tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post4030138593367043736..comments2024-03-26T16:24:34.218+00:00Comments on Meeting The Masters: The LeftWilliam Wildbloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-39552669622766442792017-01-05T10:15:40.289+00:002017-01-05T10:15:40.289+00:00When I refer to a right that could go wrong at the...When I refer to a right that could go wrong at the end of this post I'm talking about a secular right or a falsely spiritual and oppressive or autocratic right not a traditional spiritual right. Anything can be perverted which is why we always have to make sure our politics is subservient to the love of God, but certainly a traditional, spiritually focussed right is - right.<br /><br />I don't know much about Don Colacho but what little I do know accords with what you say. He clearly had a real genius for capturing truth in aphorisms.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-89587135790254512832017-01-05T10:10:51.612+00:002017-01-05T10:10:51.612+00:00I'm not sure I follow Nathaniel and this blog ...I'm not sure I follow Nathaniel and this blog post. It is clear to me that we need to defend ourselves, just like our ancestors did. The media tries to sell the idea that our atheist Europe today is more Christian than that of Charles Martel or that of Pope Innocent XI. Clearly, this is a lie. I see little danger of the west becoming fascist. Fascism was a youth movement, but European countries have a different---an older---demographic nowadays. You could rather make the case that the youthful migrants would pose such a problem. I would also point to Japan and South Korea, both countries that have defended their culture and themselves quite successfully from mass migration and leftist politics, and I doubt that there is any fascism on the rise in Japan, which is just as old demographically as most western countries. Vox Day of Vox Populi is Christian and does not see it very differently.<br /><br />However, I would like to point out that there was certainly no greater Christian in the 20th century than Nicolás Gómez Dávila. He is without a doubt the most inspiring believer, at least of those having been born in the 20th century. His aphorisms are akin to an elixir that fuels ones faith, and I try to read him regularly. Some of his aphorisms have been translated into English, and are available at:<br /><br />https://don-colacho.blogspot.com/<br /><br />I think Gómez Dávila had direct spiritual knowledge, he was divinely inspired. We should cherish such rare person, as they can help to intensify our faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-59134484905061775162016-12-20T17:12:10.194+00:002016-12-20T17:12:10.194+00:00I think all your points are very good ones, Nathan...I think all your points are very good ones, Nathaniel. Thanks for adding them to this post. No doubt the time will come when adhering to the true good will be perceived as evil or hateful while opening the door to evil will be painted as virtuous. Immediate superficial good will be urged at the expense of deeper truths which will be sacrificed on the altar of so called humanity. Only those who can detect what is beneath the surface of things will be able to remain faithful. William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-89021860122582408252016-12-20T16:13:55.260+00:002016-12-20T16:13:55.260+00:00Your framework makes it easier to understand the l...Your framework makes it easier to understand the last 70 years. The left used new spiritually to reject Christianity, until it was no longer useful, and now rejects spirituality all-together. The purely materialistic framework, under the guise of utilitarianism and seeking happiness, is used to push so many other evils.<br /><br />Mass immigration, under the argument of humanitarian assistance, is being used to destroy or undermine what's left of the root of Christianity in Western Civilization, and all the "freedoms" to sin that rejecting Christianity permitted will now be given up as well in this push.<br /><br />So both arguments of our present problem are essentially flawed - that semi-right secular argument that we must protect the West to save our "freedoms" (essentially, wind the clock back a little) and the leftist argument that we need to permit this destruction out of a great godless virtue. They are both on the same road of death.<br /><br />I suppose you are doing the best a man can do now - witnessing to God as best you are able. <br /><br />Nathanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531664498277638757noreply@blogger.com