tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post115595858812583178..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Nonreligious ConservativesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1156001380168637812006-08-19T11:29:00.000-04:002006-08-19T11:29:00.000-04:00There is a prudence in these matters, as Charlotte...There <EM>is</EM> a prudence in these matters, as Charlotte Allen <A HREF="http://www.beliefnet.com/blogs/loosecanon/" REL="nofollow">commented</A>, "Indeed, I have had, from time to time, the fleeting and disconcerting feeling that, like poor old Bridey Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited, I might not be the best apologist for the faith..."<BR/><BR/>Me too.<BR/><BR/>And as to Novak's Natural Law observations, they are just right. Pretty much everyone longs for natural law, absolutes, order, and values. Just not the kind that interfere with one or another categories of favored behavior. See recent articles on <A HREF="http://www.slate.com/id/2147954/" REL="nofollow">Poincaré</A> and <A HREF="http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/08/19FAITH.html?COXnetJSessionIDbuild156=Ens4NGCAIWH93z73pv5j2X1V1XDPdIur6ww34L1j2jYW5laIjnfx!-1051590056&UrAuth=%60NYNUObN]UbTTUWUXUWUZTZU]UWU\U_UZUcUaUcTYWYWZV&urcm=y" REL="nofollow">generic Texas "spirituality."</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155997946138539792006-08-19T10:32:00.000-04:002006-08-19T10:32:00.000-04:00Novak's piece is excellent on many fronts, especia...Novak's piece is excellent on many fronts, especially his contention:"For the difference between Jewish or Christian belief and atheism is so profound that it utterly shifts the axis of one’s personal life. Conversion stories tell us that—in both directions, from belief to atheism, and from atheism to belief." Sadly, we both know a recent real life example in a young man from western NH whose wife and daughters have suffered the consequences of that shift from belief to atheism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com