Some Orthodox priests who previously did interviews on “Roots of Orthodoxy” are now requesting their videos be removed after Jonathan’s recent attacks on the faith.
In one recent attack he and VOR said Orthodox Christians are “the Muslims of the apostolic churches”
Fr Z asked for more people to share this, and for other priests to request the same. ☦️
KUNG POW! ENTER THE FIST (2002) is one of the dumbest movies ever made, and that’s its greatest strength. Steve Oedekerk turns an old martial arts film into a comedy with badly dubbed dialogue, and somehow the joke works for the whole movie. https://t.co/WvMzth73c2
To limit the Church Fathers to the first centuries alone implies that the Holy Spirit stopped working after them.
But God has never abandoned His Church. The chain of sanctity continues in every age...
“The value of a human being today is measured in terms of his economic efficiency and his erotic potential — that is to say, in terms of the two things Lovecraft most despised.”
Michel Houellebecq, talks H.P. Lovecraft
There are two dangerous ways of approaching the Church Fathers. One turns them into rigid monuments of the past. The other dismisses them as outdated voices irrelevant to modern life. Both misunderstand them...
Children sleep less than they did fifty years ago. We accept this.
Sperm counts in the developed world have halved since 1973. We accept this.
Testosterone in men has dropped roughly 1% per year for decades. We accept this.
Anxiety and depression in teenagers have tripled. We accept this.
Type 2 diabetes is now diagnosed in eight-year-olds. We accept this.
Autism diagnoses have risen by orders of magnitude. We accept this.
Fertility clinics are full. We accept this.
Childhood obesity affects one in four ten-year-olds. We accept this.
Every measure of human vitality, in every age group, in every developed country, has degraded simultaneously, in the same direction, in the same generation. Bones weaker. Brains foggier. Bodies fatter. Sleep shorter. Mood lower. Children sicker. Adults more medicated. The species visibly faltering inside a single lifetime.
We are told there is no common cause. We are told these are eight separate epidemics requiring eight separate research grants administered by eight separate committees funded by the eight separate industries that produced them.
We accept this.
A previous generation would have started asking questions a long time ago, and would not have stopped until somebody answered.
Trackdown (1976) - Jim Mitchum hunts down the lowlifes who ruined his little sister in one of the meanest, grittiest revenge stories of the era. No mercy. No speeches. Just payback.