“They wound; they kill; they go down to hell.”—St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises #108.
But from the ancient Church in Rome all the way through 1950, Catholics believed that the world was not just slightly dark without Christ. Rather, Catholics in the early Church and Medieval Ages believed the world was absolute darkness and hatred before the Gospel of Jesus Christ was preached there. In the 16th century, St. Ignatius of Loyola had tens of thousands of men go through his rigorous “Spiritual Exercises.” St. Ignatius called his retreatant to imagine the Blessed Trinity before the Incarnation, discussing the salvation of the world. The retreatant even imagines what every violent continent looked like before the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. St. Ignatius here describes the pre-Christian world in his usual terse, Spanish way:
“They wound; they kill; they go down to hell.”—Spiritual Exercises #108.
In a post-Christian world, have we returned to the darkness of pagan days?
"A Post-Christian world" is not metaphysically the same as the world before the incarnation. It is a world in which grace is always available, as different from one in which it was apparently not. That by itself makes a fundamental difference.
Organic farming, when done very carefully, can produce well IF all the support structure is there, and there are modern fuels and back-ups available. But it is a tightrope unless you have "safety first" farming with a lot of different crops, livestock, and other sources of revenue and food. The government of Sri Lanka missed that part.
There are problems with modern monocrop farming, and people are working on finding ways to deal with them without making matters worse. But it is generally more reliable in marginal conditions than is organic farming.
Organic farming at production levels relies too much on metallic based pesticides, and I fear we'll see there are repercussions there too- "unforseen" of course. If it was so great for production farming, people would have been doing more of it before the organic push of the nineties.
I know about the copper formulae, because when I worked for a spray pilot, he was asked to spray a copper compound on organic crops. He was startled by the toxin warnings, and asked me to do a full MSDS check and confirm in the federal and state databases that this was, indeed, approved for organic crops. The compound in question was more toxic than some of the hard-core "handle only when wearing a full bunny suit and mask" things we sprayed.
That finished any romantic ideas I might have had about "organic" farming.
“They wound; they kill; they go down to hell.”—St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises #108.
ReplyDeleteBut from the ancient Church in Rome all the way through 1950, Catholics believed that the world was not just slightly dark without Christ. Rather, Catholics in the early Church and Medieval Ages believed the world was absolute darkness and hatred before the Gospel of Jesus Christ was preached there. In the 16th century, St. Ignatius of Loyola had tens of thousands of men go through his rigorous “Spiritual Exercises.” St. Ignatius called his retreatant to imagine the Blessed Trinity before the Incarnation, discussing the salvation of the world. The retreatant even imagines what every violent continent looked like before the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. St. Ignatius here describes the pre-Christian world in his usual terse, Spanish way:
“They wound; they kill; they go down to hell.”—Spiritual Exercises #108.
In a post-Christian world, have we returned to the darkness of pagan days?
https://padreperegrino.org/2021/07/extreme/
Greg
Usury
ReplyDeleteThis Country defaulted on its Foreign debt
What is usery?
https://www.thinkinghousewife.com/2019/01/what-is-usury/
Greg
Usury is an act of war
DeleteA tool of subjugation
"A Post-Christian world" is not metaphysically the same as the world before the incarnation. It is a world in which grace is always available, as different from one in which it was apparently not. That by itself makes a fundamental difference.
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70.2% Buddhism (official)
12.6% Hinduism
9.7% Islam
7.4% Christianity
0.1% Other/None
Does Sri Lanka know Christ?
ReplyDeleteOrganic farming, when done very carefully, can produce well IF all the support structure is there, and there are modern fuels and back-ups available. But it is a tightrope unless you have "safety first" farming with a lot of different crops, livestock, and other sources of revenue and food. The government of Sri Lanka missed that part.
ReplyDeleteThere are problems with modern monocrop farming, and people are working on finding ways to deal with them without making matters worse. But it is generally more reliable in marginal conditions than is organic farming.
LittleRed1
Organic farming at production levels relies too much on metallic based pesticides, and I fear we'll see there are repercussions there too- "unforseen" of course. If it was so great for production farming, people would have been doing more of it before the organic push of the nineties.
ReplyDeleteI should leave evidence of my claim- also Rotenone was allowed, but later banned because of long term build up effects. Copper based substances face the same issues. Do we really believe some won't use more than they should to get bigger harvests?
ReplyDelete"Copper: Copper hydroxide, copper oxide, copper oxychloride, includes products exempted from EPA tolerance, provided that copper-based materials must be used in a manner that minimizes accumulation in the soil and shall not be used as herbicides.
Copper sulfate: Application rates are limited to levels which do not increase baseline soil test values for copper over a timeframe agreed upon by the producer and accredited certifying agent."
I know about the copper formulae, because when I worked for a spray pilot, he was asked to spray a copper compound on organic crops. He was startled by the toxin warnings, and asked me to do a full MSDS check and confirm in the federal and state databases that this was, indeed, approved for organic crops. The compound in question was more toxic than some of the hard-core "handle only when wearing a full bunny suit and mask" things we sprayed.
ReplyDeleteThat finished any romantic ideas I might have had about "organic" farming.
LittleRed1