Comments on: Where is the new vision to unite us? http://www.therowboat.com/2009/06/where-is-the-new-vision-to-unite-us/ A weblog of speculation, experience, and the study of religion. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nat Weiss http://www.therowboat.com/2009/06/where-is-the-new-vision-to-unite-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6084 Nat Weiss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:16:58 +0000 http://www.therowboat.com/?p=1120#comment-6084 "What is paralyzing the collective will?" What is incapacitating the power "to bring about political change" ... to bring about "civic renewal"? The culprit is quite obvious, but which everyone just refused to openly acknowledge it ... it is no dogma, no ideology, no "old visions" ... no "new visions" are required ... no convoluted theorizing is required. It is nothing but the pervasive dominance of selfishness, the practical domination of the Haves over the majority of the Have-nots, the practical domination of the refusal to share with everyone ... the domination of the refusal of 'caritas' in practice. Look at the debates now going on in the US about the current proposed universal health-care reform ... Consider the principle/s behind the behaviors of the nations in the family of nations ... “What is paralyzing the collective will?” What is incapacitating the power “to bring about political change” … to bring about “civic renewal”?

The culprit is quite obvious, but which everyone just refused to openly acknowledge it … it is no dogma, no ideology, no “old visions” … no “new visions” are required … no convoluted theorizing is required.
It is nothing but the pervasive dominance of selfishness, the practical domination of the Haves over the majority of the Have-nots, the practical domination of the refusal to share with everyone … the domination of the refusal of ‘caritas’ in practice.
Look at the debates now going on in the US about the current proposed universal health-care reform …
Consider the principle/s behind the behaviors of the nations in the family of nations …

]]> By: Quentin Kirk http://www.therowboat.com/2009/06/where-is-the-new-vision-to-unite-us/comment-page-1/#comment-5487 Quentin Kirk Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:54:53 +0000 http://www.therowboat.com/?p=1120#comment-5487 A large and wonderful subject. I hear it talked about every day in Mexico. What is the new vision for our time on earth to be? Many people here are American refugees from the old vision. A large and wonderful subject. I hear it talked about every day in Mexico. What is the new vision for our time on earth to be? Many people here are American refugees from the old vision.

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