tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899098797230190526.post629147091488187644..comments2022-08-13T19:16:13.926-07:00Comments on Contra Niche: The Theater of the Christian PunditAugusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899098797230190526.post-26303118986008952162014-02-18T07:53:29.313-08:002014-02-18T07:53:29.313-08:00I think God is, if there is still such a thing as ...I think God is, if there is still such a thing as revelation, calling for such a thing. Unfortunately, progressivism is such a total disease that you can be told to 'build a city' and then turn around and reinterpret that right back into draining all your resources so your daughters can teach poor kids bible songs.<br />Or you end up with that Republican version in Florida. I don't know what it is like now, but it always struck me as an expensive subdivision.<br />I suspect you have to start with easily defendable land, and then hope people generally don't notice or value what you are doing for a long while.Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899098797230190526.post-85967173258518707772014-02-18T06:29:19.507-08:002014-02-18T06:29:19.507-08:00Church hierarchs are stuck in the Imperial model o...Church hierarchs are stuck in the Imperial model of advisors and counselors to monarchs, evangelizing to the pagans and caring for the poor. Now, its the democratic mob, Muslims settle in Christendom, and the poor indulge in the pleasures of the Biblical rich. <br /><br />In such an age, I argue that the Church should focus on obtaining space for her flock to live a Christian life. That's what the Amish and Hasidim do. <br /><br />I get the idea that a lot of people like to imagine themselves as St. Paul before Herod Agrippa.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.com