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Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
This formulation has gained a lot of attention, and it quickly became obvious that moralistic therapeutic deism was not just the belief of millennial teenagers but was characteristic of whole swaths of the Christian world. The prevalence of this approach to Christianity represents a degenerate and weak state of Christianity that is highly vulnerable to Continue reading
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Prayer for Christian Progress
As we close the month of October, I’d like to go back to how Fr. Neil opened the month. He reminded us that it is a month in which Mary is particularly celebrated by the Church. Fr. Neil walked us through the basics of the Rosary, which is a Marian devotion. Remember that every devotion Continue reading
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US Politics in neo-Gnostic Progressivism
How does the neo-Gnostic religion map onto the current political landscape? Is this just a different way of characterizing leftist liberal politics? Are there Neo-Gnostic expressions of faith on the right as well as on the left? Despite any claims that they are completely separate, even in America religion and politics have always been intertwined Continue reading
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The Gnostic Outlook Through History
The progressive religion is one that: Like many deceptive things, its darker side is not immediately apparent. We have to understand the attractiveness of the progressive religion in order to consider how to counter its influence in our own lives and in the wider society. The Gnostic outlook through history As we have noted already, Continue reading
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Aspects of Progressivism
In progressive belief, the salvation that comes through the radical reordering of the external world is brought about solely by human effort. This is in contrast to the Christian understanding that salvation is accomplished by the initiative in the power of God himself. Humans participate and can cooperate with God’s plan, but God is the Continue reading
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The Perils of Complacency
The readings this week are a call against complacency. The readings of the last weeks in the church year are all pointing to the reality that there will be a day of judgment and we will not get advance notice of that day. We have been warned in multiple ways. Last week we had the Continue reading
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Progressivism’s Structure
An unfortunate aspect of modern progressive religion it is not usually recognized as a dogmatic faith by its followers. Many of these modern progressives would describe themselves as rational, scientific, and non-religious. But challenge them on a core opinion, and you will run into a grip as tight as any faithful Christian would hold to Continue reading
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neo-Gnostic Progressivism
As Catholic Christians we know that the true religion is Christianity. But today, as is true in every age, there is a religion of the day. The author suggests that the dominant religion of the day that is not Christian might be called this: modern neo-Gnostic progressive utopian revolutionary religion. For the sake of simplicity, Continue reading
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Introducing the Religion of the Day
As a reminder of what we discussed in the Spring, the world around the Church no longer is supportive of the Church’s mission of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ and then living a life in accordance with his teachings. Since the age of Christendom – the age during which the world DID support Continue reading
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Wisdom and Salvation
Today we are in the 22nd Sunday of the 34 numbered Sundays of ordinary time. Ordinary time is not ordinary in the sense that nothing special is happening; rather, it simply means these are the weeks that have numbers and are not one of the other specific seasons like Advent, Lent, Christmas or Easter. This Continue reading
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