There are some pretty disturbing things happening in the world right now and the sum of these has been added to with the election of Donald Trump to president of USA again bringing along with him many of the odious scoundrels who were in his entourage last time but now with the addition of egregious billionaire who he is sanctifying as oligarchs. Whew! That was a mouthful as the actress said to the bishop.
Disturbing too is the overtness of much of the odiousness. Trump and his lackeys make no pretence any more of their intentions and are pushing through damaging, cruel and mean legislation that will in the short and the long term create misery for the weakest in society. This plays into the hands of the white supremacists and Neo-fascists who have wormed their ways into worldwide political systems and, to my disgust christians and christian church groups who ignore the terrible things that Trump does and says as long as he fits in with their agenda of suppressing women, LGBTQ people and non-christians. Our own Robert - Rob, the artist formerly known as Rob - fits in here. In a recent post he wrote:
"It's refreshing to see President Trump's common sense stance on transgenderism".
Rob
I wonder what his opinion of Elon Musk is? (No doubt I'll pretend to be Rob and write a comment soon if he doesn't enlighten us). Musk, a man who has made a fortune on the backs of others is a reactionary white supremacist and Neo-fascist supporting 'influencer' but, a christian to boot who boasts having fathered a dozen children - is every Catholic person's role model.
Since his fascist - Nazi-like salutes at Trump's inauguration the other day, Musk has doubled down unapologetically on his behaviour thereby influencing and encouraging white supremacist and Neo-Nazi groups around the world and has given open support to the very dangerous German far right AfD party.
Have a look at this if you haven't already.
Life initiating art?
You betcha. If you've read Orwell's Animal Farm or 1984, viewed The Hunger Games or The Handmaid's Tale or even read Shelley's poem Ozymandias or T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land you'll recognise some of the images, phrases and sentiment. Sadly we are all on the ride in a hand basket to hell or, as Robert as Rob puts it"
"So go see your nearest priest and get back on the train to heaven."
Rob
16 comments:
I hope your paint has dried by now.
I don't know why he thinks I support Elon Musk. If TC is right about his neo-nazi leanings then equating a dangerous political system to a culture is bad.
If you say it three times I might disappear.
Trump gained a lot of the Catholic vote by being seen to be the lesser of two evils on some issues. I am in no way a big supporter. His policies on immigration, isolationism, and the environment are as he might say "bad".
Well, all I can say is that I hope that decision bites all those American Catholics on the bum. Unfortunately their narrow-minded attitude has caused a lot of stress and suffering to millions of lower socio-economic groups. That's hardly 'Christian is it?
Don't forget that Fr. Woodcock (very unfortunate name) is Christian AND Catholic (and a paedophile).
RBB
Thanks anyway, but I won't be celebrating his memory.
I've noticed before that you guys write as though being a Christian and Catholic are two different things. Christ established the Catholic church, hierarchy and all, and therefore all Catholics are Christian. Of course whether we behave in a Christian manner is another matter. "Inter dicere et facere est Oceanum".
Crap!
The church hierarchy was created way after Jesus lived.
Hold on Sunshine. You yourself said this in your last post:
“Baptism can not be undone. No more than being a Catholic. If you deny the teachings of the one true Church then you are a heretic. By definition all protestants are heretics. It's like being a devorcee. Once married always married. In a similar way I consider long term relationships to fall here too. Marriage is in essence a contract. The Church may bless it, and /or turn it into a sacrament, but the only option is separation. Any thing else is adultery or fornification.”
Sounds like a separation to me.
I think you've dropped the ball there.
"I think you've dropped one of your two balls there." That would have been a more precise statement.
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Still no post.
I think you've dropped a marble.
Funny.
I just heard the mailman’s van.
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