Princeton's Robert George: Are You Ready to Pay the Price? The Days of Socially Acceptable....

LifeSite News ^ | 2/4/16 | John-Henry Westen

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ORLANDO, February 4, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) -- "It is no longer easy to be a faithful Christian, a good Catholic, an authentic witness to the truths of the Gospel," said Princeton Professor Robert George to a large crowd at the Legatus Summit in Orlando, Florida last weekend. Professor George added that people can still safely identify as "Catholic" as long as they don't believe, or will at least be completely silent about, "what the Church teaches on issues such as marriage and sexual morality and the sanctity of human life."

He said "the guardians of those norms of cultural orthodoxy that we have come to call 'political correctness,'" will still grant a comfort to a Catholic ashamed of the Gospel, "or who is willing to act publicly as if he or she were ashamed."

The Princeton professor, who has been a leader in the fight for life and marriage, reminded his audience of Christ's words: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, let him take up his cross and follow me." "We American Catholics, having become comfortable, had forgotten, or ignored, that timeless Gospel truth. There will be no ignoring it now," he remarked.

Are we "prepared to give public witness to the massively politically incorrect truths of the Gospel, truths that the mandarins of an elite culture shaped by the dogmas of expressive individualism and me-generation liberalism do not wish to hear spoken?" he asked.

For Catholics, and Evangelicals in America, he said, "it is now Good Friday." To a rousing standing ovation Professor George concluded:

The memory of Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem has faded. Yes, he had been greeted-and not long ago-by throngs of people waving palm branches and shouting 'Hosanna to the Son of David.' He rode into the Jerusalem of Europe and the Jerusalem of the.....

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"Princeton's Robert George: Are you ready to pay the price? The days of socially acceptable Christianity are over"

[faithhopecharity]

Thank you for sharing this.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Robbie George, a brilliant thinker, a solid upright mensch of a man.

[livius]

Yes, there aren’t many like that.

[iowamark]

Professor George always hits the nail on the head.

[iowamark]

Also by Robert George:

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/01/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it
“A republic . . . if you can keep it: Why Lincoln defied Dred Scott and we must defy Roe “

[Gluteus Maximus]

I’m a libertarian, so as long as Dad Gubmint doesn’t stick his big fat snout in my affairs I’m cool with just about anything consenting adults do. The problem is the Left will never allow that. It won’t be enough for them to make gay marriage a legal reality - they will insist that we publicly endorse sodomy or else face loss of livelihood, professional licenses, and so forth.

[Ransomed]

There has always been a weird tension between religion and the state’s involvement with marriage. I think a lot of the state’s involvement has never made any sense, and has been terrible for the institution of marriage and the human race, at least in the modern era.

Freegards

[cloudmountain]

What on earth made you decide to have such a call sign? Lol.
I am trying to make mine gluteus medius. Sigh, always a struggle.

[cloudmountain]

There has always been a weird tension between religion and the state’s involvement with marriage. I think a lot of the state’s involvement has never made any sense, and has been terrible for the institution of marriage and the human race, at least in the modern era.

WELL put.