tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post527441378619085507..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Neoreactionaries versus (Religious) ReactionariesBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-11546128031961938282013-11-01T15:17:18.775+00:002013-11-01T15:17:18.775+00:00Here's another stab at it:
Let's use Lewi...Here's another stab at it:<br /><br />Let's use Lewis' distinction between Enjoyment and Contemplation. The way you describe them, Neoreactionaries are contemplating religion without enjoyment but at least in this post I get the impression that you are calling for enjoying religion without contemplating it, which is also insufficient.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79555791382548306242013-10-30T18:06:38.046+00:002013-10-30T18:06:38.046+00:00The secular right assumes that people are evil, bu...The secular right assumes that people are evil, but proposes that there exist some set of legalistic arrangements such that all of that evil is cancelled out/positively channeled.<br /><br />The religious right believes that there exists no such system.asdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-11105695556676078172013-10-30T16:32:33.489+00:002013-10-30T16:32:33.489+00:00I think it means that I disagree to some extent wi...I think it means that I disagree to some extent with the corpus of your post. At least I thought that's what I was doing. But based on your reaction, I am not so sure now.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-40707754305736589372013-10-30T14:49:34.537+00:002013-10-30T14:49:34.537+00:00@AG - What you say seems true line by line; but I&...@AG - What you say seems true line by line; but I'm not sure what it means overall!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-24153838143073341252013-10-30T14:37:00.421+00:002013-10-30T14:37:00.421+00:00Religions are institutions. Not just institutions...Religions are institutions. Not just institutions, but the old counsel 'thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God' wholes true; you can't expect God to bail out your organizational deficiencies and institutional defects. <br /><br />Then again, I don't think institutions are just institutions either. God knows them and can and does work through them. True, most secular institutions are wicked these days. But so are most religions.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.com