Somebody set off a bomb at the Guidestones in Georgia causing serious damage to the monument. Georgia GOP primary candidate Kandiss Taylor had urged the destruction of the “Satanic Guidestones”. And somebody done went and did it. The writing on the Guidestones said-

“Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature; Guide reproduction wisely, improving fitness and diversity; Unite humanity with a living new language; Rule passion, faith, tradition, and all things with tempered reason; Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts; Let all nations rule internally, resolving external disputes in a world court; Avoid petty laws and useless officials; Balance personal rights with social duties; Prize truth, beauty, love … seeking harmony with the infinite; Be not a cancer on earth — leave room for nature — leave room for nature.”

It’s pretty radical. Imagine promoting the idea of fair laws and just courts. Or seeking harmony. All without the mention of a deity and supernatural dominion. Obviously, this absence of religious underpinning automatically infers the foul deeds of Old Nick, the Prince of Darkness, or Mephistopheles. Mercy sakes alive! Planting a monument that offers secular suggestions of living a good life for its own sake. It was a scandal.

The only friction spot I can see is the suggestion of a maximum world population of 500 million. I think most biologists would agree with this, but it ain’t gonna happen. Imagine trying to suggest to folks to be smarter about reproduction. Overpopulation is happening and only famine, disease, or nuclear world war will slow it down.

There are easily enough folks around who indulge their Iron Age beliefs strongly enough to produce someone who could construct an effective bomb and use it. I’m sure somebody up in the holler was dancing a jig afterwards.