tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19812413.post7777719145664547665..comments2023-04-28T07:20:52.481-06:00Comments on The Western Chauvinist: 'Immortal Combat,' the Gorgons and Geryon: One Priest's Insight into 2020 (Part 2)S11 Republicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394384190338300732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19812413.post-33520497423674581152021-02-04T10:11:38.010-07:002021-02-04T10:11:38.010-07:00Thanks y'all. I'm sorry I missed these com...Thanks y'all. I'm sorry I missed these comments earlier. Still figuring out how to operate this little corner of blogger and I haven't located the setting to receive notifications about incoming comments, other than when I comment back.<br /><br />Part 3 is up if YOU'RE receiving notifications, unlike me. <br /><br />The Western Chauvinisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110055445490648780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19812413.post-64914085203526678022021-01-30T07:06:24.624-07:002021-01-30T07:06:24.624-07:00Amen, Flicker. Amen, Flicker. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19812413.post-82312156158501892532021-01-30T01:58:16.840-07:002021-01-30T01:58:16.840-07:00Yes. Quite so. And this one, as uncomfortable as...Yes. Quite so. And this one, as uncomfortable as it is:<br /><br />"the perceptions and behaviors of the People of the Lie are basic to our humanity. This is the Sin of the World" which Jesus came to take away.Flickernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19812413.post-9771723209365080732021-01-29T18:01:48.597-07:002021-01-29T18:01:48.597-07:00Yes. All that Flicker said . . . And so many int...Yes. All that Flicker said . . . And so many interesting quotes: <br /><br />"They can never be appeased because they do not want their problem solved. They do not want the problem to be solved because their Resentment has become the only source of meaning in their lives." [emphasis mine]"<br /><br />"We all want to be seen as righteous crusaders for truth or justice, no matter how distorted our view of reality."<br /><br />And finally. . . Wow . ."Power, pride, and prejudice lead us to Resentment, Rivalry, and Revenge, which ultimately end in self-deception, projection, groupthink, scapegoating, and eventually, murderous tribal mobs. Activism in pursuit of "social justice" (never just "justice") becomes a religious crusade..."Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19812413.post-64982941699173792182021-01-29T00:05:08.414-07:002021-01-29T00:05:08.414-07:00Very helpful and moving. Not to mention articulat...Very helpful and moving. Not to mention articulate, precise and engaging writing. But mostly it says so much that I can focus on.<br /><br />I confess I didn't read this on Ricochet because I thought it might be Greek mythology reinterpreted through Christian eyes. But it's really the other way around isn't it? Christian truth as reflected through pagan eyes.<br /><br />I look forward to #3.Flickernoreply@blogger.com