Magnificent. My ailing mother of 94 years and I watched. "What a man!" she whispered after, meaning, Bishop Barron, you are my mother's hero. And more. I told her she was mine. And her illness is a journey and God is with her more and more.
The original lecture on youtube is brilliant! Bishop Baron is an ecclesiastical gem and superb philosopher to boot! He’s one of my heroes and he’s such a nice chap as well!
The idea of religion as wish fulfillment, and other such reductionistic criticisms, are interesting to me. It's interesting because such criticisms have an aspect of truth to them. Like practically everything the Devil says, it is true so far as it goes, but it intentionally neglects the full truth. Is religion wish fulfillment? Yes. That's an aspect of it. We wish to transcend our suffering and obtain an eternal life of ultimate fulfillment, peace, joy, etc. But it's not merely wish fulfillment. God has revealed it to us and we trust what we have received (faith). People criticise faith as blind acceptance of what one wishes to be true but cannot prove. The "cannot prove" part is true. But accepting the idea of faith, to me, is to accept a fundamental truth about being human. Anything of ultimate meaning in life REQUIRES faith. The most important things to us cannot be known or guaranteed before they are pursued. We accept them as true, or at least possible, then pursue them in hopes of obtaining them. We do this because we believe we can achieve them. Having faith, or accepting that one must have faith, is to accept the human limitation of knowledge, and trust that what is beyond our knowledge is good, and wishes good for us if we will allow it. This ultimate good beyond our knowledge is God. I was an atheist at one point in my life. I tried to live only according to what I could know to be true empirically. I wanted to believe as many true things as possible and reject as many false things as possible. That sounds well and good, and even noble. But our minds just don't function that way, or they don't function merely that way. We are compelled by reason and empiricism but also by many other factors: our emotions, past experience, intuition, values, hopes, relationships, prejudices, etc. True enough, personal factors can create biases and distort our perception of the truth. But relying only on empiricism is certain to miss the full truth because there are serious limits on what we can know in that way. I submit that the full range of human experience and engagement is capable of coming to a knowledge of the truth where pure reason and empiricism is not. Human faculties can be lead into error, and even quite easily. But this is where we trust that there is a God who is reaching out to us more so than us pursuing him, who will lead and guide us to the truth if we'll respond to him.
The heroism of saints stems not from an egoic power source, which would echo more the Nietzschean concept of heroism. The heroism of saints stems from a willful surrendering to God’s will to a point where a man like Paul acts from Christ in Him. The Nietzchean man is incapable of such a level of paradoxical living. While he may be encouraged to detach himself from things in the way of his heroic living, he remains deeply attached to his outcomes. A saint chooses not to, entrusting those fully to God. Levis Shalom
Here's a poem I wrote about overcoming depression called Beyond the Void. If it resonates with you and you need help navigating this drama feel encouraged to reach out. Wobbling on the edge of utter desolation, Where thoughts of death become a fascination. I take a step backwards and continue to sway, Is this the final hand that I will play? While what lays behind me is probably eternal rest, Is this decision the very best? Death is certain and that much I know, However there is still life in me left to flow. Perhaps this anguish can evolve, Maybe this question isn't impossible to solve. If I pay a visit to the abyss, There are so many things here that I will miss. Some things good and some things bad, Joyful events and those which are sad. When will this perspective shift? I desperately need my spirits to lift. I look in the mirror and remember every scar, The result of my despair I need not look far. Thoughts race through me, shackles tighten, I scream and then peculiarly my sense of awareness begins to heighten. A new thought washes through my being, I take a second glance in the mirror unsure of what I'm seeing. The burden within me feels far lighter, A winning result for this righteous fighter. The ground stops shaking and I gain some composure, Taking a step towards what was once an enclosure. Shadows fade away revealing what they left in the dark, Being pulled forward my soul begins to embark. P.S.- Persistence is key in overcoming any obstacle. None of us have it all figured out, especially the people who think they do. All we can really do is not forget to learn from our hard learned lessons and not repeat the same psychological patterns that got us into our initial conundrum. I always tell people that I wear a brave face but beneath this suit of armor there is a child in tears. What matters isn't how many times you fell, what matters is that you got back up one more time and are still standing today. She who says she can and she who says she can't are both usually right, meaning that self belief is typically the determining factor as to whether or not you accomplish your goals. I have full faith that you'll continue to sort yourself out and grow as time goes on. I know from experience that the flower that blooms from the cracks is often the most precious flower of them all. Hardships pave the way for success stories, God always roots for the underdog.
David Lewis, your poem is wonderfully written. I love it and encourage you to write more and publish. My humble compliments from a little lady in a little country.,🇨🇷
You're a pretty good poet, David. Honesty and Truth of thought, as is demonstrated in your poem above is attractive. And moreover, this virtue of honesty and adherence to humble truth was one of the greatest attractions that led so many people to admire and follow Jesus while He was teaching in Israel 2000 years ago. Best to you and may God bless and guide you always.
Nietzsche thought of debate as something weak people do to assert their will, because they have no power. So he would probably see this debate as the christian church trying to re-establish power that they once had but have lost in modern times.
I would qualify the idea that Nietzche to Sartre to the teenager today is a sort of straight line by saying there is nothing new under the sun. I am almost 50 and these were the ideas that formed me as a teenager. You can look back to 1955 and see James Dean portraying the teenage struggle in A Rebel without a Cause. Some of the same ideas can be found in Ecclesiastes - maybe 3,000 years old. The Hebrew word used in Ecclesiastes can be translated as Absurd. Absurdity of absurdities all is Absurd! My point - I am not sure, except to say the "culture war" is nothing new. With political freedom comes responsibility - so one answer to our problems is that Christians are not living the Gospel. God is dead and we killed Him.
The moment is all there is. If you're depressed, youre living in the past, if you're anxious you're living in the future and if you're at peace, youre living in the moment. Mindfulness/being in the moment strongly combats anxiety. Life is living in the moment, being in the moment and enjoying the moment.
Very well articulated thoughts from a Catholic perspective on philosophy and how ideas shape history. This kind of discourse is well overdue! Thank you for all you do 🙂✝️
20:50 From the Nietzschean perspective, the righteous one is the greater of the two ubermenchen. In other words, the winner. Might makes right in this nihilistic world we've created for ourselves, but Christianity is barbaric. Thank you, Your Excellency, for continuing to fight the forces of evil on the intellectual front. God bless!
God bless you bishop Robert for being an instrument of Christ, I would like you to talk about the dictators of Nicaragua, Venezuela,Cuba and the persecution of the church in these communists countries, thank you
I'm receiving the new Thomas Aquinas books by Bishop Robert Barron and forever indebted for the spirit led evangelism coming from His Excellence. How can I count the many innumerable graces gushing forth like a flood, like torrential rains, like feeling the powerful force of water pounding on my head like I once did while standing under a waterfall in the State Park of Waimea Canyon on the Island of Kawaii in Hawaii.
@@tammesikkema5322 I take your point If it sounds a bit over-the-top. I know that I am a bit excessive. Lavishingly praising our Bishops is merely intended to out-pace the critics and detractors.
" The God of Abraham is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." Dawkins I totally agree. Prove me wrong
You can assert your will and determine your own morality. You can even dress it up and use any number of theorem's and principles to justify your actions. Free will grants us that luxury. But there is a consequence for every choice we make. To borrow from Milton Friedman, there's no such thing as a free lunch. We are all called to account and all accounts are eventually settled. “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." ― C.S. Lewis
Of course God is dead; we killed him by choosing a murderer over an innocent. God was killed by the might of human dysfunction, and yet despite that, rose from the dead...
... another insidious idea to bust: “... the overarching myth that Ted Grimsrud, following Walter Wink, calls “the myth of redemptive violence,” or “the quasi-religious belief that we may gain ‘salvation’ through violence.” As a result of this myth, writes Grimsrud, “People in the modern world (as in the ancient world), and not least people in the United States of America, put tremendous faith in instruments of violence to provide security and the possibility of victory over their enemies. The amount of trust people put in such instruments may be seen perhaps most clearly in the amount of resources they devote to preparation for war.” ... People aren’t consciously choosing to believe in the myths of WWII and violence. Grimsrud explains: “Part of the effectiveness of this myth stems from its invisibility as a myth. We tend to assume that violence is simply part of the nature of things; we see acceptance of violence to be factual, not based on belief. So we are not self-aware about the faith-dimension of our acceptance of violence. We think we know as a simple fact that violence works, that violence is necessary, that violence is inevitable. We don’t realize that instead, we operate in the realm of belief, of mythology ... in relation to the acceptance of violence.” It takes an effort to escape the myth of redemptive violence, because it’s been there since childhood: “Children hear a simple story in cartoons, video games, movies, and books: we are good, our enemies are evil, the only way to deal with evil is to defeat it with violence, let’s roll. The myth of redemptive violence links directly with the centrality of the nation-state. The welfare of the nation, as defined by its leaders, stands as the highest value for life here on earth. There can be no gods before the nation. This myth not only established a patriotic religion at the heart of the state, but also gives the nation’s imperialistic imperative divine sanction. . .. “ (David Swanson)
I am concerned about this effort to be “fair” to people like Nietzsche. Isn’t worst kind of evil that which has just enough truth to sound plausible while at the same time twisting the truth? Why should we listen to those who’s whole foundation is a turning away from God to elevate the self?
Que. Buena explicación, de fe y esperanza. Le agradezco mucho. También quería comentar que en tiempo de estos filosofos, también Dios suscitó tremendos santos, cómo Sor Faustina, Conchita Cabrera de Armida, San José María Escrivá
I would appreciate a talk on Carl Jung he is a relationship-wise educator. Carl Rodgers, a student of Carl Jung, was very enthusiastic and dedicated to genuine listening skills and relationship management building skills. Thanks Bishop Barron! Word on Fire Speakers, thanks!
The Holy Ghost pours out his Spirit and brings the increase in the name of Jesus. The latter rain proceeds the second coming and it is what waters the seed. Without the Spirit of God no one is saved. Believe in your idea of Jesus till the end of time, it does little good. You need to accept his ambassador and representative. So when the Holy Spirit shows himself and is rejected that is the unpardonable sin. To grieve the Spirit of God is to reject life. The supreme witness of Jesus Christ (King David) is reporting for duty. He was a man whose tongue held no lies, For he was the direct descendant of our father in the heavenly skies. Born to a body of fleshy sin, Though what laid beneath was unlike the rest of his kin. Jesus had the utmost grace, Never being wavered by evils face. He was wise beyond any years, Performing miracles that would bring crowds to tears. A beacon of light on top of a starless mountain, Where words of wisdom poured out of him as if there ran a cosmic fountain. His eyes pierced through you with a single glance, Leaving even the most hardened individuals in quite the trance. The Holy Spirit so ever majestically flowed inside this man, Naturally people caught notice and became a fan. Students began showing up from every mold, When they heard his words their hearts were sold. Wicked men put a price on Jesus's head, He was wanted alive or dead. Despite this he and his disciples continued their teachings, Where on occasion they endured terrible beatings. One of the twelve apostles turned to black, No longer having Jesus's back. Judas Iscariot had done Satan's bidding, And it is in hell where he now is sitting. Jesus died on the cross to pay for our shortcoming, However don't be saddened for if you believe in him you will see him at your homecoming. There he sits at the right hand of God's throne, Being the voice of truth and love that we all have known. Satan's tongue is coated in a layer of deceit, And he tramples over promises with his feet. He's a being who is bound by deceptions, Whose very essence oozes with misconceptions. He struggles to look you in your eyes, For his gaze holds nothing but lies. On occasion he will give you his hand, But don't be fooled by his stand. He seeks to corrupt your heart, You would be wise to avoid him from the start. Seeking quick pleasures and casting aside love, He traverses this land with push and shove. Now Lucifer was once not lost, But pride blinded him at a cost. Disobeying God he waged war, Becoming detestable to the core. Today he is the ruler of Earth, Though for all his power he has no real worth. However most of us have still been sold, Giving into sin and becoming cold. Nearly everyone is a puppet dancing on strings, Marching to delusion for their unjust kings. My people have given into lust, Becoming robots full of rust. However you my child are the exception, So when you meet me don't forget to mention. That you alone have been granted the key, And before your glory they shall all bend a knee. P.S.- Not too long ago I was very bitter and destructive. Literally I was covered in blood from head to toe and ripping off nails and things of that nature. In my mind Jesus was against me, he had a vendetta against me which I couldn't account for. Then slowly but surely I started having these revelations, and began delving into the word of God. It seemed like my agony was not in vain. The things which held me back eventually began to propel me forward. The darkness began fading away and an unspeakably bright light was surfacing. Jesus told me that he had to break me in order for me to rediscover who I really was. Sort of like a phoenix rising from the ashes. Today I am almost fully healed in every conceivable way, and things like being a virgin and being covered in scars I strangely enough take much pride in. I took up my cross and followed Christ and in doing so I discovered the greatest love of all.
Bishop Barron, thank you (and Brandon) for making these very informative and interesting videos. The info is enlightening, thought provoking, and necessary, to more clearly understand ourselves and the world in which we live.
There are philosophical groups and ideological groups of people in our society who are, on a spectrum more or less formed out of these four philosophical writers. They range from either willingly or unwittingly, many going along as a means to fulfill desires either of collective belonging or distinguishing autonomy. Many people have bought into these ideas, others promote them, and propagate them as conversations go public. I came to see everything as persuasion, informing, including or most especially education. I also realized that the way we learn whether through experience or education, ultimately is by self-education because, one learns only ideas and concepts to which one consents, that which one adopts; or conversely, ideas one rejects. Yet, we are permitted access to an unimaginable lightness, very much as exists in God's Holy Angels being pure spirits, which is why they so perfectly and completely convey God's love unimpeded, undiminished and unmitigated by themselves. Weightlessness as compared to humility, is a way to imitate Jesus Christ and Mary our Blessed Mother. How well one accepts humility in all things is how closely one learns from the heart of God in Jesus and from the mind of God in The Holy Spirit as it is present in the Holy Angels and in the lives of the Saints who are alive with us and in us here and now. Breathtakingly, painstakingly, refusing to hold anything back, the great Saints are Christ in the world. Pope Francis is a great model of humility, for example, going out to the margins even to the far reaches meeting with the remote indigenous people's of Canada.
Almost anytime a book or article comes out about Nietzsche, it is clear they misunderstand him, in the same way many think Christ was kind of just a hippie teaching the golden rule. Wonderful to see serious engagement with his ideas.
I'm not religious, but I'd be interested in hearing the Bishop's take on Schopenhauer. As mentioned, he determined or posited that the world (the cosmos, nature, everything) is moved by a blind, dumb Will (the Will to Live). I know of the Logical Positivists who responded to Schopenhauer, but were there any religious responses?
Reading your collection on Flannery O’Connor and just finished “The Violent Bear It Away”… It’s a masterpiece. One of my favorite books I’ve ever read. I feel like young Tarwater is a perfect example of someone trying to assert their own will, and then suffering the consequences (not understanding that when you assert your own will, your in fact asserting the will of the devil) Would love to hear you discuss the novel, I feel like there is just so much there.
I also love that book (and own the beautiful WOF edition!). I agree with your comment on young Tarwater, but don’t you find that the old uncle is also trying to assert his own will ?
@@tomlabooks3263 yes, all three main characters are asserting their own will in different ways it seems. Old Tarwater is trying to assert what he thinks is the will of God, but in a deeply sinful and flawed way. Which my be more sinister since it has driven Francis and Rayber away from the faith. I like what Bishop Baron says, never impose, but propose your beliefs.
Concerning the relationship between the saint and the Uebermensch: one of the most curious definitions Nietzsche gave of his Uebermensch is: 'the Roman caesar with the soul of Christ'...
PRAYER TO MARY, QUEEN OF THE ANGELS [ August Queen of Heaven Prayer ] An Indulgence of 500 days. (S. C. Ind., July 8, 1908; S. P. Ap., Mar. 28, 1935) August Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the Angels, thou who hast received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan: we humbly ask thee to send to us thy heavenly legions so that, under thy command, they may pursue the demons let loose upon the earth, fight them everywhere, vanquish their audacity, and drive them back into the abyss. “Who is like unto God?” O good and tender Mother, thou shalt ever be our love and our hope. O divine Mother, send the Holy Angels to defend us [me] and repel far from us [me] the cruel enemy. Holy Angels and Archangels, defend and keep us. Amen. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PRAYER [Please Read] The faithful are asked to say this prayer frequently and fervently. It is of great importance given the following remarkable background: [1] The prayer was dictated by the Blessed Mother herself to the holy and venerable priest, Fr. Louis-Édouard Cestac, on January 13, 1863 as a means to combat the powers of Hell. [2] An exorcism prayer in itself, this is a formidable prayer for “spiritual battle” especially needed for our times when the ravages caused by the fallen angels are everywhere conspicuous and unrelenting. [3] It is a prayer approved by the Church: It was recommended to the faithful by Pope Pius IX, and later indulgenced by both Popes Leo XIII and Pius X. Prayers of the Auxilium Christianorum - Fr. Chad A Ripperger O Mother of Love, Charity and Mercy, O Mother of Prayer and Stigma, O Mother of Immaculate Conception and Graceful and The Lord is with
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Some Scriptures about hell by Jesus himself and how not to go there: In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus describes a rich man that lived lavishly and a poor beggar man named Lazarus. It came to pass that Lazarus died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man died, was buried, then went to hell. 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in TORMENT, saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented IN THIS FLAME. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received good things, and likewise Lazarus received evil things, but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that they which would pass from hence to you can not, neither can they pass to us, and would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray you therefore father, that you would send him to my father’s house. 28 For I have 5 brothers that he may testify unto them, lest also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay father Abraham, but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” LOCATION OF HELL: Jesus said in Matthew 12:40, ”For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the HEART OF THE EARTH.” Paul said in Ephesians 4:9, ”Now that he ascended, was it but that he also DESCENDED into the LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH.” HELL IS A PLACE OF FIRE: Jesus said in Luke 16:24,”….Father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue for I am TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME.” Jesus said in Matthew 13:42,”And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE, there shall be WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.” Jesus said in Matthew 25:41,”Then shall he also say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE, prepared for the devil and his angels.” Jesus said in Revelation 20:15,”And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.” HELL IS A PLACE OF TORMENT: Jesus said in Luke 16:23,”And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in TORMENT….” 24 …..for I am TORMENTED in this flame.” Jesus said in Revelation 14:11,”And the smoke of their TORMENT ascended up FOR EVER AND EVER, and they have no rest day or night….” Jesus said in Mark 9:45-46,”And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off, it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED. 46 Where their WORM DIES NOT, and the fire is not quenched.” Note that it doesn’t say “THE Worm”, it says “THEIR WORM” dies not. Jesus said in Revelation 21:8,”But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, which is the second death.” Note that Brimstone is Sulfur and burns with a very strong odor of rotten eggs. The scriptures above prove when a person goes to hell they will constantly see hell, constantly smell hell, constantly feel the heat of hell, will constantly breath hell, will constantly hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth of others in hell, will constantly be aware of their own worms, they will have no rest day or night, there is no way out and it will continue for ever and ever, they can’t die because they are already dead. The following is how to not go there and it is a SIMPLE AND EASY thing to do: All of the book of Acts is what Jesus disciples said what we must to be SAVED - meaning not go to hell, which is repentance, water baptism in Jesus NAME, (Not the titles Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) and being baptized with the Holy Ghost. Jesus said in Mark 16:16,"He that believes and is BAPTIZED shall be SAVED, but he that believes not shall be damned." At about that same time He said in Matthew 28:19,"Go therefore and teach all nations BAPTIZING them in the name (SINGULAR name and not name's) OF the Father, and OF the Son, and OF the Holy Ghost." Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are titles and not names. Jesus disciples never used those words when they baptized anyone in water, nor did they use those words in one sentence regarding any other topic. Every time they said Jesus NAME at baptism which is Acts 2:38, Acts 8:14-18, Acts 8:38, Acts 9:18, Acts 10:44-48, Acts 16:15, Acts 16:33, Acts 18:7, Acts 18:8, Acts 19:3-5, and Acts 22:16. Jesus said in John 3:3-7,"Verily, verily I say unto you, Except a man BE BORN AGAIN, he can not see the kingdom of God. 5 Verily, verily I say unto, Except a man be born of water AND of the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 7 Marvel not that I say unto you, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN." Being born of water is being baptized in water which is for the REMISSION OF SINS - meaning the INITIAL remission of sins and not the confessing of sins later addressed in 1 John 1:9. Being born of the Spirit is being baptized with the Holy Ghost. What being baptized with the Holy Ghost means is addressed in Acts 2:3-4, (Pentecost), Acts 8:17, Acts 9:18, Acts 10:44-48, and Acts 19:3-5 - which is when the Spirit of Christ initially dwells in a person. Nowhere in Scripture does it say it happens any other way than that way. There is not one Scripture that says a person receives the Holy Ghost just because they are a believer. Paul said in Romans 8:9-11,”But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, HE IS NONE OF HIS." Numbers 23:19, ”God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent, has he said and shall he not do it? And shall he not make it good?” Malachi 3:6,”For I am the Lord, I change not...” Hebrews 13:8,”Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” That means there is no reason to think that Jesus will make an exception and save someone that has not been baptized in water in Jesus NAME, and has not been baptized with the Holy Ghost. If you are convinced you need to get baptized in water in Jesus Name do a search and type in "United Pentecostal Church International", scroll down to just below the red box, type in your zip code, a screen will show a Church near you that will do that. Jesus said John 10:27, ”My Sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
Philosophy up to the point of saint Thomas Aquinas was the love of God , after Saint Thomas Aquinas it became the hatred of God. LUX PAX DE DEO DEUS VULT
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Although Nietzsche made some good contributions to Western Individualism, notably in "Truth, Lies, and an Extra-Moral Sense," most of it lends itself to fascism. Unfortunately, Reaganism adopted the individualism of Nietzsche instead of the individualism of Thoreau and Emerson, which is why we have all this leader-worship and people collectively wearing red hates--it's an individualism that always falls back on the worst form of collectivism.
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"Amor fati" and "willing the eternal return of the same" begin to look an awful lot like patience and "acceptance." These are close to some of the virtues Nietzsche grew up believing in...Also, Nietzsche's constant emphasis upon "overcoming" is similar to the believer's efforts to overcome (albeit with grace) temptations. Another point: Nietzsche recognizes the saint, I believe in "The Joyful Science." Yet another, apologists for Nietzsche will indeed point up his emphasis upon "human vitality" (over against mediocrity and half-heartedness). But indeed, contrast these "heroic efforts" w/Irinaeus' notion of a human being "fully alive."
The statement is most certainly to be read in Anguish (6:17), Nietzsche says so himself in an earlier work. I highly recommend reading “The Gay Sciences” (I.e., the joyful or happy Sciences), esp., Book 3 Section 125 on “The Madman” where Nietzsche first fleshes (pun intended) out this idea. To me it is clear that this is not a happy or joyful prophecy of Nietzsche. See full section 125 below. --- The Madman Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!" -As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one. Did he lose his way like a child? asked another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? emigrated? -Thus they yelled and laughed. The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. "Whither is God?" he cried. "I will tell you. We have killed him-you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging continually? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there still any up or down? Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is not night continually closing in on us? Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? Do we not hear nothing as yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we smell nothing as yet of the divine decomposition? Gods, too, decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. "How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? Whatwas holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? There has never been a greater deed; and whoever is born after us-for the sake of this deed he will belong to a higher history than all history hitherto." Here the madman fell silent and looked again at his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern to the ground, and it broke into pieces and went out. "I have come too early," he said then; "my time is not yet. This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light of the stars requires time; deeds, though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than the most distant stars-and yet they have done it themselves." It has been related further that on the same day the madman forced his way into several churches and there struck up his requiem aeternam deo. Led out and called to account, he is said always to have replied nothing but: "What after all are these churches now if they are not the tombs and sepulchers of God?"
I'm no Nietzsche scholar, that's for sure. But I wonder if Bishop Barron is oversimplying him? Is his explanation of Will to Power, satisfactory, for example? Guess I'm looking for a really good intellectual rebuttal to Nietzsche's ideas. Is this the best on offer?
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At 23:30 and forth the bishop reveals how little he knows Nietzsche by dumbly stating "if only Nietzsche knew Aquinas..." Remember Nietzsche's fiery criticism of "the-thing-in-itself"? Remember how he actually studied theology on a university? I think he was more than enough versed in classical theology - much of what he writes is an attack against it. Because christian theology on one hand claims that "the glory of God is human being truly alive", but the church does the exact opposite with people, it has a completely different notion of what actually is the "fullness of life". That is the criticism of Nietzsche! Nietzsche is a product of the church, he is a reactionary to the *psychological horror* that the church made up at day 1 of christianity.
In the Philippines, I grow up with that ‘colonial mentality,’ but seems it is starting to change among young gens. Profound , informative discussion Bishop and Brandon. Thank you. For me life is all about choices. 🤷🏻♀️ of course with God’s guidance. 🙏🏼
"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? ......[God] has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?" This is Shakespearian "will these hands ne'er be clean?" - no triumph - the words sound like the warning of a prophet.
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Between Nietzsche and national socialism certainly exist isomorphies. Both strive to breed, form and educate a higer type of man that can achieve greatness by means of violence, warfare ans slavery. But for Nietzsche this higher man should have the intellect of the Jew and he is not bound to any nation. Furthermore, for the late Nietzsche, Wagner symbolised the ultimate expression of German cultural decadence, while for Hitler, Wagner was the ultimate expression of German cultural excellence.
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On earth marriage is a business contract, children are maternal instinct and duty,friendship is fickle, charity is intermittent or not at all compassion difficult to cope with, kindness on a good day, chocolate yummy,but we don't know love nor god.
11:43 I'm hearing from the Bishop that Schopenhauer's voluntarism, which asserts that the will is primary, is dangerous, but I'm wondering if it's dangerous AND incorrect? Voluntarism can obviously lead to dark places, and we can look to Nietzsche for that, but Schopenhauer's moral prescription is far more compassionate than you'd expect just having a basic overview of his writing.
I long for the world where God and Christ and their existence is not a question. I believe we all deserve to know of their existence in this life and it should not be a matter of faith or privilege.
Loss of a people - when instead of working for YOUR people, you just work for “people” in general. An amalgamation of random humans from all over the globe, rather than a true family of families.
Thank you So much Bishop Barron, the way you explain big idea in a way many of us understand is amazing, you are a gift for our Church. You are always in my prayers! God bless you! Ave Maria!
@ 8:22 keep in mind although authoritarian states like *Stalin's* might of outlawed organized religion as a result of it possessing a viable threat to their power organized religion was supplanted by a *_'cult of personality'_* towards the leaders of such authoritarian states in effect they became the new gods of their respective states. As for the _'NAZIS'_ those fanatics had god on their sides it was written right on their belt buckles right above the swastika *_'gut mit uns.'_* Then there's also the complicity of Vatican higher ups corroborating with the Nazi state that's well documented as well, something revisionist always seem to leave out in said arguments of the *_'god-less'_* 20th century.
What you have to keep in mind however is that those kinds of facts are inconvenient to the idea that religious people are right and vetter than everyone. That's likely why they arent mentioned here. I'm an agnostic who thought barron had some good ideas, but I am very disappointed by this video
@@mr.loveandkindness3014 ¡ know exactly what you mean, people familiar with history can see right through the obvious _biases._ Unfortunately people that take all of the information presented in the v¡d at face value will carry around that biases without even knowing it. The worst part being these men are obviously well educated, so they must know better unless there's an agenda at hand to keep the sheep under the veil of their worldview. If that's the type of leaders people deem worthy of leadership, what's to happen when friends of their's start to steal, denigrate, en-slave, rape, and murder fellow human beings for belonging to a different cult and yet their leaders who are said to be the moral authority on all things say absolutely nothing about this injustice? That's what gets me... the whole flock pastor sheep mentality at work. Yet the holes in this organized construct can only lead to bad things as we've seen with all of the victims regarding their scandals. Give a person moral authority over yourself, *_enslave yourself to their particular brand of world view._* 🎥👆 👀 That's why it's always best to figure this stuff on your own, as well as verify using multiple sources even though you might agree with what's being said.
This series about 4 philosophers reminds me of the bible passage 1 Corinthians 8 in that all the work of both philosophers and prophets too will some day cease. When that happens only works done both out of love and through love itself, who is Jesus Christ, will remain.
Nietzsche seems to put each individual in a bubble… where the individual and their unique worldview exist (each has their own morals,god, etc.) But that can’t work… there are 6B individuals on the planet….each would be conflicting. As a mom… I can tell you this is a disastrous scenario. Think of recess in elementary school , all the grades on the playground at the same time….with no adults supervising… no whistle blowing. (It looks like he had children, he should have known this.)Thank you for covering this well known man…. I’m now a Nietzsche skeptic. 🌻
I think as far as Nietzsche goes, he was actually fully aware of it being a disastrous scenario and trying to warn people about it thru strawmanning, but most people, then as now, don't get the memo.
Good is existence beyond it there is only non existence. It is impossible to go further than good and evil because they are the foundation of of reality.
