Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

The article at the link gets to a new an improved translation of the gospel. Check it out..A modern translation...What is described in the article is a sort of moralistic therapeutic deism.Moralistic - we want some rules some moral laws. They are most important to us when other people go to the trouble of hurting or offending us. Of course, these moral laws are relative and malleable. They can be bent and stretched, perverted and contorted to help us to live comfortably without ever giving any thought to our own interior life. In fact, when we commit a human act, even if it be bad, we rarely call it sin.Therapeutic - Religion all religion, ought to make us feel good about ourselves. If I go to mass, the music, the readings, the homily ought to make me feel good about myself. It is about me and my feelings.Deism - There may be a small god, but there is nothing about him that would make me capitalize the pronoun him or use a capital "g" to spell his name. He is out there somewhere and even if he has created the universe, which I am still unsure of, there is not order, design, or purpose, which would obligate me to act in a manner incongruent with my morally relative and therapeutic beliefs. He makes me feel good about myself and he asks little to nothing of me.This friends is generally the philosophy of the modern world. Bravo for Mr. Esolen, he has crafted an amazingly accurate essay on the current state of the culture and Christianity. Many of these philosophies have permeated and in many cases are now dominating the theological landscape.Pray the Rosary daily! Be holy, not worldly!Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us!

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