Mar
29
The fabulous tale, 1984 by George Orwell and the movie adaptation have a remarkable demonstration of the 2 minutes hate in which the crowd is inspired to an emotional frenzy by a projected image of the Enemy of the State, Emmanuel Goldstein, who is vilified and made the origin of all “evil” and the object [...]
Mar
22
Courage and Condoms
March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Sometimes courage as a Catholic requires one to speak truth even when it risks social disapprobation of one’s fellows. One issue is about the Pope’s recent statements about condoms: The full substance of which never made it into the press but was distilled into bite sized headlines like “Pope condemns condom use in Africa.”
As a [...]
Mar
21
A new term lifted from the website Catholic Culture:
“Catholic Termites“
Alleged Catholics rejoice at the criticism of the Pope and grow bolder while they continue to hollow out Catholic teaching, and vote for people like President Obama. Are we going to lose a few more generations? Why can’t we at least have it explained to us [...]
Mar
19
Condom Mania
March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Pope is now being lambasted for his statements to Africans regarding condoms: “tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, and that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems”.
The comment made by Pope Benedict XVI is taken out of context and mistranslated by the usual Anglophones who in their [...]
Mar
15
Godless Culture Infecting the Church
March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Lent is not a happy time of fasting from bubblegum and sodapop, it is one in which we examine our consciences and expose our selves to those things which we hide from, in this case how our silence in the Church has allowed for our shepherds to lead us astray. Giving up things like chocolate [...]
Mar
8
Is there no treacle in Gilead?
March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Is there no treacle in Gilead? If not then point me the way, show me that I may go there, away from the treacley Novus Ordo lenten niceness and bubblegum fasts of “oh, fasting in lent really means abstaining from sinfulness” as if the rest of the year sin were a legitimate pursuit!
Abstaining from sin [...]
Mar
7
Agnosia and human selfishness
March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
Not knowing, the idea of being so blind to TRUTH that one can neither apprehend it nor reject it, lies at the root of the modern crisis of humanity. Unable to distinguish good from evil, the default option is evil, that being the fallen inclination of the human state. Agnosia is the willful rejection of [...]
