day no. 17,405: barbaric and baseless

"We live in a terrible time of war and rumor of war; with a barbaric danger of the real reaction that goes back, not to the old form, but to the old formlessness. International idealism in its effort to hold the world together in a peace that can resist wars and revolutions, is admittedly weakened and often disappointed." — G.K.'s Weekly (1936)

In the beginning the earth was formless and void and then God spoke form, structure, and distinction into existence. Paganism wants to return to the void, Christendom wants to return to the Garden. Barbarism is based on chaos. It places its faith in the randomness of its impulses which this day might be to tear something down and tomorrow might be to build a golden calf. Barbarism is baseless. It is not orderly. It is interested in deformation and defamation, not in reformation and exaltation. Christendom wants to return to the revealed forms of God's good earth and to give Him glory in doing so. Barbarism wants to burn it all down and trash the reputations of all involved along with it. Christendom is honoring your father and mother incarnate. Barbarism is following your heart on steroids.

"Christianity could draw life out of the depths of Paganism; but mere Modernism cannot draw on the depths of either." — G.K.'s Weekly (1936)

Once upon a time, pagans really were searching. They were not rejecting revealed truths, they were searching for any truths. They could see the stars in the skies and the seasons of the year and their hearts and minds gravitated toward explanations. Christendom came along with answers. Christendom can see where the pagan was on the right track. Modernism, on the other hand, cannot see anything good in either. They mock the pagan for his simplicity and the Christian for his complexity. They belittle myths and benight the truth. They are too smart to be taken in and too stubborn to be taken out of their chronological snobbery.

Christendom can sift the good, if there is any to be found, out of anything that has any good in it. Modernity cannot be bothered by sifting through anything and rather insists on inventing new ways to be hackneyed. Because they ignore the past, they repeat it under the guise of "new and improved." It is Christ or chaos. You will worship the Creator and your will bow to the void. You will bring glory to God on purpose through faithful worship or you will bring glory to Him by accident through the judgment you store up for yourself.