350 A Programmer’s Guide to the Mind
Because, we couldn‟t. It is only as
the teenager emerges from parental
authority and encounters his own
feelings that he is able to ask real
questions and establish his own
identity. Until then, his mind is
mesmerized by the glare of
emotional 'truth.' Similarly, it is
only as we emerge from our
„parental authority‟ of a Judeo-
Christian heritage and encounter
major feedback from our civilizing
efforts that we are able to ask real
questions and work out our own
identity.A Until then, our minds are
mesmerized by the glare of
emotional 'truth.'
But, what type of teenagers are we
turning out to be? Are we rebelling
from our Judeo-Christian parentage,
submitting to the peer pressure of
tolerance, and setting up a counter-culture of New Age bitterness against
„the establishment‟ of science and technology, or are we following the path
of mental growth, analyzing the 'beliefs' which we inherited from our
parents and learning to think and act like mature, rational adults?
A Why do I refer to „the Judeo-Christian heritage‟ as „our parents‟?
Because this belief system was the foundation of Western civilization,
which in turn has grown to encompass the entire world. All other cultural
systems have been affected by its way of thinking. These are the facts of
history, politically incorrect though they may be.