’s fall to see this played out. Even when the wars were coming closer and closer to Rome, they were comfortable. Who cared what happened in the provinces? They turned from the facts – that the Empire was falling and under attack – to their feelings – that they were comfortable and lacked for nothing.

One can see this played out today as well. Of the monied and elite classes, who cares for the state of the world? We see people pouring out into Europe in search of safety and security, and the only response of the leaders is ‘What does it matter to us?’ We have turned from reason and facts into a comfortable lifestyle, and just like Rome, we will fall.

Where can we see this departure from reason in our own personal lives, though? Look at the social issues of today, of gay ‘marriage’ and transgenderism. Each of these turns away from facts and from reason into feelings. Let us examine them one by one.

Gay marriage is a continuation of the denial of final causes. What is marriage for? It is for three things: the union of families, the support of the spouses, and for the bringing forth of children. Gay marriage agrees with two and denies the third. One may say that this ignores those couples who are infertile, but there is a difference. Gay marriage is completely unopen to children, while those who are infertile often do not know or may be open to children. Thus, gay marriage ignores one of the three legs of marriage, and yet people argue for it. Why do they argue for gay marriage? Primarily it is because of feelings. They want to ‘feel’ normal. They can provide no logical or reasonable argument for what they want, just that it ‘feels’ good. And so we turn from a society that grows and is vibrant, into a society that seeks only pleasure.

Transgenderism is the idea that what you feel you are is what you really are. One can already see the flaw in this, and how it links with gay marriage in that denial of reality. It is more insidious, however. Like gay marriage, it demands to be recognised – you must not only tolerate these people as being deluded, but you must approve of them doing so – but it also forces the person who is so confused into permanently altering their body. Worse, parents do the same to their children. One of the first cases of someone being ‘transitioned’, David Reimer, was done as an infant. The victim later committed suicide, and his brother, forced to assist in the delusion, developed schizophrenia and died from an overdose of antidepressants. Neither of them was tricked by the denial of the truth, but both had to pretend it was true. Today children are almost pressured by parents who believe that this is a real thing, and not just a delusion conjured up by comfort and a desire to ‘be special’, to say they are transgender. How many of these will take their own lives? Almost 40 percent.

One might ask here when the world will see its mistakes. If a group of people is committing suicide at 40 percent, how can we say they are healthy and normal? How can we say that where they are is okay, and that if it makes them feel good, it must be good?

The West cannot see its mistakes because it does not care about them. It no longer fights to survive, it no longer strives forward in some great goal, but merely sits decaying, like autumn leaves, drifting wherever the wind blows.

The West sits in decadence while the sun sets, and they turn to feelings alone to determine what is true and what is false. Do not accept that. If your feelings alone tell you what is true and good, what you should do, then you are nothing more than an animal. You are a rational being. Do not settle for what lowers you to the level of a brute beast.