It makes me wonder how far back nefarious schemers, like those responsible for the continued erosion of Europe go. It would certainly appear centuries, if not millennia. There's nothing new under the sun.
Anyone that sells a reality absent of God is a charlatan. It's all a fantasy that vanishes under even the most basic of scrutiny. That's why the only response you'll get from the people who've adopted this "new normal" is name calling. They can't defend their position, because they've not been told anything other than people who disagree are the enemy.
It's been such a relief that over the last couple of years I've seen more and more people snapping out of the coma they were in and realising that their fantasy world is now a hellscape. I think the first step to ridding ourselves of these parasites is to identify them. Unfortunately for Brits our overlords believe that pointing out the issue, or indeed those responsible, is the worst crime imaginable.
What an intelligent and insightful remark. Your experience related here shows how we recognise reality and the disaster that resulted from its denial, combined with a note on how many are coming to the same conclusion according to the evidence presented by “progress”. Well said. Thank you.
It’s the same condition on repeat. Milton’s Satan argues from a point of severe pride and wounded ego that he should have the right to his own destiny and cracks the shits when he’s told ‘sit down you’re not in control’
It’s Ahab and his megalomaniacal hunt for the deity in the whale - that cursed whale who is God almighty and the severity of his punishment. Needless to say, Ahab and the members of the pequod all go to their death except one…
I just finished a very good book which cites De Maistre a few times: Nihilism, written by Father Seraphim Rose in the early 1960's. Like De Maistre, Father Seraphim explains why we're living through such rampant evil and madness today. It was striking to me how accurately he predicted our current situation.
He describes four stages of Nihilism that developed and took hold in the West, not only among many intellectuals but also among the masses: Liberalism, Realism, Vitalism, and the Nihilism of Destruction. At heart they are all anti-God, anti-civilization and intent on destroying all of the "Old Order." He also describes the various "new ages" and "new men" that Nihilists promote, and how all of this ultimately leads to the Antichrist and Hell on earth.
Father Seraphim led a heroic life. He fell into falsehood as a young man and struggled with severe personal demons, but he returned to Christianity, and it appears that he overcame those demons. He also was impressively learned, and understood human nature. He wrote,
"It is impossible to extinguish the thirst for truth which God has implanted in man to lead them to Him, and which can only be satisfied in the acceptance of His Revelation."
Unfortunately, by denying God, perverting that thirst for truth and imposing new gods on us, Nihilism has led many of us down hellish paths.
Thank you William I was unaware of Fr. Rose, and though am no expert on De Maistre find something thrilling and also often amusing every time I return to him.
1:36 PM here on the East Coast of America. GMT -6 I will check back in around 1:44. Frank leads us down unknown paths, dark wormholes, philosophically lost continents.
Man cannot transcend his limits by his own means. Progress is a fiction in the sense of inexorable moral uplift. Man’s nature does not change, and cannot be changed by believing it can be. To make all men enemies of civilisation in the cause of Liberty is to mobilise all humanity in a declaration of war - against God, and the Common Good which flows from the recognition of His sovereignty.
This means that all attempts to liberate Man by appeals to human progress are wicked, and will produce exactly the sort of universal damage we witness today in every dimension of our lives.
The disaster we call the new normal has been permitted by the supply of the false beliefs of the revolution as reality to the masses.
When you pass my freighter on the dark seas, Dear Wrighter, as two ships in the night- send up a flare. As so shall I.
It makes me wonder how far back nefarious schemers, like those responsible for the continued erosion of Europe go. It would certainly appear centuries, if not millennia. There's nothing new under the sun.
Anyone that sells a reality absent of God is a charlatan. It's all a fantasy that vanishes under even the most basic of scrutiny. That's why the only response you'll get from the people who've adopted this "new normal" is name calling. They can't defend their position, because they've not been told anything other than people who disagree are the enemy.
It's been such a relief that over the last couple of years I've seen more and more people snapping out of the coma they were in and realising that their fantasy world is now a hellscape. I think the first step to ridding ourselves of these parasites is to identify them. Unfortunately for Brits our overlords believe that pointing out the issue, or indeed those responsible, is the worst crime imaginable.
What an intelligent and insightful remark. Your experience related here shows how we recognise reality and the disaster that resulted from its denial, combined with a note on how many are coming to the same conclusion according to the evidence presented by “progress”. Well said. Thank you.
It’s the same condition on repeat. Milton’s Satan argues from a point of severe pride and wounded ego that he should have the right to his own destiny and cracks the shits when he’s told ‘sit down you’re not in control’
It’s Ahab and his megalomaniacal hunt for the deity in the whale - that cursed whale who is God almighty and the severity of his punishment. Needless to say, Ahab and the members of the pequod all go to their death except one…
I just finished a very good book which cites De Maistre a few times: Nihilism, written by Father Seraphim Rose in the early 1960's. Like De Maistre, Father Seraphim explains why we're living through such rampant evil and madness today. It was striking to me how accurately he predicted our current situation.
He describes four stages of Nihilism that developed and took hold in the West, not only among many intellectuals but also among the masses: Liberalism, Realism, Vitalism, and the Nihilism of Destruction. At heart they are all anti-God, anti-civilization and intent on destroying all of the "Old Order." He also describes the various "new ages" and "new men" that Nihilists promote, and how all of this ultimately leads to the Antichrist and Hell on earth.
Father Seraphim led a heroic life. He fell into falsehood as a young man and struggled with severe personal demons, but he returned to Christianity, and it appears that he overcame those demons. He also was impressively learned, and understood human nature. He wrote,
"It is impossible to extinguish the thirst for truth which God has implanted in man to lead them to Him, and which can only be satisfied in the acceptance of His Revelation."
Unfortunately, by denying God, perverting that thirst for truth and imposing new gods on us, Nihilism has led many of us down hellish paths.
Now I need to read De Maistre!
Thank you William I was unaware of Fr. Rose, and though am no expert on De Maistre find something thrilling and also often amusing every time I return to him.
Rose is unreal - also recommend; Orthodoxy and the religion of the future by Rose
Predicts with absolute precision what we are seeing today (nature worship, UFO’s etc)
Sounds like a great find. Thank you!
Please start a podcast and voice any future audiobooks!!
That is a very encouraging remark David and I would love to devote more time to talking about books. Thank you.
Love this post, Frank - sort of reminds me of my own journey from the wilderness of humanist indoctrination into the light of REALITY!
Thank you!
1:36 PM here on the East Coast of America. GMT -6 I will check back in around 1:44. Frank leads us down unknown paths, dark wormholes, philosophically lost continents.
I do like the 'Third Verse'
Man cannot transcend his limits by his own means. Progress is a fiction in the sense of inexorable moral uplift. Man’s nature does not change, and cannot be changed by believing it can be. To make all men enemies of civilisation in the cause of Liberty is to mobilise all humanity in a declaration of war - against God, and the Common Good which flows from the recognition of His sovereignty.
This means that all attempts to liberate Man by appeals to human progress are wicked, and will produce exactly the sort of universal damage we witness today in every dimension of our lives.
The disaster we call the new normal has been permitted by the supply of the false beliefs of the revolution as reality to the masses.
When you pass my freighter on the dark seas, Dear Wrighter, as two ships in the night- send up a flare. As so shall I.
Thank you Frank.
Thank you very very much.
Blessings from Aus.
"...a superior intelligence..."
There's an app for that.
lol (NOTLOL)
Thanks for my ….not so early morning smile.