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The Descent into Barbarism—Why?
Townhall.com ^ | 26 November A.D. 2023 | Mark Lewis

Posted on 11/26/2023 7:45:46 PM PST by lightman

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1 posted on 11/26/2023 7:45:46 PM PST by lightman
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Orthodox Christians know that the journey to Theosis is a constant war against the passions which ultimately lead to barbarism.

The Psalms of Ascent from Festival Orthros are reminders that the struggle is lifelong and ongoing:

From my youth, many passions war against me. O my Savior,
I implore You, uphold me and save me!

Keep a blessed Nativity Fast!

2 posted on 11/26/2023 7:49:00 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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That just about says it all. God have mercy on us!


3 posted on 11/26/2023 7:51:47 PM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Deo volente

Seek His Mercy day after day.


4 posted on 11/26/2023 7:53:44 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Deo volente

Amen 🙏🏻!


5 posted on 11/26/2023 8:03:12 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: lightman

I do, not to worry!


6 posted on 11/26/2023 8:03:23 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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CIVILIZATION IS NOT INHERITED; IT HAS TO BE LEARNED AND EARNED BY EACH GENERATION ANEW; IF THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE INTERRUPTED FOR ONE CENTURY, CIVILIZATION WOULD DIE, AND WE SHOULD BE SAVAGES AGAIN. —WILL AND ARIEL DURANT

(the solution to one of last week’s cryptograms)


7 posted on 11/26/2023 8:07:36 PM PST by Kipp
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Ping


8 posted on 11/26/2023 8:12:34 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: lightman

Good post


9 posted on 11/26/2023 8:29:28 PM PST by kelly4c
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To: lightman

Bookmark.


10 posted on 11/26/2023 8:34:59 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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When one removes from a man that which separates him from the animals when we teach man that he is nothing more than a glorified ape, we mustn’t be surprised when he acts like one, and when we take God out of man, we leave nothing but the animal. The jungle. China. Communism. Chicago and San Francisco.

Civilization's signposts washed away by the progressive death cult.

11 posted on 11/26/2023 8:36:38 PM PST by GOPJ (Ignorant but arrogant is a sad way to start an adult life. Victor Davis Hanson on Ivy college grads)
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To: metmom

Proclaim Jesus to a Degenerate Barbarian
People!
The Creator of The Universe will Judge a Wicked Soul and Reward the Meek !
.
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12 posted on 11/26/2023 8:38:41 PM PST by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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PING for clubbing my liberal/progressive-tainted family members.


13 posted on 11/26/2023 8:39:58 PM PST by dadgum (Enough!)
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Clubbing may work but I prefer “gentle persuasion, relentlessly applied.”


14 posted on 11/26/2023 8:41:39 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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It’s been about 40 years now of gentle relentless persuasion.

If they haven’t responded yet, it’s time to hit harder, IMHO.


15 posted on 11/26/2023 8:58:17 PM PST by dadgum (Enough!)
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To: dadgum

Ja vell.


16 posted on 11/26/2023 9:03:54 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

Import barbarians

Become Barbarians


17 posted on 11/26/2023 9:07:34 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: lightman

>> Seek His Mercy day after day.

Amen. And never, never, ever, ever surrender your firearms. And stock up on ammo and other essentials.

As my Jewish friends say, “Trust in GOD!!! But row AWAY from the rocks.”


18 posted on 11/26/2023 10:01:14 PM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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“When it becomes socially acceptable to be a barbarian there will be more and more barbaric activity”

Well written.

A seemingly highly civilised society can descend to barbarity in years if we are not vigilant


19 posted on 11/26/2023 10:11:58 PM PST by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: lightman

Precisely.


20 posted on 11/26/2023 11:27:28 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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