Celebrities and secular science

I recently read about Greta Thunberg being named Time's Person of the Year. Greta Thunberg and celebrity actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who is publicly supporting Ms. Thunberg, are two people without a background in science. And yet their opinions on climate change are apparently highly respected by many.

When a once-Christian nation becomes secular, that nation rejects the ultimate authority of God's word and replaces such with the science and opinions of men. As we now know, science, like man's opinions, is ever changing. The corrupt science and emotionally fueled opinions of celebrities are poor substitutes for the wisdom of God.

When I was a boy, quite a few years ago, there was an actor that they called the King of Hollywood. His name was Clark Gable. Clark Gable described himself as, "A lucky slob from Ohio." Unlike today's celebrities Mr. Gable never saw his fame as something that gave him wisdom greater than the average American.

There was another man of humility that I remember from childhood. Broadcast and print journalist Edward R. Murrow. Mr. Murrow commented on self-important celebrities this way: "Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar." Currently America is at great risk. We steer our ship by the capricious opinions of celebrities and by the deceitful conclusions of scientific experts. Many years ago sailors would guide their ships to safe harbor at night by focusing on the lighthouse. That lighthouse was a constant. It never moved, and so it was a faithful guide.

My prayer is that in these dark secular days, America will decide to guide our nation to safe harbor by focusing on God's word, which is a constant. It never changes

Charles Danyus

Round Lake Beach