Come together they did for the population sermon on ABCTV . It wasn't exactly said , but the problem wasn't us and our use of resources , but others outside the church who were creating this huge problem of resource use.
Whatever you think of John Elliot, he was right about 1 thing - the way to reduced abuse of resources is still through economic growth - and reducing wasteful reactionary experimentation.
Too of the high priests called Bob and Tim haven't studied economics , so the ABC just didn't go there.
Amazing how much easier it is for the ABC to find something to debate when the pathetic prejudices of people come to light at election time . As always , Qandary started and ended in one.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The Vicars of Dismay
Jennifer Byrne was in some dismay the other day. She invited Hitchens to the lectern , only to find he's preaching heresy . The shock jocks get a real shock - now there's novelty ! Well , according to her anyway he was being heretical ; she called him racist .
For many switched off ABC watchers of the past , the lack of encouragement to celebrate life, in purely secular books, is very noticable.
Hitchens , it seems to me, is honest to his worldview . Jennifer on the other hand , while she's not alone in living in the past ' is holding onto doctrines that just don't stand up to the historical evidence - specifically - the failure of the modern women's movement to liberate women, and its partner - secularism and reactionaries failure to inspire anyone but the Stoics .
One only has to look at the very popular but highly reactionary Vicar of Dibley ( and other very popular reality cum fantasy cum comedy shows) to see how reactionaries, like marxists, build their case and maintain their momentum ( shock value) by using someone else foundations .
The long term problem for the reactionary position is that doesn't have any sustainability on its own - its somewhat parasitic ( guess why the ABC are not running "The war on Everything Anymore? read my predictions for ABC's Rage ) . Dawn French cannot keep up the pretence of being so available without dragging the story down. And the dumb and stupid people in church never alone keep one going . The constant tearing down of the foundations leaves little to keep building on .
If you think this careless tearing down of the tough stuff is not happening in the West , observe the failure of secularism to inspire women and the unconscious way the issue of motivation is now going to be a key Australian election issue for our culture ( education , migration, influence and leadership) In other words, its not just people that threaten us but the very power of their ideas . Clearly like the Trotskyites of old, the target is misplaced.
The biggest mistake the atheistic led reaction to religion make today , is not to confess that, there is a danger and we all share that danger ; we are all religious . If religion is dangerous we are all in danger from our own ideas . While many secularist appear to me to be in denial about this the failure of their world-view to provide powerful value frameworks will only become more evident; projecting this lack onto those that have strong doctrine will be finally just noise and ineffective .
Strong doctrine is needed . Only by targeting the doctrines of a religious position will anyone be effective in resisting the dangers . Young western people will continue to become Islamic and Buddhist because the target of the reactionaries is too broad . The only solution offered by reactionaries is to follow their parents into a cul de sac.
After all "All you need is Love" means all things to all men . It's " true" and quite "religious" but it means nothing to say it . Might as well say is "All you need is dopamine or testosterone " .Like so many facts its without context = a loose and private collection of mere facts . Targets are either empty or highly destructive if they don't identify the bullsh and prejudice that went into holding them up
For many switched off ABC watchers of the past , the lack of encouragement to celebrate life, in purely secular books, is very noticable.
Hitchens , it seems to me, is honest to his worldview . Jennifer on the other hand , while she's not alone in living in the past ' is holding onto doctrines that just don't stand up to the historical evidence - specifically - the failure of the modern women's movement to liberate women, and its partner - secularism and reactionaries failure to inspire anyone but the Stoics .
One only has to look at the very popular but highly reactionary Vicar of Dibley ( and other very popular reality cum fantasy cum comedy shows) to see how reactionaries, like marxists, build their case and maintain their momentum ( shock value) by using someone else foundations .
The long term problem for the reactionary position is that doesn't have any sustainability on its own - its somewhat parasitic ( guess why the ABC are not running "The war on Everything Anymore? read my predictions for ABC's Rage ) . Dawn French cannot keep up the pretence of being so available without dragging the story down. And the dumb and stupid people in church never alone keep one going . The constant tearing down of the foundations leaves little to keep building on .
If you think this careless tearing down of the tough stuff is not happening in the West , observe the failure of secularism to inspire women and the unconscious way the issue of motivation is now going to be a key Australian election issue for our culture ( education , migration, influence and leadership) In other words, its not just people that threaten us but the very power of their ideas . Clearly like the Trotskyites of old, the target is misplaced.
The biggest mistake the atheistic led reaction to religion make today , is not to confess that, there is a danger and we all share that danger ; we are all religious . If religion is dangerous we are all in danger from our own ideas . While many secularist appear to me to be in denial about this the failure of their world-view to provide powerful value frameworks will only become more evident; projecting this lack onto those that have strong doctrine will be finally just noise and ineffective .
Strong doctrine is needed . Only by targeting the doctrines of a religious position will anyone be effective in resisting the dangers . Young western people will continue to become Islamic and Buddhist because the target of the reactionaries is too broad . The only solution offered by reactionaries is to follow their parents into a cul de sac.
After all "All you need is Love" means all things to all men . It's " true" and quite "religious" but it means nothing to say it . Might as well say is "All you need is dopamine or testosterone " .Like so many facts its without context = a loose and private collection of mere facts . Targets are either empty or highly destructive if they don't identify the bullsh and prejudice that went into holding them up
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Women should leave this church
The more I think about this picture on the wall of the church, the more it makes me sad.
The ABC have been promoting it for ages like it says something significant about good ART .Its rather symbolises the doldrums and cul de sacs in ART .
After all, the men seem to get "the fantasy "bit , while the women get "the heaps of regrets "; and our kids are still stuck in this bad dream in a bigger way than we were.
Tell me I am wrong . If its true, its a crime, and its not fiction .If its true , many men are hypocritical and are afraid to tell the whole truth .
Too many broken hearts - too many avoidable mistakes. If there was absolution in this church, they wouldn't have to keep playing this depresssing lament every time we go to worship .
Outside of it , Love can still change everything even when you have failed . Ask the toughest men you have ever met (eg Martin Luther King, Mandella and Ghandi)
All men are not liars, but their little brains don't need much information to present it as an excuse to get what they want (esp the new tricks like contraceptives ,drugs,danger, good times, quickfix ).
Men are not simply two faced about sex and love, they just hide some of their feelings when an nice shape comes along and... they share the same dilemma as most human beings - they don't quite know what they want and how to get it, so when 5 minutes of fun turns up they are tempted to take it.
The important BOTTOM LINE HERE is this FACT: There isn't a male on the planet who wants to marry a women who gives herself away. If you want you or your daughters to have long relationships you need to face those facts and talk about it more openly - come out!
Whatever happened to the passion of women for their own? You don't have to be a wowser - just clear and ' yes I've changed my mind or, no its being strong like we need to be " . I used to enjoy the passion of "The coming out show" even though I sensed it was too reactionary and not well targeted enough to drive good practice with the failed sharing practice in many marriages . Of course you can leave , and yes it will make you a better person.
So, men are not by nature the problem . The problem was the sexual freedom argument was too simple, too smart and too much suited our tendency to blame the other person; a simple excuse attractive to rebellious teenagers with more hormone than experience and good sense in their veins.
Time, I say to dig a bit deeper and sing a different chorus. Time to, in practice, structure and place of worship, recognise that men and women are different .Their genes and bodies say so . Time to recognise that we like it that way, so how do we respect each other differences and support each others strengths and weaknesses?
Time for truth and confession in church
If we care about each other, we will know that some kids have no role models in these matters, but they desperately need them . Seeing adults deal with and admit their wrong choices can really help them.
So what if women tend to BE fickle and men to tend to fail to see beyond the logic of the little brain. Women are often more emotional, men more objective . How can we , all so different, build courage and conviction for our children to grow comfortable in old age together.
We've been watching . "THE GOOD LIFE" , that great old BBC drama, built around lifestyle choices, but whose real strength is in the way 4 very different people learn to live together and stay together to enjoy the next round of potentially life exploding tension . Pamper yourself, enjoy watching a bit of fair fighting. Afterwards, don't just sit their in the pews listening to long but very incomplete and same old same old excuses for a good sermon that leaves at least half the congregation without any absolution .
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