Comments for Seeking the Kingdom First at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:21:50 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/seeking-the-kingdom-first.html#comment-2145 Thank you, Robert Royal, for explaining succintly, among other things, why Christians foucs so much on sins of the flesh. After all, how many people are tempted to build huge polluting factories whch emploly children at slave wages and burn crosses on our Isalmic neighbors' lawns? But nearly all of us are tempted to use our fellow children of God as objects and thereby mock God's gifts and desecrate temples of the Holy Spirit. - Thomas C. Colleman, Jr. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:22:55 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/seeking-the-kingdom-first.html#comment-2138 "The question for us is whether we are willing or able to see that truth anymore, and act on it." Several weeks ago I emailed my bishop and asked why he had not commented on the Notre Dame Scandal. His reply, via his press secretary, was that the bishop did not comment on events outside his diocese. I was appalled. (And I let them know) If our leaders don't stand up for Truth what kind of message are they sending their flock? - Liz Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:57:29 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/seeking-the-kingdom-first.html#comment-2136 Good essay. What is to be done then to put first things first? This quote by J. Judd Owen is apt: “For since the liberal state must act, and since it can’t take any religious prescriptions as authoritative for its actions, the liberal state in principle denies that there are any true, politically relevant religious prescriptions. Liberalism rests on a theological premise.” Unless this theological premise is rejected publicly and politically, I don't see how things will get any better. - Dr. Thaddeus Kozinski Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:27:17 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/seeking-the-kingdom-first.html#comment-2135 I would not hold my breath waiting for the West to recognize the truth. Especially since the 60's the academy and the juduciary have jettisoned"First Principles" in favor of posative law and consensus. Romance is gone and hook-ups do seem the rule anymore, despite ugly consequences. Despite the warnings of Christ, people seem to think that everyone is going to heaven or they just don't believe in anything. Our culture will continue to fail if the courts and universities don't again find truth. - Willie Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:22:33 +0100