The Pope battles on against our surrender to meaninglessness

[The_Reginator]

I was delighted to read this column in a daily newspaper:
The Pope battles on against our surrender to meaninglessness

I strongly urge all to read it.
From Mr. Sibley’s column:

Modern secularism, dating to the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, is grounded in the assumption that science and social reform would awaken mankind from the sleep of religion. This humanist vision was both terrifying and exciting.
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It seemed to work for a while. … Yet, in the aftermath of the 20th-century’s horror shows, our secular faith has been shaken. Indeed, a virus of misanthropy now sweeps the secular world. Man is regarded as plague on the planet, a selfish, irrational creature who needs to be controlled and coerced by experts who know what’s best for him.
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The Pope, in his warnings against state tyranny and “atheist extremism,” clearly recognizes the spiritual sickness that grips the secularist mind when taken to extremes. And he understands that if this sickness holds sway it will be the end of western civilization and the beginning of a new dark age. The Enlightenment will become the Endarkenment.

 

[wardrandolph]

Great column.Thanks.

 

[timotheos]

“There is a self-hatred in the West that can be considered only as something pathological. The West attempts in a praiseworthy way to open itself completely to the comprehension of external values, but it no longer loves itself; it now only sees what is despicable and destructive in its own history, while it is no longer able to perceive what is great and pure there.”

Great article. I have noticed for some time that our secular leaders have been summoning us all to the cliff. There is really no other way to describe the nuttiness out there.

 

[wisdomseeker]

Either one submit to the authority of the One True Church or become subject to an ungodly government who does not see a need to abide by the Teachings of the Church.
separate state from the religion and you have a government who support all kinds of believes and confusion. i dont think this is the plan of God. governments are not free from God’s laws.

 

[Timothy17]

Misanthropy describes it perfectly.

Thank-you for sharing this, and may God bless our Holy Father and fill him with the Holy Spirit as he works to shine Christ’s light in our dark world.

Pax,
Tim