The Weatherman is not God

I have a bone to pick with humanity. Well, maybe not humanity, but certainly the humanity that surrounds me in the SUU world. I realize that there are individuals in the world who choose to pursue careers in meteorology. I also recognize that those individuals spend years in college learning all about the atmosphere, clouds, and other such weather sciences. However, I don't care how many years you have studied such subjects...when you graduate as a meteorologist you are not endowed with an infallible and omniscient knowledge of the winds and rains. Nor do you acquire a mystical power over the sun and clouds. I am sure most meteorologists recognize this. What concerns me is that no one else seems to grasp this concept. All yesterday, I easily heard ten times in the space of an hour, (no, I am not exaggerating) "It's supposed to snow today." "It's going to snow today." "It will snow today." Has anyone ever heard the idea that perception becomes reality? Have we ever stopped to consider that maybe if we didn't so readily accept what we hear on the 6:00 news it may not actually happen? But of course, with everyone already assuming that the weatherman is a magical being with superhuman powers and cannot be wrong, it did snow. Why shouldn't it? Only maybe a handful of people refused to accept it (myself included). What is infuriating is that in any other field of science we are willing to admit a level of uncertainty. For instance, how many tear-jerking stories have we heard of the person told he will never walk again...yet he does? No one could predict the next disastrous earthquake the way we do the next rainfall. I'm sure the most intelligent people on Earth are willing to admit that they can't possibly guarantee what the future holds. History itself shows that meteorologists are as prone to error as anyone. I apologize to those not of a Christian background, but I'm sure the weatherman of Galilee did not predict that the violent storm on the sea would abruptly halt without explanation. Nor did the meteorologist of Sodom and Gomorrah predict heavy showers of fire and brimstone. Yet, nearly everyone seems to accept the pronouncements of weathermen like prophetic visions of the apocalypse. Even worse, by admitting that what they say is an inevitable future, it almost gives the impression that meteorologists control the weather. I for one refuse to believe so. First of all, no one is perfect, even a weatherman. Moreover, I am a big believer in the power of belief. Speaking of imperfect science, there are those that are even uncertain about all the capacities of the human mind. There's even a field of science that researches if the human mind is capable of controlling its environment through mental exertion. I could totally accept the idea that hidden in the other 90 percent of my brain that I don't use there's the power to alter the world around me. So, the next time the weatherman predicts a huge snowstorm or whatnot, instead of allowing him and nature to dictate what is reality, why not refuse to obey them and force them to obey you? Instead of saying, "It's going to snow today and that is for certain because the weatherman said so and everyone knows that he is an infallible deity and there is nothing that I can do to change the circumstance if I wanted to, so I choose to submit my life to a man with a masters in meteorology," why not say, "the weatherman said there's a chance of snow today, but I think he could be wrong. In fact, I hope he's wrong, I want him to be wrong, he is wrong!" Refuse to let the weatherman rule your environment! Defy the learned and wise with the power of human perception! Above all else, remember this: THE WEATHERMAN IS NOT GOD!!!