{"id":44376,"date":"2021-03-16T18:45:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T00:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=44376"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:39:00","slug":"grave-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/grave-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Grave Warnings","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark Mallett is a former television reporter with CTV Edmonton and award-winning documentarian and the author of <\/em>The Final Confrontation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>The Now Word<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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IT<\/strong> is increasingly the mantra of our generation \u2014 the “go to” phrase to seemingly end all discussions, resolve all problems, and calm all troubled waters: “Follow the science.” During this pandemic, you hear politicians breathlessly evoke it, bishops repeating it, laity wielding it and social media proclaiming it. The problem is that some of the most credible voices in the fields of virology, immunology, microbiology, etc. today are being silenced, suppressed, censored or ignored at this hour. Hence, “follow the science” de facto<\/em> means “follow the narrative.”<\/p>\n

And that is potentially catastrophic if the narrative is not ethically grounded<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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PAPAL WARNINGS<\/p>\n

For those who feel this is hyperbole, both St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI foresaw the warning signs of a generation that was “following the science”… but increasingly departing from God.<\/p>\n

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Science can contribute greatly to making the world and mankind more human. Yet it can also destroy mankind and the world unless it is steered by forces that lie outside it\u2026\u00a0<\/strong> \u2014BENEDICT XVI, Spe Salvi<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0n. 25-26<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Without the guidance of the gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding, man’s reason is darkened; he begins to operate in the flesh, in compulsion, greed, and haste. Without Piety and Fear of the Lord, he begins to act as if he, himself were a god.[1]<\/sup><\/a>cf.\u00a0The Religion of Scientism<\/em><\/span><\/span>