Vulcans and Klingons

There are essentially three different types of Christians. Vulcans, Humans, and Klingons. 

Now, even if you’ve never seen Star Trek, you probably have still heard of Klingons and Vulcans. These two different fictional alien races are each going represent an idea throughout the rest of this article. 

Klingons are a race that bases their decisions off of emotion. Anger, hatred, love, and honor all play a huge part for Klingons. Any decision they make is based off of how they feel. They are emotionalists, as it were. 

The Vulcans (admittedly my favorite of the two) are basically the opposite side of the scale. Logic is everything. From a young age, Vulcans work hard to control the emotions, to remove them as far as possible from their minds. Vulcans are logicians. Emotions are something to be discarded.

And finally, there are Humans. Humans are the nice middle space between Vulcans, and Klingons. They have both emotions, and logic. They are the middle of the pendulum swing.

Now all of us tend to be either more Vulcan, or more Klingon. Some of us rely on our emotions, and base our actions on how we feel, disregarding logic, because we feel that our emotions justify any action. Others of us lean more towards the Vulcan end of the spectrum. We depend on logic, and view emotions as simply inconvenient after-effects of our biological bodies and minds. We base our decisions on cold facts, as much as we are possibly able. 

I propose to you,that both are wrong. God, in His infinite wisdom, did not just design us with logical minds, but also with emotional hearts, and vice-versa.

God wants us to be logical, to think past just how we ’feel’ about something, to what He says about it, what the right thing to do is. He expects us to examine life and knowledge and to way what is true, and what is not. Proverbs is one long book of logic, and wisdom. 

God also expects us to live. He wants us to love each other, to love Him. He wants us to have joy, and to have peace in Him. He wants us to be sad with what He is sad with. Emotions are mental flags of the subconscious mind, if you will. They are actually communicating something to you, and simply ignoring them, while sometimes wise, is not smart in every situation.

When we feel fear, it is a natural thing, an organic emotion. We should not beat ourselves up for feeling, but rather accept what the emotion is trying to tell us, and figure that into our logic. We should never, EVER, make a decision based ON fear. But it is also foolish to ignore what the fear is trying to tell us.

Another example, would be a crush. When you have a crush on someone, there is an overwhelming amount of emotions. So much so, that it is easy for the emotions to bypass our logic centers, with the contained cautions and potential red flags. 

However, on the flip side, neither is it wise to ignore a lack of emotion when considering a marriage relationship. God made falling in love for a reason.

Our objective regarding Vulcanism, and Klingonism, should be to make an effort to move more and more towards a Human position. A state of existence in this world where we examine all the information, accepting everything that God has made us to be. The Bible states that He has made us in His image.

Am I saying that we should consider all emotions? Such as lust and ect? No, we shouldn't ever allow ungodly emotions to effect our decisions, though I suspect none of us shall ever achieve a perfect score on that front. However, also we shouldn't pretend that those emotions are not there.

If you feel anger towards a neighbor, instead of hiding it somewhere where the sun don't shine, you should take the emotion head on, and examine it logically, tracing it to its source, and then dealing with it. 

The purpose of being balanced between your Vulcan side and your Klingon side is not so that you become a more happy person, though I would suggest that that might very well be a nifty side effect, but rather so that you can do what's right. There IS truth, absolute truth, in our universe. There is a right thing to do, though sometimes we have lots of little nebulous decisions. We hamstring ourselves when remove emotions from our lives, or when we remove logic.

Anyway, that's my thoughts for this week.