I guess it seemed, to these fools and most everyone else, that everything was getting better 'round about 1968 as we threw off the oppressive shackles of the past and marched into a brave post-rationing world of progress. Outward and visible sign? Destroying the architecture of the past and replacing it with concrete, brutalist hubs of ugliness. And that's just it.
We haven't gotten any better since 1968, on the contrary, we've declined. Politics, a thrashing node of in-your-face corruption. Education, a hollowed out holding-pen sham. Police, in Europe and the UK an extension of Cultural Marxist DEI slop, rainbow enforcers if you like. And on, but let's get personal.
Do you earn the equivalent of what your fathers did in the late '60s? You know, when one man could support a wife and family on one modest income? No, you don't, that's utterly impossible unless you're amongst the fortunate and shrinking few who can. On point: Back in the '90s I could go to a pub, buy pints of beer, smoke(!) and have a great time for not much more than 20GBP. Today? Not so much if at all.
Things have gotten worse instead of better. You're poorer now, a lot poorer; we're not riding flying cars on free energy, but we are paying more for housing and entertainment, and everything is ugly, really ugly, as in to look at; see the entrance to any American city, utterly hideous. Well I could go on and on and bore you to bits but the point is this: Contrary to the Beatles, we're not getting better, we're getting worse. Why?
I'll wager this. Because we've jettisoned the Faith which is the foundation of our culture. Get rid of that and everything collapses, and into this vacuum has spread all kinds of fast-propagating wickedness, not least today's rainbow Bolshevism.
Word to the wise. Reject it, say no to it, expose it, mock it, dismantle it, scorn it, and in doing so lift up the Faith which is beautiful, good and true. Replace their faked up satanic Marxist rubbish with the real thing, with the Faith given to us by Christ, the Faith which is the foundation of real progress and beatitude.
Sermon over,
LSP



It’s not that bad. Tempus Fugit and the only constant is change. The love of God endures forever.
ReplyDeleteAnon, the love of God cuts through everything.
DeleteQuite. As seen elsewhere, "Time is the only currency we spend without knowing the balance". Spend wisely.
ReplyDeleteBravo, Parson!
ReplyDeleteHad to get that off my chest, drjim.
DeleteI just posted this https://ed-bonderenka.blogspot.com/2026/08/compulsory-feminism.html and then came over here to find your post.
ReplyDeleteThe soviet architecture you spoke of is also reflected in the soviet philosophy that's infected our culture and preceded the election of soviets to high political office here.
Ed, you've got a pastorene? The Bible's pretty clear about that. Wow. Then there's architecture/ They say it reflects the soul of a people, what does that make us?
DeleteAs for the Societs...
Absolute truth Parson, and the prophesy of Mathew 10 is steadily growing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, BC, and yes, it surely is. Remember, every day brings us closer to the Eschaton.
DeleteAre you shipping frozen unicorn steaks in those heat proof boxes yet?
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget, unicorns come with a handy dandy on board BBQ skewer.
DeleteMy dear LL, profit is most certainly a driver.
DeleteRHT, always medium rare, obvs.
DeleteRight on, Macus.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, RHT. It does speed up, eh?
ReplyDeleteBut on the bright side, "peace" has finally come to Northern Ireland as loyalists and the IRA have teamed up to throw all the immigrants out. All it took was a common enemy.
ReplyDeleteI saw that, Infidel. Interesting development.
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