tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post604469551268090006..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A Lost Life PurposeFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-37230693948081459862021-01-04T19:15:48.912-05:002021-01-04T19:15:48.912-05:00"...that would be in the post-Civil War perio..."...that would be in the post-Civil War period"<br /><br />You left out the tens of thousands of young men killed or maimed during the war, especially and proportionally greater in the South. <br /><br />"Aimless chasing after sexual adventures, drinking, gambling, gaming, and" That sounds a lot like the leftist speak you are arguing against. <br /><br />That's not the only purpose single males had in life in the 1880s. Though Catholic (which was intensely discriminated against then and now) the Knights of Columbus comes to mind. There were plenty of other fraternal organizations then (most of which still exist). <br />https://www.kofc.org/en/todays-knights/history/1911-1918.html <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_fraternalism<br /><br />" By joining AntiFa, Woke Culture, or political activism on the Left, those without meaningful personal interactions gain a purpose for their lives."<br /><br />True, yet what they desire is to free the slaves(!), provide civil rights, clean up the environment, save the whales, feed the starving children of Africa and, of course, "we've only got 12 years" - save the Earth. Highly energetic and easily manipulated they don't know who already ended slavery here (and mostly everywhere else), ensured an end to legal descrimination (accept for the victims of affirmative actions, sorry white guys), cleaned up the worst of America's polution (burning river in Cleveland anyone?), ended commercial whaling and even fed most of Africa for the most of the past 4 decades (thank you capitalism). <br /><br />The left is praying that nobody starts providing this and future generations a real historical education or they will lose the easy converts. Of course they are also trying to ensure no one else can pray in church as the last thing they want is another Christian revival in America.Fredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574586401709392348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-28715468216457191772021-01-04T06:28:21.972-05:002021-01-04T06:28:21.972-05:00Nicely put, Linda. For a grace note, consider this...Nicely put, Linda. For a grace note, consider this: According to various (dubious) social “scientists,” our principal reason for seeking group membership, including such things as corporate employment, is our awareness and fear of inevitable death. It’s a theory, I suppose...but what if the <i>opposite</i> were the case? What if we seek to immerse ourselves in a group of some sort because we know, in some fashion, that only our flesh will die – that our souls, the repositories of our true identities – are eternal, and will face Judgment after they’re liberated from the flesh? Ponder this in combination with the commonplace excuse for bad and sinful behavior: “Everybody does it.” (Alternately and even worse, “Everybody does it <i>these days.</i>”)<br /><br />Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.com