Alan: No problems get solved
until there's a significant measure of economic justice.
Get used to it folks.
It's the future.
Or the end of the future...
Your call.
Pope Francis: What Christianity Looks Like When Believers Realize "God Is Love"
http://paxonbothhouses.
"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image
when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Tom Weston S. J.
"From Jesus to The Christ"
"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image
when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Tom Weston S. J.
Tom Weston S. J.
"From Jesus to The Christ"
My Correspondence With A Christian Fundamentalist: "The Best... Becomes Evil"
The Gospels With The Words Of Jesus In Red
Liberalism: "Satanic Rebellion Against God?" (The Thinking Housewife)
Merry Christmas! How Saint Nicholas Saved Three Sisters From A Life Of Prostitution
"Learning That There's No Santa Taught Me To Believe"
Rich Cohen
A Good Friend Thinks This Is The Most Important Christmas Song Ever Written
Today Is The 100th Anniversary Of The WWI Christmas Truce
If Our Founding Fathers Were All Good Christians,
Why Did They Say These Things?
Jefferson's Advocacy For Protection Of Jew, Gentile, Mahometan, Hindu And Infidel
Can Pope Francis Heal The Deep Divisions In Christianity?
Christian "Just War Principles" Established c. 500 A.D. Vs. America's "just war" Tradition
Can Pope Francis Heal The Deep Divisions In Christianity?
Christian "Just War Principles" Established c. 500 A.D. Vs. America's "just war" Tradition
"Christian Conservatism: "The Saved," "The Damned," "The Rich," "The Poor"
http://paxonbothhouses.
Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking Themselves In God's Image
http://paxonbothhouses.
Americans, Especially Catholics, Approve Of Inquisitorial Torture
"The Catholic Voice In The Torture Debate," John A. Coleman S.J.
"Christian Conservatism: "The Saved," "The Damned," "The Rich," "The Poor"
http://paxonbothhouses.
Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking Themselves In God's Image
http://paxonbothhouses.
Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking Themselves In God's Image
http://paxonbothhouses.
Americans, Especially Catholics, Approve Of Inquisitorial Torture
Americans, Especially Catholics, Approve Of Inquisitorial Torture
"The Catholic Voice In The Torture Debate," John A. Coleman S.J.
"The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nations Gets Jesus Wrong"
Bill McKibben
http://paxonbothhouses.
The Last Time Christians Had Balls They Believed In Martyrdom
http://paxonbothhouses.
"The Rapture" And The Enforcement Of Happiness
http://paxonbothhouses.
"The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nations Gets Jesus Wrong"
Bill McKibben
http://paxonbothhouses.
The Last Time Christians Had Balls They Believed In Martyrdom
http://paxonbothhouses.
"The Rapture" And The Enforcement Of Happiness
http://paxonbothhouses.
Bill McKibben
http://paxonbothhouses.
The Last Time Christians Had Balls They Believed In Martyrdom
http://paxonbothhouses.
"The Rapture" And The Enforcement Of Happiness
http://paxonbothhouses.
Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," A Glimpse Of True Christianity
http://paxonbothhouses.
Biblical Literalism And The Cultivation Of Hatred
Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong
Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," A Glimpse Of True Christianity
http://paxonbothhouses.
Biblical Literalism And The Cultivation Of Hatred
http://paxonbothhouses.
http://paxonbothhouses.
Biblical Literalism And The Cultivation Of Hatred
Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong
"God Enjoys The 10 Plagues Way Too Much"
Images Of Yeshua, A Nazarene Carpenter
Tolkien, Lewis, Rowling And The Redemption Of The Modern World
Stephen Colbert: Best Pax Posts
"Faith, Hope, Charity And Divine Desperation"
Images Of Yeshua, A Nazarene Carpenter
Tolkien, Lewis, Rowling And The Redemption Of The Modern World
Stephen Colbert: Best Pax Posts
"Faith, Hope, Charity And Divine Desperation"
Divine Desperation: Feeling Hopeless Makes People Stop Doing What They Can
"Pax On Both Houses: A Compendium Of Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes"
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Martin Luther King Jr. On Hatred, Violence, Love and Jesus "The Way"
"Faith, Hope, Charity And Divine Desperation"
Deism And Founding Father Links
"Martin Luther King Jr. On Hatred, Violence, Love and Jesus "The Way"
"Faith, Hope, Charity And Divine Desperation"
Deism And Founding Father Links
"Who Were The Tax Collectors And Shepherds In Jesus' Time"
"First Stone: It Is Not Enough To Do What Is Right..."
Sola Fide
Pope John XXIII: "Pacem In Terris" And World Government
"Who Were The Tax Collectors And Shepherds In Jesus' Time"
"First Stone: It Is Not Enough To Do What Is Right..."
Sola Fide
Pope John XXIII: "Pacem In Terris" And World Government
American Divorce: Mainstream Christians Divorce More Often Than Mainstream Atheists"
http://paxonbothhouses.
Christian Defence Of Slavery Preached From The Pulpit
"Prohibition, Noah, Ham And The Curse Of Canaan"
"Aquinas, St. Symeon The New Theologian And Their Spiritual Kin"
"Aquinas, St. Symeon The New Theologian And Their Spiritual Kin"
"John Ford, John Wayne, Aquinas and Theosis (Christian Divinization)"
http://paxonbothhouses.
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Since God Doesn't Heal Amputees, Humankind Will, The Future Of Christian Theology"
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Apocalypse: Greek For "Removing The Veil"
http://paxonbothhouses.
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Apocalypse: Greek For "Removing The Veil"
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Theological Implications Of Ebola: Praying For A Cure? Creating A Scientific Cure"
"Christian Conservatism: "The Saved," "The Damned," "The Rich," "The Poor"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/01/christian-reactionaries-saved-and.html
"Just Thinking About Science Triggers Moral Behavior"
Scientific American
G.K. Chesterton Reviews Martin Scorsese's "Wolf Of Wall Street"
G.K. Chesterton Reviews Martin Scorsese's "Wolf Of Wall Street"
"Pope Francis Links"
"Pope Francis Links"
Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: "The Woe Passages"
"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42
"Do You Know What You're Doing To Me?"
Jesus of Nazareth
http://paxonbothhouses.
The United States Is A Singularly Cruel, Vengeful Nation. Solitary Confinement For Kids
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42
Jesus of Nazareth
http://paxonbothhouses.http://paxonbothhouses.
"War, Peace And Political Manipulation: Quotations"
"War, Peace And Political Manipulation: Quotations"
"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"
"Bad Religion: A Compendium"
"Thomas Aquinas On American Conservatives' Continual Commission Of Sin"
"Terror And The Other Religions"
"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"
"Bad Religion: A Compendium"
"Thomas Aquinas On American Conservatives' Continual Commission Of Sin"
"Terror And The Other Religions"
"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories can be put into practice. The more perfect, the more idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization. We are at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal. Where what is theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer any room even to be good. The best, imposed as a norm, becomes evil.”
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton
More Merton Quotes
"Mormonism Is Not A Christian Religion. Founding Prophet Joseph Smith Was A Sex Pervert"
New York Times: It's Official. Mormon Founder, Joseph Smith, Had Up To 40 Wives
Polygamy Is Legal In Utah Again
TED Talk: Algorithms, Islam And The Anti-Christ
TED Talk: Algorithms, Islam And The Anti-Christ
"Is Perfectionism A Curse? Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"
"Is Perfectionism A Curse? Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"
"Is Israel The World's Worst Terror State? An Israeli General's Son Thinks So"
"Shark Attacks Rise Worldwide: Risk Assessment And Aquinas' Criteria For Sin"
Religion and Perfectionism
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,
because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
1 John 4:18
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
Matthew 5:48, King James Version
(Modern translators agree that the word "perfect" is more accurately rendered as "complete.")
Religion and Perfectionism
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,
because fear has to do with punishment.
because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
1 John 4:18
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
Matthew 5:48, King James Version
(Modern translators agree that the word "perfect" is more accurately rendered as "complete.")
(Modern translators agree that the word "perfect" is more accurately rendered as "complete.")
"Why The Bible Belt Is Its Own Worst Enemy"
"Why The Bible Belt Is Delusional"
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Totalitarian Absolutism And The Thinking Housewife"
Consumerism: Thrift And Thriving. Vice And Viciousness
"Why The Bible Belt Is Delusional"
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Totalitarian Absolutism And The Thinking Housewife"
"Totalitarian Absolutism And The Thinking Housewife"
TED Talk: Algorithms, Islam And The Anti-Christ
"Republicans For Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism
"Saudi Support For Wahhabi Radicalism Is The Taproot Of Islamic Terror"
"Saudi Support For Wahhabi Radicalism Is The Taproot Of Islamic Terror"
"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image
when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Tom Weston S. J.
"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image
when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Tom Weston S. J.
Tom Weston S. J.
Religion and Perfectionism
"Santorum, Savonarola And The Pending Apocalypse Of The Republican Party"
"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories can be put into practice. The more perfect, the more idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization. We are at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal. Where what is theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer any room even to be good. The best, imposed as a norm, becomes evil.”
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton
"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories can be put into practice. The more perfect, the more idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization. We are at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal. Where what is theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer any room even to be good. The best, imposed as a norm, becomes evil.”
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton
G.K. Chesterton: "The Anarchy of The Rich"
G.K. Chesterton and Warren Buffett's Class War
G.K. Chesterton On Charity, Hope And Universal Salvation
G.K. Chesterton Quotations... And More
G.K. Chesterton: "The Anarchy of The Rich"
G.K. Chesterton and Warren Buffett's Class War
G.K. Chesterton On Charity, Hope And Universal Salvation
G.K. Chesterton Quotations... And More
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of G.K. Chesterton Posts
http://paxonbothhouses.
Compendium Of Pax Posts On Abortion
http://paxonbothhouses.
"Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence Bibliography"
(Second Amendment Evangelism is a critical component of "what's wrong with America.)
"Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence Bibliography"
(Second Amendment Evangelism is a critical component of "what's wrong with America.)
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of Ayn Rand Posts
Ayn Rand Really Hated C.S. Lewis And Championed Child Murderer, Dismemberer, Edward Hickman
Despite Disclaimer, The Thinking Housewife Still Carries Torch For Ayn Rand
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of Ayn Rand Posts
Ayn Rand Really Hated C.S. Lewis And Championed Child Murderer, Dismemberer, Edward Hickman
Despite Disclaimer, The Thinking Housewife Still Carries Torch For Ayn Rand
Compendium Of "Pax" Posts On "The Thinking Housewife," Laura Wood
(What's wrong with rigid orthodoxy.)
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."
Devout Christian, Blaise Pascal
***
Alan: By "Best Posts" I refer to "Pax" writings that demonstrate most clearly,
"The emperor has no clothes."
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" ... except to realize the fundamental purpose of plutocracy: the perpetuation of top-down, dominance-submission hierarchies.
"Picking On Black Guys Is How Dimwitted White Guys Prolong Their Own Sodomization"
***
To instill early awareness of plutocracy's fundamental ruse, I recommend:
"Yertle the Turtle"
Dr. Seuss
Video Performance: https://www.
"Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories"
is available in a handsome, hard-bound edition for under $12.00.
This edition is "the perfect gift" for birthdays, First Communions, kindergarten graduations or any other occasion including "random acts of kindness."
"The Butter Battle Book," "The Lorax" and "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" are other Dr. Seuss' stories that contribute mightily to the moral education of young people.
You can hear my recorded version of "Grinch" at
***
The essence of "Yertle" derives from an extraordinary Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tale,
"The Fisherman And His Wife"
***
"The Fisherman And His Wife"
Wikipedia
You can hear my recorded version of "Fisherman's Wife" at
***
A final recommendation for the moral education of young people (and adults) is the 2009 anime' version of
"A Christmas Carol," a Disney production with Jim Carrey "doing all the voices."
***
"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories can be put into practice. The more perfect, the more idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization. We are at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal. Where what is theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer any room even to be good. The best, imposed as a norm, becomes evil.”
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton
More Merton Quotes
"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image
when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Tom Weston S. J.
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."
Devout Christian, Blaise Pascal
***
Alan: By "Best Posts" I refer to "Pax" writings that demonstrate most clearly,
"The emperor has no clothes."
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" ... except to realize the fundamental purpose of plutocracy: the perpetuation of top-down, dominance-submission hierarchies.
"Picking On Black Guys Is How Dimwitted White Guys Prolong Their Own Sodomization"
***
To instill early awareness of plutocracy's fundamental ruse, I recommend:
"Yertle the Turtle"
Dr. Seuss
Video Performance: https://www.
(This performance is not very inspired and resolves me to make - and post - my own recording.)
"Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories"
is available in a handsome, hard-bound edition for under $12.00.
This edition is "the perfect gift" for birthdays, First Communions, kindergarten graduations or any other occasion including "random acts of kindness."
"The Butter Battle Book," "The Lorax" and "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" are other Dr. Seuss' stories that contribute mightily to the moral education of young people.
You can hear my recorded version of "Grinch" at
***
The essence of "Yertle" derives from an extraordinary Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tale,
"The Fisherman And His Wife"
***
"The Fisherman And His Wife"
Wikipedia
You can hear my recorded version of "Fisherman's Wife" at
***
A final recommendation for the moral education of young people (and adults) is the 2009 anime' version of
"A Christmas Carol," a Disney production with Jim Carrey "doing all the voices."
***
"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories can be put into practice. The more perfect, the more idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization. We are at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal. Where what is theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer any room even to be good. The best, imposed as a norm, becomes evil.”
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton
More Merton Quotes
"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image
when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Tom Weston S. J.
Tom Weston S. J.
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