tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2654104424764027214..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Thoughts On Conservatism Part 2: StrawmenFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-38495603822835458132013-12-19T08:28:58.675-05:002013-12-19T08:28:58.675-05:00Just found this blog, very thought provoking. And ...Just found this blog, very thought provoking. And said better than I ever could. One thing that popped into my mind while reading: do you suppose the political class and liberal elites are evil (in my mind) and continue to be evil is because their paeticular culture has normalized that sort of behavior? That seems to fit in with your general premise as I understand it. There are no real consequences for their despicable behavior, so... It must be acceptable. Perhaps the biggest challenge we face in staunching the cultural bleed is tha fact that all of these creatures live and play in the same, self approving Petri dish. Clean out the dish and the whole culture would have to grow anew, hopefully into something more self regulating in regards to a moral code that actual, moral people would approve of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-14515322631744104412013-12-13T23:47:04.854-05:002013-12-13T23:47:04.854-05:00No need to yield the floor, it's your website....No need to yield the floor, it's your website.<br /><br />I didn't understand what you were saying. I think I do now. I stand corrected, and apologize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-32483884487874683412013-12-13T14:25:46.068-05:002013-12-13T14:25:46.068-05:00"[W]here can this Christianity be found?"..."[W]here can this Christianity be found?"<br /><br />In Christ and in *His* Church, not in the bureaucratic fogs that form around it.Martin McPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02702640115003772857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-57004425093372066252013-12-13T12:12:20.075-05:002013-12-13T12:12:20.075-05:00Great words, Mr. McPhillips. I do, however, still ...Great words, Mr. McPhillips. I do, however, still wonder about how Christianity will restore character. When I look at the Church today (both Catholic and Protestant), I don't see institutions that will go beyond their social justice and non-judgementalist, hyper-individualistic attitudes and teach true Biblical values, as well as tradition and virtue. These institutions have been corrupted just as much as the society, or, perhaps directly because of society. The Church has this pathological need to be liked and approved by the world.<br /><br />If Christianity is the answer, where can this Christianity be found? Will there need to be some sort of spiritual awakening?Magnusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-11729682136604879522013-12-13T08:12:51.145-05:002013-12-13T08:12:51.145-05:00Character is the embedded principles and knowledge...Character is the embedded principles and knowledge and established judgments (much of it passed through generations) that keep an individual on the straight and narrow. It has been under attack, in the broader cultural sense and in its individual embodiments for a long time but especially since the 1960s. Once an individual's character is breached from within, he is open, increasingly, to the grotesque and degenerate behaviors now advertised as normal in popular culture. The deeper culture of the West, whence the "moral sense" is cultivated, is Christianity, a transcendent God marking the right path, with love and rules of conduct (the divine and natural law). That real culture is mocked relentlessly by the popular culture. Character is built and restored by Christianity; destroyed by the popular culture, which now includes the hideous public schools.Martin McPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02702640115003772857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-57232497279397839172013-12-13T00:53:54.633-05:002013-12-13T00:53:54.633-05:00What happened to our character? How is it that the...What happened to our character? How is it that the world (including Christians) has become so coarse and lacking in virtue?<br /><br />Did we do this to ourselves? Was it orchestrated from without? Did we weaken ourselves, thus allowing evil to pounce on our weakened state?<br /><br />Now that we are here, how do we reverse the trend?<br /><br />I'm really at a loss.Magnusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-32196046144727433022013-12-12T19:04:59.227-05:002013-12-12T19:04:59.227-05:00What? Another series of feckless laws attempting ...What? Another series of feckless laws attempting to legislate morality won't lead to Utopia?<br /><br />Come on! All that is needed is more money to be thrown at the problem and another law to be broken.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-27305282408179054772013-12-12T10:53:03.935-05:002013-12-12T10:53:03.935-05:00So the real key is "distributed character bui...So the real key is "distributed character building." (That should appeal to the young hipsters.)<br /><br />I'm working on that by a) homeschooling, b) having been a Scoutmaster, and c) offering carefully phrased unsolicited opinions whenever I see a potential teaching moment.<br /><br />I'm open to other suggestions.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-59019386277266583752013-12-12T09:09:39.848-05:002013-12-12T09:09:39.848-05:00BravoBravoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com