Logical Antithesis

The rational for making a new blog is simple: this blog is dedicated to most my religious, philosophical, and cultural writings. To fit in things like gardening, programming, and how the two tie together would fatten this blog. Not to mention my views on religion and culture will definitely put off most readers. So I’ve made the new blog separate, I will still link back here, to garner a readership who can get accustomed to my views on programming and gardening. And maybe, just maybe, they’ll get used to how I write enough that they’ll venture over here. If you haven’t taken a peek, scamper on over to GRO4US and check it out.

If you’ve gone and read my first post over there, you will have noticed that I do not have a green-thumb. The real reason I have taken to gardening is for financial reasons (thanks Mr. Economy!), and because I’ve been tasked with it. I do have to admit that I’m not interested in gardening; I find gardening theory, I.E. how one gardens holistically, more intriguing than the act of gardening. But, I do enjoy fresh produce from my own yard. I was very surprised at how soft my lettuce is; it tastes so very much different from store-bought, and only travels 50’ to my house.

To sum that up, I’m gardening because I enjoy the results, have been tasked with gardening to help my family financially (by reducing produce costs), and because I’m interested in the theory of gardening.

Holism (holistic gardening) “is the theory that whole entities, as fundamental parts of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.” (Reference.com definition.) In gardening we have this annoying trend of ignoring past methods and assuming that we know best, regardless of our ancestor’s successes and failures. Personally, I think that my ancestors were intelligent humans with more brain power than we have today. Instead of discarding their knowledge as obsolete, I try and find the wisdom in it. “Organic” gardening isn’t enough, but perhaps holistic gardening is. Is it a paradox that the growth of lettuce increases dramatically when partially harvested? I think not; I believe it was designed from the beginning as food.

If I were to aim for a different audience for my blog, I’d name it Godly Gardening. For that, indeed, is my aim: to garden as God would have it, and to eat the food as close to its original state as possible. That includes no transportation, except by my feet only, no fake or semi-nutrient-rich fertilizers (you need many more nutrients than commonly thought), and no GMO or hybridized plants. I most especially believe in the latter, that bastardized and adulterated foods which God didn’t design will either kill us, or contribute to ill health. No dog can truly be healthy when it simply eats kibble all its life (would you be?). For, dogs can eat, should eat, some small amounts of fruits and vegetables with the raw meat God made them to consume. My dog simply adores eating blueberries and strawberries, and they don’t make him ill like even the costliest kibble would.

I believe that God is the Supreme Architect, and that includes making the foods that we should eat. And, for those of vegan mindset, that includes animals. God knew all along that there would be a fall of man, that the garden wouldn’t last, and that the beasts He made He would eventally give as food. Why would God design animals not to be eaten, when He knew this future before creation? Rid yourself of that most ignorant and ridiculous evolutionary concept: that we adapted to the eating of animals, or of plants; and of the thought that God never intended animals to be eaten. Stop telling God what He meant; learn from Him instead.

I will be introducing all these principles on my new blog as subtly as possible, in hopes that it may lead someone to God and the proper belief in Him. Even if they reject that, I hope that they will at least grow food the way God meant it to be, and eat it the way He meant it to be.