tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post3610067555149990991..comments2023-10-30T05:28:11.795-04:00Comments on All Education Matters: Quick QuoteCryn Johannsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-22840832871583563522011-03-22T07:45:34.688-04:002011-03-22T07:45:34.688-04:00I don't have an answer for the question of One...I don't have an answer for the question of One Who Survived, but I will say that St. Francis was known for being kind to the Animals.<br /><br />And the Indentured Educated Class is, in the eyes of the US Government, being viewed as no better than a bunch of animals. (Beasts, if you will.)<br /><br />So maybe I should pray to St. Francis for salvation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-6516263809633499902011-03-21T12:51:52.293-04:002011-03-21T12:51:52.293-04:00But progress TOWARD WHAT?
St Francis of Assisi be...But progress TOWARD WHAT?<br /><br />St Francis of Assisi believed that to "progress" was to progress beyond one's sins and one's sinful nature, toward Christ and becoming in full communion with Christ and His Nature.<br /><br />He did NOT equate "progress" with "economic development" such as old-fashioned Marxists used to do and so-called "capitalists" still do. And he did not equate "progress" with what most contemporary Western academics regard it as, ie "sensitivity" to "race, gender and sexual orientation".<br /><br />Rather, by "progress", St Francis of Assisi meant a personal progress toward repudiating one's own vanities, and progressing toward greater charity. (Although in his time, most Church officials did not follow his example, and they still don't; he was a true Reformer of Christianity, but one whose idea of "reform" was to reform WITHIN the system rather than smashing it up entirely.)<br /><br />I'm just curious, Cryn, is THAT EXACTLY what you mean when you quote St Francis of Asssisi? ;-) :-)One Who Survivednoreply@blogger.com