have read this sooner, mustread for every Catholic. dystopian but i felt more hopeful after reading it, : Catholicism
sitelink orgwhyare Se trata de una novela distópica ambientada en lo que la Biblia se conoce como el Apocalipsis, En la novela se ve cómo la figura del Anticristo aparece como un líder político que convence a los ciudadanos, nada que ver con figuras sobrenaturales y espectaculares.
Robert Benson describe con genialidad los sutiles métodos de atracción y la lenta pero imparable destrucción de la Iglesia Católica, como único reducto rebelde contra el Nuevo Orden Mundial.
Sorprende saber que este libro fue escrito en, pues el debate social que se presenta en él resulta de rabiosa actualidad, Muy recomendable para comprender la sociedad, También cuenta con fuertes dosis de intriga, At the turn of thest century, war between the states of Europe and the East threatens at the midnight hour, however, comes an obscure American politician, a senator of no fame, whose cosmopolitan charm allows him to calm the troubled diplomatic waters and prevent a century of peace and prosperity from being overturned by strife.
Hailed as a savior, the rising star becomes a pivotal figure in world affairs but the epitome of modernity, this senator has a far darker role to play in cosmic history.
He is the Antichrist, and his triumph means the end of the world is at hand,
Published in, Lord of the World is a piece of Catholic fiction driven by conflict between Christian tradition and modernity.
The prevailing drives of theth century seem to have achieved fruition in Lord of the World democracy has triumphed over monarchy, social programs and psychology over religion, and in general the material over the spiritual.
Europeans across the board are irreligious, with the exception of what is left of the Catholic church, concentrated in Ireland and the City of Rome.
There is a religious sentiment alive in the Europeans, a worship of the human soul, a sense of human beings as divine this humanitarian religion achieves deliberate expression when the American becomes President of Europe and institutes, Frenchrevolution like, a Cult of the Supreme Being a Cult of the Human.
Initially harmless, it quickly becomes the state religion, mandatory and supreme, Catholic resistance is answered by the obliteration of Rome, and a new popeinexile flees to Judea, there to await the end,
Although the depiction of an Antichrist figure and the Endtimes may bring to mind thoughts of the Left Behind series.
Lord of the World is far better done, Each viewpoint character struggles with selfdoubt even the man who ends as Pope begins questioning his own faith, The spirit of Antichrist is patently seductive this 'dystopia' is a progressive dreamworld,almost like Star Trek's Earth but without warp drive.
But whereas Star Trek's humans have a 'more evolved sensibility', Lord of the World's humans are just like us imperfect, When a few disturbed individuals mount another failed Guy Fawkes plot against the center of the new cult, Westminister Abbey, the new European president' response, and that of his followers, is far from humane.
Violence fills the streets, and a vicious persecution of all remaining Christians ensues, Simply 'believing in themselves' did nothing to better the people of Earth it is in fact their perfect faith in themselves that makes them so vicious.
Utterly convinced that their cause is righteous, those who oppose the dream count for nothing, and no action against them is beyond the pale.
Even as the world at large becomes increasingly awestruck by the dear leader's accomplishments, the most idealistic of
the viewpoint characters find their faith in him shaken by his coldblooded savagery.
A century after its publication, Lord of the World seems in part prophetic, Christianity has waned fast in Europe, and rampant consumerism abounds worldwide, . Moderns chase material hopes instead of spiritual succor, ignoring practical philosophy and religion alike for the distracting allure of stuff, From Benson's point of view, however, the west today is not as in as dangerous a position as the west of his book we are in no danger of being fulfilled.
Every commercial and every election reveal our constant frustration and dissatisfaction Benson's dread was a drowsy contentedness with the way things are that masks spiritual hunger, something definitely not present in our own lives.
The meat of Lord is not hackneyed attempts to force current events into the poetic prophecies of the Hebrew scriptures, or action movie thriller antics like the Left Behind novels, but soulsearching.
While Benson's Antichrist allows everyone to reassure themselves of man's moral perfectibility, his Christian characters understand human nature as frail, When an English priest arrives in the City of Rome, where many of the trappings of modernity are kept outside the city walls to preserve the interior, he breaths a sigh of relief at the messiness of it:
"Yet Percy, even in the glimpses he had had in the streets, as he drove from the volor station outside the People's Gate, of the old peasant dresses, the blue and redfringed wine carts, the cabbagestrewn gutters, the wet clothes flapping on strings, the mules and horses strange though these were, he had found them a refreshment.
It had seemed to remind him that man was human, and not divine as the rest of the world proclaimed human, and therefore careless and individualistic human, and therefore occupied with interests other than those of speed, cleanliness, and precision.
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Rome's Christianity assures the priest that while he is not perfect, he does not need to be, Human redemption does not stem from machineperfect order, Just as The Iron Heel put forth numerous arguments for a democraticsocialist state in the context of a revolution against corporate rule, Lord's searching sets two different perspectives about human nature against one another one, optimistic but unyielding the other, pessimistic but forgiving.
The moral discussion is the heart of the book, though there are minor points of interest for those interested in comparing 'futurist' or alternate histories.
Aspects of it are very dated, like the heavy use of zeppelins and telegraphs, and Benson's belief that total command economies would triumph is not dissimilar to H.
G. Wells and Jack London's futurecasting, though he's more skeptical about its merits, One peculiarity of this being Catholic fiction is the fusion of the church's foes Freemasonry and Marxism have merged here, and Mason lodges have taken over most churches.
I don't know if anyone takes the freemasons as seriously as the Catholic church does, with the exception of the freemasons themselves.
Lord of the World is an altogether different 'endtimes' story, more theologically driven than driven on action, It is far more humane thanor Brave New World whereas those and other dystopias invent worlds where the human spirit has been utterly crushed by systems, in Lord things are more promising.
Man is far from God, yes, but not abandoned unlike those thrillers, where man is left alone to fight against a machine beyond his fathoming, the persecuted Christian remnant awaiting salvation in Nazareth have the hope of resurrection God is with them throughout the struggle as St.
Paul noted, even if they die it will be to their gain even if the world perishes, it will be reborn anew.
For me, Lord is provoking, torn as I am between the invigorating faith in creative progress and the more humble Christian understanding that we are imperfect and in need of grace.
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Distopija napisana, čija je radnja smještena u, godini.
Na svemrežju ćete pronaći da je radnja smještena, što bi bilo stotinu ljeta nakon prvog izdanja knjige međutim nedvojbeno i nedvosmisleno se u samom djelu govori da se radnja događa deset godina nakon što je u fiktivnom svijetu romana legalizirana eutanazija.
Jezično govoreći tekst je dosta jednostavan, težište je na dijalozima i osnovnim opisima,
Nailazi se u konstrukciji romana na unutarnje monologe, no oni su daleko od modernističke furke pisanja,
Pred kraj samog romana opisi prirode i unutrašnjeg stanja likova postaju uistinu atmosferični pridonoseći funky aktualizaciji, očuđenju jezika i stvarnosti samog romana.
Sadržajno se radnja odvija u, godini u kojoj postoje samo tri države na cijelom svijetu te svijetom vlada zapadnjačka tehnokratskoateistička autoritarna vlast Zvuči poznato.
Roman prati više likova,
Ideološka pozadina romana je katolička kritika suvremenog, danas već postindustrijskog svijeta, u kojem je zavladao nihilizam, ideja da su sve religije jednakovrijedne, da su svi načini života jednakovrijedni te zapravo licemjerno slavljenje ateizma i scijentizma kao superiornih oblika društvenog bivanja.
Društvo koje je prikazano u romanu je društvo eutanazije, društvo u kojem se diskriminiraju katolici, u kojem je oduzeta imovina Katoličkoj Crkvi, u kojem velike letjelice povezuju cijeli svijet.
Kako je roman napisan, te velike letjelice su dosta julesvernovske, no s druge strane već su ljudi poletjeli, prvi puta.
U romanu nailazimo na lika koji predstavlja antikrista te se i na samom kraju romana nedvosmisleno i izravno takvim prikazuje,
Lika koji se proglašava predsjednikom cijelog svijeta, koji uspostavlja svjetsku vladu,
Kada jedan svećenik u romanu čita fiktivnu biografiju u vezi tog Antikrista nailazimo na zanimljivu rečenicu koju promovira antikrist iz romana: Snažan čovjek nije na raspolaganju nikome, ali zato svi stoje na raspolaganju njemu.
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Ova misao je izrazito newageovska, baca paralele sa suvremenom praktičnom psihologijom selfhelp literaturom,
Samo na temelju selfhelp pokreta vidimo koliko je u stvarnosti suvremeno društvo palo i dekadentno,
Velika grješka u samom romanu je to što se uopće ne spominje Afrika, niti afrički katolici,
Afrički kontinent je jedini veći bastion koji se protivi ateističkojkolonijalističkoj ekspanziji,
O tome svjedoči ovaj sjajan videozapis:sitelink youtube. com/watchvQO .
Afrički tamnoputi katolici su budućnost Katoličke Crkve te će Afrika općenito odigrati veoma pozitivnu ulogu u ovom stoljeću u kontekstu borbe protiv nihilizma i egalitarizma.
Zdrava patrijahalna i religiozna kultura Afrike i dovodi do toga da je Europa sve više afrička, što je dobro, uostalom afričke žene su najljepše na svijetu i vrijeme je da one dožive standard kakav imaju europske žene, koje često i ne zaslužuju ovo što imaju u Europi.
Osobno se nadam da će uskoro Katolička Crkva izabrati crnca za papu, jer Afrika je budućnost cijelog svijeta,
Benson kao Englez se očito ne može otarasiti svog polurasizma, sjetimo se da je KKK, i cijela protestantska desnica, izrazito rasistička i antikatolička.
Ku Klux Klan je napadao i ubijao bijele katolike, oni su tipična sotonistička sekta,
Baš kao i srpska krivoslavna crkotina,
U tom vidu mi je zanimljiv amalgam metafizičke i metapolitičke koncepcije u ovom romanu,
Antikrist sa svjetskom vladom bombardira Rim koji je jedini fizički prostor nad kojim Crkva ima vlast u ovom romanu te ubija papu.
Baš kao što su žohari srpske krivoslavne crkotine obeščastili tisuće katoličkih crkva diljem Hrvatske,
Sjetimo se engleske i srpske kolonijalne prošlosti i jasno nam je kako su oni koji su napustili Katoličku Crkvu animalni i iskompleksirani.
Život je borba, borba za Istinu, za Ljepotu, za Hijerarhiju, za Ljubav,
Suvremeni nihilistički svijet nudi samo epigonstvo, sužanjstvo i idiotizam,
Posebice je zanimljivo u ovom romanu što se prikazuje svijet u kojem je broj katolika jako malen između tri i deset milijuna.
Što svjedoči kolika će se većina prokleti paklom,
Na samom kraju romana se događa konačni sukob Dobra i Zla,
Izuzetno, izuzetno zanimljiv roman,
Spekulativna fikcija iz katoličkog rakursa,
Još jedan zanimljiv detalj iz ovog romana napisanog, je to kako je klima u svijetu romana izuzetno toplija nego inače, događaju se česti uragani i potresi,
Sve bi bilo tipičan topos endizma, no uz ovu komponentu visokih temperatura vidimo sličnost s novobujajućim totalitarizmom održivog razvoja.
Kada kritiziram održiv razvoj kritiziram tu radiklanu prometejštinu, taj koncept obogotvorenja čovjeka, taj ateistički pogled na čovjeka kao na biće koje bi uopće moglo mijenjati klimu Zemlje.
Takav uskogrudni pogled je Dostojevski sjajno raščlanio još u, stoljeću.
Ne treba se bojati,
To je konačna poruka romana,
Ne treba se bojati niti treba strahovati od ikoga, svatko inteligentan treba priznavati samo Božji sud, nikakav ovozemaljski sud u duhu.
Benson nam ovim romanom želi pokazati ono što sam ja već prije izrazio time da je, tamnica Bastille izgrađena, Bastillea nije pala, ona je te. izgrađena.
No što mogu sve masonske lože svijeta i sve hereze svijeta prema Istini, prema Petrovoj Stijeni
Jaki su kao pile kad kaki.
Svim uskogrudnim ateistima i libtardima poručujem da počnu misliti svojom glavom,
Ateizam i agnosticizam su odraz ili male inteligencije ili odraz nekritičkog razmišljanja i poltronstva,
Svim heretičarima poručujem da se njihove prodavaonice magle održavaju samo uz pomoć antikrista,
Antikrist dolazi u krdu, u mnoštvu, antikrist je mob mentality,
Antikrist nije ni muško ni žensko, već je hermafrodit,
On dolazi stvoriti pomutnju, negirati dva jedina roda,
Konačna razina borbe je ona metafizička,
Je li možete čuti ovu pjesmu, odzvanja kao poziv na borbu, na borbu koja nikada ne prestaje,
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Nos vemos con los pinguinos!
Viva Cristo Rey!
DEUS VULT!,
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