Sitting and talking with good frens, and Thomas is a wonderful model of Christian humility
“Christ required ‘followers’ and defined precisely what he meant: that they should be salt, willing to be sacrificed, and that a Christian means to be salt and to be willing to be sacrificed.
But to be salt and to be sacrificed is not something to which thousands naturally lend themselves, still less millions, or (still less!) countries, kingdoms, states, and (absolutely not!) the whole world.
On the other hand, if it is a question of gain and of mediocrity and of twaddle (which is the opposite of being salt), then the possibility of the thing begins already with the 100,000, increases with every million, reaching its highest point when the whole world has become Christian.”
But to be salt and to be sacrificed is not something to which thousands naturally lend themselves, still less millions, or (still less!) countries, kingdoms, states, and (absolutely not!) the whole world.
On the other hand, if it is a question of gain and of mediocrity and of twaddle (which is the opposite of being salt), then the possibility of the thing begins already with the 100,000, increases with every million, reaching its highest point when the whole world has become Christian.”
Kierkegaard lambasts the idea of forgoing punishment and justice in pursuit of eventual repentance:
“But such a judgment only an enemy can be in haste to pronounce as long as the man lives. He who is devoted to him says,
‘The judgment must be postponed until the very last; he might indeed even at the last moment avert the judgment and do an immense amount of good by a little word; and everything ought to be done that resignation is able to do in order to move him to utter this word.’”
“But such a judgment only an enemy can be in haste to pronounce as long as the man lives. He who is devoted to him says,
‘The judgment must be postponed until the very last; he might indeed even at the last moment avert the judgment and do an immense amount of good by a little word; and everything ought to be done that resignation is able to do in order to move him to utter this word.’”
The entirety of modern Christianity is Bishop Mynster’s lukewarm garbage:
“Let me, however, add a few words prompted by an utterance made as I recall by one of his defenders, the justice of which even the most zealous admirers of Mynster will surely admit.
‘Bishop Mynster was not really a preacher of repentance.’
But this, especially in the case of a witness to the truth, is a dubious recommendation; for all true Christian preaching is first and foremost a preaching of repentance.
‘Bishop Mynster was rather a preacher of peace.’
But this, especially in the case of a witness to the truth, is a dubious recommendation : in the character of a preacher of peace to proclaim the doctrine of Him Who Himself said (these are known to be His own words), ‘I came not to bring peace but dissension’—He came indeed into the world not to enjoy but to suffer. And therefore it is that I have said of Bishop Mynster, that viewed in the light of a witness to the truth and Christianly appraised, he was self-indulgent: self-indulgently he loved ‘peace,’ the first requisite for enjoying life…”
“Let me, however, add a few words prompted by an utterance made as I recall by one of his defenders, the justice of which even the most zealous admirers of Mynster will surely admit.
‘Bishop Mynster was not really a preacher of repentance.’
But this, especially in the case of a witness to the truth, is a dubious recommendation; for all true Christian preaching is first and foremost a preaching of repentance.
‘Bishop Mynster was rather a preacher of peace.’
But this, especially in the case of a witness to the truth, is a dubious recommendation : in the character of a preacher of peace to proclaim the doctrine of Him Who Himself said (these are known to be His own words), ‘I came not to bring peace but dissension’—He came indeed into the world not to enjoy but to suffer. And therefore it is that I have said of Bishop Mynster, that viewed in the light of a witness to the truth and Christianly appraised, he was self-indulgent: self-indulgently he loved ‘peace,’ the first requisite for enjoying life…”
Kierkegaard condemns pastors who play dumb when confronted with the full meaning of their call:
“I would rather gamble, carouse, fornicate, steal, murder, than take part in making a fool of God; rather pass my days in bowling alleys and billiard halls, my nights in gaming and at masquerades, than take part in that kind of seriousness which the Established Church calls Christian seriousness; yea, I would rather make a fool of God bluntly, climb up to a high place or go out into the open where I am alone with Him, and say,
‘Thou art a wretched God, worth no more than to be made a fool of,’
rather than make a fool of Him by solemnly representing that I am holy, that my life is sheer zeal and ardor for Christianity, yet—O cursed ambiguity!—in such a way, be it noted, that "at the same time" this is constantly my temporal and earthly profit; representing that my life's first and last interest is enthusiasm for preaching the Gospel, yet in such a way, be it noted, that there are certain things I prefer both first
and last to ignore,
and when they are talked about I act as if I didn't understand them, as if I didn't understand what God is talking about, that what He talks about is suffering for the doctrine, suffering hunger and thirst and cold and nakedness and imprisonment and scourging, that this is what He understands by being a witness to the truth,
and that if I shrink back from these terms and would prefer a merrier path, prefer that the preaching of Christianity might be like every other human labor, or rather even richer in pleasure than the others, so that if it is practicable, if in this way I can become blessed like the witness to the truth, I shall thank my God for it and restrain my cursed mouth from twaddling about being at the same time a witness to the truth,
and finally, if I cannot control my tongue, I shall at least confine myself to talking about this in the parlor, over a cup of tea with my wife and some prating friends, but keep a watch upon myself in the pulpit”
“I would rather gamble, carouse, fornicate, steal, murder, than take part in making a fool of God; rather pass my days in bowling alleys and billiard halls, my nights in gaming and at masquerades, than take part in that kind of seriousness which the Established Church calls Christian seriousness; yea, I would rather make a fool of God bluntly, climb up to a high place or go out into the open where I am alone with Him, and say,
‘Thou art a wretched God, worth no more than to be made a fool of,’
rather than make a fool of Him by solemnly representing that I am holy, that my life is sheer zeal and ardor for Christianity, yet—O cursed ambiguity!—in such a way, be it noted, that "at the same time" this is constantly my temporal and earthly profit; representing that my life's first and last interest is enthusiasm for preaching the Gospel, yet in such a way, be it noted, that there are certain things I prefer both first
and last to ignore,
and when they are talked about I act as if I didn't understand them, as if I didn't understand what God is talking about, that what He talks about is suffering for the doctrine, suffering hunger and thirst and cold and nakedness and imprisonment and scourging, that this is what He understands by being a witness to the truth,
and that if I shrink back from these terms and would prefer a merrier path, prefer that the preaching of Christianity might be like every other human labor, or rather even richer in pleasure than the others, so that if it is practicable, if in this way I can become blessed like the witness to the truth, I shall thank my God for it and restrain my cursed mouth from twaddling about being at the same time a witness to the truth,
and finally, if I cannot control my tongue, I shall at least confine myself to talking about this in the parlor, over a cup of tea with my wife and some prating friends, but keep a watch upon myself in the pulpit”
Those in Gen Z will be the only ones that are also alive now who are properly able to revise the history of 9/11.
Most of Gen Z was either not born or is too young to remember, so the emotion surrounding it is simple not there.
It’s the same difference of an account of Napoleon’s abdication in 1815 from a 25-50 year old who saw it, and a secondary account from the generation after in 1840.
Most of Gen Z was either not born or is too young to remember, so the emotion surrounding it is simple not there.
It’s the same difference of an account of Napoleon’s abdication in 1815 from a 25-50 year old who saw it, and a secondary account from the generation after in 1840.
Forwarded from Counter-Currents
Kerry Bolton's essay on how the sudden popularity of rock 'n' roll and Elvis in the 1950s was part of a concerted effort by the elites to Africanize white youth has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/08/elvis-presley-professor-quigley-the-africanization-of-youth/
Counter-Currents
Elvis Presley, Professor Quigley, & the Africanization of Youth
5,113 words The recent movie on Elvis Presley[1] is exceptional in its acting, script, and production. For those interested in such matters, it is also excellent as cultural history. The movie deals to a significant extent with the African influences on Presley’s…
YouTube would never let me, but I really want to detail just how Africanized Gen Z is
👏7🤔6
Forwarded from Hotel Fahrenheidt
I’ll be on Cigar Stream tonight as America’s 6th Amendment provided council. You will not wanna miss it.
Forwarded from Bertie Bassett
It has been my contention, following Evola, that the USA is anti-tradition, liberalism manifest, a corrosive acid that destroys our history and culture whose inability to face racial reality will be the downfall of the West. @cavkingpaul disagrees, and I want to know why. JOIN US
"Cigar Stream: Is America a Doomed Project?
https://t.co/ep41UG200O
9pm" - Get Fresh
"Cigar Stream: Is America a Doomed Project?
https://t.co/ep41UG200O
9pm" - Get Fresh
I strongly dislike Evolian philosophy, as I tried to make clear in my Ecclesiastes post and on a couple of past Cigar Streams.
I’ll be very interested to see what angle our fren Paul takes. Make sure to catch it!
I’ll be very interested to see what angle our fren Paul takes. Make sure to catch it!
🔥9👍3
Tensions are rising, folks!
https://twitter.com/ogrolandrat/status/1570093029255532544?s=46&t=uo7FTYhDNxmdZD5gLaT1Eg
https://twitter.com/ogrolandrat/status/1570093029255532544?s=46&t=uo7FTYhDNxmdZD5gLaT1Eg
🤔4
I’ll offer my last thoughts, then I have to get back to schoolwork:
For the non-Jews in media, their capital, actors, rights, personal info and who knows what else is strangleheld by Jews
And two, the CEOs of Disney and Amazon are both Jews.
https://t.me/BertieBassett4Life/8772
For the non-Jews in media, their capital, actors, rights, personal info and who knows what else is strangleheld by Jews
And two, the CEOs of Disney and Amazon are both Jews.
https://t.me/BertieBassett4Life/8772