tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post8695171970257749277..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Nihilism, or How We Become Useless EatersFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-65742809845433989862013-07-13T10:10:16.677-05:002013-07-13T10:10:16.677-05:00DrAndro, have you read the Willingers book? I'...DrAndro, have you read the Willingers book? I'd be curious about your reaction.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-43555169158640118272013-07-08T16:06:34.846-05:002013-07-08T16:06:34.846-05:00Multi-cultism may have been an alternative to nihi...Multi-cultism may have been an alternative to nihilism in '68. Now, however, the Cult of Diversity and Tolerance is the driving force of PC'ism and the main culprit in cultural nihilism.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-32535254827804812542013-07-08T12:37:53.336-05:002013-07-08T12:37:53.336-05:00An alternative form of rejection against nihilism ...An alternative form of rejection against nihilism in the Boomer/Generation of 68 ideology of multiculturalism. On Amazon, Markus Willinger's war manifesto "Generation Identity." On the first page, "You've reduced the Church to rubble, so that now only a few of us find refuge in the ruins of that community." A review here: http://www.counter-currents.com/2013/07/markus-willingers-generation-identity/print/OreamnosAmericanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602268350813211243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-4479619861849069672013-07-07T11:44:38.885-05:002013-07-07T11:44:38.885-05:00Exactly. Same sex "marriage" being a pr...Exactly. Same sex "marriage" being a primary issue I've been engaged in debating, since it is legal here. "Dignity" as in death with dignity since physician-assisted suicide is now legal here too. Physicians are told to out right lie on the death certificate, checking off death from natural causes on the death certificate of patients who have chosen the death with dignity option. Is the definition of death from natural causes also changing? The concept/meaning of rights is also changing. <br /><br />Our office received a mailing from the compassion choices of Washington coalition. Within that there was some telling information. "In no other state have voters directly insisted on having both the right to reproductive choice, aid in dying, and same-sex marriage, which the church also opposes… More Catholic healthcare in Washington means that more physicians are prohibited from participating in the death with dignity act, and more terminally ill patients are denied information about their legal right to aid in dying or are delayed in receiving referrals to compassion and choices of Washington. Denials and delays often result in patients never finding out about the law or starting the process of using the law too late, ultimately denying them the option of a death on their own terms." <br /><br />I figure my choice is either to move or to plan to do battle. It looks more and more like battle. Would you consider doing a seminar for non-seminarians on the topic? If you are already preparing an elective course for the seminarians.... Courses/seminars I have found only treat the symptoms and fail to dig into the root causes. Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-73089644844987063592013-07-07T10:28:31.635-05:002013-07-07T10:28:31.635-05:00Words change meaning over time, of course. The pro...Words change meaning over time, of course. The problem starts with the notion that our descriptions of reality change reality. This is the political power of PC "tolerance." Now that same-sex couples can "marry," marriage no longer means what it has always meant. How long before we are forced to start using some other word to denote sacramental marriage? Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-64050206218851187672013-07-06T22:58:20.021-05:002013-07-06T22:58:20.021-05:00I think we need to move. After reading the full a...I think we need to move. After reading the full article it dawned upon me that the community here is probably ahead of the curve on this. And they are so blissfully unaware of the logical outcome of their thoughts and actions. I find it exceedingly difficult to hold conversations with an increasing array of people, because we simple do not speak the same language. Ostensibly it is English, but I keep getting told that I have an "old-fashioned" view both of language (what words mean) and society. <br /><br />I think I may have to start reading philosophy again. I've gotten rusty.<br /><br />Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.com