Forced Isolation

Theology and Politics from a Conservative, Biblical Perspective

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Unless deliberately chosen by someone, deliberate or forced isolation is never pleasant and it’s worse when it’s foisted on a person or society under the guise of “health and safety.” If someone wants to self-isolate for one reason or another, that’s completely up to them. However, to be forced by government agencies to isolate allegedly because it “saves lives” has not only not been proven, but in reality, it appears the exact opposite is true. Forced isolation comes at a cost and that usually translates to a person’s increasingly poor health; mentally and physically.

People who isolate by choice or are forced to isolate due to health problems or other things, miss out on the benefits of participating in society. God has clearly stated that it was not good for humanity (Adam) to be alone (Genesis 2:18). In that particular case, God was referring to partnership in marriage, however it is also clear from the context that Adam had no one of his own kind that he could relate to and with because everything else was of the animal kingdom. Certainly, animals can add greatly to our lives, but they are not meant to replace quality interaction with other human beings.

Recently, my wife and I traveled to the west coast to help her 93 year-old mother move into assisted living. That’s never an easy decision for anyone. To many older folks, it feels like they are losing their freedom, forced to exist in a situation they often do not see as being mentally and emotionally healthy.

The family previously paid for a care person to come in five days a week to be with her, help prepare her meals, take her to doctors’ visits, etc. Others checked in on her frequently during the weekends. Yet, she was still somewhat isolated at home and was often by herself alone at night.

After I spoke with her, expressing our concern for her health and the potential for her to harm herself through falls, she admitted that living by herself was getting difficult. So, my wife and I and my wife’s siblings planned the week we could be there to help move her into her new apartment at a local assisted living place. Turns out, she chose the same place that my wife’s father lived in until he died.

This particular assisted living place still had some of the same people working there that were there when my wife’s dad lived there over 10 years ago. That’s a good sign. Moreover, my wife’s dad had a cat – Moochie – that he was allowed to bring into live with him. When my wife’s father passed, the assisted living place adopted Moochie and continue to care for him.

After moving my wife’s mom in, she was slightly demanding, which is natural because older folks do not want to lose control and in an assisted living situation, they tend to feel as though they are losing control, having to hand over decision-making to others. By the second and third day, she actually said she was “happy” there, so we were thrilled about that. We spent two full days moving her furniture in and doing our best to decorate her apartment like the home she moved from so that she would feel more comfortable. It was really worth the effort and I’m so glad we were able to help out there.

She has since gone on field trips and has enjoyed numerous activities at her new residence, including meeting new people. So really, my mother-in-law had been far more isolated when she lived by herself at home than she is now at the assisted living facility. My wife’s mother can do as much or as little as she wants to do every day.

My mother-in-law had noted during COVID lock-downs how alone she felt. She couldn’t really go out living in Kommiefornia, where lock-downs were nearly state of the art. She would walk from the front door of her home, to the back door, maybe go out into her small fenced backyard and that was pretty much it. Prior to COVID, she was involved in weekly exercise classes but the lock-downs put the exercise place out of business. She became much more sedentary and susceptible to falls. How many other older folks died in “isolation” because they could not hug loved ones and were essentially kept prisoners as though in solitary confinement? This is so tragic.

On the way back home from the west coast, we flew into Dallas to catch our next flight. We had a layover of a few hours that gave us the chance to wander around the airport. I noticed that there were several eateries (one from Amazon), where there were no clerks. You simply inserted your credit card or code from your phone to gain admittance to the store. Once inside, whatever you took and held was noted by cameras so that when you were ready to check out, it did it all for you, then when your purchase was approved, the exit gate would open allowing you to leave.

There was one gentleman standing outside the store who was there to answer any questions a customer might have. I walked up to him and said, “I miss having people here.” He smiled and nodded saying, “I’m sorry, sir.” He explained the process and we went in, bought what we wanted and walked out, with a receipt emailed to me.

I started thinking of that situation and realized what it was – it was actually another form of forced isolation that is clearly creeping into society, designed to keep people from interacting with other people. We are being trained to do without that interaction, replaced with forms of AI. The new AI store is essentially devoid of other human beings, creating isolation for many.

People who are isolated from other people are not able to plan gatherings. Certainly they’re not able to come together in massive protests against government collusion/corruption, unless you happen to be part of AntiFa or BLM. Those “mostly peaceful protests” are fine apparently. Patriots, conservatives and Christians speaking out against government encroachment is simply not allowed though.

What globalists have in mind for us is to get used to not having other people to interact with, except through our phones and social networks. They want us to isolate and learn to be content without interacting with live people in person. Social media is not true social engagement as human beings have been used to for untold generations. Social media is an artificial construct that only makes people think we are actually engaging and interacting with others, when in point of fact, we simply communicate in memes and/or sarcasm for the most part. Moreover, we have no clue if the many “people” we are interacting with are actual people or bots, programmed to seem like real human beings. Plus, there are plenty of paid actors on social networks whose purposes are to divide people.

I happened to mention the situation with the store we just went into to my wife in our waiting area and another gentleman who was also waiting overheard the conversation and agreed. He also added that we have done this to ourselves by allowing it. I couldn’t agree more. It’s been a slow, incremental process of forced isolation from society but we have gotten used to it so that we don’t even really question it anymore, do we?

So when Klaus Schwab says we will own nothing and be happy, what he means is that we will all become wards of the state. The state will take everything we have and in exchange for it, provide a universal basic income (UBI), that will tide us over from one month to the next. There will be little chance to save anything and get ahead because what the state gives will be used for housing and food primarily. Traveling will be severely limited so cars won’t be needed. But what’s to stop them from taking things away once they achieve what they want?

In essence, the state will control you. How will you be happy? Virtual reality in the virtual reality world. Put on some goggles and start your adventure without ever leaving home. You’ll “interact” with others (whether real people or bots, who knows?), so you will feel as though you are doing human things, but totally within an artificially constructed digital world. You’ll also be “happy” through your mandated obedience. Just consider the number of movies released over the past five years or more that have “virtual reality” as the main theme. Ready Player One, Ender’s Game, The Matrix series, etc. All focus on virtual reality. Coincidence? We’ve been moving away from live interaction with people to far more “screen time” on our devices.

Epoch Times[1] wrote an article on how “screen time” creates problems for people.

Billy was a bright 10-year-old boy with two Ivy-League-educated parents. He was book smart—got straight A’s in school—but lacked street smarts.

He was also a poor sport. Billy would frequently lie and cheat when playing board games or participating in team activities and have full-blown meltdowns when he lost. His friends, who had been with him since kindergarten, began losing patience. His parents recognized that something had to be done.

So the parents brought him to a pediatric psychiatrist who specializes in how screen time affects children.

After a four-week “screen fast” prescribed by Dr. Dunckley, which eliminated all TVs, phones, and video games, Billy’s problems miraculously cleared up. His parents were so pleased that they decided to maintain the fast.

Six months passed, and Billy’s friends were no longer avoiding him, and his sportsmanship had improved markedly. Billy decided to run for class president and delivered a speech, something that would have previously terrified him.

Social media we engage in through our cell phones and computers are not real life. While they may cause people to believe they are interacting on a true human level, because of its artificial nature (and peer pressure to conform), much of what we interact with through our phone and computer screens simply derails and negates our inherent humanity.

Ultimately, it appears that this is what globalists have planned for us and are pushing us toward. You have the choice of being part of it or not. Recently, globalists met at Davos to discuss “Disease X,” climate change and a number of other subjects they believe it is incumbent upon us to adopt. Ignoring those issues will apparently mean our certain demise. Now, they want us to stop drinking coffee.[2] Do you believe globalists will stop flying around the world, avoid eating real meat and real coffee, preferring bugs and a more plant-based lifestyle? One of the latest things is apparently, the Arctic Ice is melting, but it’s really not.[3] People who believe all of these things will continue to fall in lock-step with those who seek to control every aspect of our lives, just like they lined up for the mRNA jabs and boosters.

I’ve said this before that I really do not think globalists will get what they want. In fact, they are so blinded by their ego-maniacal lust for total control that they will likely create many more problems than they will solve. But in truth, “climate change” is an artificial problem they say needs correcting, when all it will do is remove freedoms and grant globalists more control. It’s what they want but not based on reality.

As usual, we all have a choice. Maybe we should all start to live more like the Amish, building local communities where trade and barter is the norm? Something will give probably in 2024 (possibly after the November elections unless globalists lose control before then). It won’t be pretty and too many seem to be completely unaware of problems coming our way.

Just remember, you do not have to comply. Just quietly say “no.”

[1] https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/the-silent-epidemic-eating-away-americans-minds-5560857

[2] https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/wef-ban-coffee

[3] https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/un-says-melting-arctic-ice-is-a-key-indicator-of-climate-change-but-its-not-melting-5580038

Theology and Politics from a Conservative, Biblical Perspective