"How can the barbarians at the gate be turned aside, how can the West be saved? I think answer lies by looking backwards, oddly enough, and rejecting the cynicism that has plagued the last decade of American history. My generation and the following generations have been taught that the road to wisdom lies in mocking our fathers and mothers and those in authority over us."
"Having learned not to take ourselves too seriously, we discover that what we are taking seriously IS ourselves! And we're making fun of the things of God and the people of God. We've found the language of hell."
"When nothing is sacred and everything is mocked, then humans have ceased to be human."
"What is my duty? To be a good father, a better husband, teacher, friend. I'm having trouble even doing that thing."
-John Mark Reynolds of Biola University after 9/11 terrorist attack
 SophronTechne · Wed Mar 01, 2006 @ 05:56am · 0 Comments |
