tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1283311587808228803..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The War on ReligionStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62742662387646280722019-03-04T18:50:02.247-08:002019-03-04T18:50:02.247-08:00Okay, seems we have some problems with definitions...Okay, seems we have some problems with definitions here!<br /><br />"Evangelical" and "mainstream" -- the MSM way to describe Christians. The real "mainstream" is heavily Baptist and secondarily Methodist, but the "media" does not know that. They call the lesser-attended churches "mainsteam" (Presbyterian, Episcopalian and Lutheran) implying the others are "fringe" when it's the other way around!<br /><br />MSM: Not all Christians (those who are not leftists) are "evangelicals." That is like calling all therapists "psychiatrists." "Evangelical" is a specific type of Christian, a sect or group of sects if they like, a description of a small part, but the urban creatures who write what goes for "news" these days (which is really on the websites, we all know-- the rest is party politics)are so far removed from Christianity that they don't have a clue about it, so they just lump 'em all together as "evangelics" who are bitter-clingers, too. (Sniff in contempt)<br /><br />Churchgoing" and "religious" or "Christian." Many of us are strong Christians but not church-goers, through introversion, not being joiners, enjoying our time away from the public, etc. But we keep hearing from those writing about it "There are fewer Christians" because "fewer people go to religious services." Not the same.<br /><br />And last, when they write of churches being into "social justice," they need quotes around those words because there is no definable thing called "social justice" -- it's a leftist trope for "what we believe is right" and it mainly involves asking other people to give up part of their incomes to give to the gov., so they can siphon a bunch of the top for themselves and their friends before wasting the rest. Then there's the other part, about supporting and promoting anything non-traditional and bashing anything traditional (like borders)<br /><br />Geez, it's like we need the Devil's Dictionary just to write the truth about religion these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74409840357478403922019-03-04T14:19:11.821-08:002019-03-04T14:19:11.821-08:00In another century the novelist D. Keith Mano desc...In another century the novelist D. Keith Mano described the Catholic Church as Unitarianism with a pope. The current ostentatiously humble Pontifex Maximus is the man to lead the circus. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960651924212712003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53979935143755234352019-03-04T05:53:55.806-08:002019-03-04T05:53:55.806-08:00"Spiritual but not religious" is a commo..."Spiritual but not religious" is a common self-definition used especially by millennials. <br /><br />In Goethe's Faust, when the title character is in the process of seducing the innocent and devout Gretchen, she becomes concerned about whether or not he is a Christian. <br /><br />https://lyricstranslate.com/en/die-gretchenfrage-gretchen-question.html<br /><br />GRETCHEN: ... Do you believe in God?<br />FAUST: My darling, who can (really) say:<br />I believe in God!<br />You may ask priests or wise men,<br />And their answer seems but a mockery<br />Of the questioner to be.<br />GRETCHEN: So you do not believe?<br />FAUST: Don't misunderstand me, you lovely sight!<br />Who may name Him,<br />And who declare:<br />I believe in Him.<br />Who can feel<br />And dare<br />To say: I do not believe in Him!<br />The all-embracing one,<br />The all-preserving one,<br />Does He not embrace and preserve<br />You, me, (and) Himself?<br />Does the sky not arch above us up there?<br />Does the earth not lie firm down here?<br />And do not with kind glance<br />The eternal stars rise?<br />Do I not look at you eye to eye,<br />And does not everything press<br />Upon your head and heart<br />And weave in eternal mystery<br />Invisible and visible around you?<br />Fill your heart, as big as it is, from that<br />And when you are completely blissful in the feeling,<br />Then call it what you like:<br />Call it happiness! Heart! Love! God!<br />I have no name<br />For it! Feeling is everything;<br />(The) name is sound and smoke,<br />Enshrouding heaven's glow.<br />GRETCHEN: That is all quite fine and good;<br />Much the same thing says the pastor, too<br />Only with slightly different words.<br />FAUST: It is said everywhere (by)<br />All hearts under the heavenly day,<br />Each in its own language:<br />Why not I in mine?<br /><br />Spiritual but not religious!David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9337353790263125112019-03-04T03:27:07.000-08:002019-03-04T03:27:07.000-08:00Eric Hoffer said it so well: It is a lot easier t...Eric Hoffer said it so well: It is a lot easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-48622611940641241622019-03-03T21:03:08.794-08:002019-03-03T21:03:08.794-08:00The fastest growing religion in the West today is ...The fastest growing religion in the West today is environmentalism.sestamibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713681322114049960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-33640342908157469392019-03-03T12:23:30.465-08:002019-03-03T12:23:30.465-08:00I was talking to an atheist friend who said societ...I was talking to an atheist friend who said society was prejudice against atheists, like you can't run for higher office and expect to win, although I don't know if that's true. I was also mentioning the progressive idea of proportional representation and he was against it, and I asked why and he said because the Creationists wanted to get on the school board. I asked what he'd do if the young earth creationists got into the majority, and he said he'd move, and I couldn't argue with that.<br /><br />Now-a-days we're afraid of the Muslims but that's not because of religion, but because of political Islam so we're allowed to be prejudice. Perhaps that's always true, live and let live, until someone else's religion tries to tell you want you can and can't do.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21785170838850578182019-03-03T11:26:20.024-08:002019-03-03T11:26:20.024-08:00Reinforcing UM's comment, David Aikman, head o...Reinforcing UM's comment, David Aikman, head of the World Economic Forum's China desk, quotes a leading Chinese economist...<br /><br />"In the past 20 years, we have realized that the heart of your [Western] culture is your religion: Christianity. This is why the West is so powerful. The Christian moral foundation of social and cultural life was what made possible the emergence of capitalism and then the successful transition to democratic politics. We don't have any doubt about this."<br /><br />The Left obviously realizes this, too.trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-28601532329499411172019-03-03T10:01:22.274-08:002019-03-03T10:01:22.274-08:00As I've said before, the msm is a wholly-owned...As I've said before, the msm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Left, which HATES religion and religious people. Pope Frank was a bad choice.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-24540736627519401952019-03-03T08:42:36.292-08:002019-03-03T08:42:36.292-08:00I often tell people that, "I'm religious,...I often tell people that, "I'm religious, but I'm not spiritual." It's fun. You should try it just to gauge the reactions.UbuMaccabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237833458790876775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81808174488455794112019-03-03T08:39:40.948-08:002019-03-03T08:39:40.948-08:00Yes, this is a huge issue! Young people that are n...Yes, this is a huge issue! Young people that are not interested in the spiritual, but not religious, and turn to traditional religion are looking for something with intellectual/moral rigor and as well as a religion that places demands on them. Only in the way, they will receive as much back from their faith as they can give it. Otherwise, religion just adopts the political correct milieu along with a belief of God, but no need for internal change/struggle. The most counter-cultural thing a person can do is find a traditional faith, and follow its core principles.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-30913308540672789992019-03-03T08:33:24.476-08:002019-03-03T08:33:24.476-08:00As ethical monotheism dies, the West as we have kn...As ethical monotheism dies, the West as we have known it, will die with it. Western Civilization and ethical monotheism are inextricably linked. The common conceptions of good and evil that exist among secular people are just refugees from the great religious tradition they arrived with. Secular people inherited the idea of being a "good person" from a religious tradition they know nothing about. Their beliefs are ethical ghost limbs. Soon, it will all come unlinked entirely and we will become beasts again. The pagan prow of a Viking ship is on the horizon.UbuMaccabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237833458790876775noreply@blogger.com