Current thots:
The Bene Gesserit Littany Against Fear:
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
~Dune, Frank Herbert
"It is the job of the media to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." ~Inherit the Wind
(It seems to me the media isnt doing its job very well)
"He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind." ~The Bible
(While we're on the subject of that wonderful play
. I quite think that if Christians listen to some of their own teachings such as the above, "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven" and "Judge not, lest ye yourself shall be judged." the world would be a more harmonious place. I mean Im not speaking about all Christians, I have many wonderful Christian friends, I should really say the "religious right", which happen to be Christian in most cases.)
Anyway thats the word for today. Still thinking on leadership. Not one of us intellectuals in this time of apathy, but all of us should strive to make some waves. Maybe the people will wake up.
~Abunai
The Bene Gesserit Littany Against Fear:
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
~Dune, Frank Herbert
"It is the job of the media to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." ~Inherit the Wind
(It seems to me the media isnt doing its job very well)
"He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind." ~The Bible
(While we're on the subject of that wonderful play
. I quite think that if Christians listen to some of their own teachings such as the above, "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven" and "Judge not, lest ye yourself shall be judged." the world would be a more harmonious place. I mean Im not speaking about all Christians, I have many wonderful Christian friends, I should really say the "religious right", which happen to be Christian in most cases.)
Anyway thats the word for today. Still thinking on leadership. Not one of us intellectuals in this time of apathy, but all of us should strive to make some waves. Maybe the people will wake up.
~Abunai
it is true that a broad swath of evangelical and catholic christians are pretty far from Christ.
take my parents, for example, hard core catholics who believe that life begins at conception and extol the sanctity of life when it comes to abortion, but are in favor of the death penalty
christians are a bloody war-mongering lot - mind you, they justify their bloodthirstiness with notions like Just War etcetera but the fact remains that they are about as intolerant a class of bigots as the islamic mullahs they wish to eradicate
I think the lack of intellectual leadership is the result of our corrupted and bankrupt age