"Aggressive Ignorance And Christianity's Failure To Champion Truth"

 

When The Electorate Is This Stupid, Is Any Delusional Thinking Out Of Bounds?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/when-electorate-is-this-stupid-is-any.html

Wow. What A Concept! If You Study, You'll Know More Than The Dimwits Who Elected Trump

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/wow-what-concept-if-you-study-youll.html

Dear F,

Thanks for your email.

Life -- including political life -- has always been a struggle.

I think World War II (which was, in my view, an extension of World War I) was so horrible -- what with gas warfare in World War I and the Atomic Bomb (cum Holocaust) in World War -- that Americans got "sick of war" during the post-war period, that charmed era in which you and I grew up.

It is an inconvenient truth that we humans are contentious cusses -- and that orneriness coupled with the atavistic appeal of simian chest-thumping -- have finally made us grumpy with peace.

Homo sapiens needs an enemy.

As I see it, humankind's obvious enemies are disease, poverty and, more recently, global warming.

Although it is true that scientifically oriented people get excited by battling humankind's common enemies, the dimwits -- and they are legion -- need to smell blood in the air, and burnt flesh on the wind.

Young bucks everywhere imagine war as a glorious, idealistic thing .

And old bucks everywhere are eager to take advantage of young dumbfuxs. 

Again, I draw your attention to my a.m. post: 

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/07/dumfuckistan-how-do-i-loathe-thee-let.html

Your email mentions the failure of the educational system.

It's not so much failure of the educational system as failure of families (whom Cowboy Capitalism has converted from Citizenship to Consumerism) to inculcate passion for deep learning. One can argue that this "family failure" may be a failure of education but I do not see religious authorities teaching "the faithful" that it is a "sin" not to revere Science and Learning. 

Church authorities are too busy enhancing their power-over-the-collection-plate by making people afraid of God's bottom-line terrorization - Armageddon in this life, and Hell in the next.

"Has America Lost Its Mind?" 1A's Brilliant Interview With "Fantasyland's" Kurt Andersen
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/has-america-lost-its-mind-1as-brilliant.html

Televangelist Jim Bakker Resurrected: If This Doesn't Scare The Bejesus Out Of You, Repent For Your End Is Near!
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/televangelist-jim-bakker-resurrected-if.html

Many Christians Live In An Unbreakable Bubble Of Biblical And Theological Dunderheadedness

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/many-christians-live-in-unbreakable.html

Just this morning I was outlining an essay in my head concerning Christianity's lip service to love, while preparing for Armageddon as the only godly way to purge humanity of its sins, to wipe the slate clean. 

"My Gripe With Christianity"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-gripe-with-christianity.html

It Is Important To Know These Things So Religion Doesn't Do You More Harm Than Good

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/it-is-important-to-know-these-things-so.html

What Too Many Christians Get Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/what-way-too-many-christians-get-wrong.html

Jesus: Festive Tippler And Friend Of Whores, Publicans, Tax Collectors And Sundry Sinners

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/jesus-festive-wine-bibber-and-friend-of.html

The Christian Doctrine Of Damnation... And The Destruction Of Christ-Spirit

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-christian-doctrine-of-damnation-and.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Organized Religion And The Everyday Validation Of Violence

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on.html

In the meantime, I suggest it is organized Christianity's primary purpose to teach -- in every way possible -- that EVERYTHING hinges on the primacy of Truth illuminated by Reason. 

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ: "Research As Adoration"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/scientific-research-as-adoration-pierre.html

"Theosis, Service And The Future Of Christianity"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/theosis-service-and-future-of.html

John Ford, John Wayne, Aquinas And Theosis (Christian Divinization)

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/12/more-on-theosis.html

Aquinas, St. Symeon The New Theologian And Their Spiritual Kin

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/08/aquinas-stsymeon-new-theologian-and.html

"Since God Doesn't Heal Amputees, Humankind Will. The Future Of Christian Theology"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/since-god-doesnt-heal-amputees.html

“God became man that man might become God"

Church Father, St. Athanasius 

http://biblethumpingliberal.com/2011/10/28/god-became-man-that-man-might-become-god/

Trump has seized power because Americans have NEVER been so contemptuous of Truth as they are now, evangelizing pigheaded ignorance with more zeal than Trump grabbing pussy. 

As recently as The Greatest Generation - my maternal grandfather among them - blue collar workers deferred to the knowledgability of "The Learned." 

But now blue collar workers are contemptuous of learning, and - by extension - they're contemptuous of expertise. 

For the first 12 months of his "administration" Trump did not even have a "Science Advisor" - and when SOBMF finally chose one, he selected a 31 year old with a degree in political science. WTF!?!?!

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 2:22 PM, FV wrote:

Dear A

I heard a disheartening statistic on one of this morning's shows that featured a holocaust survivor.

22% of millenials never heard of the holocaust. Add that to the nay sayers and the self absorbed social media generation and its no wonder  white nationalism or fascism or any of the isms of that time don't  scare this country like it once did. 

Another sign of the failed educational system. 

Love

F