tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post8907604373112470071..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: The Catholic Barnum and BaileyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-15990735718665641922011-11-16T08:05:59.141-06:002011-11-16T08:05:59.141-06:00It seems there is a penchant among Americans – esp...It seems there is a penchant among Americans – especially younger ones – towards seeking after ‘spiritual leaders’ with silver tongues. It’s not new of course – and not confined to the US, but notable here. Back in the 60s it was ‘Eastern mysticism’ which was the attraction, with ‘celebrities’ (including Thomas Merton and the Beatles) touting assorted Indian gurus, Oriental religions and ‘transcendental meditation’.<br /><br />Invariably it ends up badly from a spiritual point of view with disappointment, disillusionment and subsequent loss of Faith for one-time Catholics. <br /><br />Of course we were warned about this a long time ago by St. Paul’s words to Timothy about people: “heaping to themselves teachers, having itching ears…”<br /><br />As Chesterton sagely noted: “When people stop believing the big things, they don’t believe nothing. They believe anything.”GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-26649725855972895552011-11-14T12:11:34.985-06:002011-11-14T12:11:34.985-06:00A marvelous sentiment for Mr. West.
Let's hop...A marvelous sentiment for Mr. West.<br /><br />Let's hope he does turn backSteve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-71247962779897431762011-11-14T11:08:34.620-06:002011-11-14T11:08:34.620-06:00How sheeple can continue to follow a belweather fr...How sheeple can continue to follow a belweather from hell, and still presume to be on a road to heaven, need many prayers; for conversion, repentance, REPARATION and exodus.<br />No matter how good the fruit might look on the outside, if it is rotten at the core, it is simply rotten. You are on the wrong road. Turn back.marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08256286792054844716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-21118041524933668312011-11-12T10:44:38.280-06:002011-11-12T10:44:38.280-06:00So, if West can successfully promote himself into ...<b><i>So, if West can successfully promote himself into the leadership, or at least into a starring role in the Legion, everyone will make out like a bandit.</i></b><br /><br />I don't know, but wouldn't it be that West started pandering to the LC cult to make up for the irreversible dimming of his "Ferris Bueller" status within the Catholic Celebrity subculture...?<br /><br />As far as I know, nobody has been putting him <i>on the side of the angels</i> lately...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com