“Those who are at present so eager to be reconciled with the world at any price must take care not to be reconciled with it under this particular aspect: as the nest of The Unspeakable. This is what too few are willing to see…
Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God.”
Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable
‘A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death – the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, and murders that we are not going to be judged.’
Czesaw Miosz
‘We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.’
John Henry Newman
They house people in deathtraps. They poison the drinking water. They financialize and corrupt almost every otherwise beneficial social institution from public education to healthcare. They foment endless wars for the pursuit of their own power and profits.
This post was published at Jesses Crossroads Cafe on 21 JUNE 2017.
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