While I Have Lots Of Issues With Halo 5, One Of The Things I Absolutely Love About It Is The Designs

Calvin and Hobbes was magic--and sometimes a little creepy--when it embraced surrealism. And this was in the funny papers alongside goofiness like Garfield and The Family Circus.

1974 Ray Feibush cover art to Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Rings of Saturn’

I mean, its not like Chief is completely and totally unquestionably loyal to the UNSC. In Halo 3 he puts his trust in Cortana over Lord Hood's orders + the whole Del Rio plotline in 4. (I would use Halo 5 as an example but I don't like that game's story)

"Master Chief and Doomguy would be best friends." Master Chief was an abducted child supersolider created to crush human rebellions who is unerringly loyal to the fascist military that created him. Doomguy canonically beat his commanding officer to death for ordering him to shoot civilians. No they would not.

Babylon 5 is hands down one of the best pieces of Sci-fi television I have seen.

And I've only just finished the second season.

Wonderful.

Ah yes, I remember this episode of Stargate SG-1.

Art by Turkish fantasy artist Ugurcan Yüce

Gabriele Dell'Otto

In my experience, nothing makes an otherwise sane person crazier than not be able to identify what is true and what is not. And I don't mean "crazy" as a passive irritation, I mean literal, extreme emotional and cognitive dysfunction that can manifest genuine madness.

When someone thinks they know the truth and is then denied this by the non-negotiable wall of reality, their response in a healthy society is to reevaluate their position, but in an emotionally incompetent society in which loyalties are rewarded in spite of the truth--and perhaps the truth is even punished--people rationalize in every manner, along every avenue, that they must be missing some key information which would validate their preconceived understanding. And you will find that the dissonance breeds madness, because we punish the truth.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That trap is the death knell of a rational society, and the harbinger of civil collapse.

The fact of the matter is that they don't actually follow the Christian faith.

And so when actual Christian doctrine gets put in front of them (i.e. humility, compassion, and charity) they are flabergasted.

They will talk a big game about how important their faith is, but will turn a blind eye to someone in need because of ignorance, hate, or greed. Even though the Bible calls upon you to "Feed the hungry", "Clothe the naked", and to treat all people with dignity and kindness.

The only way to really make a change is to continue to push on this like Pope Francis does here. To be unwavering in your good nature. Regardless of what doctrine or philosophy you choose to anchor yourself around.

I genuinely think there was no greater insight into the modern Christian mindset than when the Pope said he very much hoped Hell was empty and he was absolutely hounded by both Catholics and Protestants outraged at the idea of a man who wanted a place of infinite suffering to have nobody in it.