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		<title>By: wldbil</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL!  
  
I posted links little girl....they are not comic books.... 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL!  </p>
<p>I posted links little girl&#8230;.they are not comic books&#8230;.<br />
  <a href="http://www.wildboar.net/multilingual/easterneuropean/russian/literature/articles/whofinanced/whofinancedleninandtrotsky.html" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.wildboar.net/multilingual/easterneurop" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildboar.net/multilingual/easterneurop</a>&#8230; </p>
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		<title>By: Ghostwriter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[wldbil,where do you get your history from? A comic book? 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wldbil,where do you get your history from? A comic book? </p>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4441927</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;In the mythology of the left, the Weathermen and the Black Panthers were a reaction. The truth is that they were not a reaction. They were an action.&quot; 
 
 
 
By the same  mindset, George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party( Who existed and was assassinated just a year before the WU began their terrorist acts ) should also be viewed as heroes. But ,of course, they were openly ,honestly,racist, while Leftist Whites are cleverer,smarter,behind-closed-doors racists,and have always gotten away with it. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;In the mythology of the left, the Weathermen and the Black Panthers were a reaction. The truth is that they were not a reaction. They were an action.&quot; </p>
<p>By the same  mindset, George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party( Who existed and was assassinated just a year before the WU began their terrorist acts ) should also be viewed as heroes. But ,of course, they were openly ,honestly,racist, while Leftist Whites are cleverer,smarter,behind-closed-doors racists,and have always gotten away with it. </p>
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		<title>By: tagalog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Call out the instigator because there&#039;s something in the air  
We&#039;ve got to get together sooner or later because the revolution&#039;s here  
And you know it&#039;s right  
And you know that it&#039;s right  
We have got to get it together  
We have got to get it together  
Now!&quot; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Call out the instigator because there&#039;s something in the air<br />
We&#039;ve got to get together sooner or later because the revolution&#039;s here<br />
And you know it&#039;s right<br />
And you know that it&#039;s right<br />
We have got to get it together<br />
We have got to get it together<br />
Now!&quot; </p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Adam Smith was better as an economist than he was as a moralist. Let&#039;s not confuse the two.&quot; 
 
On the contrary, good economics is good morality, and bad economics is bad morality.  There are 700,000 Americans out of work and homeless with no place to sleep.  That&#039;s not only extremely poor economics, it&#039;s extremely poor morality. 
 
 
&quot;The world economies have moved beyond what Smith even understood, and we need to move on as well. Smith&#039;s greatest economic contribution was his attack on central planning compared to free market movements. Unfortunately, the left continues to believe in central planning because they can only create their utopia by controlling all pricing and wages. Of course, they will tell us where to live, what to do, and how much we can have &quot;each according to (what they determine are) his needs.&quot; Yes, there is a difference between the left and the right.&quot; 
 
The fundamentals of economics have not changed and they will never change.  If you produce more than you consume, you will prosper.  If you don&#039;t, you won&#039;t.  Unfortunately, the semi-deliberate and semi-conscious de-industrialization of America has left us as a nation that consumes more than we produce and is no longer able to compete effectively in the global marketplace of the 21st Century.   
 
As Dr. Robert Atkinson has pointed out in his recent book &quot;Innovation Economics:  The Race for Global Advantage&quot;, our failure to recognize the importance (and to put into place a set of policies that encourage) technological innovation and high value-added manufacturing has put us on a path of sure and certain economic destruction.    
  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWM08DzTuhY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWM08DzTuhY&lt;/a&gt; 
 
Under these circumstances, rebuilding America&#039;s economy and competitive strengths relative to the other great economies of the world is now both an economic and moral imperative, and there is no time to waste. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Adam Smith was better as an economist than he was as a moralist. Let&#039;s not confuse the two.&quot; </p>
<p>On the contrary, good economics is good morality, and bad economics is bad morality.  There are 700,000 Americans out of work and homeless with no place to sleep.  That&#039;s not only extremely poor economics, it&#039;s extremely poor morality. </p>
<p>&quot;The world economies have moved beyond what Smith even understood, and we need to move on as well. Smith&#039;s greatest economic contribution was his attack on central planning compared to free market movements. Unfortunately, the left continues to believe in central planning because they can only create their utopia by controlling all pricing and wages. Of course, they will tell us where to live, what to do, and how much we can have &quot;each according to (what they determine are) his needs.&quot; Yes, there is a difference between the left and the right.&quot; </p>
<p>The fundamentals of economics have not changed and they will never change.  If you produce more than you consume, you will prosper.  If you don&#039;t, you won&#039;t.  Unfortunately, the semi-deliberate and semi-conscious de-industrialization of America has left us as a nation that consumes more than we produce and is no longer able to compete effectively in the global marketplace of the 21st Century.   </p>
<p>As Dr. Robert Atkinson has pointed out in his recent book &quot;Innovation Economics:  The Race for Global Advantage&quot;, our failure to recognize the importance (and to put into place a set of policies that encourage) technological innovation and high value-added manufacturing has put us on a path of sure and certain economic destruction.<br />
  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWM08DzTuhY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWM08DzTuhY</a> </p>
<p>Under these circumstances, rebuilding America&#039;s economy and competitive strengths relative to the other great economies of the world is now both an economic and moral imperative, and there is no time to waste. </p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It;s not a matter of flattering Christ.  If Jesus Christ was who he said he was, he doesn&#039;t need to be flattered; rather, he needs to be followed, regardless of how difficult it is and regardless of the cost.  As J.R.R. Tolkein said, Christianity is the one true myth.  All the others may have elements of truth, but none of the others is able to provide a completely true and sure path of knowing and following God&#039;s will for humanity.   
 
All of the great thinkers of the past who have attempted to create their own version of an idealistic and utopian society on earth have failed, and failed miserably, as has been well noted by the writings of Messrs. Horowitz and Greenfield on this board.  The kingdom of heaven on earth, as referenced by Jesus Christ remains an elusive and as yet unattained goal, but it is not an unattainable goal.  If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, there is no other formula that will work; and unless we want to keep trying disastrous experiments that won&#039;t work, it would behoove us all to try the formula he gave to us.  But no one said it would be easy.    As Jesus himself said, &quot;It is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.&quot;   
 
Indeed, the path of Christianity is contra-intuitive and extremely difficult.  Forgiving enemies and praying for those that want to kill us and destroy every aspect of our civilization goes against the very fibre of our human biology and evolutionary DNA, as well as our cultural conditioning.   Yet for that very reason, it offers a faint ray of hope for the future of humanity like nothing else does.   As G. K. Chesterton said, &quot;It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting; rather, it has been found difficult and not tried.&quot;    
 
At this late and very grim moment in world history, perhaps it is time to try it. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It;s not a matter of flattering Christ.  If Jesus Christ was who he said he was, he doesn&#039;t need to be flattered; rather, he needs to be followed, regardless of how difficult it is and regardless of the cost.  As J.R.R. Tolkein said, Christianity is the one true myth.  All the others may have elements of truth, but none of the others is able to provide a completely true and sure path of knowing and following God&#039;s will for humanity.   </p>
<p>All of the great thinkers of the past who have attempted to create their own version of an idealistic and utopian society on earth have failed, and failed miserably, as has been well noted by the writings of Messrs. Horowitz and Greenfield on this board.  The kingdom of heaven on earth, as referenced by Jesus Christ remains an elusive and as yet unattained goal, but it is not an unattainable goal.  If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, there is no other formula that will work; and unless we want to keep trying disastrous experiments that won&#039;t work, it would behoove us all to try the formula he gave to us.  But no one said it would be easy.    As Jesus himself said, &quot;It is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.&quot;   </p>
<p>Indeed, the path of Christianity is contra-intuitive and extremely difficult.  Forgiving enemies and praying for those that want to kill us and destroy every aspect of our civilization goes against the very fibre of our human biology and evolutionary DNA, as well as our cultural conditioning.   Yet for that very reason, it offers a faint ray of hope for the future of humanity like nothing else does.   As G. K. Chesterton said, &quot;It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting; rather, it has been found difficult and not tried.&quot;    </p>
<p>At this late and very grim moment in world history, perhaps it is time to try it. </p>
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		<title>By: Suzanne</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, Julie Christie is just another British leftist.  Wasn&#039;t it she who recently boycotted a Canadian film festival because of some ignorant opinion of Israeli politics? Seriously, these people have NO clue as to what Israel is up against.  That&#039;s why their own countries are being invaded by Islamic barbarians. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, Julie Christie is just another British leftist.  Wasn&#039;t it she who recently boycotted a Canadian film festival because of some ignorant opinion of Israeli politics? Seriously, these people have NO clue as to what Israel is up against.  That&#039;s why their own countries are being invaded by Islamic barbarians. </p>
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		<title>By: Ghostwriter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#039;m going to put &quot;The Company You Keep&quot; on my must-miss list. I&#039;m not going to see it. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I&#039;m going to put &quot;The Company You Keep&quot; on my must-miss list. I&#039;m not going to see it. </p>
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		<title>By: John Stone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After WWI, a point of view developed concerning culture and civilization. &#8220;Civilization&#8221; was defined as the collective beliefs of the German people, what we would be more inclined to call culture today. And &#8220;culture&#8221; was taken as what might be called &#8216;high culture&#8217;, or the &#8216;fine arts&#8217;, which is to say the opinions and ideas of the self appointed cultural elite. Most commonly the self appointed elites were internationalist crowd in Berlin. 
 
Unfortunately the effect of the above cultural movement was not positive. The cultural elite had a lot of influence in the city Berlin, and therefore also, on the Weimar Republic. Unfortunately it weakened the government because it produced an emotional divide between the Berlin elitist and the population at large. With this culture gap in place, when things got difficult, the German population  migrated from supporting the elite in Berlin and went to the other choice, the fanatical nationalism of the Nazi party. While the Nazis may have had a new vision of Germany, they believed or pretended to believe that they represented traditional Germany, a romantic vision of a previous and more virtuous Germany.  
 
The same thing happened with greater intensity in France with the French Revolution. A self appointed and self arrogating cultural elite developed in Paris. In their most intense form they became the Jacobins. Emotionally they self separated themselves from French Civilization and came to see themselves as a moral elite. Empowered by their vision of superiority, they attempted to remake France in their image. That was where the radical doctrines of the French Revolution came from. It was a self presumed cultural elite seeking to impose their culture on the rest of society. Because they no longer identified with French civilization, they produced an emotional divide between themselves and the average citizen 
 
Now the social elite in Berlin never went as far as the French, but they did fail to realize that there was a cultural divide between themselves and the traditional-nationalistic German. This arose in part because they were internationalists, and in part because the Weimar Republic was imposed by outsiders. If the Berlin elite had been more self aware they would have draped themselves in assertions of German supremacy and followed up at least in part with some policies. That would have weakened any nationalist oriented opposition. The failure to do so left a big opening for the ultra nationalist (tribalist really) Nazi party, in the same way the arrogance of the Jacobins left a big opening for nationalist Napoleon. 
 
 
While the Nazis under Hitler were off kilter on an intellectual level, they were closer to what the population wanted on an emotional level. Part of the package of appeals was the role the Jews took on. Nationalists never like treating their fellow nation members as the enemy. They prefer an outsider. The Jew was the chosen target. Along with a certain amount of genuine anti-semetism, they used the Jew as a stand in proxy for the Germans they wanted to attack. It was not the Kiser who screwed up, it was his Jewish banker-advisors. It was not the German people who buckled, it was the Jew led labor unions, and so on.  
 
If you stop to think about it, McCarthyism was a lot like Nazism in terms of its emotional framework. Like Nazism, it was an intensely nationalistic movement led by a man who was emotionally intense and a little unstable. McCarthy&#8217;s stand in target became the Communists. It was not Roosevelt (the liberal) who screwed up, it was his communist advisors. The internationalist State Department was not to blame, it had been infiltrated with communists, and so on. That is, evil when it expresses itself comes from the outside, not from the native population. (not unlike demon possession in religion)  
 
What we are seeing in the US now is the same general themes playing out. Our new moral elite dominates the liberal arts in our colleges, the newsrooms, and to an expanding extent, the entertainment industry and the movers and shakers in Washington. Saying as some do that they are full of self hatred is wrong. What they are full of (aside from a certain scatological substance) is a sense of moral superiority and superior moral purpose. They would like to convert American civilization to their moral vision. If that can not be accomplished and they gain power, their intent is to impose their own superior sense of moral purpose on the unwashed masses, the people too stupid and vile to understand or accept their ever so virtuous culture.                  
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After WWI, a point of view developed concerning culture and civilization. &ldquo;Civilization&rdquo; was defined as the collective beliefs of the German people, what we would be more inclined to call culture today. And &ldquo;culture&rdquo; was taken as what might be called &lsquo;high culture&rsquo;, or the &lsquo;fine arts&rsquo;, which is to say the opinions and ideas of the self appointed cultural elite. Most commonly the self appointed elites were internationalist crowd in Berlin. </p>
<p>Unfortunately the effect of the above cultural movement was not positive. The cultural elite had a lot of influence in the city Berlin, and therefore also, on the Weimar Republic. Unfortunately it weakened the government because it produced an emotional divide between the Berlin elitist and the population at large. With this culture gap in place, when things got difficult, the German population  migrated from supporting the elite in Berlin and went to the other choice, the fanatical nationalism of the Nazi party. While the Nazis may have had a new vision of Germany, they believed or pretended to believe that they represented traditional Germany, a romantic vision of a previous and more virtuous Germany.  </p>
<p>The same thing happened with greater intensity in France with the French Revolution. A self appointed and self arrogating cultural elite developed in Paris. In their most intense form they became the Jacobins. Emotionally they self separated themselves from French Civilization and came to see themselves as a moral elite. Empowered by their vision of superiority, they attempted to remake France in their image. That was where the radical doctrines of the French Revolution came from. It was a self presumed cultural elite seeking to impose their culture on the rest of society. Because they no longer identified with French civilization, they produced an emotional divide between themselves and the average citizen </p>
<p>Now the social elite in Berlin never went as far as the French, but they did fail to realize that there was a cultural divide between themselves and the traditional-nationalistic German. This arose in part because they were internationalists, and in part because the Weimar Republic was imposed by outsiders. If the Berlin elite had been more self aware they would have draped themselves in assertions of German supremacy and followed up at least in part with some policies. That would have weakened any nationalist oriented opposition. The failure to do so left a big opening for the ultra nationalist (tribalist really) Nazi party, in the same way the arrogance of the Jacobins left a big opening for nationalist Napoleon. </p>
<p>While the Nazis under Hitler were off kilter on an intellectual level, they were closer to what the population wanted on an emotional level. Part of the package of appeals was the role the Jews took on. Nationalists never like treating their fellow nation members as the enemy. They prefer an outsider. The Jew was the chosen target. Along with a certain amount of genuine anti-semetism, they used the Jew as a stand in proxy for the Germans they wanted to attack. It was not the Kiser who screwed up, it was his Jewish banker-advisors. It was not the German people who buckled, it was the Jew led labor unions, and so on.  </p>
<p>If you stop to think about it, McCarthyism was a lot like Nazism in terms of its emotional framework. Like Nazism, it was an intensely nationalistic movement led by a man who was emotionally intense and a little unstable. McCarthy&rsquo;s stand in target became the Communists. It was not Roosevelt (the liberal) who screwed up, it was his communist advisors. The internationalist State Department was not to blame, it had been infiltrated with communists, and so on. That is, evil when it expresses itself comes from the outside, not from the native population. (not unlike demon possession in religion)  </p>
<p>What we are seeing in the US now is the same general themes playing out. Our new moral elite dominates the liberal arts in our colleges, the newsrooms, and to an expanding extent, the entertainment industry and the movers and shakers in Washington. Saying as some do that they are full of self hatred is wrong. What they are full of (aside from a certain scatological substance) is a sense of moral superiority and superior moral purpose. They would like to convert American civilization to their moral vision. If that can not be accomplished and they gain power, their intent is to impose their own superior sense of moral purpose on the unwashed masses, the people too stupid and vile to understand or accept their ever so virtuous culture.                  </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Jesus is calling for us to pray for the institution of God&#039;s kingdom on earth, and there is nothing more radical or idealistic or utopian than that.&quot; 
 
It&#039;s not radical at all. And even if you bend over backwards to defend the use of these words based on subjectively you&#039;re still involved in deceptive conflation to the degree that it&#039;s difficult to overlook without questioning where you got these ideas. 
 
You want to flatter Christ while fighting against him. You&#039;d better think about that. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Jesus is calling for us to pray for the institution of God&#039;s kingdom on earth, and there is nothing more radical or idealistic or utopian than that.&quot; </p>
<p>It&#039;s not radical at all. And even if you bend over backwards to defend the use of these words based on subjectively you&#039;re still involved in deceptive conflation to the degree that it&#039;s difficult to overlook without questioning where you got these ideas. </p>
<p>You want to flatter Christ while fighting against him. You&#039;d better think about that. </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;The idea of &quot;utopia&quot; is a literary and philosophical device used historically to signify as state of perfection on earth.&quot; 
 
Discourse is useful when we learn to draw distinctions and illustrate nuanced teachings, and not useful when we, for example, use technical arguments to defend deceptive conflation. 
 
If you want to call Christ &quot;Utopian&quot; and conflate him with delusional people who want to be modern demi-gods, that&#039;s something you can&#039;t justify as a Christian. You&#039;re totally off the reservation. In fact you&#039;re making arguments in favor of the anti-Christ. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;The idea of &quot;utopia&quot; is a literary and philosophical device used historically to signify as state of perfection on earth.&quot; </p>
<p>Discourse is useful when we learn to draw distinctions and illustrate nuanced teachings, and not useful when we, for example, use technical arguments to defend deceptive conflation. </p>
<p>If you want to call Christ &quot;Utopian&quot; and conflate him with delusional people who want to be modern demi-gods, that&#039;s something you can&#039;t justify as a Christian. You&#039;re totally off the reservation. In fact you&#039;re making arguments in favor of the anti-Christ. </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;The Tower of Babble was objectionable to God because it was man&#039;s monument to himself. &quot; 
 
That&#039;s a summary reduced to the point of being useless just so that you can defend your position. It was man&#039;s effort to rise to Heaven on his own merits and efforts. That doesn&#039;t make your summary completely wrong but reduces it to a trivial comment. 
 
So you really think that anyone who has &quot;Utopian ideals&quot; or even &quot;radical Utopian ideals&quot; is some kind of &quot;crypto Christian&quot; who pleases God because of the &quot;salient similarities&quot; with Christ (the ones you listed)? 
 
By the way, you&#039;re not to make yourself in to another Christ. You&#039;re to follow his teachings.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;The Tower of Babble was objectionable to God because it was man&#039;s monument to himself. &quot; </p>
<p>That&#039;s a summary reduced to the point of being useless just so that you can defend your position. It was man&#039;s effort to rise to Heaven on his own merits and efforts. That doesn&#039;t make your summary completely wrong but reduces it to a trivial comment. </p>
<p>So you really think that anyone who has &quot;Utopian ideals&quot; or even &quot;radical Utopian ideals&quot; is some kind of &quot;crypto Christian&quot; who pleases God because of the &quot;salient similarities&quot; with Christ (the ones you listed)? </p>
<p>By the way, you&#039;re not to make yourself in to another Christ. You&#039;re to follow his teachings.  </p>
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		<title>By: KathleenP</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438567</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KathleenP]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go back and read the article, moron. The Weathermen and their ilk did not want to end an &quot;evil war&quot; against &quot;innocent people&quot;, they wanted America and the South to lose, and the NLF to win. They did not give a damn about any of the &quot;innocent&quot; people of South Vietnam. 
 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go back and read the article, moron. The Weathermen and their ilk did not want to end an &quot;evil war&quot; against &quot;innocent people&quot;, they wanted America and the South to lose, and the NLF to win. They did not give a damn about any of the &quot;innocent&quot; people of South Vietnam. </p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438406</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of &quot;utopia&quot; is a literary and philosophical device used historically to signify as state of perfection on earth.   
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia&lt;/a&gt; 
 
The kingdom of heaven is the promise of God&#039;s presence and God&#039;s rule on earth, as it is in heaven.  And of course it was memorialized by Jesus in the Lord&#039;s Prayer. 
 
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.  They kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.&quot; 
 
Jesus is calling for us to pray for the institution of God&#039;s kingdom on earth, and there is nothing more radical or idealistic or utopian than that.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea of &quot;utopia&quot; is a literary and philosophical device used historically to signify as state of perfection on earth.<br />
  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia</a> </p>
<p>The kingdom of heaven is the promise of God&#039;s presence and God&#039;s rule on earth, as it is in heaven.  And of course it was memorialized by Jesus in the Lord&#039;s Prayer. </p>
<p>Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.  They kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.&quot; </p>
<p>Jesus is calling for us to pray for the institution of God&#039;s kingdom on earth, and there is nothing more radical or idealistic or utopian than that.  </p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438393</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tower of Babble was objectionable to God because it was man&#039;s monument to himself.  Jesus calls us to pray for the kingdom of heaven on earth not as a monument to ourselves, but as God&#039;s gift to the world. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Tower of Babble was objectionable to God because it was man&#039;s monument to himself.  Jesus calls us to pray for the kingdom of heaven on earth not as a monument to ourselves, but as God&#039;s gift to the world. </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438392</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Communists were dialectical materialists and atheists. In other words, their radicalism and idealism and utopianism was superficial and limited to material things. The radicalism of Jesus Christ was profound and went to the heart of all things, visible and invisible. In other words, the radicalism of the communists was not really &quot;radical&quot; at all, but rather a superficial joke compared with the radicalism, idealism, and utopianism contemplated by Jesus Christ.&quot; 
 
Oh now you want to make distinctions? How about one more... 
 
 
Definition of UTOPIA 
 
1: an imaginary and indefinitely remote place 
2often capitalized : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions 
3: an impractical scheme for social improvement 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Communists were dialectical materialists and atheists. In other words, their radicalism and idealism and utopianism was superficial and limited to material things. The radicalism of Jesus Christ was profound and went to the heart of all things, visible and invisible. In other words, the radicalism of the communists was not really &quot;radical&quot; at all, but rather a superficial joke compared with the radicalism, idealism, and utopianism contemplated by Jesus Christ.&quot; </p>
<p>Oh now you want to make distinctions? How about one more&#8230; </p>
<p>Definition of UTOPIA </p>
<p>1: an imaginary and indefinitely remote place<br />
2often capitalized : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions<br />
3: an impractical scheme for social improvement </p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438379</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communists were dialectical materialists and atheists.  In other words, their radicalism and idealism and utopianism was superficial and limited to material things.  The radicalism of Jesus Christ was profound and went to the heart of all things, visible and invisible.  In other words, the radicalism of the communists was not really &quot;radical&quot; at all, but rather a superficial joke compared with the radicalism, idealism, and utopianism contemplated by Jesus Christ. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Communists were dialectical materialists and atheists.  In other words, their radicalism and idealism and utopianism was superficial and limited to material things.  The radicalism of Jesus Christ was profound and went to the heart of all things, visible and invisible.  In other words, the radicalism of the communists was not really &quot;radical&quot; at all, but rather a superficial joke compared with the radicalism, idealism, and utopianism contemplated by Jesus Christ. </p>
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		<title>By: WilliamJamesWard</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438290</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WilliamJamesWard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about those of us who worked and tried our best, does it boil down to &quot;you want what 
you want but get what you get&quot;, seems so with leftists in control......................William ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about those of us who worked and tried our best, does it boil down to &quot;you want what<br />
you want but get what you get&quot;, seems so with leftists in control&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.William </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438231</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Thus, there has never been a more radical call to idealism and utopianism than the call of Jesus Christ and Christianity.&quot; 
 
 
Please go think about the destruction of what you&#039;ve just said. So leftists preaching communism are just fine for Jesus as long as they&#039;re radical? The Gospel is about building the new Utopia (which in the Bible is represented by the tower of Babble)? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Thus, there has never been a more radical call to idealism and utopianism than the call of Jesus Christ and Christianity.&quot; </p>
<p>Please go think about the destruction of what you&#039;ve just said. So leftists preaching communism are just fine for Jesus as long as they&#039;re radical? The Gospel is about building the new Utopia (which in the Bible is represented by the tower of Babble)? </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-radical-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-4438223</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;When Jesus advised us to pray that God&#039;s kingdom would come and that God&#039;s will would be done on earth as it is in heaven, he meant it.&quot; 
 
He wasn&#039;t talking about communism. Do you understand the problem with the tower of Babble? That&#039;s what you&#039;re working on. You want to build a tower to reach Heaven rather than find out God&#039;s will, which as far as I can tell is evangelism of the Gospel, not liberty gospel, social gospel, etc. etc. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;When Jesus advised us to pray that God&#039;s kingdom would come and that God&#039;s will would be done on earth as it is in heaven, he meant it.&quot; </p>
<p>He wasn&#039;t talking about communism. Do you understand the problem with the tower of Babble? That&#039;s what you&#039;re working on. You want to build a tower to reach Heaven rather than find out God&#039;s will, which as far as I can tell is evangelism of the Gospel, not liberty gospel, social gospel, etc. etc. </p>
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