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July 10, 2011

Ignorance is (Following Your) Bliss

There is a sense in which "secular" is a euphemism for exclusion of God.
Perhaps the exceptional degree of comfort that so many feel today with what is "politically correct" instead of what is "morally right" derives from the more fundamental rejection of the First Commandment and the claim that God is, God speaks to us, God places a claim on our lives, our conscience and our hearts. Rather than face this reality and the obligations that follow upon it, for some it is easier just to ignore the possibility of a living God. -- I Am the Lord your God By Cardinal Donald W. Wuer

Posted by Vanderleun at July 10, 2011 12:49 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Well, it seems to me that if He sent down ten commandments meant to serve as the basis for moral conduct and used five of them basically saying "obey me and only me or you're going to die and go to Hell" then there is something wrong.

I have an alternative explanation; that some priest or group of priests made up at least four of those five to bolster their own authority and make sure they could live a good life without ever having to do any work.

"When the first knave met the first fool, then was created the first priest."

The New Testament is quite another matter.

Posted by: Fletcher Christian at July 11, 2011 3:09 AM

Nice and glib, but doesn't go to the matter of the topic.

Posted by: Jewel at July 11, 2011 6:12 AM

Jewel, oh yes it does. Who is the better Christian; someone who goes to church every Sunday, mumbles the right words and makes the right obeisances and acts like a complete SOB the rest of the week - or someone who doesn't enter a church from one year's end to the next but goes out of his way to help those who need it?

According to almost any "Christian" priest, minister, vicar etc. the former. After all, the former contributes to church funds. According to just about anyone else, the latter.

I think that if Christ came back and walked into just about any church, anywhere, on a Sunday he would repeat his act with the moneychangers.

Posted by: Fletcher Christian at July 12, 2011 1:09 AM

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