Posted on 02/20/2014 7:53:05 AM PST by cleghornboy
In Chapters twenty and twenty-One of his excellent book Liberalism is a Sin, Father Felix Sarda Y Salvany, a noted philosopher of his day, writes: "Liberalism never gives battle on solid ground; it knows too well that in a discussion of principles it must meet with irretrievable defeat. It prefers tactics of recrimination and, under the sting of a just flagellation, whiningly accuses Catholics of lack of charity in their polemics. This is also the ground which certain Catholics, tainted with Liberalism, are in the habit of taking. Let us see what is to be said on this score.
We Catholics, on this point as on all others, have reason on our side; whereas, Liberals have only its shadow. In the first place, a Catholic can handle his Liberal adversary openly, if such he be in truth [i.e., openly Liberal]; no one can doubt this. If an author or a journalist make open profession of Liberalism and does not conceal his Liberal predilections, what injury can be done him in calling him a Liberal? Si palam res est, repetitio injuria non est: "To say what everybody knows is no injury." With much stronger reason, to say of our neighbor what he every instant says of himself cannot justly offend. And yet, how many Liberals, especially those of the easy-going and moderate type, regard the expressions "Liberal" and "friend of Liberals" which Catholic adversaries apply to them, as offensive and uncharitable!
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“Faith and Reason”——so ingrained in Catholic history and theology from Traditions of thousands of years with thorough understanding of Classical Greek thinkers:
“We have reason—and substantial reason—on our side. In order to combat and discredit false ideas, we must inspire contempt and horror in the hearts of the multitude for those who seek to seduce and debauch them. A disease is inseparable from the persons of the diseased.”
The Progressive/Marxists have had total control of schools/TV/culture (publishingCo/universities, for decades). They are doing this with their vise (twisting) on words and language in the Wittgensteinian sense which destroys Reason and understanding::
Common Core and Media/textbooks deliberately instill “horror and contempt” for God and Christianity and morality “sex within marriage” and destroys the notions of Natural Law (Reason) in all our children.
We need to return our children to “Truth’ (Logic) and that is through Classical Education and knowledge of history and traditions only.
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