I think Herbert Schlossberg's book Idols for Destruction is the meatiest book I have ever read. Here are just a few points he raises, then goes into in depth.
"People fail to appreciate the worth of society's Christian underpinnings because they are unconscious recipients of its blessings.
"The irony of humanism is that it dehumanizes."
And, what about the Social Security system? Schlossberg points out that when the system began in 1935 there were eleven people in the labor force for every one person over the age of 65. Soon that ratio will be two to one! Schlossberg writes, "It is inconceivable that people trained to regard themselves as the center of the universe will each agree to provide half the support needed by a retired person." Thank God people like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity have incessantly warned us about death panels and rationing in the Obama/Pelosi/Reid health care bills. Scholssberg writes:"The elderly will be called selfish if they insist on living, and it will be a humanitarian deed and moral duty to see that they do not continue to live and so deprive others of the quality of life to which they aspire."
Early death becomes a "management option" for the "progressives" in power to inflict on the very young, very old, and disabled. Death, then, becomes the answer to our economic problems!
I put "progressives" in quotes, because Rush Limbaugh said today he will not call them that, because it is only an attempt on their part to squirt away from the "liberal" label he attaches to them. He continues to use the "liberal" label, because 40 percent of Americans now identify themselves as conservatives, but only twenty percent self-identify as liberals.
Back to Schlossberg. He writes "The persistent pattern is that the failures wrought by state intervention, rather than leading to a dismantling of the control system, serves as a pretext for further controls. Misfortune is taken as prima facie evidence that we can no longer afford the luxury of freedom."
Another Schlossbergism: "If there is a decline in the number of people who believe that God is love, we can expect fewer who think that actions of love are moral imperatives."
"If we are able to discern that we have brought our troubles upon ourselves, then repentance and faith can repair the damage."
2 comments:
Bob, this is wonderful stuff. You've certainly recommended this book to me and us many times. Siince I am covered up at the moment, I hope you will continue these wonderful posts on 'Idols of Destruction.' Thank you so much.
Sounds like this guy has it right to me. I need to read his book.
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