“Unreal Nation” – Concerning a Nation in Denial
In denial of what? Well, where to begin – in denial of truth, of reality, of the nature of things, of the existence of right and wrong, of the distinction between sanity and insanity, ….
“Unreal Nation” is the title of an excellent article that I strongly recommend to my readers, written by Prof. Anthony Esolen in this month’s Crisis magazine. I warn you, it is painful to read: painful and I hope sobering to some in our country who fail to see the train-wreck that is approaching the USA, at an accelerating speed.
There is a section of comments after articles in Crisis. I added this comment to “Unreal Nation,” which may give you an idea of the article:
Prof. Esolen, your article leaves me feeling like a man run over by half of the cars and all the trucks on the freeway at rush hour – and then the bad stuff happened. The article is deeply painful, grieving the soul, but true. The best summary in your own words, it seems to me, is “… even our madness has gone mad, so that the man who has accepted the madness of Monday finds himself unforgivably sinning against the madness of Tuesday….” But the best of all, again it seems to me, is the quote from St. Paul, Romans 1:21-27. God gave our hearts over to our lusts, our idolatries, our blasphemies, our hatred of Truth and our embrace of madness: “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools…”
Meanwhile, the Church continues to nod off in sleep.
Eze 33:6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes, and takes any one of them; that man is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.
Eze 33:7 “So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
Mat 26:45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Thomas Richard
