tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post4495458039553656605..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Mark's 3000th Post: A MemeWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-44870442999847828522008-04-22T07:19:00.000-05:002008-04-22T07:19:00.000-05:00You all may be familiar with the story of how Russ...You all may be familiar with the story of how Russia became an Eastern Orthodox Christian country. The Roman Catholics had their things going and the Muslims did too -- but it was the beauty of the Orthodox liturgy that convinced them: here is a people who knows about the things of God. <BR/><BR/>One thing I see in the schools as my children go through -- there is still art and literature education where we live, and the good stuff is still in there somewhere. But it's set side-by-side on equal footing with low-quality work that's there for reasons that seem to have more to do with political correctness than the work's merit. It's affirmative action applied to history and art trying to retroactively make mediocre work stand side-by-side with the greats. Forcing the study of mediocre art and literature on the students has a dampening effect on their own view of excellence and their quest for it. <BR/><BR/>I think we as a culture need to take a deep breath and say "Those 'dead white men' are not always contemptible just for their sex and the color of their skin; in fact they built a lot of modern culture -- and maybe we shouldn't hold people in contempt for their sex and the color of their skin ... "<BR/><BR/>Take care & God bless<BR/>Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-64728899941900177832008-04-22T06:47:00.000-05:002008-04-22T06:47:00.000-05:00My generation (the one that few up in the early '6...My generation (the one that few up in the early '60s) has also produced virtually no great men or women. Nobody like Albert Schweitzer of my parents' generation. Nobody like Billy Graham, even. No Einsteins, no truly great composers or poets or novelists or sculptors or painters or statesmen.<BR/><BR/>All I can think of, off the cuff, is one perhaps great businessman and philanthropist, Bill Gates.<BR/><BR/>Sad.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-26317139482846327952008-04-21T09:56:00.000-05:002008-04-21T09:56:00.000-05:00Interesting post. I don't have as wide of interes...Interesting post. I don't have as wide of interests and understanding as you do to come up with some of the points. <BR/><BR/>Appreciation of nature and beauty and arts, etc. aren't taught in schools anymore and some people have no access because of budget cuts, etc. But I think the hustle and rush of our society is accepted as normal, so there is less time built in for reflection.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com