Omnipotent, Omnsicient, and Omnipresent or Powerless, Stupid, and Nowhere?
“Cannot you see, cannot all you lecturers see, that it is we that are dying, and that down here the only thing that really lives is the Machine? We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it. The Machine develops – but not on our lives. The Machine proceeds – but not to our goal. We only exist as the blood corpuscles that course through its arteries, and if it could work without us, it would let us die” -The Machine Stops E.M. Forster I love a chilling quote, and this quote from The Machine Stops DELIVERS. If you have not read this short story, I highly recommend it. I first heard about this story on Tsh Oxenreider's podcast: A Drink With A Friend. Her guest was Autumn Kern, a fellow Charlotte Mason Homeschooling enthusiast. Th