Posted on 10/26/2002 9:03:38 AM PDT by Liz
How east for me to live with You, O Lord!
How easy for me to believe in You!
When my mind parts in bewilderment
or falters,
when the most intellegent people see no further
than this day's end
and do not know what must be done tomorrow,
You grant me the serene certitude
that You exist and that You will take care
that not all the paths of good be closed.
Atop the ridge of earthly fame,
I look back in wonder at the path
which I alone could never have found,
a wonderous path through despair to this point
from which I, too, could transmit to mankind
a reflection of Your rays.
And as much as I must still reflect
You will give me.
But as much as I cannot take up
You will have already assigned to others.
First of all, it is again a doomed alliance with evil; also, it would grant the United States a respite, but when at a later date China with its billion people would turn around armed with American weapons, America itself would fall prey to a genocide similar to the one perpetrated in Cambodia in our days.
And yet - no weapons, no matter how powerful, can help the West until it overcomes its loss of willpower. In a state of psychological weakness, weapons become a burden for the capitulating side. To defend oneself, one must also be ready to die; there is little such readiness in a society raised in the cult of material well-being.
The above is nothing short of awesomely prophetic.
Agreed. The stage is being set. As in the achievement of "critical-mass", social and cultural events will descend suddenly and move in rapid succession, to everyone's amazement. The foundational rending will be felt universally, and every person will be a player. The only available joy will come from knowing in advance the ultimate outcome, and in being able to discern counterfeit from authentic.
And next? The realization of the Luciferic dream of biological immortality, the Satanic dream of ultimate Liberty, the apotheosis of fallen humanity: the Wellsian utopia, Men As Gods. A future dominated by fallen Man, bereft of the Natural Law and armed godlike with the power of life and death, is truly a vision of Hell.
The cure for our ailing civilization will not be found in politics, machinery, social programming, or plumbing the depths of personal hedonism. Only a Christian reconquista can save the West; only a true renaissance of overt and militant Christianity can bring the near-dead husk of our civilization back to life.
To be a Christian, one must "die to self", be buried in the water, fire, and desire of baptism, and be reborn as a Child of God. To live, the man-centered, materialist West of the so-called Enlightenment only has to die -- and be reborn as Christendom.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." [St. John 12:22]
Since this is not possible, the utopia, I mean, and no rational man imagines any such thing, why do you listen to it, and why do you repeat it?
The cure for our ailing civilization will not be found in politics, machinery, social programming, or plumbing the depths of personal hedonism. Only a ___ reconquista can save the West...
Your hallucination of "saving the West" is as unrealistic as any utopian dream, whether by a Christian conquest, or any other. There will always be good, decent, rational individuals who will know how to find freedom and to live responsibly, but, most of the world is stupid, hates freedom, and just wants someone or something to take care of them, and there are always plenty of thugs around to do just that.
It has never changed. It never will.
Most of the big problems of the world, are men's attempts to save the world, or save the West, or save civilization. If people would mind their own business and take care of themselves, there would be no problems. But, as I said, this will never happen, because someone always thinks they know how to save the world.
Hank
"The roots of transhumanist philosophy are sunk deep in the humanist movement of the 20th century. Humanists believe that humans matter, that individuals matter. We might not be perfect, but we can make things better and promote rational thinking, freedom, tolerance and democracy. Transhumanists agree with this but also emphasize what we have the potential to become. Not only can we use rational means to improve the human condition and the external world; we can also use them to improve ourselves, the human organism. And we are not limited strictly to rational means; we can use technological means that will eventually enable us to move beyond what most would describe as human." [Source]These rational men imagine it. And there are plenty of others. The dream of perfectability is as old as the human race.
Your hallucination of "saving the West" is as unrealistic as any utopian dream, whether by a Christian conquest, or any other.
Thank you for sharing your opinion.
There will always be good, decent, rational individuals who will know how to find freedom and to live responsibly, but, most of the world is stupid, hates freedom, and just wants someone or something to take care of them, and there are always plenty of thugs around to do just that.
Freedom is not the ultimate goal of humankind. And your "good, decent, rational individuals" are only as good or decent as their devotion to the Divinely-ordained Natural Law as perceived by Reason. No man can be a law (moral or otherwise) unto himself, defining by some self-styled "rational process" Good and Evil; to think so is to participate in the ultimate hallucination, the ultimate utopian dream. "Ye shall become as gods."
Most of the big problems of the world, are men's attempts to save the world, or save the West, or save civilization. If people would mind their own business and take care of themselves, there would be no problems.
But people won't. Expecting people to act like that is a fantasy. Such thoughts do not accord with human nature. In the real world people are bent, twisted on a fundamental level, fundamentally (but not totally) depraved; they crave power for its own sake, are jealous of the success of others, wallow in Schadenfreude at the discomfiture of their enemies. People are not born minding their own business and taking care of themselves; they learn such behaviors from their parents and from the values transmitted them by their native culture: pagan culture, pagan values; materialist/hedonist culture, materialist/hedonist values; Christian culture, Christian values. Whether any given individual follows the code of Right and Wrong inculcated within them is open to question; character is defined by the choices of the given individual, but the people of a given society by their beliefs, values, and actions define their culture.
But, as I said, this will never happen, because someone always thinks they know how to save the world.
Only Jesus Christ can and will save the world. Our only choice is whether or not we want to be His friends or His enemies.
The former is unknowable - there are no guarantees, but the latter is one aspect of what we (my family and I) have trained for. It's also certain, as you've said, that every individual will be a player, like it or not, ready or not. What's that famous quote from Lenin?
"You may not be interrested in war, but war is interested in you."
Just think. Even after the Second Coming of Christ, a 1000 year rule and perfect environment, the Devil will be loosed but for a time, and during that freedom man will again rebel and a great battle ensues.
Rodney King said, "Can't we all just get along?"
I say, hallelujah for that day when our hearts and minds are rewritten in His will.
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