{"id":1751,"date":"2022-11-26T06:53:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T06:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/26\/as-we-slide-into-the-abyss\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T06:53:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T06:53:33","slug":"as-we-slide-into-the-abyss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/26\/as-we-slide-into-the-abyss\/","title":{"rendered":"As We Slide into the Abyss . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

. . . the thought that demonic agents are at work behind the scenes becomes ever more credible. Or do you think that the depth of human depravity has an adequate naturalistic explanation? <\/span><\/p>\n

Our moral trajectory is decidedly downward. Anyone who is not morally obtuse can see that.  Rod Dreher is a good source of lively commentary on the Decline of the West. Here<\/a> is one of his latest on the demon question. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Vito Caiati comments:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I appreciated yesterday\u2019s brief post which affirms that \u201cAs We Slide into the Abyss\u201d . . . \u201cthe thought that demonic agents are at work behind the scenes becomes ever more credible.\u201d If you recall, we discussed this horrific possibility last May (Does the Demonic Play a Role in the Politics of the Day?<\/a>), and I find that each day reinforces my conviction that something of this nature lies behind the depraved words and acts, now celebrated rather than condemned, that increasingly define our time. To better understand what is going on, I have turned to the writings and comments of several Roman Catholic exorcists, who, while noting the extraordinary powers of the Evil One, such as infestation, vexation, obsession, and possession, affirm that these are \u201cfar less to be feared. . . than in the underground influence he exerts in souls that are not sufficiently instructed or well-tempered.\u201d It is this latter ordinary activity, the ceaseless implanting of temptation into human minds, so many of which have now abandoned the protections offered by faith in and worship of God that provides a vast open field of opportunity for Satan. In this regard, I recommend this short essay by the exorcist Fr. Vincent Lambert, The Devil's Lies are Subtle<\/a>, which speaks suggestively of the means and ultimate ends of this assault on human reason and morality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. . . the thought that demonic agents are at work behind the scenes becomes ever more credible. Or do you think that the depth of human depravity has an adequate naturalistic explanation?  Our moral trajectory is decidedly downward. Anyone who is not morally obtuse can see that.  Rod Dreher is a good source of … Continue reading “As We Slide into the Abyss . . .”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-matters","category-decline-of-the-west"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}