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Jun 28, 2022·edited Jul 1, 2022Liked by O.G. Rose

Hey Daniel, as usual, very nice well-written article, very well argued and stated. I agree with many of these ideas. Definitely, the classical rhetoric need to be re-discovered, and especially the poetic understanding. In particular, what sticks out to me in this essay is the association of the Word with God. I think this is profoundly true. I think modern life cuts us off from common sense, from the common experience of the world, the most obvious things about life. You have such a better understanding of these things through living on a rural farm! Envious! My question is, why not just abandon modern thought altogether? Isn't the evidence of the last 500 years conclusive? The goal of modernism was to enlighten people. Modern thought simply does not get us from here to there. It seems to me that the only antidote to modernism is to openly affirm the Truth, Goodness, and Beauty of God, and reject the foundations of modernist agnosticism. This is easier said than done of course... Why do we take it for granted that God is dead? Just because Nietzsche said so? But the experience of billions of other people, including very reputable & meritorious intellectuals, says otherwise. I am genuinely interested in the question of why is it so hard to simply openly affirm God's existence in this culture. I find myself struggling to say God Bless to the store clerk. When I do I always feel better about things. Is it because God is counter-cultural? Is it because it's not an acceptable social norm? Is it because God implies some exclusion of people's beliefs? Well what if they have wrong or untrue beliefs that hurt them and those around them? Isn't it charitable to tell them? Is it because Thomas Jefferson enshrined the idea that religion is a private matter? Is it because of the freemasonry ideas in the founders of the US? My view is that Christ always has been and always will be the counter-culture, because He is the Way to Eternal Life; most people only want temporary pleasures, not lasting Goodness in the world. It simply never was true that God is dead, the Eternal does not die. You begin to see the glimpses of more theological influence in the culture in people like Jordan Peterson. To me, that is the first of many steps towards recovery of the true perennial philosophy or *sacra scientia*. St. Thomas Aquinas offers a complete & holistic foundations of science, mathematics, moreso than any "complexity theory" or robot theory stuff. In any case, I really appreciate how you reason through these modern dilemmas, you have a very unique perspective on them.

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