Beholding the Beauty

Haha...I'm very busy, but I couldn't pass this one up.

I find this article ( OrthodoxyToday.org | What Brings a World Into Being? ) fascinating. 'nough said. :)

Hey y'all....I'm getting back to your comments...I have a quick moment here, though, to post this: That's about the size of it. :)

The question has been raised as to how a non-interventionist policy fits in with the prosecution of WWII.  The dilemma is presented as follows: Given: World War II was war required for the continuance of our way of life. Given: Non-interventionism would have had us stay out of the war. Conclusion: If we had kept a non-interventionist policy, we would all be speaking Japanese, Italian, and German, and the Jews and blacks would be extinct. Ergo, non-interventionism is bunk. To rephrase in the slightly more sensational terms: You don't want to interfere in other countries' affairs?  But what about Hitler!!!?!!! (I'm pretty sure this counts as an instance of  Godwin's Law , but I'll assume it's a valid question for the time being.) Here is the most cogent response I can think of at the moment.  Others may have things to add, or perhaps might take a different tack, but here's my own answer. The original question displays a fundamental lack of ...

Really liked this article.  It points out that American politics, unfortunately, has been (for a long time!) iteration after iteration of the old con game, "Let's You and Him Fight." http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/iowa-the-meaningless-sideshow-begins-20120103

We are an increasingly multi-media culture.  We are also an increasingly "connected" culture, in terms of communication and information availability, although increasingly disconnected in terms of many other things -- one wonders if this latter is a direct result of the former?   But I digress... The Church as a whole, has jumped on the bandwagon, as evidenced by the fact that pretty much every church I know of has a website and/or FaceBook page. Even the monasteries are participating; e.g. one of the forums to which I contribute recently got a new member -- a monk residing at Simonas Petras on the Holy Mountain! (I didn't know the Holy Mountain gets internet, let alone had any interest in it. But again, I digress...) However, even though we might be arriving at the party, I'm not sure we understand the party, and I'm doubly unsure that we've given it the deep, careful inspection it needs. The Orthodox Church has a carefully developed, long-standing...

I just read this article , and watched this video , which explain quite nicely exactly what a Ron Paul foreign policy would look like (the video), and how this is not new or strange (the article), but is in fact exactly "conservative" -- that is, old school Republican, which the party seems to have forgotten. Something that particularly stuck out was this quote by Warren Buffet's dad, Howard: Even if it were desirable, America is not strong enough to police the world by military force. If that attempt is made, the blessings of liberty will be replaced by coercion and tyranny at home. Our Christian ideals cannot be exported to other lands by dollars and guns. Persuasion and example are the methods taught by the Carpenter of Nazareth, and if we believe in Christianity we should try to advance our ideals by his methods. We cannot practice might and force abroad and retain freedom at home. We cannot talk world cooperation and practice power politics. Our condition at the...