Comments on: Best Blog Posts I Read in 2008

By: Tres Angelas

Tres Angelas — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:33:00 +0000

"Jesus is like a drug for simple minded fools." Hey, there's an original thought.

No, wait, Karl Marx said pretty much the same thing about religion in 1843: "It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness."

Mm-hmm, as clearly demonstrated by all the happy people who thrived under Marxist dictatorships in the Soviet Union, Red China, North Korea, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Angola, Cuba... Well, you get the idea.

Of course, why I'm responding to a, um, gentleman calling himself "Douchemaster" is beyond me. I'll stop now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:24:00 +0000

All Catholics (like me) who complain about the shortcomings of a celebrant of a Mass, or s choir or a liturgy, need to read Tolkien on the Eucharist. He helped me let go of all those preoccupations and focus on the miraculous gift of Jesus in the Eucharist. The truth has set me free. Thanks Judy

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Love your blog! Been reading for a while and just thought I’d comment. Regarding number 3, the domestic monastery, I’ve done bit of thinking about the topic myself, after studying the Rule of St. Benedict a bit.
Here’s a post with a couple thoughts I had on it:
http://amotherssmile.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-to-blog-with-scraps-of-vision-for.html

By: Scribbit

Scribbit — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Thanks so much for including me–I’m glad you liked the post!

By: Douchemaster

Douchemaster — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:57:00 +0000

Jesus is like a drug for simple minded fools, but you seem to have overdosed on the christology. Seek help soon.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:10:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing these links! I really enjoyed “the philosopher mom” and I find that I am totally falling in love with Peter Kreeft’s writing lately, so the interview with him was great.

By: Kristen J

Kristen J — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:38:00 +0000

Thanks, Jen, for a great year of blog posts and these cool links! I often mention/link your blog to others; you have a real gift for analysis and writing — and a similar family life to mine.

Happy Christmas Season and New Year to you and yours!

By: Ken & Carol

Ken & Carol — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:22:00 +0000

Almost every author I really like has been devoured once I’d read one of their works. And often some of the authors that the original mentioned, and so on. So I will check out your list of ’08 blog posts. Thanks for the tips.

Word verification: “anani” Is that one of those people you hire to take care of your kids if you can afford it?

By: Bender

Bender — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:22:00 +0000

I don't have a list of individual "best blog posts," but I frequently find that Conversion Diary gives me something to think about.

Now, I've not read any of the posts on this list, but a word of caution about Ted Bundy:
Ted Bundy was a psychopathic, narcassistic, manipulative liar. Porn is a bad thing, but porn did not cause Bundy to be a monster. Ted Bundy caused Ted Bundy to be a monster.

His deflecting his own personal responsibility is perfectly consistent with being a psychopathic, narcassistic, manipulative liar. (Even though he says, "I’m not blaming pornography. I’m not saying it caused me to go out and do certain things," that is exactly what he goes on to do in a Manichaeistic fashion.) And his telling Dobson, et al. what they want to hear is equally consistent with being a psychopathic, narcassistic, manipulative liar.

Again, porn is bad. Porn is very bad. But it is far more extensive and readily available today, including disgustingly grotesque and violent porn, and yet we have not had an explosion of Bundyesque serial killings. It was not the evil of porn that made Bundy a monster. It was Bundy who chose all by himself to be a psychopathic monster, and was thereby readily attracted to psychopathic violent porn.

That, and the fact that Bundy was a master manipulator should caution anyone into gaining any insights from his own self-serving words.

By: Eli's Lids

Eli's Lids — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:55:00 +0000

Found your blog while blog hopping. Wow! I can’t wait to read all of these links. I think my hubby will enjoy them too, so I’ll wait till tonight. Thanks!!
http://elislids.blogspot.com/