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Entry: All Soul's Day Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/all_souls_day#8416 Post contents: Attention Papists and men of good will; WHY ARE WE RESPONDING TO PETER RAMUS? He is not arguing in good faith. He has never offered a criticism or defense of the Enligtenenment.Instead he offer banal and cheap talking points without depth or much meaning. He looks at our operationally athesitic culture and is unwilling or unable to address the role Protestantism played in bringing us to this crisis. Nominalism, the rationalization and conceptualization of Mystery, the exaltation, fragmentation and bifurcation of the individual - these are all fruits of the Enligtenment, which is hailed as both the heir to the Reformation and the father of modernity. He lauds most if not all of these developments, wraps them up in Red, White and Blue and then ignores the result; the creation of the autonomous (and alienated) self who neither experiences, nor needs God in his daily life. Faith has been reduced to a personal hobby best left out of the workplace and allowed to enter the "Public Square" only as just another special interest with no real lasting claims. Until Ramus offers something meaningful or interesting there is no point in engaging him. TO BOYD CATHEY; Like most of the people who comment here, I know if we met, we would enjoy each others company. While I enjoy your knowledge of the different flavors "Catholic rightist currents", your frequent writing on them causes some alarm. I know this is obvious, but Christ and our relationship with Him cannot be reduced to a political action plan or ideology. Don't you see how some of your comments here might strike others has a dilution or disordering of your Faith? In effect, you too have fallen prey to the modern illness. I guess we all have. Sent at: 2008 11 20