Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@MassimoFaggioli “...What does our slandering of another say about us? Slander endeavors to establish a chain of alienation in the innermost heart of another, to tear apart the fabric of relations itself. What black magic is this?...”

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @ThinkingFaith A social reality for everyone? Name your congruity. Secular? Religious? Liberal? Bible-centered (Prov. 26:17-28)? Such identifiers prove immaterial, in practice, to the experience of a common territory beyond. Illich: “the kingdom is a social reality at a transcendental level."Quoted by@ThinkingFaith A social reality for everyone? Name your congruity. Secular? Religious? Liberal? Bible-centered (Prov. 26:17-28)? Such identifiers prove immaterial, in practice, to the experience of a common territory beyond. Illich: “the kingdom is a social reality at a transcendental level."Quoted byConsidering Twitter and 'sins of speech' in the light of Proverbs 26:17-28 just now. To précis Illich: "Evil's defining feature? Its disguise as good." Also, St. John Chrysostom on slander as "worse than cannibalism." What shape then, a practiced response to a culture of slander?Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @ThinkingFaith As Illich clarified, "the ability to disguise sin defines Anti-Christ." In this regard, slander, "worse than cannibalism" (St. John Chrysostom) functionally exalts the works of evil. Here's how our community shaped a practical, everyday response to this deeply vexing phenomenon.Quoted by@ThinkingFaith As Illich clarified, "the ability to disguise sin defines Anti-Christ." In this regard, slander, "worse than cannibalism" (St. John Chrysostom) functionally exalts the works of evil. Here's how our community shaped a practical, everyday response to this deeply vexing phenomenon.Quoted byThis just arrived through a gardening channel.Quoted by