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Post by maolsheachlann on Aug 31, 2018 20:04:15 GMT
I posted this on Facebook, and I thought it might be interesting to people here:
I saw someone watching a Jordan Petersen video today and the thought occurred to me; perhaps there is a constant oscillation in the public mind between the desire for the TRUE and the desire for the GOOD. Jordan Petersen seems to be in favour of some kind of religion but he is elusive about whether he literally believes in God or Christ. He seems more interested in the good that might be derived from religious belief, rather than whether it is true or not.
And then I realized this swing has happened en masse. Ten years ago it was fashionable to be a New Atheist and a libertarian. The question about God was: Does He exist? And the libertarian question was: what gives you the right to tell other people what to do or not do, as long as they don't harm other people?
And suddenly, the questions seem different. I've noticed that a huge amount of people have moved on from libertarianism and started asking: What makes a good society? And New Atheism has become less fashionable and many people seem to be returning to religion in a Petersen kind of way.
Could it be possible this is a regular "swing?" I see a similar movement from modernism to post-modernism. Of course, Catholics believe the true and the good are the same.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2018 22:08:22 GMT
I talked about this on a forum some years back. I've come to the conclusion that society - for the most part; not necessarily more "active" people such as ourselves - tend to have a sort of pendulum attitude towards politics, etc. It swings in one way so long, and then people get fed up with it and let it swing the other way. But if someone holds the pendulum from swinging back long enough, it's quite a sudden and vicious backlash, I think.
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Post by Young Ireland on Sept 1, 2018 16:38:21 GMT
I talked about this on a forum some years back. I've come to the conclusion that society - for the most part; not necessarily more "active" people such as ourselves - tend to have a sort of pendulum attitude towards politics, etc. It swings in one way so long, and then people get fed up with it and let it swing the other way. But if someone holds the pendulum from swinging back long enough, it's quite a sudden and vicious backlash, I think. Agreed, though that doesn't mean we should sit idly by and let things run their course.
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