Truly He is Risen Icxypion !
I think the best thing is for people to ignore what they aren't interested in and focus on other forums of E-Cafe -
I always maintain that NO newspaper should be read at ANY time.
Cutting THAT out, plus TV watching, fulfills all the need to avoid waste of precious hours ;
to get a capsule summary here, at a nice trusted site, is obviously a benefit.
Rather than wading through day after day [totally contrived = invented ] media reports trying to entice us into diverting our energies to
obey THEM and what they are trying to FORCE us to focus on !
Why not have Truth available here, either Misc or Controversial Issues areas?
I think what Fr Anastasios said makes sense.
Really, there is NOTHING at all of value in what the media tries to push us to pay attention to, plus it is downright evil.
Why do we care about some gross homosexual who has a tv show and what disgusting thing that person said or did ? We want to SHUN any mention of this,
not even let our eyes rest on such a headline.
So the key is to keep our eyes OFF of the "news" and glean out whatever we need for our own ability to discern truth from lies.
THAT right there is the advantage of taking a look at the so-called conspiracy theories. It's sharpening our minds and vision, so we can
detect a lie BEFORE we are DECEIVED by it !
The Devil attacks in every area of modern life so why say "yes" to the Devil by obeying the "orders" of "the world" to keep up on "current events".
Many people feel they have to be 'in the know' or others will laugh at them.
No, just examine the premise underneath : why does one NEED to go to a party or some social event where the recent problem at Boston will be
discussed ? Better to stay away entirely !
These are the important adjustments that many laymen and laywomen in various stages of learning the Church Way have to make.
Discussing truthful angles of these events will not likely be done at some general social occasion. One will have to listen to all the usual media-
brainwashing ideas being tossed about. THAT is harmful ! Not the quiet mention here on E-Cafe of what people better qualified than we to judge
what is the real story behind the hype.
Don't want you to feel disturbed, Icxypion -- but it's true that Rocor USED that "just mind your own business" argument to subdue any members who
dared question the MP takeover ! Prominent Rocor priests constantly said that, and inexperienced parishioners submitted without INDEPENDENT QUESTIONING.
This by itself is a good example of WHY one needs to have CORRECT information about even political / world events.
Hope you can see this angle as you pray over Holy Week and Bright Week, Icxypion et al.
