Thomas Merton: "Our Job Is To Love Others Without Stopping To Inquire If They Are Worthy"

The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism

The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die. 

The sooner the better. 

Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right." 

To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice,  hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html 

Having poked their own eyes out, they fail to see that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall.

Psychological Projection

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/projection-psychology.html

Psychological Shadow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)

Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment. 

Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold. 

Remarkably, although they are prone to believe all manner of Trumpeted nonsense, none of them are tempted to believe in their own spiritual peril. 

The Pharisees Are Always With Us.

Here's What They "Look Like" Today

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-pharisees-are-always-with-us-heres.html

Jesus Rages Against The Hypocrisy Of Religious Leaders: "Woe To You Religious Leaders!"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/jesus-fingers-hypocrisy-of-religious.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Organized Religion And The Everyday Validation Of Violence

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts: What I Think About Christianity

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/01/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-what-i.html

Amanpour: Fr. Greg Boyle S.J. Rehabilitates LA Gang Members With Tenderness

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/01/amanpour-homeboy-industries-fr-greg.html 

Except, of course, for the loaves and fishes.
But never mind. 
If you can rationalize Trump, you can rationalize anything.

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Trump And His Cultists' Passion For Lying And Falsehood

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/10/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on-trump.html

It's Not That The Assholes Are Uninterested In Truth. 

They Are Hostile To Truth.

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/06/its-not-that-assholes-are-uninterested.html

"The Hardest Truth: People Want To Be Lied To"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-hardest-lesson-people-want-to-be.html

"Trumpistas Don't Just Lie. 

They Are Hostile To Truth"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/10/lies-lies-lies-lies-compendium-of-pax.html

Trump Tells The Truth: "I Lie."

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/lies-lies-lies-lies-trump-mendacity.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts Concerning Trump's Habitual Lying

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/02/compendium-of-pax-posts-concerning.html

If Mueller Had Been Given Sodium Pentathol, Here's What He Would've Told Us

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/if-mueller-had-been-given-sodium.html

VIDEO: Trump Tells More Lies Than Any U.S. Politician. Why Do Patriots And Xtians Believe A Liar?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/video-trump-tells-more-lies-than-any-us.html

Reprise: How Trump "Takes Credit" That's Not His... And The Dimwits Buy It

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/reprise-how-trump-takes-credit-thats.html

People Want To Be Lied To: The Convergent Horror Of Faithful Falsehood And Aggressive Ignorance

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/12/people-want-to-be-lied-to-convergent.html

Trump Could Begin Every Speech With The Words "Everything I'm About To Tell You Is A Lie" And...

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/trump-could-begin-his-speeches-with.html

Republicans Generally - And Trump Specifically - Are Eager To Lie And Cheat If It Expands Their Power

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/10/republicans-generally-and-trump.html

False Witness

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/false-witness.html

Comparing American Politicians' Lie Rates (From Mormon Press)

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/comparing-american-politicians-lie.html

How Conservatives Use Decontextualized Shards Of Truth To Tell HUGE Lies
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/scott-pruitt-how-conservatives-use.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts Concerning Trump's Habitual Lying

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/02/compendium-of-pax-posts-concerning.html

Ted Cruz Gives Detailed Explanation Of Trump's Pathological Obsession With Continuous Lying

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/08/ted-cruz-gives-detailed-explanation-of.html

Fred Owens' Facebook Page, "Fake News" And The Credibility Of The Mainstream Press

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/02/fred-owens-facebook-page-fake-news-and.html

60 Minutes: "Fake News"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/60-minutes-fake-news.html

Fake News Central

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-source-of-most-fake-news.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts Re: Trump's Non-Stop Ability To Tell One Lie After Another

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/compendium-of-pax-posts-re-trumps-non.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts On Post-Inaugural Blur Of White House Lies And "Alternative Facts"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/compendium-of-pax-posts-on-flurry-of.html

Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics - And Devious Donald

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-devious.html

Best "Pax" Posts On The Republican Party

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/best-pax-posts-on-republican-party.html

Millions Of Deplorables Voted For Trump Because He Was The Only Candidate Who Was As Crazy As They Are

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/millions-of-deplorables-voted-for-trump.html

The Borowitz Report: "Trump Blasts Media For Reporting What He Says"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-borowitz-report-trump-blasts-media.html

28 Enormities That Prevent Conscionable People From Hoping Trump Is A Successful President

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/28-enormities-that-prevent-conscionable.html

Donald's Doozies: A Yuge (And Yugely Incomplete) Compendium Of Trump's "Pants On Fire" Lies

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/donalds-doozies-yuge-and-yugely.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts About Donald Trump

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/donald-trump-paranoid-style-in-american.html

Donald Trump, Felon: Re-Visiting Trump University

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/05/donald-trump-felon-re-visiting-trump.html

Married Couple Say Trump Defrauded Them Of $36,000.00 But Will Vote For Him Anyway

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/05/married-couple-say-trump-defrauded-them.html

We Redacted Everything That's Not A Verifiably True Statement From Trump's Time Magazine Interview About Truth

http://theslot.jezebel.com/we-redacted-everything-thats-not-a-verifiably-true-stat-1793571837

Fact-Checking Trump's TIME Interview On Truths And Falsehoods

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/mar/23/fact-checking-trumps-time-interview-truths-and-fal/

Donald Trump: A Man So Obnoxious That Karma May See Him Reincarnated As Himself

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/donald-trump-man-so-obnoxious-that.html

Shit-Slinger Trump Says Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower During Campaign. Obama Is "Bad, Sick"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/shit-slinger-trump-says-obama.html

The Best Photographic Evidence Of Trump Inaugural Crowd Size: From Stage & From Monument

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-best-photographic-evidence-of-trump.html

National Park Service Releases Official Photos Of Trump And Obama's Inaugural Crowds

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/national-park-service-relieases.html

"There Are Two Ways Of Lying..." Denis De Rougemont And Donald Trump

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/donald-trump-and-denise-de-rougemont.html

Behind The Mask, The GOP's True Face: Ayn Rand's Ideological Acolyte Paul Ryan Promotes Her Central Belief That Altruism Is Evil

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/ayn-rands-ideological-acolyte-paul-ryan.html

Why Americans Have A Moral Obligation NOT To Respect Donald Trump

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/why-americans-have-moral-obligation-not.html

American Conservatives And Aggressive Ignorance

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/08/american-conservatives-and-aggressive.html

Too Ignorant To Keep Democracy Alive

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/too-ignorant-to-keep-democracy-alive.html

"Are Republicans Insane?" Best Pax Posts

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/are-republicans-insane-best-pax-posts.html

"President Trump's Lies, The Definitive List"

New York Times

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/president-trumps-lies-definitive-list.html

The Toronto Star's Complete Tally Of Trump's 337 Lies Since Inauguration (June 26, 2017)

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/june-26-2017-toronto-stars-completre.html

Compendium Of Best "Pax" Posts About Devious Donald, "The Deplorable One"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-about.html

Best Trump Memes From "Pax On Both Houses"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/09/best-trump-memes-from-pax-on-both-houses.html

Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics - And Devious Donald

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-devious.html

Pax on both houses: Donald Trump: Truth Doesn't Matter

Pax on both houses: Why The Media HAS To Lie About Trump

Pax on both houses: Aquinas, Trump, Truth... And "Alternative Truth"

Pax on both houses: Donald's Demonic Deviousness: How Trump ...

Then there's Alabama, Mississipi, Lousiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indiana and Kansas.

Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh.