Nice essay, I have said for years that the conformist left has gone so far to stigmatize thinking itself, but I had no idea there was this term "logomisia" until catching your post here. Thanks for spelling this all out – spot on too. I've read Lewis' The Abolition of Man, but not his The Screwtape Letters yet. I love Tolkien's On Fairy-Stories essays as well; the "eucatastrophe" is such a good neologism as well and carries a Christian apologia in tow, as with Lewis' satire.
C.S. Lewis said that Tolkien's characters all wear their souls on the outside. That being the case, the darkness of the evil races in LOTR is due to corruption from within, not to a specific shade of skin, a mere exterior covering.
Yes, Christ was quite clear on this in Matthew 10: 14-15:
"Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words—go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
Now, obviously you still want to preach the Gospel because just a few passages later Christ instructs in Matthew 10: 26-27.
"What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna."
In private conversations, I agree. Don't throw pearls before swine.
But in public conversations, countless more people will read your comments than the person you are directly replying to, and those silent readers need to read the truth.
Nice essay, I have said for years that the conformist left has gone so far to stigmatize thinking itself, but I had no idea there was this term "logomisia" until catching your post here. Thanks for spelling this all out – spot on too. I've read Lewis' The Abolition of Man, but not his The Screwtape Letters yet. I love Tolkien's On Fairy-Stories essays as well; the "eucatastrophe" is such a good neologism as well and carries a Christian apologia in tow, as with Lewis' satire.
C.S. Lewis said that Tolkien's characters all wear their souls on the outside. That being the case, the darkness of the evil races in LOTR is due to corruption from within, not to a specific shade of skin, a mere exterior covering.
Yes, uphold the strict good vs evil ideal.
But also, avoid even engaging those who lack the morality. There is nothing to gain and everything to lose.
First, engaging the immoral validates their existence.
Second, one runs the risk of becoming mired in endless equivocations - which is exactly where the devil wants you.
Yes, Christ was quite clear on this in Matthew 10: 14-15:
"Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words—go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
Now, obviously you still want to preach the Gospel because just a few passages later Christ instructs in Matthew 10: 26-27.
"What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna."
In private conversations, I agree. Don't throw pearls before swine.
But in public conversations, countless more people will read your comments than the person you are directly replying to, and those silent readers need to read the truth.
Don't feed the trolls.