I miss Mr. Spock. Not Dr. Spock — the baby-book guy. I miss the pointy-eared Star Trek Mr. Spock from the planet Vulcan. I miss him because he was great illustration material.

Spock was from a society that, while it had emotion, chose to place that emotion inside the chains of rational thought. A constant tension in the Star Trek series was between Spock, who denied his emotional nature, and the humans, who often lived by emotions. Naturally, the humans always came out on top because the scripts were written by humans — not by Vulcans.

I miss Spock, because in many respects, he was right. Not that we should have no emotions. Emotions are part of the nature of God, printed on our being. So I am not saying emotions are bad. But it is essential that we humans do not allow our passions, our lusts, our selfishness, and our feelings to dominate our decision-making processes. When we do that, we fall into the pitfall addressed in this podcast.

The pitfall of emotional helplessness.

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