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St Paul warns against adopting a worldly philosophy that has a form of godliness but denies the power thereof. Leftism is just such a philosophy. And, many Catholics in the West have melted into the secular “religion” of Leftism today.
What is Leftism? Leftism is primarily a way of seeing a world that evolved randomly, with no apparent purpose or meaning, a world “red in tooth and claw”, and reacting in ways that keep one SAFE. It is, therefore, a fear-based philosophy. Leftism “knows” that there is no overarching creator or created order or moral code to restrain the manipulations of men. There is an exhilerating sense of liberty here, we are free to do whatever we want! That’s also the problem…we are also free to harm each other without restraint. Thus, Leftist tend to divide the world between the Dangerous (manipulators and the stupid people who empower them)…and…the Empathetic.
Leftism has 3 empathetic responses to such a dangerous, god-free world.
What is Leftism? Leftism is primarily a way of seeing a world that evolved randomly, with no apparent purpose or meaning, a world “red in tooth and claw”, and reacting in ways that keep one SAFE. It is, therefore, a fear-based philosophy. Leftism “knows” that there is no overarching creator or created order or moral code to restrain the manipulations of men. There is an exhilerating sense of liberty here, we are free to do whatever we want! That’s also the problem…we are also free to harm each other without restraint. Thus, Leftist tend to divide the world between the Dangerous (manipulators and the stupid people who empower them)…and…the Empathetic.
Leftism has 3 empathetic responses to such a dangerous, god-free world.
- Survival ethic…there is no morality higher than my survival. There is certainly no cause worth dying for and few things worth suffering. Many Leftists sincerely want to rid the world of sharp edges. Hence, health and safety concerns explode as Leftism takes over. We get rubberized playgrounds, no smoking (even outdoors) laws, food labeling worries and even mayors telling us how big a soda we can drink. One school actually threw a lil girls home-packed lunch in the trash as unhealthy.
- Victim ethic…with no overarching moral basis to keep us from manipulating each other, the Strong rule the day unless the Weak can herd together and control them. Thus, Leftism encourages herding into groups to control the forces of manipulation. Victim groups explode under Leftism–we get defensive racial groupings, defensive women groups and organizations, people with disabilities band together, gay groups, teenage acne support groups…etc. Leftism sees a world that is out to manipulate and abuse UNLESS we band together to keep the Strong in check. Thus, there is a great fear of big business, big banks, people with big money…heck…these people fear WALMART.
- Nature ethics…if all the world really did evolve randomly and without apparent order…then all of Nature is equal. There really is no difference between killing a dolphin and a baby boy…everything is of equal meaning and worth. Thus, Nature ethics is composed of an absolutely flat view of reality and despises hierarchical views of reality for two reasons. One, all of our Natural world is either equally meaningless or sacred TOGETHER. Two, seeing a “created order” and a natural “hierarchy” is obviously a manipulative view of the Strong.
Now, Christians buy into Leftism for a lot of reasons. I think the most compelling is that the Bible tells us to care for the “anawim” (a Hebrew word for the “poor, the widow, the orphan and the stranger in your land”. Caring for the anawim (the weak) is what Leftism seems to be concerned. It is also a form of godliness to strive for world peace (survival ethics leads to hyper-pacifism and disdain for ANY war).
I have much more to say…but will leave it off for now…may God let His face shine on you all through this New Year.