Posted on 10/09/2016 1:25:12 PM PDT by Kaslin
Mid-twentieth-century C. S. Lewis witnessed and wrote about the increasing moral breakdown and intellectual decay of Western civilization. He observed how secular and atheistic academics, philosophers, politicians, intellectuals, and cultural elites abandoned reason, denied universal truths, undermined Christian doctrines, and rejected moral principles that formed the foundation of civilized society. "Lewis walked our cultural ground," explained Chris R. Armstrong. "He lived, as we do, in a society that denied objective value; lacked a coherent social ethic; wallowed in instant gratification, sexual license, moral evasion, and blame-shifting; and failed to pass on a moral framework to its children."
In his book The Abolition of Man, Lewis warned that moral relativism (the denial of universal and objective moral truths and principles), foolish emotionalism, and the rejection of reason would bring about cultural decay and growing depravity. When societies fail to teach morality and train the hearts of men to embrace and emulate virtuous behavior, they produce "Men without Chests," individuals who are intelligent but behave like animals – men who don't practice the virtues and are controlled by their appetites. Such men will lose their humanity, prophesied Lewis; they will no longer be human.
Many decades have passed since Lewis wrote his book, and things have gotten much worse. While mainstream secular society still maintains that honor, ethics, and integrity matter, it has increasingly attacked, silenced, or destroyed those institutions and organizations that used to teach moral principles and universal truths that instilled honor and character into men's hearts and souls.
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oh okay. Thanks.
Trying to have some fun....and I do luv dolphins...
Thanks for another great post.
All villains think they are the heroes in their own minds.
For the common good is a good excuse for tyranny, and those restricting freedom don’t care that that is the definition of tyranny.
C.S.Lewis wrote Screwtape Letters,
Very interesting stuff.
I have read several of his books.
I should read more and lose this
dumb phone.
Tyranny,,
Theft by political power.
Theft of life,liberty and
The pursuit of happiness.
My favorite three are the Great Divorce, Abolition of Man, and Pilgrim's Regress, but I like them all (I mean his books for adults, not so much Narnia). Mircales and The Problem of Pain are great if you are into apologetics. Warning about Pilgrim's Regress...its a weird one, first book he wrote since becoming a Christian I think, and he was a bit less charitable in it than his others.
21 of the Best Mere Christianity Quotes from C.S. Lewis
http://www.churchleaders.com/daily-buzz/264816-21-of-the-best-mere-christianity-quotes-from-c-s-lewis.html
...Poodles.
http://www.google.com/#q=man+bun+at+gym
Indoor gyms do have the benefit of providing equipment for isolating specific muscle groups - facilitating injury prevention for actual manly activities.
But my favorite "Gym" routine these days involves about 6 hours a week with shovel and a wheelbarrow.
Shovel, wheel, dump, repeat.
EHRLICHMAN: Hot pants!
NIXON: Jeeeeezus Chr[CENSORED]
For those still young enough to avoid injuries, shovel, wheel, dump, repeat will help. But, I do believe that many of us are taking better care of ourselves than our smoking, drinking grandparents. Unfortunately, rates of obesity have skyrocketed. People are eating junk food. It may be a worse habit than smoking.
"The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surprising result will follow. If in your working hours you make the work your end, you will presently find yourself all unawares inside the only circle in your profession that really matters. You will be one of the sound craftsmen, and other sound craftsmen will know it.
This group of craftsmen will by no means coincide with the Inner Ring or the Important People or the People in the Know.
It will not shape that professional policy or work up that professional influence which fights for the profession as a whole against the public: nor will it lead to those periodic scandals and crises which the Inner Ring produces. But it will do those things which that profession exists to do and will in the long run be responsible for all the respect which that profession in fact enjoys and which the speeches and advertisements cannot maintain."
C.S. LEWIS
Oration at University of London, 1944
THE INNER RING
The inner ring overflowing with...
http://www.google.com/#q=the%20poison%20of%20subjectivism
...as it does.
Meanwhile, it's increasingly self-evident to me that maybe the objective Creator of Natural Law knew a thing or two... when He became the Word so that we could RTFM.
>>Unfortunately, rates of obesity have skyrocketed.
>>People are eating junk food.
Turning humans into cash cows one kernel at a time!
Yep.
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