Posted on 04/06/2021 5:36:18 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
...In the 19th century it was nationalism. In the 20th, communism and fascism. In the 21st woke cultural nihilism is the dominant confession, and a fanatical one.
The modern secularists who deride the hagridden mysticism of traditional religion are now the most devoted congregants in the First Church of Antiracism. Penitents line up to be shriven for their white privilege, bending the knee before the altar of justice and equity. They present pendants of the martyred St. George of Minneapolis for blessing from Hollywood prelates and Ivy League divines, solemnly chanting canticles from the Black Lives Matter breviary.
...But to some religions facts are irrelevant, and bowing to the pressure from the media and Democrats, these titans of private enterprise quickly submitted to the collective will.
... Cranmer and other religious opportunists, their world changed awkwardly when Queen Mary, the vengeful daughter of Henry’s discarded wife, came to the throne and reinstated Catholic primacy. Cranmer, like these modern-day CEOs, quickly pledged his loyalty to the new order. ...Mary’s response was to thank him for the recantation, publicly parade it as an important endorsement of her new regime, and proceed to have him burned at the stake anyway.
These days, thank God, the fire is figurative, but it may still consume a CEO or two.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Full txt here:
https://archive.vn/cdUm3
Thanks for putting up that link to the full text.
Read every word of the archived text. Great article. Thx much for posting it (and for providing the full txt).
Here you have the essence of the new faith and morals of the woke classes, the truly privileged people in our society: I’m not to blame, you understand; it’s all those other white folk.
LOL! I guess that’s virtue-signaling in a nutshell. It’s meant as a sort of sin-offering to avoid the wrath of...what? In this case, I guess it’s the left (in the case of the US, the Dem party, since there are no “moderate” Dems anymore) , which has found race to be ultimate weapon.
The author is right about this being the religion of our day. I hope he’s also right about these woke CEOs having a rude, true awakening one of these days when they find out that all that exhausting virtue signaling was...useless.
.
This is indeed a religion, with the following attributes:
No forgiveness
No salvation
Only condemnation
Eternal damnation, not for what you did or didn’t do, but for what you are.
Being dragged through the mud for crimes that you allegedly committed, “evidence” created out of thin air.
And whether its practitioners realize it or not, it does serve a lord on the spiritual realm. The Chief Accuser himself. Satan.
I wouldn’t waste any time linking to this venomous anti-Trump yellow rag...
==”I wouldn’t waste any time linking to this venomous anti-Trump yellow rag...”
By chance, did you happen to read the article?
No...
Too many times cheated, so never again...
Like that story about the row boat, fox, and the rabbit...
Never get fooled by occasional “sweet talk”...
—”Never get fooled by occasional “sweet talk”...”
Not so much being fooled, but wasting time that could be better used.
Yes the WSJ had the revolt of the 280 still, there are solid conservatives working there.
The problem has become the every news source can be full of shite.
Like working in my garden, some can be picked and eaten, some need more time, others remove and toss into the compost.
If you have found an Oracle please tell us about it.
Last I have heard, Diogenes is still looking...
Excellent response...😀
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.