How to Survive Secular Totalitarianism

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After reading the article, I’m not sure the biggest driving factor promoting secularism today is liberalism.

It’s probably pluralism.
 
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“It emphasized rights but not duties, freedom but not responsibilities, justice but not truth, conscience without principles, sex without procreation and compassion without real love.”
…this is what liberalism emphasizes, where none of the other major religions in the world do. It isn’t pluralism.
 
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On the contrary, pluralism has given way to tribalism.
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As it naturally does in an attempt to retain meaning.

But the greater point is “on what basis do we run our society - this collection of tribes”?

“Secular Totalitarianism” (which is really just “governmental secularism” viewed with a negative attitude) is really the only option.

If you’re not going to base a modern government on secularism, then on what religion do you base it on? Islam? Hinduism? the Pastafarians?

Friendly reminder - “secular” per Oxford is “not connected with religious or spiritual matters”. So if you turn away from secularism, you inherently turn toward some sort of religious base.

So which religious base? The Muslim Sharia? I’m sure you’d be ready to burn government buildings…

So the Catholic Magisterium? Three-quarters of the US would be ready to burn government buildings…

So because of our religious pluralism, the only tenable and functional philosophical basis for government is secularism (or “Secular Totalitarianism” for those angry about the reality).
 
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After reading that, I’m not clear about what the author was trying to get across. It read like an old man’s street corner rant.

Does the author want homosexuality to be illegal? Did I read that right? He also wants to see a return to the papal states? I assume he is also anti-American, and wises to establish a national religion??

Anyway, I don’t consider NCR to be reliable anymore.
 
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I was surprised how gender biased the article was. Always ‘he wants this’ and ‘he feels that’. There has been a lot of effort of the last few years to be more inclusive. It can be clumsy constantly using he/she but there are many ways to write something that doesn’t so obviously exclude women.

But I guess using the male third person is more ‘traditional’. Just like traditionally treating people who ‘were once considered sexual deviants’ as…well, sexual deviants.
 
I didn’t see an attempt to exclude women in that particular paragraph. Perhaps talking with himself in mind.
 
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Quote from the article… The Christian can no longer rely on culture to support his Christian life.
I completely agree that this is an issue that all religious people are going to have to deal with as society becomes more and more secular. It will be uncomfortable and different from what America and Europe has historically been. It will also be necessary to adapt to it rather than thinking you can halt it unless you want to resort to violence.

How do you see yourself adapting? Thanks.
 
I don’t really rely on the world so I think I won’t have too.
 
VanitasVanitatum said:
I didn’t see an attempt to exclude women in that particular paragraph. Perhaps talking with himself in mind.
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'The true Christian wants to remain a Christian. He finds himself in a culture that is increasingly Christophobic. He wants to honor the moral rights of …

He must be more assertive, both as an individual and within his community. He is at odds with an environment that is essentially anti-religious…

Nonetheless, he has God’s indelible word on his side. Therefore, his prayer life must be strong and his faith must be sturdy enough to withstand the slanders and injustice that will come his way. In a word, he must be more capable than his enemy.’

But you’re right. He didn’t exclude women. He gave a couple of barrels to feminism.
 
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Talking from his perspective. If a women said that with she would there be a similar objection?
 
“the issuance of postage stamps and coins to promote same-sex “marriage” is a strong indication of a rejection of any opposition and the cultivation of a totalitarian movement”.

Indeed yes. First they came for the stamps… I appreciate that I have different views to many here but surely everyone can see this sort of argument is counterproductive in its silliness?
 
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But you’re right. He didn’t exclude women. He gave a couple of barrels to feminism
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Feminism that supports abortion and understandably so. He even mentioned a pro-life women and he didn’t talk bad about her.
 
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VanitasVanitatum said:
Talking from his perspective. If a women said that with she would there be a similar objection?
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The use of the male third person is so ingrained that it takes some effort to overcome its use. So that’s in Mr. DeMarco’s defence. If woman was to use ‘she’ constantly, when referring to either sex, I think that it might be taken as the writer making a point. DeMarco wasn’t. He was being (ahem) traditional.

Roll on the day when we don’t notice it.
 
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Bradskii:
But you’re right. He didn’t exclude women. He gave a couple of barrels to feminism
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He even mentioned a pro-life women and he didn’t talk bad about her.
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Maybe there’s hope for him yet. And I must admit that I’m making an assumption that Donald DeMarco is a male. I guess there aren’t many women writing for the National Catholic Register.
 
I broused through it.

Basically. By allowing little things to foster and not takin a stand, now we have a mountain to climb.

Going back to the Original sin. It began with doubt, pondering the question. Would we really be like God?

The Bible goes over this over and over. If something causes you to sin, cut it off.

But we never cut and let the infestation grow.

Good read.
 
I can’t find a list of their writers so I wouldn’t know.
 
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