feh...
Posted on 03/09/2012 2:43:45 PM PST by NYer
We Shall Never Surrender http://youtu.be/shRLCaNreFE
feh...
Why are you propping up the pillars of a tyrannical and autocratic, woman-hating, sex-perverting, antediluvian Old Boys Club?
Well . . . if you really want to know . . . it's because we think that good is better than evil, and with God's help we try to follow what He wills.
AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “The Wages of Sin is Death.”
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
According to the Census of the 2011 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1.181 billion at the end of 2009 (At the end of 2008, it was about 1.166 billion).
According to the CIA Factbook, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, the USA, and Italy.
The premise is correct. Everyone at one time or another must choose which Master they will serve. The Lord himself said no one can serve two masters. Those who put out this ad and those who choose to follow them will choose to serve a Master other than the Lord. As long as they understand they are rejecting God then they are free to make that choice, God allows them that freedom. But they will also have to understand the consequences of that choice. As for me and my house, I choose to serve the one true Master and Lord.
Anyone who doesn't accept what the Catholic Church stands for should find something else to do with their time. There is no place in any organization for disruptive malcontents.
If I was a Boy Scout and I hated the outdoors, nobody would think twice about telling me that I'd be better off doing something else.
There is no philosophical vacuum called “Freedom from Religion”. Every sentient being has a religious worldview. It is either godless or God-centered. This is axiomatic.
Also...There is almost nothing in this life that is religiously neutral in content or consequences. This is one of the major reasons why government should be as limited as possible and most civic services should be provided by the free market.
Too bad they didn’t leave 30 years ago.
They would have done less damage.
Agree.
The real point of the advertisement is that the tenets of a political party are mutually exclusive with those of Christianity! One cannot be members in good standing in both the democrat party and the Catholic Church. Our Presidential candidates should use this in their ads.
The homosexuals and pedophiles are on a roll. They’ve become pretty bold and obnoxious since the so called “courts” awarded them protected species status.
..and they know where they'll find a receptive audience - the New York Times.
Except then the elite were for the Revolution to secure freedom. Now they are for the revolution to destroy freedom.
This is going to have the exact opposite effect of the one they desire.
We had two sets of elites then. The loyalists backing the British and the Patriots backing freedom.
I liked the cartoon. Actually if they swallowed they wouldn’t need abortion contraception or birth control.
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