Comments for Culture, Again at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-621 If culture is defined as to its purpose,why it exists... try this ...culture provides the points of reference by which the subject is able to apply meaning to the universe, meaning to his/her own existence and a framework to face death . . . by this definition, the current american culture is bankrupt. It is a society of the superficial and the spectacular, one without shame or modesty, that has rejected trnscendence and embraced materialism and biological well-being... - charles smith Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:20:08 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-586 Mr. Royal cautions that "the culture will evangelize us". We need a new word to describe this. May I suggest "to cacangelize"? Let's talk more about the dangers of pop culture instead of trying to use its language to "meet people where they're at." I suspect many are afraid to renounce it because they want to defend the bits of it that they enjoy, perhaps guiltily. (Moreover, I hardly think that James Joyce is a problem for intelligent Catholics, though he shouldn't be a pulpit priority.) - Andrew Ellison Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:32:38 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-583 I would not have a contemplative nun for a daughter (age 29) and a daily communicant for a son (age 30) if we had not thrown out the TV 27 yrs ago. THAT is what is killing us. Instead of doing the really efficient thing and killing the messenger, we debate his messages endlessly with books, websites and magazines. IT IS TOTALLY IDIOTIC. Dads especially would be very open to ridding their house of this antichrist, if anyone would present the case. Bishops anyone? Priests? - Lee Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:43:39 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-582 Although things haven't noticeably improved since the death of John Paul the Great, many seeds were planted. It is our task (clergy and laity) to leverage that work and ensure those seeds bear fruit in our culture. Cultural decay can be a slow process. It's reinvigoration may be equally slow. We have a natural tendency to look to politics, recapturing media, etc. for solutions. They are important. But at the end of the day, we need saints. Lots of them. That points the finger right back at us! - Jim Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:56:39 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-581 It is not only the Catholic world's refusal to fight pop culture which erodes and corrupts the West, but the very elevation of the eliite secular culture as well that harrns us. When a bishop from the pulpit says that reading Joyce's Ulysses will make them better Catholics we are in troulbe. Where is the Legion of Decency? Everyone wants the respect of the the Chruch's enemies, so we become of the world as well as in it. Is this all in "the spirit of the Council"? - Thomas C. Coleman, Jr. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:54:52 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-580 Mr. Royal, so long as you continue to offer up the same old, warmed-over Modernism that inspired Vatican II and that continues to corrupt the Church through the pontificates of JPII and Benedict, unbelief will continue to grow. There is no great mystery about what needs to be done. The problem is that no one is willing to do it: to preach the Truth of Christ unapologetically, without all the bowing and scraping and attempting to accommodate our doctrine to the pronouncements of inferior sciences - James the Least Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:50:59 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-579 Perhaps it is too early on Monday to cogitate on the pervasive nihilsm of Western culture and its Hegelian philosophies. Is there no absolute truth? Is it only a mental construct related to periods of history?. What is truth? Was Christ silent to this question because he didn't know? Are we now witnessing the "Decline of the West," viz. Christianity? If so, all the evangelization in the world is for naught! Well, enough of this. Oh my!!! I forgot Lauds this morning. Great website! - William Dennis Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:00:11 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/culture-again.html#comment-577 Much of the decline in Christian practice is due to popular culture: both in terms of its allure and its ubiquity. It's got a beat you can dance to and the siren song plays non-stop. It's hard for many to distinguish between right and wrong when corruption has become normative. It takes real courage for celebrities to publicize their faithfulness to Christ and the Church, such as those involved in "Rosary Stars" have done. http://www.familytheater.org/tv_film-rosarystars-about.html - Brad Miner Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:58:53 +0100