The Moral Chaos Theory in Practice

Joseph Farah
Tue, 24 May 2016 21:00:00 -0700
Opinion

Do you know what "chaos theory" is?

It was first postulated in the 1960s by Edward Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist who sought to predict weather patterns through math formulas based on minor changes, assuming those minor changes who result in tiny changes in outcome.

What he found, however, was the opposite. Complex systems, like weather, respond chaotically and unpredictably to even the smallest changes in conditions.
Updated: Wed May 25, 2016

Do you know what "chaos theory" is?

It was first postulated in the 1960s by Edward Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist who sought to predict weather patterns through math formulas based on minor changes, assuming those minor changes who result in tiny changes in outcome.

What he found, however, was the opposite. Complex systems, like weather, respond chaotically and unpredictably to even the smallest changes in conditions.

As a result of his studies, Lorenz concluded that an unnoticed flap of a butterfly's wings could set off a chain of events that could potentially result in a tornado.

This became known as "the butterfly effect."

Perhaps it's time for us to apply the "chaos theory" and the "butterfly effect" to some radical changes taking place in our culture today.

—After 6,000 years of human history in which marriage between a man and a woman has proven a civilizing effect for the proper rearing of children and family life, federal and state courts have imposed on Americans a radical new prescription with the force of law behind it — same-sex marriage. Marriage is no longer to be defined, according to the high priests in black robes, with no accountability to the law of the land and the will of the people, an institution involving one man and one woman. For the time being, it is still limited to couples, regardless of sex. But for how long? What rational, intellectual distinction can be made for couples and those who want to join a union of multiple partners? I guess we'll have to see where "the moral chaos theory" leads us.

—Many people scoffed a few years ago when California and a few other communities around the county began experimenting with the idea of accommodating so-called "transgendered" student in public schools with open access to the restrooms and locker rooms of their choice. Even for liberal California, most critics assumed this was a bridge too far for "progressivism." There was confidence such a nutty idea could be shot down on the basis of common sense and tradition alone. Today, this "potty war" represents a political force more powerful than a locomotive. It has universal — even enthusiastic — approval among Democrats. Barack Obama seeks to force public schools across the nation to adopt the open-bathroom door policy using the threat of withholding federal funding. I guess we'll have to see where "the moral chaos theory" leads us.

—In the 1990s, another president fooled around in the White House with an intern. He groped volunteers. He preyed on women using his power and influence. There was plenty of evidence and strong accusations he had raped women in his past. He was impeached for lying under oath about his actions, but the U.S. Senate, controlled by Republicans, didn't have the stomach for a trial, so quickly voted to against conviction. After all, what he did in his "private life," the story went, was his own business. And his wife stood by him and even used her own power to discredit and intimidate his victims. What has been "the butterfly effect" of all that? Today, that wife is seeking to be the next president. By the way, she supports "same-sex marriage," though, like 99.999 percent of humanity, had previously opposed it. She also has become an ardent supporter of transgender-mania.

We're left with a few questions:

—Is this what Americans, knowingly or unknowingly, voted for when they elected a president who had promised "the fundamental transformation" of the country?

—Where will the "moral chaos theory" take us next?

—What will be the "butterfly effect" of these major, not minor, changes in our culture in the years to come?

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