tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post3113584911761250059..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: The Heart of the Political Correctness ProblemMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-50462755152574225792017-04-16T03:03:13.669-07:002017-04-16T03:03:13.669-07:00That's a truly horrific and depressing story, ...That's a truly horrific and depressing story, most especially if there really "wasn't a peep" from the Christian churches. Truly, PC Christianity is utterly moribund; it's a fossil pure and simple.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-17299577227756466772017-04-16T02:47:11.301-07:002017-04-16T02:47:11.301-07:00Believe it or not our SUNDAY TIMES of Perth today ...Believe it or not our SUNDAY TIMES of Perth today had an editorial by someone named David Penberthy, who I think is a regular journo, illustrated with a lovely Crucifixion in stained glass titled STAND UP FOR YOUR FAITH. Among other things he writes "I am not religious at all and,frankly, believe the world would be a better place if no one were. But it puzzles me that those who adhere to decent Christian values can be so lame in defending those values against others that in their radical form are demonstrably intolerant"<br />"Royal Adelaide hospital has been designed to include a specially designed Muslim prayer room. There will be a separate namby-pamby multi-faith room where every other denomination will get dumped together.....a 60% Christian country seems to be doing a very diligent job catering to the expectations of it's 2% Muslim population.... there wasn't a peep from the Christian churches"<br />"in NSW...there was a shameful discussion within a regional area health care service as to whether the female circumcision practices of some local African migrant communities should no longer be banned... All these things are white flag thinking on the past of the supposedly liberal West"<br />Not sure what backlash in the letters page next Sunday week be.Séamus (Australia)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-300474125659618162017-04-16T01:18:53.773-07:002017-04-16T01:18:53.773-07:00Well, this is exactly what I'm talking about. ...Well, this is exactly what I'm talking about. And somehow it's even worse when you see that someone is making a REAL EFFORT to get outside a PC mindset, but actually can't step one inch outside his or her cave. It gives me a sense of complete futility. I do value dialogue (though I hate the word) and calm discussion, but it just seems impossible when everything is off the table from the start.<br /><br />How far this translates from the media or the internet to real life is another matter. I mean, I know real-life SJWs and I tease them about their beliefs and they tease me about my beliefs and it all seems very affectionate. The question is, though, which is actually the more "real" context? The question I wonder about is whether my SJW acquaintances, all joking aside, would actually want me to be penalized or silenced. Maybe they would. Doctrine operates in a different way from the rest of life. You can see this in war-time, or civil war, when people who were friendly suddenly become ruthless towards each other.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-88999637536472940202017-04-15T22:23:25.495-07:002017-04-15T22:23:25.495-07:00To be honest I find it quite hard to reason with s...To be honest I find it quite hard to reason with such people. It's awfully weird that they constantly, when some pet issue comes up (say, race here in the US or sexuality) , say something of the likes of "Let's start some honest dialogue." When they talk modernism rears it's ugly head. Throw in relativism. Throw in "the more science becomes sophisticated the more religion is put into a corner." Many of the arguments could be turned into a TED Talk (shudder) without missing a beat. <br /><br />Just recently I was on Facebook, a couple of pages I subscribe to posted articles, positive ones, about Christianity. The comment section was littered with posts that dismissed Christianity. And these right of center and libertarian pages. <br /><br />In the game of PC conservatism or traditionalism will always - always - be the enemy. Complain about SJW's and there will be someone saying you're complaining just the like the SJW's. The point is completely missed. Try to live out your faith and you're considered maligning modernists. But it's totally cool to live out the rainbow flag. <br /><br />It's a lose lose situation because modernism A) practices double standard and B) really is a hypocrite. GoldRush Applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672912751538200761noreply@blogger.com