I find it somewhat humorous that you used the filter analogy exactly as you did Michael, as I almost included the exact analogy in my most recent article about political correctness, albeit as an egress filter versus an ingress filter. Before PC, the orifices in people's filters were wider, only needing to contain that which would be completely without tact; now those gaps have tightened to such an extent for most people that they filter almost all truth. This is why we have such a decline in society - it's considered offensive to tell the truth. I appreciate that, unlike so many, you continue to speak truth.
And speaking of the all-consuming power PC now enjoys, I think it devolved to this point because the less and less confident they became in their own convictions, the more intolerant they became of any challenges to those convictions.
I find it somewhat humorous that you used the filter analogy exactly as you did Michael, as I almost included the exact analogy in my most recent article about political correctness, albeit as an egress filter versus an ingress filter. Before PC, the orifices in people's filters were wider, only needing to contain that which would be completely without tact; now those gaps have tightened to such an extent for most people that they filter almost all truth. This is why we have such a decline in society - it's considered offensive to tell the truth. I appreciate that, unlike so many, you continue to speak truth.
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And speaking of the all-consuming power PC now enjoys, I think it devolved to this point because the less and less confident they became in their own convictions, the more intolerant they became of any challenges to those convictions.
Best article yet.
“… faith is defined as believing in something one cannot prove through empirical means …”
Precisely.
THAT something lacks proof is the whole point, in my understanding: the essence - and purpose of faith.
The only gift God asks of us - all the more precious because we must freely choose - to give back.