Muddling Toward Maturity Blog

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

**  Leo Hohmann's substack article -"New migrant wave heading to U.S. includes many Chinese, South Americans, Middle Easterners"   concludes:  " These globalists are stoking World War III on the one hand, while preparing to lose it on the other.  If we lived in a real country, that would be a crime.  It’s called treason."  I found his arguments persuasive.

 

**   Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's sister, Kerry Kennedy, is ferociously furious  that her brother is supporting Donald J. Trump for President -  6 minute YouTube video.  

 

**  On developing a moral imagination  -- I learned (from the NY C.S. Lewis Society, May-June Bulletin) that Russell Kirk, a noted conservative author of a previous generation, recommended that his four daughters "always read four specific works to sustain the moral imagination:"   Hans Christian Anderson's tale 'Little Fur Tree,'  Tolkien's short story Leaf by Niggle,  C.S. Lewis'  Pilgrim's Regress, and George MacDonald's fairy tale, The Golden Key." 

 

Shorts:

**   Javier Milei on the evils of socialism - 2 minute video on X

**   What Gaza could have been without Hamas - 40 second video

THE BIBLE AND FREEDOM: INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONAL

Viahal Mangalwadi, one of the most original and important public intellectuals speaking today, presents yet another illuminating lecture.  Notes on this lecture appear below the video.   Note:  On April 28, 2022,  Jordan B. Peterson interviewed Mangalwadi for an hour and 45 minutes on the topic "India, Europe & Biblical Revolution."   

Aug 27, 2024   (From the internet site)

The Bible and Freedom: Individual and National

Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi highlights the significant role the Bible played in shaping modern society, particularly in the context of family, freedom, and political structures. discusses how the modern concept of the family, particularly in the West, was influenced by Martin Luther's teachings, especially his "table talks," which offered a new understanding of the family rooted in biblical principles.

Dr Mangalwadi emphasizes that freedom is at the heart of the Bible's message. He references John 8 and Galatians 5:1 to illustrate that true freedom comes from abiding in the word of Christ. He traces the development of individual and national liberty in the West and India back to biblical teachings, particularly through Luther's exposition of the book of Galatians.

He argues that the concept of political freedom in the West, including the American Revolution and the creation of nation-states like the USA, Holland, and Switzerland, was deeply influenced by biblical principles. These nations rejected the imperialism of ancient empires, which were often based on Greek and Roman political ideas, and instead embraced the idea of nationhood as ordained by God.