Thomas Merton
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"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.
"Pope Francis Links"
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"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.
"Pope Francis Links"
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Tom Weston S. J.
"Pope Francis Links"
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"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
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"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42
Jesus of Nazareth
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Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: "The Woe Passages"
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"
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Americans, Especially Catholics, Approve Of Inquisitorial Torture
"The Catholic Voice In The Torture Debate," John A. Coleman S.J.
Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking Themselves In God's Image
"Christian Conservatism: "The Saved," "The Damned," "The Rich," "The Poor"
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Americans, Especially Catholics, Approve Of Inquisitorial Torture
"The Catholic Voice In The Torture Debate," John A. Coleman S.J.
Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking Themselves In God's Image
"The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nations Gets Jesus Wrong"
Bill McKibben
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The Last Time Christians Had Balls They Believed In Martyrdom
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"The Rapture" And The Enforcement Of Happiness
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"The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nations Gets Jesus Wrong"
Bill McKibben
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The Last Time Christians Had Balls They Believed In Martyrdom
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"The Rapture" And The Enforcement Of Happiness
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Bill McKibben
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The Last Time Christians Had Balls They Believed In Martyrdom
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"The Rapture" And The Enforcement Of Happiness
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Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image
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"Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," A Glimpse Of True Christianity
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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
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"Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," A Glimpse Of True Christianity
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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
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Tolkien, Lewis, Rowling And The Redemption Of The Modern World
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Images Of Yeshua, A Nazarene Carpenter
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Divine Desperation: Feeling Hopeless Makes People Stop Doing What They Can
"Pax On Both Houses: A Compendium Of Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes"
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"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
The Inquisition Executed Its Last Victim In 1826, A Spaniard Who Taught Deism
"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"
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Christian Defence Of Slavery Preached From The Pulpit
"Prohibition, Noah, Ham And The Curse Of Canaan"
"Pax On Both Houses: A Compendium Of Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes"
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"Aquinas, St. Symeon The New Theologian And Their Spiritual Kin"
"John Ford, John Wayne, Aquinas and Theosis (Christian Divinization)"
"Since God Doesn't Heal Amputees, Humankind Will. The Future Of Christian Theology"
"Theological Implications Of Ebola: Praying For A Cure? Creating A Scientific Cure"
"Christian Conservatism: "The Saved," "The Damned," "The Rich," "The Poor"
"Just Thinking About Science Triggers Moral Behavior"
Scientific American
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"Apocalypse: Greek For "Removing The Veil"
"Apocalypse: Greek For "Removing The Veil"
"War, Peace And Political Manipulation: Quotations"
"War, Peace And Political Manipulation: Quotations"
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
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G.K. Chesterton Reviews Martin Scorsese's "Wolf Of Wall Street"
"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"
"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"
"Pax On Both Houses: A Compendium Of Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes"
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"Bad Religion: A Compendium"
"Thomas Aquinas On American Conservatives' Continual Commission Of Sin"
"Terrorism And The Other Religions"
"Bad Religion: A Compendium"
"Thomas Aquinas On American Conservatives' Continual Commission Of Sin"
"Terrorism And The Other Religions"
"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
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TED Talk: Algorithms, Islam And The Anti-Christ
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"Is Perfectionism A Curse? Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"
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.")
"Is Perfectionism A Curse? Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"
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.")
(Modern translators agree that the word "perfect" is more accurately rendered as "complete.")
"Shark Attacks Rise Worldwide: Risk Assessment And Aquinas' Criteria For Sin"
"Why The Bible Belt Is Its Own Worst Enemy"
"Why The Bible Belt Is Delusional"
"Why The Bible Belt Is Delusional"
We Have "Multiplied And Filled The Earth." What Now For Natural Law?
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We Have "Multiplied And Filled The Earth." What Now For Natural Law?
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I Treasure The Bible But 1 Timothy 2:11-15 Goes Beyond The Pale
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/i-treasure-bible-but-1-timothy-211-15.html
Pope Benedict XVI's Question: 'Can Modern Warfare Ever Be Just?'
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Worst Bible Passages
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"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"
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Thomas Jefferson On The Persistent Inclination To Vilify Virtue
"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"
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Thomas Jefferson On The Persistent Inclination To Vilify Virtue
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Paralytic Fear Precluding Experience Of Heaven
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Paralytic Fear Precluding Experience Of Heaven
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
TED Talk: Algorithms, Islam And The Anti-Christ
Religion and Perfectionism
"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
"Pax On Both Houses: A Compendium Of Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes"
http://paxonbothhouses.
Can Pope Francis Heal The Deep Divisions In Christianity?
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of G.K. Chesterton Posts
"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
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of Ayn Rand Posts
Ayn Rand Really Hated C.S. Lewis And Championed Child Murderer, Dismemberer, Edward Hickman
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of Ayn Rand Posts
Ayn Rand Really Hated C.S. Lewis And Championed Child Murderer, Dismemberer, Edward Hickman
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