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This new episode of the Glazov Gang is hosted by Anni Cyrus and features Michael Finch, poet, President of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and author of his powerful new book, A Time to Stand: The Dire Hour to Defend American Beauty.
Michael discusses WWI Destroyed Western Christian Civilization, reflecting on how A war devastated a continent – and how we’re living with the dire consequences today.
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What is this Christian fool talking about?
The death blow for Christendom was the Renaissance (the rebirth of reason) and the Age of Enlightenment swept away the remains of the Christian Dark Age.
Christianity doesn’t lead to freedom, liberty, and Free Market Capitalism it leads to the totalitarian theocracy of a Christendom.
“The Renaissance represented a rebirth of the Aristotelian spirit. The results of that spirit are written across the next two centuries, which men describe, properly, as the Age of Reason and the Age of Enlightenment. The results include the rise of modern science; the rise of an individualist political philosophy (the work of John Locke and others); the consequent spread of freedom across the civilized world; and the birth of the freest country in history, the United States of America. The great corollary of these results, the product of men who were armed with the knowledge of the scientists and who were free at last to act, was the Industrial Revolution, which turned poverty into abundance and transformed the face of the West. The Aristotelianism released by Aquinas and the Renaissance was sweeping away the dogmas and the shackles of the past. Reason, freedom, and production were replacing faith, force, and poverty. The age-old foundations of statism were being challenged and undercut.” – Leonard Peikoff, “The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom In America”
“The Renaissance was the great rebirth intellectually, but not politically. Still seeking order and unity, men attempted to solve the problem of feudal tyranny by replacing many small tyrants with a single big one. This was the birth of modern absolute monarchies….
The Renaissance—the rebirth of man’s mind—blasted the rule of the [mystics] sky-high, setting the earth free of [their] power. The liberation was not total, nor was it immediate: the convulsions lasted for centuries, but the cultural influence of mysticism—of avowed mysticism—was broken. Men could no longer be told to reject their mind as an impotent tool, when the proof of its potency was so magnificently evident that the lowest perceptual-level mentality was not able fully to evade it: men were seeing the achievements of science.” – Ayn Rand
ayn rand can and did say what she thought but it is a ridiculous analysis of the facts of the high middle ages. if one thinks that those such as aquinas, don scotus, william of ocam and francis bacon, to name a few, represented a rejection of the life of the mind one is what can only be called “a hopeless idiot”. good lord takes allot for me but I am truly offended.
There is something in psychology (and I would say Christian theology) called “compartmentalization” —
“Compartmentalization is a psychological defense mechanism in which thoughts and feelings that seem to conflict are kept separated or isolated from each other in the mind. Those with post-traumatic stress disorder may use compartmentalization to separate positive and negative self aspects. It may be a form of mild dissociation; example scenarios that suggest compartmentalization include acting in an isolated moment in a way that logically defies one’s own moral code, or dividing one’s unpleasant work duties from one’s desires to relax. Its purpose is to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within themselves.
Compartmentalization allows these conflicting ideas to co-exist by inhibiting direct or explicit acknowledgement and interaction between separate compartmentalized self-states.”
This is precisely what the Christian theologians and scientists of the Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment did and had to do in order to mentally and socially operate without losing their minds.
“Science and Religion during the Scientific Revolution: God’s Two Books
During the Scientific Revolution there was little explicit conflict between science and religion, apart from Galileo’s famous clash with the Roman Inquisition. Scientists generally adopted (or at least did not openly reject) the religious views of their culture. However, in a significant reorientation between science and religion, men reconceived God as playing a much smaller role in the universe. One key to this reorientation was the metaphor of “God’s two books”—the Book of Scripture and the Book of Nature—which were considered equally deserving of man’s attention. This metaphor originated in Thomas Aquinas’s distinction between the realms of faith and reason, and was famously promoted in the 17th century by Francis Bacon:
Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God’s word, or in the book of God’s works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware . . . that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.
Bacon’s warning about mingling the two books became very influential among his many 17th-century followers, and it became widely accepted that God’s two books should be studied quite separately. As far as religious belief was concerned, Bacon urged men to “give to faith only that which is faith’s.” This attitude was liberating for scientific work, keeping it largely unmolested by religion.
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The opposite attitude—that religion is closely connected with the study of the physical world—had led to the Church’s persecution of Galileo. He had advocated an idea—that the earth moves—that conflicted with Biblical passages implying that the earth does not move.
Bacon’s writings were influential throughout the new scientific societies in Europe, but they were especially so in England, where the founders of the Royal Society of London referenced them explicitly. As a result of this influence, at the Royal Society, “no one ever presented a public case for a scientific fact with a theological argument.”
Historians have often pointed out that many of the 17th-century English scientists had careers in the Church. But even these “theologian-scientists” sought to isolate their religious beliefs from their scientific studies, in effect leading “double lives”: “English scientists qua scientists kept out of the sacristy, English theologians qua theologians kept out of the rooms where experiments were performed.”
Among the accomplished scientists, the two figures most famous for their strong religious beliefs were Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. But even these two were careful to keep a separation between God’s two books. According to one historian, “When working as a ‘naturalist,’ Boyle sought to ‘discourse of natural things’ only, without ‘intermeddling with supernatural mysteries.’”9 Newton wrote extensively on religion, but his scientific books contained no religious arguments for his scientific conclusions. And when he was president of the Royal Society, “he banned anything remotely touching on religion.” – Frederick Seiler, “The Role of Religion In the Scientific Revolution?
Simply because Ayn Rand says it and you believe it doesn’t make it true. When you believe in nothing you will fall for anything.
Your angry fantasies about the “Christian Dark Ages” you were trying to push a few years back, never caught on. It was simply a cartoonish method for disgruntled bitter adults to insult Christians. It was always called the Middle Ages. And then along came the Renaissance, which couldn’t eliminate Christianity.
I don’t know what world you grew up in but it certainly had nothing to do with reality. Perhaps it was the bitter make believe world of the Objectivist Randian and the Lenny Peekaboo faux intellectual tribes? If anyone has an impotent tool for a mind and is trapped in a mindset he can’t get out of it’s you. You never seem to go beyond your repetitive silly childish ramblings.
We were founded as a Constitutional Republic. The Founders, in the main, were also Christians.
I have always felt free to pursue my dreams. Why….because I am free. I’m still waiting for that “totalitarian theocracy of Christendom.” to take hold. That seems to be your greatest fear.
Personally I think you are rooting for it. You seem to have a problem with freedom, since you don’t seem to have accomplished anything in your life.
If anything, I am more fearful of a Muslim/Leftist hijacking of our freedoms. They won’t be able to do it except, ultimately through force. That is why I have prepared. Have you?
“The Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was a conscious rebellion against the anti-human, otherworldly values of medieval Christendom. In its metaphysics and epistemology, the Renaissance was essentially Aristotelian. Every aspect of the period, from science to literature to art, reflected the Aristotelian view that man is a worthy being, capable of understanding the universe, and that the universe is worthy of man’s interest and study. Mysticism, which had saturated every aspect of medieval life and culture, lost its stranglehold on man’s mind. A rebirth of reason and of concern with this earth, was the base of all the achievements of the Renaissance.” – Mary Ann Sures, “Metaphysics In Marble”
Gee, a shorter version of what you just posted. The cliff notes version of the world according an objectivist. Because when I need an explanation of how the world works I always turn to Mary Ann Sures.
Hint: there are only so many ways you can attempt to insult believers and still make it interesting.
Yeah… sorry… the discussion is about WWI…
And so what?…………………………………………………….
one of several events but finch is correct the final knife stab was WWI. the proximate cause being assassination of archduke and triggering of various treaties ;between nations but real agenda was the marginalization of the Church and destruction of the ancien regime and its monarchies. Mission accomplished.
I’ve always said…
WWI end results were setting up Sunni superiority in the Middle East. And… dividing Shiite Iran…
Of course… the establishment of the National Homeland for the Jews…
Which has absolutely put the world in the position of where it stands today…
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The opposite attitude—that religion is closely connected with the study of the physical world—had led to the Church’s persecution of Galileo. He had advocated an idea—that the earth moves—that conflicted with Biblical passages implying that the earth does not move.
Bacon’s writings were influential throughout the new scientific societies in Europe, but they were especially so in England, where the founders of the Royal Society of London referenced them explicitly. As a result of this influence, at the Royal Society, “no one ever presented a public case for a scientific fact with a theological argument.”
Historians have often pointed out that many of the 17th-century English scientists had careers in the Church. But even these “theologian-scientists” sought to isolate their religious beliefs from their scientific studies, in effect leading “double lives”: “English scientists qua scientists kept out of the sacristy, English theologians qua theologians kept out of the rooms where experiments were performed.”
Among the accomplished scientists, the two figures most famous for their strong religious beliefs were Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. But even these two were careful to keep a separation between God’s two books. According to one historian, “When working as a ‘naturalist,’ Boyle sought to ‘discourse of natural things’ only, without ‘intermeddling with supernatural mysteries.’”9 Newton wrote extensively on religion, but his scientific books contained no religious arguments for his scientific conclusions. And when he was president of the Royal Society, “he banned anything remotely touching on religion.” – Frederick Seiler, “The Role of Religion In the Scientific Revolution?
Haven’t you been a busy little curmudgeon today. Five long boring lectures. Doesn’t look like anyone read them.
So with all of the Anti-God Anti-religion and Anti-Christian bloviating you have burped up today did anything change? Has there been mass rejection of religion? My church is as full as ever. The Methodist church down the street is also full.
An article on Revolver is entitled “Huge crowd of Muslims gather to claim New York City for Islam…” https://revolver.news/2025/11/huge-crowd-of-muslims-gather-to-claim-new-york-city-for-islam serves as a warning.
If anything, in the wake of the MammIslammi Mayoral win I am more concerned about a Muslim/Leftist hijacking of our freedoms. They won’t be able to do it except, ultimately through force. That is why I have prepared. Have you? My guess is no. You are too busy hawking objectivism to the 7 or so losers who always downvote my posts of late.
WW I, then 20 years later WW II – resulting in the destruction of
western Christian civilization aka Christendom. Sounds about
right – although I’ll have to get Michael Finch’s book “A Time to
Stand” for clearer insight.
European countries post the Second World War are decidedly
secular. The EEC (European Economic Community) formed in
1957 and segued into the controlling body of unelected
bureaucrats in 1993 known as the EU (European Union). Mean-
while in America David Rockefeller and his cronies formed the
Trilateral Commission in 1973 bringing Western European
countries, North America and Japan into deciding – without any
Christian perspective whatsoever – what should transpire both
economically and security-wise in those countries. A shared
policy in these areas is what they like to call it.
Jimmy Carter – the Aw Shucks praying peanut farmer & before he
was elected President – was an original member of the globalist
TRC. As was his National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski –
an expert author on Technocracy in government – so passionately
pursued by Silicon Valley celebs like Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates,
Peter Thiel, etc. today. All globalists to the core.
The globalist crud leaders of present Western European countries
have been spawned by associations with the bankers, industrialists,
politicians, academicians of the TRC – and the WEF. They seek
digital control of a unified world and eventual submission to unelected
technocrat “experts” to rule over the people.
In the tyranny just ahead – with the use of barbaric Islam as a battering
ram to disorient and destroy any remaining remnants of Western
Christian civilization – God and his Devine son Jesus are nowhere to be
found.
The use of Mustard Gas in WW I was one thing
The invention of weapons of mass destruction through technology had to have shocked the participants and onlookers (civilian pop) who were used to wars having a moral and ethical limitation on killing. Such as the machine gun, powerful explosives full of shrapnel that killed hundreds at a time. The horrible conditions that soldiers had to endure in trenches, and the futility of charges into the face of these man-eating weapons. The world saw the cruelty of the whole seemingly unending endeavor.
The billions of prayers sent up to God that went unanswered. It demoralized the world and filled them with doubt about the God of love.
And then, WWII came along. –The icing on the cake.
That, in my opinion, was the beginning of the end for Christianity.
And I don’t claim any originality for this view.
I welcome criticism.