In this essay, I’ll sometimes write about the West as a whole and sometimes try to be more particular, especially in giving examples, by writing from the American viewpoint. In fact, it’s at least arguable that the current moral and social disorders of the West began in the United States. Henry James is said to … [Read more…]
There’s a recently published essay, Sex After Christianity, which is interesting and insightful and tells a sketchy story of the loss of Christianity in the United States (probably the entire West), a story which might be sketchy but is more plausible than what you might gather from the way most Christians speak and far more … [Read more…]
With a new pope to be elected soon, the Internet as well as print publications are filling once more with suggestions about radical or moderate reforms. “Let priests marry.” “Ordain women priests.” “Be more liberal allowing reception of the Sacraments.” “Allow divorce and remarriage.” “Allow artificial birth-control.” “Re-consider abortion, use of embryonic stem-cells, etc.” Similar … [Read more…]
Progressives have often founded and supported eugenics movements. This article,
This is a very good discussion of some important aspects of our national political mess in the United States: Liberal Constitutionalism and Us. At the same time, something is missing and that something is a more general understanding of our world, in fact, of Creation as a whole. Until we have that understanding, one which … [Read more…]
I’ve made the claim that the Christian Church itself is but one organ in the Body of Christ, though the most important and potentially most powerful organ. I would supplement that claim with another: the true power of the Church is dependent not upon external force but upon proper execution of Her duties of teaching … [Read more…]
I’ve uploaded a new novel, The Modern Critic. This book was 99% complete ten years ago but I’ve been procrastinating on the publication because I thought I might expand it substantially. That expansion now seems unnecessary and even esthetically unappealing. The book was complete after I added a few comments to fill in as little … [Read more…]
Just yesterday, I finished reading a history of the Middle Ages. The book ended with these wise words: In the last century of the medieval era, the peoples of Europe had to cope with an unprecedented combination of plague, war, schism, and economic decline, all occurring simultaneously and all interacting with one another. In the … [Read more…]
Since 2006, I’ve been writing books and essays, nearly all of which are available for free downloading on the Internet. My main theme is simply the need to see our world as being the universe in light of God’s purposes for this concrete realm of Creation, which includes the need to see the entirety of … [Read more…]
This is a short follow-up post to the essay I published yesterday: Prosperity that Never Ends…Oops. Besides a few unexplored aspects of this situation, I also left hanging the question which is the title of this post: Why Are the Parasites Killing the Host? Indeed, why? Wouldn’t they be better in the long run to … [Read more…]