tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post488546747728598798..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Religion and DecadenceJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-27318100322304430712018-01-19T11:46:05.526-05:002018-01-19T11:46:05.526-05:00@David, yes, I also wonder how much seriousness we...@David, yes, I also wonder how much seriousness we can stand. I linked some time ago to an essay that promoted forgetting; too much reflection on the past, the writer said, and you end up like the Serbs or even the Israelis and Palestinians, obsessing over how to interpret every historical moment.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-85197204725409709992018-01-19T09:01:40.189-05:002018-01-19T09:01:40.189-05:00I agree with John and Szopen. Though I would also...I agree with John and Szopen. Though I would also agree with Douthat that deep internal divisions are a sign that a society is grappling with deep, serious questions. Witness the United States today. I think that's what Douthat is really saying, and I also think he's at least as much against a bland, pablumish religion as he is against consumerist secularism.<br /><br />Perhaps the question is, do we want a society that grapples with deep, serious questions? The members of such a society almost inevitably find that they don't like many of their fellow citizens' answers, that the feeling is mutual, and that no resolution is possible save some combination of exhaustion, state control, consumerism, and a return to politics-as-patronage.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-34854634612149329162018-01-19T04:37:49.380-05:002018-01-19T04:37:49.380-05:00I hear you.
There is nothing more annoying than wh...I hear you.<br />There is nothing more annoying than when a religious person assumes that because you are atheist, you most likely ignore moral question - or, even worse, you are amoral. szopenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219188379320432806noreply@blogger.com