#western-christianity — Public Fediverse posts

Increasingly, young people are being exposed to content creators who espouse beliefs that undermine not only faith but the essential nature of human uniqueness and the special qualities of each person. These content creators undermine traditional Christian beliefs and degrade the younger generations’ ability to embrace their uniqueness as humans. 

https://theliturgicalpentecostal.wordpress.com/2024/02/12/you-are-important/

#Christianity #Church #Faith #IanMcConnell #ImagoDei #NeilDeGrasseTyson #Self-importance #SocialMedia #WesternChristianity

Paul Goodman has a line somewhere about how getting distracted is getting attracted to something else. I don't think he attributed the thought to Augustine but maybe it used by too basic and an insight.
> St. #Augustine, one of the Church Fathers of #WesternChristianity. In his autobiographical work, “The Confessions,” Augustine observes that every time we pay attention to one thing, we are distracted from infinitely many other things.
#DavidMarno #ToleratingDistraction
https://theconversation.com/tolerating-distraction-87580

Exactly, and we’re only talking #WesternChristianity, there’s the whole world of #EasternChristianity too.