tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077636552349131586.post2296474601309592642..comments2023-10-19T07:39:12.616-04:00Comments on Lest Every Man Be Blind: Contented Nihilism?Fr. Jon M. Ellingworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309773504409139312noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077636552349131586.post-41078599343096457272008-02-06T19:48:00.000-05:002008-02-06T19:48:00.000-05:00"Contented Nihilism" sounds like a good name for a..."Contented Nihilism" sounds like a good name for a band...Pastor J. Sollbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019691464132357506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077636552349131586.post-87188248252151759352008-02-03T23:19:00.000-05:002008-02-03T23:19:00.000-05:00I love your "cliche" (which, however, I'd never he...I love your "cliche" (which, however, I'd never heard before, about if you dance with the devil, sooner or later he will take the lead. <BR/><BR/>My husband has a similar saying, less suitable for church: "He who sleeps with crooks gets screwed."Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077636552349131586.post-16596980225528287302008-02-02T10:04:00.000-05:002008-02-02T10:04:00.000-05:00I sincerely wonder, in my current sultural setting...I sincerely wonder, in my current sultural setting (which is quite different from yours, Fr. Ellingworth), about whether this nihlism exists is the youth here. Sadly, we have that old-timey religion thing going here - in every public forum, it seems. It's in the pop-country, which is about all you can get on a radio around here, and the youth (like their parents) seem to believe in the tired, old standard line "everyone's going to heaven, 'cause I refuse to believe in a God who whould send anyone to hell." God and heaven are both assumed - they're given realities, taken as fact, period. Still, these youth are so dubious about everything, that maybe, given just a hint of the philosophical drug, they would so easily slip into that contented nihlism. <BR/><BR/>Very thought-provoking. As for me, I'm still tempted to think that a certain "soft" postmodernism may work in catholicity's favor. After living for yerars in a horrid blending of rigid, works-righteous modernism and then an outright rejection of the mysteries of God, I've found anyone who is willing to be taught anything is a more accessible catechumen.Pastor J. Sollbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019691464132357506noreply@blogger.com