“The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age. I have compared it with the New Religions; but this is exactly where it differs from the New Religions. The New Religions are in many ways suited to the new conditions; but they [...]
Many people insist on a simple religion…or otherwise a simple philosophy on life. If you don’t want to defend yourself often, the easiest thing is to simply not believe in much. It’s part laziness and part busy-ness. We’re too busy with media and with constantly reacting to a world that is daily and relentlessly thrust [...]
“Somebody who reads only newspapers and at best the books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely nearsighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else. And what a person thinks on his own without [...]
I think our whole culture is dumbed down when it comes to anything except technology. We can figure out our TVs and computers and iPads and cell phones just fine. I suppose we also do alright with TV personalities and pop-music. But when it comes to literature, religion, philosophy or anything metaphysical, we are dumb. [...]
Let’s flip that question around and ask some more important questions first. Why should we believe things that are explicitly written in the Bible? And if we should, then should those be the only things we believe? It’s amazing how many people ask the original question without even pondering these other more fundamental questions. Perhaps [...]
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.” – G.K. Chesterton I love this quote. What a brilliant way of articulating the significance of [...]
