Consider the keepers of natural religion. Consider how its explanations rankle reason and insult sense. Therein flares reason’s folly because some things are inexplicable. They must be accepted instead, however absurd they seem.
The American Mind readily invokes God as a sedative, but only when visited by national disaster. Otherwise, it claims diplomatic immunity from what God suggests and morality requires.
The impact of negativity is magnified when we talk about it, no matter what we say. We breathe life into poor decisions, bad ideas, and evil people, by discussing them over and over again. You wouldn’t want to waste all of your meals on junk food. Why waste your thoughts on junk ideas, and your ...