Tag: SOCIETY

WHERE FREEDOM IS

WHERE FREEDOM IS

Whatever our view of the beginnings of mankind, we can imagine the first humans having a huge amount of freedom... There-wherever it was-the first man and the first woman wandered the land. In every direction they looked they were free to roam. There were no streets, no traffic lights, no private lands, no "No Trespassing" … Continue reading WHERE FREEDOM IS

THE POST-TRUTH POST

THE POST-TRUTH POST

Two kinds of people are interested in the type of culture we live in today-those who are concerned about it, and hope and pray to reverse the negative trends, and those who are promoting the negative trends... Of course, the promoters, the drivers of our social and political world, don't see their view as being … Continue reading THE POST-TRUTH POST

THE UNPREPARED PILGRIMS

THE UNPREPARED PILGRIMS

I'll confess I'm not an authority on churchy affairs, but perhaps that's a good thing. Perhaps it's time political correctness within the church faced a little more opposition from those who aren't under its power... I've no doubt that many or most church ministers are working hard and doing their best for their congregations and … Continue reading THE UNPREPARED PILGRIMS

IS THIS THE AGE OF ANTI-TRUTH?

IS THIS THE AGE OF ANTI-TRUTH?

Truth was once a universally-accepted standard which was "out of style"*. Then truth became whatever you wanted it to be. Now political correctness is attempting to muscle out of existence all opposing views of truth, in order to impose its own...   Many people have written and commented on post-modernism, and on the "post-truth" age, … Continue reading IS THIS THE AGE OF ANTI-TRUTH?

FAUX: THE NEW REAL

FAUX: THE NEW REAL

In my higgorance and naivety I've fallen for the fancy synonym for "fake" too many times, and in this case, once is too many times... All kinds of things are advertised as being "faux" these days, the word being paraded as though "faux" were something chic, valuable and amazingly desirable. And of course many things … Continue reading FAUX: THE NEW REAL