Page 50 - Blaise Pascal News Today

This springtime of our national discontent stems from a lack of spiritual awareness, according to Benjamin Storey, co-author with his wife Jenna Silber Storey, of “Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment.” The duo, who both teach at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, are set to present their views at an American Enterprise Institute forum on May 24. “What Jen and I really know about is old books and young souls: we spent a lot of time with college students, ...

Christianity defeated and wiped out the old faith of the pagans. Then with great fervour and diligence it strove to cast out and utterly destroy every last possible occasion of sin; and in doing so it ruined or demolished all the marvelous statues, besides the other sculptures, the pictures, mosaics and ornaments representing the false […]

Today Some sun this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 71F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph.. Tonight Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low near 45F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: May 14, 2021 @ 10:49 am

American membership in houses of worship has plummeted to below 50% for the first time in eight decades of Gallup polling, from 70% in 1999 to 47% in 2020. And that shift away from organized religion has dovetailed with the rise of an intense form of partisan politics that some see as quasi-religious – providing adherents with a sense of devotion, belonging, and moral certitude.  From MAGA devotees on the right to social justice warriors on the “woke left,” political activism that can ...

Unthinkable: Four great philosophers have life advice that’s still relevant today

For many Americans, politics has become imbued with a religious fervor – while at the same time, participation in organized religion has plummeted.

Spiritual revelation comes in the silence Just before the Ten Commandments were issued, the world went silent. By Menachem Levine . The Jewish holiday of Shavuot is a biblical holiday. It commemorates G-d’s gift of the Ten Commandments and Torah at Mount Sinai. Every year on the holiday of Shavuot, which begins this year at sundown on May 16, Jews celebrate their acceptance of G-d’s Torah. Many stay up the entire night studying the Torah. As part of the morning services, the biblical porti...

Scientist claims aliens have visited us—and we should invest in searching for extraterrestrials   Show Notes The possibility of alien life has captivated the human imagination for decades and has been at the center of some of our most popular fictional stories. But one scientist has made a controversial claim that aliens are no long a fiction but a reality. Avi Loeb is a theoretical physicist and former chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University. For the past few years, he’s...

We Live in the Era of the New Conformists Commentary In his latest piece, the estimable Victor Davis Hanson asks the rhetorical question “Are Americans Becoming Sovietized?” Without a doubt. And a key reason behind this, I have been thinking for a long time, is that the left and the semi-left, progressives and liberals—masses of them in our country from the corporate world to the media to the academy to entertainment—are the New Conformists. Well, not completely new, but conformists bey...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. 4 Questions People With Fantastic Relationships Ask Themselves Constantly The answers you seek lie beneath the questions you ask.   Walking into a relationship is like walking into a maze. It’s exciting to go in, but you’re never sure of what lies ahead or where you’ll end up. It�...