I am always complaining about what I call “the other side of the Church.” By this I mean those who dissent on some doctrines and morals. However, today I thought of something positive.
Seeking Help in Old Age:
A friend gave me a great book to read by an English writer I had never heard of: Roger Scruton. The book is the Uses of Pessimism: And the Danger of False Hope and is about how evil utopias begin with an unreasonable optimism. People like Hitler and Stalin and Mao, unrealistically imagine that making changes in society by eliminating the “bad people” will bring about paradise on earth. I see now that there are lots of You-tubes of talks by this witty and insightful philosopher.
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