Greetings All,
Sorry to miss a couple appearances here.
A handful of unconnected thoughts. Unconnected save for a morsel from the Chestertonicopia.
Laura Ingraham(wonderful woman, convert to the Church as well) and some of the other conservative radio commentators really get after the pornification of the culture. I think we have truly warped sexuality in our society. However, I think money and its role have equally been distorted far from the place proper reason would put things of this sphere, much less the demands of the Gospels. Peter Kreeft said it so well...something like we use sex as a means of exchange, and expect our money to get pregnant and reproduce itself.
The more I read about the Puritans the more I am deeply, deeply disturbed. I do think that the meme of the Puritans still exists in American culture, especially amongst East Coast Bluebloods. The puritanical morality is basically gone, but the puritanical urge to purge and persecute those who dont live up to its current incarnation is alive and well. The new scarlet letter is "C" for Carbon.
Does anybody besides me see the movies Fargo and My Big Fat Greek Wedding as racist trash?
Does anybody else see the irony and flat out weirdness of the recent bunch of athiest books that have been published? Im particularly thinking of the Mother Teresa hatchet jobs. What intellectual slovenliness. Even a superficial investigation into Catholic spiritual theology would find the concept of the Dark Night of the Soul. At the very least, one could point a finger at the Church for enshrining a depression related disorder as a mark of spirituality. One could also explore if such a state corresponds to any of our contemporary DSMMD conditions. But nobody does this. I could make better arguements across the board than these guys, and Im on the other side. And they consider themselves enlightened and "brights."
Isnt it ironic that despite the mad jihadists out to get us, the US has established more Moslem regimes around the world than Al Queda? (Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo)
Have a great week?
Thrilling Romance of Orthodoxy
5 months ago
1 comment:
I don't know about Bosnia, and it's certainly not the case in Iraq, but the Moslems in Kosovo are "cultural" Moslems more than anything...like most American Jews. And Kosovo isn't sovereign...it's a protectorate or something like that, but isn't independant. And the Christian Serbs in Kosovo are just as blood-thirsty as the Moslems. And I think there's some sort of power-sharing that is in place.
Afghanistan is a much better example of our soldiers fighting to defend the Afghani right to persecute Christians. That's an even bigger affront than American soldiers defending the right of other Americans to call them names.
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