The notion of Christ, as conceived in such a way as to accord entirely with the field to which tradition applies, and thus the whole of the matter itself, by which I mean those elements of the theological that throughout the course of time, and from the outset, assume a role of primacy by virtue of there having been drawn a consensus as to the truth thereof, between generations, is unfounded; though I restrain myself, and grow hesitant, in speaking of him as if to imply that his life, the events of which its appearance consisted, as they are perceived to have been, and generally believed, bore no basis in fact at all, on account of such claims differing with great starkness, from what amounts to an established truth of history, so far as those well-versed in its study, are concerned. Yet, idolatry is blind in all cases, and leaves one prone to the same fault in equal proportion to its effect; that is to say, the degree to which its quality holds sway over one during periods of reflection, corresponds without fail, to how far oneself becomes distanced from an understanding, and awareness, of the objective, during such times as those described when the subject for which it had been given, pertains distinctly, to what was held in question, before. A force of acknowledgement must be granted also, of the myriad ways by which our experiences of the world remain conditioned by prejudice; by that air of lifeless admiration that as of present, has shown itself to serve as an instrument of the misjudged, and aids in the execution of amorality, and now pervades throughout many nations, with respect to the political sphere, in particular, and that compels one to cast praise upon any other, without due cause, and without due reason, and which by extension, further detracts from the value carried to the fore by any achievement one might find in their lifetime, and consequently, renders an already tainted purpose, worthless; devoid of all that is to impart, substance, and weight. By this line of phrase, I provide reference to the shallowness in nature of those ambitions which seem to have taken hold, and have hitherto amassed an ever-broader following, an audience of sorts, keen to spread the teachings of which they are expressive, in a gilded gloss; to conceal from view the emptiness lying beneath the outer shell of their words, and depictions of fortune. Only in the negative sense can one garner sight of the true state of things; the whole of the world as it is truly, not merely as one wishes it to be, eludes often, our ability to recognize, to determine; this, being of merit also in the case of what ought to stand as the pillar of our striving; as the ideal toward which, we choose to aspire, and which by similar means, we hope to obtain, in testament to such ability. Only when deprived of those freedoms that are found, universally, and to which we have grown accustomed, are we able to appreciate that privilege which they themselves, both individually, and in sum, came to represent. Otherwise, as the continuance of their effect endures, without any measure of loss, our lives as we see them continue, also, undisrupted by the hardship, and despair that while confined elsewhere, is scarcely beyond our reach. Though, it is doubtful that as regards what pattern of social and moral decay has emerged, a return to those virtues which characterized previous eras, may at all be encountered, in practice. My fear is that amidst our descent toward the delusion of acting in good-faith, of providing expression to those actions which are indistinguishable from the prejudicial, and the partisan, yet, in appeal to falsity are claimed to differ from each, of touting ignorance as if it lent strength, even of our own past and that of none other, or of one being exempted from the consequences that one's own misjudgment entails, we are made blind even toward the fact of these lapses having occurred, and in the face of them, disconsider almost by intention, the possibility that anything besides our most heartfelt, and cherished of convictions, may at all be true. We needn't await entry into the abyss, for its touch is already known, and too its grasp.