Yeah, that title is correct. I didn't get the words mixed up. I have been listening to the book "Forbidden" by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee. The beginning of the book talks about how the government figured out how to isolate each emotion and remove them from the human brain. So to create a peaceful world, they decided to remove every emotion except fear. And in this way, they are able to control people.
I've not gotten too far into the book, but just listening to this explanation, I had a hard time swallowing the premise. Mainly because I don't see that it is possible to remove every emotion but fear. Not that I am arguing that there is no way to isolate emotions. I have no idea what scientists are capable of. Or will be capable of. It wouldn't shock me at all to find that it could happen. But what I don't know about is if it would be possible to keep fear, of all things, as the only emotion.
I feel like in general, fear is a result of other emotions. I fear dying, not so much out of fear of death, but out of fear of hurting those that I love. Therefore, fear is caused by love. I fear losing those people and things I am passionate about, but I wouldn't feel that way if I didn't have those emotions toward them. Pretty much, the only reason that I have fear is because before the fear, there is some other emotion. Usually a good emotion that is then made sour by the fear. Love turned into jealousy, adventuring turned into fear, things of that nature. But I feel like without any of those feelings, fear would not even exist. It would turn into indifference, and thus, the whole business of controlling people with fear would not work anyway.
I would far rather lose fear. Without fear, other emotions would be far more pure. Without fear, love would not turn to jealousy, I would be able to do what I feel I am meant to do without fearing that I will be hurt, or fearing that I will lose something or someone important to me.
This feels kind of scattered, but it's just sort of what I have been thinking about today.
I've not gotten too far into the book, but just listening to this explanation, I had a hard time swallowing the premise. Mainly because I don't see that it is possible to remove every emotion but fear. Not that I am arguing that there is no way to isolate emotions. I have no idea what scientists are capable of. Or will be capable of. It wouldn't shock me at all to find that it could happen. But what I don't know about is if it would be possible to keep fear, of all things, as the only emotion.
I feel like in general, fear is a result of other emotions. I fear dying, not so much out of fear of death, but out of fear of hurting those that I love. Therefore, fear is caused by love. I fear losing those people and things I am passionate about, but I wouldn't feel that way if I didn't have those emotions toward them. Pretty much, the only reason that I have fear is because before the fear, there is some other emotion. Usually a good emotion that is then made sour by the fear. Love turned into jealousy, adventuring turned into fear, things of that nature. But I feel like without any of those feelings, fear would not even exist. It would turn into indifference, and thus, the whole business of controlling people with fear would not work anyway.
I would far rather lose fear. Without fear, other emotions would be far more pure. Without fear, love would not turn to jealousy, I would be able to do what I feel I am meant to do without fearing that I will be hurt, or fearing that I will lose something or someone important to me.
This feels kind of scattered, but it's just sort of what I have been thinking about today.
