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But it is also a testimony to the fact that cultural Catholicism is a brittle thing too.
Indeed - but, I have to say that my favorite part (because I can't stand cope) is putting the lie to "Poland-the-great-Catholic-Country".
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Indeed - but, I have to say that my favorite part (because I can't stand cope) is putting the lie to "Poland-the-great-Catholic-Country".
This is the fat, ugly, purple elephant in the room. The RW freak out over the migration of the Southern Hemisphere north, yet none of them provide answers how we're supposed to contend with our demographic winter.
Right now, it's kick the brown people out, then quietly die off.
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By which, I mean: don't make up narratives. Live in the messiness of life in the present era. And recognize a spade for a spade: e.g., contemporary culture is like gale-force winds against the truth of basic human goods.
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The government shut down Fable because @johnhboyer’s Aristotle project was too powerful.
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It’s really the giant insect overlords:
youtube.com/watch?v=jRg256Bz…
Jun 12
Lyceum web traffic is up 217% today and I have to thank the bots.
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Nothing says walking stereotype like a German talking about how to create optimal human beings.
Jun 11
This week's Interesting Times is a conversation with Christian Angermayer about (deep breath) "human-maxxing," the Enhanced Games, Ozempic for everything, biohacking and life extension and whether you meet God or demons on ayahuasca:
youtube.com/watch?v=z8PPzQYZ…
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Just for the record, I am 100% “from the Father, through the Son”. But without the “throug…. Then I have problems
Jun 11
It sums up the main issue with eastern Christianity. Its inferiority complex is so strong that it primarily defines itself as being not-Latin. The Filoque? Obviously true theology, but generally rejected even by Eastern Catholics because they obsess to be not-Latin.
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“Popular” perhaps should have been more clearly stated as “public” or “parochial”….
Jun 11
What do my Latin (or even Eastern) friends think about the fact that I would fight tooth and nail against any reintroduction of the rosary into the popular life of Eastern Catholicism?
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Although one should always remember that one is bound to try to love one’s own rite in a way that is reflected somehow vitally in one’s spiritual life.
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What do my Latin (or even Eastern) friends think about the fact that I would fight tooth and nail against any reintroduction of the rosary into the popular life of Eastern Catholicism?
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I am indeed implying that those who purposefully reject the rosary as a powerful devotion and who do not want to see its popular return are less Catholic, yes.
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Jun 10
A maxim to live by:
I'm not going to die choking on cope.
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Jun 9
The Sacra Doctrina Project and the Catholic Theological Society of America are both in St. Louis this week. Interesting contrast....
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If I'm looking up something in this article, maybe it will help someone else too.
athomist.com/articles/introd…
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Come to St. Louis, be illuminated - and also witness the great community that is associated with the Lyceum institute.
Jun 9
Everyone I talk to about this conference comes away excited about what we are doing.
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Jun 9
I put together some notes on this, incomplete, but at least perhaps useful as a starting point
athomist.com/articles/to-sup…
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Jun 8
You can now preorder on Amazon.
Jun 8
Why Postliberalism Failed by @McGillPatterson & @ThomasDHowes is now available for pre-order on @amazon in both print & ebook editions!
Link 👇
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