a good reminder

 






"In true faith
the ultimate concern is a concern about the truly ultimate;
while in idolatrous faith preliminary,
finite realities are elevated to the rank of ultimacy. 
 The inescapable consequence of idolatrous faith
 is 'existential disappointment,' 
 a disappointment which penetrates
into the very existence of man! 
This is the dynamics of idolatrous faith:
 that it is faith, and as such,
the centered act of a personality;
that the entering point is
 something which is more or less on the periphery;
and that, therefore,
the act of faith leads to a loss of center
 and to a disruption of the personality. 
The ecstatic character of even idolatrous faith
can hide this consequence only for a certain time. 
But finally it breaks into the open."

                                   

                                  --Paul Tillich, The Dynamics of Faith, Chapter 1.3








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the important thing is

The important thing is to learn to distinguish the left behind from the right behind.






      ......from:  craig ..over on Lutheran surrealism
















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an ignatian plea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soul of Christ, sanctify me

Body of Christ, save me

Blood of Christ, inebriate me

Water from the side of Christ, wash me

Passion of Christ, strengthen me

O good Jesus, hear me

Within Thy wounds hide me

Permit me not to be separated from Thee

From the malicious enemy defend me

In the hour of my death call me

And bid me come unto Thee

That with thy Saints I may praise Thee

Forever and ever

Amen

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i paraphrase jonathan haidt

the very concept of the University
is degraded by the presumption
that Truth and Social Justice
can coexist as mutual teleologies


to insist upon one
is to at least partially
negate the other
















......yeah well I guess there's an inherent challenge in all that


















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investigating the possibility of dark matter

cocktails have always been good for science




                                           Katherine Freese














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sometimes you just have to stand your ground

I'm not saying those goddamn pronouns!






                     Jordan Peterson PhD.  ... Canadian hero
























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when the saints go marching in

the rejection of self-love by Protestants
belongs to their depreciation of secondary causes.
but in this way they stop up the wellspring of joy
and all human activity.


                              hans urs von balthasar
















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