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rden virtually all ideas of revolutionary change have sprung from their wellspring we use mainly easy terms such as left and right or possibly liberal and conservative even they have their own derivatives such as marxism communism progressivism traditionalism and so on like dramas they are all just variations on a theme since the biblical fall of man the world has been caught in a maelstrom of revolutionary fervor that has bifurcated the pages of history into a brace of conflicting ideas that have set the world on fire these intellectual wars have assumed many new skins pigmentation and hues over the centuries the early christians found their nascent faith under attack from the religion s first notable heresy gnosticism an elitist faith that assigned special privilege to the chosen few whose intuitive knowledge would rule the world this early conflict evolved into a formidable conflict that st augustine called the city of god versus the city of man in today s parlance this plays as traditionalism vs relativity in the 18 th century the french revolution attempted to remake the world and with it change the moral nature of mankind this was the most revolutionary idea to come down the path since jesus christ instituted a new religion that promised not an earthly paradise but a future life with the triune god in a kingdom with many mansions this pie in the sky was repulsive to the intellectuals of the french coffeehouses and the soirées that proclaimed a new world of liberty fraternity and equality the french revolution gave life and sustenance to a squad of imitation revolutions in russia asia and africa the heirs to this thinking later conceptualized their dogma into marxism socialism liberalism and progressivism all of which attempted to create a utopian paradise that promised more a new eden a veritable garden of earthly delights as quickly as inchoate utopias cropped up they were dashed on the rocks of reality in the united states it was the brilliant socialist robert croly whose book the promise of american life published in 1907 created a reliable paradigm that has propelled progressives in this country into the driver s seat amid a declining christendom his new thought turned american thinking on its head and led to the breakdown of a 1000 years of western civilization to effect this croly melded the big government philosophy of secretary of the treasury alexander hamilton designed specifically to establish american capitalism with the agrarian philosophy of thomas jefferson that despised government of any kind and sought to sustain the farming class by turning this part of the american giveness on its head croly succeeded in establishing a historic paradigm where a political elite used the power of big government to help and entitle millions of the poor and indigent in the 20th century these ideas assumed the shape and form a full fledged war of two distinct cultures on the one side was the traditional thinking of western civilization with its profound respect for law marriage sexual morality the family and private property the left countered with a relativistic morass of moral relativism that produced a moral and spiritual chaos of spirit that will impact the united states for generations to come barack obama was the first democratic president to push the envelope of checks and balances off the table of reality to accelerate this transformation as president obama has played his part as a country disorganizer like a virtuoso he has religiously followed the primary rules of his posthumous mentor saul alinsky s in giving power not to the princes but to the poor in seven very dangerous years he has stabilized the abortion industry as a veritable american institution he has promoted gay culture to the extent that homosexuals have a veto power over the free practice of property rights and religious freedom he has brought more social democracy to america and with it higher taxes draconian relegations a decline in the private economy and investment the transfer of millions of jobs to public unions and billions to crony supporters law enforcement has declined to the extent that policemen are afraid to do their jobs for fear of justice department prosecutions public safety has mirrored this with a huge increase of murders in all major metropolitan areas as gangs many composed of illegal immigrants roam with impunity under obama the left way of thinking has won several battles on several cultural fronts as hard as valiant traditionalists have fought the battle the left has too many willing accomplices in academia the mainstream media and every level of government that it feels a kinship in as george armstrong custer was in south dakota pope francis recent visit to the united states has also underscored how vast the transformation of american culture has come his attacks on capitalism and free trade as well as his calls for economic equality in an unequal world not only world betrays a vast ignorance of how prosperity is created but smacks more of karl than it does jesus despite his bromides about taking care of the planet his acceptance of the unsubstantiated and an agenda driven theory of made man climate change in doing so the pope has put his papal power and moral authority in league with a legion of population control fanatics abortionists euthanasia promoters and death panel advocates putting the pope s beloved poor at greater risk noted economist thomas sowell points out how little the pope understands the root causes and solutions for poverty in the 1980s the national conference of catholic bishops published a document entitled pastoral letter on catholic social teaching and the u s economy this document has worked at cross purposes with the traditional teachings of the church and the prosperity and culture of the united states the specifics of the pastoral letter reflect far more of the secular enlightenment of the 18th century than they do catholic traditions archbishop weakland admitted that such an enlightenment figure as thomas paine is now coming back through a strange channel perhaps some of the cardinals and bishops are unaware that paine rejected the teachings of any church that i know of including the church of rome to base social or moral principles on the philosophy of the 18th century enlightenment and then call the result catholic teachings is disingenuous and unworthy of any catholic prelate this set of secular ideas does nothing to predispose the traditional faithful to the sermons admonitions and teachings of pope francis it anything it further divided the catholic church the ideological left in the vatican blithely throw around the phrase the poor blaming poverty on what other people are doing to or for the poor according to dr sowell it is not poverty but prosperity that needs explaining consider which has a better track record of helping the less fortunate fighting for a bigger slice of the economic pie or producing a bigger pie in 1900 only 3 percent of american homes had electric lights but more than 99 percent had them before the end of the century infant mortality rates were 165 per thousand in 1900 and 7 per thousand by 1997 a scholar specializing in the study of latin america said that the official poverty level in the united states is the upper middle class in mexico the much maligned market economy of the united states has done far more for the poor than the ideology of the left poverty is a natural given but prosperity requires many things none of which is equally distributed around the world or even within a given society geographic settings are radically different both among nations and within nations especially climate factors so are demographic differences with some nations and groups having a median age over 40 and others having a median age under 20 pope francis own native argentina was once among the leading economies of the world before it was ruined by the kind of ideological notions of social democracy he is now promoting around the world this means that some groups have several times as much adult work experience as others cultures are also radically different in many ways especially in the way they approach work development education and personal responsibility as economic historian david s landes said the world has never been a level playing field no one can make that a reality but they can do is turn the world into an armed camp or a one world dictatorship that will splintered apart before the ink on any agreement has dried this is all the result of the loss of the garden or what david hume called the twisted timber of mankind posted in uncategorized tags city of god gnosticism pie in the sky robert croly saul alinsky thomas sowell the 3rd question october 11 2015 leave a comment the new millennium began with the devastating and psychologically damaging attacks on 9 11 followed by a decade of lost and confusing wars on terror amidst the general decline of american cultural life this has given many cause to revisit our fundamental religious beliefs with a new urgency years ago robert fulghum wrote a best seller entitled everything i needed to know i learned in kindergarten i can top him easily his book reminded me of the third question in my first grade religion book the sorely missed baltimore catechism succinctly it asked why did god make me this may be an elementary question but it is one pregnant with deep philosophical and theological mysteries that have sparked bitter debates wars and persecutions for two millennia the answer my 6 year old mind was given was to know love and serve him in this life and be happy with him in the next life it is a simple yet profound thought that provokes serious soul searching into the meaning and direction of one s life if we really believe it everything else we do crave strive for lust after or sell our souls for to paraphrase st thomas aquinas on his 14th century deathbed is cotton candy i wonder how many of the 50 catholic 6 year olds that learned this basic question with me in 1949 still believe its inherent wisdom given the intellectual and moral drift of this past half century i fear not too many american cultural life has suffered a regression that has warped our very institutions such as our constitution political process the sacrament of marriage and even the meaning of the english language thanks to the putative rigidity of some religious strictures and a long range decline in organized religion and its devotions and practices the left has made measured progress in the unfinished business of the french revolution s subversion and relegation of all religious values to the ashcan of history most americans are essentially seekers looking for that spiritual lift that will help them get through the dark nights of doubt fear and insecurity that plague mostly everyone without the support of religion and a moral compass they are left to flounder aimlessly on a beach of doubt and despair unfortunately millions of americans have chosen the winding lazy road of shallow thinking and empty spirituality to fill the existential void the decline of religion has created in search of an inner holiness they have substituted a new age spirituality for the black and white honesty of the baltimore catechism their refrain of i m ok you re ok is nothing more than a jargon of psychobabble that provides nothing more than the warm and fuzzy feeling of thinking oneself a good person for helping the poor build a house or two too many pride themselves on these good feelings while ignoring a slough of sordid personal behaviors that would make a marine blush a real commitment to the catholic faith and a mature belief in the afterlife has seemingly descended into the dark void of society s self consciousness this trend is arguably in league with the world s pagan forbears who made gods out of the sun rivers and anything in nature that they feared or respected in doing so they have lost sight of their reasons for being born we have forgotten the baltimore catechism because few teach it any more the sad fact is that without the longstanding anchor the catechism once provided it is just too easy for people to float adrift with nothing more than their own petty selves to cling to having lost or discarded the basic metaphysical knowledge in the third question of the catechism too many catholics have no clue why their lives don t seem to make any sense unless the church returns to that vital third question in the baltimore catechism there will be little hope for any real progress in human rights and the end of futile wars posted in uncategorized tags baltimore catechism fr revolution moral compass new age robert fulghum st thomas aquinas next page about author after graduating from holy cross bill borst earned an ma in asian history from st john s university and a ph d in american history from st louis university 1972 a former new yorker he taught for many years in the st louis area while also hosting a weekly radio show on wgnu from 1984 2006 he currently is a regular substitute for conservative phyllis schlafly on ksiv radio 1320 he is the author of two books on social history liberalism fatal consequences and the scorpion and the frog a natural conspiracy he just retired as the features editor of the mindszenty foundation monthly report in his 11 years from 2003 2013 he wrote nearly 130 essays on catholic culture and world affairs many in st louis also know him as the baseball professor because of a course that he offered at maryville college from 1973 74 it was arguably the first fully accredited baseball history course in the midwest the author of several short books on the old st louis browns he started the st louis browns historical society in 1984 in 2009 his first two plays were produced on the local stage the last memory of an ol brownie fan ran six performances at the sound stage in crestwood and a perfect choice ran for two performances at the rigali center theater in shrewsberry his third play a moment of grace ran six performances at desmet high school in january of 2011with first run theater in january of 2011 he is currently working on a 4th play a family way which is a comedy about a happy dysfunctional family he can reached at bbprof sbcglobal net search navigation home about categories a catholic blog the right stuff about culture and politics uncategorized links clerical shirts uk wordpress com wordpress org archives december 2015 october 2015 september 2015 august 2015 july 2015 june 2015 may 2015 april 2015 march 2015 february 2015 january 2015 december 2014 november 2014 october 2014 september 2014 august 2014 july 2014 june 2014 may 2014 april 2014 march 2014 february 2014 january 2014 november 2013 october 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 april 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 december 2012 november 2012 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 july 2012 june 2012 may 2012 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