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Entry: A Paleo Epitaph Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_paleo_epitaph#22976 Post contents: It is difficult to understand why Protestants are taken aback that they have come under criticism by conservative Catholics. It is not just the Reformation, whose true affect is the eventual de-christianization of all lands where its fruits dominated, but that they seemed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in so many mutual endeavors by allowing themselves to be distracted by a military crusade they cast in apocalyptic terms against an amorphous foreign enemy. There was real work to be done at home and their obsession with eschatology allowed them to be disarmed. They, in large numbers, seemed to switch allies and purpose and became the secular leviathan's greatest and most loyal supporters without giving any thought to the incongruity. This criticism may not be valid for all movement Protestants, especially for present company, but it is true for enough that it seems doubtful that any lasting good can come from alliance with those whose pro-strong central governmental instincts are so defining. Couple that with the increasing frequency we are hearing "Whore of Babylon" rhetoric from the Apocalypse Now Protestants and the apparent essential failures of the republican experiment in government is it any wonder that Catholics are left to explore pre-reformation European history for ideas for what the world should be? A new Dark Ages are seeming more and more to be our lot and we know what worked the first time. Regarding Ron Paul, he hardly made the Iraq War the centerpiece of his campaign. How effectively the totality of his message reached the younger crowd is yet to be seen but his core support seems to be, from my experience, in the middle-age folks who still remember the issues that animated the Republican party 10 or more years ago. Sent at: 2008 05 15