Not a mashup I would have envisioned. They discuss Luigi, political violence, wokeness. https://open.substack.com/pub/rufo/p/what-does-a-defining-journalist-of
Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com
Really enjoying C.S. Lewis's MERE CHRISTIANITY. Just plucked this section (p. 49 in my copy). For those of us who are secular, switch out a concept/term like "Satan" with whatever fits--human nature, etc. This is the hubris of my former faith, call it secular liberalism, or secular humanism.
"The moment you have a self at all, there is a possibility of putting yourself first--wanting to be the centre--wanting to be God, in fact. That was the sin of Satan: and that was the sin he taught the human race.... What Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they could 'be like gods'--could set up on their own as if they had created themselves--be their own masters--invent some sort of happiness for themselves outside God, apart from God. And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which ...