Beheading God

THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for September 25th, 2014

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by Kyu Erien

 

 

AS I wrote last year, perhaps the most short-sighted aspect of our modern culture is the notion that we are on a linear path of advancement. That we are leaving behind, in the wake of human achievement, the barbarism and narrow-minded thinking of past generations and cultures. That we are loosening the shackles of prejudice and intolerance and marching toward a more democratic, free, and civilized world. [1]cf. The Progression of Man

We couldn’t be more wrong.

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