According to religious statistics, old Europe is still a part of the earth that is almost completely Christian. But there is hardly another case in which everyone knows as well as they do here that the statistic is false: This so-called Christian Europe for almost four hundred years has become the birthplace of a new paganism.

The outward shape of the modern Church is determined essentially by the fact that, in a totally new way, she has become the Church of pagans, and is constantly becoming even more so. She is no longer, as she once was, a Church composed of pagans who have become Christians, but a Church of pagans, who still call themselves Christians.
- Pope Benedict 16
-https://www.hprweb.com/2017/01/the-new-pagans-and-the-church/

Do you agree with pope Benedict 16 usage of word pagan?

What really are the main world religions?
Secularism? Scientism?

Block 2 

How then do we approach the pagan? atheist? Non believer ?

Division externally versus internally within our organizations, religions,  institutions 

Block 3

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/flemish-catholic-bishops-defying-vatican-approve-blessing-same-sex-unions-2022-09-20/

The internal pagan?

From the Christian point of view, should really no longer be called believers, but that they follow, more or less, a secular philosophy

he must presume as the normal state of affairs the lack of faith of his neighbor. This fact has two important consequences: On the one hand, it includes a fundamental change in the structure of the Church; and, on the other hand, it has an essential change of consciousness on the side of the still-believing Christians

Block 4
Rise of the term Christian Fasicts 

https://www.popmatters.com/christian-fascism-american-democracy-hedges

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmxwz/tik-tok-chrsitian-nationalism

There are groups controlling and creating narratives. Rewiring a societal outlook which then empowers a change of language and thus history. 

Jesus as the deposit and center of truth. To be complete it's a trinitarian God head that constitutes the totality of our belief. 

Dr. Capes leads us in a guided conversation about evil. 

The full crew is in and the hour goes by fast. 

What is the Sacred Canopy?: The presumption of an established moral order of Creation ie. Natural Law

What is Natural Law?: A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct: an adjudication based on natural law

How has it been removed?: 18th century enlightenment> Modernism>Postmodernism (Explain.)

Result of Canopy Removal: No God, No Meaning, No Afterlife, No Standards> Whatever!

Life’s Purpose> The Pursuit of earthy happiness here on earth ie. YOLO

Expressive Individualism: holds that each person has a unique self-perception and core feelings and intuitions that must unfold, be expressed, and recognized if individuality is to be realized.

The struggle for recognition has been almost totally sexualized and can find only one satisfactory solution, and that is a regime of reciprocal recognition among equals. 

Since I AM my self-perception and not my body, your denial of my self-expression is the equivalent of social homicide. Therefore Words are Weapons

Since I AM who I perceive myself to be, you are morally obliged to recognize that Identity in me.  Since my only existence is social, to deny that recognition is the equivalent of an assault with deadly intent.

The Result: The current state of affairs in Western Culture.

Deeply philosophical tonight. 

Language about God.  Particularly from below what imago Dei says of God.  

Whether divine pronouns wrongly attribute maleness to God.  

Special guest's name is Amy Peeler.

For the show this week the first half is on forgiveness with God.  

The second on forgiveness of other people and ourselves. 

How do you know God? How can you be sure it's really God?

How do you explain how one can on  understand God?

How would you explain to people of their duty/right/desire after coming into the realization of that revelation? 

This urging of the spirit could be understood as a catholic. 

Father Mario is directing today. 

Tonight's  topic will be the morality of War. 

Just War theories from each of our traditions.

The group is all present and accounted for and jumps right into sports fanatics. 

Can they really be insane?

We discern some lyrics and talk about living forever. 

A few callers at the end of the night and we end with a few thoughts. 

Thanks for tuning in.