tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2600585195428327902..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The coming dark ages. . . by G. K. ChestertonPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-3395729149409644552016-06-06T07:07:55.035-05:002016-06-06T07:07:55.035-05:00In college I enjoyed reading the great writers, bu...In college I enjoyed reading the great writers, but I knew about G.K. Chesterton from High School English. His short dissertation called "The Decay of Friendship," was very memorable to me. I remember how Chesterton's wisdom was at work, and I admired his insightful and thoughtful observation that many friendships in life often end due to a succession of rather minor annoyances, as opposed to a major issue. Chesterton called these minor but destructive forces "too slight for complaint, yet too numerous for removal." Most of us can relate to Chesterton's experience with the demise of once good friendships, sometimes through apathy and indifference, a growing apart of mutual interests, and yes....a compilation of annoyances. As for his piece on the "Dark Ages," I agree. We are again on the periphery of dark times, not enlightened times. Technology may have advanced, but political correctness and progressive Intolerance have gained a foothold in America and Europe, and antagonism against traditional values and virtue naturally follows. The terrorist Barbarians are also at the gate, and the clashes and conflicts which beset our human race are once again moving the world into a dark time.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com