tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post6197111090501718261..comments2024-03-26T16:24:34.218+00:00Comments on Meeting The Masters: Freedom and TruthWilliam Wildbloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-15039125557147126992020-11-25T19:11:51.974+00:002020-11-25T19:11:51.974+00:00The Solzhenitsyn quote is often made but it really...The Solzhenitsyn quote is often made but it really does sum it all up.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-15481988306106221222020-11-25T15:41:58.391+00:002020-11-25T15:41:58.391+00:00Excellent post. "Our loss of religious faith ...Excellent post. "Our loss of religious faith has brought in its train a loss of concern for truth because inevitably without religion we become unable to understand there even is such a thing as truth which exists beyond ourselves and our petty material interests. And when we forego truth we submit to power, the power of whatever group happens to dominate at the moment, and then we also forego freedom."<br /><br />I also think that any effective resistance can only be mounted by those who care about Truth. The two political wings (the Left and the fake Right) in most Western countries are superficially different, but equally grounded in materialism and denial of Truth ("niceism" holds sway over both). The political right in the West was doomed the minute it jettisoned this understanding. Solzhenitsyn: "But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous Revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: 'Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.' "MagnusStouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975404335377881030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-2907865080098345932020-11-25T08:25:13.953+00:002020-11-25T08:25:13.953+00:00
The question in light of your post is who can see...<br />The question in light of your post is who can see the truth? And who cares about freedom?<br /><br />When the Israelites left Egypt and the rule of the Pharaoh they had to journey to the promised land.<br /><br />Moses asked for his people to be let go. He did not ask for Pharaoh to change the laws of the nation. The one true God facilitated their departure in a dramatic way by sending plagues.Faculty Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-3242436972364814812020-11-24T19:01:32.840+00:002020-11-24T19:01:32.840+00:00You'll have to develop that a bit. Do you mean...You'll have to develop that a bit. Do you mean Christians who will have to leave regular society?William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-11058762981791680302020-11-24T18:38:16.038+00:002020-11-24T18:38:16.038+00:00Who are the Israelites of today?
Are they ready ...Who are the Israelites of today? <br /><br />Are they ready for an Exodus?<br />Faculty Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-62451240855367327752020-11-24T16:02:08.605+00:002020-11-24T16:02:08.605+00:00If I try to speak to people about certain things t...If I try to speak to people about certain things that are not accepted by the current "Power" I find they just won't listen. I am usually interrupted and shouted down. It's rather like when a child sticks its fingers in its ears and screams to avoid hearing something it doesn't want to hear. Needless to say I don't do that anymore. Or hardly ever!William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-65472931517341791422020-11-24T15:14:17.418+00:002020-11-24T15:14:17.418+00:00Since I worked in universities - and I was active ...Since I worked in universities - and I was active in English Literature and Social Policy, as well as various branches of medical and biological science - I was aware from the middle 1980s that the 'cutting edge' of postmodern philosophy was pushing an analysis that Power defined Truth - and that there was no objectivity to Truth. The most influential advocate was Michel Foucault. <br /><br />At the time, this was put forward as being a radical critique of Power - i.e. the Establishment - but of course it was actually the opposite - which was presumably why such an obviously incoherent notion (pushed by incoherent people) was given such eminence. <br /><br />What it means is that because Truth is defined by Power, and there can be no other Truth; then theose with Power will define Truth by right. In the sense that what is inevitable is right. <br /><br />I found that whenever I was close to Power, this was the 'morality' that was being implicitly expressed. Truth was necessarily whatever Power dictated, and it was merely childish to make a fuss about it. One had best get on the side of those with Power, and please them, so that one could have some ability to define Truth to one's own advantage. <br /><br />Anyone who resisted was simply harming themselves and all those around them - so they were hated. Being right about something (i.e. speaking truth 'as if' it was an objective value - based on true facts and honest argument) was meaningless, but was evil because it 'must be' either childish, insane or actually aiming to harm other people. <br /><br />In fact people will not even listen to truth-based arguments - in an inversion of the way that a real Christian would probably refuse to sit and listen to someone justifying some despicable sin like torturing children for enjoyment. The reaction was similar - with an element of 'fear of contamination' about it. <br /><br />There seemed to be no situation at any level in the system from top to bottom (and I had experience as 'high' as 'advising' Boris, and working with two people who became Chief Medical Officers of the UK...) where it was judged 'appropriate' to focus on truth, reality, nor even the long-term. <br /><br />Even 15 years ago; nobody, anywhere, was even *trying* to be truthful. And things have only got worse - much worse. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.com