Evidence

Recently, I was told, by someone who was objectively observing me, that I’m “one of those people” who must have evidence. I accept. I agree. Show me the evidence.

Evidence comes in two main forms. There’s empirical evidence, and there’s empyreal evidence.

Empirical evidence is temporal, tangible, often visible. Chromosomes, for instance, are evidence which will tell you what gender you are. XX: you’re a gal. XY: you’re a guy. There are other evidences for gender, such as hormones and the effects of those hormones, menstrual cycles, and the ability or inability to squash a spider with your finger. Yes, there are technical and less-than technical levels of evidence, aren’t there? Empirical, all of them.

If you tend to enjoy the more violent sports, such as hockey or jai alai, then you’re probably a guy. If you want to personally join in those sports, rather than watching, you’re a guy. If you don’t even care to watch, you’re a girl. Stereotypes, of course, are evidence of a bias.

As mentioned before, if you can see a spider and not squeal, you’re more likely a male person. If you see a snake and don’t squeal, but suddenly look around for a stick to poke at the snake, you’re a guy. Careless and inconsiderate and not too bright are only a few of the attributes of males. When something is poisonous, the male person doesn’t usually care until he’s been bitten.

Which brings me to the next question: Why in the world would a girl ever want to be a guy? That’s like a major step down. It would be like owning a Jeep Hurricane but wanting a Ford Pinto. A major step down.

Females are smarter, faster, more careful, more caring, and definitely better looking. Females are also quicker to see and feel and hear empyreal evidence.

Empyreal evidences are things like intuition, angelic visitations, messages from the Holy Spirit, and guilt.

Guilt is the one I want to focus on right now. Where does it come from, or in other words, where does guilt originate? Where do you feel guilt when you feel it? Is it in your chest? Is it in your head? Is it both? When you feel guilt, is that a tangible sensation? Does guilt cross the line from empyreal evidence to empirical evidence? If so, does that mean it’s both?

When people don’t seem to feel guilt, we call them psychopaths or sociopaths, so it’s obviously a good thing to be able to feel guilt. People who don’t are broken in some way.

There are those who deny their guilt. There are those who try to suppress it. That action usually comes back to make things worse. The guilt builds up and the person who tried to suppress it ends up cracking, losing their mind, bursting into uncontrollable whining sobs.

People, male or female, who don’t suppress their guilt but who admit fault, come clean, ask for forgiveness, these are the healthy ones. These are the people who can move on, past the guilt, past the mental issues that afflict others.

Everybody but those with broken mental capacities feels guilt. So, is it important how we deal with it? Is a healthy society dependent upon guilt, or more directly dependent upon how citizens deal with guilt?

Evidence for that question can be found in our prisons. Not necessarily by who ends up in prison, but by who repeatedly ends up in prison. How does the repeat offender deal with guilt? Do they deal with guilt in a healthy way, or in an ignorant way?

One sad statistic, but an opinion-supporting statistic, is that the majority of those in prison are male, and the majority of repeat-offenders are male. Guys are often careless and inconsiderate and not too bright. Is guilt a poison to some? Is guilt a poisonous snake? Well, that’s metaphorical, so there’s scant evidence…

Regardless of what analogies may apply to guilt and snakes, we can’t deny someone else’s feeling of guilt. So, if someone ever comes to you and says, “Sorry,” just give them the benefit of the doubt and expect your turn will be in the not so distant future, when you’ll be the one asking for forgiveness.

And right there’s one more aspect of guilt that needs more study: Is guilt something we need, but something we want to get rid of fast? If it’s so necessary for a healthy society, why is it something we have to cure with apologies and forgiveness? Hmm. Well, that is something we all do—try to solve the problems. When we encounter body dysphoria, we look for a way to fix it. When we encounter a poisonous animal, we call it a problem, and we look for a way to fix it.

“You say it’s a problem? Show me the evidence.

OW!

It bit me!

Ohwellnevermind…”