Socially, there are conservatives and liberals.
Geopolitically, there are globalists and nationalists.
Philosophically, there are uniformitarians and catastrophists.
The vast majority of us find our way into one or more of these camps by default.
“We don't hate sin. We don't see it as destructive. We don't love our neighbors.
We love the peace we have when we avoid dealing with them.” — Antemodernist
Socially, there are conservatives and liberals.
Geopolitically, there are globalists and nationalists.
Philosophically, there are uniformitarians and catastrophists.
The vast majority of us find our way into one or more of these camps by default.
Expectation ... fear ... hope. What do they have in common?
Each is a way of anticipating the future. Each inevitably excites a response. This is true even if we refuse to think about what will happen tomorrow or later; we cannot avoid reacting. Even burying one’s head in the sand is a reaction which says “I choose to not think about what the future might hold.”
“Good burst off the line from the three-point stance into a four-yard hook route. Good pad level and leg drive.”
— from Aaron Hernandez’s Gut Check Scouting Analysis, December 2009
“His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.”
(Psalm 147:10-11)