The tide is turning for Christianity. This is not unexpected. Leonard Peikoff posited as much in his DIM Hypothesis; or he expected at least some return to M1 or M2 Mysticism (chart) (background). And mystic it is! In its slide towards relativism, Protestantism seems to have run its course toward Nihilism. A renewed and rejuvenated mystic Christianity would take the shape of pre Vatican II Catholicism or a return altogether to the source, as preserved over two millennia in the various strands of Eastern Orthodoxy.
Nov. 24, 2021 The Symbolic World: A Return to Cosmic Christianity with Bishop Barron.
Bishop Barron thanks Postmodernism and the New Atheists for the opportunity they offered to Christianity to liberate and rejuvenate itself. He brings up two figures in his comments upon whom we often draw in these pages. He brings to mind the Philosopher-Pope, Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) whose book "Without Roots", a critique of Relativism and Positivism acted as a midwife to present blog. Barron also brings up the horrible influence the Pietist philosopher Emmanuel Kant had on Modern thinking, which is the reason why -- unlike Barron -- Prof. Stephen Hicks categorizes Kant as a handmaiden of Postmodernism. More in "Countering Kant".
But Barron is not wrong in his critique when he states (at 23:17 minutes) that Kant normalized the idea that religion could be reduced to his particular brand of self-sacrificial Ethics. "We are all Kantians now", about sums it up right! This is what has provided the Left, and its spiritual incarnations, New Ageism and Wokeism with a moral justification for all their perniciousness. If your intention is good, bad outcome is morally irrelevant.
In the video of "A Return to Cosmic Christianity" Jonathan Pageau, an Orthodox artist and Catholic Bishop Barron of California are referring to a recent discussion with two secular psychologists, Dr. John Vervaeke and Dr. Jordan Peterson. Here is the video, which is very interesting in itself, as they focus on 'Meaning'.
Nov. 22, 2021 Jordan Peterson Podcast: The 4 Horsemen of Meaning with Bishop Barron, John Vervaeke, and Jonathan Pageau.
UPDATE: Pageau just posted yet another follow up on "The 4 Horsemen", a bilaterial with Dr. John Vervaeke.
Nov. 26, 2021 The Symbolic World: Collective Intelligence: Angels in Scientific Terms, with John Vervaeke.
In a fourth video around this subject Matt Fradd of Pints With Aquinas reads an address (full text) of Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles to the Congress of Catholics and Public Life. The archbishop is on the subjects of Globalism, the secular elites and wokeism, and what it means for the Christians who happen to fall for the Postmodern, Marxist fallacy.
The archbishop correctly sees these ideologies as pseudo, rival religions which in other times would be deemed heresies (Gomez mentions a few, for example Manicheism and Catharian Gnosticism). They try to offer an alternative sense of meaning. But these heresies are lacking in essence what materialistic seculars fail to understand: Christianity is universal in nature and deals with the visible, as well as the invisible part of human existence.
Nov. 22, 2021 Jordan Peterson Podcast: The 4 Horsemen of Meaning with Bishop Barron, John Vervaeke, and Jonathan Pageau.
UPDATE: Pageau just posted yet another follow up on "The 4 Horsemen", a bilaterial with Dr. John Vervaeke.
Nov. 26, 2021 The Symbolic World: Collective Intelligence: Angels in Scientific Terms, with John Vervaeke.
In a fourth video around this subject Matt Fradd of Pints With Aquinas reads an address (full text) of Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles to the Congress of Catholics and Public Life. The archbishop is on the subjects of Globalism, the secular elites and wokeism, and what it means for the Christians who happen to fall for the Postmodern, Marxist fallacy.
The archbishop correctly sees these ideologies as pseudo, rival religions which in other times would be deemed heresies (Gomez mentions a few, for example Manicheism and Catharian Gnosticism). They try to offer an alternative sense of meaning. But these heresies are lacking in essence what materialistic seculars fail to understand: Christianity is universal in nature and deals with the visible, as well as the invisible part of human existence.
Gomez also vindicates Joseph Ratzinger, who was on the job some twenty years earlier! And even more surprising Gomez agrees with our very early analysis stemming from the same period, that we are essentially dealing here with a form of Utopianism that aims at establishing a Paradise on Earth, hence the working title of a still born book, "The Dystopia of Paradise".
Gomez and Fradd explain why these "dangerous substitutes" are so extreme, harsh and uncompromising in their politics resulting in intolerance and injustice. Gomez' solution to this problem is to proclaim the true Christianity. Boldly and creatively. With charity and confidence and without fear. "We should not be intimidated". Courage is contagious. Amen.
Nov. 25, 2021 Pints With Aquinas: Archbishop Gomez Vs Wokeism.
DR. JOHN VERVAEKE: "THE ANSWER TO NIHILISM IS TO REMEMBER TO FALL IN LOVE WITH REALITY..
Nov. 26, 2021 Jordan Peterson Podcast: Meaning, Awe, and the Conceptualization of God | Compilation.
UPDATE: Over the last few weeks, we have put together a series entitled "Meaning, Awe and the Conceptualization of God" for the Jordan B Peterson Podcast. This series was built around investigating the various methods and practices that humans use to conceptualize God. This investigation leads us down the path of exploring meaning and awe. Why are we struck by awe when viewing a beautiful painting? Why does walking inside the door of a great Cathedral take our breath away? What is the relationship between these experiences and God? (More)
WHAT TO DO WHEN NIHILISM HAS BECOME THE DOMINANT CULTURE?RATZINGER KNOWS BEST..TO LIVE AS IF GOD EXISTS (btw, that's not the highest aim)
Nov. 22, 2021 The Symbolic World: "Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity", with Christopher Kaczor and Matthew Petrusek.
UPDATE: Christopher Kaczor and Matthew Petrusek are two Catholic scholars and Word on Fire fellows who wrote a book about Jordan Peterson, titled "Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life". Here we discuss their book, the impact Jordan Peterson has made and how some of his core ideas relate to Christianity and the world right now. (More)
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