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Once upon a time while weaving in and out of aisles of a book store I undertook an adventurous journey into 'First Things.' The beauty of FT is that it reminds of how much depth there is to Christian theology - or just plain theology. Theology has been pushed back as a form of regressive philosophy during our contemporary Dark Ages. Nevertheless, it is a form of comfort that they still find a place on magazine shelves to offer a ray of light that is different from other publications. Far from a Church goer myself - and I do not say this with any boastfulness. Only modern pagans would be fools to do so - I do not dismiss or outright belittle its value.

In any event, I must profess that I do not read FT merely enough. I thank Contratimes for providing a pleasant reminder.

Today in the paper another letter to the editor trapped my senses. It seems, according to this particular gentleman, that the Pope 'doesn't get it.' As this article should reveal, it's actually the other way around. Indeed, what folly!

Typical isn't it? The Pope's edicts are alien to us because we continue to impose a secular mindset (in part to disassociate ourselves with religion given the misguided and historically inaccurate notion that religion is at the root of many if not all wars) to a question that is theological. How can this erroneous (but understandable given the context of contemporary society) application possibly arrive at any legitimate intellectual conclusion?

For it to be so, we need to remove ourselves from our secular stool and actually place our minds into another world view. Alas, that we seem incapable of doing so only comfirms the shallowness of our times.

*Article suggested is by Reynolds.