tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post2130184943291831576..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Anyone for Postmodernism and New Age Spirituality?Maolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-17962011087067511392011-12-20T01:14:28.480-08:002011-12-20T01:14:28.480-08:00Thank you, sir!
I see your point and you may well...Thank you, sir!<br /><br />I see your point and you may well be right, but I wonder if the decisive force in any era are the people who DO have drive and convictions? Just like it was the Puritans who drove the English Cvil War, even though they were a minority, and the Bolsheviks who grabbed the moment during the Russian Revolution. Of course, both those examples are from the realm of politics, which does not represent the totality of human life.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-26122130491048849792011-12-19T20:14:02.183-08:002011-12-19T20:14:02.183-08:00Excellent post friend! I think you are correct tha...Excellent post friend! I think you are correct that the pagans and post-moderns aren't much of a threat in the sense of being some unified or identifiable foe, but perhaps those terms do describe general (lazily attained) sentiments of a large population.<br /><br />That is to say that I think that the greatest 'threat' to Christendom doesn't come from militant pagans or militant post-moderns or even militant atheists or Muslims. It seems to me that the demise of man is likely to be found in the vast majority of folks who are too lazy to believe anything, and yet are lazily influenced by the pop-attraction of pagan and post-modern ideas. <br /><br />It's more a 'drift' than a 'drive' that worries me.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08154339548138717173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-64220222647326007822011-12-12T15:06:56.554-08:002011-12-12T15:06:56.554-08:00It's in THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS- Screwtape says ...It's in THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS- Screwtape says the ideal for the devils would be to produce people who will worship them without realising that they are in fact supernatural beings, and cites George Bernard Shaw's belief in the Life-Force as an example. The same idea underlies Weston's deterioration in VOYAGE TO VENUS which results from dabbling in spiritualism (as compared to OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET where he is a morally obtuse atheist but possesses genuine virtues) and the activities of the scientists in THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH who believe they have got in touch with superior beings called "macrobes" without realising what these beings actually are. In his pre-Christian days Lewis had some very nasty experiences with acquaintances who went in for seances and so forth, and this made him very aware of the dangers of occultism (all the more so because his Platonism made him somewhat susceptible to such temptations.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510001808658687585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-58847880766322388042011-12-07T03:30:14.224-08:002011-12-07T03:30:14.224-08:00Well, I just think that all the New Age stuff is a...Well, I just think that all the New Age stuff is a half-way house-- either towards the Church (or some established faith) or towards out-and-out atheism. Maybe I just haven't met enough pagans though!<br /><br />I don't recognise the "materialist magician" reference-- which Lewis book is it in? It sounds very interesting!Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-44627351664891697542011-12-06T14:21:21.179-08:002011-12-06T14:21:21.179-08:00The problem I would think is that philosophical ma...The problem I would think is that philosophical materialism is what it is and makes no bones about it. New Age and pantheism seem more "spiritual" but they tend to end up in the same place -seeing oneself as God and proclaiming "non serviam". Chesterton is quite good on this - and CS Lewis's warning about the "Materialist Magician" who does not realise what he has become is also pretty apposite.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510001808658687585noreply@blogger.com