Ziklag - "Prove It"

Science, Religion and Actors

It’s almost cute how simple kindergarten makes life seem.

But…the claim that you can prove a positive is not scientific and displays a deep misunderstanding of how science works as a science. Epistemology and logic, particularly the nature of falsifiability and verification are not how we feel. They are what consistently is.

The Problem of Infinite Verification

A positive claim asserts that something exists or is the case (e.g., “There is a unicorn in my backyard.”). A negative claim asserts that something does not exist or is not the case (e.g., “There are no unicorns in my backyard.”). To prove a positive claim definitively, you must account for all possible conditions—which is often impossible.

For example, proving “Unicorns exist somewhere in the universe” would require searching every corner of existence. A negative claim, however, can sometimes be proven more easily by demonstrating a contradiction or showing that the claim is logically impossible. For instance, “A square circle does not exist” is provable because the definitions of “square” and “circle” contradict.

Karl Popper’s Principle of Falsifiability suggests that science progresses by disproving hypotheses rather than proving them. A single counterexample can disprove a universal claim (e.g., “All swans are white”) by finding just one black swan.

Philosophy Means Loving the Limits of Wisdom

In reality, both positives and negatives are subject to degrees of proof. Some positive claims (“I exist”) are self-evident, while some negative claims (“There are no intelligent beings anywhere in the universe”) are impossible to prove conclusively. Thus, while it is often easier to disprove than to prove, both positives and negatives depend on context, definitions, and available evidence. Simplistic pitting of wax concepts like “religion” and “science” against each other is not a sign of anything but illiteracy in first principles and logical thinking.

On Another Note

Here’s Why I Can’t Watch Movies Anymore

Actors lie for a living.

That is their job—lying; convincing you that they are someone else, shaping your emotions on command, crafting an illusion that vanishes the moment the cameras stop rolling.

I’m done watching.

Not because I’m afraid of the “talking image” of Revelation, though the parallel is there. Not because I think storytelling is inherently deceptive, though I know the power of myth can be wielded for both truth and distortion.

I no longer believe in the faces speaking to me. I distrust everything on a screen, even the real. They’ve just cried, “Wolf!” for too long.

I don’t think I’m alone. But I do think the antidote is rare:

The answer is not to distrust all pictures or images ever, but to start personally discerning and rejecting False Images according to the Spirit of the New Testament.

This is Paul’s position on Idolatry:

Asserting Hebrew Wisdom in the terms of Platonic philosophy throughout the book of 1 Corinthians radically incarnates the ancient Greek concepts, Paul takes Plato’s distinction between eidōlon (εἴδωλον), a false shadow of reality, and eikōn (εἰκών), an imperfect BUT TRUE representation of form.

Paul filters this through the Incarnation, showing that Christ is the true Eikōn of God (Colossians 1:15), not incomplete, but Fullness Manifested in Divine Reality.

Idolatry (εἰδωλολατρία)

…extends beyond physical idols to all distortions of truth—whether material, intellectual, or spiritual. An Idol is not just a statue, but any system, id(e)ology, or pursuit that replaces God with a counterfeit (1 Corinthians 10:14, Colossians 3:5), any attempt to fulfill God’s will without God—a golden calf (Exodus 32) or an unlawful sacrifice (1 Samuel 13:8-14).

By contrast, iconography (εἰκών)

in Paul’s theology is not deception, but participation, fellowship, communion. Christ is the Eikōn of God (2 Corinthians 4:4), and believers are called to be conformed to His image (Romans 8:29). Rather than erasing images altogether, Paul sees the true image fulfilled in Christ, and the restoration of humanity as a return to bearing His likeness.

This Image of Christ is a matter of the Heart

Paul dismantles Platonic idealism and pagan idolatry alike, asserting that in the One Man Jesus Christ we see the true and perfect image (Eikōn), while all else that seeks to replace Him is a deceptive Idolatry.

So, where once, I saw characters, archetypes, symbols of the real, now I just see actors absorbed in a world of sound stages, costume changes, make up, camera tricks and digital editing.

Now, I see the teleprompter, understand the script is not the soul, and repent of all the ways I’ve attributed to these liars my own hopes and dreams, letting them feed my dreams with their nonsensical (and paid-to-program-you) slow drip toxic lullaby.

I can no longer ignore it. It’s who I’ve become and I’m done pretending that I’m the weird one for checking out of the cult.

I’m not saying, “Stop watching film or you’re not a Christian.”

I’m saying,

“Bad company ruins good character.”

The actor, by definition, far from your uncle dig Hamlet in Shakespeare in the park last summer, is a professional class of satrapy/priest, subservient to the will of their overlords, and willing to appear to believe anything in real time for the right pay.

If you wouldn’t let this person play with your kids, why are you pretending they are not what they are in order escape from that which around you is real?

What are you depressing?

What are you anxious about?

What are you watching?

Actors are not only on TV. A liar will read any line, deliver any speech, play any role, say anything his incentive demands—and his incentive is that the paycheck clears.

It is all performance.

It’s all sale.

It’s all social engineering.

Did you agree to be a lab rat?

Even when the truth is spoken, it is spoken for effect, not belief.

And if I wanted that, I would watch politics.

But politics is changing, and this is the lesson.

No one wants fakes, posers and hypocrites to lead them.

Men want real men.

Curated, airbrushed, pre-approved emotional manipulation is the Feminist Way.

I reject it outright.

I am raw. I am unfiltered. I don’t need to take a second to be honest. I am a real person. My face is not made of petroleum cover, my responses are not prefabbed flag-waving, and my convictions are not a matter of the wind.

The world is full of real people—with faces not made of plastic, voices not tuned to elicit a prefabricated response, words not crafted for maximum engagement.

I want that Real.

I want the Truth Spoken.

Because I believe, not because it is in my contract.

It is in my Soul.

Life is neither a performance nor a test, no matter how convincing the actors may appear.

Life is a given.

Don’t Fake It

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