[Cincinatus' Wife]

It's a very good piece.

I see the underpinnings of Postmodernism, the philosophy that has been embraced by the Left; you will recognize it in Millennials; criticism is not allowed - you see this attitude on many chat boards.

From Voshell's piece above: .....For extremists who believe in the supremacy of soul-feeling over empirical science, a person’s intuition is seen as an infallible indicator of that person’s identity, springing as it does from one’s inner genius allied to some sort of natal star. Any demands for rational explanation; any requests for verification of claims or any questionings of a human god’s flawlessly immaculate self-conception are not permitted.

Interestingly, below is a comment from someone that criticizes this on the basis of science and not religion:

A verificationist (also an atheist) "Philosopher Daniel Dennett declared, "Postmodernism, the school of 'thought' that proclaimed 'There are no truths, only interpretations' has largely played itself out in absurdity, but it has left behind a generation of academics in the humanities disabled by their distrust of the very idea of truth and their disrespect for evidence, settling for 'conversations' in which nobody is wrong and nothing can be confirmed, only asserted with whatever style you can muster."

[hosepipe]

“pick up YOUR own cross and follow me”....

Who said that.?.

[HiTech RedNeck]

There is only so much mileage atheists can get with the notion of truth.

They muff as soon as they are pressed about who requires it.

[IronJack]

That was the thesis of HG Well’s “Invisible Man” as well. Without the ability to see the consequences of one’s choices, it becomes easy to slip into a relativist morass.

[daniel1212]

The Quakers’ experiment revealed that the consultation of one’s inner self without outside reference or constraints, with nothing to measure one’s self against, could produce distorted human beings who became certifiably mad. Self-proclaimed gods can turn out to be a Caligula or a Jim Jones.

Just as bad as the fact consulting the inner light can result in the exhibition of mad or corrupt behavior is the fact that the newly minted gods believe themselves to be entitled to demand obeisance from us mere mortals. - http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/06/the_gods_among_us.html

Both presuming yourself to be enlightened without any submission to Scripture, or to be uniquely protected from error, and requiring implicit obedience is to presume Divinity and is contrary to Scripture. And when souls do so then both the bodies and souls of men are in danger.

[Elsie]

The Quakers’[new penitentiary system using isolation]experiment revealed that the consultation of one’s inner self without outside reference or constraints, with nothing to measure one’s self against, could produce distorted human beings who became certifiably mad.

So THIS explains ME!

[HarleyD]

This is a most excellent piece. One should reflect on this statement:

The idea was that everyone, no matter how incorrigible, had a spark of the divine within his soul. Complete solitude would enable even inveterate criminals to ignite that inner spark of the divine, which in turn would enable rehabilitation and re-entry into normal society. In reality, the system’s radical enforcement...meant that some inmates went stark, raving mad.

This concept came from the Renaissance when people switched their thinking from man was basically corrupt to man was basically good. A consequent of this that we see being acted out in society is there are no moral laws. There is no sin-so some believe. It is sad to think that much of our post-Renaissance theology is built around this concept. The Quakers were not alone.

[mrobisr]

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer