Human history is the long, terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy
— C. S. Lewis
Discussion
And every time he wandered further, he returned emptier—until he realized that without God, there is no true peace.
read the works of Lewis and Chesterton. Time well spent. Add them to your physical library.
We think we know better than God but we don't.
Let's make the crops better and spray pesticides and plant GMO seeds.
Let's make childbirth safer and offer a flood of interventions.
Let's increase health and vaccinate.
We just make it worse. We need to leave some things alone.
But actually, I realize this is not what this post is about. Just some thoughts it conjured I suppose.