The human paradigm shift

A human paradigm is a pattern of human behavior. At its lowest level, the pattern of all humanity revolves around primary needs such as food, water, shelter, security, and hope for the future. Above that base, different societies – nations, religions, geographic locations, families, businesses, and other major associations – exhibit different standard behaviors. Usually a deep and far-reaching positive (or negative) event causes large numbers of people to reconsider and change their behavior. The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a global human and governmental backlash. The pandemic is a negative (destructive) potential changer that has and will likely continue to invade humanity like endless ocean waves crashing against the shoreline.

Humanity has faced deadly pandemic diseases before, but not during the Information Age, when the media and the people can terrorize all of humanity 24/7 through a variety of means. easily accessible electronics. Today, May 1, 2020, legions of social scientists are capturing terabytes (many) of data on behaviour taken by, and reactions from humans to Covid-19, in real time. Theories are being proposed as to which groups of human societies will change which behaviors to which new behaviors. Social scientists will then attempt to prove (or disprove) their theories with tests, the results of which will be subjected to rigorous intellectual scrutiny and the new reality of human behavior as it develops.

One theory: all humanity over the age of 30 will become more cautious, internally focused on protecting their health and the health of their family, shifting towards small gatherings, less travel (especially by plane or cruise) and more prepared / take out food. meal. These things are happening now for obvious reasons, but the theory is that will keep happening until this generation passes. Another theory: Many of the people who work for employers who offer a retirement will choose to retire as soon as possible. Today, a quarter of all jobs are held by people 55 and older in the US Many of those people now fear they will not live long in retirement, or want to spend as much time as they can. with their grandchildren, so they plan to get off the work-life train as soon as possible. If true, Millennials and younger generations are about to burst out to run it all. I think they will do well.

I have heard some people say that God is to blame for Covid-19, or that he does not care about humanity when faced with this new misery. Others say that God has passed or was never there. I say you can throw a rock at any bush and if a rabbit doesn’t get exhausted, an idiot will. An idiot speaks first, loud and long, on any subject he knows nothing about. Don’t believe what they say. God has been and is still here. He cares about us. Read about his ways and the means he has used to invite us to meet him in the Christian Bible. I use Bible Gateway online. God seems to delight in gently nudging us to acknowledge his presence. I noticed one of those nudges today, a kindness out of nowhere that could only be from him. Christians call that the grace (something undeserved by us) of God.

I believe that God cries for all the suffering that humans endure, especially for those of us who have seen a loved one succumb to Covid-19. But he will not ignore our suffering because humanity made the decision to walk away from him voluntarily. Suffering accompanies our usurpation of his work. He wants us to go back to him. You love your children. How much do you think God loved his son, Jesus? He allowed his son to come into our fallen world to be crucified, a sacrifice for all our self-generated sins, to give us the way to rise from human misery and even death. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Matthew 5: 4, New International Version). You must recognize the comfort, the grace of God that is given to you, and you can only do that if you know God. Jesus is the way: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14: 6 New International Version).