tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post2831507037484178152..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Have secular politics and religious ambitions collided?Byzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-3256027902949543972018-10-13T21:03:03.690-05:002018-10-13T21:03:03.690-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-30954941058548008442018-10-13T16:52:27.617-05:002018-10-13T16:52:27.617-05:00The problem is not so much liberalism (either clas...The problem is not so much liberalism (either classical or progressive) as it is our failure to preach the Gospel effectively given the freedom and wealth we have acquired in a liberal democracy. Fr. Gregory Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02674042923019379740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-24601784863122641022018-10-13T10:21:29.314-05:002018-10-13T10:21:29.314-05:00I completely agree with you. As an ardent Cold Wa...I completely agree with you. As an ardent Cold Warrior and authentic conservative, I can honestly say that given our rampant pathology, the bloom is off the Western rose.<br /><br />Even Pope John Paul II saw that in the late 90s when liberalism was starting the process of decay in his beloved Poland.Caradochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211870051168996516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-26438548530554904122018-10-13T08:20:44.044-05:002018-10-13T08:20:44.044-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bozo2Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135391107531325048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-23363126740839234602018-10-13T03:53:08.458-05:002018-10-13T03:53:08.458-05:00Wait until the full effect of western liberalism t...Wait until the full effect of western liberalism takes over Ukrainian society. Will the church in Ukraine then be able to safeguard its Orthodox people from the fallout that will result spiritually from those forces? Pray that God will spare all Orthodox people from the lure of the enemy, no matter what form he takes to undermine the Reign of Christ.Archimandrite Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894842027467584759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-79377095599095613742018-10-13T03:15:45.058-05:002018-10-13T03:15:45.058-05:00Think of it this way: Russia opposes NATO / the EU...Think of it this way: Russia opposes NATO / the EU / the West not just because they threaten its security (this is overblown, the two sides could easily come to an understanding) but because they pose an existential threat to the Russian national consciousness. Russia would like to present itself as a holy bastion of Christian civilization, and consequently the West as degenerate and cosmopolitan in a pejorative sense. To the extent that the West succeeds in presenting its values as universal, then Russia loses this battle for Russian minds and hearts, and thus its legitimacy. <br /><br />Knowing this, the US and other Western powers seek to discredit Moscow in the religious sphere, just as Moscow seeks to discredit NATO (by calling into question the mutual defense aspect), the EU, and Western democracy in general. By prying Ukraine out of the Russian orbit, this makes the "Third Rome" notion untenable. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com