The Frayed Ends of the Social Imagination...

What do we find at the frayed ends of the Social Imagination ~ Disagreement and Chaos!

Built into our social imagination is the desire to seek agreement, it provides us with the real and what we think as tangible world around us...sounds too abstract, but it's not. 

At least for now, most people agree that the sun is a star and the earth is round. But even that could change. Some think the earth is flat. Really? Let's say that they are those that are far from the absolute source of information, those at the frayed ends of the social imagination who seek agreement but only find incorrect information to agree on which finds them in disagreement with the absolute truth/source of all true information. 

Without getting a discussion about how misinformed flat earthers are, let's just look at the 'sun is a star'.  Was it ever imagined as something other? Maybe, we have no idea what it was agreed to be before the times of Noah when light was more evenly dispersed all around. We know that because in those times the sun was not directly visible. There was a firmament of heavy mist filling the skies providing an even temperate climate. That is what allowed for huge vegetation as well as huge animals and men.

Consider that the rainbow was only visible to Noah after the flood, suggesting a brighter light than before. Did Noah recognize the sun as a star? It was a light (Job 29:3 ~   His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness). Noah understood light served the Creator's purpose and that God had a plan to change things from the way they were. 

Consider that when Noah harvested the grapes and made wine, it was a new thing for him. He got drunk and his sons were shocked by this event. We know today that grapevines flourish in warm temperatures as well as plenty of sunlight. The sun is for ripening as well. For the biggest yield, plant your grapevine on the south side of your property.  

Was the sun a star? It was a necessary light. The sun is necessary light and in some places, it is very hot. So hot and potentially a dangerous light that in the last days, that the Creator has a different use for the sun will not beat down on them,' nor any scorching heat ~ Rev. 7:16. 

There was a time when people did not know the position of the sun in relation to the earth. So, let's look back in time. Nickolas Copernicus (1473-1543) was not the first person to claim that the Earth rotates around the Sun. In Western civilization, ancient Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos is credited with being the first person to propose a Sun-centered astronomical hypothesis of the universe (heliocentric).

You see, some thought otherwise to that. But, lets also look at the above statement Copernicus made. It was a claim and he was not the first. So, had he been aware for the Greek astronomer? Likely any educated man would have been. So, Copernicus was in agreement. He probably felt confident in agreement having the Bible as a source of agreement (stories that indicate a sun centered universe) backed by observations of the horizon and other lights (planets too) in the sky.

What's the point of mentioning any of this? To ask if the social imagination, having now so many members living at the frayed ends (farthest from the absolute source), could agree on false information and make it true by agreement and would that change everything we already imagine to be true? Don't we see that happening? Men and women who deny their gender in the social imagination. People that think/imagine we live on a flat earth. People that think man was installed by aliens or that man used to be a slug or sea creature that evolved. 

Make no mistake, the farther we get from the absolute source of the social imagination, the more strange social reality will become. Some will make the argument that if its agreement reality, what does it matter as long as we agree, right? Maybe its change and not strange. Maybe... but who is ready for a social imagination that cannot agree on the absolute truth for its existence? It can only be chaos.


In Him all things hold together ~ COL 1:17. Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever ~  Psalm 146:6 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him all you shining stars ~ Psalm 148:3 Only He can change their information...Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear ~ Habakkuk 3:11. The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine ~ Joel 3:15.
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